Chapter 109: Preparations Before Dawn

  Ling Su quickly walked out of the Canglang Sanatorium and got into her own Jeep. Her heart was still racing rapidly, thumping away non-stop. She hadn't expected things to go so smoothly, and until now, Ling Su still felt as if she were in a dream.

  "He actually explained the meaning of these two sentences clearly, and now, the 'Yin Yang Classic' has finally been understood," Ling Su said, sitting in the driver's seat with an unmistakable look of surprise. The "Yin Yang Classic" was written around the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but the ideas in it were derived from the observations of the ancient people about the universe and life. Many contents in the "Yin Yang Classic", including dream interpretation, physiognomy, Feng Shui, hole fixing, star observation, etc., seem superstitious today, but Ling Su knew that this was because no one could fully grasp this book. To master these secret techniques, one must strengthen their aura to communicate with nature and the universe. Although there are methods for cultivating one's aura in the "Yin Yang Classic", some sentences were too difficult to understand, making it impossible to successfully cultivate them.

  But today, Song Jian surprisingly deciphered it.

  At this moment, Ling Su finally thoroughly understood the content of the book.

  The grand outline of the Yinyang Great Canon appeared in Ling Su's line of sight: Yin and Yang are the way of heaven and earth, the outline of all things, the father and mother of change, the origin of life and death, and the abode of the gods. Therefore, accumulated yang is heaven, and accumulated yin is earth. Yin is quiet and yang is restless; yang gives birth to yin and yin grows yang; yang kills and yin hides. Yang transforms into energy, and yin forms shape. The ancient sages discussed the principles of human form, distinguished between internal organs, connected with the network of meridians, communicated with the six directions, each following its own path, each communicating through its own orifice. When yin and yang are in harmony, one can sense the heaven and earth, and therefore live a life without bounds, ending only when heaven and earth do.

  After reading this outline, Ling Su revealed a confident smile. She stepped on the accelerator and sped rapidly towards the outskirts of Gusu City...

  Song Jian did not think that he would inadvertently help Ling Su so much, now he has no time to care about others, the most important thing is to hurry up and refine the Ice Marrow Rejuvenating Pill.

  According to Yun Kong Lao's speculation, even if Song Jian had the help of Wuji Qigong, a heaven-defying technique, it would take at least seven or eight years for him to use the power of "Yi Jin Jing" to regenerate his tendons. However, seven or eight years was too long for Song Jian to wait, so the first thing he did after getting out of bed and being able to walk was to find medicinal materials and refine the Ice芝续筋丹 (Ice芝 Tendon Regeneration Pill). The main ingredient of this pill is Ice Mountain Lingzhi, combined with other precious medicinal herbs such as hundred-year-old lotus root, top-grade safflower, astragalus, and giant python's tendon and bone. Although there are only over twenty types of medicinal materials in this pill, each one is extremely valuable, after all, regenerating broken bones and reconnecting severed tendons is not an easy task.

  The next day at noon, after packing up and bidding farewell, Song Jian, Xu Si, and Xia Lin left the Canglang Sanatorium and returned to their homes in the Jinxiu Jiayuan community. During this process, neither Li Changjiang nor Li Mengya came to see them off.

  "Our white product is on the market," Xu Si said as soon as he got home.

  "What's the reaction?" Song Jian asked.

  Xu Si shook his head, "It's not going well. Now everyone trusts advertisements and endorsements. Our product has just been launched and we haven't done any advertising yet. Although Xiao Han's company is acting as our agent, but from the sales figures of these few days, it's really not optimistic."

  "Acceptance takes time," Song Jian comforted. "Don't worry, as long as it's effective, the first batch of customers will be the best advertisers."

  "I think so too," Xǔ Sī nodded, although she said so, but her tone was not very confident. Although it's just a small product, compared to the huge Xǔ Group, this product is nothing, but it's a manifestation of Xǔ Sī and Sòng Jiàn's ability, what if the business fails, will Grandpa not let us get married...

  Xu Si was unwilling to think about it anymore.

  In the afternoon, Xu Si drove with Xia Lin, first sending Xia Lin to school for registration, and then went to the company to check on the operation of a white project.

  Song Jian practiced Wuji Qigong at home with great difficulty, sweating profusely but still feeling extremely exhausted, like a useless person.

  After some thought, Song Jian picked up his mobile phone and flipped through the phone book, pressing down on the name "Lü Feng".

  The phone was answered quickly on the other end.

  "Haha, kiddo, how did you think of calling me? You didn't even come to pay your respects during the New Year," said a voice on the other end of the phone that sounded like an old rascal, which was exactly Lv Feng.

  Lü Feng and Song Jian met at the last Suzhou legendary Chinese medicine exhibition, where Song Jian used a bit of strategy to buy the 100-year-old Huai Shan medicine that Lü Feng wanted. However, he also took the opportunity to introduce some more expensive medicinal materials to Lü Feng, so the two people became friends. After exchanging phone numbers, they parted ways and only contacted each other for the first time today.

  For Lv Feng, Song Jian later also heard Zhou Yumin mention that Lv Feng was not a simple old man. Although he was not the head of the Lv family, he was also considered a core figure in the Lv Group. The Lv Group was a giant in the entire Jiangnan Province, much larger than the Xu Group. After all, the Xu Group founded by Xu Haotian only had influence in Suzhou and Wuxi, while the Lv family's enterprises spanned the entire Jiangnan Province, as well as surrounding provinces such as Zhejiang and Hunan.

  "Lü Lao, isn't this a New Year's greeting for you now?" Song Jian said, "Something unexpected happened during the Spring Festival, almost lost my life, so I didn't have time to take care of it."

  "Alright, alright, go ahead and brag, I'm asking you, kid, what's this about? Did you find something good again?" Lü Feng chuckled.

  "There's nothing good about it, Lao Lv, I need some medicinal herbs, do you have any?" Song Jian said.

  "...the medicine is available, but at this price......heh heh," Lü Feng smiled complacently.

  "The price is negotiable, I want that one stem of Ice Chi you bought last time, the one contaminated by Seven Star Flower," Song Jian said.

  "Oh, no problem, one million two hundred thousand." Lü Feng said.

  Song Jian was depressed, "Lv Lao, you are too much. You spent 1.2 million to buy it at that time, now you want 12 million. If I didn't remind you back then, you would have missed it."

  "Haha, kiddo, don't buy it if you're not willing to pay. I'll tell you, as soon as you agreed to buy, I only added ten times the price. If someone else were to buy, I wouldn't sell for 5 million. We're all connoisseurs here, everyone knows that these precious medicinal herbs are non-renewable resources, and no matter how much they cost, it's not considered expensive." Lü Feng said with a smile.

  Song Jian rolled his eyes and said, "Alright, you're ruthless! By the way, Lü Old Man, I also need top-grade Red Flower, Hundred-Year-Old Lotus Root, Hundred-Year-Old Python Tendon, Hundred-Year-Old Turtle Shell..."

  A string of reports had over ten kinds of relatively hard-to-find medicinal materials, and Song Jian only stopped, asking: "How is it, Old Lü, can you find them?"

  Lv Feng hesitated for a moment, then said: "It'll take some time, give me a week and I'll help you get it done. However, the price remains ten times higher. Kid, I'm not taking advantage of you, finding these medicines requires using my connections, and I don't usually do favors for just anyone. This is also a way of returning the favor from last time."

  "Alright, thank you, Old Lü!"

  He hung up the phone, and Song Jian let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that Lü Feng's connections were indeed very powerful. These medicines, if Song Jian had to find them himself, he wouldn't know when he could get them. Yet Lü Feng only needed a week's time.

  "At ten times the price, these medicines would cost over twenty million, and one Ice Marrow Rejuvenating Pellet is far from enough to heal his internal injuries. With all his meridians severed, he would need at least ten pellets to fully recover." Song Jian secretly sighed, this pellet refinement was really too expensive.

  However, the elixirs made from refining dan are also extremely miraculous. If one can refine a single Elixir of Longevity that extends one's lifespan by ten years, selling it for 1 billion wouldn't be excessive. The problem is... would anyone believe it? Moreover, each and every elixir is priceless, and Song Jian really couldn't bear to turn these elixirs into useless money.

  "It seems that I need to make some money. In the national Chinese medicine exhibition in May, I must take the lead and buy a large quantity of precious medicinal materials in advance. If I had a few billion yuan at the Chinese medicine auction a few months ago, I would have bought all the medicinal materials, which would be much more convenient now. Alas, without money, it's not possible, and refining elixirs is also so rushed," Song Jian thought to himself with some regret, although he looked down on money, but it seemed that without it, things wouldn't work out.

  Sitting on the sofa, Song Jian watched the weather forecast on TV and had an idea. "That Ling Su said that there would be an outbreak of plague in March, it seems possible. During SARS, the price of Banlangen skyrocketed by hundreds of times, and later H1N1 made the price of Lonicera japonica sell for several hundred yuan per kilogram, even breaking through 1,000 yuan at one point. Hmm, maybe I can take this opportunity to make some money."

  He picked up his mobile phone and dialed Liu Dachun. Song Jian had previously asked about the production of Buzhong Yiqi Tang washing liquid at the pharmaceutical factory.

  Liu Dachun said on the phone: "Director Song, there is no problem with production, but can it really be sold? I always feel that it's a bit like false advertising, and I estimate that not many people will believe it."

  This Bu Yang Huan Wu Decoction is the prescription used by Song Jian after his rebirth, which can treat various types of hemiplegia and has high safety, it's just a matter of spreading its name, but indeed not easy.

  Song Jiandao said, "Don't worry about these for now. Oh, immediately send people to various places to purchase goods. We need as much Xiaokuicao and Jinyinhua as possible. Also, I'll give you a prescription, have someone buy the medicinal materials according to the prescription and store them."

  Liu Dachun didn't know what Song Jian was up to, but anyway, Song Jian was the boss, so he just needed to carry out orders.

  Song Jian reported a list of medicines, about twenty or more varieties, to Liu Dachun, and asked Liu Dachun to go purchase them. The funds would be transferred by Song Jian as soon as possible.

  He hung up the phone and let out a sigh of relief. This plague might just be an opportunity, not to make money, but... to do some advertising!

  Song Jian smiled slightly, closed his eyes, and if he really wanted to take advantage of the plague, hoard medicine, and make a fortune from the national disaster, Song Jian couldn't do such things. After all, Song Jian was not a businessman, but just a driver who knew medical skills. Song Jian needed to use this plague to make his product famous, then sales would not be a problem.