Chapter 166 - 165: Changshen Biotechnology
The decision to recruit Lin Yuebai was made that very day.
In the end, the pitiful Lin’s Pharmacy in the herbal market, which had been dancing on the edge of survival, went completely under.
It wouldn’t be cost-effective to help Lin Yuebai pay rent; that would just be lining the landlady’s pockets. The shop wouldn’t see any improvement even if it stayed open for another three months.
Yang Shen’s instructions for Lin Yuebai were to find a small inn to stay at for the time being. He advanced her a month’s salary and told her to conduct market research until she received further orders—specifically, to ask around and see if there were any channels for bulk purchases of Qi Gathering Vine.
A physical shop was even more unnecessary for now. It wouldn’t be too late to get one once the business was properly established.
As for whether to call it the Lin Clan or Mrs. Lin of the Yang Clan, that was yet to be decided. Yang Shen still needed to observe whether Lin Yuebai was reliable.
’Just because she cried and begged to be his woman doesn’t mean she’s sincere, does it?’
The system, however, did update... Lin Yuebai was now classified as a "Long-term Envoy"—an employee—and counted as 0.2 of a person.
The total clan population reached 10.2.
Yang Shen could also see Lin Yuebai’s detailed information.
The contents made even Yang Shen pause.
"Lin Yuebai: Level 1 Qi Cultivation"
"Life Chart: Spirit Monster Communication Contract"
"Spirit Monster Communication Contract: Possesses mediocre cultivation talent, but Gu Insects submit to you, Spirit Beasts are drawn to you, and Spirit Monsters adore you."
’What a strange Life Chart... It’s more like a unique constitution.’
’I originally thought Lin Yuebai’s Martial Arts was so pathetic simply because her time as an "Exchange Student" had delayed her cultivation. Turns out, her natural talent is just that terrible...’
’And as for her Spiritual Root, it’s listed as a direct "No Spiritual Root"...’
But this confirmed Yang Shen’s earlier suspicion. This girl was clearly connected to the Witchcraft and Gu Dao. Spending ten years in the Si Realm with her grandfather... there was definitely a story there.
And she was a rare case: someone with access to Witchcraft who wasn’t one of the "Si Realm reactionaries."
Even if her skills were lacking now, her future achievements in this field were bound to be impressive.
Lin Yuebai was a diamond in the rough, but she would need a lot of careful polishing.
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That night, Xu Bamboo returned to Jianghuai City. She was still living at the Gaokao Center.
They had agreed that she would move in once the Yang Family Ancestral Residence was ready.
During this time, Xu Bamboo, like Yang Shen, hadn’t given up on her Martial Arts Cultivation. In fact, having been given a new lease on life, her talent had been fully unleashed, making her even more formidable than before.
She hoped to advance further, to enter Jiangti at a higher realm.
Yang Shen, meanwhile, returned home and cultivated through the night.
The next morning, Yang Shen headed to Jianghuai City, taking his ID and other documents with him.
After nearly a month, the appearance of Jianghuai City hadn’t changed much, but to Yang Shen, it was still unfamiliar.
The last time he came was at night, bringing Xu Bamboo to the emergency room. At that time, everything was a neon blur, and he couldn’t see clearly.
He only remembered seeing countless Martial Artists scaling walls and leaping across rooftops...
According to Yanhua’s statistic that at least early-stage Skin Refining accounts for 30% of the population, Jianghuai City has over 6 million Martial Artists... In reality, as one of the world’s leading metropolises, this proportion would be even higher.
’Of course, the Martial Arts Realm distribution is a pyramid, but those numbers are still terrifying...’
This city, day and night, might be two completely different worlds.
There were millions of Martial Artists here, as well as ordinary people slaving away like cattle. There were top-tier experts whose names shook Cyan Blue, and more than half of the world’s most famous Universal Giant Corporations were headquartered here.
And... all the shadowy figures of the underworld.
Power, wealth, desire...
During the day, this place is a Super City full of commercial vitality and order.
But at night, the name City of Magic is more convincing.
Cyan Blue was not peaceful. Yang Shen was all too aware of this fact.
’There’s probably a whole battalion of Rebel Species in Jianghuai City alone...’
The taxi took him all the way to the Black Tortoise District, stopping in front of the Bureau of Industry and Commerce.
He was here today to register a company!
In the future, the value of Spirit Plant transactions would only increase. He couldn’t just keep carrying pots to the market. Doing business without a company would become a huge hassle. Yang Shen saw this as a milestone for his clan.
He’d already looked it up online and planned to register a single-member limited liability company.
After taking a number and waiting in line for about ten minutes, Yang Shen reached the counter.
He said formally, "Hello, I’d like to register a company."
"In person or as an agent?"
"In person."
The staffer tossed a checklist at him. "You need everything on this list. Public computers are on the left, printing room’s on the right. Come back when you have it all."
Yang Shen picked it up and glanced at it. "This seems pretty standard. I thought it would be more complicated."
The staff member looked at Yang Shen’s ID card, which said Jinshui District.
He mentally wrote Yang Shen off as a non-Jianghuai local and said with a forced smile:
"This is Jianghuai. Twenty million people, three million companies. On average, one in seven people is technically a ’boss,’ and that’s not even counting all the shareholders. The number of companies I register and dissolve in a single day is about the same as the number of cups of bubble tea a shop sells."
The staffer pointed to a line on the checklist:
"Pay attention here. Only Martial Artists can register a company and assume the position of a legal representative. What’s your realm?"
"You’ll need legally valid proof of your Martial Arts Realm. If you don’t have it, go get a check-up at a hospital. Everything’s online now; it’ll sync to our system, and you can just print out a certificate."
This rule was also a Yanhua characteristic. It didn’t matter for employees and shareholders, but the legal representative and registrant must be a Martial Artist.
It had no practical benefit, but it was an important manifestation of society’s favoritism toward Martial Artists.
Similar "incentives" were present in all aspects of life, pushing the Yanhu People toward the path of Martial Arts.
’No Martial Arts, no future.’
Yang Shen waved his hand. "That won’t be necessary. I’m Late-stage Marrow Refining, and I just finished the Gaokao, so I have the relevant proof."
That made the staffer give him a second look...
’A Late-stage Marrow Refining taking the Gaokao? That’s seriously impressive!’
’He’d only ever heard about geniuses like that online; he’d never met one in person. One of his own relatives took the Gaokao at late-stage Bone Training, and people were already praising him as if he were Mars incarnate...’
This was the benefit of being a "genius." The subsequent communication was much smoother.
Yang Shen’s "genius" might not bring the other person even a single dollar’s worth of benefit.
But it could win respect and goodwill.
But the process of choosing a name was a real headache. He’d originally wanted to call it something simple like "Yang’s Company," but Yang is an extremely common surname.
Checking one by one in the system, the common combinations, especially the nice-sounding ones, were all already taken...
After fiddling with it for half an hour, he finally settled on a name:
"Changshen Biotechnology Co., Ltd."
If the company grew much larger in the future, he could try to claim a name like "Yang Group," but that was out of reach for now.
Registering the company was indeed a small matter. It took two hours from start to finish, and the brand-new Yang Family Company was born.
No paid-in capital was required; he registered 5 million in subscribed capital. Carrying a tax controller and various other odds and ends, Yang Shen left the bureau.
Hefting the bag of miscellaneous items, Yang Shen mused, "And just like that, this bag of junk is a company."
’Easier than I thought.’
Still, the company was the company, and the Yang Family was the Yang Family.
The company is just a legal foothold for making money. Many well-off Martial Arts Clans have their own companies, convenient for issuing invoices and doing accounting.
But the two could not be confused.
After taking care of this matter, Yang Shen looked at a map, hailed another taxi, and headed to his second destination of the day.
This time it was only a 20-minute drive. When Yang Shen got out of the car again, across the road was a somewhat deserted park.
Named "Cangwu Garden."
The somewhat old perimeter wall looked like it hadn’t been maintained in years. The vegetation seemed untrimmed; though lush and green, it also gave off a bleak feeling that was out of place in the city.
This style of complete enclosure suggested it was quite old. Newer parks and green spaces usually aimed for open visibility with features like large lawns.
This was probably also the reason why there weren’t many people here.
A small path led into the park, but it curved and disappeared from view after only a few dozen meters, giving it the feeling of a winding path to a hidden sanctuary.
This was the location of the "Clan Opportunity" from the system’s reward...
This was also why he didn’t ask Xu Bamboo, who was also in Jianghuai City, to come with him today.
Because he wasn’t sure what was inside...
==Portal==
[Monthly Ticket]