Bai Qingqing hurriedly returned to his room. He looked around, then dashed into the room and locked the door tightly. He washed up and wiped himself clean with a soft cloth before sitting behind the table.
He took out the bottle of Picking Beauty Pills and removed the cork. He carefully poured out a pill. The moment he saw it, his eyes lit up.
"Are they really the same?"
He stood up and paced back and forth in the room. His expression kept changing.
After a long time, he put away the pill bottle and stuffed it into his sleeve before lying down on the bed. He forced himself to sleep, but his heart could not calm down. Thus, he sat up straight and meditated.
He sat for the whole night, but he could not really enter a meditative state. He stayed up until dawn.
After all, he was a cultivator who was not even 20 years old yet. He was full of energy and vitality. Even though he did not sleep for the whole night, he was still full of energy and did not look tired at all.
He stretched his limbs a little and took off his Xuanfu robe. He changed into the scholar's robe that he wore before entering the academy. Then, he took his things and left.
After leaving the Profound Palace, he didn't stop walking and directly left Tai Yang Academy. He hailed a horse carriage at the intersection and went down the winding mountain slope to the Inner City Platform. He traveled along the main road and directly arrived at the gathering place of shops near the Dawn Harbor's pier. He stopped in front of a medicinal ingredient trading company named "Fortune".
He alighted from the carriage, paid the fare, and stepped through the door. Someone saw him and was pleasantly surprised. "Young Master, you're back?"
The shop assistants and shopkeepers put down what they were doing and bowed to him.
Bai Qingqing waved his hand and said, "Everyone, go do your own things. There's no need to care about me." He walked straight to the inner courtyard in the back hall. An old man in his fifties with a ruddy face heard the commotion and walked out from the inner room. When he saw Bai Qingqing, he smiled and said, "Young Master, you've been gone for half a month. How was your stay in the academy?"
Bai Qingqing's attitude towards the old man immediately improved. He cupped his hands and said seriously, "Second Uncle, I'm doing very well. Business seems to be much better recently. "
The old man smiled and said, "It's all thanks to you, Shaolang."
After Bai Qingqing asked around, he found out that because he had entered Taiyang Academy, the trading company had used his name to sell some medicinal herbs to the academy. Furthermore, the people from the yamen rarely came to make things difficult for him anymore.
However, he knew that just being a student was useless. Perhaps it was because he had entered Xuanfu.
After chatting with the old man for a while and getting a general idea of the recent situation of the trading company, he said, "I came back for some matters and have to go back later. If I'm not here, I'll have to ask Second Uncle to help me take care of it."
The old man chuckled and said, "It's our Bai family's business. Even if you don't mention it, I will still look after it. You can rest assured and study."
After Bai Qingqing parted ways with the old man, he walked into the inner courtyard. Just as he was about to return to his study, he saw a beautiful woman with an alluring figure walk over. Even though she did not wear any makeup, it could not hide her radiance. However, her eyes were slightly yellow. It was obvious that she was of mixed blood.
She lowered her head and curtsied at Bai Qingqing. She called out timidly, "Husband."
Bai Qingqing grunted and ignored her. He went straight into the room, leaving the woman standing there with a dejected look on her face.
Bai Qingqing's study was huge. More than 10 rows of bookshelves were filled with books. Each shelf reached the top and was almost at the same level as the second floor. After Bai Qingqing entered, he went straight to the second floor and brought a bamboo ladder over. He went to the top of the bookshelf and took out a box.
He returned to the table below and opened it to take out a bottle. At the same time, he took out the pill bottle that contained the Beauty Picking Pill and placed it on the table. At this moment, it could be seen that the 2 pill bottles were exactly the same, but the one that he took out was slightly older.
Bai Qingqing suppressed his excitement and poured out a pill from each of the pill bottles. Even the pills were exactly the same.
He said excitedly, "It's really like this!" He sat down and muttered to himself, "In that case, grandfather's prescription might really be useful."
Bai Qingqing's grandfather had also entered Xuanfu. Moreover, due to his fast cultivation progress in his early years, he could be considered a genius. Unfortunately, he died in the battle at the Honghe Pass.
Perhaps it was because cultivators of the new method relied on reading the chapters of the Great Path to cultivate, so Bai Qingqing's grandfather did not mention any method or cultivation method to his descendants. He only left behind this pill bottle and a secret prescription.
Bai Qingqing remembered Fan Lan saying that the Beauty Picking Pill could only be taken in small amounts. It would burn the internal organs and dry up the blood marrow. However, his family was in the medicinal herb business and knew some medical knowledge. The reason for this was that the body was not strong enough. If one's foundation was strong enough, as long as one did not use too much at one time, there would not be any problems.
Just by looking at the ingredients, Bai Qingqing knew that this secret prescription was used to protect the internal organs and regulate Primordial Qi. It was not without reason that the two items were placed together.
Bai Qingqing's eyes shone brightly. If his guess was correct, then this prescription and the Beauty Picking Pill were used in tandem!
If that was the case, it meant that under the mediation of this secret method, he could take more Beauty Picking Pills and gather more Primordial Qi. Then, when he read the chapters of the Great Path, his progress would be much faster than others.
He thought to himself, 'Perhaps grandfather used this secret method back then to display his talent. As expected of a medical expert from his hometown, he could even come up with a prescription like this.'
However, when his gaze fell on the prescription again, he could not help but frown. Although there were not many medicinal herbs involved, there was no lack of rare and precious ones.
It would be fine if he used it once or twice, but if he used it too many times, he would not be able to afford it.
What method should he use then?
Just as he was thinking, a voice came from outside. "Is Young Master in?"
Bai Qingqing's train of thought was interrupted and he was very unhappy. However, when he heard the voice, he knew it was the manager of the trading company who was in charge of external affairs. He was cultivating in Xuanfu and still needed the other party to take care of the business here. Thus, he said, "Clan Brother, come in and talk."
The door was pushed open, and a good-looking young man in his twenties came in. He was dressed neatly and looked very kind. He cupped his hands at Bai Qingqing and said with a smile, "Young Master, you're reading."
Bai Qingqing asked, "What's the matter?
The young manager walked downstairs and raised his head. "Yesterday, someone from Taiyang Academy came to my shop to purchase a large amount of medicinal herbs. Shaolang told me to report to you if there were any abnormalities. That's why I'm here to ask."
Bai Qingqing looked interested and asked, "What kind of medicinal herb?"
"It's a bone fragment of a Variant Monster. It's from the pits in my hometown." The young manager put on a pair of gloves and took out a kraft paper bag. After opening it, he took out a small bone fragment and shook it.
At this moment, Bai Qingqing was standing on the second floor, some distance away from where the other person was standing. However, when his gaze fell on the bone fragment, something changed in his eyes. It was as if he had pulled a distant object closer, and every detail on it could be seen clearly.
However, after looking at it, it was no different from an ordinary Variant Monster bone fragment. At most, it was slightly older. However, there were many such things on the continent. There were as many of them as one wanted. It was just that the cost of digging them was different.
He asked, "Did the person who bought it say what it was used for?"
The young manager shook his head and said, "He didn't say, and I didn't dare to ask too much. However, the person who came to buy it said that as long as the item was roughly the same, he was willing to pay a higher price and continue to buy it. I was thinking that we might be able to take the initiative to lower the price and have a long-term business. "
Bai Qingqing thought for a moment and said, "Do we still have a lot of these things?"
The young manager smiled and said, "We have a lot. Even if we don't have enough in our hometown, we still have some on the nearby islands. The surrounding water and soil hasn't changed much. If we can buy the academy, then our Fortune Pass will be able to make a lot of money from this business alone."
When Bai Qingqing heard this, he did not think too much about it and said, "Then do as you see fit. There's no need to ask me about this anymore. By the way, do you still have money in the account? Give me a sum of money. "
The young manager was startled and said awkwardly, "Business has been good recently, so there's a sum of money in the account. I originally planned to settle the debt I owed the Ning family first …"
Bai Qingqing frowned and said, "You can wait for the Ning family. Give me the money first. I have a use for it."
The young manager asked carefully, "But the madam …"
Bai Qingqing said impatiently, "I'll talk to the madam."
The young manager hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it for you later."
"Hurry up. I'm waiting to use it." Bai Qingqing waved his hand. The young manager bowed and left. Before he left, he seemed to want to say something but stopped. He shook his head and carefully closed the door.
Bai Qingqing waited for him to leave before pacing back and forth in the corridor. He was very excited in his heart. Once he was able to concoct the medicinal ingredients for this secret recipe, he would be able to be like his grandfather back then. At that time, the Profound Palace would know which one of them was truly worthy of nurturing between him and Zhang Yu!
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