Chapter 151

Hua Changxi had long forgotten about the matter of Cao Jun, the Governor of the Capital Prefecture. Looking at the middle-aged man in front of her who called himself Song Weimin, she said in surprise: "I have met the Governor of the Capital Prefecture. When I was captured by the demonic Daoist, it was the people from the Capital Prefecture who saved me."

Song Weimin looked at Hua Changxi and asked again: "Did he come to look for you?"

Hua Changxi laughed: "The Governor of the Capital Prefecture is a Third-Rank official; how would such a big figure come to look for a small person like me? Did you get something wrong?"

Song Weimin looked at Hua Changxi, who was only about fifteen years old, and did not believe that his old and cunning senior brother's disappearance had anything to do with her. This young lady should not have that ability.

However, the Cao family steward did indeed say that before his senior brother disappeared, he had reviewed the case from two years ago where the Red-Robed Demonic Daoist blood-sacrificed young boys and girls on the underground volcanic cliff where the Lingguang Hall is currently located.

And the young lady in front of him was one of the few survivors who were still alive, and she was also a cultivator.

"Young lady, you are not a small person; small people cannot establish a connection with the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

Song Weimin had waited early in the teahouse opposite the apothecary and witnessed the entire process of Hua Changxi and Pang Shaoyu's interaction.

Hua Changxi smiled: "This should have nothing to do with you, sir."

Song Weimin could not see any flaws in Hua Changxi's expression, nor could he probe any useful information from her words, so he could only choose to give up: "Sorry to have bothered you."

After speaking, he turned and left without any hesitation.

Watching Song Weimin's departing back, Hua Changxi frowned. This person seemed to have been dismissed by her in a few words, but observing his demeanor, he did not look like someone who would let it go.

Although she was not afraid of trouble, she disliked it.

Just as Hua Changxi was feeling irritated by Song Weimin, who had suddenly come to her door, Hua Minghe arrived.

"Jiuniang."

"Father."

Hua Changxi was somewhat surprised, but she still stepped forward quickly, invited him into the apothecary, and introduced Pucao and A-Niu to Hua Minghe.

Hua Minghe had been to the Shennong Apothecary several times, but Hua Changxi was not there the previous times, so he had just stood in the apothecary for a bit and left without having properly looked around.

"You bought this shop well, it is just that the location is a bit remote."

Seeing the property his daughter had set up herself, Hua Minghe carefully examined both the shop and the backyard.

Hua Changxi smiled: "Good wine does not fear a deep alley. Your daughter, I, have excellent medical skills and excellent pill refining skills; some people will take the initiative to come to my door."

Hua Minghe looked at the smile on his daughter's face and suddenly discovered that the confidence radiating from her was actually so dazzling.

After Hua Changxi accompanied Hua Minghe on the tour, she led him into the main room of the backyard. Just as the father and daughter wanted to have a private talk, A-Niu came in.

"Changxi, the great merchant Zhuo is here."

Upon hearing this, Hua Changxi said to Hua Minghe: "Father, sit for a while; this is a big client, I have to go see him."

Hua Minghe nodded: "You go ahead and get busy."

After Hua Changxi and A-Niu went to the front apothecary, Hua Minghe wandered around the backyard again and finally discovered the Green Bull Demon in A-Niu's room.

With the spirit stones, spirit pills, and spirit-gathering array provided by Hua Changxi, Hua Minghe's cultivation path was very smooth, and he was now a cultivator in the middle stage of the Qi Sea Realm.

Although he did not have much experience, he still recognized that the green bull in the room was a demonic beast, and judging from the spiritual pressure emanating from it, its strength was even above his.

The demonic beast his daughter had subdued was stronger than himself; this undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to Hua Minghe.

And there was A-Niu, the shop assistant, who also made him feel a lot of pressure. Although the manager Pucao was not a threat, she could not be underestimated either.

Raising demonic beasts, hiring cultivators to do things—his daughter had already flown so high.

Hua Minghe thought of the clients his daughter was dealing with. He walked to the back door of the apothecary, lifted a corner, and looked with a complex expression at his daughter, who was chatting and laughing with outsiders. Although he felt very gratified, he felt more of a sense of loss.

"Boss Hua, this time, in addition to ordering 100,000 taels of pills for martial artists, I also want to purchase a batch of spirit pills."

"I know Boss Hua's rules; spirit pills are not purchased with silver."

The great merchant Zhuo carefully took out a white porcelain bottle from his storage bag and pushed it toward Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi picked up the porcelain bottle and opened the stopper. Immediately, an extremely rich and pure spiritual energy rushed toward her.

Seeing this, Hua Changxi immediately closed the stopper quickly, looked at the great merchant Zhuo with a surprised expression, and was shocked that the Zhuo family could actually obtain ten-thousand-year spirit milk.

Seeing that Hua Changxi was only shocked and did not ask what was in the bottle, the great merchant Zhuo guessed that she knew it was ten-thousand-year spirit milk: "This is ten drops of spirit milk that is over ten thousand years old. Each drop of spirit milk contains a large amount of spiritual energy. I want to exchange it for a batch of Second-Rank spirit pills for healing."

Hua Changxi: "What pills do you want to exchange for?"

The great merchant Zhuo had several types of pills in mind that he wanted, but he did not say them, instead smiling and saying: "To tell you the truth, I don't know much about pills. Boss Hua, please help me configure them."

Hua Changxi looked at him, was silent for a while, and with a wave of her hand, ten bottles of Second-Rank top-grade pills appeared on the table.

Sea-Condensing Pill (condenses the spiritual energy in the Qi Sea; the more solid the Qi Sea, the more spiritual energy it can hold), Origin-Returning Pill (restores physical strength), Life-Extending Pill (keeps one alive while waiting for medical treatment), Bone-Knitting Pill (strengthens tendons and bones, heals fractures and tendon/bone injuries), Ice-Heart Pill (a pill for treating fire poison and heat poison), Blood-Returning Pill, Heart-Clearing Pill (calms the heart and spirit), Flesh-Growing Pill (promotes wound healing, restores damaged skin), Detoxification Pill (can resolve all Second-Rank poisons).

The great merchant Zhuo checked the pills bottle by bottle. Every time he checked a bottle, his heart trembled.

Top-grade pills, they were all Second-Rank top-grade pills!

He had indeed not misjudged the person; Boss Hua did not take advantage of him, and the pills she brought out were worth those ten drops of ten-thousand-year spirit milk.

Hua Changxi obtained ten drops of ten-thousand-year spirit milk. One drop of spirit milk contained about one million points of spiritual energy. For her, it was a bit too little to use for replenishing and recovering spiritual energy, but when refining pills, adding spirit milk could definitely improve the quality of the pills.

She was very satisfied with this transaction.

The great merchant Zhuo obtained pills that exceeded his expectations and was also satisfied with this transaction. He readily paid 100,000 taels of silver, took the ordinary pill withdrawal slip issued by Pucao, and went to the other ten apothecaries to collect the pills.

Nowadays, the Shennong Apothecary in Feng'an Ward was treated by Hua Changxi as the headquarters of the apothecaries. Although the apothecaries here also sold pills, they were all in small quantities.

The other ten shops managed by Yu Gui had recruited a batch of alchemists who refined ordinary pills. People like the great merchant Zhuo who purchased large quantities of ordinary pills all collected their pills from Yu Gui's side.

Zhou Qiuyu, Wang Yunchu, and others had already resigned from their positions as menials in the Menial Hall. With their addition, Hua Changxi prepared to add spirit pills to the apothecary's sales list in the future.

Hua Minghe silently watched the entire transaction process. Seeing that his daughter's single transaction was 100,000 taels of silver, for the first time, he felt so truly that for his daughter, the Hua family courtyard was really a cage that restricted her.

Having left the cage, she could actually fly higher and further.