In the forest.
Angry howls of wolves echoed incessantly.
But Xu Wendong had long since taken the ginseng and was swiftly heading towards Qingshan Village.
Gazing at the palm-sized, snow-white Hundred-Year-Old Ginseng with hair-like roots in his hand, Xu Wendong grinned with a wicked smile.
With this, he could effortlessly step into the Fifth Layer of the Yin-Cultivating Realm.
Of course,
the ginseng’s wonders were far too significant to be that simple.
Thinking of this, he plucked a leaf from the ginseng, placed it on the ground, and pressed it with a stone, leaving a piece every few hundred ters.
By the ti he reached the foot of the mountain, it was already dusk.
He didn’t go to Zhao Ranran’s house for dinner, instead, he returned to the village committee office, washed the Hundred-Year-Old Ginseng clean, and gnawed on it as if it were a carrot.
If soone saw this scene, their jaw would certainly drop, as a fresh ginseng over a hundred years old was incredibly expensive, worth over a million, and could be life-saving when sliced and held in the mouth at critical monts.
Even so wealthy families didn’t have such a treasure, yet Xu Wendong was gnawing on it.
It was simply a waste of a treasured resource.
The taste of the ginseng wasn’t good, crunchy yet overly dicinal, with a hint of earthiness.
However,
a good dicine tastes bitter.
After swallowing the Old Mountain Ginseng, Xu Wendong clearly felt a scorching heat rising from his abdon, like drinking a cup of fiery liquor in winter.
The terrifying dicinal effect rampaged in his body, causing his expression to instantly grow solemn.
"Damn, I was careless!"
Without further thought, Xu Wendong imdiately circulated the Dragon Phoenix Creation Technique’s cultivation technique, guiding the dicinal effect to flush through his ridians and flesh.
Vaguely,
he heard the sound of waves coming from within, feeling an excruciating pain shatter his flesh, as if his body had beco a leaf torn by soone.
Fortunately, his ntal fortitude was extraordinary, and he gritted his teeth to endure this heart-wrenching pain. After roughly two hours, he finally refined the dicinal effect into a dense stream of True Qi, compressing it into the Dantian.
"Break through for !"
Xu Wendong suddenly opened his eyes, and the True Qi compressed in his Dantian exploded instantly, breaking through the invisible barrier and expanding Xu Wendong’s Dantian.
Xu Wendong had thought that stepping into the Fifth Layer of the Yin-Cultivating Realm would cease the process, but to his surprise, even upon entering the Fifth Layer, the True Qi remained unstoppable.
"Could it be that I can step into the Sixth Layer of the Yin-Cultivating Realm?" Xu Wendong was elated, and imdiately steadied his mind, controlled the terrifying True Qi, and continued to break through.
Until he stepped into the Seventh Level of the Yin-Cultivating Realm, his aura finally settled down, with piercing brilliance reflected in his eyes.
"A happy surprise, truly a happy surprise."
"Who would have thought that a single Hundred-Year-Old Ginseng could push into the Seventh Level of the Yin-Cultivating Realm."
"Absolutely amazing!"
Just then,
Su Li’s voice rang out from outside: "Sister Zhao asked to bring you so food."
"Coming!" Xu Wendong got up and opened the door. Su Li was holding a bamboo basket, inside of which was a bowl of stir-fried peppers with beef, a bowl of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and four buns.
Additionally, there was a greasy pickled goose egg, which Xu Wendong loved.
On the stone table under the sycamore tree,
Xu Wendong devoured the food while Su Li was lost in thought.
"Didn’t we sell tens of thousands of catties of persimmons again today? That’s a good thing, why are you frowning?" Xu Wendong noticed the worry on Su Li’s face and curiously asked.
Su Li snapped back: "I want to build a road!"
Xu Wendong said: "That’s a good thing, I’m all for it!"
Qingshan Village was great in every way, except for the inconvenient transportation. If a smooth asphalt road were built, it would beco a paradise.
Su Li sighed helplessly, "When I ca to Qingshan Village to work, I thought about building a road. But the county’s finances are tight, and there wasn’t any extra budget for us."
Xu Wendong remained silent; Qingyuan was just a small county town, currently at a stage where everything was under construction, making it indeed impossible to allocate a sizable budget for road construction in Qingshan Village.
"I previously thought about getting villagers to fund the road construction collectively, but the idea was rejected outright." Su Li was dejected, feeling that the image as the newly elected village head she had just built was now falling apart again.
Xu Wendong looked her over, especially at her abundant figure, which seed to call out to be admired.
"What are you looking at?" Su Li’s face turned red.
Honestly, she had no secrets in front of Xu Wendong; he had seen her body and even helped wipe her down with a towel.
Yet, as he stared at her, Su Li’s heart beat faster, her thoughts wandering.
Xu Wendong said helplessly, "Hey, big sister, your chest isn’t small either, so why don’t you use your brain when speaking?"
"You’ve just helped Sister Ranran find a sales channel and sold tens of thousands of catties of persimmons. Although this has given you so authority, it isn’t much."
"After all, you haven’t led the villagers to a stage of poverty alleviation and prosperity, and now you’re thinking of emptying their pockets before they even get to fill them?"
"At the least, let them feel so warmth first, right?"
"You are being too hasty."
Su Li felt ashad and muttered, "Is that so?"
While eating, Xu Wendong asked, "Tell , how did the villagers reject you when you proposed building the road?"
Su Li said, "They just said the current roads are usable, so there’s no need to spend so much money on a new one, and that with such funds, one might as well buy a house in the county."
Xu Wendong: "Do you think what they said makes sense?"
Su Li nodded.
"Nonsense!" Xu Wendong sneered, "They’re just putting you off. Although buying a house in the city seems good, rural folks simply can’t adapt to the city environnt, and the skyscrapers are nothing but cages to them."
"To exaggerate a bit, even if city apartnts were given to them for free, they wouldn’t live there."
As a child who grew up in a rural area, Xu Wendong understood the mindset of rural people.
"It’s my lack of understanding of the villagers’ mindset; it’s my fault for being too hasty." Su Li realized it was too early to propose the road construction plan.
Xu Wendong continued eating, "Actually, getting villagers to invest in road construction is possible, but it requires the right timing. Once the ti is right, everything will fall into place."
"And when will the ti be ripe?" Su Li instinctively asked, not knowing why, but Xu Wendong seed to be soone she could rely on.
Xu Wendong grinned, "Timing is sothing you create. You might ntion in the group chat the benefits of road construction and the drawbacks of poor transportation."
"For example, if soone were seriously injured, barely holding on to life, and died halfway on the way to the hospital."
Su Li nodded slightly, "What you’re saying is true. It might be worth a try."
"Alright, I’ve eaten my fill and will be going to take a bath. Would you mind cleaning up here!" Xu Wendong said as he left the village committee office. He intended to assist Su Li.
And incidentally, deal with the Wang Family Brothers!
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