Chapter 9 This World
The second floor of the herbal medicine store has two bedrooms and a living room, with only a wooden table and four chairs in the living room.
The old beggar sat at a wooden table, leisurely sipping tea, as if he were the master of the place. The midday sun shone in from behind him, making it difficult to see his true face.
Li Wudao didn't know the old beggar's purpose. He protected Qi Meng behind him and asked respectfully, "Senior, are you here to buy medicine?"
The old beggar looked Geren up and down, then turned his gaze to Qimeng.
He said nothing, left only one thing, then stood up and left.
Li Wudao didn't know his strength and didn't dare to say anything, so he could only watch him leave.
"What's the meaning of this bell left by this old beggar?" Li Wudao asked puzzledly, picking up the item left by the old beggar.
It was a small bell, only half an inch in size, golden in color, with a golden thread strung across the top. Li Wudao struck it, and the bell rang, suggesting it was made of brass.
There are carvings of dragons and phoenixes on it, and five ancient words engraved on it: This world!
"The old beggar is indeed a weirdo!" Qi Meng took the bronze bell, looked at it for a while, and said with a faint smile: "This is not a bell, it is clearly a woman's anklet!"
As she spoke, Qi Meng sat on a chair, revealing her fair, delicate feet, with the gold thread tied around her ankles. Slightly swaying her feet, her five toes felt like white jade, and the sound of bronze bells rang out.
She is like a fairy on earth, everything about her is beautiful.
Li Wudao felt something was amiss. Could it be that the old beggar broke into his house just to give him an anklet? Things didn't seem that simple.
"Oh no! I can't take it off!" Qi Meng wanted to take off the anklet, but found that the gold thread was impossible to break and it was firmly stuck together.
Li Wudao was startled and quickly squatted down, ready to help Qi Meng untie the knot. Unfortunately, after working hard for a long time, he still couldn't do it.
"Why are you blushing, you little bitch? If you can't take it off, forget it." Li Wudao looked at the blush on Qi Meng's pretty face, raised his left hand that had pinched her feet, and said with disgust: "You little bitch, your feet smell!"
"Bah, get out!..." Qi Meng spat at Li Wudao, and her pretty face became even redder.
Li Wudao ignored Qi Meng's little thoughts and went downstairs to fiddle with the medicinal herbs, preparing to open the herbal medicine store.
Qi Meng watched Li Wudao leave and recalled the conversation she had with her father.
Qi Ling had been seriously injured for a long time and was beyond medical help, but he was worried about Qi Meng and so he passed away. Before his death, Qi Ling asked Qi Meng which young man she had chosen.
Qi Meng didn't even think about it and just said it was Li Wudao.
Although Li Wudao was not a strong warrior, and had an ordinary appearance and a thin body, he had a cheerful personality, a natural optimism, and had even been very caring towards Qi Meng.
When getting along with Li Wudao, Qi Meng just felt particularly comfortable.
She didn't want him to be powerful, she just wanted him to treat her with respect.
"Hmph, you jerk. You don't want to marry me because you don't want to treat me badly. How could I not know that?" Qi dreamed that Li Wudao's cultivation was clearly not high, but every time she encountered danger, he would protect her behind him. A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Looking at the bronze bell tied to her right foot, Qi Meng put on her shoes and socks and quietly left through the second-floor window.
In the first-floor storefront of the herbal medicine store, Li Wudao looked at the full shelves on the wall and smiled with satisfaction.
Four chairs and a small tea table are placed in the corner to the right of the entrance, providing a place for customers to rest their feet. A balance scale and an abacus are placed on the counter, representing business integrity.
As long as the signboard is in place, Li Wudao's herbal medicine store can be opened.
Medicinal materials and finished medicines are all within the business scope of the herbal medicine store.
Martial arts are prevalent in this world, and everyone knows how to treat themselves. They can buy medicine for any problem they have. The only things they lack are herbs and medicines.
"Oh! Is this a newly opened herbal medicine store?" Just as Li Wudao was busy, a pot-bellied, greasy man walked in.
He had a mustache, slightly raised temples, and was dressed in cool, high-quality silk, with a hint of wealth. He was a master of the Bitter Sea Realm, and he looked around the herbal medicine store as soon as he entered.
Li Wudao was also looking at him. Yilong Town was located in a remote area, and there was no such fabric as silk. This showed that this was an outsider warrior.
"Are you here to buy medicine?" Li Wudao asked, not knowing why he came.
"Haha!" But the man smiled with a fake smile, sitting on the chair by himself, pouring himself some tea while saying, "Buying medicine? We're enemies!"
Li Wudao narrowed his eyes and looked at the man's rude look, feeling a little unhappy.
What is an enemy? People in the same industry are enemies!
The man looked around the herbal medicine store as soon as he entered, clearly coming to investigate the market.
Originally, Li Wudao was the only medicinal material merchant in Yilong Town. Unexpectedly, the Kujing Mountains attracted many competitors, bringing in traffic while also bringing in competitiveness from outside.
"Oh?" Knowing that this person was from the same industry, Li Wudao tensed up, not wanting to be looked down upon by his opponent!
After looking around the herbal medicine shop, the man looked at Li Wudao's clothes and said disdainfully, "Look how shabby you are! With your financial resources, I'm afraid you won't be able to do this business right away!"
"You!" Li Wudao was furious when he heard this, pointing at the man but unable to say anything.
Li Wudao's long green robe had a hint of shabbyness. Compared with the man's fine silk and rich appearance, it was indeed not good enough.
Seeing that Li Wudao was so angry that he couldn't speak, the man sneered triumphantly, the flesh on his face shook, and he picked up the tea on the table and prepared to drink it.
"Who said my husband is shabby?" Just then, Qi Meng walked in from the gate.
In her hand, she held a stack of banknotes, each with a face value of one hundred taels, a total of twenty or thirty of them. This drew the man's attention, his eyes widening, unable to look away.
"This is... San Jinyuan's silver notes! There are so many of them!" The knowledgeable man told the origin of the silver notes with a look of shock on his face.
The name Sanjinyuan was clearly a bit unlucky, but it was the continent's leading bank, with branches across the country. Their banknotes were impossible to forge, and no one dared to forge them.
"Why did you come back from outside?" Li Wudao ignored his competitors' shock and instead became concerned about Qi Meng.
Qi Meng found a chair and sat down, the copper bell on her feet tinkling, and she said casually: "We've moved, and I have to take the banknotes under the corner too!"
The man was so shocked that the front legs of his chair lifted up three-quarters and he almost fell down.
The banknotes are thrown in the corner, how rich it would be!
The man felt his face flushed when he thought about himself showing off his wealth in front of Li Wudao and thinking that Li Wudao was too shabby.
"Brother, from now on we have to interact more often! Take care of each other's business!" The man's mind raced, and he said sincerely with a smile on his face.
"Oh?" Li Wudao looked at him and asked with some doubt in his voice.
This person is arrogant at first but respectful later. He changes his face so quickly that it is unheard of. You can tell at first glance that he is a snob.
Taking care of each other's business? Isn't that like trying to get the skin of a tiger?
Seeing Li Wudao's serious expression, the man laughed and left in dejection.
He originally wanted to intimidate Li Wudao, but ended up getting slapped in the face, which made him very depressed.
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