Chapter 26: Spiritual Medicine

In a simple and elegant hall, a rich fragrance of elixirs permeated the air.

Medicine Hall.

It ranked fifth among the seven halls of the Tiandi Alliance, but in terms of profit, besides the Civil and Martial Hall, all other halls were out of reach.

An elixir costs at least dozens, and at most a thousand gold.

The amount of silver that can be earned from this is unimaginable; how many martial artists toil and run around for elixirs.

Li Rui walked into the Medicine Hall.

Compared to the deserted Hun Tian Yi Hall, the Medicine Hall was much livelier.

Tiandi Alliance disciples were coming in and out.

After all, one book of techniques is enough to practice for a lifetime, but elixirs are daily consumables that are indispensable.

Li Rui glanced at the Medicine Hall; there were at least a dozen disciples in sight, which was truly enviable.

Many Rank-Entered martial artists would rather come to the Medicine Hall to be a Vice Hall Master than go to Hun Tian Yi Hall.

"I want to buy elixirs."

Li Rui walked to a disciple's side.

That disciple with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks saw it was an old man and was not very willing to pay attention, but when he saw the copper token engraved with "28" on Li Rui's waist, his smile instantly became fawning.

"This Lord, what kind of elixir do you want?"

Seeing that Li Rui was very unfamiliar, he might be here for the first time, so the monkey-faced disciple became interested.

This was a good opportunity to curry favor with a Lord.

"28" was at least a deacon, not someone a disciple like him could offend.

"Eighty percent of the elixirs in our Medicine Hall are ordinary, and above that are Ninth-Rank elixirs and Eighth-Rank spiritual elixirs. Spiritual elixirs are refined from spiritual herbs and can prolong life by ten years; as long as there is half a breath left, they can save people."

The monkey-faced disciple talked a lot.

Li Rui's eyes lit up.

Spiritual elixir!

There really were extraordinary things in this world.

According to this disciple, the grade of the elixir corresponds to the martial artist's realm, and elixirs above the Eighth Rank are called spiritual elixirs.

Heaven and earth have spirit.

The reason why this world can nurture extraordinary martial artists, besides techniques and cultivation systems, is also inseparable from spiritual herbs.

However, these spiritual herbs can only grow on specific spiritual soil.

Extremely rare.

Things are valued for their rarity, so the price of spiritual elixirs refined from spiritual herbs is naturally not cheap.

Although Li Rui had rich experience, he was just a coachman, so he naturally knew nothing about these things that exceeded his level of contact.

He keenly sensed that the spiritual soil mentioned by the disciple must be a strategic material fought over by major forces.

He asked curiously: "What grade is the Small Xiao Yuan Dan?"

"Ninth-Rank, but it contains crushed spiritual medicine, so the effect is far stronger than ordinary Ninth-Rank elixirs."

"So that's it."

Li Rui understood. "How much silver for a spiritual elixir?"

"Spiritual elixirs range from five hundred taels to a thousand gold; which one do you want, Lord?"

The monkey-faced man's smile became even brighter when he heard Li Rui ask about Eighth-Rank spiritual elixirs.

They, these Medicine Hall disciples, get a commission for every elixir sold above the Ninth Rank; if he could sell an Eighth-Rank spiritual elixir, he could get at least twenty taels of silver as a reward.

Li Rui clicked his tongue secretly.

Five hundred taels!

Originally, he thought having one hundred and thirty taels of silver was enough to be wealthy, but he didn't expect he couldn't even buy half a spiritual elixir.

He glanced at the wooden sign above the Medicine Hall.

The wooden sign was densely packed with many small characters, with the medicine name, grade, effect, and price clear at a glance.

Li Rui said: "I want two Small Yuan Pills and one Bone-Strengthening Pill."

Hearing that Li Rui only bought three Ninth-Rank elixirs.

The monkey-faced man's face stiffened.

"A total of one hundred and thirty taels."

Don't look at one hundred and thirty taels as not a small amount, but the commission for Ninth-Rank elixirs and Eighth-Rank spiritual elixirs is completely different.

Earning money from selling twenty Ninth-Rank elixirs is not as much as earning from one Eighth-Rank spiritual elixir.

But he still respectfully took out three exquisite small wooden boxes and sent them to Li Rui. Although Li Rui didn't buy a spiritual elixir, he was at least a deacon, not someone a small Medicine Hall disciple could offend.

Li Rui left, clutching the elixirs contentedly.

This old Li has never fought such a wealthy battle in his life!

These three elixirs, combined with medicinal baths, are enough for him to use for three months. After three months, his strength will definitely increase greatly, and then earning silver will be much simpler.

On the way back to Hun Tian Yi Hall, he happened to pass by the main gate.

"I really know your Hall Master, just let me in."

Li Rui only felt the voice was familiar.

Turning his head, he saw Wang Zhao and Yang Yong standing at the gate. He was stunned for a moment, then walked to the gate and showed his token.

"So it is Hall Master Li's people, a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

The disciple guarding the gate today knew Li Rui and apologized repeatedly.

Li Rui brought Wang Zhao and Yang Yong toward Hun Tian Yi Hall, asking as he walked: "How did you know I was in the Tiandi Alliance?"

Wang Zhao and Yang Yong were just ordinary servants of the Zhu household and couldn't possibly know about the Tiandi Alliance.

Let alone such a high level as Hall Master.

Wang Zhao hesitated for a long time without saying it.

Li Rui sighed: "It was Master Zhu, right?"

Wang Zhao looked up in surprise: "Master, how did you know? Master didn't let me say, but I didn't want to lie to Master."

"Sigh..."

Li Rui shook his head.

Wang Zhao's personality, if not for Master Zhu taking care of him for his sake, would probably have been eaten by Zhu Lie without even bones left.

Yang Yong's head was spinning, having a feeling of a country bumpkin entering the city.

He knew Li Rui was joining the Tiandi Alliance.

But he didn't say he was coming to the Tiandi Alliance to be a Hall Master.

So when he heard Wang Zhao was coming to the Tiandi Alliance, he followed, and then the two were stopped by the guards at the gate.

A quarter of an hour later.

The three of them arrived in Li Rui's courtyard.

"Old Li, you are going to be a master!"

Yang Yong and Wang Zhao looked at Li Rui's four-courtyard mansion, eyes wide, staring for a long time.

Li Rui let Zhou Shulin order more dishes.

And called the two to sit down and eat together.

Yang Yong and Wang Zhao sat in the bright main hall eating, feeling a bit restrained, not daring to move their chopsticks.

Li Rui said unhappily: "What's the matter, used to squatting on the threshold and eating on tiptoes?"

Hearing Li Rui's words, the two felt close instead, laughing and raising their chopsticks to stuff themselves.

After a meal.

Li Rui then asked: "What did Master Zhu want you to say?"

Yang Yong looked at Wang Zhao.

Wang Zhao scratched his head: "Nothing much, just told me to come and see you, Master."

"Nothing else?"

"Nothing else."

Li Rui couldn't see Zhu Ping's intentions.

Zhu Ping is a businessman, very shrewd, knowing he left the Zhu household because he was wronged. Zhu Ping coming out personally would lose face and have no effect, so it was better to send Wang Zhao.

As long as the relationship isn't broken, there is a possibility of easing things on both sides.

"Then take some words back, just say my body is weak recently and I need elixirs to heal, preferably spiritual elixirs."

"Oh."

Wang Zhao nodded obediently.

Li Rui didn't mind making friends with the Zhu household again, but verbal interaction was useless; they had to bleed, bleed heavily!

Human relationships are nothing more than the two words "coming and going"; asking for some things can make the Zhu household eliminate their guard, otherwise, both sides will definitely become enemies.

Jianghu matters, what is spoken of is the human heart.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 27 =====