Wealth, methods, companions, and land—cultivation is actually a very expensive and extravagant pursuit.

By chance, the simple mountain villager Andrew Grant acquires the legendary inheritance of Ge Hong, the master of Daoist cultivation, alchemy, and medicine, and begins striving to make money.

While most people are still in high school, he is already studying and making money at the same time for the sake of alchemy and cultivation.

While most people in college are worrying about the expenses of dating, he is already a boss.

While most people are sending out resumes everywhere after graduating from college, and rich second-generation kids are showing off their sports cars in front of beautiful women, he has already become a super-rich first-generation, and of course, a supreme medical sage hidden in the city.

Chapter 0001 Farewell

"Master, tomorrow I have to go to the county to prepare for school, so I won't be able to visit you every day anymore. This is your favorite Huadiao wine, aged ten years, and your favorite Beggar's Chicken. Today, let's eat and drink to our hearts' content, just the two of us, master and disciple." In front of a grave on Baiyun Mountain, a young man held a five-jin jar of Huadiao wine, with a Beggar's Chicken wrapped in lotus leaves placed in front, along with two porcelain bowls. As he poured wine into the bowls, he muttered softly.

This young man's name was Andrew Grant, a villager from Gejiayang Village at the foot of Baiyun Mountain. Buried in the grave was his master, Brian Clark.

Andrew Grant had followed him in cultivation since the age of eight, until Brian Clark passed away when he was fourteen. Now, two years after Brian Clark's death, Andrew Grant was a sixteen-year-old youth. Having been admitted to the county's top high school, he was leaving for the county tomorrow, and had come today to bid farewell to his master.

Speaking of Master Brian Clark, although Andrew Grant had cultivated with him for six years, he knew very little about his master's life. Even his master's name was only revealed to him right before his death. Ever since Andrew Grant had known his master, he had always been a crazy old man whose mind was sometimes clear and sometimes confused.

Brian Clark rarely appeared in the village, spending most of his time living in a deserted little Daoist temple deep in Baiyun Mountain. On the rare occasions he visited the village, he was mostly in a state of madness. The village children were mischievous; seeing the old man acting crazy, they would laugh and chase after him, throwing rotten fruit and mud.

Andrew Grant was simple and kind-hearted from a young age, unlike the other mischievous children. Whenever he saw his playmates throwing things at the old man for fun, he would always step forward to protect Brian Clark. In the end, he would be the one covered in filth.

Once, when Andrew Grant was again covered in dirt for protecting Brian Clark, Brian Clark suddenly became lucid, drove away the children, then studied Andrew Grant for a long time before suddenly asking, "Would you like to take me as your master and cultivate with me?"

Andrew Grant originally wanted to shake his head, but seeing Brian Clark's white hair and ragged clothes, looking so pitiful, he inexplicably nodded and agreed.

Brian Clark was overjoyed and immediately took Andrew Grant to see his parents, wanting to formally accept Andrew Grant as his disciple.

Naturally, Andrew Grant's parents were unwilling to let their son take a crazy old man as his master, even though he seemed normal at the time.

Perhaps stimulated by the rejection from Andrew Grant's parents, Brian Clark immediately became confused again, muttering to himself as he left.

But from then on, he would come to visit Andrew Grant every few days.

Andrew Grant's parents, seeing that Brian Clark was crazy and pestering their son, were afraid he might harm him. After he visited a few times, they couldn't help but try to drive him away.

No matter how they tried, every few days, Brian Clark would still come, and Andrew Grant's parents would persist in driving him off, not letting him get close to their son.

Until one day, Andrew Grant suddenly developed a high fever that wouldn't go away. The doctors were helpless, and his parents, in tears, were preparing to take him to the county hospital when Brian Clark suddenly appeared, picked up Andrew Grant, and ran off.

Naturally, Andrew Grant's parents were frantic and chased after him. Strangely, though Brian Clark was clearly an old man with white hair, he ran faster carrying a child than Andrew Grant's father could, and in the blink of an eye disappeared into the mountains.

At the time, Andrew Grant's parents didn't think much of it. Seeing their feverish son carried off into the mountains by a crazy old man, they were so anxious they cried, thinking their son, already so ill, was surely doomed.

But to their utter surprise, as they searched the mountain calling his name, Andrew Grant suddenly came running toward them from a small mountain path, not only in great spirits but also moving nimbly. He was nothing like before, when he was feverish and could barely stand, let alone move quickly—he had been groggy and weak all over.

From then on, Andrew Grant's parents made a major decision: to allow their son to take Brian Clark, who was sometimes crazy and sometimes lucid, as his master.

Strangely, ever since Andrew Grant's parents agreed, Brian Clark became lucid most of the time. However, although he was mostly clear-headed, he basically couldn't remember his past or even his own name. Later, Andrew Grant's parents discovered a scar on the back of Brian Clark's head and guessed he must have suffered some kind of brain injury, which explained his condition. They wanted to take Brian Clark to the county hospital for a checkup, but he was stubborn and refused to go, so they had no choice.