Chapter 66

"If only I could bind her, system, how long until I can bind a third person?"

Lu Xun had the thought of binding Bai Ling.

Now he, having Murong Wan and Chu Youqing, no longer worries about cultivation.

If he could bind Bai Ling, he would also have rapid growth in other means.

The best part is,

Although he cannot cultivate, he can still make pills, draw talismans, and set up formations, right?

Once his pill-making skill improves, making money becomes simple.

The same goes for drawing talismans.

Like the fourth-rank talisman Fei Tai'a gave Lu Xun, each one is worth over a hundred million.

Converted to Dark Energy, that's a starting point of one hundred thousand units of Dark Energy.

Formation masters find making money relatively difficult, but it's not bad.

After some cultivators grow and become wealthy, they want to set up stronger formations at home to protect their families.

This gives formation masters an opportunity to make money.

Generally, pill makers are the wealthiest, followed by talisman makers, then formation masters.

If he could bind Bai Ling and, with the system's help, solve her meridian problem, Lu Xun could then obtain a continuous return from her.

By then, Lu Xun would have these three money-making methods, able to solve the cultivation resource problem for Murong Wan and Chu Youqing as they grow, ensuring their cultivation speed.

Their cultivation speed directly affects Lu Xun's growth speed.

【After the host reaches the Third Realm, they can bind a third person.】

The system gave the answer.

Lu Xun wants to bind Bai Ling, but he must reach the Third Realm first.

The binding method is the same as before.

Either like with Murong Wan, through deep union.

Or like with Chu Youqing, after raising affection to 100%, bind through a kiss.

There are also some hidden conditions here.

For example, if it's a deep union, Lu Xun must be the other party's first man.

If that kind of valley has already been patronized by other men, the woman cannot be bound.

"System, what is Bai Ling's affection toward me now?"

Lu Xun asked.

【16%】

The answer came out.

Bai Ling's affection for Lu Xun is not low; at 16%, it's not high either.

Having 16% likely stems from Lu Xun's decisive rejection of the Jia Group's acquisition.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be much interaction between them, so where would any affection come from?

"Before breaking through to the Third Realm, think of ways to raise the affection, then think of ways to bind."

Lu Xun began to plot.

He is not a philanderer; he simply wants to bind Bai Ling, and these are the only two methods.

The first method is very difficult; Lu Xun surely couldn't force Bai Ling, right?

So Lu Xun chose the second method.

"Bai Ling, what's wrong with your meridian?"

After making the decision, Lu Xun began to care for Bai Ling.

He wanted to know what exactly was wrong with Bai Ling's meridian.

"Boss, it's like this: I have a meridian that was fine, but two years ago, for unknown reasons, my meridian suddenly failed, blocking the entire spirit wheel, and I became like this."

Bai Ling explained the circumstances.

"Your meridian failed? How could it just fail for no reason?"

Lu Xun instinctively felt there was a story behind this.

"I don't know either; maybe I overdid the pill-making."

"Your pills are so powerful; can't you solve it?"

"The Heaven Earth Meridian has a problem; it's hard to fix unless one has primal qi, but where could I get primal qi?"

Bai Ling sighed.

This girl, who is usually optimistic, rarely sighs.

"If I could bind her, the system should be able to solve this problem."

Lu Xun understood and at the same time put his mind at ease.

Each time a new target is bound, the system rewards a binding gift pack.

In the binding gift pack, there basically appears something extremely useful for the bound target, able to solve their problem.

For example, Murong Wan's innate qi, and the innate spirit qi Chu Youqing needs.

The primal qi Bai Ling needs, the system should also be able to resolve.

"Anyway, I'm free today; let me help you, and incidentally learn some pill-making from you."

"Thanks, boss, you're really nice."

After understanding all this, Lu Xun didn't leave but instead started helping Bai Ling.

From then on, every day Lu Xun would set aside time to help Bai Ling.

Helping is secondary; the main goal is to increase favorability.

Such actions are indeed useful; after three days, Bai Ling's favorability toward Lu Xun exceeded 20%.

During these three days, Fei Tai'a has been secretly guarding.

More precisely, he is in a cloud mass above Qingbei Jie, drinking alcohol while waiting for a rabbit.

However, no assassins came to deal with Lu Xun these three days.

Fei Tai'a is actually very patient; anyway, he's not seeking advancement anymore, drinking to pass the day—where he drinks is still just drinking.

"Third Miss, the owner of Xing Yue Lou is unwilling to break the contract; we're afraid we can only think of another way."

"Even if the terms are doubled, he still isn't moved?"

"Yes, Third Miss; that owner's identity is somewhat special, so we're afraid we can't sway her."

"Oh? Who is she?"

"Fu Xue."

"Fu Xue... it's her; in that case, we indeed cannot sway her."

Meanwhile, on the third floor of the Jia Shi Dan Yao Pu, the Third Miss furrowed her brows.

These past days, Manager Li called in various connections and finally found the owner of Xing Yue Lou.

The Third Miss wanted to pay a high price to have the owner break the contract and drive out Lu Xun and Bai Ling.

But the other side's background is too great; they outright refused to cooperate, so this approach is impossible.

"Then let's start a commercial war: we'll transfer a batch of medicine from other shops, sell all medicine at half price, and simultaneously buy raw materials at high prices—I want to see how long she can hold out."

A few minutes later, the Third Miss made a decision.

She will launch a commercial war to let Bai Ling know how formidable it is.

"Third Miss, for a mere Spirit Medicine Pavilion..."

"Shut up; the Miss's decision is not something you can question!"

"Yes, subordinate knows his mistake."

Manager Li wanted to advise, but before he could finish speaking, a maid blocked him.

He secretly sighed.

In his view, the tiny amount Ling Dan Ge sells daily poses no threat to Jia Shi Dan Yao.

Not to mention the Jia Shi Group; even this Jia Shi Dan Yao Pu on Qingbei Jie is a colossus compared to Ling Dan Ge.

That's the difference between an elephant and an ant.

Ling Dan Ge's biggest problem is its tiny output; even if the effect is excellent, most students still can't buy it.

They can only choose Jia Shi Dan Yao.

The Third Miss has no need to compete with Ling Dan Ge.

"What? Jia Shi Dan Yao is half price?"

"Hurry up and grab it!"

The next day, a piece of news spread throughout Qingbei.

The Jia Shi Dan Yao Pu on Qingbei Jie will sell all its medicine at half price.

This news made the students of Qingbei unable to sit still.

Jia Shi Dan Yao has a good reputation; the only problem is its high price.

Now, Jia Shi Dan Yao actually went half price!

This is practically a windfall—like a pie falling from the sky.

If not now to grab it, when then?

Thus, soon the entire Qingbei Jie was packed full of students rushing to grab medicine.

Those who came later simply couldn't squeeze in.

"How did they all go over there?"

"Half price—even if our medicine works better, we can't resist the half-price temptation."

Inside Ling Dan Ge, several clerks stared longingly at the outside.

Ling Dan Ge used to bustle with traffic; now it's so deserted you can set a net for sparrows.

Everyone ran over to the opposite side.

The power of half price is too great; hardly any student remains unmoved.

Each student actually has a limited amount of Dark Energy to spend on medicine.

Ultimately, only a few are scions of wealthy families.

Most students need to carefully budget their Dark Energy, often saving for several months before they can afford to buy medicine once.

This directly resulted in today, Bai Ling's refined medicine still having a large half left.