101: The Changes of Pharmacist Wang

As soon as these words were uttered, the air instantly fell silent.

Xiao Qingyuan and the old Daoist priest met each other's gaze.

One appeared calm on the surface but was secretly on guard.

The other bowed, his expression stiff and fawning.

“What’s wrong, is there something difficult?” Xiao Qingyuan asked with a look of confusion, “Meeting Eldest Cousin is also to arrange things for you. After all, the Immortal Clan now has very few Honored Guests left, and it’s precisely when manpower is needed!”

The honest Daoist priest’s expression stiffened upon hearing this. As if steeling himself, he gritted his teeth and said, “My sin, my sin. This old Daoist priest actually only has this meager amount of magical power and no real abilities at all.

If we’re talking about ability, it’s just a Qi Gathering technique, and a little bit of a Jianghu living to get by.

Hehe.

But I’m accurate, very accurate, so I guess I’m a little useful, right?

What do you think…”

Xiao Qingyuan was stunned when he heard this. In other words, this guy doesn’t know anything?

And is useless?

Just as he was thinking this.

And was about to say something else.

The honest Daoist priest quickly added, “But this honest Daoist priest has one advantage, and that is honesty. It doesn’t matter if I don’t know anything, I can learn.

Whatever the master tells me to do, I will do.

The Immortal Clan can give me one… no!

Half a Spirit Stone each month will be enough!”

Xiao Qingyuan’s mouth twitched upon hearing this.

In other words, not only are you useless, but we also have to train you first, right?

But the salary you’re asking for… hmm, it’s truly a bit honest.

I’ve never seen anyone voluntarily ask for a lower salary.

He waved his hand, “I’m not here to trouble you. Finding Eldest Cousin is just a side matter.

After all, you’ve just joined the Immortal Clan. I need to know the clan’s arrangements for you, right?

We’ll have to interact frequently in the future, won’t we?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the honest Daoist priest immediately beamed with joy and followed him.

Before long, Xiao Qingyuan found Eldest Cousin Xiao Qingduo in the External Affairs Hall.

“Eldest Cousin!”

Xiao Qingyuan greeted him as usual.

Xiao Qingduo quickly smiled upon seeing him.

“Seventeenth Brother! Haha, why aren’t you at home with your wife and children? What brings you to me?

The spring rain has just finished. After the clansmen plant the rice seedlings, they’ll need to irrigate the fields.

Your family has over a hundred mu.

This year, each family manages its own land.

Don’t think that just because you’ve reached Foundation Establishment, you don’t need to farm.”

Xiao Qingduo joked.

Once upon a time, he was somewhat envious of Xiao Qingyuan’s talisman-drawing skills, and he harbored a vague sense of unease.

This was normal; everyone has jealousy.

Eldest Cousin was already quite good.

However, now he was no longer bothered by such emotions. “I am simply not as good as my brother, and I am proud”—Eldest Cousin.

“Others wish they had a brother like this. Don’t you know the value of a Foundation Establishment Celestial?”—Eldest Cousin.

“My brother and I have the best relationship”—Eldest Cousin.

“How dare I? Oh, right, I came to ask about your arrangements for the honest Fellow Daoist.”

“Honest Fellow Daoist?” A look of bewilderment flashed across Eldest Cousin’s eyes.

The honest Daoist priest quickly scurried over two steps, pointed to his nose, and said with a fawning smile, “It’s me!”

“Oh~~” Eldest Cousin suddenly understood, “Fellow Daoist Sha, right?”

“Yes, yes, yes! My secular ranking is tenth, my name is Sha Laoshi, just call me by my Daoist name, Honest!”

“What is all this?” Eldest Cousin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “Honest, I’ve already told you, ten Spirit Stones a month. This is the Immortal Clan’s newly established rule. If you don’t take it, and he doesn’t take it, then the Immortal Clan won’t need to recruit people!

You don’t need to tell me again that you feel bad about it.

Just serve the Immortal Clan well in the future.”

Seeing how familiar they seemed.

The last trace of suspicion in Xiao Qingyuan’s heart was mostly dispelled.

He watched as Eldest Cousin arranged things for him and had him leave first.

He temporarily put the matter aside.

Then he turned to Xiao Qingduo to talk about turning the county into a prefecture.

He had originally wanted his father to be the Yanggu Prefecture Governor.

His father also had the idea of re-establishing the Medicine Immortal Valley.

After all, it naturally gathers Qi and is suitable for opening a medicine garden.

The Imperial Family Guardians who rescued Ku He last time had really tricked him. The Storage Pouch was full of rare but useless items.

Aside from the Storage Pouch itself being a top-tier second-rank item, quite Advanced and valuable.

There wasn't even a single Spirit Stone inside.

Purely a gold-rimmed urinal.

No wonder he just gave it to him and ran away so quickly.

However, what he hadn't expected was that these very things, which he considered useless, had precisely allowed him to gather the Materials for cultivating the geng metal gourd, along with a very complete set of Spirit Medicine seeds.

It turned out to be a bargain for him.

To be honest, these things might be common in Central Capital, in the eyes of that old Imperial Family Guardians.

But here, it’s the difference between 0 and 1.

You couldn’t buy them even with money, nor could you gather them.

He thought of sending the Spirit Medicine seeds to the Medicine Immortal Valley, and with his father stationed in the prefecture city.

He could recover some losses.

Not to mention, he also had a copy of the “Blood Rain Technique” that his elder brother gave him, plus the Alchemy Legacy, a sure path to soaring success.

However, he had absolutely not expected that the imperial court had not given him the promised fiefdom.

He could only find other ways here in Qingxuan.

Even Xiao Yance was quite angry. He had been busy with something during this time, and Xiao Qingyuan always felt like he was brewing something big.

Eldest Cousin looked around and whispered, “Before, my father-in-law, Apothecary Wang, was quite unwilling to marry his daughter to me, and even proposed to the Immortal Clan the condition of breaking away and starting a new clan.

The old man was getting old, and instead, he had the idea of expanding his lineage.

Grandfather agreed to him.

But now…”

Eldest Cousin’s tone paused, then he changed the subject, “But during this time.

My father-in-law panicked. Not only did he stop hiding his Alchemy skills, but he truly treated me as his son-in-law.

He made me, your elder cousin, make rapid progress in Alchemy.

And he never again mentioned wanting to leave the Immortal Clan.

Instead, he urged me, your brother, to get married every other day!”

At this point, Eldest Cousin suddenly laughed, a very happy laugh, “See, your Eldest Cousin is getting married! The wedding date is approaching. When the time comes, you and I, brothers, will have a few more drinks!”

“It’s not easy!”

Xiao Qingyuan genuinely congratulated him. He hadn’t seen his Eldest Cousin’s wife much.

The impression wasn’t deep.

But Eldest Cousin had liked her since childhood.

It was just that Apothecary Wang had always obstructed them, delaying the marriage.

Xiao Qingyuan guessed that old man Wang had probably intended to recruit a live-in son-in-law before, and Eldest Cousin was very unsuitable for that.

Now they finally achieved their goal.

Xiao Qingyuan was genuinely happy for him.

This verified the saying: when you succeed, everyone around you is a good person, and everyone becomes amiable.

It was the same now; with increased cultivation, the whole world became different.

“Yes, it’s really not easy!

Seventeenth Brother, my wife and I being able to be together, we really have to thank you.”

Saying that, he suddenly gave a lewd smile and said, “Don’t worry, Eldest Cousin doesn’t have much ability, but after I finish with the construction of the prefecture city, I will definitely get you a good thank-you gift…”