"This..."
Shen Ruofang froze, even wondering if Li Shiqi was trying to take advantage of her.
Yet her irregular menstruation had caused her endless suffering.
Driven by this misery, she had swallowed her pride and sought out Li Shiqi.
Inside the room, Shen Ruofang stripped down to her undergarments and sat cross-legged on the bed.
Li Shiqi glanced at her, then began channeling the Dragon Origin Formula.
A warm current slowly circulated through Shen Ruofang's lower abdomen.
She felt as though her spirit was wandering freely; Li Shiqi's techniques were truly unfathomable.
As time passed, Shen Ruofang gradually drifted off to sleep, sitting as still as an old monk in meditation, though her face flushed a deep crimson.
Li Shiqi withdrew his Qi and stood up.
His Dragon Origin Formula had already reached mastery.
His body radiated intense masculine vigor; if he stayed any longer, Shen Ruofang might find herself unable to control her urges.
"Brother, how is it?"
Seeing Li Shiqi walk out, Li Weiwei asked.
"She's cured. When she wakes up, tell her to take a bath!"
With these instructions for Li Weiwei, Li Shiqi left the shared apartment.
He had learned a great deal during his three years in the mountains.
Yet upon just descending the mountain, his pockets were empty.
To deal with the Lu Family, brute force alone was not enough; he needed his own enterprise to gradually devour them if he ever wanted to avenge the Li Family.
Wanbao Chamber of Commerce.
Known as the premier chamber of commerce in Longcheng.
It stocked all manner of bizarre and exotic goods, ranging from items worth a few hundred yuan to hundreds of millions, a truly eclectic mix.
After browsing through the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce, Li Shiqi approached the counter. "Boss, do you buy medicinal pills here?"
"What kind of pills?"
The staff member glanced at Li Shiqi and paid him little mind.
Dressed so ordinarily, Li Shiqi surely had nothing good to offer.
"Youth-Preserving Pills!"
Li Shiqi produced a pill. "I refined this pill myself, and it's worth a fortune!"
The staff member took the pill and inspected it. "What are the effects of this pill?"
"It can make a person look ten years younger while halting the aging of their appearance!"
Li Shiqi stated directly, "I don't want much—one million yuan each!"
"One million yuan each?"
The staff member cast a sideways glance. "You certainly don't want much. Take a left out the door and go try somewhere else!"
With that, the staff member carelessly tossed the pill back to Li Shiqi.
A look of contempt crossed his face. How could someone as young as Li Shiqi be mentally unstable?
To foolishly expect to sell a single ordinary pill for one million yuan—did he really think Wanbao Pavilion was running a charity?
Li Shiqi looked slightly awkward. Such items were priceless and rare, but these people simply lacked the discernment to recognize them.
"Hold on!"
At that moment, a woman in red stepped forward. Curvaceous and full-figured, she moved with an alluring grace.
Holding a feathered fan, she approached Li Shiqi and looked him up and down.
"Miss Liu, this brat is just here to waste our time!"
The staff member said, "Who knows where he got the pill he's peddling, yet he actually dares to try and sell it for a million!"
Liu Mengxue waved her feathered fan, took the Youth-Preserving Pill from Li Shiqi's hand, and let out a gasp of surprise. "Could this be the long-lost Youth-Preserving Pill?"
"Looks like I've met someone who knows her stuff!" Li Shiqi smiled faintly.
"Refining this Youth-Preserving Pill is extremely complex, so a price of one million is certainly not expensive!"
Liu Mengxue smiled. "Since you have this Youth-Preserving Pill, it means the recipe is also in your hands. Why don't you sell the formula to me?"
"I'm here to do business, not to sell myself!"
Li Shiqi shrugged. "Since you know what a Youth-Preserving Pill is, you should know that the formula is priceless!"
Hearing this, the staff member was dumbfounded.
He had originally thought Li Shiqi had mental issues, but it turned out his own vision had been too poor.
He never could have imagined that a mere pill could command a price of one million yuan.
Even with the massive scale of their Wanbao Chamber of Commerce business, he had never laid eyes on such a precious pill.
"How many of these Youth-Preserving Pills do you have? We'll take them all!" Liu Mengxue said.
Li Shiqi reached into his pocket and pulled out ten more Youth-Preserving Pills.
Liu Mengxue's eyes lit up. After taking the pills, she immediately sent someone to fetch the money.
Li Shiqi waited in the VIP room until, after quite some time, Liu Mengxue walked in and stroked his firm arm. "It's great to be young—such intense masculine vigor!"
Just as her voice trailed off, Liu Mengxue stumbled, feigning a loss of balance, and fell right into Li Shiqi's arms.
Li Shiqi raised an eyebrow. This mature proprietress still retained her charm; was it possible that his practice of the Dragon Origin Formula made him so overwhelmingly attractive to women that she could hardly keep herself in check?
"I'm so sorry, I lost my footing just now!"
Liu Mengxue took full advantage of the moment before standing up with a smile.
"No matter."
Li Shiqi didn't mind. The Dragon Origin Formula he practiced caused his body to continuously generate masculine vigor.
Furthermore, this masculine vigor required the harmonization of Yin and Yang to be neutralized.
His master, the Kunlun Immortaless, had also insisted that once his Dragon Origin Formula reached mastery, he must descend the mountain as soon as possible to find several senior sister apprentices to assist in his cultivation.
Otherwise, there truly might come a day when he exploded from an excess of internal energy and died.
Li Shiqi vaguely remembered that night on Mount Kunlun when his Dragon Origin Formula had reached mastery and, driven mad by a sudden frenzy, he had burst into the Kunlun Immortaless's bedchamber.
Had her cultivation not been profoundly deep, a major disaster would surely have occurred.
Not long after, Li Shiqi received ten million yuan.
"If you have any other pills in the future, our Wanbao Pavilion will buy them all!"
Liu Mengxue said, casting a seductive wink at Li Shiqi.
"Deal!"
Li Shiqi nodded and left the Wanbao Pavilion.
"Go find out what kind of background this kid has!"
The moment Li Shiqi left, Liu Mengxue gave the order.
Having spent so many years in Longcheng, she had never encountered such a youth.
Not only could he produce Youth-Preserving Pills, but his masculine vigor was so intense that even she could barely restrain herself, leaving her heart burning with restless heat.
"Miss Liu, this kid seems to be the eldest young master of the Li Family from three years ago!"
An elderly man spoke up. "After Li's Pharmaceuticals went bankrupt, he disappeared without a trace. Who would have thought that three years later, he'd return!"
"So it's him!"
Liu Mengxue realization dawned on her. Three years ago, Li's Pharmaceuticals had been a behemoth-like presence throughout Longcheng.
Never had she imagined that overnight, stock prices would plummet and the head of the Li Group would die in prison.
"I hear the Lu Family has been looking for him all this time." The old man shook his head. "To dare return to Longcheng—the Lu Family probably won't let this rest."
"The man I, Liu Mengxue, have set my sights on, no one is allowed to touch!"
Liu Mengxue's voice was cold. "Pass down the order: without my permission, no one is to lay a finger on him!"
"Understood!"
The old man quickly cupped his fists, secretly startled.
Their young mistress always had exceptionally high standards.
Moreover, the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce had branches spanning the entire Great Xia; for Li Shiqi to catch their young mistress's eye was practically unheard of.