Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 31
It was nearly eight o'clock in the evening.

The lights in Xigou City dimmed.

Walking on the deserted streets, Chen Yun noticed that except for a few fireworks places that were still brightly lit, the rest was almost completely dark.

When, when.

The sound of the watch came from far and near in the alley.

There will be curfew in a while, and Chen Yun is going to hurry up and find a medicine store, and then quickly return to the Taoist temple.

Two watchmen came towards me.

The fat watchman on the left yelled, "Who is that?"

In the dead of night, the roving watchman had great power. If a suspicious person was found on the street, he had the right to take the person directly to the Yamen for interrogation.

Chen Yun was well aware of this, so he took the initiative to bow and salute: "Brother, I am Chen Yun, a worker in the Taoist temple. I apologize for the delay in going down the mountain to find a medicine shop."

"Oh, under the Bell God Immortal's sect."

"Brother, you are so polite."

Zhongli Quan is very famous near Zhongnan Mountain.

When the two watchmen heard that Chen Yun was from the Taoist Temple, their attitude suddenly became polite.

The tall watchman on the right took the initiative to guide the way: "Brother Chen, turn left ahead and there is a Maji Drug Store. If you buy medicine, be sure to go back quickly. Xigou City has not been very peaceful recently."

Chen Yun didn't think much, just thanked him and walked forward.

The sound of watchmen chatting could be heard from behind.

"Oh, I don't know where the monster came from. Several people have died recently."

"Fortunately, the immortals of the Zhongnan Mountain sects are searching. Once traces of the demons can be found, they will be able to annihilate them in one fell swoop..."

The watchman's voice gradually faded away.

Chen Yun's heart moved when he heard this.

demon?

Then you have to be careful.

Although I have the Zhong Kui Talisman, the Talisman may not be able to protect me when encountering powerful demons.

Chen Yun is very cautious and does not want to lose his life.

Turning at the entrance of the alley ahead, the signboard of Ma Kee Drug Store across the street comes into view.

Chen Yun walked through Qingshi Street and came to the door of the medicine shop.

I saw a pair of door couplets on the left and right:
I wish there was no suffering in the world.

It's better to put the medicine on the dust.

Horizontal batch: The world is peaceful.

Crossing the threshold, Chen Yun saw an old man in his sixties and a young man sorting out medicinal materials, obviously preparing to close the store.

However, what was surprising was that when the old man saw Chen Yun, he stopped moving and asked proactively: "Brother, are you seeing a doctor? Taking medicine?"

Chen Yun walked to the counter and said, "Get some medicine."

The old man asked: "Do you have a prescription?"

Chen Yun responded: "Rehmannia glutinosa and yam are six cents each, raspberries, wolfberry, and dodder are three cents each, Alisma is one cent and two cents, jujube peel is two cents, and Ganoderma is one cent. For Ganoderma lucidum, use Grade A Ganoderma lucidum. Give me a pack of thirty share."

The old man was quite surprised and said: "This prescription is quite similar to the Shengjing Decoction. However, the Shengjing Decoction does not need to use Ganoderma lucidum. The Shengjing Decoction is originally a prescription to replenish the essence. With the addition of Ganoderma lucidum, the medicinal properties are too strong. Brother , Who gave you this prescription? In my opinion, this prescription is inappropriate. Let me check your pulse. If you really have a stubborn illness, I and I will prepare a suitable prescription for you."

Chen Yun's family members knew about his own affairs, so he waved his hand and said: "I also help others bring medicine. I don't need to look at it. I will take medicine as others tell me. Please excuse me, doctor."

The old man couldn't say anything else, so he turned to the young man and said, "Zhirong, take the medicine according to the prescription."

The young man said: "Okay, Grandpa."

After waiting for a while, the medicine was finished.

Finally, the old man calculated the plan and said, "A total of 320 taels."

Chen Yun was shocked, "So expensive?"

He had calculated the price of Ganoderma lucidum before, and found that 150 grams was about 250 taels of silver. Other medicinal materials should be relatively cheap, so he initially thought that 260 taels of silver would be enough.

Who would have thought that the old man's quotation was a full 60 taels more.

It made Chen Yun think that he had encountered a black shop.

Fortunately, the old man explained in time: "A-grade Ganoderma lucidum costs 1000 taels of silver per catty. Lycium barbarum is divided into four grades, namely Chaoyu, Gongguo, Dadong and Kuiyuan. Chaoyu and Gongguo are enjoyed by the court. My medicine shop does not have them. Dadong It is scarce and temporarily out of stock, so the lowest grade Kuiyuan is used for you. Fortunately, Kuiyuan is only 80 taels per catty. Otherwise, the price would be more expensive. The other medicinal materials are not expensive. It adds up to [-] taels. You can do the math by yourself. Is this a lot of money?”

Wolfberry costs 80 taels per catty?
Because the price of modern wolfberry is not expensive, Chen Yunben thought that it was not expensive in ancient times.

Hearing what the old man said, he immediately remembered that wolfberry was one of the precious medicinal materials in ancient times.

80 taels per pound is really not expensive.

If I use three-quarters of a catty, I will indeed need 60 taels more.

There was no problem in confirming the price, and Chen Yun took out the gold ingot as expected.

32 After giving away two taels of gold, there are only three taels of gold left in his pocket.

Counting the remaining sixty-five gold, the total was only ninety-five gold, which was not even enough to buy a red snow lychee fruit.

It seems that Mr. Wu will have to wait until tomorrow when someone comes to pick up the soap and settle the payment before he can buy red snow lychee fruits from Cai Rujin.

Thinking about it, Chen Yun picked up the medicine and left the pharmacy.

When he walked outside the medicine shop, he was still sighing secretly in his heart, "This cultivation is all about money. No wonder the ancient cultivators paid attention to the four words "the couple's wealth and land".

Fortunately, the ingredients for the essence decoction are almost ready.

Overall, Chen Yun was still very happy inside.

Put on the armor and horse talisman and go all the way back to the mountain.

During this period, I did not encounter the "demon" mentioned by the two watchmen.

Chen Yun took a bath and went to bed early.

……

A new day has come.

Chen Yun is no different from before.

He got up first to practice boxing, and then had breakfast.

Perhaps the combination of Five Elements Boxing and Breathing and Inhalation consumes more acquired energy.

After practicing boxing, Chen Yun felt hungry again and finished two or three bowls of thin porridge and three or four steamed buns in one go.

In the morning, I learned to work in the medicine garden.

Chen Yungang had lunch at noon.

I am preparing to take a rest and then go to the Talisman Making Hall to help.

Suddenly, Senior Brother Tang came and told Chen Yunshan that someone was looking for him outside the door.

Chen Yun thought Mr. Wu sent someone to get the goods, so he hurried out.

Outside the mountain gate.

Chen Yun looked at the beautiful fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl in front of him wearing an emerald green dress and felt that she looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

The girl in the green dress was not polite at all. She came up and grabbed his collar and said, "Pay back the money!"

Oh!
I remembered.

I picked up her purse myself.

At that time, there were two taels of gold in it, which he shared with Lin Chen, Zhang Qian, and Li Si.

Chen Yun had thought before that if he met this girl again, he would definitely pay back the money.

Now that people really come to your door, there is no reason not to pay them back.

It's not surprising at all how this girl came to my door.When Chen Yun followed Lin Chen, Zhang Qian and Li Si down the mountain a few days ago, they were wearing Taoist robes. Anyone who wanted to inquire would know that they were members of the Taoist temple in Ningyang Cave in Zhongnan Mountain.

The only thing that surprised Chen Yun was that it took nearly twenty days for this girl to come to his door. Was it too long?

He took out his purse from his arms and took out small gold beads and one or two and a half pieces of broken gold. "Girl, I accidentally dropped three gold beads. I will pay you another one or two and a half of gold. Yun is really sorry."

"I want the gold beads!" The girl in the green skirt was very aggressive, and her voice gradually became louder. "If you don't give me back the gold beads, I will go to your Taoist temple elder today and tell you that you are relying on my money!"

Nima!

Do you want to be so aggressive?
It's not like I didn't pay you any money.

Chen Yun was still thinking about officially joining the Taoist temple, but he was afraid that Wang Laozhi and Uncle Zheng Wen would hear the girl's yelling and think that he was a douchebag.

He quickly stopped the girl and said: "Pay! I will pay you the gold beads!"

The girl in the green skirt stretched out her hand and said, "Bring it here."

Chen Yun explained: "I don't have any gold beads for the time being..."

The girl in the green skirt quit and shouted again: "You Taoist elders, come out and take a look, there is someone here..."

Chen Yun was startled by her, stretched out his hand to block the other person's mouth, and said quickly: "Girl, don't scream! Don't scream! Can you just listen to what I have to say?"

The girl in the green skirt struggled for a few times, but when she saw that she couldn't break free from Chen Yun's hand, she had no choice but to nod.

Chen Yun then let go of his hand and said, "I will go down the mountain tonight and melt the broken gold to make gold beads for you. Can you come back tomorrow?"

"Do you think I am so free that I have to travel thirty or fifty miles a day to the mountains?" The girl in the green skirt glared. "I will give you an address. You can deliver it to me before tomorrow night, otherwise I will report you to the police!"

Chen Yun was already in the wrong, and he felt that it was a bit strange for this girl to lose money and come to his door. He always felt like she was deliberately arranged, so he admitted his defeat and said: "Okay, I will give you the gold beads when I finish the work tomorrow." Send it."

Only then did the girl in the green skirt spare him.

She informed Chen Yun of the address.

At the end, the girl in the green skirt turned around and spat "Young disciple" when she turned around and left.

Hearing this, Chen Yun rolled his eyes repeatedly, thinking to himself, if you don't yell, will I cover your mouth in a hurry?

I just said goodbye to the girl in the green dress.

Chen Yun was about to turn around and go back.

Unexpectedly, three or five people came over the mountain road.

It was Guanshi Fang who took the lead on the donkey.

This time he was here to pick up the goods, so Chen Yun stopped and waited.

A minute later, Manager Fang, Wu Lu, Wu You and other servants came forward.

"Chen Xianchang."

"Chen Xianchang."

"Manager Fang, hello everyone."

Both sides greeted each other.

Chen Yun asked them to wait at the gate of the mountain while he prepared to go inside to get soap.

Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly thought of something, turned to look at everyone and asked, "By the way, Manager Fang, when you came just now, did you see a girl in a green dress on the road?"

Manager Fang was startled, "No, this place is sparsely populated. There was no one there when I arrived."

really!

There's something wrong with that woman!

There is only one way to enter the missionary temple. If the woman is okay, Manager Fang and others will definitely meet her. It is impossible to say that they did not see her.

Although Chen Yun didn't know what the problem was with the girl in the green skirt, he could tell from what happened just now that the girl in the green skirt must have something different.

He didn't say anything more.

He went inside and took out the remaining 200 yuan of soap and gave it to Manager Fang and others.

Manager Fang also asked Wu Lu to give money.

Afterwards, the two parties exchanged a few polite words, and then Manager Fang took the people away.

Another 70 taels of gold were harvested!
Chen Yun was quite happy, finally having money to buy Hongxue lychee fruit.

……

In the afternoon, in the Talisman Making Hall.

Cai Rujin came to the house early because she wanted to cultivate the red snow lychee fruit carefully and give it to Chen Yun.

Even though he knew that Chen Yun would definitely earn a lot of money by making something as magical as soap, Cai Rujin felt that selling things would take time, and it was impossible for Chen Yun to spend 100 taels of silver to buy lychee fruits so quickly.

It turned out that he had just sat down not long ago.

Chen Yun walked straight from the door to the case and put down three large gold ingots.

Cai Rujin was stunned for a while, "Junior brother Chen, this is..."

"Senior Brother Cai." Chen Yunzuo saluted and said hello: "Here are 30 taels of gold. I want to buy three red snow lychee fruits from you."

"Ah?" Cai Rujin said slightly surprised: "How did you earn 30 taels of gold in such a short time?"

Chen Yunsheng was afraid that the other party would misunderstand that he was cheating and abducting him, so he said honestly: "The gold is from selling soap."

"I know you earned it from selling soap." Cai Rujin said doubtfully, "I mean, how did you make so much money by selling a lot of soap in such a short period of time."

Chen Yun suddenly realized it and said: "Oh, I found a big family and sold all the soap to them."

Cai Rujin was still a little puzzled, "I heard that you made soap worth two to three hundred yuan. No matter how much a wealthy family likes this product, they can't buy hundreds of yuan at once, right?"

Chen Yun explained in detail: "Generally, wealthy families do not need to spend 300 yuan on soap for their own use. However, many wealthy families have shops. As long as they understand the value of soap, they are naturally willing to spend a lot of money to buy it."

This time Cai Rujin understood.

Yes, Xiangjizi is sought after by high-ranking officials.

There is no shortage of sales for soaps with better effects, and anyone with a bit of business insight will know how much profit they can make from buying those soaps.

As long as you find a big family with a shop, you can really sell it at once.

Cai Rujin has never done business. In his fixed mindset, he always believed that goods should be sold one by one in order to maximize profits. He really didn't think of the clever trick of finding a "general distributor".

After he figured it out, he looked at Chen Yun and his eyes became even weirder. He said to himself that this boy was not only talented and proficient in all kinds of things, but he also had a very flexible business mind.

Talent!
The more Cai Rujin looked at Chen Yun, the more satisfied he became. The previous resentment because of Lin Chen being driven down the mountain suddenly disappeared due to his love for talents.

He waved his sleeves, and three red lychee fruits that looked like blood appeared on the long table in front of him.

Cai Rujin said: "Take it."

Chen Yun was overjoyed and stepped forward to carefully put away the red snow lychee fruits.

He was about to thank him twice.

Cai Rujin pointed at the gold ingot again and said, "Take the gold ingot back as well."

Chen Yun was stunned, "Isn't this money to buy Hongxue lychee fruits?"

Cai Rujin smiled and said nonsense: "The so-called 100 taels of silver and a red snow lychee fruit is just my test for you. Now that you have passed the test, I will naturally not take your money."

Well, it’s actually not a test at all.

Before, he was driven down the mountain to put on Chen Yun's shoes because of Lin Chen.

It's just that Chen Yun has really made so much money with his personal wisdom. Cai Rujin has to say this, otherwise Wang Laozhi and Zheng Wenshu will know that he cheated long-term workers and scolded him bloody?

To be honest, what Chen Yun has done in the past few days has impressed Cai Rujin, who used to look at people through colored glasses.

He really didn't expect Chen Yun to be so capable. He invented soap and earned 300 taels of silver in just a few days.

Cai Rujin secretly praised Chen Yun for his wisdom.

Chen Yun didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing that he got the Hongxue lychee fruit without spending a penny, he was naturally very happy.

He thanked him several times.

The required medicinal materials are finally gathered!
I will be able to make the essence-transforming soup tonight, and I hope I can hit the target of refining grains and transforming essence into essence!
(End of this chapter)