The realm of Qi gathering is the starting point of martial arts practice.
In this realm, what needs to be done is to absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, integrate it into the body, and transform it into true energy, which is stored in the meridians throughout the body.
The meridians in the human body are very small at first and can only hold a small amount of true energy.
If you want to accommodate more true energy, you need to practice exercises to further open up the meridians and make them larger and wider.
When the meridians are developed to a certain extent, the accumulated Qi can explode with the power of an ox, which is considered to have entered the 'First Level of Qi Gathering'.
If you want to become stronger, you need to further develop your meridians.
"I have been practicing for five days so far... Now, the energy accumulated in the meridians in my body is enough to explode with the power of half a bull!"
In a certain room at Magnolia Chamber of Commerce, Zhou Donghuang, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed practicing, opened his eyes.
"In the future, within five days at most, I will be able to successfully enter the first level of Qi Gathering and become a martial arts monk at the first level of Qi Gathering!"
At this thought, Zhou Donghuang's eyes lit up.
"Today is... December 20, 1227 in the Ziyun Calendar."
After taking off yesterday's old calendar, Zhou Donghuang looked at the new page of the calendar and his pupils subconsciously shrank.
In the previous life, it was on this day that someone from the Lin family in the county came to announce the decision of the head of the Lin family:
In view of the fact that the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce leaked the Lin family's precious prescriptions, the Lin family no longer supported the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce. At the same time, Lin Lan, the president of the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce, was expelled from the Lin family.
Then, his mother, Lin Lan, was angered to death.
"Master! Someone from the Lin family in the county is here!"
Zhou Donghuang's wandering thoughts were completely brought back as Granny Lian's voice came in from outside.
Immediately, he left the room and walked to the living room with Granny Lian.
"Lin Lan, this is a letter from the Fourth Elder to you."
As soon as the two of them arrived outside the living room door, they heard a strong voice coming from inside.
In the living room, a middle-aged man wearing a green robe with a dusty face handed a sealed letter into Lin Lan's hand.
"You read this letter first, and then I will talk about the family master's decision for you... This is what the fourth elder requested when he handed the letter to me before I left."
"Speaking of which, you have to thank the fourth elder. If it weren't for the fourth elder, you would have been expelled from the Lin family!"
After the middle-aged man handed the letter to Lin Lan, he said to Lin Lan.
When Zhou Donghuang and Granny Lian walked into the living room together, Lin Lan had already opened the letter and read it in a hurry.
And her face became very ugly in an instant, and her body was even more shaky.
"Mom! What's going on?"
Zhou Donghuang's expression changed, and he reached out to grab the letter in Lin Lan's hand, but was stopped by Lin Lan.
"Brother, believe me, I've finished reading it... Just tell me."
Lin Lan took a deep breath and said to the middle-aged man, but her eyes were full of anger and unwillingness.
"In view of the fact that the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce leaked the prescription for hemostasis powder given by the family, from now on, the family will no longer support the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time, the land deed of the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce will be withdrawn."
"You have three days to move out of the Yulan Chamber of Commerce... Three days later, another person sent by the family will take over this place and establish a new chamber of commerce."
The middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "The head of the family has decided that you, Lin Lan, will not be allowed to step into the family gate again unless summoned by the family in the future."
At this point, the middle-aged man paused, shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, your luck is pretty good..."
"Recently, the fourth elder obtained a better prescription for hemostasis powder outside and handed it over to the family. The head of the family thought about this and did not expel you from the family."
"Otherwise, it is impossible not to be expelled from the family for the mistakes you have committed!"
As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, Zhou Donghuang's face turned gloomy, murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and his fists clenched tightly together even more subconsciously.
Sure enough, he guessed it right.
The fourth elder of the Lin family in the county was indeed greedy for the prescription given by his mother, but he did not keep it for himself and use it for other purposes. Instead, he handed it over to the family in his own name for credit and benefits.
Granny Lian's expression also changed.
Just when she was about to say something, Lin Lan stopped her. At the same time, he took a step forward and said to the middle-aged man in a deep voice: "Brother, please give me a message to the head of the family... Just say, I, Lin Lan, thank the head of the family very much. show mercy."
"Um."
The middle-aged man nodded lightly, and then said: "Next, I have to inform the clan brother who is stationed here at the second level of Qi Gathering that the clan wants to call him back."
The leader of the second-level Qi Gathering guard of the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce is a descendant of the Lin family from the county town sent to Qingshan Town to guard the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce.
Now that the Lin family no longer supports the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce, they will naturally not let him stay here.
The middle-aged man finished speaking and left the living room.
"Miss, why didn't you tell him that the prescription for the anti-hemorrhage powder that the fourth elder handed over to the family was actually yours to hand over to the family?"
Granny Lian was so angry that she would have spoken out about it herself if Lin Lan hadn't stopped her.
Zhou Donghuang also looked at Lin Lan.
"My arms can't hold my thighs."
Lin Lan smiled bitterly and sighed, and at the same time handed the letter in his hand to Granny Lian.
Granny Lian opened it and looked at it for a while, then her expression suddenly changed, "Shameless! So shameless! That Lin Tonghong deserves to die!"
Lin Tonghong is the fourth elder of the Lin family in the county.
At this time, Zhou Donghuang also walked to Granny Lian and read the contents of the letter.
"Lin Lan, I know that you peeked at the prescription for hemostasis powder that I got. That is the prescription that I am going to hand over to the family. If you dare to spread it in private, even if you are not afraid of death, you should think more about your... As the son of a martial arts loser."
Lin Tonghong's letter did not reveal that he had taken Lin Lan's prescription, nor did it threaten Lin Lan.
I have to say that he is very clever at this.
"Threatening my mother with me?"
Zhou Donghuang's lips curled up with an evil twist, and he sneered in his heart, "You, Lin Tonghong, hand over those prescriptions to the Lin family, and the Lin family will definitely not treat you badly."
"I'll let you be happy for a few more days... After a while, I will go to the county in person, visit the Lin family, and meet you, the fourth elder of the Lin family!"
Zhou Donghuang knew in his heart that it would be useless no matter what he said to the Lin family members now, because they would not believe him.
Of course, he could write a better prescription for hemostasis powder in front of the other party.
But, so what
It doesn't mean that the fourth elder of the Lin family stole his prescription.
In addition, given Zhou Donghuang's character, he prefers to come to settle the debts owed to him by others himself!
"Mom, don't worry... I will give you justice in this matter."
Zhou Donghuang looked at Lin Lan and made a serious promise.
"Donghuang, don't do anything stupid... Remember, mother only wants you to be safe, nothing else matters."
Lin Lan tried her best to smile and said to Zhou Donghuang: "Moreover, the head of the family did not expel me from the Lin family. Although he deprived me of the right to return to the Lin family at any time, I am still a member of the Lin family."
Zhou Donghuang knew in his heart that what his mother cared about most in her life, besides him and Chen Dandan, was the identity of the Lin family.
Secondly, there is the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce.
Not long ago, Chen Dandan's betrayal broke his mother's heart. Now, all his mother cares about is his identity and that of the Lin family.
In his previous life, his mother committed suicide precisely because she was expelled from the Lin family.
But this time, his mother was not expelled from the Lin family, so naturally she would not seek death like in her previous life.
"Mom, you and Granny Lian clean up... Two days later, we will go to Yunxuan Restaurant together. Yunxuan Restaurant, in addition to the dining place in the front that is open to the public, there is also a courtyard in the back that is not open to the public, where Zhao San lived before. Now that he's gone, we can live there."
Zhou Donghuang said to Lin Lan.
The Yunxuan Restaurant that Zhao San gave him became his next place to stay, which made Zhou Donghuang feel more and more that his decision to help Zhao San cure his stubborn illness was right.
"If you didn't tell me, I almost forgot... My son is now the owner of Yunxuan Restaurant."
Hearing Zhou Donghuang's words, Lin Lan laughed, and her originally dull eyes suddenly became brighter.
After the visitors from the Lin family left with the second-level Qi Gathering guard leader from the Yulan Chamber of Commerce, Lin Lan summoned a group of maids and guards from the Yulan Chamber of Commerce and asked them if they were willing to follow them to Yunxuan Restaurant.
If you don't want to, you can receive three months' salary and leave on your own.
Although the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce is about to become history, Lin Lan is not short of money.
Yunxuan Restaurant is the most profitable business in Qingshan Town. The daily income is much better than that of Yulan Chamber of Commerce. In the end, none of the maids and guards left, and they were all willing to follow.
This also made Lin Lan very happy.
At the same time, the news about the Lin family's handling of the Yulan Chamber of Commerce in the county gradually spread throughout Qingshan Town.
For a time, the entire Qingshan Town knew that the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce was going to collapse.
Three days later, additional people sent by the Lin family in the county will go to Qingshan Town to establish a new chamber of commerce.
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The royal residence.
In a spacious yard.
"Dad, I asked Li Xian, the shopkeeper of Yunxuan Restaurant, privately... He said that there is nothing to do between Zhao San and that little beast Zhou Donghuang. Zhao San will not care whether Zhou Donghuang is alive or dead."
"The reason why he gave Yunxuan Restaurant to that little beast seems to be because the little beast did him a favor. He was just returning the favor."
As night fell, Wang Danhe just came back from outside and came to find his father, the previous head of the Wang family, Wang Yukun.
Wang Yukun, who is also the only Qi-gathering second-level martial arts monk in the Wang family, went on a long trip some time ago and only came back last night.
"Now, the Qi-gathering second-level martial arts monk from the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce has been taken away by the Wang family in the county. The only people Zhou Donghuang, that little beast, can rely on are Lin Lan and the old woman next to Lin Lan."
"One Lin Lan, my second brother and I can easily solve it together. The old woman next to Lin Lan is also a martial arts monk at the first level of Qi gathering. I will take two elders of the first level of Qi gathering to deal with her."
Wang Danhe said his plan, "I'm going to take people there tomorrow... Dad, you don't have to go there, they are not worthy of you."
In his words, Zhou Donghuang was not mentioned at all, as if Zhou Donghuang did not pose any threat to them, the first-level Qi gathering martial arts monks.
Of course, this was also because Hong Yue, the president of the Sunset Chamber of Commerce, was concerned about his face and did not spread the news that he was defeated by Zhou Donghuang.
Otherwise, Wang Danhe would not dare to ignore Zhou Donghuang like this.
"I will take Feng'er there with you tomorrow."
Wang Yukun said with a cold expression: "Lin Lan and that old woman are left to you... That little beast, I will personally capture him and hand him over to Feng'er so that Feng'er can kill him with his own hands!"