Chapter 2599

Hearing Hong Changqing's answer, Ye Chen couldn't help but ask curiously, "Boiling medicine over a low fire, the efficacy is stronger than others?"

"Yes!" Hong Changqing nodded repeatedly and explained, "And this strength is very magical. Whether you use it to boil decoctions or use it to boil medicinal paste to make pills, it can make the efficacy of your final finished medicine stronger!"

Saying this, Hong Changqing added, "For example, if I write a prescription now, this prescription can nourish yin and tonify yang, allowing men to regain their vigor. If boiled in an ordinary clay pot, it might take three days and nine doses to take effect. But the medicine boiled in this medicine cauldron only needs two days and six doses to have the same effect."

When Hong Changqing said this, he was already a bit excited and explained enthusiastically, "This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the medicinal property will also undergo a qualitative change!"

"Let's take those seventy or eighty-year-old male tycoons as an example. With the same prescription, if not boiled in this medicine cauldron, even if he drinks it for a month, he can at most manage to sing every night, but the quality of this singing every night, that is, the degree of regaining vigor, can only reach sixty points, which is barely passing;"

"However, if he drinks the medicine boiled in this medicine cauldron, not only can he sing every night, but the degree of regaining vigor can reach seventy or even seventy-five points! This is very powerful! It not only concentrates the medicinal efficacy but also sublimates it."

Chen Xiaozhao, on the side, blushed as she heard him introduce these things so seriously, and couldn't help but spit in a low voice, "Pah! Lecherous monk, evil Daoist! Lacking dignity for your age!"

Hong Changqing was instantly embarrassed. He hurriedly explained, "Everyone... I don't mean anything else, just giving an example..."

Ye Chen knew that people like Hong Changqing, despite his strong strength and being a Daoist disciple, were actually very worldly. He only thought about using what he had learned to cater to the powerful and wealthy, just like those so-called high monks who were keen on preaching for tycoons and celebrities.

In his daily life, he must have been in contact with some powerful and wealthy families. After these families reached the peak of their material life, they would definitely enter the stage of seeking youth in old age, health in sickness, vigor in impotence, and rebirth in death. People like Hong Changqing were experts who could satisfy these needs to a certain extent, so he must have had some means in this regard.

However, Ye Chen didn't care about these. What he cared about was that if this medicine cauldron could have a certain lifting effect even when boiling medicine over a low fire, then its magical part must not only be the internal formation but also its special material.

If that were the case, if he used spiritual energy to refine medicine, wouldn't he be able to get the dual blessing of materials and formation?

Thinking of this, Ye Chen felt even more excited. Looking at Hong Changqing's timid appearance, he didn't dislike him as much as before, so he asked, "By the way, what services do you usually provide to those powerful people?"

Hong Changqing said truthfully, "Master Ye, what I can provide is nothing more than healing the living, transcending the dead, strengthening the body, cultivating the mind, Feng Shui secret arts, and fortune-telling and dream interpretation. Among them, the most popular in the market are healing the living and strengthening the body. And thanks to this medicine cauldron and the prescriptions left by the Tai Zhen Sect patriarchs, the medicine I refine has some reputation in the circle of the powerful and wealthy. So over time, I've earned the title of Master..."

Ye Chen nodded and asked, "I heard you are familiar with the An family in the United States?"

Hong Changqing said without hesitation, "Yes... the old lady of the An family started to convert to Daoism twenty years ago. At that time, it was introduced by one of my clients. She became a lay disciple of the Tai Zhen Sect. Besides frequently preaching for her deceased daughter and son-in-law, she also often asked me to help with divination, seemingly wanting to find the whereabouts of her grandson..."

Ye Chen's expression froze, and he couldn't help but feel a bit moved. He then asked, "Did you perform divination for her?"

"I did..." Hong Changqing said embarrassedly, "I am somewhat proficient in divination, but her grandson's name and birth date combined, I couldn't divine anything at all, which is truly strange..."

Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but shake his head secretly. Even Lai Qinghua, who had studied Feng Shui secret arts his whole life, couldn't calculate his information, let alone this half-baked Daoist Hong Changqing. The grandmother must have been blinded by his title of Master Hong, thinking he was truly some expert from the outside world.

However, objectively speaking, Hong Changqing could indeed be considered an expert. This person had to study Daoist methods in the Daoist temple, manage the sect, and practice martial arts diligently. But even so, he was not only able to reach the strength of an eight-star martial artist but also master certain medical and divination skills, and even built a brand for himself as "Master Hong". This was enough to prove that he was a very smart and talented person.

If it were any other martial arts practitioner, even if they used all their time in their life to practice martial arts, they wouldn't be able to reach the height of an eight-star martial artist.

At this time, Hong Changqing thought that Ye Chen was asking about the An family. Thinking back to how Gu Qiuyi had taken the pill he gave to save the old master of the An family, he thought he wanted to make friends with the An family, so he hurriedly said diligently, "Master Ye, the old lady of the An family called me a few days ago. She said she would come to Jin Ling in a while. If you want to get to know the An family, I can help you bridge the gap then."

Ye Chen frowned: "You said the old lady of the An family is coming to Jin Ling?"

"Yes." Hong Changqing said: "Not just the old lady, the old master and other members of the An family will also come. Anyway, the old lady did say so on the phone, and she knew I had come to Jin Ling a step earlier, so she greeted me and asked if I had found anything in Jin Ling."

Speaking of this, Hong Changqing suddenly thought of something and realized, "Oh my, oh my! I was reckless! With Master Ye's magical powers, if you want to know the An family, why would you need my help... I guess the An family came to Jin Ling to find you. After all, it was your pill that saved the old master's life! They are likely coming to Jin Ling to repay your kindness!"

Ye Chen's heart suddenly became conflicted.

He also knew very well that if his grandparents came to Jin Ling, their purpose must be to find him.

It's just that Hong Changqing didn't understand the details and didn't know that he had three identities to the An family.

The first identity is naturally the grandson of the An family;

The second identity is the savior of the An family at Gu Qiuyi's concert;

As for the third, it is the true owner of the Blood-Dispersing Heart-Saving Pill.

Hong Changqing thought the An family was coming to find his third identity, but Ye Chen knew very well that his grandparents were coming to Jin Ling for his first identity!

They must want to start from Jin Ling and search for his whereabouts again.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy.

He wasn't ready to recognize his grandparents' family yet.

Moreover, with the enemy of the Anti-Qing Society in front, he didn't want to cause extra trouble before that.

He had just started to touch the peripheral forces of the Anti-Qing Society and hadn't traced back to the upstream from the copper mine in Cyprus and the smelter in Turkey.

At such a time, Ye Chen hoped to develop low-key in Jin Ling, improving his strength while improving his forces.

If the An family came to the door at this time, on one hand, they might find clues about him in Jin Ling, and on the other hand, their move would definitely attract the attention of the Anti-Qing Society!