Chapter 9

Wang Xiaofei had no idea how much alcohol he had consumed. When he woke up the next day, it was already late. Looking out the window, he saw a bright and sunny day, with the warm sunlight shining on his body.

Massaging his temples, Wang Xiaofei gradually recovered. He had really drunk too much last night.

Lying there, letting the sunlight bathe his body, Wang Xiaofei began to think about his future.

Yesterday was the first time Wang Xiaofei had completely let go. Upon waking up, he felt a sense of clarity in his mind. The matter with Li Fangfang was now removed from his heart, and it would no longer affect him.

Now that he had some money, he could afford to send his younger sister to college and help improve his family's living conditions. It was time to think about his own future development.

Wang Xiaofei knew that as someone who had been in prison, his path in society would be much narrower. Of course, if he wanted to follow the path of the big brothers he knew, that was one option, but he was clear that his path would be completely different from theirs.

Cultivation!

This was an idea Wang Xiaofei had long had. Since he had obtained such an opportunity, he would walk down the endless path of cultivation.

While in prison, Wang Xiaofei had been practicing a set of cultivation techniques called the "Transcendence and Ascension Technique." This technique was divided into two parts: the first part was called the "Transcendence Technique," and the second part was called the "Ascension Technique." So far, Wang Xiaofei had only obtained the first level of the "Transcendence Technique." According to the transmitted content, he would only be able to obtain the subsequent techniques after mastering the previous ones.

The "Transcendence Technique" contained a lot of content. Wang Xiaofei had been practicing it in prison, but so far, it had only made his body stronger. He had some sense of qi, but it was far too weak compared to what the technique required.

After some research, Wang Xiaofei realized that each level of the technique required medicinal liquids or pills as aids; otherwise, it would be impossible to cultivate successfully.

Now that he was out, it seemed that he needed to obtain these medicinal aids.

Actually, when he was in the mountains last time, Wang Xiaofei had already been searching for various medicinal herbs. However, the village he was in was not a medicinal mountain, and he could only find a few types of herbs. The most important one, a hundred-year-old ginseng, was something he could not obtain from the back mountain.

As long as he had the medicinal aids, he could enter the first level of qi cultivation, and then he could directly absorb the spiritual energy from the sky. Only then would his cultivation path truly open up.

After thinking for a while, Wang Xiaofei got up, washed up, and then went out of the room.

"Mr. Wang, Mr. Cao and the others are upstairs having tea. They said to come up when you wake up."

A sweet-looking girl saw Wang Xiaofei come out and hurriedly greeted him.

Led by the girl, Wang Xiaofei arrived at the top floor.

The top floor had been renovated, with plenty of green plants and soothing music playing, which refreshed his mind.

Wang Xiaofei saw that Niu Qianjin and the others were already sitting there, chatting and laughing.

Seeing Wang Xiaofei come in, Niu Qianjin smiled and said, "You drank so much last night!"

Wang Xiaofei greeted everyone and sat down, saying, "I forgot to take some hangover medicine. If I had taken it, this amount of alcohol wouldn't have been a problem." With them, Wang Xiaofei felt quite relaxed, and he could see that they were genuinely concerned about him.

"Is it really that effective?"

To his surprise, everyone looked at him, clearly very interested in the hangover medicine.

"Of course it's effective. If I had the herbs, I could have taken it right away."

Cao Yonghe looked at Wang Xiaofei and said, "Tell me which herbs you need, and I'll have someone buy them immediately."

This wasn't a big deal; it was just a matter of selecting the right herbs. Wang Xiaofei took a piece of paper and a pen from the girl and wrote down a few herbs, saying, "They are all common herbs, and the pharmacy should have them."

"Go buy them."

Cao Yonghe waved at the girl.

After the girl left, Cao Yonghe smiled and said, "You don't know how much we in the business world dread drinking. There are many occasions where we can't avoid it, and frequent drunkenness is harmful to our health!"

Niu Qianjin nodded and said, "You can't do business without drinking. Sometimes, people challenge you, and you can't refuse. At our age, we need to take care of our health!"

Pang Daxiong asked, "Is the hangover medicine harmful to the body?"

Wang Xiaofei replied, "It's not harmful; it can even detoxify. No matter how much you drink, you can just urinate it out."

Everyone laughed.

Pang Daxiong said, "You have quite a few good things. If it really works, it could be a lifesaver to carry some with you."

After chatting for a while, Wang Xiaofei said, "Is there a place in the county to buy hundred-year-old ginseng? I want to buy some for my medicine."

Cao Yonghe shook his head and said, "Hundred-year-old ginseng is a rare thing. I don't think there's any in the county. You might have to go to the provincial capital to get it."

"That's right. This kind of herb is rare on the market, and even if you see it, many are fake," Pang Daxiong agreed.

"Do you need hundred-year-old ginseng for your medicine?" Niu Qianjin asked.

Wei Bugao said, "Didn't they auction a 30-gram wild hundred-year-old ginseng for three million yuan recently?"

Knowing that hundred-year-old ginseng was expensive, Wang Xiaofei hadn't expected it to be so expensive. Thinking about his money, he realized he was still a poor man. No wonder cultivation was a costly affair.

There was no way around it; the key to the "Transcendence Technique" was the foundational process of cultivating primordial energy, which required at least a hundred-year-old ginseng as the main herb. Wang Xiaofei knew he had to buy it no matter the cost.

Cao Yonghe smiled and said, "As long as Xiaofei's alcohol is produced and sold, money shouldn't be a problem."

Niu Qianjin then looked at Wang Xiaofei and said, "Xiaofei, go back and prepare ten jars of that alcohol, and I'll get you a wild ginseng over three hundred years old."

"Over three hundred years!" Wang Xiaofei's eyes lit up. If it was over three hundred years old, he could use it twice, and maybe after two uses, he could enter the second level of qi cultivation. This was good news.

"Alright, ten jars it is!"

Zheng Linwei quickly said, "But don't affect the alcohol we've ordered."

Wang Xiaofei said, "The main issue is finding the herbs. Once I find them, it's not difficult to prepare. Just bring a few dozen jars of old white spirit to my place, and I'll prepare them for you to pick up."

Pang Daxiong said, "That's not a big deal. I'll arrange it immediately."

As they were talking, the girl who went to buy the herbs had already returned with them.