Chapter 460

Chapter 460: Liu Sanlang of Sanhe City

Sanhe City is a remote small county town, home to over three thousand households.

Liu Sanlang is a well-known kind-hearted person in the city. He is very compassionate and often helps the old and weak, mainly because he is also quite handsome.

The only downside is that he is an abandoned child; his adoptive parents passed away early. The biological sons of his adoptive parents divided all the family wealth after they got married, leaving nothing for him, the adopted son.

Additionally, due to his frail body, he looks weak and cannot perform heavy labor, which has resulted in him being twenty years old without getting married.

No family dares to marry their daughter to him.

Two years ago, a family wanted to invite Liu Sanlang to be their son-in-law, and he agreed.

But for some unknown reason, that family suddenly changed their mind and soon after moved away from Sanhe City completely.

This led to Liu Sanlang, despite his good reputation in the city, being unable to find a marriage partner.

Although some women found Liu Sanlang handsome, especially widows wanting to seduce him, for some strange reason, whenever a widow did so, she would disappear the next day.

Currently, Liu Sanlang’s two biggest worries are his weak body, which prevents him from doing physical work, leading him to only work as a helper in a local pharmacy.

The second worry is that he still hasn’t found a partner in his twenties; at this rate, he will inevitably become a laughingstock in the town.

On that day, several horse-drawn carts arrived in Sanhe City.

“Dad, Mom, will we be living here from now on?”

In one of the carts, a girl in her twenties curiously lifted the curtain and looked at the scenery of Sanhe City’s streets.

Inside the cart, there was a middle-aged couple in their forties or fifties.

“Yes, we will be living here from now on,” Li Xiaojun nodded.

The middle-aged couple in the cart were Li Xiaojun and Duanmu Rong, or rather, their clones.

Soon, the cart arrived at a newly built mansion in the city.

“Welcome, sir and madam, and young lady…”

As the cart arrived, a sixty-year-old old steward came out to greet them.

“Fubo!”

Li Zixuan exclaimed joyfully upon seeing the old steward.

The arrival of Li Xiaojun and the ten or so large carts attracted the attention of many people in Sanhe City.

Many were curious about who had moved to Sanhe City.

When people saw Li Zixuan jump down from the cart, their eyes lit up.

It was because Li Zixuan was simply too beautiful.

After the cart stopped, Li Xiaojun and Duanmu Rong also got off the cart.

Under the watchful eyes of many people, the family of three entered the mansion with Fubo’s warm welcome.

The arrival of Li Xiaojun’s family sparked a lot of discussions in Sanhe City.

Soon, people learned that the newcomers were surnamed Li, the owners of the Tongrentang pharmacy who had appeared a few years ago.

Tongrentang is the name of a chain of pharmacies that suddenly became popular across Tianshui County a few years ago.

In Tianshui County, almost every county town has a Tongrentang pharmacy.

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Inside the Tongrentang pharmacy,

Liu Sanlang skillfully prepared medicine for patients.

“Sanlang, did you hear? Our Tongrentang owner has come to Sanhe City,” a gossiping attendant said to Liu Sanlang.

“Our Tongrentang owner has come to Sanhe City? Is he here for an inspection?” Liu Sanlang asked in surprise.

“I heard he moved to live in Sanhe City…”

The next morning, when Liu Sanlang arrived at the pharmacy to work, the storekeeper assigned him to clean up.

“Later, the owner will be coming over, so everyone make sure to clean up properly. There should be no dust at all…”

At ten o’clock in the morning,

A horse-drawn cart stopped outside Tongrentang.

Then, under the welcome of the storekeeper, the doctor, and the apprentice attendants, a family of three stepped down from the cart.

The first to jump down was a beautiful woman in her twenties, followed by a middle-aged couple in their forties or fifties.

Everyone’s attention was immediately drawn to the beautiful woman, causing many eyes to light up.

Liu Sanlang also saw the beautiful woman, and at first glance, his heart began to race.

“Welcome, owner, for the inspection…”

The storekeeper quickly greeted Li Xiaojun’s family with warmth.

“Manager Qian, you have managed the Tongrentang in Sanhe City quite well. We are just here to take a look,” Li Xiaojun said with a smile to the storekeeper.

Soon, under the storekeeper’s welcome, Li Xiaojun and his family walked around the pharmacy.

Tongrentang pharmacy is a spacious building with a large backyard.

The front is where consultations and medicine prescriptions take place, while the backyard contains the warehouse, the medicine preparation room, and accommodation for the staff.

Li Xiaojun took his family on a tour around Tongrentang.

Before leaving, he left behind a thick book.

“This is said to be a manual of Immortal healing methods. I have studied it for decades and have only grasped some basics.

Today, I am leaving this book at Tongrentang so that anyone from our Tongrentang can study it. If you can discover anything useful, I will offer a generous reward,” Li Xiaojun announced to everyone.

“Owner, can we helpers also look at it?” one of the pharmacy helpers asked Li Xiaojun.

“Of course, anyone from our Tongrentang can look at it.”

Li Xiaojun nodded and then said to the storekeeper, “I am leaving this book here so that everyone can see it, not for one person to keep as a private possession. Do you understand?”

“Understood,” the storekeeper quickly nodded.

Soon, Li Xiaojun and his family left.

Just after Li Xiaojun’s close-knit family group left, the pharmacy storekeeper and several old doctors immediately began to read the book that Li Xiaojun had left behind.

The book was written in a script that resembled symbols, yet anyone who saw these characters, even illiterates, could understand its contents.

“How amazing!”

“Indeed, it deserves to be a book from Immortal families.”

Seeing this, the group couldn’t help but praise it.

This book recorded many medicinal materials, pharmacology, and the process of refining elixirs.

“These medicinal materials must be the spiritual herbs used by Immortal Masters, right?”

“This is how Immortal Masters refine spiritual elixirs; what use is it for us ordinary people?”

“I have never even heard of many of these medicinal materials.”

“Wow, this book from the Immortal family has no value for us at all.”

“Hey? What’s this at the back? Could it be the legendary cultivation techniques?”

“It really is! It talks about cultivation techniques, stating that those with spirit roots can cultivate true Qi and break through the Qi-refining stage.”

Everyone in Tongrentang became excited.

No one had expected that this book on medicine would contain a cultivation technique at the back.

Upon discovering the cultivation technique, everyone immediately thought of copying the content to keep it for themselves.

However, the text was written in a magical script, and attempts by ordinary people to copy it had no effect at all.

Finally, at the suggestion of the pharmacy storekeeper, the book was left in the pharmacy so that everyone could study its contents, including the cultivation techniques.

In the following days, everyone in Tongrentang studied the cultivation techniques in the book.

By the time it was Liu Sanlang’s turn to learn, it was already the fifth day.

The reason it had taken until the fifth day was mainly because the pharmacy storekeeper and the doctors had called their families to the pharmacy to learn the cultivation techniques.

After spending a few hours, Liu Sanlang memorized the cultivation techniques in his mind.

When he returned home that night, he immediately attempted to sit and meditate according to the cultivation techniques.

“Hey?”

A few minutes later, Liu Sanlang opened his eyes in surprise.

He realized that he had seemingly cultivated a trace of true Qi.

…

According to the description in the cultivation techniques, only those with spirit roots could cultivate true Qi.

The pharmacy storekeeper, the doctors, and their families had practiced for several days, and reportedly, not a single person had cultivated true Qi.

Now, Liu Sanlang had cultivated true Qi on his very first attempt.

Does this mean that he, Liu Sanlang, possesses spirit roots?