Playing with the joke Long Aotian, don't despise the poor young man

In the Zhang's pharmacy, the manager Zhang Ming checked the bills of the past few days, frowning.

Originally, the Zhang family improved the recipe of the Qi-recovering Pill, and the business of the pharmacy increased significantly, and the income increased by more than 30%. He also boasted in front of the elder based on this...

But he didn't expect that the situation would take a sharp turn for the worse before the glory lasted long. The Qi-recovering Pill, which used to sell very well, couldn't be sold in the past few days?

What's going on?

Let's not talk about after the improvement, just say that before the improvement, basic pills like Qi-recovering Pills also had a fixed daily sales volume. How come in the past few days, even the usual fixed sales volume cannot be achieved.

Zhang Ming was puzzled, and finally he thought about it and attributed the root cause to one thing - could it be that the old enemy Qin family has done something again?

Zhang Ming frowned and called his nephew Zhang San, who was specially responsible for gathering information for him. However, before he could ask, Zhang San had already started to speak anxiously.

"Uncle, it's bad. The Qin family has set up a stage in front of several of their pharmacies, saying that it is a storytelling performance, and attracted half of the people on the street to watch. The Qin family also said that anyone who watched it would be given a rejuvenating pill, and many people were there to cheer and join in the fun!"

Storytelling performance? What is this? Zhang Ming didn't understand it for a while, but it didn't stop him from knowing that it was indeed the Qin family who did it.

Zhang Ming didn't feel bothered, and even breathed a sigh of relief. It is good to know that the source lies with the Qin family. The interpretation of the story sounds like a trick to curry favor with the public. Others will be fresh for two days, but when the excitement is over, they will have to come to their Zhang family.

However, Zhang Ming said: "Let's go and have a look!"

In the end, he still has to take a look to be completely relieved.

-There

is a street in Nanling County, called South Street, which is the most lively and prosperous place in Nanling County.

South Street is not within the territory of the three major families, but it is also under the jurisdiction of the three major families. The three major families have many shops on South Street, and there is also an important steward, Zhang Laozu, stationed on South Street. Therefore, the public security of South Street is very good, and it has attracted a large number of casual cultivators to live and do business here.

To the east of South Street, there are mostly shops of the Qin family. Normally, the flow of people in this direction is not good. The prime location of South Street has long been occupied and divided by the Zhang and Han families. The Qin family can only choose this most remote direction.

However, when Zhang Ming came to the east today, he found that the crowds were shoulder to shoulder, and it looked prosperous.

"Why are there so many people?" Zhang Ming frowned.

His nephew Zhang San tried to make way in front, "There are more people at the door of the Qin family's pharmacy, and it's so crowded that there's no way out."

When they got closer, it was just as Zhang San said, there were so many people that they were about to pile up. In the middle of the crowd was a tall "stage" with colorful flags flying on the side.

Two people were performing on the stage. A closer look revealed that the two people were full of spiritual energy, and they were actually serious monks.

One of them was arrogant and looked disdainful, saying: "Qin Aotian, you are just a waste, what qualifications do you have to marry our Jing'er!"

Another person was held on the ground, dressed as a teenager, and looked seriously injured. The teenager raised his head and said unyieldingly: "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't look down on the poor young man!"①

Zhang Ming frowned, what the hell?

After watching for a while, it turned out that the boy named Qin Aotian was a genius when he was young. The talent measured during the spiritual cultivation period was amazing, and he was a gold-level qualification. The clan spent a lot of effort to cultivate him, and even let him cultivate his spirit for five years, hoping that he could be like the sons of those big families, who cultivated their spirits for many years and soared into the sky.

As a result, he didn't reach the sky, and he broke halfway.

I don’t know if it’s because he was suppressed in the spiritual cultivation period for too long, but Qin Aotian’s performance after practicing Qi is just mediocre, and he has become indistinguishable from the crowd.

Those who originally wanted to marry into the Qin family because of Qin Aotian’s talent are not happy. Our daughter is also very talented, and we are taking advantage of you by letting you “welcome the daughter”. But your talent is still deceiving people, so we came to the Qin family to cancel the engagement.

The girl’s family said that we are also a respectable family and we are not unreasonable. Originally, when the two parties were to marry, whether it was “wedding a son” or “welcoming a daughter”, it was determined by strength. Letting you “welcome the daughter” was also because we saw your Qin Aotian’s talent and invested in it in advance. Now that Qin Aotian’s talent is useless, we can’t throw away a daughter for nothing - if we have the time, wouldn’t it be better for us to invite a son-in-law to come to our house?

The girl's family said that they were not unreasonable and that they were in the wrong if the marriage was reneged on, so they took out a foundation-building pill as compensation. If the Qin family accepted the pill, the marriage would be cancelled. However,

Qin Aotian was young and arrogant. He felt that the girl's family had violated the contract and it was a great humiliation for him to cancel the engagement, so he threw the foundation-building pill away.

The elders from the girl's family who came to cancel the engagement felt that Qin Aotian did not know what was good for him. If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. We can still discuss it. Why throw away the foundation-building pill? The foundation-building pill is a precious thing. So Qin Aotian was given a simple lecture.

That’s how the scene just now happened. Qin Aotian held his head high and said, “Don’t bully the poor young man.”

The elders of the Qin family then came out to smooth things over, saying that our Qin family also has backbone. Breaking off the engagement is a slap in our face. We cannot accept this foundation-building pill. But our Qin family doesn’t want to delay your daughter in vain, so we made a five-year agreement.

Five years later, Qin Aotian and your daughter will have a decisive battle at Luoxia Peak. If Qin Aotian loses, then the marriage will be invalid, and our Qin family doesn’t want anything from you. If your daughter loses, then you have to fulfill the engagement anyway, and let our Qin family “welcome the daughter.”

Of course, if the two children don’t like each other after this battle, it’s not impossible to cancel the engagement peacefully.

After hearing this, the girl’s family thought this was a good way to save the face of both families, so they agreed.

Qin Aotian thus embarked on a five-year journey of self-cultivation.

Zhang Ming watched and was unknowingly absorbed in the process until he heard his nephew excitedly say, "Hey, the Qin family is stupid, why do they want face? If you give it to me, I will take the foundation-building pill!"

Zhang Ming subconsciously wanted to say, that's because you have no future! But he quickly realized that if he said this, it would be a disguised recognition of the Qin family, so he swallowed his words back. He gave his nephew a hard slap on the face and said unhappily, "What are you doing here!"

Zhang San smiled awkwardly and dared not say anything.

But he didn't say anything, while the people around him were discussing it heatedly.

"Oh, the Qin family is indeed a noble family, or are they too aloof? In my opinion, they should have accepted the Foundation Building Pill. That is a Foundation Building Pill. With that Foundation Building Pill, the family might be able to have one more Foundation Building cultivator. By then, if a family has two or three Foundation Building cultivators, there will be no shortage of beautiful female fairies!"

Someone soon disagreed, "Tsk, this is something that only an ignorant person would say. Since the girl's family can take out the Foundation Building Pill as a compensation gift, it shows that they are very powerful. Maybe they are a silver-grade noble family. There are countless benefits to marrying a silver-grade noble family, and they will let you marry their daughter. It would be a great loss to hastily cancel the engagement by just taking the Foundation Building Pill."

This statement was welcomed by many people.

"Yes, in fact, if you think about it carefully, it's no wonder that the girl's family broke off the engagement. I am the daughter of a noble family who can produce the Foundation Building Pill. I was attracted by your talent, but you became useless halfway through. Then why should I go to your house in vain? Wouldn't it be better to find a talented and handsome Taoist partner to come to your house?"

"Well, if Qin Aotian hadn't become useless, it would have been a perfect marriage. I don't know why the Qin family is so bold that they dared to let him cultivate his spirit for five years. Is he really the son of destiny who can soar to the sky after cultivating his spirit for ten years as the legend says? I guess Qin Aotian's talent has deteriorated after practicing Qi, which is related to the long period of cultivating his spirit."

Some people think that this story is too immersive and too real, and directly suspect that this is a true story of the Qin family.

"Is there really a genius boy named Qin Aotian in the Qin family? How come I've never heard of him?"

"It must be fabricated. Among the young people of this generation of the Qin family, there has never been anyone with the title of genius. Of course, it is also possible that there really is a genius, but the Qin family is secretly covering it up. Anyway, this Qin Aotian must be fake."

...

After listening for a while, Zhang San couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, is there a person named Qin Aotian in the Qin family?"

Veins popped out on Zhang Ming's forehead: "What Qin Aotian? You really take things from novels and plays seriously! Why don't you study what tricks the Qin family is using!"

"Ahh..." Zhang San was scolded so much that he wiped his sweat and continued to look at the stage.

At this moment, Qin Aotian finally ended his five years of practice and was finally going to Luoxia Peak to keep his five-year appointment! As

soon as his fiancée, Miss Qing'er, appeared on the scene, she really amazed everyone.

Seeing her coming with a sword in hand, a golden shawl fluttering behind her, a red dot between her brows, and a solemn and dignified appearance, she looks like a goddess.

Qing'er's beautiful eyes flashed, and she spoke lightly: "Are you Qin Aotian?"

"Do you know that I didn't want to marry into your family at first."

Qin Aotian clenched his fists and was about to recite the famous line, "Thirty years have passed, and things have changed..."

Qing'er smiled and interrupted him in time, "The reason I don't want to marry you is not because of your talent... I have been tested to have silver qualifications since I was a child, I have a superior family, and I have good looks. There were many good men lining up to wait for me to have children, but I had no chance to marry into your family for no reason. You haven't even competed with me. How can I be willing?"

"The person I, Qing'er, want to marry must be better than me in at least one of the ways of alchemy or swordsmanship, then I will be willing."

The people under the stage nodded repeatedly when they heard this.

Such a goddess, with both talent, appearance and family background, now only requires the man to be better than her in both the way of alchemy and the way of swordsmanship. What else can be said?

The casual cultivators below were so excited that they almost said, "Qin Aotian, come down and let me do it!"

We don't even ask for a girl. As long as we can be with Fairy Qing'er, it's okay to marry her.

Qin Aotian was silent for a while, and said, "Fairy Qing'er is a dual cultivator of alchemy and swordsmanship?"

Qing'er smiled and said, "That's right!"

So without saying anything more, the two of them started fighting.

As a result, Qin Aotian was indeed worthy of the name of Aotian, and he actually tied with Fairy Qing'er.

Everyone was surprised. According to the routine of the storybook, wouldn't it be a one-sided situation from the beginning?

They are also very experienced. According to their experience, the general scenario is that Qin Aotian counterattacks, successfully defeats Fairy Qing'er, and wins the beauty.

The minor scenario is that the two will tie and then cancel the engagement.

The smallest possibility is that Fairy Qing'er defeats Qin Aotian. But Qin Aotian obviously looks like the protagonist, and the script will not let the protagonist be defeated.

As a result, the plot is not at all what they thought. Fairy Qing'er and Qin Aotian actually fought very fiercely and were evenly matched.

Not long after, Fairy Qing'er began to take elixirs. This is nothing, she is an elixir cultivator, and taking elixirs in battle is not against the rules. And it seems that she only took the most common recovery pill, so it was Fairy Qing'er who gave way to the other party.

Fairy Qing'er was very fair. While fighting, she said, "Let's fight fairly. I'm taking a recovery pill, and you can take one too."

So Qin Aotian also started taking the pill.

After taking the pill, Qin Aotian was completely different. His pill was so special that it made his spiritual energy fully restored.

Qin Aotian started to suppress Fairy Qing'er.

The final result was unexpected. Fairy Qing'er's recovery speed could not catch up with Qin Aotian. In the end, her spiritual energy was exhausted and she lost miserably.

Qing'er wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said, "Why does the recovery pill you take seem to be different from mine?"

Qin Aotian raised the jade bottle in his hand and said excitedly, "Because what I take is the advanced recovery pill that the Qin family has carefully improved!"

Fairy Qing'er said, and her eyes began to shine, "Advanced recovery pill? What's the difference? I heard that the Zhang family also launched some improved recovery pill, but the effect is just average."

Qin Aotian shook his head as if disdainful: "How can the recovery pill improved by the Zhang family be compared with my Qin family!"

Fairy Qing'er said, it doesn't count if you just say it. Qin Aotian then handed one over personally (the movement was a bit big, as he held the pill high in his hand, afraid that the audience below wouldn't see it).

Fairy Qing'er just took it and her beautiful eyes opened in surprise, "My spiritual energy is actually fully restored!"

"Qin's Rejuvenating Pill is so extraordinary!"

The beautiful Fairy Qing'er looked at Qin Aotian excitedly: "Who improved this Rejuvenating Pill? I want to marry him!"

Audience: Wow!

Qin Aotian shook his head: "He is my master, but my master has been concentrating on cultivation and studying alchemy, and has no intention of getting married."

Fairy Qing'er seemed very regretful, but then she thought of something and said with bright eyes: "How many of these Qi-Restoring Pills do you have? I will buy them all!"

Qin Aotian hesitated: "How can I let the fairy spend money? These are just Qi-Restoring Pills, I will give them to the fairy." Qing'er shook

her head: "Such precious Qi-Restoring Pills, how can I give them away so easily? I want to buy them back for research. Tell me, how many spirit stones do you need? I want them all."

Qin Aotian seemed helpless, handed over the jade bottle and said a number.

Fairy Qing'er was "shocked", "What! A bottle of Qi-recovering pill only costs ten low-grade spirit stones!"

Fairy Qing'er emphasized the word "ten low-grade spirit stones", "This is too - too cheap!"

Qin Aotian straightened his back and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "My Qin family has passed down the elixir from generation to generation, not for profit, but only for the benefit of the people! Therefore, basic elixirs like Huiqi Dan are only sold at cost price. Looking at the entire Nanling, there is no other family except the Qin family that dares to sell Huiqi Dan at cost price!"

Fairy Qing'er was so moved that she burst into tears!

"What a great Qin family, they have such integrity! It seems that my pursuit of alchemy is still narrow-minded..."

Fairy Qing'er wiped away her tears and suddenly became firm, "Perhaps only people like your master who are far away from the world and only focus on the Tao can improve such an amazing elixir. I have decided that I will follow your master and the Qin family. Before I succeed in alchemy, I will never get married! I will never indulge in a romantic relationship!"

No... Don't!

The audiences below wailed. They had already figured out that this part of the play was an advertisement, but if you want to advertise, just do it. How can you make my CP a tragedy?

Didn’t Qin Aotian defeat Fairy Qing’er? According to the agreement, the engagement between the two should be carried out as usual!

Well, even if the two are not attracted to each other and the marriage is dissolved peacefully, that’s fine... But how can you make Fairy Qing’er focus on the great way and cut off the worldly affairs?

If Fairy Qing’er cuts off the worldly affairs, what should we do!

The audiences below were still wailing, and "Fairy Qing’er" and "Qin Aotian" had already begun to leave.

The manager of the Qin's pharmacy walked to the front of the stage with a smile on his face and held up a small jade bottle. "Everyone who is present today and has watched the entire interpretation of this story will be given a recovery pill by the Qin family for free. With this free recovery pill, you can get a 20% discount on any pill you purchase from the Qin's pharmacy within seven days."

"In addition, as the story says, the Qin family is dedicated to the people. From now on, all the improved and fine recovery pills launched by the Qin family will be sold at cost price. One bottle costs only ten low-grade spirit stones! Only ten low-grade spiritual energy!"

Someone in the audience shouted, "Who knows how many pills are in your bottle? What if you only put in one? Then it will be more expensive than before!"

The manager of the pharmacy kept smiling. He poured out the pills from the jade bottle on the spot, using spiritual energy to float them in the air. There were exactly ten pills.

"Look carefully, a normal bottle of Recovery Pill only has six pills, but the bottle sold by the Qin family has ten pills!"

"Also, the Qin family promises that the quantity of bottled Recovery Pills sold by the Qin family in the future will only be more, not less than today!"

"If anyone is short of it, take the pill bottles to the Qin family for exchange, and we will compensate you tenfold!" After

the pharmacy manager finished his introduction, he began to call on the servants holding trays in the back, "Start distributing the pills now!"

The crowd below instantly boiled over, but they were not boiling over to receive the pills, but... boiling over to rush into the Qin's pharmacy.

"Give me a bottle of Qi-recovering pills!"

"I want one too!"

"I want five, five!"

"Get out of the way!" A muscular, eight-foot-tall man pushed through the crowd, threw a bag of spirit stones in front of the drugstore clerk, and shouted:

"If you can't marry Fairy Qing'er, buy the pills she's interested in. Give me ten bottles!"

Fairy Qing'er!

The man's words seemed to have touched something in the crowd, and more people rushed into the drugstore, shouting, "For Fairy Qing'er!"

If you can't marry Fairy Qing'er, or become her son-in-law, buy the pills she's interested in! (Shocking sound

...

Zhang San squeezed in the crowd, risking being pinched to a pulp, and finally bought a bottle of Qi-recovering pills.

He held up the bottle of Qi-recovering pills and excitedly said to Zhang Ming: "Uncle, the Qi-recovering pills of Fairy Qing'er..."

Zhang Ming slapped him hard again, "What Fairy Qing'er, what Fairy Qing'er are you talking about... With your status, even if there is a Fairy Qing'er, people won't even look at you!"

Zhang San held his head and muttered, "Fairy Qing'er doesn't like me, so wouldn't Fairy Qing'er look down on an old man like you, Uncle?"

"Say it, say it!"

"Uncle, stop hitting me, stop hitting me... Hey, you asked me to buy the pills!" Zhang San wailed and changed the subject.

Zhang Ming stopped his posture, coughed lightly, straightened his sleeves, took the jade bottle, and quickly counted it with his spiritual consciousness. He found that there were exactly ten Qi-recovering pills. He then put the jade bottle to his nose and sniffed it carefully, and his expression finally became serious.

"This is not good, we must report back to the clan as soon as possible!"

Zhang San said, "How should we report? Say that the Qin family staged a drama of Fairy Qing'er and Qin Aotian falling in love and killing each other, which greatly increased the sales of Huiqi Pills and almost sold out?"

Zhang Ming rolled up his sleeves silently.

This kid has to be beaten now...

Zhang San saw that things were not going well, and disappeared in a flash.

On the other side, "Fairy Qing'er", who was surrounded by cheers from the audience, had sneaked into the backyard of the pharmacy. The fairy

in the gilded silk dress, a dot of crimson between the eyebrows, and eyes moving, was none other than Fairy Qing'er Qin Ruqing!

"Fairy Qing'er" seemed to be still in the state, and she waved to "Qin Aotian" who came in from behind, and said sweetly:

"Brother Aotian, you are here!"

"Brother Aotian" staggered and raised his head weakly. The handsome face was none other than "Fairy Qing'er's" biological brother, Qin Ruyu.

Qin Ruqing was being funny, cupping her hands into a trumpet shape and putting them to her mouth, and continued to tease her biological brother: "Brother Aotian, things change over time, and things change over time..."

Qin Ruyu raised her hands stiffly and made a motion to stop talking.

The young man who just now arrogantly shouted "Don't bully the poor young" on the stage was now blushing from his face to his neck.