"What... what? He's already so formidable within your Sect?!"

Shen Xiaoqin was thoroughly dumbstruck, stammering in her speech, her face showing an expression of disbelief.

The transformation Jiang Chen had undergone truly shocked her beyond belief.

"And also, Chen'er's standing in the Martial Dao World along the river doesn't fall short of his standing in our Chixiao Sect!"

Jiang Minglong proudly laughed as he said, "As for Elder Ye of today, I've heard about him from Chen'er. He assisted Chen'er in Jinhai, but his medical skills definitely aren't a match for Chen'er, because he has taken Chen'er as his teacher!"

"Ye, Divine Doctor Ye has taken Chen'er as his teacher?!" Shen Xiaoqin exclaimed in shock as she stood up.

Perhaps when it comes to business tycoons or statuses within the Martial Dao World, Shen Xiaoqin didn't have a thorough understanding, even if it was an Intermediate Rank Officer, she only thought it was very impressive but wasn't clear about the degree of impressiveness.

But she was familiar with Ye Yang.

After all, she had lived in Jinhai for all these years, and the reputation of Jinhai's number one Divine Doctor was well-known to her. Without any exaggeration, in the entire Jinhai, there might be those who don't know who the big boss of Jinhai is, but no one who hasn't heard of who Ye Yang is!

Yet such a universally known Divine Doctor of Jinhai had taken her son as his teacher to learn medicine.

This left Shen Xiaoqin overwhelmed with shock!

"Now do you understand why Elder Ye was sweating all over?"

"You made his teacher pour tea, wash fruits for him, and had him teach his teacher some medical skills. Moreover, with Chen'er's status being so high, it's quite extraordinary that Elder Ye managed to hang on until after dinner before leaving!" Jiang Minglong said with a light chuckle.

"My son... has my son become so incredible?"

The shock and disbelief in Shen Xiaoqin's eyes slowly shifted to pride and joy: "This is my son, the son of Shen Xiaoqin!"

"Yes, our son!"

Jiang Minglong nodded softly, knowing that Shen Xiaoqin had understood why he had told her all this, and with a light laugh, he wrapped his arms around her.

"Jiang Minglong!" Shen Xiaoqin suddenly looked up, defiantly staring at Jiang Minglong.

Jiang Minglong was slightly taken aback and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

"You know how impressive my son is, right? If you dare to bully me, be careful I'll have my son beat you up!" Shen Xiaoqin shook her fist in front of Jiang Minglong.

Jiang Minglong was momentarily stunned, watching Shen Xiaoqin's girlish stance, his heart felt a tickle, and he scooped her into his arms.

"Ah! What are you doing?!" Shen Xiaoqin cried out in surprise.

"Since you gave birth to such a wonderful son for me, of course I have to properly reward you!" Jiang Minglong said meaningfully as he carried Shen Xiaoqin toward the bedroom.

"Bastard! Pervert!"

Realizing his intention, Shen Xiaoqin's cheeks flushed red, she softly slapped Jiang Minglong's chest and allowed herself to be carried away.

...

After Jiang Chen had settled Ye Yang, he brought Yan Hu to his loft.

Upon closing the loft's door, Jiang Chen initiated a video group chat named "Acquisition Group."

Beep... Beep...

"Jiang Chen!"

"Mr. Jiang!"

"Big Brother!"

"Mr. Jiang!"

Very soon, one after another, icons lit up, and the group members each connected to the video call.

"Hello everyone." After a greeting, Jiang Chen looked at the screen towards Fu Ling'er's icon: "Ling'er, have you taught your grandfather the APP I asked you to download for him?"

"I have, I'll pull him in!" Fu Ling'er cheerfully nodded.

"Good! Qiangqiang, bring your sister in too, please!" Jiang Chen nodded and looked towards Lou Qiangqiang's icon.

"Alright!"

"Young Jiang!"

"Mr. Jiang!"

In no time, Medicine Saint and Lou Fengfeng were invited into the group chat.

"Okay, you two can go back to whatever you were doing!" Jiang Chen said with a slight smile, made some adjustments to the group settings, turning the invitation mode to admin-only invite, and then...

"Ling'er the Petite Fairy has been kicked from the group chat!"

"Ziglumdong Strong has been kicked from the group chat!"

"Big stinky brother, why did you kick me?" Fu Ling'er's dissatisfied face peeked out from behind the Medicine Saint's avatar.

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, "Your main focus right now should be on studying and improving your strength. Don't get involved in anything else!"

"We're not little kids anymore!" Fu Ling'er protested.

"That's right, that's right!" Another head popped out beside Medicine Saint.

The corners of Jiang Chen's mouth curved up as he glanced indifferently at Medicine Saint, "Elder Yao, these two seem to have quite a bit of energy. How about we increase their training intensity? How about doubling it?"

"I think that's a good idea!" Medicine Saint nodded with a smile.

"No way!"

"Ah, I'm so tired! I'm going to sleep!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, can't keep my eyes open! Time to sleep!"

In an instant, the pair of youngsters scrambled off the screen, shrieking.

They already felt miserable enough and certainly did not want to be disciplined further by Jiang Chen and Elder Yao.

"Haha!"

Pfft!

"Haha..."

"These two, only you could handle them, Jiang Chen. They're not afraid of what we say!" The group chat was filled with everyone's light laughter and sighs.

"Alright, let's get down to the real business! Let's talk about the recent progress!" Jiang Chen also said with a slight smile, then spoke softly.

Everyone's expression turned serious, and Ye Jingyi was the first to speak, "Recently, our Yi Chen has acquired one-third of the pharmaceutical companies in the area assigned to us, and another third are in talks. The remaining third are rather resistant, and we're figuring out ways to overcome it!"

"On my side..."

"..."

One by one, everyone reported on the progress in their respective areas. When it came back to Gong Lin, she gave a wry smile, "I've also acquired a third, but a large part of the remaining two-thirds have outright refused our acquisition!"

"Outright refused?" Jiang Chen was surprised for a moment, his eyebrows knitting together slightly. "Did they give any reasons?"

"I'm not sure, but when talking to them, some avoid discussing it, whereas people from the three northern provinces have a very strong attitude, as if they're not afraid to offend us at all!" Gong Lin spoke with a frown.

Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, "The three northern provinces? Are they planning a joint resistance, or could it be that they're already bought by the three big organizations, purposely opposing us to test our purpose in acquiring the pharmaceutical companies?"

"Mr. Jiang, I do have a speculation," Song Wanqiu pondered and then spoke softly.

"Please go ahead, Miss Song," Jiang Chen said softly.

"In the three northern provinces, there are several ancient families, one of which is the Medicine King Family. Their Family Head has been called the Medicine King for generations," Song Wanqiu explained.

"Medicine King?"

Jiang Chen paused.

That's quite the title!

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