Douluo Continent: I am the true master

Chapter 681 Building a Career (Part 2)

However, although Ye Wen wanted to enter the pharmaceutical industry, the first thing he needed to do was to find his own medicinal herb suppliers in this world where there was no systematic way of cultivating medicinal herbs.

As the saying goes, "Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders," Ye Wen plans to first spread some easy-to-grow common medicinal herbs in Shenghun Village.

With the reputation of helping the village get rich in the past, the villagers of Shenghun Village cooperated with Ye Wen's arrangements and stopped planting crops and started planting medicinal herbs instead.

Fortunately, food is truly cheap in the Douluo World. Even in the most prosperous Heaven Dou Imperial City, a fast food meal with both meat and vegetables costs only two copper soul coins, which shows how low the price of food is. This also means that the government doesn't restrict what the common people can grow, as long as they can pay their taxes on time.

As a result of various coincidences, Ye Wen's preliminary work proceeded very smoothly.

Before they knew it, the third semester had passed, and Ye Wen's soul power had reached level 19.

Ye Wen estimated that if he worked hard during the holidays, he could go hunting for his second spirit ring with Grandma Huo and the others when school started.

During this holiday, Ye Wen did not go to Tianxin City, but instead returned to his home in Shenghun Village, which was a rare occasion.

Huo Yu'er accompanied Ye Wen to Holy Soul Village. Although she had met Ye Wen's parents quite often in Notting City over the years, this was Huo Yu'er's first time going directly to Holy Soul Village, so she was inevitably a little nervous.

"Relax, don't you know my parents very well? Why do you act like it's your first time visiting their parents?" Ye Wen teased.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye. Now nine years old, Ye Wen has accelerated his growth by hunting his first spirit ring, making him look like an eleven or twelve-year-old boy from his previous life.

Although Ye Wen came from a commoner background, he loved reading in both his past and present lives, so he had a strong scholarly air about him.

In addition, Ye Wen is very clean, so he looks out of place among ordinary work-study students. He looks more like a young nobleman, but he is completely different from the arrogant and domineering lower nobles in this remote countryside, giving people a very special feeling.

Therefore, the handsome and refined Ye Wen was no longer looked down upon by the people at Notting Academy. On the contrary, they felt that he was truly worthy of Huo Yu'er, and the two were a perfect match, a golden couple.

"Stop nagging. This isn't my first time visiting your house. It's normal for a girl like me to be a little nervous," Huo Yu'er said angrily, rolling her eyes.

Her charming and adorable appearance struck a chord with Ye Wen, making him laugh with delight. Huo Yu'er, however, felt that Ye Wen was mocking her, and became even angrier. So the two of them started bickering and teasing each other along the way.

Ye Wen and his companion soon returned to Holy Soul Village.

It should have been harvest season, and the fields should have been golden. But because of Ye Wen's interference, the two of them saw a large, vibrant medicinal herb field instead.

1 gold soul coins have a significant impact; the entire Holy Soul Village can only generate a few dozen gold soul coins in a year.

Therefore, the medicinal fields in Holy Soul Village are just the tip of the iceberg in the surrounding countryside of Notting City.

Just as the two were slowly walking into Holy Soul Village, Old Jack, who was sitting under an old tree at the village entrance and looked to be in his sixties or seventies, spotted Ye Wen with sharp eyes and waved and called out.

"Xiaowen, you're back."

Then Old Jack looked at Huo Yu'er. Ye Wen's parents often came and went to Notting City on business, and so did Old Jack, so he knew Huo Yu'er and greeted her warmly.

Although Huo Yu'er is now considered a noblewoman, she is generally very peaceful and gentle, just like Ye Wen. She doesn't have the arrogance of those noble children, which is one of the reasons why Ye Wen fell in love with Huo Yu'er.

After all, no matter how beautiful a person is, if the two people have different values, they will definitely not be able to stay together in the end.

Ye Wen then returned home. In this remote countryside, ordinary soul masters would not even pass by unless absolutely necessary, so it was very peaceful, which was exactly the kind of life Ye Wen was looking for.

In the days that followed, Ye Wen inspected the growth of the medicinal herbs he needed. After confirming that their medicinal properties were the same as what he required, he began to purchase and process them on a large scale. This created a number of jobs and made Ye Wen, this spendthrift, even more famous in the nearby villages.

But will Ye Wen start selling medicine right away?

The reality is clearly not like that.

After all, even the best wine needs advertising. Ye Wen needs to make a name for himself before he can officially start selling. Otherwise, if a bunch of Douluo commoners see Ye Wen selling a bunch of strange leaves, they'd think he's crazy.

So Ye Wen spent the next period of time searching for patients in the nearby villages.

Facts speak louder than words.

When the Douluo natives saw that patients had recovered after drinking Ye Wen's medicine, they naturally spread the word and sought out Ye Wen to buy medicine.

But not long after Ye Wen began treatment, an uninvited guest arrived.

"Stop! Ye Wen! Do you even know anything about medicinal herbs? You're just randomly brewing medicine for people to drink. What if someone drinks it and dies? Aren't you going to take responsibility?!"

Just as Ye Wen was about to feed the patient his medicine, he suddenly stopped, and Tang San's voice came from behind him.

???

At this moment, Ye Wen was filled with questions.

No, how come Tang San is around me? Shouldn't he be at school trying to win over Xiao Wu?

Just then, Tang San walked into the room from outside.

Having gotten rid of Tang Hao, who was a burden, and receiving subsidies from the work-study program, the Spirit Hall, and the blacksmith's wages, Tang San was now living a comfortable life. He was no longer as dark-skinned as he had been three years ago. In addition, with Yu Xiaogang's intentional cultivation of his temperament, Tang San now had a more heroic and imposing presence.

Unfortunately, Tang San, who did not awaken the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and was hampered by Tang Hao's genes, still looked rather ordinary.

Besides Tang San, another person entered, and that person was Xiao Wu.

The two did not become sworn siblings as in the original story, but Tang San had been intentionally or unintentionally getting closer to Xiao Wu over the past three years, so their relationship could be considered that of normal friends.

However, if Ye Wen remembered correctly, because Grandma Huo broke through to the Soul Douluo level last year, Xiao Wu should no longer dare to go to the Huo family mansion. Since she has no home, she can only stay in Notting Academy doing nothing.

Before leaving the academy, Ye Wen heard Huo Yu'er say that Tang San was going to get his second spirit ring, and then Xiao Wu went along to join in the fun.

But if you two are going to hunt souls, why did you go through all that trouble to come here and boss me around?

Just as Ye Wen was about to say something, Tang San, wanting to show off in front of Xiao Wu, snatched the medicine bowl from Ye Wen's hand.

(End of this chapter)