Chapter 118 Running Into a Giant Serpent

• Meat reishi is the king of reishi, commonly called Taisui among folks. Countless ancient texts mention it, tracing all the way back to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, where it’s called “seeing flesh,” “gathered flesh,” “Taisui,” “sealed flesh,” a prized tonic dish for ancient emperors. Taisui is rare—top-shelf among all remedies. Both Shennong’s Materia Medica and the Compendium of Materia Medica record it, proving it really exists in the world.
• There aren’t many meat reishi found on the market, but a few still turn up. The thing is, most of those aren’t the real deal—they’re fakes.
• To put it simply, everyone’s seen ginseng and fleeceflower root. But how many have seen one shaped like a human?