Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 69: Lemons and Limes

Fu Xian walked down the earthen path while looking left and right. Through the gaps in the trees, he could see spiritual trees in the distance.

’This whole shop has probably been re-processed into a small world to contain all kinds of trees.

Looking at it from here and comparing it to senior brother’s courtyard, such a shop has to be owned by at least a fifth-stage cultivator.

Hmm, it seems when I open my shop for the first time, I will probably have to make arrangements for my neighbours too.

Who knows whether I’m selling my talismans next to some seniors even senior Ruan couldn’t offend?’

He sighed thinking of this. To be honest, while the environment in the immortal city was great, the close proximity between higher and lower cultivators created a lot of pressure on the lower cultivators.

’Then again, it also destroys the illusion between high and low, and cultivators will more easily advance here since the next stage seems to be just around the corner and not an unsurmountable limit.’

Soon they arrived in front of another tree, the lady introduced, "This is the Sour Breath Water Lemon Spirit Tree. Although it has a similar name to the previous pomelo, this tree is solely dedicated to being sour. At the same time, each lemon produces a lot of juice."

Fu Xian looked at the lemons – they were oval, thick in the centre and pointed at the top and bottom. Based on his own knowledge, he guessed this lemon was slightly larger.

"Can I have one to see?"

"No problem!" the lady complied and walked forward, taking one of the lemons for Fu Xian to test.

Fu Xian nodded when he saw the good customer service.

He took the lemon and cut it simply with his hand.

The insides of the lemon were as told, extremely juicy. Even just the cut seemed to cause the lemon to overflow.

This was unlike the juiciness of the pomelo – while that one increased the fleshiness of the fruit, this juiciness seemed to be loose.

"What’s the price here?"

"While lemons are also not very popular, they are more popular than pomelos, which is why the price for a young early-stage third-grade lemon fruit tree is at 3.500 spirit stones." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Fu Xian considered it and agreed, the price was reasonable.

"Write this one down too, let’s move to the next."

Although he could spend more time looking at each variant of fruit trees, he thought that the recommended ones were likely the best they had to offer.

He didn’t worry about them recommending him the left-over stock, simply because citrus trees weren’t popular in the first place. Instead, he would have to worry about whether they had enough stock for him!

They moved on and arrived in front of a lime tree: the tree was also rather short, but its branches rose into the sky, forming a bush-like figure in the air. Green round limes could be seen between the green leaves.

Fu Xian instantly smelled a bitter scent, but within the bitterness was a tone of clarity. As if this bitterness eluded all other thoughts in his mind.

"What’s this tree called?"

"This is the Bitter Mind Lime Spirit Tree. It’s the best lime tree we have to offer, with a scent of bitterness that clears all distracting thoughts.

This tree... although it has a seemingly better effect, it’s unpopular, which is why we price a young early-stage third-grade lime tree at 3.300 spirit stones."

"Reasonable, very reasonable!" Fu Xian agreed with delight. While the other two trees were great too, their profit mainly came after processing them. This, on the other hand, showed profit already in the growth phase.

He already had an idea how to marketize them to gain more out of it.

"Write this one down too, let’s go to the next."

The lady agreed and then moved on. They walked through the orchard and saw various trees on the way.

At the end of the path, Fu Xian was led to see an orange tree.

Before she could even explain, Fu Xian shook his head, "No, this one won’t be it."

Although the tree in front of him looked nice, it didn’t have what he wanted.

When he saw the pomelo, he knew he wanted three different trees of sour, bitter and sweet.

The former two he got instantly, now what he wanted was the last one.

While the orange was somewhat sweet, it didn’t have the sweetness he was thinking about.

They moved on to the next, the lady introduced again, "This is a clementine, the sweetest citrus fruit of all."

Fu Xian looked at the fruit in front of him. It was round and had a bright orange colour, seemingly perfectly suited as his next choice.

But when he looked at it, he didn’t really like it.

While the sour lemon was sour, it had a bit of sweetness hidden behind. The lime, too, was bitter but contained a bit of sourness.

He felt that the sourness was what connected all the citrus fruits, so although the clementine was sweet, it didn’t have the sourness known for citrus fruits.

"Do you perhaps have tangerines?" Fu Xian asked, remembering those flatter citrus fruits, he thought that they indeed had a bit of sourness.

The lady thought about it and then nodded, "We indeed have tangerines. Although they are less popular than others, they still have a good economical value."

She took him through the trees to the tangerine fruit tree.

It was also short but had many branches that seemed to be hanging down, like large heavy hair.

The smell of the tangerines was rather sweet, so Fu Xian asked for an example.

He peeled the tangerine before taking one of the pieces and tasting it.

Just as he guessed – the tangerine was sweet but also carried a hint of sourness, exactly what he wanted!

"Can you tell me about this one?"

"This is the Mellow Bite Tangerine. It’s sweet yet has some sourness, neither too strong nor too weak. This tangerine is also very suited as either a snack or to be made into juice. It’s just that unlike the other fruits, it doesn’t have any particular strong smell nor feature."

"That’s exactly how it should be. What’s the price?"

"Each young early-stage third-grade tangerine tree is sold at the price of 3.200 spirit stones."