Cooperation with the Okiki Family

The next day, Neji woke up early and began tempering his body. His body was like a vessel; only a good, strong body could contain more chakra and natural energy, allowing for greater development and potential.

Therefore, Neji always paid close attention to physical training during his usual practice.

However, tempering his spirit and soul was Neji's weak point. He had always relied on the benefits of transmigration, passively waiting for his spirit and soul to strengthen.

In the past year, Neji felt his spirit and soul had hit a bottleneck and hadn't grown in a long time. He had thought of many solutions and consulted much information regarding this matter. It seemed that methods for training spirit and soul were also scarce in the Ninja World, and he hadn't found any good cultivation methods.

It seemed he would need to make a trip to the Land of Rice when the opportunity arose to meet one of the legendary Sannin, the Cold Lord Orochimaru. The man was very knowledgeable in soul research.

He could also take the opportunity to discuss the "Konoha Collapse Plan" with Orochimaru, as Neji was also very interested in this plan.

He wondered if Konoha could withstand it with his participation! Neji thought with a hint of wicked amusement!

After training until noon and eating lunch, Qi Feng and Tenbu brought three people before him, introducing them as pharmacists. They were of average fame, but because the compensation offered here was too good, they couldn't resist the temptation of money and agreed to help them refine medicine full-time.

In reality, Neji didn't need top-tier pharmacists. The formula was deduced by himself based on the components of the Nara Clan's medicinal baths, and he had also prepared the core medicinal ingredients himself. At most, they just needed to follow the steps. After a few repetitions, even a complete novice who knew nothing about refining medicine could get the hang of it. The worst that could happen was wasting some medicinal ingredients.

Neji nodded in acknowledgment and instructed Qi Feng and Tenbu to designate an area in their current stronghold to set up a refining room as soon as possible, allowing the three pharmacists to start refining medicine quickly.

If anything was missing, they could directly contact Sakumo-Tatsuryu. From now on, Sakumo-Tatsuryu would be in charge of most matters unless they were extremely important.

A force needed to be built step by step. Neji would also gradually release his authority. As long as he was strong enough, power, fame, and wealth would be readily available!

He had to remember this point: do not abandon the root for the branches!

Time passed in self-cultivation and occasionally handling trivial matters!

Until the evening of the next day, Neji disguised himself and, with Tanaka Iko, headed towards the Okiki Family. This time, as they had an appointment, they didn't hide their presence and entered through the main gate to visit the Okiki family head directly.

Before knocking, Neji cautiously used his Byakugan to observe the situation. Finding no abnormalities, he knocked and entered.

The process was smooth. Clearly, Fujida had given prior instructions. The butler directly led Neji and the other to the study where they had met the previous day and prepared tea and fruit.

Without making Neji wait long, Okiki Fujida also arrived at the study with a young man.

As soon as he entered, Okiki Fujida greeted Neji enthusiastically. However, it was a bit awkward because Fujida didn't know Neji's name, only referring to him as friend or brother.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Neji steered the conversation to business and asked in a deep voice, "The Okiki Family must have tested the physique-enhancing liquid I gave you, right? How was the effect?"

Okiki Fujida didn't beat around the bush or try to lower the price. He directly replied, "The effect was very good. Professional masters tested it, and it should be more than five times better than ordinary medicinal baths. Brother is too modest!

Fujida continued, "I know you're a straightforward person, so I won't mince words. On behalf of the Okiki Family, I am willing to fully cooperate with you in producing this medicine. No matter how you intend to cooperate, our Okiki Family is willing to accept!"

It was clear that the Okiki Family had reached an internal consensus, otherwise, the young man beside Fujida wouldn't have shown no surprise upon hearing Fujida's words.

Neji was here to discuss cooperation, and as long as the general terms were acceptable, he wasn't someone who liked to nitpick details. He directly stated, "The Okiki Family will provide the land and personnel to cultivate the medicinal herbs. I will also give you the secret method for refining the medicine. You will be responsible for refining the finished product, and we will split the finished product 60/40!"

Okiki Fujida had expected Neji to ask for the moon. As long as it wasn't too outrageous, Fujida would have agreed. But what was happening now? Such an effective and valuable medicine, and he was even given the formula, willing to split it 60/40 with them, and with no additional conditions?

Okiki Fujida thought either he had misheard, or the other party was an idiot who didn't understand the value of this medicine, or there was definitely a hidden catch he didn't know about!

Seeing that Okiki Fujida hadn't replied for a long time, Neji frowned and asked, "Is Patriarch Okiki unsatisfied with this condition?"

Hearing Neji's slightly displeased question, Okiki Fujida quickly replied, "The conditions are very satisfactory, very satisfactory. It's just that we might be gaining too much, especially since you're giving us the formula. Aren't you afraid we'll refine it ourselves after getting the formula?"

Neji was also taken aback, then understood and said calmly, "Patriarch Okiki, you may not know this, but the key to refining a potion five times more potent than ordinary strengthening agents lies not in the formula, nor in the refining technique. The key is that I add a substance to the plants during their growth process. Only plants that have absorbed this substance can be used to refine a truly miraculous potion."

Neji stated again with seriousness, "And this substance, only I in this world know how to extract it!"

"Also, the newly built medicinal garden needs to be covered by a barrier to prevent outsiders from peeking and to prevent the special substance I add from dissipating too quickly." Neji knew that ordinary barriers couldn't stop the dissipation of natural energy, but they could slow down the process to some extent, allowing the plants to absorb as much natural energy as possible.

Building such a large barrier, while having some difficulty, was not too hard. After all, the most difficult part of building a barrier was requiring high strength, and when that was not required, it became much easier.

After communicating for a while longer and finalizing the main points, Neji pointed to Tanaka Iko beside him and said, "This is my representative. In the future, the construction of the medicinal garden, subsequent refining, and distribution will be handled by Tanaka Iko. I hope Patriarch Okiki will take good care of her."

Okiki Fujida naturally nodded in agreement and introduced the young man beside him. It turned out to be Fujida's son and the future heir of the Okiki Family.

Neji nodded, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then left the Okiki Family with Tanaka Iko.

Upon returning to their stronghold, Neji gave Tanaka Iko some crucial instructions and then let her leave.

He then underwent a brief period of cultivation before going to sleep.