Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 6 Strengthening Elixir
With money coming in, Lin Le continued practicing his boxing. He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that his boxing practice was smoother today.

After lunch, Lin Le left the martial arts gym; he had something else to verify.

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

After thinking for a moment, Lin Le finally understood what was going on.

City entrance fee!
Normally, individuals do not need to pay an entrance fee to enter the city, but this is clearly a special case. The number of refugees outside the city is increasing, and if they are allowed to enter, it will likely have a significant impact on the city's security.

Once the entrance fee is set, those who want to enter the city must have some spare money or someone to rely on. Those who have no money or connections naturally don't want to pay that ten coins.

Anyway, there's free porridge available outside the city.

So it's only natural that there are no beggars. After all, if you're a beggar, where would you get the money to go into the city? Those with money are definitely professional beggars.

Ordinary people are uneducated but not stupid. They have no sympathy for lazy professional beggars and naturally would not give them a single penny.

Professional beggars, finding they couldn't get any money, naturally wouldn't go to the city and instead scavenged for porridge with the refugees.

Upon arriving at the city gate, Lin Le gazed at the porridge stall where porridge was being served and pondered for a moment.

Judging from the situation, he probably couldn't get involved. Even if he added another bowl of porridge, it wouldn't be a blessing in disguise for the refugees, but it wouldn't be a lifeline either.

Based on the merits he gained from the previous two instances, the good deeds he performed must have been enough to change the course of a person's destiny.

If he simply distributes porridge, he probably won't gain any merit at all.

But how can one obtain even greater merit?

As Lin Le was pondering this, he heard a cough. Turning around, he saw an old man slowly walking by with a cane.

With a quick glance, Lin Le had an idea.

After thinking about what he had seen on the way, Lin Le rushed to a small pharmacy called Renjitang.

While the doctor was seeing patients, Lin Le went straight to a young man who was getting medicine and said, "Hey, I'm here to buy some medicinal herbs."

"Small business, no credit." The young man called out casually, then turned to look at Lin Le, whose face was fair, and asked with a smile, "What do you want to buy?"

Only wealthy families can cultivate such a complexion; there's no need to say more.

"Scented sachets," Lin Le said. "How much is the minimum price for a scented sachet made with realgar, mugwort, and other medicinal herbs?"

"Ten coins," the boy said.

"Here's three taels." Lin Le took out three small silver ingots. "Make three hundred of these and send them to the children outside the city?"

According to what he saw, there are now about a thousand refugees outside the city.

Three hundred are enough for all the children.

"Which child?" the boy asked, puzzled.

“All of it,” Lin Le said. “If there’s any left, burn it on the spot to help the adults get rid of the disease.”

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

The famine was managed by government-run soup kitchens, so he could take precautions against the plague. As for robbery, there was nothing he could do about it; he wasn't a god who could see everything.

Upon hearing the words "all," the young man glanced at Lin Le in surprise, then cupped his hands and said, "Young master, you are truly virtuous!"

"Oh, it's nothing, just doing what I can." Lin Le scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed as he rarely received praise.

“Doing good deeds is admirable,” the boy said. “I’ll take this order and make sure the sachets are delivered to all the children within three days.”

Lin Le ignored the boy's grab of the three small silver treasures and nodded, saying, "Thank you."

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

Just as Lin Le was about to leave, the doctor who was seeing patients called out to him: "Young master, wait a minute. Since you're already here, let me take a look at you."

"No, I still need to practice my boxing," Lin Le waved his hand and said.

"It's alright. Sometimes, the better your body is, the more powerful your punches will become," the doctor said, stroking his mustache meaningfully. Lin Le thought for a moment, then turned and joined the queue.

Upon seeing Lin Le queuing up, the doctor's admiration deepened.

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

The doctor took Lin Le's pulse, examined his tongue, and even felt his bones, but frowned and said, "Strange, this doesn't match up."

I am not afraid of Western medicine smiling, but I am afraid of Chinese medicine looking down on people.

The doctor frowned, which made Lin Le's heart race. She was afraid that she had some serious health problem, so she asked cautiously, "Doctor, do I have some kind of hidden illness?"

"No hidden illness, no hidden illness." The doctor waved his hand. "It was my fault for being blind. I thought the young man had weak qi and blood, but I didn't expect that his qi and blood were too solid and outward, which is why I misjudged him."

“Alright, Ah Zhen, prescribe this young man a dose of tonic powder as my apology.”

The boy fetching the medicine slapped his forehead and said weakly, "Yes."

Soon, the boy pulled out a packet of medicine and handed it to Lin Le: "Just dissolve it in hot water and drink it."

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

Watching Lin Le leave, the boy looked at the doctor: "Father, is this young man really alright?"

"No problem at all." The doctor patted the boy's head. "You little rascal, can't you just hope he gets better?"

The boy lowered his head and complained, "Who told you to see it wrong? Now look what happened, all the money I just earned has been lost again."

"Money, all you ever think about is money!" The doctor glared at the boy. "How did I give birth to such a money-obsessed son!"

"Yes, you're arrogant, you're amazing. Let's see what your mother says about you when we get home!" The boy curled his lip, but then his eyes widened in surprise.

There was a small piece of silver on the corner of the table; it didn't look big, but it was worth about five coins.

Was it left by that young man? The boy turned his head, but Lin Le was already gone.

Lin Le returned to the martial arts school, looked at the medicine packet in his hand, and still went to the kitchen to ask for a bowl of hot water.

Since we've already bought it, we can't let it go to waste.

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

Since he already possesses supernatural powers, he can efficiently refine raw materials. Why bother consuming overpriced pills? Wouldn't it be better to just consume inexpensive raw materials directly?
"Oh, it's a health-strengthening powder." The kitchen staff couldn't help but laugh when they saw Lin Le soaking the health-strengthening powder. "With this spare money, you might as well buy the White Ape Pill from the martial arts school. Although one pill is worth one ounce, it's worth more than two and a half doses of health-strengthening powder."

"It was a gift from someone else, so I might as well use it," Lin Le said casually, then drank the health-strengthening powder.

The medicinal effects entered his body, but were completely absorbed, causing Lin Le's expression to shift slightly.

After thanking him, Lin Le left the kitchen, found a secluded corner to stand in, and began to internally observe the inner landscape of his supernatural powers.

But then, another drop of water appeared on the lotus leaf that was condensing vital energy and blood essence.

Strengthening Elixir, Strengthening Body and Dispersing Essence.

What's the difference between this and Qi Xue Bao Ye (a traditional Chinese medicine)?

Lin Le was puzzled, and then, just like that, the body-strengthening elixir fell into the lake water.

Then Lin Le felt a slight warmth in his heart, and streams of heat flowed through his body along with his blood and blood vessels.

Lin Le immediately began practicing his fist techniques, refining the medicinal power.

After refining everything, Lin Le went to pull the 260-pound stone lock. With just a slight lift, Lin Le knew he could lift it.

'The effect is so good?'

Lin Le was surprised, after all, a blood ginseng costing fifteen taels only increased the weight by sixty jin, while a body-strengthening powder costing five hundred coins increased the weight by ten jin.

Judging from the results, he was a bit too confident before, as if the effect of the pills was better than the combination of the raw materials.

(End of this chapter)