Celestial Night Emperor

Chapter 188: Chapter 188: The Divine Herb Appears, Young Master Luo is Ecstatic

Luo Tianying flew into a humiliated rage. He rejected the support staff his family had sent and scurried straight over to the Ye Family’s office in Jinling to ask for a few men.

”The Divine Doctor Ye Family is more reliable after all! I’m going to be the Ye Family’s son-in-law, so we’re practically family anyway!”

The staff at the Ye Family’s office didn’t mince words. They puffed out their chests and declared, ”Young Master Luo, the Ye Family will give you our full support. What are your orders?”

His orders?

Standing in the brilliant sunlight, Young Master Luo opened the precious medical book. ”Have Linghai National Medicine get orders for me like their lives depend on it! I’m going to monopolize the entire traditional medicine market in Jiangnan and develop all ten formulas from this book!”

The Linghai National Medicine Group sprung into action. All of their major production lines were cleared out.

The prescriptions from the so-called ”Ye Shuanghua Medical Book” were all incredibly rare formulas.

Many were even recorded in ancient formularies.

If Eldest Young Master Luo had his way, he would have had them manufactured by the very next day.

The people at Linghai National Medicine could only explain desperately, ”Even with ready-made formulas, they still have to be submitted for inspection and approval, followed by at least four phases of clinical trials. On the fastest possible timeline, it would take us at least two months to manufacture them. And even after that, there are multiple approvals and inspections required. Young Master, developing pharmaceuticals isn’t that simple.”

Eldest Young Master Luo fumed, ”I’ll pull the strings for you! One month! I want these on the market in one month, tops!”

’This is completely absurd!’

But Linghai National Medicine was a group wholly funded by the Luo Family, and Young Master Luo was the big boss. With one rash, hot-headed decision from him, all of Linghai’s resources were mobilized.

They began to break into the market. Long-time clients all received notifications that they had to place their orders now, without even waiting for the medicine to be developed.

Not placing an order was tantamount to disrespecting Linghai and the Luo Family!

The clients were utterly helpless. Without even seeing the product, they had no choice but to pay in advance and place their orders.

Before long, Linghai had secured tens of billions in orders!

The next step was to rush the production of the medicine.

Now, for Young Master Luo, the biggest hurdle was the raw material.

The essential ingredient required by the formulas: the mysterious ”Moonlight Celestial Cyan Grass”!

Who had ever heard of such a divine herb?

Even many old experts who had dealt with medicinal herbs for decades had never heard of it.

”Put out a universal purchase order! At any cost, price is negotiable!” Luo Tianying waved his hand magnanimously. ”I’ve already compiled the information on that Celestial Cyan Grass. Send out all procurement personnel and find it for me!”

Linghai National Medicine was once again thrown into total chaos.

Meanwhile, the Longyue Group also began to make its move, and they were far more professional about it.

First, Qin Tianxuan formally hired Gu Qingzhi as Longyue’s Chief Technology Officer, then he assigned their roles.

All of Longyue Group’s external affairs were handed over to Ye Mingzhu. She would be responsible for public relations, corporate image, and advertising.

Internally, the core technology and finances were placed under Gu Qingzhi’s control.

”You want to carry on Shuanghua’s medical legacy, so I will give you my full support. Longyue’s resources are at your disposal. Don’t be too ambitious at first. Just focus on a single formula!”

After assigning Gu Qingzhi her task and sitting in Han Biwei’s hospital room for a while, Qin Tianxuan came out and met with Prince.

”Sir, the latest news is that Luo Tianying’s Linghai National Medicine is searching everywhere for that Moonlight Celestial Cyan Grass! They’ve put out the word that they’ll pay any price, no matter the cost.”

Qin Tianxuan smiled. ”Have the weeds from the Northern Domain arrived?”

”Sir, a full one hundred cartloads. They’re all in the warehouse. What are your instructions?”

Qin Tianxuan stroked his chin. ”We need to find an outsider, someone not associated with us, to act as the frontman and sell these hundred cartloads of weeds to Luo Tianying!”

Prince smiled. ”Give me a few hours. It won’t be difficult. I’ll find a suitable candidate quickly.”

That evening, as Qin Tianxuan was reviewing Weiwei’s medical reports, Prince led a man in.

The man was about seventy years old, dressed in a long, traditional kung-fu-style robe. He was rolling two walnuts in his hand and, at a glance, had the impressive, otherworldly bearing of a master.

Prince pointed to the sagely-looking old man. ”This man here is the heir to Lingzhi Hall, a centuries-old, time-honored medicinal herb brand from Nanzhou. He’s the one who bankrupted it.”

Although the old man had squandered his family fortune, that impressive bearing of his was no act.

Prince explained that the old man had been dealing with medicinal herbs since childhood. He had memorized over a dozen pharmacopoeias, knew a little something about every kind of herb, and could speak about them with compelling authority.

Qin Tianxuan was intrigued. ”And what is your name, old sir?”

”Please, I am Qi Immortal Grass, the seventeenth-generation heir of Lingzhi Hall.”

The old man didn’t dare waste their time, his voice trembling with apprehension.

He was tens of millions in debt and had fled to Jinling. Being found by Prince was a godsend.

Qin Tianxuan tossed him a weed. ”Show me what you can do. How would you introduce this?”

Old Man Qi immediately picked up the weed.

This weed, from the deserts of the Northern Domain—the kind only camels would deign to eat—seemed to transform in his hands.

”This is Moonlight Celestial Cyan Grass! A supreme medicinal herb passed down from ancient secret traditions. It grows only in the shadows of scorching lands and is incredibly rare. Each stalk sprouts once every three years and grows but a single inch in that time. Look at this one, sir... it must have taken at least thirty years to mature!”

As Old Man Qi put on his grand performance, Qin Tianxuan clapped his hands in applause. ”Perfect. He’s our man. Prince, set up a company for him right now. We’ll revive the Lingzhi Hall brand. I’m certain Linghai National Medicine and Luo Tianying won’t suspect a thing. Sell all one hundred cartloads of grass!”

’Passing off weeds as Immortal Grass!’

’Luring Luo Tianying into a trap of his own making... this move was simply brilliant.’

With Prince’s backing, Old Man Qi revived the Lingzhi Hall brand, and before long, word had spread throughout all of Jinling!

People in the traditional medicine industry, in particular, were scrambling to pay Old Man Qi a visit.

”Elder Qi, we’re from Linghai Pharmaceutical. Our Young Master would like to invite you to dinner!”

The fish had taken the bait.