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Ningxin Garden.

Inside the study room.

The whole morning, Li Nuo was signing poetry collections, and after signing, he also had to write a dedication. After two hours, his wrist felt a bit sore from writing.

The poetry collections from the Li Family's bookstore sell for one tael of silver each.

But those he signs himself can sell for ten taels.

A signature with a dedication sells for fifty taels.

If one wants a personalized dedication, the price doubles again.

These are all Phoenix's ideas, and even at a hundred taels per book, sales are still very good.

There are many poor people in Chang'an, but there are also plenty of wealthy ones.

The business principle of the Li Family is to take from the rich and help the poor. Li Nuo plans to print more deluxe editions of the "Medical Manual." In the current Daxia, any literate household practically has a copy.

Not just in Daxia. In a matter of months, merchants from various countries had already brought the book to other countries, though Li Nuo couldn't collect a single penny in royalties for this.

However, it's alright that he can't collect; spreading basic medical knowledge to more people is also a contribution to the Medical School, akin to respecting "saints of old". After all, the Medical Saint is also a saint.

Moreover, the wider this book spreads, the more beneficial it is to his cultivation.

The medical reform in Daxia, due to the lack of cooperation from the prestigious families, had long met a bottleneck. Yet, Li Nuo's cultivation still grows daily, albeit slowly, because someone constantly helps expand his influence.

Apart from these poetry collections, Li Nuo also plans to compile his experiences regarding the Six Arts into a book.

Although the Li Family is already very wealthy, their expenses are also high. Public welfare is part of it, and they also need to give enough silver to Li Yun for the Mohist research. These two things consume silver like bottomless pits.

He plans to complete these tasks before the Lantern Festival next year. Afterward, he intends to leave Chang'an, teaching along the way and inspecting various places, stopping by Zhao Country to marry Yiren.

After signing the last book, Li Nuo stepped out of the study and saw Yiren accompanying Jiaren in her practice not far away.

Even though several people like Li Nuo are already in the Fifth Realm, Jiaren, who initially had the highest cultivation, still remains at the Fourth Realm Peak. Seeing her practicing diligently every day, Li Nuo asked Yiren to be her sparring partner.

Dongfang Qing was playing shuttlecock with Mumu and Ning'er.

This young girl has a heart that is younger than her actual age.

She mentioned that as long as she can remember, she has been wandering with her grandfather, never having any friends. No wonder she plays so happily with the two little girls.

Li Nuo walked to the fortune-telling old man sitting at the stone table tossing copper coins and said, "Senior, can you help me calculate when Jiaren will break through to Grandmaster?"

After becoming familiar with his granddaughter, Li Nuo once invited him to the house as a guest. Unexpectedly, this senior from the Yin Yang School agreed.

Ever since then, the grandfather and granddaughter have been frequent visitors here.

Dongfang Xuan glanced at him and said, "I can't calculate."

Li Nuo asked in surprise, "Why? Didn't you calculate for Yiren before...?"

Dongfang Xuan looked at him and replied grumpily, "You ask me, I want to ask you! Why is it that when I calculate for others it works fine, but when it involves people related to you, my Yin Yang Technique doesn't work...?"

He stared into Li Nuo's eyes and asked, "Kid, what secret do you have on you?"

Li Nuo lightly coughed; no matter how strong the Yin Yang Technique is, it shouldn't figure out his secrets.

To avoid further questioning from this senior, he tactfully walked away, watched Jiaren and Yiren practice for a while, and then went out with Yiren and Phoenix to inspect the Li Family's shops.

Outside several bookstores, many customers were queuing.

Most of these customers were women, many of whom were obviously maids from prestigious families.

Poetry remains popular among the upper class.

In addition, Phoenix opened several clothing stores for women, hiring some unemployed women, and combined her expertise in painting and aesthetics to create a brand. The lingerie and outerwear sold in the stores were very popular with elite women.

Phoenix's business acumen is unrivaled in the Li Mansion.

After visiting the Li Family's shops, Li Nuo instructed Phoenix and Anning to return first, while he went to visit various medical halls in Chang'an.

Although medical reform faced obstacles outside, it had been implemented well in Chang'an. Despite the vast gap between low-end and high-end medical care, wealthy people could spend a fortune to have a High Realm medical expert cure diseases instantly, while common folks could still receive treatment, albeit taking more time.

Li Nuo chose a court-run public medical hall and personally consulted for a two-hour session.

Lately, his true Medical Path Qi had only been a step away from the Fifth Realm, but he couldn't manage to cross that threshold.

However, he had a faint feeling that the Medical School breakthrough was near.

There's a significant difference between the Fourth and Fifth Realm in the Medical School; many complex diseases require the foundation of fifth-realm True Qi.

In the following days, aside from compiling books, Li Nuo also dedicated two hours daily to volunteer consultations.

...

Chu Country.

Capital.

In front of a certain book stall, a book vendor was holding a thick book, introducing it to the customer before the stall, "This medical book is authored by the legendary Six Subjects' Scholar from Daxia. It records methods to treat all diseases in the world and is a must-have for every household. In Xia Country and Zhao Country, almost every notable family has one..."

A customer flipped through the book and found it indeed useful and asked, "How much is this book?"

The vendor replied, "A fixed price of ten taels of silver, no bargaining."

"What, so expensive?"

"This is the latest version from Daxia. I brought it back from afar; you can't buy it from anyone else. Ten taels of silver, and you find it expensive?"

"If you're not buying, step aside."

"I'll take one."

"I'll take one too."

This is the capital of Chu Country, where wealthy people abound. They had heard of this medical book's reputation.

But it was always some itinerant merchants selling it sporadically, and they never had the chance to buy it. Today, luckily, they encountered it and seized the opportunity.

A young man bought the last copy and walked into a bookstore at the street corner.

A moment later, on the bookstore's second floor, he looked at a portly man and said, "Shopkeeper, this book will definitely be a hit. We should hurry and make engraved plates to print it, or others might seize the opportunity..."

That portly man hesitated a bit, saying, "Isn't this a bit wrong? We don't have the author's permission to print this book. What if they come after us for trouble?"

According to the laws of Chu Country, privately reprinting someone else's unauthorized books requires returning the profits and paying a hefty fine.

The young man dismissed his concerns, saying, "Shopkeeper, you're overthinking. He's in Daxia; could he come to Chu Country's capital to trouble us? If we don't earn this money, others will eventually. Print first, profit first; print later, no profit..."

After careful consideration, the portly man finally nodded, saying, "Alright, you go find some Mohist people and have them make the plates as soon as possible..."

...

Within a few days, certain bookstores in Chu Country's capital were selling large quantities of "Medical Manual."

Due to its practicality, many had paid attention to it before but never managed to purchase it.

Once it was released, it immediately sold out.

Other bookstores saw this and quickly sought people to make engraved plates and print copies.

Previously, successful books like this were always cooperatively published with fixed bookstores, and no one else could print them. However, this book's author was far away in Daxia and couldn't possibly come to Chu Country's capital to sue them.

Without sharing the proceeds with the original author, all profits, after deducting printing costs, belonged to them. Such a lucrative opportunity was rare.

For a time, every bookstore in the capital began selling the book.

Once the capital's market was saturated, after experiencing the benefits, they competed to print and sell regionally...

Daxia.

Chang'an.

Li Nuo stepped out of the study, about to go for a volunteer consultation at the medical hall when he suddenly paused.

Just a moment ago, the Medical School True Qi within him inexplicably surged dramatically.

The surge in True Qi was very familiar to Li Nuo. This is... the Fifth Realm of the Medical School.

He looked down at the position of his Dantian.

Breaking through to the Fifth Realm in the Medical School wasn't surprising; he was already at the Fourth Realm Peak, always on the verge of a breakthrough.

But just now, besides breaking through in the Medical School, there was an additional force within him.

A force completely unfamiliar to him.

This force was equivalent to the initial stage of various schools. Li Nuo had recently been in contact with the Yin Yang School a lot and had tried practicing it; could he have entered the Yin Yang School?

After just a few days of formal cultivation, did he enter the realm, being a century talent of Yin Yang Technique?

If the initial realm of the Yin Yang School only counted as ordinary people without any cultivation, and the future one could see would be extremely limited, perhaps akin to choosing which foot to step first.

Li Nuo looked at a maidservant not far away.

But he saw no future.

He showed a perplexed expression.

This force isn't from the Yin Yang School.

Confucian, Legalism, Medical School, Mohist, Military, Agricultural School, Thief School, School of Cross and Vertical... The various forces should all be present within him; what is this mysterious new force in him that doesn't belong to the Yin Yang School?

[ps: Writer's block, short piece.]