Chen Banyu fainted.
What is going on
Lin Qinghen didn't have time to explain. He led her inside and reached out to pull Lin Yunsi and Li Yan in as well. He also asked her to call Song Xuemiao and gave her a few more instructions, asking her to bring a few things for him when she arrived.
Chen Banyu followed him inside and kept looking at the people in the yard.
It’s not easy.
In this short journey, he had seen several Heaven Rank and quite a few Earth Rank. Although they were a little confused when they saw him, they did not ask too many questions. The main thing was that they all addressed Yin Jiuxiao "Young Master" very politely, but they called Lin Qinghen "Young Master's Husband" instead of "Young Master's Husband".
Lin Qinghen... President Lin
Many of them were obviously not from the Yin family, which made Chen Banyu even more confused.
What happened to Beizhou
When he entered the room inside the courtyard, Chen Banyu, full of doubts, saw another familiar figure.
"Senior Zhang Fu?"
"Mr. Yao Zun? You..."
Chen Banyu was indeed a social butterfly among the alchemists, so it was natural for her to know Zhang Fu, who was older and more experienced. She looked at Zhang Fu, then at Lin Qinghen, Yin Jiuxiao, and the people around her, and finally asked, "What's going on?"
When Lin Qinghen walked out of Beizhou at this time, the first batch of people that came out were about sixty, not many, but they were all elite.
Lin Qinghen picked out the three best-looking alchemists in Diemeng and brought Zhang Fu out with him, along with a few smart and account-savvy assistants, in preparation for opening a branch of Diemeng Pharmacy here.
Yin Jiuxiao brought Wei Lin, as well as a dozen smart men from the Wolf Clan, and three Heavenly Rank men from the mercenary group that he had recruited. These men had fought in big battles with him, and were now very honest. Moreover, they were all low-star Heavenly Rank men. If they got crazy and wanted to cause trouble, Yin Jiuxiao and Wei Lin could easily handle them, but it seemed like they wouldn't dare to do so now.
The rest all belong to the Yin family.
A few selected Earth-rank people and those who came voluntarily, such as Yin Rongyu and Yin Ye, and Ding Lian also came with the five people in the team. The composition was quite diverse, with all kinds of people and all levels, gathered into a group, and was quite well organized.
Lin Qinghen asked Chen Banyu to sit down and put the pot of Begonia on the table. Song Xuemiao arrived soon and handed him a bag of things. He then began to slowly mix something that Chen Banyu could not understand. He only felt that the spiritual energy was very strong. Then he started to explain to him briefly what had happened in the Yin family recently.
Chen Banyu also knew that the Yin family had had a hard time over the past decade, but he had also been a wanted criminal for over twenty years and could barely protect himself. Moreover, if he showed up, it would easily bring disaster upon himself. He was willing but unable to do anything.
But I never expected that the Yin family could turn things around in such a short time, and to the point where I couldn't understand it.
"That's about it... In a few days, they will be able to wipe out Wang Yulin, and the Yin family will be the real ruler of Beizhou. Such big news is completely unknown to the outside world. Of course, we also deliberately blocked it, otherwise how could there be a surprise? Isn't it necessary to choose a noble family? The Yin family cannot let everyone down."
Lin Qinghen said as he spread out the pile of mixed powder in his hand and ordered two bee crystal butterflies to absorb it. He then urged the butterflies to scatter the spiritual energy particles digested by the butterflies onto the half-dead flower.
Chen Banyu saw that the flower straightened up as if it had received a sweet rain, as if it had transformed decay into something magical.
“…How did you do that?”
"You will know after you raise it more. Every spiritual plant has its own temperament. This dragon crabapple is not used to the climate and soil, and the spiritual energy cannot be absorbed into it, so it will die naturally. Just change the nutrients it is given," Lin Qinghen smiled. "You see, even if I am not an alchemist, I also understand medicinal materials."
Chen Banyu saw that she was smiling at him, and that she looked more like Shen Luoying. She stuttered and asked again: "Then you, you and the Shen family..."
"Li Yan and I are both related to the Shen family. I know that," Lin Qinghen said. Chen Banyu could see it, so there was no need for him to deny it. "But the Shen family may not be completely trustworthy. At least for now, I don't plan to acknowledge them right away."
The reborn Yin Jiuxiao's evaluation of this family is very complicated and cannot be simply described as good or bad. After all, it is a family, not just a certain person.
The old patriarch of the Shen family, Shen Luoying's father, had a kind and amiable personality. In other words, he was too weak, but he no longer cared about things. The new patriarch, Shen Luofei, did have deep feelings for his sister and had always been attentive to her, but as the patriarch, he could not act on his emotions most of the time.
The Shen family has all kinds of people, some are honest and kind, while others are treacherous and evil. After all, all the hardships Shen Liyan had to endure when he returned home in his previous life were not in vain. What's more, if Fu Xin Miao Fa comes to interfere at this time, it will only make things worse.
The outside world cannot be relied upon solely by "family affection".
Chen Banyu frowned and thought for a while, then sorted out the current situation: "Then what do you want me to do?"
"I would like to invite you to join the Northern State Alchemist Association," Lin Qinghen said, "Now, let's start by opening a medicine store."
"You're opening a pharmacy on the Shen family's territory?"
Chen Banyu thought it was simply a fantasy.
Originally, he thought that these two people wanted him to come here in order to get him to join the Yin family. Chen Banyu had thought about it on the way here and was quite willing to do so.
But he didn't expect that between Yin Jiuxiao who had recovered and Lin Qinghen, the one who was mainly facing him was Lin Qinghen.
When Lin Qinghen explained it before, he just briefly mentioned many things without going into detail, which resulted in Chen Banyu, who was waiting for his turn, having no idea what the pills produced by Diemeng were like.
Chen Banyu thought that he didn't understand, so he began to explain earnestly: "You don't understand, why is it that the most lively place in Sunset City is only the medicinal materials market and not the elixir market? It's because as long as you go to Xizhou, the only medicine store is Shen's Medicine Store. Even Bai Lu Zongheng can't get involved. The other medicine stores are not even worth a lot. How can you compete with them?"
Lin Qinghen naturally knew it too.
I found out everything before coming here.
The Shen family is an ancient family of alchemists, and the family fortunes have also had their ups and downs. Alchemists have no ability to protect themselves, and when they are down they have to find someone to rely on. For example, when Shen Luoying got married, the Shen family was in a period of bad luck.
Not long after entering the house, Lin Zhongtian brought in a concubine. The Shen family was naturally angry about this great humiliation, but there was nothing they could do.
Shen Luoying knew that the Lin family would be needed at that time, so for the survival of her family, she endured it.
This situation did not start to improve until her brother Shen Luofei came to power. The Shen family learned from their mistakes and changed their style. First, this was because the head of the family was indeed talented, and the new generation of the Shen family was trained, so the output of top-notch elixirs was immediately increased; second, Shen Luofei developed a new sales method for Shen's Pharmacy - a customer grading system, which changed the previous elixir supply model.
In Shen's Pharmacy, customers are divided into six levels, and they can upgrade after spending a certain amount of pills. Some precious and rare pills that have been enhanced by the Shen family's special abilities are only available to customers of certain levels. There is no price increase, and the price is even very low compared horizontally. It's just a matter of qualification.
The extremely precious Heaven Grade Pills produced by the direct descendants of the Shen Family have always been in short supply and have been fought over by some forces for many years. These are not sold in auction houses, but only supplied to high-level customers, with very reasonable or even low prices. The most important thing is that they are produced by the Shen Family, with stable quality, and sometimes even extraordinary performance, which makes a lot of money.
This enabled the Shen family to get in touch with other aristocratic families, and they also reached stable supply cooperation with many second- and third-rate forces, and attracted some combat-oriented heavenly-level spiritual masters to join the family as guardians, and the family was completely renewed in a short time.
For ordinary people in Xizhou, even if the ordinary pills from Shen's Pharmacy are not blessed with special spiritual essence, their quality as products from a family of alchemy is slightly better than that of Bai Lu Zongheng.
Moreover, once you purchase a certain level and are able to buy level-limited elixirs, not only will it be good for you to use them yourself, you can also make a lot of money by reselling them. Many people in Xizhou make a living from this and do very well.
Later, the relationship between the Shen family and Fuxin Miaofa improved, and Fuxin Hall provided them with a large number of alchemist resources, supporting the Shen's pharmacy throughout Xizhou. If it were not for the fact that the Shen family's spiritual marrow was indeed difficult to inherit, and the direct descendants were so small, and the supply of high-level elixirs was limited, otherwise this business empire would probably have been more than just Xizhou long ago.
When the Shen family became powerful, Shen Luoying wanted to negotiate a divorce with the Lin family and return with the child in her belly, but Lin Zhongtian refused and dragged it out for a while, which resulted in this person not being saved in the end.
As far as Lin Qinghen was concerned, the head of the Shen family was actually selling the high-level elixirs produced by the Shen family as luxury goods, which was indeed in line with the positioning of luxury goods.
Although they also use a similar point system, Lin Qinghen takes a people-friendly and universal route. His current direction does not actually conflict with the Shen family's. On the contrary, they complement each other to some extent.
The Shen family is indeed very powerful in the high-end market. They are unique and irreplaceable in the spiritual world, and they can use this to bundle the mass market and soar to the top, but this bundling relationship is actually not stable enough.
The yellow-grade and black-grade elixirs of this store are slightly better than those of Bailu Pharmacy, but not significantly so. They just have their added value as a basis for customers to upgrade, and they don't have a big advantage in quality. However, Lin Qinghen does.
If both the upper and lower parts can be done well, the effect of the sum of the two will naturally be greater than the sum of the two.
Lin Qinghen knew how to compensate for each other, and he also knew that he had a layer of relatives, but it was precisely because of this that he was more cautious and could seek cooperation, not be used, and certainly not be swallowed up.
According to Lin Qinghen's personality, even if they cooperate, he often has to take the initiative, but the Shen family is probably not an easy person to deal with.
To be honest, Lin Qinghen actually only cares about Shen Luoying now. He has never met the others. It will not be too late to talk about family affection when both sides are on an equal footing.
"I will be responsible for the matter of the elixir. I think this medicine store can be opened, so it will be opened. Medicine Master, you may as well give it a try. If I fail, I will still keep this flower alive for you, and you can leave at any time."
Chen Banyu looked at her, then at the flowers on the table, then at Yin Jiuxiao, and asked, "Do you have any objections?"
After Yin Jiuxiao took off his mask, his aura became elusive. Several Heavenly Ranks in the yard obviously heard it, but it was Lin Qinghen who was talking here.
"Qinghen has always been in charge of the elixirs. What opinion do I have?"
So Chen Banyu was silent for a long time, and then said, "Then what do you want me to do?"
Lin Qinghen just smiled and said nothing.
As soon as Chen Banyu pointed out, the actions on the side of the city were very fast. About three days later, the elder Yuanjiang who came to Sunset City could no longer sit still.
I received two bottles of medicine that were both familiar and unfamiliar. It was said that they were sold by a new medicine shop that opened today in the city.
—Those are two bottles of hemostatic powder.