Godly Student

Chapter 101: Meng Family Part 1

When Elder Yun saw Meng Zhiyuan’s complexion turned unnatural, he said, ”Perhaps, Mr. Meng has no idea who we are. I can tell you that we are from Kunlun.”

Kunlun? Meng Zhiyuan was just a commoner, so it was impossible for him to know what the implication behind it was.

Elder Yun saw Meng Zhiyuan’s puzzled expression, so he knew that Meng Zhiyuan had no idea who they were. He stood up and pointed his finger at the chair that was five meters away from him. He slowly lifted his finger up, and the chair he was pointing at started to hover in the air.

Meng Zhiyuan’s jaw slackened as he looked at what was happening in front of him. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the chair that was still hovering in the air. He was startled. He quickly stood up and replied respectfully, ”Could the two seniors be immortals from Kunlun?”

“We have not met the standards of being an immortal yet. We know a bit of mystic arts. I am the Kunlun elder, Elder Yun and he is Elder Feng,” Elder Yun lowered the chair and laughed.

“I am sorry that I have eyes, but failed to recognize Mount Tai. I plead the two elders for forgiveness,” Meng Zhiyuan cupped his hands together and apologized.

“It’s ok. About our cooperation…”

“This…” Meng Zhiyuan was feeling very awkward. The cooperation terms were too harsh. But the opposite party were immortals. When he saw the two elders were staring at him, his heart tensed up. However, if he did not agree with them, he would definitely be unable to live peacefully. But if he were to agree with them, he gained nothing! He wrinkled his forehead and said, ”Can the two elders be more lenient? These terms are a bit too hard for me to agree on.”

“Alright. We shall not make things difficult for you. We will decrease the profits we get by another 10%. Does that work?” Elder Yun said compellingly.

Meng Zhiyuan’s heart was remorseful. Originally, he thought it was a blessing for him. But he had never expected it to be a calamity instead. At this very moment, Meng Zhiyuan finally experienced how Lan Jinsong felt. Meng Zhiyuan actually started to sympathize with the previous Lan Jinsong. He never once expected that even though Lan Jinsong looked like he was always in the limelight, behind him, there was actually such a big mountain pushing him down.

“Could it be you still wish for it to be reduced further? You have to know that with our Kunlun creating the road for you, your business will only grow bigger day by day. For us to be giving you 60% of the profits is already a loss to us. In the future, if you do well, we might consider giving you a bigger portion of the profits. This is a longevity pill[1] that can increase your life span by five years. This can be counted as a deposit for our cooperation. Three days later, we will be back to sign the contract,” Elder Yun took out a box and placed it on the tea table. They did not wait for Meng Zhiyuan’s reply and left the Meng family.

“Dad, who were they?” Meng Yun returned from the backyard. He looked at his father as he asked.

“Go and get your uncles and brothers to come to the study room. I have something to announce,” Meng Zhiyuan looked at the box in front, but did not display any signs of happiness. In contrast, he felt hesitant.

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Meng Family’s study room.

“Big Brother, why did you have us gather?” A middle-aged man, who looked quite similar to Meng Zhiyuan, asked while sitting on a chair. This person was Meng Zhiyuan’s second brother, Meng Zhibo.

“Just now, there were two people who came to look for me. They were previously the backing of the Lan Family.”

“Isn’t that a good thing? I heard that the Lan Family’s backing were very strong. Since the Lan Family has fallen out with them, they are definitely looking for a new cooperation partner. Big Brother, why do you still look so hesitant about something?” Third Brother, Meng Zhihai, asked because he was confused.

“You guys missed the main point. Although it might seem like a good thing, you have no idea the terms they have put forth are very harsh.”

“What kind of terms did they ask for?” Meng Zhibo asked.

“They will help us get 80% of the medical herb market. They will also provide us an even better farming technique so as to mess with the Lan Family.”

“Isn’t this a heaven-sent opportunity?”

“However, every year, we must give them 30% of the medical herb and also 40% of our profits.”

“With the remaining 70% medical herb, we can only earn 60% of it. If we are able to control majority of the market, it might still be better than what we are earning now,” Meng Zhihai replied after running a rough estimation.

“Big Brother, with so little profits, we might as well not cooperate with them. They can’t possibly force us, right? Why are you worrying so much?” Second Brother said.

“The problem is with their identity. If they were ordinary, I would definitely not fear them. But the problem is that they are Kunlun Sect immortals!”

“Dad! Have you turned into an idiot? How can there be immortals in this world? So what if they were from the Kunlun Sect? They are just some flower racks that are trying to scare people. You really think this is some wuxia novel?” This time, it was a teen who voiced his opinion. This was Meng Zhiyuan’s second son, Meng Wu. He was also Meng Wen’s younger brother.

“What do you know?! The person who came was a true immortal! Just now, they revealed their mystic arts to me. I also have a pill that they gifted us, and they said that it can extend a person’s life by five years,” Meng Zhiyuan glared at his son. After that, he took out the box and opened it to show everyone the pill inside.

Inside was a crystal clear pill. If they sniffed it, they would be able to smell the pill fragrance. It did seem like an immortal item.

“Big Brother, do you think that this thing is really so miraculous? Can it really extend a person’s life by five years? It seems too unrealistic,” Third Brother looked at the pill inside the box and felt unconvinced.

“Uncle, I believe this is real,” This moment, another teen spoke. This was Meng Zhibo’s son, Meng Tian.

“Oh? Tian’er, you are a doctor. Could you tell that this pill is not ordinary?” Meng Zhiyuan asked as he was surprised. Meng Tian was the deputy head doctor in the city’s hospital.

“Nope. I have no idea if this pill is real or fake. But I do believe in the existence of immortals in this world.”

“Brother Tian, could it be that you have met an immortal before?” Meng Tian was younger than Meng Wen, but he was older than Meng Wu. It was normal that Meng Wu addressed him in such a way.

“I have seen a person in the hospital before. Although I have no idea if he was an immortal, I know that even our dean was taught a lesson by him. Recently, there have been a few miraculous cases that were related to that young man. Everyone called it a deity descending to earth.”

“Oh? Tian’er, elaborate. What kind of miraculous things?” Meng Zhiyuan asked curiously. Naturally, he knew who the dean of the city hospital was. In Yunhai, Ji Wenbo was someone highly respected. Even when Meng Zhiyuan was facing him, he had to be extremely polite to Li Wenbo. He never expected that there would actually be someone who could teach him a lesson.

“Recently, there was a policewoman who was shot. That policewoman was treated at our hospital. From what I heard, our hospital director Zhang had already deemed the patient as dead on arrival. However, that person was actually able to save her. Furthermore, on the second day, she fully recovered and was discharged. Another time, it was his girlfriend’s father who had an accident in a construction site. Both his legs were pierced by several steel bars and debris. At that time, the hospital was preparing to amputate his leg. In the end, the person actually got into conflict with the doctor-in-charge. When the person got angry, he operated using immortal arts and actually healed everyone in that ward! I heard from the nurses who were present at the scene that they had witnessed those patients’ wounds recovering at a speed that can be seen with their naked eyes.

Everyone was stupefied and they started to kneel down and worship him. After that, that person used less than an hour to heal his girlfriend’s father. It was also another complete recovery and his wound did not have any traces of injury. These two incidents were not a secret anymore. Currently in the city hospital, it has been spreading like wild fire. I did not manage to witness the incidents myself, but when the person was actually scolding the dean, I saw it. Not only was Dean Ji not angry, he was very respectful to him,” Meng Tian recited the whole incident while his eyes showed hints of worship.

“Brother Tian, are you talking about myths? I think you have read too many novels. If the person was really so powerful, he would have long ago become someone famous. How come we have no idea about who he is?” Meng Wu felt that all this was just some nonsense his brother had made up.

“Shut up!” Meng Zhiyuan shouted at Meng Wu. Meng Zhiyuan was extremely dissatisfied with his second son. Meng Wu had always been ignorant and incompetent. It because of this that Meng Zhiyuan became furious.

[1] – Editor Note – This is not a true Longevity Pill, so we did not capitalize it and it does not have the same effects that Cheng Yu’s pill does.