Chapter 18: Frightening the Fish Monster with Wisdom (Part 2)
Yuhua stood there in shock. Hai Long's departure made her heart full of disappointment. However, she had deeply remembered every word Hai Long said before leaving. She turned to look at her sister and secretly swore that no matter what
No matter how hard it is, I must find Lianyun Mountain in November.
Far away from the mountain village, Hai Long calmed down. Thinking of the way Yu Hua caught it just now, he couldn't help but feel frightened. He thought to himself, it seems that it would be better for him to show his skills less in front of others in the future. Otherwise, the same situation may happen again.
It appeared again, but it seemed that his cultivation was not useless. At least he was able to frighten the fish spirit. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel proud. He looked up at the sun in the sky.
Then he unfolded his body and continued on the road. He finally changed into clean clothes. Although they were full of patches, Hai Long still cherished them very much and was much more careful while moving forward. Half a day later, under his full speed, he had already covered two hundred miles.
, a majestic big city appeared in front of him. This was the first time Hai Long saw the appearance of a city, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. When they were children, he and Zhang Hao often dreamed about developing in big cities in the future. In this chance,
, I finally arrived outside the big city I had dreamed of, and I couldn't help but feel like I was in another world. The big city in front of me was about thirty meters high, with flags fluttering on the top of the city, and groups of patrolling soldiers patrolling back and forth. Below.
The city gate, which is seven or eight meters high, is wide open, and many civilians are busy coming and going. There are about thirty defenders standing upright on both sides of the city gate, and passing business travelers are often checked by them.
Hai Long dusted off the dust on his body and walked towards the city gate with his head held high. He was full of excitement now and really wanted to see what the city looked like.
"Stop." As soon as he reached the city gate, Hai Long was stopped by the guarding soldiers. A man came up and looked at him with some doubts, and said: "Where are you from? What are you doing in our Tongyuan City?
?" Hai Long was stunned, looking at the soldier in front of him who was much taller than himself, and said: "I am from the Western Regions. I came to the Central Plains to do business. After the things are done, I will naturally return to the Western Regions. I am just passing through here. Excuse me.
Brother, how far is it from the Western Region?"
The soldier glanced at him up and down, and said with some disdain: "It turns out they are foreigners, no wonder they look rustic. This place is still far away from your Western Region. It must be thousands of miles away all the way to the west.
Remember, you are not allowed to cause trouble in the city, otherwise, don’t blame us for being unkind, understand?”
Hai Long pretended to be groveling and agreed, and the soldiers allowed him to enter Tongyuan City. Hai Long was in a very good mood now, and did not care about the soldiers' contempt and disdain, and walked in quickly
He came to the city he had longed for for a long time. As soon as he entered the city, Hai Long was startled by the hustle and bustle of the city. The wide street was lined with various shops selling a wide variety of goods. Some of them looked like clerks.
Young people are constantly setting up shop in front of their shops to attract customers.
"So many people! I have never seen so many people before. It is indeed a big city. Tongyuan City? What country does Tongyuan City belong to? No, I need to find someone to ask." While thinking, he left
When we arrived at a shop on the roadside, the waiter outside the shop was shouting loudly, "Come and see! We have all kinds of precious medicinal materials for nourishing and health, come and choose some!" It turns out that this is a drug store. Hai Longmin
He stepped forward and said, "Brother, I want to ask you something."
The waiter glanced at Hai Long, saw his patchwork, curled his lips, and continued selling as if he hadn't heard his greeting. Some people in gorgeous clothes walked to the door of the shop, and he immediately approached them, full of enthusiasm.
He enthusiastically introduced the various medicines in their store to others. Hai Long was stunned for a moment and asked the same question again, but the clerk still ignored him.
The anger in his heart gradually rose, and Hai Long said angrily: "Are you deaf? Can't you hear me when I call you?"
The waiter suddenly turned around and said angrily: "What the hell are you yelling at? Don't disturb me from greeting the guests. You don't even take a pee and look at yourself. With your shabby appearance, you don't deserve to ask me anything. Get out of here."
, Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude." Hai Long tightened his left hand, and almost activated the power of the Blood Bagua in his anger. He took a deep breath, barely suppressed the anger in his heart, and said lightly: "It's really a dog's eyes.
I'm such a lowly person, how do you know I won't buy anything from your store, are you looking down on me? I just want to go in and buy some today." After saying that, he strode into the drug store.
The clerk was stunned for a moment and hurriedly chased after him, but Hai Long walked very fast and had already entered the store when he caught up. The store was very large, with a circle of counters around it, and four behind the counter.
Five girls were entertaining guests. There were tall medicine cabinets against the wall with various labels on them.
"Stop, you kid, get out of here. This is not the place you should be." The man grabbed Hai Long's lapel and tried to pull him out. A cold light flashed in Hai Long's eyes, and he stood there motionless, with his magic power flowing.
With a slight flick of his right hand, the clerk was immediately shaken to the side. The clerk stumbled and almost fell down. He suddenly became angry and cursed: "X, you, X, you are here to cause trouble, aren't you?" He raised his fist.
He was about to take action against Hai Long. Hai Long's little patience had long been worn out, and he was about to teach him a lesson when he heard an old voice saying: "Xiao San'er, what's going on? Do it here, you
Do you still want to do it?" Hearing this voice, the waiter immediately calmed down and quickly said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Li, I, I just want to drag this kid out."
The man called Shopkeeper Li by the waiters was an old man in his sixties. He was wearing a clean thick robe. He didn't know when he was standing at the counter. He snorted and said: "What are you doing?"
What the hell, as long as there are guests coming to our door, how can we just kick them out? Don’t you understand that they are guests? It’s the same even if they don’t buy anything. Go, go out and keep shouting.” Under the majesty of the shopkeeper,
The waiter Xiao San'er had no choice but to glare at Hai Long bitterly and continue his plan to attract customers.
Shopkeeper Li's words won the favor of all the guests, including Hai Long. Those who were buying things had smiles on their faces. Shopkeeper Li said to Hai Long in a friendly manner: "Little brother, what do you want to buy? What can I do?
Can I help you? The medicines we have here are absolutely genuine, of course, the corresponding prices will be a little more expensive."
Hai Long was stunned for a moment. He just wanted to ask for directions before and entered the drug store just out of curiosity. Now when he heard the question, he couldn't help scratching his head in embarrassment and said: "Actually, I'm not here to buy anything." Shopkeeper Li smiled slightly.
, said: "It doesn't matter if you don't buy it, just take a look. If you need anything, just tell our service staff."
Hai Long's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered something, and said: "Shopkeeper Li, thank you for rescuing me just now. Do you accept any medicinal materials here? I happen to have some medicinal materials that I want to sell."
Shopkeeper Li was stunned and said with a smile: "There is no reason why we don't accept medicinal materials in our medicine shop. If you have any medicinal materials, you might as well bring them to this old man. I have been raping here for decades, and I still have some knowledge about medicine."
"Hai Long nodded and reached into his arms. The Qiankun Ring in his hand pulled out a piece of Huangjing under his urging. He was hungry in the mountains not long ago, so he picked it to satisfy his hunger. "It's not some good thing.
A good medicinal material is just a little bit of Polygonatum japonica." As he said that, he handed over the palm-sized piece of Polygonatum odorifera that he had just taken out.
Polygonatum is a very common medicinal material, and ordinary Polygonatum is cheap, so shopkeeper Li didn't pay much attention to it, especially when he saw that there was only a small piece of Hailong, he secretly shook his head.
A faint aroma came from the crystal clear Polygonatum japonica. Shopkeeper Li's eyes suddenly lit up, and he brought the Polygonatum japonica in front of his eyes. He was shocked and said, "This, this is not an ordinary Polygonatum japonica!"
Hai Long was stunned. His masters had taught him about Polygonatum japonica. Back then in the mountains and forests, he picked it for food because it looked similar to the ones in the Lianyun Mountains. Now in the city, he
He had no money, and this was a medicine shop, so he thought of selling some Polygonatum in exchange for some Yinlianghua flowers. He was very smart. When shopkeeper Li said that this was no ordinary Polygonatum, he immediately hit the snake and put it on the stick, and said proudly:
"Of course it's not ordinary Huang Jing, shopkeeper Li, you have to look carefully!"
Shopkeeper Li looked at the Polygonatum in his hand carefully as if holding a treasure. His old body was already trembling slightly. The guests also smelled the fragrance of Polygonatum and couldn't help but gathered around. Most of them were in this room.
The long-term customers of the Medicine Palace, including many wealthy businessmen, certainly know the meaning of a precious medicinal material. It is definitely a good product that can prolong life!
Shopkeeper Li looked at Huang Jing and lost his composure, and murmured: "This, this is the emperor's essence, this is the emperor's essence! Look, everyone, something so crystal clear and containing hundreds of dark lines is the best among Huang Jing -
- Huangjing, I’m talking about the emperor’s emperor. The effect of this piece of Polygonatum is almost the same as that of Millennium Ginseng, and its medicinal properties are mild and easier to absorb. It is really a rare treasure."
After listening to shopkeeper Li's words, the guests immediately burst into laughter. One of the chubby guests came to Hai Long and said with a smile: "Little brother, I think you can sell this to me. How much it will cost, you decide."
"The businessman has always been very shrewd. Of course he knows that if this piece of imperial essence is purchased by a drug store and then sold, the price will probably rise a lot. Hai Long looks like he is just a young boy, so buying it from him will naturally be cheaper.
There were many people who had the same wishful thinking. As soon as they heard the businessman's words, they immediately surrounded Hai Long and expressed their intention to purchase this piece of imperial essence.
Hai Long concealed his excitement, neither agreeing nor rejecting, but just looking at the imperial essence in Shopkeeper Li's hand. Shopkeeper Li was already anxious when he heard what these guests said, and hurriedly said: "Everyone, gentlemen, thank you very much
You have always supported our drug store, but after all, I promised this little brother to buy this piece of imperial essence first, and I plan to keep it for my own use. Please don't fight, thank you, I thank you all." Of course, guests.
Knowing Shopkeeper Li's status in the medical community of Tongyuan City, when he heard that he wanted to use it for his own use, the fight for it suddenly became more intense.
"Stop." Hai Long's not-so-loud voice rang in everyone's ears. All the noise disappeared almost at the same time, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on him.
Hai Long smiled slightly and said happily: "Everyone, please listen to me. Before, when the clerk was in trouble for me, it was shopkeeper Li who helped me out of the dilemma, and later, it was he who said he was willing to buy the medicines I brought.
Due to both emotion and reason, I must sell this piece of Polygonatum japonica to him. I can only say sorry to everyone. Shopkeeper Li, let’s do this. You can set a price. With your familiarity with medicines, I believe you.
The price must be very fair. As long as you offer it, I will never bargain. If I dig up Polygonatum japonica again in the future, I will give it to you first at the same price. How about it?"
Shopkeeper Li knew that his family's wealth was far inferior to that of these wealthy businessmen. He thought he had no hope, but he didn't expect that Hai Long would say such a thing. He was immediately overjoyed and said gratefully: "Little brother, you are really trustworthy. Don't worry.
, the price I offer you is absolutely fair. Let’s do it, one hundred thousand taels, one hundred thousand taels of silver. This is already the price of two thousand-year-old ginseng plants.”
Although Hai Long knew that this Huang Jing must be worth a lot of money, he did not expect it to be so much. He said with emotion: "Okay, it's settled, this piece of Huang Jing is yours."
When the surrounding guests saw that Hai Long had sold the imperial essence, they immediately sighed and dispersed. Shopkeeper Li hurriedly said: "Dear guests, please do not be disappointed. Although I intend to keep this imperial essence for my own use, I got a prescription before.
, using Huangjing as the main ingredient, combined with a variety of precious medicinal materials, a rejuvenating pill can be refined. This rejuvenating pill has the effect of maintaining beauty and health. This piece of Huangjing is enough to refine dozens of pills. It is said that everyone who sees it has a share.
At that time, I will sell each of you a pill at the cost price. What do you think?" After hearing this, these guests suddenly became emotional again and thanked shopkeeper Li one after another.
Hai Long thought: "This shopkeeper Li is really good at doing business. He doesn't have the final say on the so-called cost price. Not only can he make money, but he can also avoid offending others. It really kills two birds with one stone."
After shopkeeper Li was polite to the guests, he immediately led Hai Long to the back hall of the store. He personally poured a glass of water for Hai Long and then went to the back to get money.
(I may get off work a little late tonight, so I will upload one chapter for you to read before I go to work. It will be updated around 7 o'clock in the evening. I will try to update two more chapters, about 7:00 and 11:00, to express my gratitude.