Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 971: The Illness-Free Clinic
Lingxiao City got its name from the Lingxiao Divine Sect located there. The Lingxiao Divine Sect was a behemoth even for the largest sects in the Lower Divine Continent, but in the Upper Divine Continent of the Divine World, the Lingxiao Divine Sect could only be considered a decent sect, far from being top-tier.
Even if it wasn't the top sect, Lingxiao City, which arose because of the Lingxiao Divine Sect, was a top-tier divine city.
Not counting the million disciples of the Lingxiao Divine Sect, just the outer disciples and the numerous merchant houses that relied on the Lingxiao Divine Sect for survival, plus the numerous rogue cultivators who came to the Lingxiao Mountain Range seeking opportunities, the total floating population of Lingxiao City was over ten or twenty million.
The roads leading into the city were built with great grandeur, spacious without seeming disorganized.
"What a lively divine city," Mo Wuji couldn't help but exclaim after entering Lingxiao City.
Chi Kun laughed heartily and was about to speak when the communication bead on his wrist flickered. When Chi Kun's spiritual sense landed on the communication bead, his expression immediately turned serious.
"What's wrong?" Yu Ruo asked, noticing Chi Kun's expression, puzzled.
Unexpectedly, Chi Kun didn't directly answer Yu Ruo's question but said to Mo Wuji, "Master Alchemist Mo, please stay in Lingxiao City for now. Yu-shimei and I have urgent matters to return to the sect. After I've taken care of things on my end, I'll come here as soon as possible to find a pill shop for you."
Mo Wuji quickly said, "Fellow Daoist Chi, Fellow Daoist Yu, please return to your sect and handle your affairs. I can find a pill shop myself. After you've taken care of everything, come to my pill shop. I'm sure you'll find my location."
"Alright, then we'll see you later. If you encounter any problems, use this jade token." Chi Kun grabbed a jade token and stuffed it into Mo Wuji's hand, then hurried away with Yu Ruo.
Mo Wuji didn't know what had made Chi Kun leave in such a hurry. He looked at the jade token in his hand, which read "Lingxiao Divine Sect Patrol."
Casually tossing the jade token into his ring, Mo Wuji patted Shuaiguo beside him and said, "Let's go, we'll find a shop."
Shuaiguo was very eye-catching in the Immortal World or the Realm of Cultivation, but in the Divine World, it really wasn't. Even in Lingxiao City, there were many cultivators with pet beasts. Some guys even rode their pet beasts around Lingxiao City.
Lingxiao City was bustling with people, mostly Cultivating God cultivators and Heavenly God cultivators. Mo Wuji still saw many Divine Lord experts, and even World God experts could be seen from time to time.
Compared to the Divine Domain, the overall strength of the Divine World was obviously much stronger.
Mo Wuji had been to many divine cities in the Divine Domain, and there were relatively few World God experts. Even the number of Divine Lord experts was far less than in Lingxiao City.
After half a circle, Mo Wuji had a deeper understanding of how precious the shops in Lingxiao City were.
Without Chi Kun's help, buying a shop in Lingxiao City would probably not be easy. Not only that, but the prices of shops in Lingxiao City were also very high. If he hadn't sold pills for a few months in Little Lingxiao Village, he wouldn't have been qualified to buy a shop here at all.
He inquired at several pawnshops, and either the prices were so high that Mo Wuji couldn't afford them, or he had to wait for a while, or the locations were so remote that even birds wouldn't bother to shit there. Mo Wuji came to Lingxiao City to open a pill shop to earn cultivation resources, so he naturally couldn't choose a place on the edge of nowhere.
"Master, we can rent a shop," Shuaiguo suddenly said after following Mo Wuji around for half a day.
"You think I don't want to? Where is there any..." Mo Wuji's words abruptly stopped. He had actually seen a shop for rent. Obviously, Shuaiguo had just seen it too, which was why he said that.
"Let's go take a look," Mo Wuji unhesitatingly crossed the street and walked towards the shop with the "For Rent" sign.
In fact, renting a shop in Lingxiao City was more suitable for Mo Wuji. He didn't intend to join the Lingxiao Divine Sect at all, so he wouldn't stay in Lingxiao City for long.
The location of this shop was quite good, at a fairly bustling intersection.
What surprised Mo Wuji somewhat was that the shop for rent was actually a medical clinic, and the name was quite unique: "No Illness Clinic."
After entering the Realm of Cultivation, Mo Wuji rarely saw medical clinics. But Mo Wuji knew that no matter how strong one cultivated, one could still get sick. So, in the Realm of Cultivation, besides alchemists, there were also physicians.
There were too many famous alchemists, but very few famous physicians. Back in the Immortal World, he had heard many titles of Immortal Emperors of Alchemy, but when Lin Gu mentioned the Ten Great Immortal Physicians, he didn't recognize a single one.
This was because illnesses of cultivators were basically related to cultivation. If one couldn't solve such problems oneself, finding the best physician might not help. The concubine of the Great Emperor Lun Cai in the Immortal World was a living example.
Also, Lin Gu's mother couldn't have been cured without his help.
The reason he could help was because he had the Life Meridian and the Detoxification Meridian, not because his medical skills were so brilliant.
"Boss, this place is so bustling, and this shop hasn't been rented out yet. Could there be a problem?" Shuaiguo had experienced some things and was now considering many issues.
Mo Wuji smiled slightly, "Whether there's a problem or not, we'll find out when we go take a look."
Although he was only at the fifth level of the Cultivating God Realm, he was still someone that Chi Kun had invited back, and he had a jade token given to him by Chi Kun. Mo Wuji believed that even if there was a problem, as long as he didn't provoke anything, Chi Kun should be able to solve it.
After entering the medical clinic, there were no patients inside, only an old man with white hair and a young girl. In Mo Wuji's eyes, the young girl was at most in the Yuan Dan Realm.
What amazed Mo Wuji was the old man. Even if it was a Divine King, he could vaguely sense the other party's cultivation. The old man gave Mo Wuji the feeling of being a deep sea. He couldn't sense the other party's cultivation at all. On closer inspection, the old man seemed to have no cultivation at all, ordinary.
Mo Wuji absolutely wouldn't think this old man was ordinary. An ordinary old man shouldn't be able to survive in such a bustling city and bustling area.
Mo Wuji didn't dare to continue observing the old man but turned his attention to the young girl. Soon, he sensed something was wrong. The young girl looked like she was in the Yuan Dan Realm, but in reality, the young girl's realm was very unstable, seemingly on the verge of falling out of the Yuan Dan Realm at any moment.
In the Divine World, the Yuan Dan Realm was no different from an ant. Mo Wuji felt that there might be something wrong with the young girl, which caused this unstable realm illusion.
However, Mo Wuji wouldn't ask about the young girl's illness. In front of this white-haired old man, Mo Wuji was just an ant.
"Do you want to see a doctor?" The old man looked at Mo Wuji, who had come in, and asked in a kind tone.
Mo Wuji quickly cupped his fists and said, "Junior saw that this shop was for rent, so I came in to ask."
"You want to rent my medical clinic?" The old man's tone was slightly puzzled, even with a skeptical look as he sized up Mo Wuji.
"Yes, how many divine crystals per year?" Mo Wuji said, gritting his teeth. There was nothing wrong with the old man's gaze, but Mo Wuji felt uncomfortable all over.
"One hundred thousand high-grade divine crystals per year," the old man finally withdrew his gaze from sizing up Mo Wuji and replied.
One hundred thousand high-grade divine crystals per year? Mo Wuji couldn't believe it. This price wasn't expensive, but too cheap. According to the conclusion he had reached after wandering around Lingxiao City for a while, this location of the No Illness Clinic should cost at least five hundred thousand high-grade divine crystals per year to rent out. If it was for sale, it would be close to ten million high-grade divine crystals.
"Senior, are there any other conditions?" Mo Wuji asked again.
He absolutely didn't believe that the shop couldn't be rented out for a price of one hundred thousand high-grade divine crystals a year.
The old man nodded appreciatively at Mo Wuji, "Not bad, you guessed that my shop has other conditions. You're right, my shop really has other conditions. That is, if you want to rent my shop, you can only use it as a medical clinic, and the signboard can't be changed. It must be hung outside."
Mo Wuji breathed a sigh of relief. As expected. Unless someone was stupid, they would agree to this condition to rent a shop.
What did people rent shops for in such a bustling place as Lingxiao City? Wasn't it to earn cultivation resources? Renting a shop and not being able to change the name, and having to open a medical clinic, was this嫌弃 (xián qì,嫌弃 means dislike or complain in Chinese) that they had too many divine crystals?
"Senior, besides this condition, are there any other conditions?" Mo Wuji asked again.
"You want to open a medical clinic? You want to be compassionate like me, saving countless people suffering from illness?" The old man didn't answer Mo Wuji's question but instead asked, puzzled. This was the first person who hadn't turned around and left after hearing his conditions.
Mo Wuji said with a wry smile, "I don't want to open a medical clinic, but senior insists on opening a medical clinic, so junior can only open a medical clinic."
Mo Wuji certainly didn't want to open a medical clinic. As long as this old man didn't have any other requirements, he could hang up a sign with the name of a medical clinic and also hang up a sign for selling pills and refining pills. This didn't conflict at all. If the old man required that no other signs could be hung up, then he would have to turn around and leave.
The old man laughed and said, "Not bad, you have ideas. I don't have any other conditions. If you agree to my conditions, then sign the contract. Let's sign it year by year."
With that, the old man took out two contract jade tokens that had already been engraved with his spiritual sense imprint and placed them in front of Mo Wuji.
Mo Wuji scanned them with his spiritual sense. Sure enough, he didn't see any other additional conditions on these two contracts. He felt relieved and immediately engraved his own spiritual sense imprint. He took one of them, handed the other one to the old man, and took out one hundred thousand high-grade divine crystals and handed them to the old man.
"You have a lot of potential, I wish you good luck. Everything in this shop is yours as a gift." The old man quickly put away the contract, took the young girl, and quickly stepped out of the shop, disappearing without a trace.
"Master, I feel like something's not right," Shuaiguo asked with some doubt.
Not to mention Shuaiguo, Mo Wuji also felt that something was not right.