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Chapter 846 - Chapter 846 Chapter 846 Rewards for Merits

Chapter 846: Chapter 846: Rewards for Merits Chapter 846: Chapter 846: Rewards for Merits “`

King Crow had not expected that the person in the car would be someone other than Feng Jun; however, since it had caught up, it might as well see what they were up to.

Crows have excellent vision, surpassing even that of Hua Hua.

Soaring high in the sky, it spotted one of Elder Peng’s lackeys leaving a paper package on a bench.

Soon it noticed something was amiss because another person nonchalantly picked up the package and walked away.

Not only was the crow’s vision sharp, but its sense of smell was keen too–being a scavenger, how could its nose not be?

Gliding swiftly over the bench, it caught a faint scent of medicine–not the smell of Western drugs but of Chinese herbal medicine.

It immediately realized that, most likely, Elder Peng’s people were smuggling out medicines from Luohua Manor.

It knew all too well how precious the medicines from Luohua Manor were, and excitement surged within it: It was about to distinguish itself!

It was well aware of Feng Jun’s generous rewards.

True to King Crow’s nature, it originally wanted to “catch the thief with the loot and the adulterer in the act,” and would have directly attacked the liaison and then let Xu Leigang, who was present, apprehend him.

Don’t think for a moment that a crow can’t overpower a man; King Crow was now brimming with confidence. It was certain that, after attacking the person, it would be able to leave gracefully, or even more so, restrain the person without much issue.

But just as it was about to act, it recalled Feng Jun’s request: do not attack humans unless absolutely necessary.

This was what Feng Jun repeatedly asked of Hua Hua, but King Crow remembered that Feng Jun had made a similar request of it as well.

Anyway, it was set on learning everything from Hua Hua, reflecting a wild crow’s fervent desire for cultivation.

So with a flap of its wings, it returned to find Hua Hua as it felt a prompt response was necessary.

Hua Hua could understand its general intention and, after figuring it out, flapped its wings to find Feng Jun.

After receiving the report, Feng Jun smiled helplessly: How could this matter have escaped his attention?

Nevertheless, since Hua Hua and Xiao Wu were so vigilant, they definitely deserved a reward, so he took out a Nurturing Spirit Pill, “This Nurturing Spirit Pill is for Xiao Wu, and your reward… let’s make a note of it for now.”

Nurturing Spirit Pills are used to feed Spirit Beasts, and the particular one he took out, which he had bought from the market at the Immortal Pavilion, was of lower grade. It was initially meant for Hua Hua, but Hua Hua didn’t deign to eat it–its Storage Ring was still housing a large spider yet to be consumed.

Feng Jun was somewhat reluctant to give the Nurturing Spirit Pill to Xiao Wu, as it wasn’t expensive but still cost Spirit Stones.

More importantly, Xiao Wu hadn’t contributed much to the manor, so why should it be rewarded?

This time, however, King Crow had exerted effort in going to Mount Taibai and had also discovered the outflow of medicines from the manor; its alertness deserved commendation, so Feng Jun combined the two merits and decided to award it a Nurturing Spirit Pill.

However, this Nurturing Spirit Pill was a bit too potent for a crow which probably couldn’t handle it; dividing it into four parts and consuming it slowly was the right way to go.

Hua Hua wasn’t overly hopeful about the reward, having received plenty of valuable items from Feng Jun recently, including the Spider and a new Magic Artifact, and was always indebted to Feng Jun.

After hearing his words, it divided the Nurturing Spirit Pill into four parts, stowed away three, and conveyed a thought: “That one hasn’t been diligent in its cultivation recently, so I plan to give it only one part and use the rest to whet its appetite.”

This creature indeed had the makings of a mentor. Feng Jun smiled and nodded, gesturing, “You handle it… it’s up to you to teach it, after all.”

Watching Hua Hua fly away, Feng Jun frowned slightly: Elder Peng had taken that step after all.

To be honest, he was currently acquiscent regarding the leakage of medicines; otherwise, he would have directly warned Elder Peng: “These medicines cannot be disclosed or do not blame me for being unkind.”

Since advancing to the Dustfree phase and buying many pills from the Immortal Pavilion, he had been contemplating new sources of wealth in the Earth Realm: selling pills could be a good choice.

As a native of Earth, Feng Jun naturally preferred to keep a low profile when unable to secure his wealth, but now that he had some strength, he instinctively thought about bringing benefits to his hometown–a common sentiment among Huaxia Citizens.

Some medicines from Earth could be considered divine on the mobile phone plane, and even more common pills there could fetch good prices here.

He didn’t necessarily have to sell Foundation Establishment Pills; any medicine beneficial to Earthlings could be sold, and what he needed most now was to build up the reputation of Luohua Manor’s pills and then profit from selling ordinary pills.

This was exactly why he had begun to frequently save people–otherwise, with his personality, he would have had no issue at all refusing to help those two individuals without so much as a frown.

Originally, he wanted to sell herbal medicines through the manor, but that would undoubtedly affect the cultivation of the people within the manor, and hiring outsiders would likely make these people interested in cultivation after frequent contact with the manor.

People like Zhuang Haoyun and his son aside, even Li Shishi was now contemplating cultivation–people like Dou Jiahui were truly rare.

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Feng Jun felt that it was best to develop agents–the kind that only involve monetary transactions.

Because he found Hu Shengwei quite agreeable and because the other was a businessman, he had some ideas, but unfortunately, that person’s family had also left, and when they would return was really uncertain.

Feng Jun also didn’t plan to take the initiative to contact Hu Shengwei–chasing after someone wasn’t the way to do business, so it was normal for Elder Peng to play some little tricks.

The medicine that Elder Peng took out was probably about one percent, which, when calculated, was the amount of one portion.

He was, after all, a person with some energy, and the matters he paid attention to were handled very swiftly. Three days later, feedback came: analytically, the medication should be effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis from a pharmacological perspective.

However, what baffled those conducting the test was that they could only identify components in the powder with plant characteristics; the specific composition was truly unidentifiable, with some substances never heard of before, making imitation utterly impossible.

The reliable person Elder Peng relied on had experts state that with just those unknown substances, getting a few papers published wouldn’t be a problem, and if there was theoretical support or relevant models, getting into top-tier academic journals wouldn’t be a problem either.

The experts all indicated that they could fully support the creator of the powder and assist with things like submissions to journals–being credited at the end of the paper would be even better.

Perhaps due to Elder Peng’s reputation, no one expressed the desire to seize this research.

However, what troubled Elder Peng was that everyone said the powder for testing wasn’t enough and hoped to get more of it.

Having already used up one portion, was he supposed to give away another? And what if that still wasn’t enough?

After much deliberation, he steeled his heart and made a decision, alright, I’ll take out one more portion… the last one.

The next day, Elder Peng borrowed a Jeep from Xu Leigang, saying an old friend had come to Zhengyang, and it was not appropriate for him to meet guests at Luohua Manor, so he planned to go out and meet them.

However, when the car reached the entrance, the gatekeepers wouldn’t let them leave; they actually dared to stop the Jeep, which showed some real guts.

But the guard at Dwarf Hill Post said, “Director Yang asked me to stop the car for a moment, please cooperate with us.”

It wasn’t five minutes before Yang Yuxin came over in that big Mercedes from the capital, accompanied by Gu Jiahui in the car.

Elder Peng was still confused, “What’s up, Xiao Yang? Couldn’t you have said this over the phone?”

Yang Yuxin took a deep breath and spoke slowly, “Elder Peng… I respectfully address you as Elder Peng, but there are things I must say, don’t let defiance go too far, often it’s best to stop while you’re ahead.”

Elder Peng’s face darkened, not angry, but clearly not pleased, “What are you trying to say, Xiao Yang?”

“What I want to say is, once is already enough,” Yang Yuxin said calmly, “doing it a second time would be crossing the line.”

Seeing he couldn’t fool her, Elder Peng could only sigh, “I need to talk to Feng Jun.”

“You don’t need to meet him,” Yang Yuxin shook her head and smiled, “This time it’s my personal action, you haven’t left the manor, and the powder hasn’t been taken out, I can plead for you.”

So you really knew it was the powder? Elder Peng sighed, his last bit of hope disappeared into thin air, but he still tried to explain, “Mountain Master Feng never told me not to take the powder out… a hundred portions, I’ll have to take them back to Earth Realm eventually for consumption.”

“If you could just take it openly, why proceed like this?” Yang Yuxin looked at him calmly, “I’m not very clear on these things you said, but sneaking around is always bad.”

Elder Peng sighed, looking at her helplessly, “If you don’t understand, why stop me?”

Yang Yuxin looked at him expressionlessly, “Why… don’t you know? I also want to have a good relationship with Mountain Master Feng.”

“Alright, Mom, stop joking,” Gu Jiahui intervened, her large eyes blinking, “Grandpa Peng, your actions have been discovered by the manor’s Spirit Birds, and now that we know, we can’t just sit back and do nothing.”

Elder Peng blinked, genuinely a bit confused, “Spirit Birds?”

He vaguely understood that the Butterfly in the Lingzhi Formation might be a little peculiar, but… isn’t a butterfly an insect?

“Xiao Wu~” Gu Jiahui called out softly, and suddenly a black shadow dived from the sky.

The shadow was none other than King Crow, flapping its wings as it circled continuously over the head of a young man–the packet of powder was on this young man.

The young man was nervous, nearly breaking down mentally: Are you kidding me, it’s singled me out?

He wanted to destroy the evidence but didn’t dare to decide on his own; he could only look at Elder Peng for help.

Elder Peng’s expression was as if he had been constipated for over a dozen days, “Are you kidding me, your Spirit Birds are actually a scavenger crow?”

Getting caught doing something wrong was frustrating enough, but to have it uncovered by a crow was truly irksome for him.

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