Lei Zhendong brought Jiang Fan outside.
He beckoned.
"Li Hui, come here!"
On the training grounds, the brawny man who had just greeted Jiang Fan stopped his movements, casually wiped his hands on his clothes, and hurried over.
"Try this potion!"
Li Hui froze, staring at the potion in Lei Zhendong's hand, hesitant.
Lei Zhendong kicked him.
"It was decocted from Chinese herbs. Relax, it won't kill you!"
As everyone knew, medicines brewed from Chinese herbs had no real medicinal effect.
Likewise, they would not be highly toxic.
With such a small amount of medicine, the worst that could happen after drinking it was probably a bout of diarrhea.
Hearing this, Li Hui chuckled. He asked no more questions, took the bottle, and tipped his head back to drink it.
"How is it? Do you feel anything?"
Lei Zhendong and Jiang Fan stared intently at Li Hui.
Li Hui spread his hands.
"Master, what is this stuff? Other than being a little bitter, there's really nothing..."
He had just reached this point when his expression changed. He suddenly felt as if a ball of fire had exploded in his lower abdomen, endlessly blasting heat outward.
In just a few seconds, his body became scorching hot.
This startled Jiang Fan as well.
He had the Breathing Technique to guide the energy, so there should not be any problems. But the Martial Artists of this world all cultivated through technology. Whether something would go wrong was truly hard to say!
I was careless! I didn't think of this!
In his panic, he hurriedly said to Li Hui,
"Try practicing the boxing technique Uncle Lei taught you!"
Amid the searing heat, Li Hui heard Jiang Fan's words. Without caring whether it would work, he immediately began practicing the boxing technique where he stood.
As he practiced, something resembling white mist slowly emerged from the surface of his body.
After throwing the punches five or six times in succession, more than ten minutes later, Li Hui stopped.
Lei Zhendong hurriedly asked,
"How is it? Do you feel better?"
It was not just Jiang Fan who had been frightened. Even he had been startled.
A single inconspicuous potion had caused such a huge reaction in Li Hui. Nothing like this had ever happened before.
Li Hui clenched his fists and waved them a few times, saying excitedly,
"Master, I'm fine now. I can feel my strength has increased again!"
Then he said excitedly,
"Master, is this the newest product from the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups? I feel its medicinal power is much stronger than anything before!"
"Even now, my lower abdomen still feels like there's a fireball inside. I feel like I haven't absorbed all the medicinal power yet!"
Lei Zhendong's expression shifted. Clearly, he had not expected this.
"Come with me!"
As he spoke, he said to the other watching trainees,
"Everyone else, keep practicing! Stop crowding around!"
The second floor was equipped with a Qi and Blood Testing Device and a Combat Power Testing Device.
Lei Zhendong brought the two of them to the equipment and pointed at it.
"Test him!"
Li Hui's eyes shone with excitement. He swung his fist and punched it.
A few minutes later, Lei Zhendong and Li Hui stared blankly at the numbers before them.
"0.2. Master, my qi and blood increased by a full 0.2!"
"My combat power also rose by about 20!"
After recovering from his daze, Li Hui excitedly hugged Lei Zhendong.
"I tested it first thing this morning. It's 0.2 higher than it was this morning!"
"Where did this potion come from? I want to buy it! I want to buy it!"
It was no wonder Li Hui was so excited. He was a First-level Martial Artist. After awakening, he had used a first-level gene potion to unlock the level-one-to-three gene locks.
But his qi and blood had always increased slowly.
Before today, his qi and blood had not increased for an entire month.
An increase of 0.2 in qi and blood in a single day made him almost as happy as when he had first awakened.
Lei Zhendong's heart surged. After calming himself, he glanced at him.
"You go back first. I'll talk to you later!"
After saying that, he brought Jiang Fan back to his office.
Once Jiang Fan sat down, Lei Zhendong closed and locked the door, then looked at him solemnly.
"Xiao Fan, tell me honestly. Where did you get this potion?"
Jiang Fan's heart sank. He hesitated over whether he should tell Lei Zhendong.
Seeing Jiang Fan's difficulty, Lei Zhendong waved his hand.
"Fine, I won't ask where you got the potion!"
"How many more of these potions can you obtain?"
Jiang Fan relaxed inwardly.
"If there are enough medicinal herbs, then I can produce as many potions as needed!"
After saying that, Jiang Fan added,
"They're all ordinary medicinal herbs!"
At this point, Jiang Fan was no longer afraid of revealing his background to Lei Zhendong.
For one thing, Lei Zhendong had treated him well.
For another, he wanted to rely on Lei Zhendong to promote the potion and bring himself cultivation resources. He could not avoid this issue.
A sharp glint flashed through Lei Zhendong's eyes.
"It can be mass-produced?"
Jiang Fan said,
"It can, but it has to be done by hand!"
"Because the procedures inside are very complicated!"
"So the key steps in the process can only be controlled manually!"
He thought for a moment, then added,
"If some of the procedures can be simplified and improved, then it might be possible to mass-produce it with machines. But the effects may be reduced!"
In Qing Yue's memories, there was a method for simplifying the decoction of this medicinal brew under complex conditions.
The simplified medicinal brew required fewer herbs and was easier to operate, but its effects would be considerably weaker.
Jiang Fan compared the two. As it happened, this simplified medicinal brew should be something machines could produce.
After hearing Jiang Fan's words, Lei Zhendong rose and paced around the room.
After walking back and forth several times, he sighed dejectedly.
"Although I really want to do this business myself, the pharmaceutical sales channels in Jiang City are all controlled by the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups. It'll be very difficult to squeeze in!"
"And I'm a layman at this! I'm afraid it'll be extremely difficult!"
Almost immediately, he had realized that this was an enormous cake.
Judging by Li Hui's reaction, this potion's effects were considerably stronger than those of the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups' third-generation products.
According to Jiang Fan's description, one bottle cost about 5,000 Blue Star Coins to produce, while each bottle of the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups' third-generation product sold for 50,000 Blue Star Coins.
A tenfold profit margin—there was no way he could not be tempted.
But after calming down, he quickly realized that this was not something he could get involved in.
After frowning and pondering for a long while, Lei Zhendong said,
"There's only one way now!"
"That's to cooperate with one of the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups!"
Jiang Fan's heart stirred.
Originally, he had only wanted to sell the potion in exchange for raw materials, then refine potions for his own cultivation. He had never considered cooperation or anything of the sort.
But after hearing Lei Zhendong mention it, he instantly felt that this method was not bad either. If he had a partner, at least he would not have to keep running around and handling everything himself.
As for giving up a share of the profits through cooperation, his path certainly did not end here. Making suitable concessions in the early stages could help him increase his strength faster, so there was no need to care too much.
"How do we cooperate?"
Seeing that Jiang Fan was tempted, Lei Zhendong said with a smile,
"As for how we cooperate, naturally, that depends on what they say!"
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