early morning.

Zhuang Ming took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

He can no longer practice the techniques of Gathering the Holy Mountain, and can only use the most basic Qi-nurturing formulas to cultivate a breath of true Qi.

However, his Dantian was penetrated back then, and the injury has not yet recovered. Now, even if he changes his technique, he will not be able to reach a state beyond nourishing Qi.

The location where it was penetrated was about 70% from the bottom.

It's like a bucket filled with water, which is ten minutes high, but has a hole at seven minutes high.

From then on, the water in the bucket was only seven minutes high at most.

No matter how hard Zhuang Ming practices, the true energy in his body can only remain at 70% of the peak level of qi nourishment.

No matter how much you practice and accumulate your true energy, it will overflow from it.

But today, it's different.

"This ancient book is really rare."

The ancient books in Zhuang Ming's hands were obviously those handed down by Fang Yizu.

This is a character's travel diary, telling the story of a young Taoist priest's journey.

But there is a magic hidden in it.

Most people can only see stories.

Zhuang Ming was originally a cultivator. He saw a mantra on the first page, so he was willing to buy the ancient book from Fang Yi for twenty taels of silver.

"Break the formulas into pieces and turn them into stories."

"The person who wrote the book is indeed very knowledgeable."

"It took me two days and one night to finally sort out the formulas hidden in this book."

Zhuang Ming looked at the formula he had copied down and said to himself: "This Taoist technique is really of great use to me."

This mantra is not a practice technique, but a Taoist technique.

It's not too clever, but it's extremely rare.

This technique is called Hunyuan Yiqi Sword.

One Qi is stored in the abdomen, and it is accumulated in the courtyard. After a long time, it is used. After passing through the twelve floors, the Qi is like the radiance of a sword, and it can kill people by opening its mouth.

Zhuang Ming's Qi Nourishing Technique, every time he practices it, will be full and overflowing, and will be lost in vain. But with this Taoist technique, you can accumulate the excess Qi in your body, and when necessary, spit it out from your mouth, sharp as a sword, it can be considered

I have some ability to protect myself.

"The longer you save, the stronger you are, and the stronger you will be."

"What a surprise."

Zhuang Ming was in a good mood. He only moved his thoughts slightly, and the baby dragon in his sleeves also twisted slightly and poked it out, with lively eyes.

——

"Sir." Bai Lao's voice came from outside the room.

"What?" Zhuang Ming's voice came out slowly.

"A visitor is here, bringing an ancient book and three strange herbs."

"What's the bid?"

"Don't ask for gold or silver."

"What do you want?"

"Outside of Yancheng's Sun Yuan, his son relies on his talent and has offended Mr. Futai. He wants to ask the young master to come forward to intercede."

"This is no small matter." Zhuang Ming said slowly: "However, no matter how big or small, there is always a solution. It depends on whether his ancient books and strange medicines have enough weight."

"Old slave, please come to the villa now."

——

At the foot of the mountain.

Mr. Sun and his son are waiting.

Both father and son were dressed luxuriously.

Mr. Sun is over fifty years old and looks like a rich man. But his only son is under twenty years old and his brows are full of arrogance.

Behind the father and son were several servants, each holding items.

"The fact that Mr. Thirteen likes ancient books has been spread to all sides. If you want to ask him to do something, you must do what others want. I hope that this ancient book and these three medicinal plants are worthy of Mr. Thirteen's compilation of a book to intercede for you."

Member Sun looked complicated and sighed.

"This man is very ungrateful. Our family knows him well, so we asked him to edit a book. But for some writing and ink, we need this ancient book and rare medicine as a gift." The young man was quite dissatisfied.

"When you come to ask for help, you should bring generous gifts. What's more, Mr. Thirteen is a businessman, and it's just a transaction." Sun Yuanwai sighed: "You have offended someone and been blocked by someone. Will you be able to have an official career in the future?"

There is hope, but it still depends on whether Mr. Thirteen is willing to accept it."

"Just a businessman." The young man curled his lips and said: "Everything is low-grade, but I am good at studying. When I rise to the top in the future and have a first-class official position, what he took from our family will sooner or later be taught to spit it out again."

"Don't be rude." Mr. Sun said in a hurry: "This Thirteenth Mr. started from scratch, and in six years, his business has spread throughout the Sixteenth Prefecture of Huai'an. Do you think you are an ordinary person?"

"Not just a businessman?" The young man waved his hand and said, "I'll just say nothing later."

——

Within the villa.

Zhuang Ming drank a cup of tea and then asked: "How is it?"

Bai Lao responded: "The detailed process is all here. After being admitted as a scholar, this son of Yuan Sun, relied on his talent and arrogance, made rude remarks, and offended Mrs. Li's nephew. Later, when the recent roster was counted, Mr. Li couldn't bear his wife's words and also

I deliberately left out Young Master Sun and gave instructions to the people below, but no one paid attention to me."

After a pause, Mr. Bai said: "Actually, it was just a quarrel, not a big deal. It's just that Mrs. Li loves her nephew so much that she doesn't want to endure it. In recent days, the Sun family has been trying to find Mr. Li to no avail, so they want to come to ask for help."

The young master came forward to intercede with Mr. Li."

Originally, it was not possible to ask Mr. Sun about this kind of thing face to face.

But if the Sun family offends someone too harshly, it is inevitable that they will have to hide something.

You still have to investigate things yourself to know the pros and cons.

If it were just as Bai Lao said, it wouldn't be that difficult.

"Favors are something that naturally fade away the more you use them. This Master Futai's favors are not easy to use."

Zhuang Ming smiled and said: "But if this is the case, all we need to do is let Mrs. Li calm down."

Except for Mr. Sun, he didn't know that Mr. Li was a bit henpecked. He would usually take the initiative to make decisions when it came to big things, but Mr. Li would do it casually for trivial matters, so he would naturally not make his wife unhappy.

The Sun family wanted to ask Master Li for mercy, but they found the wrong person.

"Master?"

"It's okay, let's take a look at the Sun family's weight first."

——

An ancient book.

Three wonder medicines.

"This book is more than two hundred years old. It is well preserved and quite precious." Sun Yuanwai drank a cup of tea and said with a smile: "What's more important is that the original book was written by the miracle doctor Li He five hundred years ago.

Medical Codex."

It has been five hundred years, and it is difficult to preserve it with ordinary methods. The original work by the miracle doctor Li He must have rotted into dregs, but the copied version two hundred years ago is also extremely rare.

Zhuang Ming looked through it and said leisurely: "Li He, the miracle doctor, has been famous throughout the ages. Unfortunately, his medical books have been lost long ago. I never thought that it was not lost, but was treasured by others."

Sun Yuanwai said: "Although this is not the original, it is still very precious."

Zhuang Ming nodded, put down the book, and looked at the other three strange medicines.

These three medicinal herbs are not unique, but they are also quite precious and cost no less than a thousand taels.

"I heard about it."

Zhuang Ming looked at Mr. Sun, and then at Mr. Sun who was a little arrogant and a little dissatisfied with him. He chuckled, nodded and said, "Master Li, I will give you a word."

Member Sun was immediately overjoyed. He quickly stood up and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Thirteen."

Zhuang Ming nodded.

On the other hand, Young Master Sun felt that he had a bright future in the future, but his family was weak now. This time he came to ask for courtesy, but the other party treated him so lightly and left his father and son waiting outside. He felt a bit humiliated by being looked down upon.

I felt sorry for him, but he promised his father, but he could only remain silent and say nothing.

"Then I'll leave everything to you, sir."

"good."
To be continued...