Chapter 4: Selling medicine
Three days later, the aphrodisiac and beauty medicine in the two cauldrons were ready, as was the yin-protecting water. I took a few boxes and a large bottle to contain the medicine and returned to the capital. I ran to Milan’s capital and first asked if anyone had been looking for me (the three brothers Wu, Lei, and Zhao should have arrived by now). The maid told me that someone had been looking for me, but they were all customers. I asked them to describe the appearance of those people. I was very disappointed that none of the three brothers were among them. It seems that they are still looking for the sword, but they may be on their way. I told the waiter the appearance of the three brothers and asked them to pay attention to them. If they come, find a place for them to stay.
“Ru Yan, come here for a moment.“ Ru Yan is the head waitress of the Yalan Xuan and also the manager of the Yalan Xuan.
The customers didn’t suspect that I was the owner of Milan Capital at all because I was just a kid.
”Young master, is there anything I can help you with?” Ru Yan smiled and said to me.
“Here are some medicines,“ I handed Ru Yan the yin-protecting water mysteriously, ‘it’s medicine for your lady bits. There are a hundred servings here, find some bottles and divide the medicine into a hundred servings, sell them for a gold coin each.’
Ru Yan took the medicine with a blush on her face, ‘will anyone buy it?’ Ru Yan was still a little skeptical.
”This potion can cure most of the diseases in your lady bits, it’s definitely miraculous, if you don’t believe me, just try it yourself.”
“No, no.“ Ru Yan’s face turned even redder, and she shook her hands in confusion.
”Heh heh,“ I laughed twice.
”Ru Yan, I also have a lot of beauty medicine that can be taken internally to moisturize the skin. Here are more than a hundred pills, and they are also one gold coin each.“
”Young master, how do you use these medicines?“
”Once every two days, one bottle or pill at a time.”
“Okay, I’ll get someone to take care of it.“
”Wait a minute, how’s the training going?“ I had already started teaching them the Subtle Tortoise Method, the Mysterious Gate Qi, the Tianxingjian Method, and the technique of dividing the mind into two.
”I just know that I don’t get tired anymore, I don’t know anything else.”
“You just need to practice diligently. Here is the Daluo Sword Technique,” I handed her a piece of paper. ‘After you have memorized it, burn it immediately.’ This Daluo Sword Technique was not taught to me by Sister Xuan, but was found by me in the super brain database. ‘Who is that?’ I asked, pointing at a girl.
Several noblewomen were gathered around the girl, listening attentively to her introduction: “This garment deliberately leaves a large opening on the right side of the leg. The purpose of this is to show off the advantages of our legs. Since there is only one side, it adds a kind of hazy beauty. Those who are confident in their legs may wish to buy this one.” The unspoken meaning is that those who are not confident in their legs don’t need to buy it, but who is willing to admit that their legs are inferior to others! Five or six noblewomen around me immediately bought several pieces.
“Sorry, young master, I took the liberty of buying those people. Due to the expansion of the Yalanxuan a few days ago, there was a shortage of manpower, so Ruyan took someone to the slave market and bought a lot of manpower.“
”You are in charge, so you can make the decision. But this girl is quite good, what’s her name and how old is she?”
“The name of the newcomer is Ru Shi. She is only 13 years old. This girl can be fully competent after just a few days of work. She can find the advantages of each piece of clothing, identify its shortcomings, and knows how to turn disadvantages into advantages. She is truly a rare talent.”
I was overjoyed when I heard this. I was looking for this kind of talent, and I never thought that heaven would send one to me. ‘I need this kind of talent. I want to use her for something else that is more important,’ I said directly to Ru Yan.
“Okay, I’ll tell her now. Ruo Shi,“ Ruo Yan said, ‘come here for a moment.’
Ruo Shi finished dealing with the customer and came over. ‘Ruo Yan, what’s the matter?’ Ruo Shi looked at me curiously.
”Ruo Shi, you will follow this young master for a while in the future.“
”Is that all?” Ruo Shi asked curiously, not surprised or flustered.
“That’s all. After the matter is settled, the young master will let you come back.“
”Okay,“ Ru Shi replied without any tension, but with a composed manner.
”Little brother, will Sister Ru be with us from now on?“ Cathy (who had also changed her appearance) asked.
”She will be with us for a while, but not right now, as she still has other things to take care of,“ I said.
”What kind of things do you need my help with?” Ru Shi asked.
“You’ll find out in a while.” I didn’t say it right away, ‘Ru Shi, you learn the Daluo Sword Technique here first, and I’ll come get you after a while. Let’s go, let’s go to Taoranju for a meal.’
After a satisfying meal at Taoranju, I taught three chefs a dish. For some reason, I don’t like the food I cook. Then I said to Aunt Liu, ”Aunt Liu, I want to sell something here, is that okay?”
“Of course, Han’er, you can sell whatever you want!“ Aunt Liu said with a smile, without asking me what I was selling.
”Okay, I’ll go find Sister Man,” I said excitedly, and ran off to find her.
Sister Man’s name is Tian Yuman. She was originally a maid at another restaurant, but when Taoranju expanded, it bought the restaurant and Sister Man became a maid there. Due to her outstanding abilities, she soon became the head maid. In fact, Aunt Liu doesn’t really care about the restaurant, and the whole restaurant is actually controlled by Sister Man.
“Sister Man, I want to sell some medicine here?“ I took Sister Man’s hand, while the other hand held Cathy’s.
”Sister Man, this medicine is very good for little brothers,“ Cathy said.
”What medicine?” Sister Man was also curious.
I rolled my eyes and honestly said, ‘It’s medicine for men.’
Sister Man flushed for a moment, and said, ‘You should talk to Lian Ping about this.’ After saying that, she turned around and ran away
Zhuang Lianping, the head waiter, came over soon after Sister Man left. I told him what I had in mind, asking him to set aside a place at the counter for selling medicine, and to deliberately hint at it to certain guests at the beginning. Zhuang Lianping did as he was told.
I really miss the days I spent with Sister Xuan. After eating, I would fall asleep in her arms, and when I woke up, I could eat again. But as soon as I returned, I was busy. I asked the members of the Wo Hu group to carry twenty corpses to Zhenlong Mountain every day, and then I transported them to the two associations through the magic circle. Sometimes I would stay there for a while to come up with ideas for their research, and in the meantime, I would put my skeletons and some monsters born from Yin Qi into the Yuehan Spirit Pool to soak. The ideas I proposed to their research were taken very seriously by them. For example, the blood-sucking orb was too large, resulting in a slow speed and a weak explosion, which gave the opponent time to escape. I suggested compressing the size of the orb, which would increase its speed and explosive power. Under my guidance, the compression process quickly yielded results. In addition to transporting bodies, I also transported a lot of food to them. However, there was not a single person among the 500-plus members of the two associations who knew how to cook. Once I ate something that almost made me vomit, and you could call that a dish. Later, I simply kidnapped two single cooks (without attachments) in the capital city, knocked them unconscious, and transported them to the association. After some coercion and inducement, the two had no choice but to cook for people at the association. After this matter was settled, Cathy even praised me again.
I began to try teaching my monsters some martial arts. Seventh-level monsters have a high intelligence and had no difficulty learning, but sixth-level monsters did not. I could only cut my spirit into their primordial spirit and use my primordial spirit to drive the beast energy in them to run according to a certain method. I also had to use the Mysterious Transformation Technique to transform their primordial spirits, otherwise they would not automatically run the method by themselves. As for the fifth-order monsters, it’s even worse. Their intelligence is too low. It would be a waste of my time to transform them one by one, so I only transformed three or four. It seems that if I want to transform them all, I’ll probably have to replace their brains. But what’s strange is that the gargoyle can actually practice martial arts, and it can even practice at a high level. It can even practice the Ten Stone Qiang Qi, which is really strange. I studied it for a long time but couldn’t figure out why. And the Gargoyle can also soak in the Moon-Cold Spirit Pool, which greatly enhances the toughness of its body. Later, I discovered that the Blood-Sucking Bat can also learn some martial arts. The Moon-Cold Spirit Pool at the Association is too small, so I used the Zelong Sword to enlarge it quite a bit, and then threw in the Force Wolf, Howling Wolf, Yin Spider, Qijian, Houyi, Xuanwu, Heart-Eating Demon, Blood-Sucking Bat, and so on, and let them soak in it. Of course, they didn’t soak for long.
In order to increase the survivability of my monsters below level 6, I carved a lot of images on several stone walls. They are some moves, which are not complicated, extremely simple and practical, and were specially developed by Super Brain based on the physical conditions of various monsters themselves. So every day, a bunch of monsters practice martial arts in front of several stone walls with weapons in their hands, while monsters above level 6 and gargoyles stand guard on the periphery instead of orcs to reduce the possibility of orcs being discovered.
Once again, I discovered the downside of having a strong spirit. I couldn’t kill with the Thunder Dragon Sword and the Zelin Sword in my hands. I almost smashed the two swords, but they just wouldn’t listen to me. I got a dog and ordered the two swords to cut open the dog’s stomach for me . These damned things actually circled the dog once and then returned. I used my spiritual power to cut into the swords, but I still couldn’t find out why. I can only think that it’s because my spiritual power is too high, but it could also be because my vital energy frequency cannot match the swords. I haven’t figured it out yet. Of course, these two swords are still somewhat useful, and they can still dig holes and chop down trees.
The aphrodisiacs sold particularly well, which was unbelievable to me. The first 100 pills sold out in 10 days, and then I made another 400, which sold out in one day. This was unacceptable, so I immediately quadrupled the price to 5 gold coins per pill. to meet market demand. Due to the good sales of aphrodisiacs, the business at Taoranju was also incredibly good (nonsense, you have to eat a meal at Taoranju first if you want to buy medicine), so the scale of Taoranju was once again expanded by half. As for the sales of yin-protecting water and beauty medicine, they were also quite good, and 200 gold coins a day was no problem. It seems that there is no future in making money from ordinary people these days, and one can only focus on the wallets of these rich people.
That day, I received a handwritten letter from Zhang Lao (delivered by a pterodactyl) saying that the monsters in the Ping Tian 13 Villages were too powerful and that there was no way to hunt them without causing casualties. He asked me to urgently send experts to help, so I sent 60 pterodactyls, 40 wind-riding beasts, 43 wind-crying monsters, 27 ice-winged birds, 37 wind-furious beasts, 30 horned monsters, etc., under the leadership of the Wo Hu group’s Tian 1-18 and me (and of course my four followers) led the way, and the group of flying beasts charged straight towards the 13 villages of the sky. It was said that on the day they set out, the smoke from cooking stopped within 30 li wherever they went, and everyone abandoned their homes and fled for their lives. The 13 villages of the sky were once again overcrowded, with people requesting to join, and the population of the 13 villages of the sky reached a historic high of 120,000 (including 80,000 elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people who were not combat-capable).
When I arrived at the 13 villages, I first placed the group of monsters at the foot of the mountain and then went up to see Zhang Lao. After meeting Zhang Lao, I asked him for some information.
“We have already driven away most of the seventh-order monsters, but the stone monster and the flying dragon are still within the boundaries of our 13 villages, and sometimes they come up the mountain to harass for a while, sometimes even killing and injuring some people. Therefore, we must drive them away.”
“We have already thought of some ways to deal with the flying dragons,“ said a middle-aged man, Yang the head of the third mountain fort
”Oh, what good ways?“ I asked with interest.
”The flying dragons must go back to rest at night. At night, we can take bows and arrows and approach the dragon’s nest. As long as we get close enough to within 100 paces, the flying dragons will have no chance under the barrage of arrows.”
“The flying dragon is very alert. Even at night, there are special dragon guards. It is unlikely that more than a hundred people can sneak up silently.” Hengdeli Tian 18 said
I nodded. Of course, I didn’t want to just kill the flying dragon. Wild flying dragons were extremely powerful. If I could tame one, it would definitely be a great help.
“I wonder what they eat. I can sneak in and put a sleeping drug in their food,“ said Suizi.
”Flying dragons only prey on live animals and don’t eat much. They mainly absorb energy themselves,“ said Zhang Zhengli.
”Flying dragons have an advantage in the air. If we can stop them from flying or make them unstable, we can deal with them easily,” said Luo Bingcheng.
My eyes lit up. Yes, we can make the wind monsters raise a fierce wind, and then shoot arrows through their wings, and that will solve the problem. Once I had decided on a plan, I immediately told them to prepare 300 people who were good at archery to go with us. In these deep mountains and dense forests, there are no hunters, but there are plenty of people who are experts at archery. Three hundred people arrived in no time, and after preparing some steel wires and enchanting them with magic, we set off down the mountain.
Seeing the large group of monsters at the foot of the mountain, the 300 people’s legs went weak and they almost turned around and ran away. I hurriedly explained to them that these were tamed monsters and were not dangerous. After listening to me and seeing that the monsters did not pounce, the people calmed down.
So I ordered those who could fly to keep watch in the air, with the rest of the group forming the rear guard and the vanguard, and we set off towards our destination, a flying dragon nest in the west of the 13 villages. From a distance, you could hear the dragons roaring, and you could see them flying up and diving down. Who was fighting with my future little brother? Apart from us, there were actually people who dared to challenge such a group of dragons. That’s good, I’m in no hurry to go, I can just sit back and reap the benefits. No, I thought to myself, what if they kill all my future little brothers? Even if they kill one or two, that would be a great loss for me. No, I have to rush up and save my little brothers.
The people around me also noticed the abnormality, but none of them spoke, waiting for my orders. I ordered the air force to split into two parts: a small number would follow me forward, while the majority would circle around the back of the flying dragon, waiting for my order to charge out and kill.
“Archers, be careful. If a flying dragon swoops at you, just shoot it with arrows, aiming for its wings first,” I told the archers. “Set off immediately, with the archers following behind.”
Twenty children, a few adults, and of course many monsters arrived at a hilltop, where they could see the battlefield. The first thing to catch everyone’s attention was not the flying dragon but a goblin. With dazzling silver hair, dark skin, a delicate face, and a slender body, she held a longbow in her hand and kept shooting at the flying dragon in the sky. This was a dark goblin.
Next to the dark goblin are two magicians, a young girl and a young man, who are constantly chanting wind and fire magic, support magic, and recovery magic. In front of them are two berserkers who are helping the magicians fend off attacks from the sky. Behind the magicians and the dark goblin are an axe-wielder, a swordsman, and a knight guarding them.
The berserker and the axe-wielder and swordsman have been seriously injured, and the knight is so tired that he can hardly stand (he is wearing too much armor). The magician is clearly running out of magic power, too. Only the dark goblin is still relatively relaxed, but he doesn’t have many arrows left.
Looking at my flying dragons, I really feel miserable. There are six or seven lying on the ground, and even if they are not dead, they are almost. Those flying in the sky are also injured, most of them with arrow wounds. Although the wild flying dragons are made of iron and steel, they can also be pierced by arrows at such close range, so the flying dragons dare not just charge recklessly. This is also the reason why this group of people have been able to hold out until now. Even so, there are still quite a few arrows stuck in the wings of the flying dragons in the air, but their powerful recovery ability makes them still attack their enemies fearlessly.
I took a breath, not expecting the flying dragons to be afraid of arrows. But I have 300 archers, I don’t believe that at this distance, under the barrage of 300 arrows, you can still run away.
“Your Highness, please command us to go up and save them,” Yuli sister said anxiously.
“Don’t worry, I need to prepare first.” I commanded the 300 archers to hide, and then ordered the people of the Wo Hu group to set up the formation
“Okay, Yuli, Yuriko, and Zhang Lao, you three take twenty Horned Monsters and go rescue them, then come back here. Be careful to use more magic spells, this flying dragon is too strong against physical attacks.“
”Okay.” The twenty Horned Monsters immediately rushed down the mountain, followed by Zhang Lao and the other three, who used some auxiliary spells to empower the Horned Monsters.
The eight people in front of the dragon’s nest immediately despaired when they saw the reinforcements—twenty horned monsters.
“Qiangli, Kyle, you guys go quickly. Only you and I are still capable of escaping here. I’ll hold them off!” the dark goblin said sadly.
“What are you talking about? Since we came out together, of course we have to go back together,” the swordsman roared.
“Hurry up, or it’ll be too late,” the female magician also shouted.
“Let’s go, Power and Kyle, I’m counting on you to build me a tomb!“ the male wizard laughed.
”No more nonsense, Power, when the horned monster charges at the flying dragon, immediately charge south with me,” the axe-wielder shouted, tears streaming down his face.
The swordsman shouted, and suddenly a crescent moon appeared on his sword, whirling and whistling as it left his hand. It struck a wyvern in the wing, causing it to fall from the sky, but it immediately struggled to its feet and flew back into the air.
The male and female magicians held hands tightly, a smile on their faces. “Eternal God of Flame, the sins of the world…” This was a powerful spell, only of sixth rank, but its power was equivalent to seventh rank, because it was a self-destruct spell.
Just as the cornered monster was about to charge, just as Qiangli and Kyle were about to take advantage of the situation to break out, just as the magician was waiting for the two of them to break out so that he could cast the self-destruct spell…
Three bolts of lightning fell from the sky and struck the three wyverns in the air. The wyverns whined in grief and suddenly soared higher, while an oversized fireball flew over and exploded among the wyverns. This was the sixth-order spell “Fire Blast,” cast by Zhang Lao.
“Don’t go, someone is coming to save us,” Kyle shouted as he stopped about to run out.
The male and female mages also stopped their self-destruction spells and casually cast a few recovery spells.
The knight, swordsman, and axe-wielder prepared to meet the horned monsters.
The horned monsters finally arrived. “Whoa!” The horned monsters were holding thick-bladed swords in their hands and slashed at the flying dragons in the air. Nearly twenty flying dragons and twenty horned monsters were killed in a pile. Although the flying dragons were one level higher than the horned monsters but flying dragons are known for their super defensive capabilities and the ability to fly, which is why they are ranked as an eighth-order magical beast, while horned monsters are known for their powerful attack capabilities. By the way, the classification of 7th and 8th rank monsters is a bit confusing. The strength of the two ranks is not much different, while the strength of the 9th rank monster is much higher than these two ranks. There are no 10th rank monsters, and the only 11th rank monsters are dragons. This is to highlight the great power of dragons. Of course, there are many types of dragons, and each type has different powers. Also, if the next generation of a domesticated monster is born, it is generally not called a monster, but a phantom beast. Phantom beasts can make contracts with people and help them in battle, but the more their wild nature disappears, the lower their abilities become. Nowadays, the power of a domesticated monster is generally one level lower than that of a wild monster.