Chapter Nineteen: Drawing Cakes and Stabbing People

  When Ning Wangfu and others received the news in the South China City's largest wine house, they were celebrating the 26th birthday of the third son.

  When the news arrived, the whole banquet hall fell silent.

  A dropped needle can be heard clearly on the ground.

  "What, everything is burned?! How is this possible, has he gone mad?!!" The first to speak was Wang Guanchao, his mind couldn't turn around at all, first disbelieving, then thinking that Wang Guanlan had gone crazy, doing such a crazy thing.

  Millions of pounds of lemongrass, how much would that be worth? Burned to ashes with just one fire, doesn't he feel a pang in his heart?

  "Bang!!" The Third Master slammed his hand on the table, shattering the wine cup in front of him. His face turned iron-gray as he stood up from his chair. "I should have thought of it, I should have thought of it! He wouldn't send ten years' worth of medicinal herbs without a reason, and definitely not just to curry favor with the Wang Manor. So, he's been waiting here all along! Good job, good kid, good ruthless methods, good venomous heart! Excellent!!" The Third Master was thinking viciously in his mind, if it weren't for the many people present and the numerous eyes watching, he would have already flipped over the table in front of him.

  "Third brother, this news can't be true, has Wang Guanlan gone mad?!"

  "It's not him being crazy, it's you being stupid!!" The third son suddenly lifted his head and glared fiercely at Wang Guanchao.

  Wang Guanchao was stared at by him with a gaze as sharp as reality, and his heart was greatly frightened. He retreated several steps in a row, bumping into the table behind him, and suddenly, soup splashed everywhere.

  "Useless thing!" The Third Son glanced at Wang Guantao, who was sitting on the ground with his butt, as if looking at something disgusting, revealing a face full of disgust and disdain, and turned to leave.

  The protagonist has left, and the wine party is naturally over. Amidst the flurry of discussions, this shocking news also spread out. That night, the entire Nanhuacity was in a state of unease.

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  "It's on fire, it really is on fire! This kid has really gone too far!!" In the Ning Wang Fu, Wang Bi Cheng held a letter in his hand, quietly looking at it, with an unusual expression flashing across his face. At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard from outside the door.

  "Your Highness, the Fourteenth Young Master has burned all the Fengwei grass in Yicheng!!" Wang Fu was the first to receive the news, but he didn't rush over to report it. Instead, he came after confirming it three times.

  "Alright, take a look!" Wang Bicheng smiled and handed the letter to Wang Fu's hand. "The ten-year-old Phoenix Tail Grass sent by Xiao Shi just arrived at the house, personally escorted by Tianbao, and this letter came with it. It seems that I underestimated this son of mine!"

  "Really?!" Wang Fu was somewhat astonished, took over the letter, looked carefully, and also showed a strange and surprised expression, "This is written by Shi San Shao?!"

  "Who else could it be?!" Wang Bizheng laughed and said, "Didn't expect that, did you?"

  "Yes, I really didn't expect that the 14th young master would come up with such a big plan after only being in Yicheng for over a month. If it can be achieved, then our Ning Wang Fu's control over the three southwestern states will be greatly enhanced!"

  "Ten years, just ten years is all we need!" Wang Bizheng also seemed somewhat excited, opening his hands to reveal ten fingers, "According to his plan, in just ten years' time, our control over the three states will increase several times over!"

  "What does your lordship mean by that?!"

  "We should do it, why not? With such a good opportunity and conditions, why shouldn't we?" Wang Bizheng said excitedly, pacing back and forth in the room. "However, this matter must be kept confidential. As the chief steward of the mansion, you have always been in charge of handling matters related to Yicheng, providing him with convenience!" As he spoke, he took the letter again and burned it in the flame of the red candle.

  "I understand!" Wang Fu said, "I will give the Fourteenth Young Master the greatest convenience and absolutely will not leak out what happened!"

  "Alright then, go ahead, whatever happens just let it happen, don't let others see any flaws!"

  "Yes!" Wang Fu retreated, secretly thinking in his heart about how he should coordinate with the actions of that astonishing Fourteenth Young Master.

  However, they did not know that the mind of this fourteen-year-old was not on this at all, and he had not thought that his boastful letter would cause Ning Wang to attach such importance to it. The purpose of writing this letter was just to stabilize Ning Wang, so in the last two pages, he drew a huge pie for Ning Wang.

  This painting is simple to say, Wang Guanlan made a plan based on the actual situation of Yicheng, a plan to strengthen the control of Ningwangfu over the three southwestern states with Dan medicine.

  The Ning Wang Fu has a monopoly on the only Feng Wei Cao resource in the three southwestern states. In the past, all that was planted in the valley were Feng Wei Cao, which were sold for money. To Wang Guan Lan, this was like selling oil in his previous world's Middle East - it could make money, but it was still a primary product, not only did it not earn much, but also caused inventory accumulation due to various reasons.

  So, Wang Guanlan suggested in the letter to greatly reduce the number of Phoenix Tail Grass plantations and replace them with other medicinal plants. In his words, Ning Wangfu had no obligation to provide cheap Phoenix Tail Grass to the three southwestern states. He planned to increase the variety of medicinal herbs in the plantations in Yizhou, enabling Yicheng to have the basic refining foundation for the Qi-refining pills "Benefiting Qi Pill" and "Supplementing Qi Pill". With this advantage, Yicheng's alchemy could quickly gain a foothold in the three southwestern states, and then gradually erode the entire market with its resource advantages, ultimately achieving a monopoly.

  Once the Ning Wang Fu monopolized the elixir market in the three southwestern states, it was equivalent to grasping the throat of all cultivators in the three southwestern states. The warriors who actively leaned towards the Ning Wang Fu could obtain more elixirs, while those who were enemies with the Ning Wang Fu found it difficult to obtain elixirs, and their strength would inevitably decline. In this ebb and flow of strength, the Ning Wang Fu was able to complete its strong control over the three southwestern states.

  This is the general outline of Wang Guanlan's plan, or rather, just a rough outline. However, in the hands of someone as perceptive as Ning Wang, this outline showed great feasibility. As the de facto ruler of the three southwestern states, he was well aware of the strength of the Ning Wang Fu and knew that if this plan were to be implemented, other forces in the three states would only be able to survive by looking up to him.

  So, after reading Wang Guanlan's letter, Wang Bicheng showed great interest, while Wang Guanlan threw his plan aside and only explained a few sentences to Wang Qing before returning alone to his own courtyard.

  The big fire in Yicheng burned for three days and nights, and the original bosses who were carried out of Ningtai Business Hall also became the focus of Yicheng along with the fire.

  Why say it again?

  Because these shopkeepers were soon taken back by the forces behind them to be punished, and their successors came to Yicheng after they arrived, the first thing they did without exception was to ask to see Wang Guanlan.

  Wang Guanlan didn't see any of them, but after calling Wang Qing over and giving him some instructions, he became a shopkeeper who washed his hands.

  His current goal is to break through the second layer of Qi refining and advance to the third layer, but he doesn't have that much American time to deal with these trivial matters.

  "I've refined my Qi to three layers, I can feel that only a thin layer is left before I can break through the membrane, but why do I always fall short by just a hair? He's circulated his internal Qi three times in a row, and even risked converting it into the Knife Qi of Adan's Broken Vow, trying to slash open the last barrier, but he's always been one breath short."

  "It's still not enough, or else my knife aura would have condensed a bit more and I would have already broken through to the third layer!" He sighed secretly in his heart, the time he spent cultivating was too short. Although his strength had made rapid progress, after all, his foundation was unstable. If he didn't rely on medicine, he always lacked that one last breath.

  With a soft sigh in his heart, Wang Guanlan relaxed and began to cultivate the Yuanchen Spiritual Technique.

  This is his daily homework, and the yuan zhen spiritual technique is indeed a superior cultivation method. No matter how tired or exhausted he is, as long as he practices one round of yuan zhen spiritual technique, his whole body becomes relaxed, his spirit also becomes full and vibrant, filled with vitality.

  Spiritual power, undoubtedly, this is an existence that can be ranked with internal energy in Wang Guanlan's mind. After such a long period of cultivation, he can now proficiently use some basic techniques of spiritual power. Of course, there is only one kind, which is Ling Jue. Now, he can extend his Ling Jue thirty feet away and form a closed circle.

  Yes, round!

  Wang Guanlan called this skill "round", within this round, all objects cannot escape his spiritual awareness, any movement is within the range of his spiritual awareness.

  There was one thing that left him baffled, he remembered that on that day, Yue Hai's power seemed to be able to use a kind of mind-moving force, and with this power, he had saved his own life. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could only achieve spiritual awareness outside of his body, but was unable to use his own mental strength to lift even a small piece of paper.

  His psychokinesis ability is limited to the power created by his techniques, such as fireball technique and scarlet flame arrow. These techniques can be manipulated at will with spiritual power within a range of thirty zhang.

  The nature of spiritual power is different!!

  This is the only explanation, and like internal energy, each person's spiritual power has different characteristics. The characteristics of spiritual power are different, and the effects that come out are also different.

  "Perhaps my spiritual power is biased towards the spiritual aspect!!" Wang Guanlan thought with some disappointment, and once again released "Yuan" before recalling it.

  "Huh!!" Suddenly, Wang Guanlan seemed to have sensed something, his expression changed drastically, his body shook, and he dodged to the side at an eerie angle. Almost simultaneously, a dark sword aura grazed his throat, leaving a faint blood mark on his neck. If he hadn't dodged quickly just now, he would have been sealed by a single sword.