Entering Taoism from the womb

Zhennan Marquis Mansion, remote southwest corner.

It was late at night and foggy.

Zhao Pingan couldn't stay in the cabin at all. He stood outside the cabin and looked into the distance in the direction of Jiang Mansion.

Suddenly, an old black dog walked out of the night.

Zhao Pingan immediately hurried over and asked impatiently: "Old Black Senior, has the Great Huan Dan been delivered to Jiang Mansion? How is my mother?"

"Don't you even look at who is doing it." The old black dog rolled his eyes at Zhao Pingan leisurely.

Zhao Pingan continued to ask: "Then how is my mother?"

As the old black dog entered the cabin, he said: "Of course the medicine cured the disease."

Hearing that his mother was fine, Zhao Pingan breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't enter the cabin immediately, but scanned the surrounding buildings and high walls with lingering fear. Wherever he looked, he was in Zhennan Marquis Mansion, which was as deep as the sea.

He clenched his fists and showed hatred on his face.

I am not strong yet, but when I grow strong, I will turn the world upside down!

The next morning, after Chen Donglai prepared breakfast for Zhao Ping'an, he hurried away and returned to the Jiang Mansion.

In the afternoon, Chen Donglai came back, carrying many things and a handwritten letter from Jiang Shuyue.

After reading his mother's handwritten letter, Zhao Ping'an finally felt relieved.

After feeling relieved, Zhao Ping'an began to think about how to live in the future.

"Uncle Chen, just reinforce this cabin," he said to Chen Donglai, "build two houses on the left side of the cabin, one for you and one for Lao Hei. Build another one on the right side of the cabin as an alchemy room."

"Thank you for carrying the building materials in."

Chen Donglai couldn't help asking, "Young Master, where do you live?"

Zhao Ping'an said, "I live in the cabin."

"But..." Chen Donglai couldn't help but feel anxious.

Even if the cabin was renovated, it was too small and too broken.

Zhao Ping'an waved his hand to interrupt Chen Donglai's words without question: "No buts."

After that, he took out a silver note of 100 taels and handed it to Chen Donglai.

In the next few days, Chen Donglai kept moving building materials in. However, when he had moved about one-third of the materials, the guards of Zhennan Marquis' Mansion suddenly stopped Chen Donglai from moving any more building materials into the mansion.

The building materials were probably only enough to build one house.

"My dear cousin, I don't want to live in Zhennan Marquis' Mansion. I come in to serve you during the day and live outside at night." Chen Donglai took the initiative to say.

Zhao Ping'an hesitated for a moment and said, "I can only let you run in and out every day. You can rent a yard nearby and live there. I will pay the rent."

"Thank you, my dear cousin."

A few days later, the house was built.

The shaky cabin was reinforced, and an alchemy room that was not much bigger than the cabin was built on the right, and a dog kennel was built with the squeezed building materials.

The old black dog moved into the doghouse, cursing: "Zhao Ping'an, you are not a human being, you really treat me like a dog!"

"Please forgive me, Senior Laohei, I have no choice, it's due to limited conditions." Zhao Ping'an helplessly spread his hands and explained, "When I go out in the future, I will build you a pure gold house."

"Remember, you owe me another pure gold house!" The old black dog was quiet, and he wanted it if there was any benefit.

The alchemy room was built, the alchemy furnace was moved in, and the medicinal materials were purchased. Zhao Ping'an began his daily alchemy in the future.

The pill he made was still the Baicao Pill.

Half a year ago, he got a low-grade pill recipe - "Xiao Yuanqi Pill". With the blessing of a hundred times the proficiency points, he realized the middle-grade pill recipe - "Yuanqi Pill".

However, the true essence must be used to refine the middle-grade elixir.

In order not to expose his trump card that he has practiced, he only secretly refined a few furnaces of Yuanqi Pill.

Now that he is under house arrest in the Zhennan Marquis Mansion, Zhao Ping'an dares not to openly refine Yuanqi Pill.

However, the Yuan Qi Pill still needs to be refined. The Yuan Qi contained in the Yuan Qi Pill is more than ten times that of the Baicao Pill, and it is purer.

His almost boundless Yuan Hai will never be filled by eating Baicao Pill alone.

As for the Wannian Yuan Shen Pill, the Yuan Qi contained in it is indeed very huge, but the quantity is limited after all, and it is still far from filling the Yuan Hai.

He plans to smuggle the medicinal materials needed for refining the Yuan Qi Pill when purchasing the Baicao Pill medicinal materials, and quietly refine a furnace when he has enough.

More than a month later, at noon that day, Chen Donglai entered the Zhennan Marquis Mansion as usual with the medicinal materials for alchemy.

After he entered the Zhennan Marquis Mansion from the back door, on a sparsely traveled alley leading to the southwest corner, a strong young man in gray suddenly emerged from the corner of the wall and blocked his way.

Chen Dong looked at the young man's clothes and knew that he was only an eighth-class servant of the Zhennan Marquis's mansion (the servants and maids of the Zhennan Marquis's mansion were divided into nine levels, with the first level being the highest and the ninth level being the lowest). He did not think much and planned to bypass the gray-clothed young man.

He thought to himself that an eighth-class servant would not dare to bully his young master.

However, at this moment, the gray-clothed young man crossed his arm and continued to block Chen Donglai's way.

"What's in your bag? Let me check it!" The gray-clothed young man said sternly, "The Zhennan Marquis's mansion is a key place. It is strictly forbidden to bring in prohibited items."

Chen Donglai took two steps back vigilantly, pulled away, and stated his identity: "I am the predecessor of the young master of the prince!"

His bag was filled with precious medicinal materials, of course, he could not let anyone check it casually.

"Haha, I said I must check it!" The gray-clothed young man sneered.

His name is Wang Shiyong. He has been observing and inquiring about Chen Donglai for a long time. Of course, he knows that Zhao Ping'an is behind Chen Donglai, and he knows Zhao Ping'an's identity and situation.

It has been three years since he reached the Tongmai Realm, but he has never been able to afford the expensive Sea Opening Pill to advance to the Yuan Hai Realm.

As long as he is promoted to the Yuan Hai realm, his strength will not only increase several times, but he will also be promoted to the sixth-class slave of the Zhennan Marquis Mansion. His treatment and status will be incomparable.

Therefore, he took the risk and targeted Zhao Ping'an.

He thought that not only would no one care about the robbery of Zhao Ping'an, but the prince's wife might also be happy.

However, he did not dare to directly rob Zhao Pingan for the time being.

After Wang Shiyong sneered, he rushed towards Chen Donglai.

Chen Donglai hurriedly launched a counterattack, but Wang Shiyong had a higher level of cultivation and used the martial arts of the Zhennan Hou Mansion to be superior, so he couldn't defeat him.

After a fierce fight for half a cup of tea, Chen Donglai was knocked to the ground and his baggage was snatched away.

Wang Shiyong quickly opened the bag and laughed excitedly when he saw that it was indeed filled with precious medicinal materials.

However, he didn't snatch them all, he took about half of them randomly.

Only thin water can flow forever. If they were all taken away, Zhao Ping'an would no longer be able to make elixirs, and he would not have to take any more.

Moreover, if he didn't grab everything but left half, he thought Zhao Ping'an wouldn't react too violently.

"There are indeed prohibited items in your baggage, they must be confiscated!" Wang Shiyong pretended to sternly said to Chen Donglai, and then walked away with the alchemy materials he grabbed.

After burning most of the incense, Chen Donglai walked to Zhao Ping'an's cabin.

Seeing that Chen Donglai was obviously injured on his body and face, Zhao Pingan immediately asked with concern: "Uncle Chen, what happened? Who hurt you?"

"A slave in Zhennan Hou Mansion stole half of the alchemy ingredients." Chen Donglai said to Zhao Pingan in shame, "I'm sorry, young master Biao, I couldn't keep your alchemy ingredients."

Zhao Ping'an waved his hand and asked with concern: "How is your injury?"

"I'm fine, it's just a little superficial." Chen Donglai shook his head.

Zhao Ping'an took out a large ingot of patterned silver and stuffed it into Chen Donglai's hand: "Uncle Chen, find a medical center for a good treatment after you get out."

Chen Donglai quickly pushed the silver ingot back, shook his head and said, "What I suffered was just a flesh wound. It will heal on its own in a few days. Moreover, even if you go to a medical clinic, you don't need so much silver."

"Uncle Chen, you were injured because of me, how can I let you suffer in vain?" Zhao Ping'an said seriously, "Don't refuse, otherwise I will feel very sorry."

With that said, he put the silver ingot into Chen Donglai's hand again.

Then, he took the package and opened it to check the loss of medicinal materials.

I saw that not only about half of it was robbed, but also one of the main herbs of the Refining Energy Pill was also robbed.

The main ingredient of the Vitality Pill is worth five hundred taels.

The total loss exceeded 800 taels of silver.

"Young Master Cousin, I'm sorry, I couldn't keep your medicinal materials." Chen Donglai said with shame.

Zhao Ping'an straightened up and shook his head: "It's not your fault, don't blame yourself. By the way, do you know the name of the person who stole the medicinal materials?"

"I don't know him." Chen Donglai shook his head in shame, "I can only guess from his clothes that he is the eighth-class slave of the Zhennan Hou Mansion."

Zhao Ping'an thought for a while, then took out a one hundred tael silver note and handed it to Chen Donglai: "Make acquaintance with the people in the Zhennan Hou Mansion and find out that person's name and details."

"Yes, young master." Chen Donglai accepted the banknote.

Zhao Ping'an took out two more talismans and handed them to Chen Donglai: "This is the golden bell talisman. If people from the Zhennan Hou Mansion bully you, you can use the golden bell talisman to protect yourself."

He had offensive talismans, but he was worried that after Chen Donglai counterattacked and hurt the slaves of the Zhennan Hou Mansion, the Zhennan Hou Mansion would take the opportunity to harm Chen Donglai.

At present, he could not confirm whether it was the daring slave of the Zhennan Hou Mansion who snatched his alchemy materials, or whether it was the Dapeng Academy's secret instructions, so he could only defend passively.

"Thank you, young master." Chen Donglai accepted the two golden bell charms with emotion.

The golden bell talisman is very expensive. It can withstand a full blow from an early Yuanhai realm master. A golden bell talisman is worth more than 500 taels of silver.

Zhao Ping'an added: "There is no need to buy alchemy materials these days."

"Yes, young master." Chen Donglai responded.

In the evening, after Chen Donglai left the Zhennan Hou Mansion, he did not return to the rented yard. Instead, he took a carriage directly back to Jiang Mansion.

He felt that he must report to the master and the lady in time that the alchemy materials had been robbed.

Back at Jiang Mansion, Chen Donglai reported the situation to Jiang Wen and Jiang Shuyue.

Jiang Shuyue raised her eyebrows and gnashed her teeth on the spot. Her breath was fluctuating, like an angry female beast that saw her cub being hurt. The powerful momentum made Chen Donglai almost breathless.

"Yue'er, calm down." Jiang Wen quickly comforted Jiang Shuyue, "It's not that bad."

Jiang Shuyue barely suppressed her anger.

Jiang Wen asked Chen Donglai, "Do you know the slave of the Zhennan Hou Mansion?"

"I don't know." Chen Donglai shook his head, "Since I entered the Zhennan Marquis Mansion to serve the young master, I have not dared to deal with the people of the Zhennan Marquis Mansion without permission. However, the young master Biao has asked me to take the initiative to make friends with the people of the Zhennan Marquis Mansion. After asking about it, he gave me a hundred taels of silver."

"Ping An is still very smart." Jiang Wen turned to Jiang Shuyue and said.

Jiang Shuyue couldn't help crying.

Jiang Wen turned back and continued to ask Chen Donglai: "Please tell me carefully about the appearance, height and age of that slave."

Chen Donglai told the truth.

At the end, Jiang Wen asked Jiang Shuyue: "Do you know him?"

Jiang Shuyue shook her head.

Jiang Wen comforted: "It doesn't matter, we can still spend money to find out the name and details of the slave."

The next day at noon, Jiang Wen spared no expense and connections to find out Wang Shiyong's name and details.

It just so happened that Wang Shiyong's home was not in the Zhennan Marquis's mansion.

"Dad, I'm going to warn the family of the Zhennan Marquis's servant!" Jiang Shuyue said murderously.

Jiang Wen nodded: "It is indeed more appropriate for you to go."

Jiang Shuyue is still Zhao Yingpeng's wife and concubine. No matter what, the Zhennan Marquis's mansion would not deal with Jiang Shuyue for an eighth-class servant, right?

Jiang Shuyue immediately walked out of the door quickly, and Jiang Wen hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute."

Jiang Shuyue stopped and turned to look at his father, waiting for his father to speak.

"Be careful when you act, and don't kill anyone." Jiang Wen reminded, "The Zhennan Marquis's servant just stole some alchemy herbs."

Jiang Shuyue said nothing, turned around and walked quickly to the stable.

Soon, she rode out of the Jiang Mansion and galloped towards Wang Shiyong's house with a murderous look on her face.

Arriving at Wang Shiyong's house, Jiang Shuyue beat up the whole family without any nonsense, and all the adults had one arm broken by her.

Finally, she warned in a cold voice: "Tell Wang Shiyong that this is just a minor punishment! Ask him to return my son's things and apologize immediately, otherwise I will kill your whole family, including him, Wang Shiyong."

Wang Shiyong's whole family lay on the ground, trembling with fear.

They felt that Jiang Shuyue really wanted to kill them, and her eyes were full of desperate madness.