Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 18: Opening Meridians
Including the deluxe editions of the Nine Lives Healing Elixir, Danhan Apothecary's profit alone was nearly 250,000 gold coins. In other words, the cost of the Nine Lives Healing Elixir was almost negligible; any money it brought in was pure profit.
Looking at the numerous elixir seekers outside the shop, while the shop had no elixirs for sale, Lu Jiujun became anxious again.
"Lulu... never mind, I'll go find Brother Mo myself..." Lu Jiujun now completely believed that Mo Wuji had inherited Mo Tiancheng's apothecary legacy, and had even surpassed it. Otherwise, how could he produce the Nine Lives Healing Elixir?
Unlike ten days ago when he was eager to find Mo Wuji, this time, he was anxious for Mo Wuji to quickly concoct the third batch of Nine Lives Healing Elixir. The second batch was already fermenting and would soon be ready. However, Mo Wuji didn't seem to have any intention of working on the third batch; he just holed up in the laboratory all day, saying he wanted to develop new medicines.
In Lu Jiujun's opinion, Danhan Apothecary only needed the Nine Lives Healing Elixir; there was no need to develop any other new medicines. Unfortunately, Mo Wuji was the boss now, and if he wanted to develop something, then he was going to develop it.
"Owner, Master Mo said that no one can come to him before he comes out. Even delivering meals should only be done at the window. If the meal isn't eaten, take it away and send a fresh one next time," Lulu quickly said.
She was worried that the owner would suddenly barge into Master Mo's room, causing a conflict between Master Mo and the owner. Master Mo was the most capable apothecary she had ever seen; such masters couldn't be offended.
"Alright." Lu Jiujun helplessly patted his head. A few days ago, people from the Chengling Extreme Pill Workshop came to him to discuss the Nine Lives Healing Elixir, and he pushed it onto Mo Wuji. He said that Apothecary Mo was still researching new medicines, and the matter would have to wait until Apothecary Mo came out. Apothecary Mo's temper was such that if anyone disturbed him while he was researching medicines, he would be furious.
Unexpectedly, retribution came quickly, and now it was his turn. He dared not offend Mo Wuji, the money tree.
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Mo Wuji, with his disheveled hair, looked at the ten cyan glass bottles on the table in front of him, his heart filled with satisfaction. This was the result of his continuous work for several days. As long as he drank one of these ten bottles, he could check whether he had spiritual roots. If he had spiritual roots, he would continue to make money to prepare for opening his meridians.
According to Lan Yu and Lu Jiujun, only spiritual channels could absorb and store spiritual energy. And only people with spiritual roots had spiritual channels. The reason he didn't have spiritual roots was because his spiritual channels were blocked, or he didn't have spiritual channels at all.
In Mo Wuji's mind, spiritual channels were simply meridians. Using the meridian opening medicinal liquid he had researched, he would definitely be able to clear his meridians and then absorb and store spiritual energy. As long as he could absorb and store spiritual energy, wouldn't that mean he had spiritual roots?
"Hahaha... from now on, this medicinal liquid will be called Meridian Opening Liquid." Mo Wuji couldn't help but laugh out loud; this was the first time he had been so happy since he was plotted against.
Lu Jiujun, who was anxiously waiting downstairs, heard Mo Wuji's loud laughter and, disregarding Lulu's advice, hurried upstairs.
"Haha, Old Lu, have you been counting money until your hands are cramping these past few days?" Mo Wuji, holding a bag, opened the door and looked at Lu Jiujun, who was about to come up, and said with a smile.
Lu Jiujun was so happy, and he had once again concocted the Meridian Opening Liquid, so he should also be happy. But deep down, he always felt a little uneasy, and he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
He decided not to worry about it for now, and focus on opening his meridians first.
Lu Jiujun said with a happy face, "Brother Mo, we've achieved great success. The Nine Lives Healing Elixir is selling like crazy, selling like crazy..."
Mo Wuji waved his hand nonchalantly, "I know that, it's a must. By the way, please exchange my share of the gold coins for the best gold notes."
"Of course, of course, besides this, our shop hasn't..."
Before Lu Jiujun could finish speaking, Mo Wuji waved his hand at him, "I know, no matter how big the matter is, wait until I take a bath and rest for a day before talking about it."
After saying this, Mo Wuji completely ignored Lu Jiujun and hurried past him, heading straight to his residence in Danhan Apothecary.
The medicinal liquid for expanding his meridians was ready. For Mo Wuji, the most important thing now was to take a bath, change his clothes, and then sleep. After waking up, he would immediately take the medicinal liquid to expand his meridians, and then deal with other things.
Making money could be done anytime. Being able to have spiritual roots and cultivate spiritual energy was the most urgent thing for him.
Lu Jiujun stared blankly at Mo Wuji's retreating figure, without the slightest bit of temper. In Danhan Apothecary, the real boss wasn't him, Lu Jiujun, but Apothecary Mo. After a long while, Lu Jiujun lowered his head and left. He didn't even have the chance to urge Mo Wuji to produce the third batch of Nine Lives Healing Elixir, let alone discuss expanding a few more shops with Mo Wuji.
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After washing up and sleeping soundly, Mo Wuji took out a cyan glass bottle, feeling refreshed.
He had drunk this kind of medicinal liquid for expanding meridians once before, and he knew that after drinking it, a line of fire would slowly extend through his body. Afterwards, even someone who had never practiced martial arts could clearly feel a meridian in their body being slowly expanded. Although expanding meridians was uncomfortable, the indescribable lightness was from the bottom of his heart.
Unfortunately, in his previous life, Mo Wuji was plotted against before a meridian was completely expanded after drinking this medicinal liquid.
Calming his slightly restless mood, Mo Wuji grabbed the cyan bottle, opened the bottle cap, took a deep breath, and then tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp.
Just like in his previous life, a slightly bitter liquid flowed down his throat, like a line of fire constantly extending in his body. All blockages in front of this line of fire would be burned through by the medicinal liquid. Mo Wuji once again clearly felt a meridian in his body being opened up. Following this line of medicinal liquid fire, the meridian slowly stretched out in his body.
Amidst the pain of the body being torn apart, there was also a feeling of lightness and pleasure, as if some of the impurities in his body were being burned away with every bit of distance burned.
Mo Wuji clenched his fists. If meridians were spiritual channels, and one bottle of medicinal liquid could open up one meridian, then could he easily become a top-notch spiritual root cultivator through the Meridian Opening Liquid? Ninety-nine spiritual channels, what were they? He could easily achieve that.