Plotting Against the Lu Family Pharmacy! Inner Qi Realm Lesser Mastery!

This trash had truly wasted all his efforts cultivating him.

If not for the sake of his lawful wife, Huang Yangping would have long since wanted to give up on this trash.

Ever since the Jia Family Pharmacy opened, Huang Yangping had been using his position as County Magistrate Assistant to pave a smooth road for it.

And what came of it? Jia Sheng, this trash, was utterly useless. All he did was cause trouble and make Huang Yangping clean up after him!

"Brother-in-law, you have a share in the Jia Family Pharmacy too. If you refuse to step in, it'll really be finished!"

Seeing that his brother-in-law seemed determined to wash his hands of the matter, Jia Sheng began to panic as well.

"That old man at the Lu Family Pharmacy has superb medical skills and a sterling reputation. Most people in the city choose to go to the Lu Family Pharmacy."

"If there weren't too many people for the Lu Family Pharmacy to handle, we really wouldn't have any business at all."

Huang Yangping kept a dark face and said nothing.

Because Jia Sheng was right. Huang Yangping had gone to great lengths to support the Jia Family Pharmacy because he had his own selfish motives.

Not only could the Jia Family Pharmacy bring him enormous wealth, it could also provide him with medicinal herbs and powerful tonics for his martial cultivation.

Before Azure Cloud County's County Magistrate, Ye Qingshan, arrived, the Jia Family Pharmacy had stood on equal footing with the Lu Family Pharmacy.

Yet in just a few short years, it had been far surpassed by the Lu Family Pharmacy and fallen to become the second-ranked pharmacy in the County Town.

"Since that's the case, the Lu Family Pharmacy cannot be allowed to remain."

After thinking it over, Huang Yangping ultimately decided to make a move against the Lu Family Pharmacy.

Otherwise, the Jia Family Pharmacy would truly go under, and he would lose another substantial source of income.

Huang Yangping had long had designs on the Lu Family Pharmacy.

It was only because the Lu Family had ties to that fellow Liang Shanhai.

And Liang Shanhai was Ye Qingshan's trusted confidant, which was why Huang Yangping had not touched the Lu Family Pharmacy.

Now, the Lu Family Pharmacy had begun to threaten his interests.

With such enormous interests at stake, let alone making a move against the Lu Family Pharmacy—even if it were Ye Qingshan, Huang Yangping would not let the matter rest.

Hearing that Huang Yangping intended to act against the Lu Family Pharmacy, the bitter face of Jia Shan, whose features were all scrunched together, instantly lit up with delight.

"That's wonderful, brother-in-law! I told you long ago that the Lu Family Pharmacy couldn't be allowed to remain."

"But brother-in-law, that brat from the County Office is guarding the Lu Family Pharmacy. What should we do?"

The brat Jia Shan referred to was Liang Cheng.

Since it was his uncle's pharmacy, Liang Cheng naturally had Chen Shi arrange for him to patrol the area where the Lu Family Pharmacy was located.

And Liang Cheng naturally had his own selfish motives as well. He focused his patrols on the area around the Lu Family Pharmacy, preventing anyone from taking the opportunity to stir up trouble.

"Don't worry. I'll have Wen'er help you deal with that brat."

"Good!"

Upon hearing that his own nephew would be taking action, Jia Sheng no longer had any concerns.

After all, Huang Wen was also a constable at the County Office, and the area under his jurisdiction was quite close to the Lu Family Pharmacy.

Lu Family!

Lu Xuan had already returned from the Lofty Mountain Range to the County Town. As usual, he returned to his own courtyard alone.

Because Lu Xuan had informed Liang Cheng in advance that he would be leaving the County Town today, Liang Cheng had not come to the Lu Family today.

Without giving it much thought, Lu Xuan entered his room and took out the powerful tonic medicine he had brought back from Reaching Peak Ridge last time.

He then went to the training ground outside the courtyard, sat cross-legged, and placed the powerful tonic medicine beside him.

With a thought, the System Panel appeared before his eyes once more.

Host: Lu Xuan

Realm: Inner Qi Realm

Cultivation Technique: Crimson Flame Blade Art 2/9 (Can be deduced), Wind Chasing Steps 1/9 (Can be deduced)

Points: 55

Please confirm whether to consume 40 points to deduce the Crimson Flame Blade Art!

Please confirm whether to consume 35 points to deduce the Wind Chasing Steps.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Xuan chose to deduce the Crimson Flame Blade Art.

The first level of the Wind Chasing Steps was already very powerful, more than enough for his current needs. Increasing his strength was more pressing.

The last time Lu Xuan deduced the Wind Chasing Steps, he had felt his inner qi becoming increasingly full. He was not far from Inner Qi Realm Lesser Mastery.

This time, as he deduced the Crimson Flame Blade Art, Lu Xuan had a feeling that his strength would advance another step.

As Lu Xuan confirmed, 40 System Points were instantly wiped from the System Panel.

Countless exquisitely wondrous blade forms once again flooded into Lu Xuan's mind.

As Lu Xuan sat cross-legged on the cushion on the ground, the aura around him surged continuously.

From up close, one could see an inexplicable, hazy current of air around Lu Xuan's body, creating strange reverse currents in the surrounding air.

Then Lu Xuan opened his eyes, and the powerful inner qi swirling around him withdrew back into his body.

He had broken through!

Immediately afterward, the System Panel in his mind appeared before Lu Xuan again.

Host: Lu Xuan

Realm: Inner Qi Realm (Lesser Mastery)

Cultivation Technique: Crimson Flame Blade Art 3/9, Wind Chasing Steps 1/9

Points: 15

He had not expected that deducing the Crimson Flame Blade Art this time would allow him to break through to Inner Qi Realm Lesser Mastery in one stroke.

So powerful!

Lu Xuan raised a hand and gathered inner qi in his palm. Feeling the powerful force within, he found that he was more than twice as strong as when he had first entered the Inner Qi Realm.

He then picked up the powerful tonic medicine beside him and swallowed it.

Only when half of the powerful tonic medicine beside him had been consumed did Lu Xuan stop.

Then Lu Xuan looked again at the points on the System Panel and discovered that the System Points had not changed at all. They were still at 15.

That meant the large amount of powerful tonic medicine he had just consumed had been completely absorbed by his body, leaving not a trace of medicinal potency behind.

Hiss!

Lu Xuan could not help drawing in a sharp breath, then smiled bitterly.

As his Martial Realm and Cultivation Techniques continued to improve, the consumption of medicinal potency from powerful tonic medicines became ever more terrifying.

By now, these powerful tonic medicines, which ordinary martial artists could use for a long time,

were, to Lu Xuan, merely the cost of deducing a Cultivation Technique once—and in the end, they were not even enough.

And now, it was not only the powerful tonic medicines that were insufficient. Even System Points were not enough.

System Points?

Lu Xuan thought once again of the White Lotus Blood Infant in the Lofty Mountain Range, that strange creature capable of providing him with a large number of System Points.

What exactly was the Pure World White Lotus Sect?

In all his twenty-odd years of life, why had Lu Xuan never heard this name before?

Logically speaking, if it could create a strange creature that not even a Blood Refinement Realm martial artist could contend against,

then the Pure World White Lotus Sect's strength should be unprecedentedly formidable. It absolutely could not be some obscure existence unknown to all.

Forget it. Tomorrow, he would pay a visit to his uncle-in-law, Liang Shanhai.

After learning that there were people in this world capable of creating strange creatures like the White Lotus Blood Infant,

Lu Xuan's urgent thirst for strength became even more intense.

After all, this time, he had only encountered a White Lotus Blood Infant.

What if next time, he encountered a strange creature even stronger than the White Lotus Blood Infant?

A strange creature comparable to an Inner Qi Realm Great Mastery martial artist?

Or perhaps a strange creature that surpassed Inner Qi Realm martial artists?