Body Strengthening Elixir

Chapter 6: Body Strengthening Elixir

With his money-making affairs sorted, Lin Le continued practicing his punches. Whether it was an illusion or not, he felt his punches were smoother today.

After lunch, Lin Le left the martial arts hall again. He had something else he needed to verify.

However, after wandering around the city for a while, Lin Le didn't see a single beggar.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Le understood what was happening.

The entry fee!

Under normal circumstances, individuals didn't need to pay a fee to enter the city. But this was clearly a special situation. With the number of refugees outside the city increasing, allowing them in unchecked would likely have a significant impact on the city's public order.

With the entry fee in place, those who wanted to come in would need to have some spare money or someone to rely on. Those without money or connections would naturally be unwilling to pay the ten wen.

Besides, there was free porridge available outside the city.

So, it was natural that there were no beggars. After all, if you were a beggar, where would you get the money to enter the city? Those with money were likely professional beggars.

Ordinary civilians, though uneducated, weren't stupid. They had no sympathy for lazy, professional beggars and naturally wouldn't give them another coin.

Seeing that they couldn't beg for money, the professional beggars naturally wouldn't go into the city either. They would just join the refugees for porridge.

Arriving at the city gate, Lin Le looked at the porridge stall that was distributing porridge and pondered for a moment.

From the looks of it, he probably couldn't get involved. Moreover, even adding another bowl of porridge wouldn't be a game-changer for the refugees; it wouldn't be adding flowers to an already brocade, but it wasn't exactly sending charcoal in the snow either.

Based on his previous two experiences of gaining merit, the good deeds he performed had to be significant enough to change someone's life path.

He estimated that simply distributing porridge wouldn't earn him any merit at all.

But how could he earn greater merit?

As Lin Le pondered, he heard a cough. Turning his head, he saw an old man walking slowly with a cane.

His eyes darted, and Lin Le had an idea.

Thinking about what he had seen on the road, Lin Le hurried to a small pharmacy called Renji Hall.

The doctor was seeing a patient. Seeing this, Lin Le directly found the young man dispensing medicine and said, "Hey, I'm here to buy some medicinal ingredients."

"Small business, no credit allowed," the young man called out as usual. He then looked at Lin Le, who had a fair complexion, and said with a smile, "What do you want to buy?"

Only wealthy families could afford to maintain such skin. There was no need to say more.

"Sachets," Lin Le said. "Sachets made with ingredients like realgar and mugwort. What's the minimum price per sachet?"

"Ten wen," the young man replied.

"Here's three taels," Lin Le said, taking out three small silver ingots. "Make three hundred of them and deliver them to the children outside the city?"

Based on his observation, there were now a little over a thousand refugees outside the city.

Three hundred sachets would be enough for all the children.

"Which children?" the young man asked, confused.

"All of them," Lin Le said. "If there are any left over, burn them on the spot to ward off plagues for the adults."

What was most likely to happen after a disaster? Famine, plague, robbery, and death.

The official porridge stalls were managing the famine. So, he would prevent the plague. As for robbery, he was powerless to do anything about that. He wasn't an immortal now; he couldn't see everything.

Upon hearing the word "all," the young man couldn't help but look at Lin Le with surprise. He cupped his hands and said, "Young Master, your benevolence is truly admirable!"

"Not at all, just doing what I can," Lin Le said, scratching his head. Having rarely been praised, he felt a little embarrassed.

"Anyone who does good deeds deserves respect," the young man said. "I'll take this order. Within three days, I'll ensure the sachets are delivered to all the children."

Lin Le ignored the young man as he snatched the three small silver ingots and nodded, "Thank you."

"You're welcome," the young man replied.

As Lin Le was about to leave, the doctor who was examining a patient called out to him, "Young Master, wait. Since you're here, let me examine you. How are you?"

"No, thank you. I still need to practice my punches," Lin Le waved his hand.

"It's no trouble. Sometimes, when your body is well-conditioned, your punches become even more powerful," the doctor said, stroking his small mustache meaningfully.

Lin Le thought for a moment, then turned and joined the queue.

Seeing Lin Le queue up, the doctor's gaze of admiration intensified.

The queue wasn't very long, and it was soon Lin Le's turn.

The doctor took Lin Le's pulse, looked at his tongue, and even felt his bones. He frowned, "Strange, this doesn't match."

Never fear the smiling Western doctor, but fear the frowning Chinese doctor.

The doctor's frown made Lin Le's heart pound. He was afraid he had some serious underlying condition and asked cautiously, "Doctor, do I have any hidden ailments?"

"No hidden ailments, no hidden ailments," the doctor waved his hand. "It's my poor eyesight. I initially thought you had a deficiency in Blood Essence, but it turns out your Blood Essence is too condensed and manifesting externally, which is why I misjudged."

"Alright, Ah Zhen, prepare a dose of Body Strengthening Powder for this Young Master. Consider it my apology."

The dispensing youth slapped his forehead and said listlessly, "Yes."

Soon, the young man prepared a packet of medicine for Lin Le. "Just dissolve it in hot water and drink it."

"Okay." Lin Le nodded and turned to leave.

Watching Lin Le leave, the young man looked at the doctor. "Dad, is this Young Master really fine?"

"He's perfectly fine." The doctor patted the young man's head. "You rascal, can't you wish someone well for once?"

The young man lowered his head and complained, "Who asked you to misdiagnose? Now look, all the money I just earned is gone."

"Money, money, all you think about is money." The doctor glared at the young man. "How did I give birth to a son who only sees dollar signs!"

"Yes, you're noble, you're amazing. Let's see what Mom says when we get home!" The young man pouted, but his peripheral vision caught something, and he froze.

He saw a small piece of silver on the corner of the table. It didn't look big, but it was about five qian.

Did that Young Master leave it? The young man turned his head, but Lin Le was already nowhere to be seen.

Lin Le returned to the martial arts hall and looked at the medicine packet in his hand. He asked the kitchen for a bowl of hot water.

Since he had already bought it, he couldn't just waste it.

Lin Le knew about Body Strengthening Powder, and there were even better pills like Blood Essence Pills and Tiger Leopard Pills, but he didn't want to buy them.

Because he had his divine ability, he could already refine raw materials efficiently. Why would he eat overpriced pills when he could just eat cheaper raw materials?

"Oh, Body Strengthening Powder." The person in the kitchen saw Lin Le preparing the Body Strengthening Powder and couldn't help but laugh. "If you have this spare money, you might as well buy the White Ape Pills at the martial arts hall. Although each pill costs one tael, it's much better than two and a half doses of Body Strengthening Powder."

"Someone gave it to me, might as well use it," Lin Le said casually, then drank the Body Strengthening Powder.

As the medicinal power entered his body, it was completely absorbed. Lin Le's expression shifted slightly.

After thanking them, Lin Le left the kitchen and found a secluded corner to stand in, observing the inner workings of his divine ability.

He saw that another water droplet had appeared on the lotus leaf that condensed Blood Essence Treasure Liquid.

Body Strengthening Elixir, the essence of Body Strengthening Powder.

'Is there any difference from the Blood Essence Treasure Liquid?'

Lin Le was puzzled, then he touched it, and the Body Strengthening Elixir fell into the lake water.

Lin Le then felt his heart warm up, and streams of heat flowed with his blood, through his blood vessels, and circulated throughout his body.

Lin Le immediately started practicing his punches, refining the medicinal power.

After he had completely refined it, Lin Le went to lift the 260-jin Stone Lock. With just a slight lift, Lin Le knew he could lift it.

'The effect is that good?'

Lin Le was surprised. After all, the Blood Ginseng, which cost fifteen taels a stalk, had only increased his strength by sixty jin, while the five-hundred-wen Body Strengthening Powder had increased it by ten jin.

In terms of effectiveness, he had been a bit overconfident before. It seemed that the effect of the pills was even better than the raw materials combined.