Chapter 35

After Ye Chen left, Shen Mengjia came directly to Shen Haihua’s side. She pulled at his clothes and pouted.

“Dad, why do I feel that you are deliberately trying to match me and Ye Chen? Why should I leave my phone number and why should I send him back, huh? You don’t need to push me out there even if he cured you. We paid for it.”

Shen Mengjia initially thought she could escape the cliché of arranged marriage. Shen Haihua had also once promised her that he would not interfere in her marriage but now the appearance of Ye Chen had disrupted their promise!

How could she not understand what her father meant!

Shen Haihua held both his hands behind his back, still staring in the direction that Ye Chen left.

It had been a while before he turned to Shen Mengjia and said softly, “Meng Jia, what do you think of Mr. Ye?”

Shen Mengjia blushed at the unexpected question.

She could say that Ye Chen was handsome. He had aged pretty well and had an indescribable temperament.

As for his ability, he was even able to cure her father’s illness, naturally, he was not bad.

“He’s alright and that’s it. I know more outstanding young talents apart from him…”

Shen Haihua almost reached out and gave Shen Mengjia a slap when he heard this.

“Young talents? I, your father, will let you know that those nonsense young talents you know don’t deserve to lift a foot in front of Ye Chen.”

Shen Mengjia was a little stunned after hearing his father’s words. It was the first time she had heard her father speak with this tone.

The people she knew did not deserve to even lift one foot before Ye Chen?

Who was he kidding?

Ye Chen was at most exceptional in the art of healing. Could he be compared with those who had had a good education since childhood on life experience and conversation?

It was impossible!

Shen Mengjia suddenly thought of something and retorted, “Isn’t Brother Lu Kai better than Ye Chen?”

Lu Kai led a legendary existence in their circle of friends from childhood until adulthood. He had been jumping grades since elementary school up until junior high. At 16 years old, he was the top scorer for the college entrance examination in Jiangnan Province! He then went directly to Peking University for further studies. At the time, he was also known as Huaxia’s child prodigy. At the age of 19, he had studied for a master’s degree at Stanford University. He was of tenth grade with piano and a Go professional of Rank 8.

His family’s background was even more astounding. The Lu family was one of the four major families in River City! They were also a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners!

Lu Kai’s presence in River City was almost heavenly, and countless people look up to him.

Since young, her father would boast about this person every time they dine together! He had described him as ‘a giant amongst men’ during numerous occasions!

Shen Mengjia still could not believe that this kind of person was not comparable to Ye Chen!

Sure enough, Shen Haihua did not speak. He thought for a few seconds and said, “Lu Kai is indeed one of the best in River City, but to really compare–”

He paused for a second and continued, “In this life, he only has the right to look up to Ye Chen.”

“Meng Jia, you have been well protected by me, so you have no idea what the world looks like after peeling off that gorgeous coat on it. It’s dark, it’s dirty, and it’s bloody.

“In this world, only one kind of person can live a good life, and it is those who are the strongest. They control 80% of the world’s resources! They can destroy our Shen family with a wave of their hand! They stand at the highest point in the world and look at us like ants! Like dust!”

“But! That Yechen is different from us! He is neither an ant or dust! He can determine the existence of these strong men!”

“If the strong are the unreachable mountains, then Ye Chen is the sky above those countless mountains!”

Shen Haihua’s words sounded like thunder in Shen Mengjia’s ears. Her scalp tingled with numbness, and her entire mind was blank. Her worldview had begun to collapse and only Ye Chen was in her mind.

…

Virtuous Benevolence Hall.

When Ye Chen got out of the taxi, Zhu Rende was already waiting at the door.

“Mr. Ye, you finally came. You didn’t leave your phone number when you left that time, I was afraid you had forgotten. Some medicinal herbs have just arrived from Yunnan. They are very fresh and have excellent effects…”

Zhu Rende quickly walked up and was surprised to find that Ye Chen did not have a car.

According to Ye Chen’s martial arts strength, it was possible for him to have a luxury car to travel but this was a private matter for the other party, so he did not ask anymore.

Ye Chen glanced at Zhu Rende and nodded. “Where are the medicinal herbs? Take me to see it.”

“Mr. Ye, please follow me.”

Zhu Rende led Ye Chen directly through the hall to the backyard.

The backyard was packed densely with medicinal herbs. There should be about 200 pounds of herbs if they were to calculate purely by weight.

Ye Chen examined these herbs. They were far beyond what he was expecting in terms of the year it was picked and its freshness. He could not help but be a bit impressed with Zhu Rende.

“Old Master Zhu, I’m interested.” Ye Chen cupped his hand in salutation and then held out a card. “I still need to trouble Old Master Zhu to calculate the price. The market price will be fine.”

Although Zhu Rende wanted to give this medicine to Ye Chen without a price, he knew that the other person would not agree to it, so he went with a low price. “Mr. Ye, just give us Virtuous Benevolence Hall 5 million.”

It had cost him nearly 10 million to bring in the medicinal material here if he were to include the manpower.

There were even several medicinal herbs that were rarely found in the depths of Mount Long White and had great value.

Ye Chen had also guessed that Zhu Rende would sell it to him at a loss. He did not say much but knew that he would return the favor later on in time.

After paying, Ye Chen gave Zhu Rende an address and asked him to send the herbs there by car at 3 pm.

“Right, Mr. Zhu. I have something to ask you,” Ye Chen said suddenly.

“Mr. Ye, please ask.”

“Old Master Zhu, do you know where in River City can I buy an alchemic stove?”

Ye Chen really did not want to use the induction cooker to make the pills anymore since the effect was really bad.

When Zhu Rende heard “alchemic stove,” his eyes narrowed and his expression turned to one of astonishment.

“Mr. Ye… you… Do you by chance know alchemy?”

His voice was trembling as if he had heard something strange.

There were reasons why Zhu Rende was so surprised.

It was because alchemy masters in Huaxia had long since disappeared for thousands of years! “Alchemist” was a word that only appeared in legends!

Although there were some medicinal pills and elixirs being circulated in the market, most of them were passed down thousands of years ago and were extremely precious!

Some medicinal pills and elixirs could even be auctioned for hundreds of millions!

This was a priceless existence.

Zhu Rende then made a connection with Ye Chen’s purchase of so many medicines and thought that it might really be alchemy!

His heart was in turmoil. He tried to suppress his shock with force but then realized it was futile.

He stared dead-on at Ye Chen, awaiting his reply.

Ye Chen’s eyes narrowed. After a few seconds, he smiled and said, “Old Master Zhu, why are you joking? How can I possibly know alchemy? I just have this hobby of collecting.”

He knew from Zhu Rende’s reaction that matters of his alchemy could not be discovered. He would not be so stupid as to admit it.

Old Master Lao heard this and was more or less disappointed.

If the Ye Chen in front of him was really an alchemist, he might have rushed to the Zhu House of Jiangnan Province in an instant to report the incident and let the Zhu family’s owner fight for Ye Chen personally!

An alchemist was too precious an existence for the martial arts family in Huaxia!

Whichever family that was in control of an alchemist would inevitably become the top Huaxia family within the next three years!