Chapter 68: Cultivation Method Consummated

Chen Yuhe was so angry he felt faint, but his bodyguard Li Feng had not yet lost his sense of proportion; as a bodyguard for a wealthy family, his eye for people was naturally sharp, and one look at Zhang Cheng told him this was no ordinary person.

He deliberated for a moment and said, "Young Master, if we kill people at will in the American Concession, I fear it will be difficult to answer to the Old Master."

Chen Yuhe turned back to glare at Li Feng, gritting his teeth as he barked, "You bastard, is it your place to lecture me on what I decide to do?"

Li Feng hurriedly lowered his head to apologize, saying, "Young Master, please calm your anger. This one is only worried that if the matter blows up, it will affect your image in the eyes of Miss Fang. After all, she just chatted with this Mr. Zhang for a few moments; if you were to kill him now, wouldn't Miss Fang think you are overbearing and instead keep her distance?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuhe's brow relaxed. He patted Li Feng on the shoulder and said, "Not bad, what you say is very true. However, you must find out clearly what this man surnamed Zhang's background is. I want his villa!"

Li Feng breathed a sigh of relief; at this level, there wouldn't be any major trouble.

Inside the Paramount Ballroom on Broadway, Zhou Xuan's "Flower Good, Moon Round" filled the hall. Chen Yuhe sat there, watching the songstress on the stage sing: "Floating clouds disperse, the bright moon shines upon those who come..."

Chen Yuhe felt somewhat pleased, swaying his head slightly.

Li Feng found Chen Yuhe with great familiarity and tapped him lightly. Chen Yuhe looked back, then rose reluctantly, and the two went to a quieter spot.

Chen Yuhe frowned and asked, "Well, is there news?"

Li Feng took out a document and handed it to Chen Yuhe, saying, "Young Master, this person has a very solid background."

Chen Yuhe looked at it by the light, his brow furrowing tightly as he cursed, "Damn it, he's just a Maoshan Daoist, what is there to be afraid of? So what if he performed some service? Isn't he still someone the government can summon or dismiss at will?"

Li Feng hurriedly explained, "Young Master, I have already asked around among people in the circle. This Zhang Cheng himself is very strong. Young Master, even if you ordered me to act, I estimate I wouldn't even be a match for the Kappa under his command."

"If we want to deal with this Zhang Cheng, we would need to gather at least thirty or fifty experts to set an ambush, and we must not let others know we did it. Otherwise, there would be no need for his master, Daoist Jinbao, to act; just his senior brother, Daoist Benlei, acting alone would be enough to stir up a bloody storm."

Chen Yuhe slammed the table and said, "Then what should we do? I must woo this woman, Fang Jingxian!"

Li Feng smiled secretly; there was a very important piece of information he hadn't mentioned, and now was the perfect time. He hurriedly said, "This Zhang Cheng opened a company; he should be in need of money."

"Anyway, since Young Master only wants that villa, this is easy. We just need to spend money to buy it."

Chen Yuhe's mood improved instantly. He smiled and patted Li Feng on the shoulder, saying, "Good, you are worthy of being my right-hand man. I'll give you two hundred gold bars; get this done quickly!"

Li Feng was overjoyed. He took the check to withdraw the money, then found the owner of the villa, bought it for only one hundred and sixty gold bars, and had the landlord notify Zhang Cheng to move out.

Zhang Cheng was suddenly told to move out and cursed the landlord in his heart for lacking integrity. He grumbled while looking for a new address, and at the same time, cast a spell on the landlord to bring him some bad luck.

However, he was now wealthy and generous; to avoid being driven out again, he spent one hundred and fifty gold bars to buy a villa on a nearby street.

Because of Li Feng's maneuvering, Takanashi Anko's plans fell through, but Chen Yuhe became her neighbor, and Li Feng earned forty gold bars. It was a world where only she was hurt.

After Zhang Cheng bought the new house, he treated his two senior brothers and Ximen Lang to a housewarming banquet.

Ximen Lang asked, "Daoist Zhang, tomorrow is the grand opening of the new shop. Are there enough medicinal pills?"

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Don't you worry about that. I have prepared five thousand Nourishing Water Pills, five hundred Root-Consolidating Pills, and three Peiyuan Pellets. These are all for ordinary people to take; the effects are no problem."

Ximen Lang laughed, "Then I congratulate you in advance, Daoist, on your rolling source of wealth."

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Zhang Cheng waved his hand and said, "Alas, it is just to earn some money for the brothers of my own sect to make a living."

Ximen Lang flattered him, "There aren't many good people like you, Daoist Zhang. I have met so many people, but none can look after others the way you do, Daoist Zhang."

Zhang Cheng listened and felt quite happy inside. Actually, he wasn't after anything; he was just worried about the future environment, so he made some preparations in advance.

Early the next morning, the Earth Treasure Yaodian of the Tiancai Company opened. As soon as it opened, many guests came to offer congratulations, and Zhang Cheng hurriedly went to welcome them.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, congratulations, congratulations!"

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, may your wealth flow in from all sides!"

"Nephew-disciple, your shop is very luxurious, very good!"

Zhang Cheng hurriedly replied, "Thank you, thank you!"

"Many thanks, many thanks!"

"Uncle-master, you flatter me; this is all thanks to A Fa's hard work."

Zhang Cheng mainly entertained these fellow practitioners, while the dignitaries who came by reputation were mainly entertained by Wang Hai and A Fa; as for Wu Cai, who was not good at such things, he just watched from the side.

Before long, Steve brought people over. He said in English, "Mr. Jackson, you also saw how powerful I was that night; two women were absolutely a piece of cake."

"This kind of pill was given to me by Mr. Zhang. Relying on my reputation, I guarantee everyone can buy this kind of pill. It is absolutely effective; when the time comes, you can play however you want."

"Steve, if it really has the effect you say, we can pay any price."

Steve patted his chest and said, "Everyone, please trust me, there is absolutely no problem!"

A group of Americans came over, quickly attracting the attention of the guests. A wealthy merchant saw Jackson and Steve among them and whispered, "This Daoist Zhang even knows Americans?"

"It's incredible, Mr. Jackson has also come. This Daoist Zhang is unfathomable."

"Even the Americans think it's good, then I must buy more!"

Zhang Cheng happened to see Steve and the others and hurriedly went up to welcome them, saying, "Steve, I am very grateful that you could come to show your support."

Steve smiled, "Mr. Zhang, for the sake of my reputation, you cannot let us return disappointed."

Zhang Cheng waved his hand, "Rest assured, I will absolutely not let you return empty-handed. Please, come in and sit."

As soon as Zhang Cheng's new shop opened, business was very hot. The three types of pills on the shelves were all sold out on the first day. Among them, one Nourishing Water Pill was fifty silver dollars, one Root-Consolidating Pill was five hundred silver dollars, and as for the Peiyuan Pellets, the base price for one was one thousand silver dollars; in the end, the three pellets sold for nearly ten thousand silver dollars.

One of them was bought by the American merchant Jackson.

Zhang Cheng was not worried about the Americans analyzing the ingredients of the pills. Such pills could be analyzed by any sect very quickly, but the most important thing was the alchemy technique. A difference of a hair in technique leads to a difference of a thousand miles in result.

On the first day of opening, the turnover was over five hundred thousand; this was all thanks to the guests showing their support. The subsequent turnover would certainly not be this high, but once those guests knew the effects and promoted it, business would inevitably be hot.

However, with him opening a pharmacy like this, other large sects and factions would likely join this market later, and perhaps the Japanese invaders would also come to take a slice of the cake.

This kind of thing was not something he could stop, but he now had the advantage and could make a big profit first.

The pharmacy had made a name for itself, and he left the subsequent matters to A Fa to handle.

Now his Qi Refining Method had reached the final critical moment. That night, upon returning to his villa, he seized the time to practice.

"Host: Zhang Cheng"

"Profession: Daoist"

"Level: Seventh Grade"

Cultivation Method: "Valley Clothing Heart Scripture" Lv5 (0/800), "Supreme Three-Five Capital Merit Scripture Seal" Lv10 (25600/25600)

Spirit Refining Art Lv4 (0/400)

Equipment: Universe Patchwork Robe (↑), Five Thunders Command (1/1), Refining Sha Treasure Gourd (Refining), Fire Crow Pot, Eight Trigrams Mirror, Seal of the City God Bureau Superintendent, Xuanyi Seven-Star Bronze Sword, Altar-Suppressing Wood, Five Elements Command Flags, Heavenly Canopy Ruler, Soul-Absorbing Banner, Three Pure Ones Bell, Cash Sword, Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Umbrella, Thousand-Mile Mountains and Rivers Map, Universe Bag, Five-Fire Seven-Feather Fan

Merit: 96200"

"The Qi Refining Method is finally complete!" Zhang Cheng looked at the clock on the wall showing three in the morning; he had finally finished practicing the Merit Official Register.

This made Zhang Cheng's mood very excited; next, he could go to the Maoshan Main Sect to undergo the examination, and after passing the examination, he could be ordained with the register.

Therefore, he couldn't wait to cast a spell to tell his master, Perfected Jinbao, about this matter.

Perfected Jinbao, who was meditating, received Zhang Cheng's message, immediately opened his eyes, and laughed: "Good disciple!" After saying this, he immediately left Mount Luofu.

The next day, Zhang Cheng told Wang Hai and Wu Cai about his recent plan to go to Maoshan to be ordained with the register.

Wu Cai said in surprise: "Junior Brother, it's only been half a year; it really makes me, your Senior Brother, envious."

Wang Hai also had an envious look on his face; they were still practicing the Merit Official Qi Refining Method.

Zhang Cheng arranged the company's affairs and took a train to Jiangsu Province that same day, then took a car to arrive at Maoshan Town at the foot of Mount Maoshan. As soon as he arrived, Perfected Jinbao appeared by his side.

Zhang Cheng hurriedly bowed and said: "Master."

Perfected Jinbao smiled and said: "I know everything you have done recently. You have done very well, A-Sheng. You must remember your original intention; this is a trial for you."

Zhang Cheng was a bit puzzled—what trial? But seeing that his master didn't say, he didn't ask further.

Perfected Jinbao led Zhang Cheng up Mount Maoshan once again. The ordination of the register went very smoothly; this time, what he received was the "Supreme Orthodox One Alliance Might Scripture Register."

His rank was raised from the seventh grade to the fifth grade.

Perfected Jinbao looked at the excited Zhang Cheng and said: "A-Sheng, I know you cultivate rapidly, but you must remember to take every step steadily and never be greedy for speed. This Alliance Might Qi Refining Method is stronger than the Merit Official Qi Refining Method and can allow you to build a more solid foundation in this Refining Essence into Qi stage." (Made up, do not scrutinize)

Zhang Cheng hurriedly bowed and said: "Yes, Master, this disciple will keep it in mind."

Perfected Jinbao nodded with great satisfaction, then left with an escape technique. This made Zhang Cheng very envious; even though his master had given him the Five Elements Escape Technique, he hadn't learned it yet, as his magic power was not high enough, and it was not yet time for such profound escape techniques.

Zhang Cheng did not stay here long either; he was in a hurry to go back and cultivate the Alliance Might Qi Refining Method.