The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

The people in the compound had already met Director Liu and his wife before and knew that the couple had extraordinary identities, so they didn't curiously gather around to ask questions.

Li Kaixin and her parents returned to the main house and began to organize the things that Director Liu had brought.

Similar to the gifts last time, Li Mingde, the father, handed Li Kaixin two cartons of specially supplied cigarettes as usual.

At night, Li Kaixin lay in bed, going over the events of the day in her mind.

If Secretary Liu hadn't come today, it's hard to say whether the interview could have proceeded smoothly.

Although Station Chief Zhao will back him up later, the interview is definitely off, and he can only suffer in silence.

Li Kaixin once again deeply felt the importance of power.

And once the newspapers publish it, I will inevitably come into the view of many people.

Only when there is a powerful figure supporting them can their family live a stable life.

But the status of her family and Secretary Liu's family was not equal. The favor she owed Liu Jianming would eventually run out.

How can I maintain this relationship?

Send them ingredients; people of their status certainly don't lack them. While large quantities of grain would be useful at this time, we dare not take them out ourselves.

Thinking about this, Li Kaixin couldn't help but feel a headache.

Just then, a sudden inspiration struck him.

Don't you have something unique about yourself? Among the experience of renowned traditional Chinese medicine doctors, there are many ancient prescriptions with particularly strong health-preserving and life-saving effects.

There just so happens to be a type of health-preserving medicine, and the secret realm space has a complete collection of Chinese medicinal herbs.

Isn't it their father's birthday next month? This is the perfect gift.

Li Kaixin acted on his thought immediately, flashing into the secret realm.

The moment Li Kaixin entered the secret realm, he noticed the difference in the space today.

While the area of ​​cultivated land has not changed, the flow of time has accelerated to eleven times that of the outside world.

It wasn't obvious when I came in a few days ago; I just thought it was my imagination. But now it seems my feeling was right.

Li Kaixin was no longer in a hurry to refine the medicine; instead, he began to search for the cause of this change.

The answer was finally found in the box containing the money.

The small yellow croakers that were seized in the black market in Haicheng Town have now shrunk to the size of soybeans. Even the large yellow croakers that were traded with Hu Laoliu have shrunk by half.

Li Kaixin immediately came to a conclusion.

Gold can accelerate the flow of time in the secret realm.

This discovery delighted Li Kaixin. If time could be accelerated by a hundred or even a thousand times, wouldn't medicinal herbs like ginseng grow into century-old ginseng in just a few days?

But then he thought about it again and couldn't help but twitch his lips; the energy expenditure was just too great.

The flow rate, which was twice as fast as the outside air, consumed nearly two kilograms of gold; that's over nine thousand yuan!

However, in order to accelerate the operation of the space in the future, Li Kaixin decided that all large transactions on the black market would be settled in gold.

After thinking it through, he finally put his mind back on alchemy.

First, I went straight to the area where medicinal herbs were grown and carefully cut off a few sections of roots from the fifty-year-old ginseng.

Although it's hard to give up ginseng, younger ginseng can still be used, but for the best medicinal effect, the older the ginseng, the better.

As for that century-old plant, it's meant to save lives, and Li Kaixin won't use it unless it's absolutely necessary.

Next, several auxiliary materials with mild medicinal properties were collected.

Remembering the bottle of wound medicine he had refined last time, which he had divided into two portions and sent out, he then gathered all the medicinal materials needed to refine the wound medicine.

Satisfied, he returned to the place where he had previously refined medicine.

After Li Kaixin finished refining the medicine, he had two medicine bottles in his hand.

One bottle contained more than ten health pills, and the other bottle contained the same wound medicine as before.

The next morning, as soon as Li Kaixin entered the transportation station, he felt several eyes on him.

When he walked to his car, even a few experienced drivers who weren't particularly familiar with him came over to greet him.

Although Li Kaixin was somewhat surprised, she smiled and responded, remembering that they were all colleagues at the station.

Zhou Zhiming has returned to his usual diligence today, having already inspected the car inside and out.

Early in the morning, Li Kaixin and Zhou Zhiming did not drive as usual, but what was different was that they were occasionally glanced at.

After lunch, Li Kaixin hurriedly knocked on Director Xie's office door.

"Come in!" Director Xie's voice came from the room.

Li Kaixin pushed open the door with a smile, walked in, and came to the opposite side of Director Xie.

"Uncle Xie, are you still eating?"

Director Xie looked up and saw it was Li Kaixin. He put down his chopsticks and said, "Kaixin, sit down and let's talk."

After Li Kaixin sat down, Director Xie continued, "So, what did you want to see me about?"

Li Kaixin didn't beat around the bush. He took out a small paper packet from his pocket, which contained ten kidney-tonifying pills and two health-preserving pills that he had made the night before.

Upon seeing the pills, Director Xie immediately perked up, his face beaming with a smile: "Great! You were very efficient this time!"

As he spoke, he reached out and took it.

He held the pills in his palm and noticed that two of them were a distinctly different color. He picked them out separately, somewhat puzzled, "Kaixin, why do these two look a little different?"

"Uncle Xie, you have a good eye." Li Kaixin chuckled. "These two aren't for kidney tonification; they're health supplements."

"For health maintenance?" Director Xie held the two pills, examining them closely. "What are their effects?"

Li Kaixin didn't hide anything: "Taking it can help regulate the body and improve overall strength and energy, which is different from the single effect of kidney tonics."

"Is this medicine potent?" Director Xie asked curiously.

"Of course it's enough!" Li Kaixin nodded, his tone serious. "There's fifty-year-old ginseng inside as a starter."

Upon hearing about the fifty-year-old ginseng, Director Xie's eyes lit up, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on the pill.

Li Kaixin continued, "But no one has tried this medicine yet. I was just thinking of asking Uncle Xie to help me figure out if we could find a reliable comrade to test its effects."

"What's the big deal? I can try it myself," Director Xie said dismissively.

Before he finished speaking, he had already picked up a pill and put it directly into his mouth.

Having had a previous experience taking kidney-tonifying pills, he now has complete faith in Li Kaixin's medical skills.

Moreover, fifty-year-old ginseng is not a rare find; he had to give it a try no matter what.

Li Kaixin was stunned by Director Xie's action of swallowing the pills directly: "Uncle Xie, won't you reconsider?"

He had indeed considered asking Director Xie to help test the drug, but he didn't expect Director Xie to be so decisive.

"What, you gave me this medicine to try out, didn't you?" Director Xie raised an eyebrow. "And those kidney-tonifying pills from before?"

As he spoke, he gave Li Kaixin a meaningful look.

"Uncle Xie, so you knew all along!"

Li Kaixin smiled a little embarrassedly, then assured her, "But don't worry, apart from ginseng, the other ingredients in this pill are all mild and won't harm your health."

Director Xie nodded, then asked, "Is there anything else?"

"That's all, Uncle Xie, please continue eating. I'll head out now," Li Kaixin said, turning around and closing the door as he left the office.

Director Xie watched his departing figure, shook his head, and chuckled softly, "That brat!"

Then, he carefully put the pills away and resumed eating.

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