"Is that Baozhilin up ahead? Pull over the car."
Upon hearing Song Lu's words, Li Chuan didn't respond immediately. Instead, he looked towards a Chinese medicine shop by the roadside.
"Baozhilin? Mr. Li, don't we have our own clinic? Why go to someone else's pharmacy?"
Han Chen was puzzled.
"You forgot, all the herbs in my clinic have been sold out," Li Chuan laughed.
There was no choice; both he and Li Yong were opening a clinic for the first time and lacked experience.
Han Chen and Song Lu suddenly understood, but they still didn't quite grasp why Li Chuan wanted to buy herbs here.
Upon entering Baozhilin, Li Chuan directly picked up pen and paper, wrote a prescription, and asked the shopkeeper to prepare the herbs according to the formula.
While waiting, Li Chuan smiled and said, "Elder Song was right. Our power is indeed very weak now, hardly a match against those major forces in the provincial capital."
"Just the black-suited bodyguards I saw earlier have skills far better than our brothers. But we can use a special secret recipe to help them clear the Ren and Du Meridians and boost their combat power. That way, even if I'm not around later, they can defeat them."
According to the records of the Lingxi Mutual Sensitivity Technique, ancient cultivators could refine pills to enhance their cultivation. Although he can't be that awesome now, it's easy to brew medicinal soup with the prescribed formula and train some elite fighters.
Since ancient times, wealth fuels martial arts, requiring money to master good skills. Pills are the main direction of spending money.
Song Lu frowned, "Mr. Li, your idea is good, but practicing martial arts isn't that easy. It takes a long time to master such skills; it won't happen overnight!"
"The major forces in the provincial capital, the Wild Wolf Gang, the Jingwu Association, the Black Dragon Sect, all are family sects with years of heritage. They include experts like Immortal Qin and those on the Black List. Rumor has it that people on the Black List can fight hundreds, they're extremely powerful."
Li Chuan was curious, "What is the Black List?"
Han Chen replied, "The Black List is the ranking of experts in Jianghu. The top hundred experts can enter the Black List, even those at the hundredth spot are extremely strong!"
"To make it onto the Black List, one must clear the Ren and Du Meridians and be an elite master with Inner Family True Qi."
Li Chuan nodded, "I see. Given that, our goal is to build a squad of experts who have cleared the Ren and Du Meridians!"
Li Chuan said this lightly, but to Han Chen and Song Lu, it sounded like a fantasy.
In the Martial Arts Realm, there are stages of Postnatal Expert, Innate Master, and then Body Tempering.
Li Chuan is currently in the Body Tempering Realm.
The Innate Master stage is what Li Chuan referred to as the Absorbing Yin Realm previously.
It's only after clearing the Ren and Du Meridians and cultivating Innate True Qi that one can be considered an Innate Master.
And now, Li Chuan's intention is to create a team composed entirely of Innate Masters!
This sounds like a fantasy!
Because each Innate Master is incredibly formidable; you wouldn't even find one in all of Jiangzhou!
The two exchanged looks, but recalling Li Chuan's various mysterious and powerful methods, Han Chen suddenly felt it wasn't impossible.
If such a team could indeed be built, they could certainly contend with the three major forces of the provincial capital!
And perhaps even defeat them!
After about an hour, the Boss of Baozhilin and two apprentices finally carried out two large sacks with great effort.
"Sir, I've packed all the herbs you need. It comes to one million five hundred twenty-two thousand."
"I'll handle the payment; charge it to the public account," Song Lu stepped forward to pay the bill, then had the sacks loaded into the car.
In the car, Li Chuan said, "Once we return, we'll proceed with the selection. Age should ideally be under twenty-five; the younger, the better. Then set several tests to retain those who can endure hardship, persevere, and possess decent talent. Let them consume the medicinal soup while undergoing field training to stimulate their life potential. Gradually increase the dosage and training intensity; I'll teach a method of exhaling and inhaling."
This training phase will last for half a month, and anyone who persists until the end will receive a reward of one million cash!"
"Then the next training phase will commence. Of course, this will be devil-level training, and anyone who endures will receive a reward of five million cash!"
"During this time, no one bothers with what's happening on Nine-Headed Mountain; no matter how hot it gets over there, don't pay attention."
Li Chuan knows that whether dealing with the current situation or seeking revenge in Yanjing himself later, he will need allies!
Now is the time to forge his own forces!
...
Meanwhile, at the Red Jade Club.
Zhang Dapeng was enjoying a movie while snacking and receiving a foot massage from a beautiful therapist, looking thoroughly pampered!
Zhang Dapeng was in a great mood, occasionally flirting with a newly added small anchor on WeChat.
To be honest, ever since becoming unemployed, he hadn't come to Red Jade to spend money for a long time because the consumption level here was indeed very high.
But things were different now, having just made over tens of thousands; he had to indulge!
He planned that once Yaoji arrived, they would pick two therapists together and get a full set in a private room.
After all, the guy helped him out, and he had to show some appreciation.
But just as he was happily imagining the upcoming blissful life.
Yaoji appeared in front of Zhang Dapeng aggressively with a group of people!
Zhang Dapeng immediately saw the blood on Yaoji's face and body, getting frightened and jumping up with fear: "Brother Ji, what happened? What's wrong with your hand?"
"Screw you!"
Yaoji raised his foot and kicked Zhang Dapeng to the ground: "I regarded you as a brother! And you dare to harm me!"
"Do you know what identity Mr. Li holds?"
"And you ordered me to cripple his hands! I'll cripple you first!"
The club instantly descended into chaos, as therapist girls screamed and fled!
Zhang Dapeng struggled to get up from the ground, blood continuously welling up his throat, looking pained as he said: "Brother Ji, what exactly happened? Is Li Chuan's identity really powerful? I really didn't know!"
"Did he beat you this bad? Doesn't he know you're Boss Han's man?"
Yaoji snorted coldly, grabbed Zhang Dapeng's hair, and punched his face several times, directly blooming his nose: "Boss Han? Dr. Li is the big boss whom even Boss Han and Elder Song have to respectfully call Mr. Li; and you dare order me to cripple his hands?"
"Isn't this setting me up?"