Medicine King Valley

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Medicine King Valley
Original Name	药王谷
Classification	Neutral sect and medical enterprise
Founder / Valley Master	Chen Jin
Base of Operations	Qiantang County, including a lakeside mansion and operations around West Lake 99 144
Occupation / Role	Agricultural development, medical treatment, medicinal-herb production, and commerce
Status	Active; its affiliated industries and West Lake Gathering memberships greatly increased in value after the Medicine King Bodhisattva manifestation 148
First Appearance	Chapter 86: Medicine King Valley

Background / History

Founding

Chen Jin founded Medicine King Valley after demonstrating the Bountiful Harvest Technique to impoverished villagers. The technique produced towering, mature rice almost instantly, persuading the villagers that Chen Jin was an immortal capable of securing their food supply 86.

Rather than accept their savings and valuables, Chen Jin admitted the villagers into his sect. He intended Medicine King Valley to spread practical knowledge—improving livelihoods while building influence, wealth, merit, and reputation 86.

The sect's original curriculum was explicitly non-orthodox: its members would learn health preservation, medicine, and agriculture rather than supernatural cultivation arts 86.

Expansion into Liu Family Village

Medicine King Valley expanded by recruiting Liu Family Village after its residents suffered collective dreams involving deceased elders who urged them to join the sect 87. Chen Jin exploited the villagers' fear of demonic corruption through a staged exorcism, then used genuine healing rain to relieve chronic ailments and secure their loyalty 88.

He distributed blessed seeds that could absorb earth-vein essence independently. Rice planted from them ripened once a day, while herbs could be harvested every five days; villagers retained their grain harvests, while medicinal herbs became Medicine King Valley's foundation 88 89.

Qiantang Operations

With Old Master Zhang's support, Chen Jin planned Medicine King Valley Selection, a West Lake pavilion where the Valley's highest-grade medicinal herbs would be sold through members-only auctions 90. The model relied on branded packaging, rarity, appraisals, consignment services, and membership restrictions to establish Medicine King Valley as a trusted premium name 90.

Medicine King Valley later established Peace Preservation Hall in Qiantang. The hall provided free diagnosis and medicine to poor residents with village-head guarantees while selling fifty percent of its shares as ten thousand ten-tael portions to fund its charitable operations 114.

During the Ghost Plague, the Valley developed and freely dispensed Peace Preservation Decoction, which cured the demon poison, restored patients' vitality, and enhanced its standing across Qiantang 137 139.

Imperial Pressure and Public Reverence

The imperial court praised Medicine King Valley's plague relief before demanding its Peace Preservation Decoction formula, stockpiled spiritual medicines, rare treasures, and curios as tribute 140. Chen Jin accepted the requisition to preserve the sect's larger foundation; its financial division subsequently promoted the decoction as an imperial tribute product 140 141.

The court later accused Medicine King Valley of manufacturing the plague for profit, ordered its businesses sealed, and attempted to arrest Chen Jin, Bai Suzhen, Wu Song, Gongsun Sheng, and their associates 144.

After Medicine King Bodhisattva manifested through Chen Jin, collective dreams and the Valley's prior plague relief led Qiantang's people to regard Medicine King Valley as a Bodhisattva-backed institution. Offerings surged, its associated industries rose in value by 1300%, and West Lake Gathering memberships became extraordinarily expensive 148.

Teachings and Services

Practical Instruction

Medicine King Valley was founded to teach knowledge that could directly improve ordinary lives:

• Five Animal Frolics — body-strengthening exercises modeled on the tiger, deer, bear, ape, and bird 86.
• Eight Pieces of Brocade — exercises intended to regulate yin and yang and strengthen the body's foundation 86.
• Compendium of Materia Medica — medicinal identification and medical principles 86.
• Shennong's arts — agricultural methods for improving crops and reducing food insecurity 86.
• Free medical books — educational resources that helped establish the Valley's reputation among Qiantang residents 107.

Agricultural Production

• Bountiful Harvest Technique — Chen Jin's divine art rapidly grows crops and medicinal herbs; it was the basis of the Valley's initial rural support 86.
• Blessed seeds — seeds imbued with the Bountiful Harvest Technique, allowing rice and herbs to grow continuously by absorbing earth qi without Chen Jin personally cultivating every plant 88.
• Medicinal-herb cultivation — the Valley directs land made surplus by accelerated rice production toward higher-value medicinal herbs 86.

Medical Relief

• Peace Preservation Hall — provides free treatment and medicine to poor patients with guarantees from their village heads 114.
• Peace Preservation Decoction — a plague remedy distributed free during the Qiantang crisis; it cures the demon poison, replenishes damaged vitality, and can prolong life to a degree 137.
• Everyday health product — after the emergency, the decoction was reformulated as an affordable daily supplement, sold on a low-margin, high-volume model 141.

Facilities and Commercial Ventures

• Medicine King Valley Selection Pavilion — proposed West Lake venue for members-only auctions of top-grade Valley herbs and consigned rare treasures 90.
• Medicine King Valley Selection — authenticity mark and premium brand; approved goods are sealed in specially made brocade boxes bearing an anti-counterfeit Valley mark 90.
• West Lake Gathering — high-end project connected to rare treasures, customized pills, health consultations, and life-extension services 139 140.
• Peace Preservation Hall — Qiantang medical hall combining free charitable treatment with publicly offered shares 114.
• Internal Daoist training ground — a rear-courtyard facility where Chen Jin's counterparts cultivate and spar under Gongsun Sheng's instruction 139.

Personnel and Associates

• Chen Jin — founder and Valley Master; establishes its agricultural, medical, commercial, and charitable programs 86 137.
• Old Ghost — compelled to serve as Medicine King Valley's guardian and “mascot,” displaying supernatural signs and blessing local peace 86.
• Bai Suzhen — assists with plague relief and manages Medicine King Valley and Peace Preservation Hall while Chen Jin travels 115 121.
• Xu Xian'er — physician who oversees the distribution of Peace Preservation Decoction alongside Valley apprentices 137.
• Financial Counterpart — granted full authority over Medicine King Valley's finances, resources, and commercial operations 139.
• Gongsun Sheng — teaches Daoist arts to Chen Jin's counterparts and used projection arts to announce the free distribution of Peace Preservation Decoction throughout Qiantang 137 139.
• Purple Essence Dragon King Ginseng and the ginseng clan — relocated to Qiantang to help treat the plague and provide access to top-tier medicinal resources 133 139.
• Old Master Zhang — investor, business adviser, and source of commercial credibility for Medicine King Valley Selection 90 91.

Notable Quotes

“From this day forth, I shall establish a sect here. This sect shall be named—Medicine King Valley.” — Chen Jin 86

“Upon entering my Medicine King Valley, you will not cultivate illusory, ethereal arts. I will only pass down methods to strengthen the body, preserve health, and prolong life.” — Chen Jin 86

“Medicine King Valley saves the world and its people, and takes not a single coin.” — Xu Xian'er 137