From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"How big is it?"

The shopkeeper's expression turned slightly serious, suspecting that Jiang Liu and Miss Hong were not there to buy medicine, but rather to gather information because they knew his true identity.

"About the size of a person." Jiang Liu grinned, raised his hand, and then suddenly lowered it again—

Someone has come from outside.

It was Cui Daoning and He Anxia.

"It's you guys."

Upon seeing Jiang Liu and Hong Guniang, He Anxia immediately greeted them. During the performances of the Cai Opera troupe, he and Cui Daoning often went to support them in their spare time. In addition, as a cultivator, he gradually became acquainted with Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, and others.

"Brother Jiang and Miss Hong are here to buy medicine?" Cui Daoning looked somewhat embarrassed.

"There are rat, snake and insect infestations near my home, and I need a lot of medicine. I heard that Zhuquetang is the largest pharmacy in the city and sells all kinds of medicine, so I came here to buy some."

Jiang Liu knew why Cui Daoning was embarrassed—

The owner of the Vermilion Bird Hall is Cui Daorong, the younger brother of Cui Daoning. He doesn't have a good reputation in the city, and there are rumors that he is bad at business and lives off his elder brother's monthly allowance.

Looking at the package in Cui Daoning's hands, Jiang Liu knew that the rumor was true. However, Cui Daoning probably did not know that his younger brother had already merged the ancestral Vermilion Bird Hall into the Azure Dragon Society and was doing something immoral.

"There are many trees along the West Lake, and there are indeed more snakes, insects, rodents and ants there."

Cui Daoning nodded, walked to the counter, put down the package the size of a human head, and said with a big smile, "Brother, these are some pastries made by your sister-in-law. You can try them later."

However, Cui Daorong completely disregarded the presence of Jiang Liu and Hong Guniang, the two "guests" who wanted to buy medicine. He directly opened the package, revealing the silver coins inside, and said flippantly, "Why is there less than last time?"

Seeing this, even if Cui Daoning was stupid, he would know that his own brother was deliberately trying to embarrass him.

But he could only endure it.

After all, he was no longer able to have children, and his only hope was that his younger brother could marry and have children in the future to carry on the Cui family line.

Why can't he do it?

After he couldn't bear the loneliness, descended the mountain, and married, to protect his wife's health, he not only dispersed his internal energy circulation but also subsequently channeled his vital essence to his wife...

What was his cultivation level at that time?

He has only just begun to achieve the Small Heavenly Circuit, and his control is not good enough, which has led to the depletion of his innate essence and affected his acquired kidney essence. Now he even needs to take medicine to have sex.

Logically, he should have cultivated his mind and body and gradually recovered, but for him, whose mind and body were controlled by his liver and kidneys, he couldn't quit at all.

The medicine he used was all obtained from his younger brother.

the reason is simple.

He didn't want Cui Daorong to be seen by city people as someone who lived off the support of his older brother.

"Recently, things have been rather unsettled in the southwest. There's a warlord surnamed Zhang who used to be a bandit, and he's said to be very capable. He's recruited soldiers and joined forces with a group of reformed tomb raiders to conquer the entire Hunan province... To prevent them from launching an eastward expedition, taxes have been raised recently."

Regardless, Cui Daorong was his younger brother, and Cui Daoning could only offer a weak explanation.

Cui Daorong chuckled, took out a box of medicine from under the counter, and said, "Here, your medicine."

"Why is it less?"

Cui Daoning opened it and found that the quantity was reduced by half, which made him somewhat angry.

“If you pay less money, there will naturally be less medicine,” Cui Daorong said casually, toying with his jade thumb ring. “Besides, if you pay more taxes, how can I possibly pay less?”

Cui Daoning was speechless for a moment, but he also wanted to strengthen his brotherly bond with his younger brother, especially in front of Jiang Liu and Hong Guniang, these two "guests"—

He only hoped that Choi Do-yong wouldn't throw a tantrum under these circumstances.

Therefore, he didn't dwell on the topic and shifted his attention, asking, "Brother, this jade thumb ring is nice. How much did you buy it for? I'll buy one for your sister-in-law too."

"You? You can't afford it."

Seeing Cui Daoning change the subject, Cui Daorong wasn't going to tolerate him. Besides, Jiang Liu and Miss Hong were clearly not there to do business with him, so there was no need for him to pretend. He walked out from behind the counter again, sat on a swing hanging in the hall, and swung back and forth, chuckling, "I sold my pharmacy and bought this from a very wealthy man! They say it's a jade thumb ring from the Qing Dynasty emperor. Now that I'm wearing it, I can be an emperor for a day, hehe~"

"What? You sold the pharmacy?"

Cui Daoning immediately panicked. He had seen the jade thumb ring in his younger brother's hand after coming down the mountain! In other words, his brother had already sold the pharmacy before he left the Taoist temple to become a monk!

"Why didn't you discuss such a big matter with me?"

"Back then, you even gave up being a god for a woman. Did you consult with anyone?"

Cui Daorong chuckled coldly, "Since I've inherited this pharmacy, then naturally I'll be the one making all the decisions."

"You! You—"

Even with Jiang Liu and Hong Guniang present, Cui Daoning could no longer bear it and stormed off.

He Anxia hurriedly bid farewell to Jiang Liu and Hong Guniang and chased after them.

"Alright, the troublesome guy is gone, we can get down to business now."

Cui Daorong put the jade thumb ring on his hand, looked at Jiang Liu and Hong Guniang, and still maintained his frivolous attitude, "Do you two have a grudge against the Azure Dragon Society?"

# Chapter 217 He Anxia's Choice —

"You may have."

Jiang Liu replied, "However, we are here to buy medicine this time. We need 300 jin each of snake repellent, insecticide, and rat exterminator."

Cui Daorong's eyes narrowed, then he suddenly laughed and said, "You've all seen it too. I even need my elder brother to feed me. The business of Zhuque Hall has long since failed. Where would I get nearly a thousand catties of medicine?"

“We’ll give you half a day. If you can’t produce 900 jin of medicine in half a day, I’ll smash up your shop,” Jiang Liu said.

"...Is this the demeanor of a great hero?"

"Who told you we're heroes?"

Jiang Liu waved his hand, and a chrysanthemum planted in the flower bed outside the door fell into his hand. He plucked a petal and flicked it gently.

A petal grazed Cui Daorong's cheek, leaving a scratch from which blood flowed.

"what!"

Feeling the pain on his face, Cui Daorong raised his hand to touch it. Upon seeing the blood, his eyes trembled, and he lost all his previous composure, collapsing to the ground in fright.

"Remember, you only have half a day!"

After saying that, Jiang Liu, with a big smile on his face, walked out with Hong Guniang.

"Isn't your behavior a bit like that of the Quanxing Sect?"

Red Girl complained.

"Look at what you're saying, Sister Hong. My old man used to be a member of the Quanxing sect, didn't he? I'm already being very restrained!"

Jiang Liu shrugged, looking indifferent. "Besides, if the wicked aren't eliminated, they'll harm the good. And this isn't a peaceful world. Perhaps we need more people like us, and fewer people like you, Sister Hong, who have become outlaws. If the world were peaceful and tranquil, who would even think of hiding in the mountains?"

"That's true."

This is also one of the reasons why Hong Guniang was willing to follow Jiang Liu. She could see the essence of things without being pedantic or rigid. In the eyes of other superhumans, superhumans and ordinary people are two different categories, but in Jiang Liu's eyes, including himself, they all belong to one category: the masses.

After moving a hundred meters away from the Vermilion Bird Hall, the two entered a small alley, jumped onto a rooftop, and looked out over the Vermilion Bird Hall.

"Young Master, Miss Hong."

A minute later, the two men were found on the ground. They took out two thick ledgers from their pockets, which recorded the accounts of Cui Daorong's help to the Qinglong Society in transporting and selling drugs.

"Well done!"

Jiang Liu looked through it for a while, his eyes showing delight. "It's enough as evidence, but to be on the safe side, we still need to get more evidence, such as the opium in his pharmacy."

"Then I'll go get it again!"

He was about to kick the ground again, but Jiang Liu stopped him, saying, "Only when the perpetrator is caught red-handed will it be convincing."

Having said that, he said to Hong Guniang and Dili Chui, "Hong Guniang, you and Dili Chui stay here and watch over the Vermilion Bird Hall. Cui Daorong is a spineless coward; he'll definitely go looking for the Azure Dragon Society's stronghold—"

Follow him.

"Don't worry, young master." Di Li Chuan assured him confidently. Ever since he was able to unleash the true power of the Earth Immortal, he was confident that he could remain undetected by anyone!

Where are you going?

Hong Guniang didn't understand why Jiang Liu suddenly seemed to want to do something else.

“Our opera troupe is short of a doctor.” As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Liu leaped into the alley like a white streak of light, walked onto the street, and headed toward Cui Daoning’s clinic.

Inside the clinic.

Behind the counter.

Only He Anxia was there; Cui Daoning himself was not present. He was clearly still angry about Cui Daorong selling his family's traditional medicine shop and had gone upstairs to calm down.

"Jiang Liu, are you here to buy rat poison and insect repellent?"

Compared to the He Anxia Jiang Liu first met, the current He Anxia has indeed matured a lot. "Although the medicinal herbs we get at our clinic are not as many as those at Zhuque Hall, they are all carefully selected, and the effects are definitely much better than the goods that the ignorant Cui Daorong gets!"

"I'm not here to buy medicine, but to try and persuade Boss Cui."

Jiang Liu shook his head.

"advise?"

He Anxia was puzzled.

"You saw what happened at the Vermilion Bird Hall before, didn't you?"

"Oh, don't worry, Master won't feel awkward when facing you in the future. He's very easygoing." He Anxia thought Jiang Liu had come for this matter and couldn't help but laugh.

"It's not about that, but about Suzaku Hall and Cui Daorong."

At this moment, Cui Daoning was calming down, so it was not advisable to go to him. Jiang Liu felt that it would be better to talk to He Anxia, ​​who had a pure heart, so he said, "I plan to wipe out the Azure Dragon Society in the city."

"This is a good thing."

He Anxia knew that the Green Dragon Society was a criminal gang that affected the peaceful lives of ordinary people, but he didn't understand what connection it had with Cui Daorong.

"The Azure Dragon Society has three branches: the White Tiger Branch, the Black Tortoise Branch, and the Vermilion Bird Branch."

"Suzaku Hall... is it the same name?"

No, that's not true.

Jiang Liu's eyes were serious. "You've been at the foot of the mountain for a month, so you should have a good understanding of the world. How can someone who is ignorant and incompetent manage to run a pharmacy? And how can he spend money so extravagantly? His Vermilion Bird Hall is so luxuriously decorated, yet no one covets it?"