Chapter 55: Returning Home in Splendor, Five-Ginseng Immortal Medicine (Requesting Monthly Passes and Follows)

By the end of August, the scorching sun blazed.

Hangcheng, formerly known as Lin'an, Qiantang, and Wulin.

The cultural and economic center of Jiangnan Province, and a hub for high-tech in the new era.

Binjiang District,

Jiang Yan wore all black with sunglasses; beside him, Zhao Zhao Yinman still wore that Ming-style Hanfu, her talisman earrings swaying in the wind, cold as snow.

The pair of a handsome man and a beautiful woman appeared, attracting many glances.

"Hangcheng, your cattle and horses are back!"

Jiang Yan looked at the familiar skyscrapers, having thought that after resigning and embracing freedom, he would never return to this place of sorrow.

But he didn't expect to be back in just over a week, and still...

Working on a business trip.

Because Old Ba told him the mission location where he could obtain a longevity item was right here in Hangcheng.

Jiang Yan glanced at the calamity qi surging over Hangcheng; indeed, big cities offered more opportunities than small places, and he asked curiously:

"Does this count as crossing districts to steal performance metrics?"

Zhao Zhao Yinman narrowed her phoenix eyes, like a cold cat basking in the sun, and replied:

"Everyone at the History Correction Bureau is very reasonable. Old Ba said to treat them like family, no need to be too polite, just give advance notice."

"In the past month, the Hangcheng History Correction Bureau has been so busy fighting several large Disease Domains they haven't had a moment to spare, completely ignoring the mortal world. Since you're here to do a mission, they should thank you for relieving their pressure."

"That's good then."

Jiang Yan nodded, looking at the familiar office building before him with some nostalgia.

His old workplace was right here.

As a child watching TV, he always thought a company was just one building where people worked; only after growing up and working did he realize.

Ordinary companies didn't even have a single floor, having to share office space with several other companies, relying on exploiting cattle and horses to survive in this steel forest.

"Jiang Yan?"

Suddenly, a tentative call came from behind.

Jiang Yan turned around to see a sweet-looking woman in black-stockings OL attire holding a Luckin Coffee.

He smiled and said, "Xu Xu Xiaoman, buying cattle and horse feed with your own money again!"

She was his former colleague, and the woman who was just ten centimeters away.

Referring to the cubicle.

"What else can be done? Workers who rise early and return late will definitely get sleepy; blame the capitalists for not being human."

Xu Xu Xiaoman complained a bit, then said happily, "I just saw your back and thought you had resigned and wouldn't come back, but not many people can look as handsome as you. I didn't expect it to really be you."

Xu Xu Xiaoman had a friendly personality; noticing Zhao Zhao Yinman beside Jiang Yan, her near-perfect beauty made Xu Xu Xiaoman feel inferior, and she stammered:

"Is this your... girlfriend? She's so beautiful. Congratulations."

Although she knew such a handsome man was unlikely to belong to her, she occasionally used him as spell-casting material for entertainment late at night.

Now, seeing an outstanding woman by his side, she couldn't help but feel bitter.

Both men and women are the same; essentially, it is a longing for beautiful things.

"This is my new colleague."

Jiang Yan shook his head in denial and did not introduce her further.

"I see. Are you back to work here again? It looks like you jumped ship, got promoted, and got a raise, becoming a senior cattle and horse!"

Xu Xu Xiaoman said with a smile, glanced at her lady's wristwatch, and her expression changed.

"I'll stop talking; lunch break is ending. Being late means a pay cut. Let's grab a meal when we have time. Bye."

Xu Xu Xiaoman left in a rush.

Jiang Yan smiled and, along with Zhao Zhao Yinman, arrived at an office building.

Ancient Medicine Technology!

As soon as they entered, a manager approached and asked respectfully, "Are you Mr. Jiang and Ms. Zhao? The Chairman is still in a meeting; let me take you to the reception room to rest for a while."

Jiang Yan followed the manager and took the elevator to the 19th floor.

His gaze was filled with sighs; a place where he once couldn't even submit a resume was now inviting him up.

The reception room was luxuriously decorated; everything in sight was expensive high-end custom items, antiques, and many precious medicinal herbs displayed in glass cabinets.

"The Chairman will be here shortly. Please have some water."

Jiang Yan accepted the tea the manager handed him, thanked him, took a sip, and said to Zhao Zhao Yinman, whose expression remained calm beside him:

"This should be tea leaves from a local tea mountain, carrying a high-mountain rhyme."

"Mm."

Zhao Zhao Yinman took a sip and said faintly, "Bitter, and with a bit of a Chinese medicine taste."

Jiang Yan smiled. "High mountains and bitterness produce good tea... never mind, I can't keep making that up. It's not even as good as ordinary tea leaves; they added ground Chinese medicine powder. Even a medicinal herb tycoon doesn't need to be this health-conscious."

He had come today to meet the medicinal herb merchant with great influence throughout Jiangnan Province, the helmsman of Ancient Medicine Technology—Gong Gong Yuntao.

After all, medicinal herbs are linked to elixirs and Practice Methods, making it easier to access the Transcendent World.

Gong Gong Yuntao had no spiritual talent and could not awaken as a History Walker, but he was smart; he proactively provided low-priced, high-quality medicinal herbs to the Jiangnan Province authorities and successfully made the connection.

Leveraging this relationship, he used money to recruit many History Walkers as guest advisors, becoming a small faction walking in the gap between two worlds.

'I didn't expect the Transcendent World to be so close to my former self.'

Jiang Yan said leisurely, "Wouldn't such a wealthy person be unwilling to give up the pursuit of the Transcendent?"

Having witnessed the brilliance of the sun, how could one endure the darkness?

"People only see the good side of things, ignoring the cost behind them."

Zhao Zhao Yinman stated calmly, "This mission concerns Gong Gong Yuntao's ten-year-old grandson, who suddenly vanished within the company. We reviewed all surveillance footage but found no trace of him leaving, and having received no ransom demands for twenty-four hours, we have ruled out kidnapping. Suspecting a supernatural event, he came to seek help from the Historical Correction Bureau."

After he reported the information, the artificial intelligence in the Hangcheng database unexpectedly identified an overlap with another mission.

"Within the past three months in Jiangnan Province, nine children have already gone missing. We initially suspected human trafficking, but after the AI cross-referenced the data, we discovered that all of them, including Gong Gong Yuntao's grandson, were born in roughly the same year, month, and day—all born in Yin years, Yin months, and Yin days—and all possess extraordinary fate patterns; we cannot rule out a connection between these cases."

"If Your Excellency can retrieve my grandson, Gong Pengfei, I am willing to present the 【Ginseng Human Grass】 with my own hands."

Suddenly, the conference room door was pushed open, and a steady, deep voice echoed from outside.

A slender old man with a full head of white hair, dressed in a Tang suit, walked in; his gaze was sharp—it was Gong Gong Yuntao.

Following behind him were a middle-aged man whose face bore a seven-tenths resemblance to his, and a plump woman in a cheongsam, her eyes red from weeping, looking utterly pitiful.

Besides them, there were four Historical Walkers.

Jiang Yan stood up to shake hands and asked, "Ginseng Human Grass—is it related to the Ginseng Humans and Ginseng Horses?"

He had only heard Ba Lie mention that life-extending items existed here, but he was unclear on the specifics.

He never expected it to be... Ginseng Humans.

In legends, these are seven or eight inches tall, riding Ginseng Horses; consuming them grants longevity and even immortality, with their prototype traceable to the "Five Ginsengs" elixir mentioned in the *Baopuzi*.

The *Shenyi Jing* also mentions them as "wearing red robes and black caps, riding chariots and horses"; consuming them expels the "Three Corpses Worms" from the body, allowing one to attain the Dao and become an immortal.

Requesting monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, and follows.

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(End of Chapter)