Shen Lang and others descended the mountain, got into the car, and returned to Longdu city, finally checking into a five-star hotel.
Wolong's eyes could not be delayed, and Shen Lang had to prepare the San Chong San Hua Gao as soon as possible. Therefore, after Wolong and Xie Lingjun settled into the hotel, Shen Lang took Wang Yuyan and hailed a taxi, then went to Longdu's famous medicinal street.
This medicinal street had existed since the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and after hundreds of years, there were hundreds of medicinal shops along the street. Shen Lang took only an hour to gather all the medicinal materials needed to refine San Chong San Hua Gao.
After the medicinal materials were gathered, Shen Lang went to a pharmacy called "An Min Tang."
"Young man, what do you need?"
The owner of An Min Tang pharmacy was a beautiful woman in her early thirties, dressed plainly, but her beauty was undeniable. Seeing Shen Lang and Wang Yuyan walk in, she hurried forward and asked.
"Boss, I want to refine a medicinal paste, but I don't need your help, I'll do it myself. Of course, I'll pay you."
Shen Lang knew that these pharmacies could refine medicine and had specialized alchemists and furnaces. Shen Lang only wanted to borrow their furnace.
After speaking, Shen Lang took out a thick stack of money from his pocket and handed it to the boss, saying, "If this isn't enough, I'll pay more."
"You jest, young man. You don't need that much."
The boss lady looked at Shen Lang, smiled, and said, "Even if our alchemists help someone refine medicine, they only charge three to five hundred yuan at a time. Not to mention you're just borrowing our equipment, so a hundred yuan for furnace use is enough."
"Of course, if you need more medicinal materials, that's another matter."
After speaking, the boss lady took out a hundred yuan from the thick stack of money Shen Lang gave her and said to a worker in the pharmacy, "A Lie, take this young man to the alchemy room. Help him if he doesn't understand anything."
"Okay, sister, I'll take them in now."
The worker was 1.85 meters tall and more muscular than Shen Lang, but his expression was dull, as if he wasn't interested in anything.
Upon hearing the boss lady's words, the worker nodded, then walked up to Shen Lang and said, "Please follow me."
"Alright, thank you for your trouble."
Shen Lang said gratefully, then quickly followed him to a small room of over thirty square meters behind the pharmacy, which was fully equipped for alchemy.
Under his guidance, Shen Lang quickly understood how to operate all the equipment and expressed his gratitude.
"Take your time refining. If you need anything, just let me know."
The burly man saw that Shen Lang had a clear understanding of how to use the alchemy equipment and then turned and walked out of the alchemy room, returning to the pharmacy to continue helping.
After everyone else left, Shen Lang took out all the purchased medicinal materials, put them into the furnace according to the ratio, added water, and began to boil.
The refining method for San Chong San Hua Gao was not complicated. It only required boiling three types of insects and three types of flowers with water, then refining them into a medicinal paste, and then applying the paste to Wolong. It needed to be changed every three days, and after three times, Wolong's eyes would recover.
The boiling time for the medicinal paste was at least three hours. However, with Wang Yuyan by his side, Shen Lang did not feel too bored.
Shen Lang and Wang Yuyan chatted and laughed. After three hours, the medicinal paste was completely formed. Shen Lang waited for the paste to cool, then put the refined paste into a jar he had just bought, and then walked out of the alchemy room.
"Young man, have you finished refining?"
Seeing Shen Lang walk out, the pharmacy owner's face lit up with a smile as she asked.
"Yes, thank you, boss."
Shen Lang smiled slightly and said to the boss lady.
"You're welcome, it's just business."
The boss lady looked at Shen Lang, feeling as if she had seen him before, but couldn't recall. Just as she was about to look closer, a bald man with several men walked in. He glanced at the boss lady and smiled, saying, "Zong Qianyan, the street sanitation management fee for this month is due. It's three thousand yuan, pay up."
"What?"
Hearing this, the boss lady's face changed and she said, "Wasn't the street sanitation management fee one thousand yuan per month? How did it suddenly become eight thousand yuan?"
"Zong Qianyan, your business acumen is not good. The rent increases every month, so it's normal for the sanitation management fee to increase too."
"You are arbitrarily charging fees."
The boss lady angrily retorted, "There is a strict standard for the amount of street sanitation management fees. Even if you want to raise the price, you need to consult the opinions of dozens of shops. You can't just raise it because you want to."
"Consult your opinions?"
The bald man laughed heartily, "Zong Qianyan, are you naive or am I naive?"
"These dozens of shops all belong to the Kong family. Does the Kong family ever need to consult others' opinions when they do things? In short, either pay the street sanitation management fee honestly, or close down. However, the two years of rent and deposit paid before will not be refunded."
"You... you..."
The boss lady's face turned red with anger. At this moment, the burly man came over and held the boss lady, saying, "Sister, your heart is not good. Don't get angry, I'll talk to them."
"What are you? Do you think you have the right to speak to me?"
The bald man looked at the burly man with disdain and said, "Get lost, this is not your place to speak."
Then, the bald man turned to the boss lady and said, "Zong Qianyan, think it over. Either pay two thousand yuan for the street sanitation management fee obediently, or close down. Choose one."
"I will pay her street sanitation management fee. How about that?"
Shen Lang, standing nearby, smiled and took out two thick stacks of money from his pocket, then threw them to the bald man, saying, "This is about fifty thousand yuan. I'll pay for her for two years."
"What?"
The bald man was taken aback that someone would stand up for her and froze on the spot, saying, "Kid, who are you?"
"What does that have to do with you?"
Shen Lang looked coldly at the bald man and said, "Aren't you here to collect fees? The money is given to you, take it and get lost. Don't bother them again in the future, and let them do business normally."
"Young man, how can this be? This is your money, how can you use it to pay for us?"
The boss lady said to Shen Lang upon seeing this.
"It's okay, a little money can avert disaster. Paying tens of thousands of yuan to keep you free from the harassment of flies is worth it."
Shen Lang said with a smile to Zong Qianyan, then looked at the bald man with a chilling smile and said, "The money is given to you. Don't bother them again in the future, or else..."
After Shen Lang finished speaking, he walked to the side, picked up a herb-cutting cleaver, and walked over.
"Kid... what are you trying to do?"
Seeing Shen Lang walking over with a gleaming cleaver, the bald man and his group all looked pale with fear and shouted.
"See this knife?"
Shen Lang pointed the cleaver at the crowd and said, then he gripped the cleaver with his right hand and shook it with force. The cleaver instantly shattered into pieces.
Seeing this, the bald man and his group all widened their eyes in fear, and then Shen Lang's voice was chilling:
"If you dare to disturb their normal business again, this knife will be your example."