The Rise of David
Copyright© 2025 by RichXpower
Chapter 64: Blessed
“Have mercy on me, please. I’m willing to give you all the expensive herbs in my store!” Zyaire groveled at their feet.
He wanted nothing more than to slap himself across the face at that moment.
It was obvious David was a bigshot. However, he didn’t realize David was that influential for Tommy to become his lackey. It was rare to find someone as influential as David in Jazona.
“I won’t take your herbs without paying you. I don’t have enough cash, so I’ll give the revitalizing pills in exchange for all the herbs that are above a hundred years old in Yeringham. Just let Zeke know how much money you require, and we’ll give you the revitalizing pills in exchange.”
David wasn’t going to take the herbs without paying for them. After all, he wanted Zyaire to be his herbs supplier for a long time.
“R-Revitalizing pills?” Zyaire’s head snapped up in shock. “A-Are you...”
“Yes, I am the one who crafted the revitalizing pills. Don’t get any idea about it, for I’m the only one who can craft it!” David declared.
“No, of course not...” Zyaire’s cheeks flushed red in embarrassment. “All right. You can get up now.”
David waved for Zyaire to get up.
After getting to his feet, Zyaire immediately summoned his men to get the hundred-year-old herbs so David could take them with him.
“J-Ja...”
After leaving Trinity Herbs, Zeke wanted to talk to David but realized he didn’t know how to address the latter.
Initially, he assumed he had more experience than David and thought he could be of help.
However, after the truth was revealed, he knew David wasn’t at the same level as him. Thus, he was at a loss for words.
“What is it, Zeke?” David asked.
Zeke flashed an awkward smile and stammered, “Oh, I was curious about the revitalizing pills. B-By the way, is he really the infamous Mr. Lewis from Horington?”
He sneaked a glance at Tommy carefully.
I can’t believe I didn’t recognize Tommy Lewis after spending so much time with him. He’s really down to earth!
“Why? Do you think I’m not him?” Tommy flashed a grin in his direction.
“O-Of course you are him...” Zeke nodded profusely. He couldn’t bring himself to meet Tommy’s eyes.
David chuckled and proceeded to introduce the revitalizing pills to Zeke. He was planning to appoint Zeke as the agent of the revitalizing pills in Yeringham. He also left the sourcing of the materials for the revitalizing pills to Zeke.
Yeringham had plenty of herbs, so it would be easy to gather them here.
Zeke grew excited after hearing David’s introduction. If I become the agent of the revitalizing pills in Yeringham, that will be a huge source of income!
“Don’t worry, David. I’ll provide the herbs you need. They will all be excellent herbs!” Zeke promised
excitedly. “It’s noon. Why don’t we head out for lunch? Let’s go to the biggest restaurant in town. Lunch is on me!”
On the way there, Frida kept stealing glances at David. Young ladies of her age would fall in love easily, and it was obvious she had fallen for David.
If he wasn’t Josephine’s boyfriend, she would’ve made a move.
“Oh, you’re blessed to have such a great boyfriend, Josephine.” Frida’s voice brimmed with envy as she spoke.
At the restaurant, Zeke ordered a spread. He even called Yasmin to invite her to lunch.
When Yasmin arrived, clad in her business suit, she immediately frowned at the sight of the dishes. “Isn’t it a waste to order so much food just for the few of us?”
“It isn’t a waste. Hurry, take a seat!” Zeke brought Yasmin to her seat hastily.
Yasmin wiped her hands with a wet tissue and glanced at David. “How do you feel after spending half a day here? Have you realized how ridiculous your demand is? I can’t believe you asked for herbs that are over a hundred years old. Do you think it’s that easy to get that? Though my cousin is rich, it doesn’t mean you can spend her money freely!”
Hearing her words, both Zeke and Frida blanched in shock.
“Stop it!” Zeke glared at her before turning to David apologetically. “David, I’m really sorry. Yasmin didn’t mean any harm.”
Yasmin glowered at him. “Zeke, have you gone nuts? How dare you yell at me? Did I say anything wrong?” she demanded.
“Stop it, Yas!”
Frida immediately tugged Yasmin aside. Zeke went after them. They both took turns to talk to Yasmin in a low voice.
Yasmin’s expression changed as she glanced at David a few times. Soon, they returned to their seats. Yasmin seemed a little awkward. A corner of David’s mouth lifted as he broke the silence. “Let’s eat!”
They began enjoying their lunch. Yasmin’s hand trembled as she deliberately looked away from David and Tommy.
After lunch, David gave Zeke a list of herbs and told the latter to prepare the listed herbs.
That afternoon, David remained in his hotel room. He gathered the snow lotus and the herbs over one hundred years old he got from Trinity Herbs to craft the energy condensing pill.
David remained impassive as he glanced at the herbs worth hundreds of millions. After pulling the curtains close, he gathered some spiritual energy in his core and directed it to his fingertip to create a tiny blue flame.
“Go!”
David gave a wave, and the blue flame intensified before covering all the herbs on the ground.
Closing his eyes, David started mumbling something under his breath. The blue flame flickered and burnt all the herbs. Slowly, the herbs turned to thick plumes of smoke.
Suddenly, his eyes snapped open as he roared, “Materialize!”
The smoke gathered together as though it was alive and gradually formed a round-shaped pill.
Half an hour later, David let out a long breath. The smoke promptly dissipated to reveal a green pill floating in the air.
“It’s done!”
Delighted, David leapt to his feet and took the pill.
His hands were trembling as he held the pill crafted out of herbs amounting to hundreds of millions! Opening his mouth, he swallowed the pill.
Boom!
A huge burst of spiritual energy rushed to his head. David felt like his entire being would explode from the sensation.
He immediately crossed his legs on the bed and used the Focus Technique to absorb the intense spiritual energy.
Finally, David’s eyes snapped open when the sun went down. His six senses were all invigorated, as he could even sense a small bug buzzing on the bustling street underneath his hotel.
“Oh, I’ve attained Level Nine Energy Cultivation! It’s Level Nine!” David took in the spiritual energy in his core and burst out laughing.
He never expected that one energy condensing pill would aid him to attain Level Nine Energy Cultivation. I didn’t spend the hundreds of millions in vain!
Level Nine was the top level of Energy Cultivation. Once he achieved Foundation Phase, he could enter Nameless Island.
It was easy to rise through the ranks of one cultivation level, but it would be hard to attain the next phase. He would need an opportunity to achieve that.
After cleaning up the mess, David headed out of the room and saw Tommy waiting outside.
“Mr. Chance, Zeke’s here with the herbs you requested for. We were waiting for you to have dinner together,” he said after seeing David.
“All right. Let’s go!”
David was surprised to learn that Zeke was efficient enough to gather the herbs he wanted in less than a day. He needed the herbs to craft one hundred revitalizing pills.
Downstairs, David saw Zeke supervising his employees unloading the herbs. The entire truckload of herbs was brought upstairs.
“David, I’ve prepared the herbs as instructed. I’ve also reserved two rooms on your floor to keep the herbs,” Zeke reported.
“Okay, it won’t take long. I believe I’ll finish crafting them in around a day,” David replied with a curt nod.
Zeke grinned. “Let’s go. I’ll bring you to try out Yeringham’s signature delicacies this time. Frida and the rest are waiting for us!”
Clearly, he wasn’t afraid of David and Tommy anymore. “Let’s go!” David responded with a smile.
The food street wasn’t far away from the hotel, so David, Tommy, and Zeke walked there. After a while, David suddenly furrowed his brows.
“Mr. Chance, did you sense something?” Tommy asked in a low voice. “Yes. Someone’s following us,” came David’s answer.
“What? Who is following us?”
Surprised, Zeke was about to turn at his shoulder when David’s hand landed on his shoulder to stop him. “Don’t turn back!” the latter warned.
“Mr. Chance, why don’t you leave? I’ll take care of them!” Tommy offered as a murderous glint flashed across his gaze.
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