Chapter 490 (1/2)

Chapter 490: Filthy Rich

Translator: GravityTales Editor: GravityTales

In the afternoon, Chen Zhizhong and Gu Xiaoxue accompanied Tang Xiu in leaving Paradise Manor. As for Ouyang Lulu, she didn’t detain them since there were things that they needed to handle. She just asked Tang Xiu to visit it if he had the time.

After arriving at Bluestar Villa Complex, Tang Xiu saw that Chi Nan had already brought in the two housemaids she had hired for him. Because Gu Xiaoxue had come and he also had planned for her to take the children with her; hence, having the housemaids to take care of their daily life was no longer needed. However, he still kept them to clean up the house and do the cooking.

“You two, come with me to the study room.”

Right after Chi Nan left, Tang Xiu looked at the other two and spoke.

In the study room.

Just as they took their respective seats, one of the housemaids who was already familiar with the place brought hot tea. It was Tang Xiu who gave her the order.

“Aunt Liu, starting from today, you can do the cleaning in this villa, but leave out this study room. And both of you are not allowed to step into this study room again without my permission.”

The housemaid was a nearly 50-years-old woman named Liu Fen. She hastily replied after hearing it, “All right, I will tell Sister Zhang about this, too.”

After she left the study room, she closed the door from the outside. Afterward, Tang Xiu looked at Chen Zhizhong and said, “Zhizhong, take a look at this list. Help me find the medicinal herbs on it to the best of your abilities. You don’t need to find mature ones, though. I just need them to be still alive and can be replanted. Additionally, if you can get the seedlings of these medicinal herbs, it will do as well.”

Chen Zhizhong received the list, and after having a look at it, he found that hundreds of precious herb were written on it, thus immediately asked, “Master, there are some I’ve never heard of. They should be rare medicinal herbs, though most of the rest are easy to find. About the quantity, I don’t know how much you need…”

“I’m planning to plant an area of 100 mu with medicinal herbs,” said Tang Xiu seriously. “Therefore, the quantity needed will be very huge so you must buy as much as possible. In any case, the more you can buy, the better.”

Setting up a medicinal herbs plantation? At least 100 mu wide?

Shocked, Chen Zhizhong quickly replied, “I understand, Master. I’ll immediately begin the task once I get back to Star City.”

“You need not worry about these herbs’ seedlings., though. You can send a few people to buy a lot of them and then call me after,” said Tang Xiu.

Chen Zhizhong nodded, and put away the list full of names of medicinal herbs in a cautious manner. Then, he said, “Master, I encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation. My progress is very slow regardless of how much effort I pour into it. I found that it’s very hard to absorb the efficacy of a lot of precious herbs that are used for food supplements recently.”

With a strange expression, Tang Xiu looked at him and asked, “You were using precious medicinal herbs as food supplements?”

With a matter-of-factly expression and tone, Chen Zhizhong replied, “Yeah! I’m running a medicinal herb business, after all! Whenever I found medicinal herbs of good quality, such as several hundred years old ginseng, Ganoderma Lucidums, Cordyceps, and other good things, I always keep some of them. Recently, maybe due to have taken too many of them and the efficacy of those herbs having accumulated in my body, I realized that it had gotten very difficult to absorb them. Even taking medicated diet may cause night sweat and nosebleeds.”

Tang Xiu was speechless. He looked at Gu Xiaoxue, who was similarly showing a strange expression. Then, he shook his head and smiled, “It seems like you have really wasted too many medicinal herbs. Alright, then! Whenever you obtain medicinal herbs later, send all of them to the Everlasting Feast Hall’s HQ in Jingmen Island. You will then receive medicinal pills in exchange for them. Taking these medicinal herbs directly, even if you take them in a form of medicated diet, the efficacy that can be absorbed will only reach a certain extent, and the benefits it will bring for your cultivation won’t be too significant. But refining them into medicinal pills or elixirs is a different case altogether, for it will be easier to absorb the efficacy after the refinement.”

Medicinal pills and elixirs?

As a matter of fact, Chen Zhizhong had heard about medicinal pills. But how could he know that there were people in the Everlasting Feast Hall’s HQ who could concoct medicinal pills? Regret immediately filled his heart after hearing Tang Xiu’s explanation. Nevertheless, filthy rich as he was, he soon calmed his mind and said, “Speaking of which, I’m going to ask you something, Master. Is it alright for me to visit the Everlasting Feast Hall’s HQ in Jingmen Island whenever I have some free time?”

A smile outlined on the corner of Tang Xiu’s mouth. There was a hint of teasing in his eyes, as he nodded and chuckled, “You proposed this yourself, then go there if you want! When you’ve collected enough herbs and seeds for me., make arrangement for your company first, and then come back here to do a special training for several months! I’m sure it will help you a lot.”

Looking overjoyed, Chen Zhizhong respectfully replied, “All right! I will certainly have it done as soon as possible.”

Then, Tang Xiu shifted his vision to Gu Xiaoxue and asked, “Do you have some medicinal pills on you now?”

“Yeah, I brought some with me.”

Two jade bottles appeared in Gu Xiaoxue’s hand as she said, “These are Essence Amassing Pills. There are a total 20 of them in these two bottles. Taking one pill at a time will add three years’ worth of cultivation.”

“Give them to him! Additionally, exchange it for the medicinal pills quota set up for the Everlasting Feast Hall’s core members, and give him the list of medicinal herbs that are needed to concoct it. Zhizhong, if you want to get these medicinal pills later, you can go the Everlasting Feast Hall’s HQ in Jingmen Island and do the exchange yourself. However, the HQ has a limited number of medicinal pills, so do not use your wealth and wantonly exchange for them, got it?”