Yu Xiaogang Becomes a Capitalist

Si Si was also well-read, with far broader knowledge than ordinary people. During the last medicinal bath, relying on her sharp eye and experience, she had guessed the types of several main ingredients. Even the cheapest batch of medicinal bath ingredients cost at least three Gold Soul Coins, so she knew Teacher Yu Xiaogang had put considerable thought into the Elite Class students.

The academy's medicinal baths were probably Teacher Yu Xiaogang's simplified version. The four of them, including Si Si, were Yu Xiaogang's disciples. As the equivalent of Inner Sect disciples, they would certainly use the best medicinal baths. They couldn't have the academy paying Gold Soul Coins for medicinal ingredients to prepare their baths. No wonder Teacher Yu Xiaogang had started trying to earn Gold Soul Coins. In the end, it was all for disciples like them!

After talking herself into it, Si Si was so excited that she said to Yu Xiaogang, "Teacher! My family has people in business. We have shops and merchant caravans that transport goods. Once you've finished making your invention, could you give it to me? I can take it back and show my family, so I'll have something to back me up!"

Yu Xiaogang was very pleased with this quality of Si Si's. She was both bold and resourceful, and she considered every aspect of a matter. Making her the Dragon Gate Senior Apprentice Sister had truly been a wise choice.

"Don't worry, Si Si. When the time comes, the invention will definitely leave you all astonished! And when it goes on sale, I'll leave the goods entirely in your hands!"

Si Si clenched her little fist and made an encouraging gesture, softly humming in agreement.

Yu Xiaogang raised his eyes slightly and looked at the last disciple behind Si Si, Su Yuntao. Thinking of something for him to do, he instructed him, "Su Yuntao, your main task right now is to recover from the hidden injuries in your body. You don't need to train your body for now. Only resume training once you've recovered and passed my examination! Also, Su Yuntao, you're the leader among the work-study students, right? Help me spread the word: the forest valley behind Holy Soul Village needs major construction work and requires manpower. Idle villagers from the surrounding villages can come and work. Ten Copper Soul Coins a day!"

Yu Xiaogang did this so that ordinary people could become prosperous first, then use the shops run by Si Si's family to sell products he would later recreate from Earth and open up the market.

Moreover, Notting City stood at the border between the Two Great Empires, so it could be turned into a trade city. The next Notting City Lord was now Yu Xiaogang's disciple, which meant he could also influence Notting City's path of development.

That way, Yu Xiaogang could develop Notting City into a city he liked. After all, Notting City was a small frontier town that did not even have a Soul Arena. Once night fell, it became completely quiet, with barely any nightlife to speak of.

After hearing Teacher Yu Xiaogang's instructions, Su Yuntao promised to handle the matter perfectly. He also promised that he would recover from the hidden injuries left behind by overtraining. Yu Xiaogang nodded after hearing this, giving Su Yuntao his approval.

Yu Xiaogang turned to Teacher Ye from the infirmary, who had been standing beside Kahn Elder for a long time, and said, "Teacher Ye, your martial soul is Soul Returning Grass, so you should be good at identifying medicinal herbs, right? I plan to lease a shop in Notting City and open a medicine room. I'll give you some prescriptions for treating minor ailments like headaches and fevers to study. At the same time, we can build Dragon Gate's reputation among commoners and accumulate funds. You can also learn how to process and combine medicinal ingredients with me."

"Mm! All right, Sect Leader! This is what I usually do anyway. Whenever academy students get hurt in fights, I'm the one who treats them. When my Soul Power isn't enough, I also use some medicinal herbs to treat their wounds."

Teacher Ye from the infirmary replied to Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang had also learned about the strange state of professions on Douluo Continent. When commoners had headaches or fevers, they would simply seek out healing-type soul masters for treatment. If they had no money, they could only stubbornly treat themselves with folk remedies passed down by their ancestors. If everyone did not possess martial souls and have bodies much stronger than people on Earth, it felt like very few people would be able to endure it.

Yu Xiaogang had Deep Blue scan his memories, using some prescriptions he had seen when visiting practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Earth. Combining them with the medicinal herbs of Douluo Continent, he deduced a medical text for treating minor illnesses like headaches and fevers. This was also the first medical book on Douluo Continent specifically dedicated to treating illnesses.

Seeing Teacher Ye from the infirmary accept his next task, Yu Xiaogang felt much happier. Before this, he had always been handling everything alone, and he simply could not attend to it all.

Now that Yu Xiaogang had established a sect force, he had people under him and could simply assign them the matters at hand. Was this what it felt like to be a boss in his previous life? Still, Yu Xiaogang thought being a hands-off boss felt pretty great.

Yu Xiaogang then asked what each Elite Class student's family did for a living, and he was immediately surrounded by a chatter of students. Some ran inns, some operated lumber-processing businesses, and others owned all sorts of small workshops.

Yu Xiaogang took out paper and pen in the resting area and began drawing detailed bicycle blueprints based on Deep Blue's deductions. Once he finished, he handed them to Wang Dachui. He then wrote down brewing methods for beer, baijiu, and similar drinks for an Elite Class student whose family ran an inn, while perfumes and similar products were left for Si Si to arrange.

Yu Xiaogang recreated every Earth product that could make money on Douluo Continent in every possible field. A small merchant association centered around Yu Xiaogang and Dragon Gate began in this tiny training ground. It would inevitably grow into a major merchant association renowned throughout Douluo Continent. After all, Yu Xiaogang had not yet even brought out the ultimate weapon that was Soul Tools.

After busily working for an hour, Yu Xiaogang had the Elite Class students go take their medicinal baths. Once they had cleaned themselves up, they were to gather on the second floor of the Academy Cafeteria. Yu Xiaogang planned to cook a good meal himself to celebrate Dragon Gate's founding.

Hearing that they would get to taste Yu Xiaogang's superb cooking, the Elite Class students were all overjoyed. After politely bidding farewell to Yu Xiaogang, Dragon Gate Sect Leader Kahn Elder, and Teacher Ye Xuemei, they left. The Elite Class students then went their separate ways, while Yu Xiaogang and the other three each went off to handle their own affairs.

Yu Xiaogang went to the Academy Cafeteria to show off his skills. Kahn Elder received copies of the Life Nurturing Skill and Spirit Nurturing Skill from Yu Xiaogang and returned to his office to study them, while Teacher Ye took the large stack of prescriptions and medicinal ingredient processing instructions Yu Xiaogang had given him back to the infirmary.

Kahn and Teacher Ye both said they would not miss dinner. After all, the first banquet held by Sect Leader Yu Xiaogang had to be treated seriously.

Time passed especially quickly amid all the bustle. Once everyone had arrived, a simple celebration banquet began on the second floor of the Academy Cafeteria. Kahn Elder plied Yu Xiaogang with alcohol. If Yu Xiaogang had not possessed such a strong constitution, Kahn would truly have succeeded.

Teacher Ye ate and drank with Si Si and the other girls in a very harmonious atmosphere. Compared to the girls' table, however, the boys were far less refined. One after another, they turned into big-bellied warriors and swept through the food like madmen.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, the Elite Class students gradually bid farewell to Teacher Yu Xiaogang and the others before returning to their dormitories. Listening to the Elite Class students passing by him talk with their friends about their hopes for the future, Yu Xiaogang stood on the second floor and watched their departing backs below, his gaze slightly unfocused.

At that moment, the somewhat drunk Kahn Elder patted Yu Xiaogang on the shoulder from behind and said, "What is the Sect Leader thinking about? Don't worry. These children are all outstanding. With them, Dragon Gate will definitely carve out a place for itself! Besides, isn't there also you, Yu Xiaogang—the great master with the continent's greatest theoretical knowledge?"

Only then did Yu Xiaogang feel that it was real. He had never expected that an ordinary person from Earth like himself would begin his own legend on Douluo Continent!