Chapter 282 Fan Lu's Actions
Pointless arguments only waste time.
Su Xia was very calm. He sat behind the counter, silently savoring the insights that the two experience books brought him.
Outside the shop, on the old street, Bing Lei and his gang were at loggerheads with Master Lu and their verbal battles were so loud that the sound of their insults could be heard from several streets away.
This is the area of the pharmacy, and Binglei and North don't want to take action here.
Master Lu and his companions were unwilling to cause trouble in the city. After all, there were several teams of patrolling soldiers watching from a distance.
So the two sides can only engage in a war of words.
In this way, they kept cursing until about five in the afternoon, when the sun was setting and every household began to prepare for dinner, and the street gradually became quiet.
During this period, residents on both sides of the street were squatting at their doorsteps eating melons with relish.
"These undead from another world are quite good at verbal battles. Is verbal abuse popular in their world?"
"I heard that their world is very peaceful, without wars. Normally, they cannot kill people, so they can only develop the art of cursing..."
The server has been open for a long time, and the residents of the city have long been accustomed to the existence of the undead from another world.
They all know that there is a peaceful world, and they often mention it during daily conversations, and many people can't help but yearn for it.
Unfortunately, the passage between the two worlds is one-way.
There are only people who have come, no people who have passed.
"Oh, I really want to see such a beautiful world." A young man squatted at his doorstep and sighed. He was born after the war and had never experienced a few days of peace in his life. He spent every day in fear.
"Hey! What's so good about that world?" said a player next to him. "I'm busy and tired every day. I'm either working overtime or on my way to work overtime. I live like a money-making machine... This world is still better. It's exciting and stimulating. It makes me feel like I'm living a second life."
"Is that true?"
"Of course, if I had a choice, I would rather be born in this world."
"But I want to live in your world..."
Both sides expressed the feeling that if their identities were swapped, they might be able to live a different life.
Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.
It was six o'clock in the afternoon. The sky darkened quickly in autumn and winter. The sun had already set and the rusty street lamps on both sides of the road were lighting up one after another.
The cold wind blew, the street lights turned yellow, and countless players lined up in long queues under the lights.
Bing Lei and North were sitting at the door, in charge of registration, writing down the names, nicknames, contact information, etc. of players who were interested in becoming pharmacists.
Master Lu and his group left and went back to discuss the next plan with Sijidao.
Lao Wu, Guo Ge and other players also left with Master Lu.
"Those bastards. We usually treat each other as brothers and always think of them first when there are good equipment. I didn't expect that they would actually defect to Sijidao!" Bing Lei was still indignant.
"If we meet on the battlefield from now on, we will have to fight with swords!"
"They will regret it sooner or later!"
"Well, maybe they think we will regret it."
Thinking of the days when they fought together in the past, the players of the alliance had mixed emotions. Some were angry, while others remained silent.
Now that the situation is still unclear, it is still unknown who will regret it.
The mechanical race is so strong that we don’t see any possibility of defeating them now. We can only develop slowly.
"We won the previous fights, and we will win in the future!" North said confidently, "With Brother Su here, we will definitely win."
"Brother Su, can you teach so many people?" Looking at the long line of players, Bing Lei couldn't help feeling a little worried.
"Don't worry, as long as there are enough materials, it will be fine." Su Xia said with a smile.
Teaching apprentices does not require hands-on instruction, after all, these players are not elementary school students.
At the beginning, when Su Xia just got started, his father just gave him a stack of materials he had compiled and asked Su Xia to read them by himself. If he didn't understand something, he could ask Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu. If he really didn't understand, he could ask his father.
From the entry level to the current level, Su Xia has basically never asked his father for help. He relies entirely on his own insights and the help of the experience book.
"It's time to compile an introductory textbook." Su Xia looked at the long line of players outside the window, thoughtfully.
The information my father left behind was for geniuses, omitting many details and steps, and most of the explanations didn’t even have pictures.
Just because Su Xia and the two Bafu can understand it doesn’t mean other players can understand it.
Now, Su Xia has absorbed two books of experience, and his mind is filled with the knowledge and experience of countless predecessors, enough to write an introductory textbook that will benefit ordinary people endlessly.
Do what you say.
Su Xia was a decisive person. He immediately took out a stack of draft paper and began to compile according to his own ideas.
【Chapter 1: What is a pharmacist? 】
[Chapter 2: The development and history of pharmacists…]
[Chapter 3: A preliminary understanding of medicine...]
【……】
Confusing pieces of knowledge surged in Su Xia's mind, including his own insights, information obtained from his father, and his experience from the two books of experience.
The process of writing books and biographies is also a long process for him to sort out the knowledge in his mind, which is of great benefit to him.
This book cannot be completed in one go. Su Xia currently only plans to write a first edition and then gradually revise it based on the teaching process.
After finishing writing this introductory textbook, he also plans to write a primary textbook for first to third level pharmacists as material for the subsequent development of players.
He will not be able to write about anything higher unless he can reach a higher stage himself.
"The store area is really not enough, we need a bigger place."
As she wrote, Su Xia frowned slightly, put down the pen, and clicked on the Coral City map to check.
This old street is located in the southwest area of Coral City and is part of the old city.
1.7 kilometers away from the pharmacy, there is a large factory that made candies before the war. Later, it was damaged by shells during the war and the owner of the factory also died in the war. The factory has been abandoned ever since.
Su Xia plans to build a pharmacist school here.
But the land had been bought at a low price by an official from the Coral City Grain Storage Department.
It is difficult to make others spit out something that has already been eaten, unless Su Xia uses his own privileges to oppress the other party.
"Huh, Liu Liangmu? He actually bought it."
Su Xia's eyes lit up when she saw the familiar name.
This guy used to be the mayor of Baimu Town.
The Bikini Bottom team leveled up and fought monsters in the logging camps surrounding the Whitewood Town. There were many high-level monsters in that area.
Not long ago, Su Xia, Wu Zhonggui and others went to Baimu Town to meet the mercenary king Wang Teng. The reception was arranged by the town mayor Liu Liangmu.
Later, Yu Tuo asked Su Xia to promote someone, but Su Xia didn't have anyone of his own in the city, so he recommended Liu Liangmu.
At that time, Liu Liangmu excitedly sent several large boxes of treasures and went to Su Xia in person to thank her.
" This guy is really good at research. He is already the director of the Food Storage Department. How did he get promoted so quickly?" Su Xia logged into the personnel system of Coral City and found Liu Liangmu's position right away.
The Grain Storage Department is a very lucrative department, and I don’t know how many people are eyeing it.
Liu Liangmu was promoted from a small suburban town with no background. Logically, the best he could do was to be a deputy minister. How could he be promoted to a full-time position?
wrong……
Su Xia rubbed his eyebrows, realizing that he was the guy's backer.
"I was just converted to a regular employee today." Su Xia nodded silently and understood the details.
Today, the mechanical tribes of Coral City and Waste Armor City were angry and carried out a bloody purge.
Many high-ranking officials in the city did not escape, and their entire families were killed. The screams and wails made countless people tremble in fear.
The Minister of the Grain Storage Department was among those purged.
This guy was unlucky. He had never contacted any resistance organization, but he was too greedy. He would accept anyone who came to buy food, and he would burn the warehouse with a fire dragon every once in a while.
If you walk by the river often, your shoes will get wet.
He himself didn't even know it, but he had actually messed up a long time ago.
Among those merchants who secretly purchased food from him, many were middlemen of the resistance organization, and the purchased food was transported to the wilderness.
Today, before dawn, this guy and his entire family died in a villa in a wealthy area.
After his death, the vacant position became a hot topic in the eyes of many people.
But at this critical moment, the whole city was in turmoil and bloodshed, and no one dared to apply to sit on it. Everyone was waiting for the anger of the mechanical clan to end.
Then, the story about the pharmacy came out.
Su Xia was valued by Yu Tuo, and his invisible status rose rapidly, and he was almost no less than Qi Lang.
Under the guidance of his secretary Chai An, Qi Lang immediately made a statement to transfer Liu Liangmu, who had a relationship with Su Xia, to that position, which was a gesture of goodwill.
Su Xia found a private message in her employee system, which was sent by Liu Liangmu, explaining the reasons for his promotion.
Liu Liangmu didn't dare to call Su Xia directly, for fear of affecting Su Xia's work in the pharmacy.
"I see."
Su Xia doesn't like these complicated things very much.
If you really want to show goodwill to him, you might as well just give him tens of millions in cash.
Fortunately, this world has just experienced a war, and all kinds of political affairs are relatively simple, not as complicated as those on Earth, otherwise he really would not be able to cope with it.
"If it were in ancient times, would I be considered forming a clique for personal gain?"
Su Xia had a strange look on his face. Thinking of his relationship with Liu Liangmu, he shook his head. What were the big deal about just two people?
He then called Liu Liangmu and asked him about the factory.
On the other end of the phone, Liu Liangmu was excited and thanked Su Xia for his help again and again: "Master Su, if it weren't for you, I would still be the mayor of a remote town, and I guess my life would be like that!"
"Calm down and talk about the factory first." Su Xia said.
"Yes, yes... I bought that factory with the intention of opening a sanatorium. Since you, Master Su, need it, I will come over immediately to sign the land transfer contract with you."
"Just send someone over here."
"I must thank you personally!"
“…”
On the first day of his promotion, Liu Liangmu hadn't even sat down in his office chair before he drove to Su Xia's house in a hurry with a bunch of gifts to express his gratitude to her.
Su Xia noticed that this guy even changed his car.
The gifts he was holding were also very valuable. If they were sold, they would be enough for an ordinary family to live on for decades.
Su Xia really had nothing to say, and could only warn him not to be too greedy, otherwise he would end up like the former minister.
Liu Liangmu nodded repeatedly, like a primary school student receiving a lecture: "Master Su, don't worry, I will definitely pay attention to it. This is the factory contract you want."
"Um."
Su Xia opened the contract and found that Liu Liangmu had solved all the problems and he only needed to sign.
When he was signing, Liu Liangmu suddenly lowered his voice and said to him, "Master Su, too many people died this time, and now there are many vacancies in the city. I...I have made a lot of friends during this period. They know my relationship with you, and they all want me to help them."
"Do whatever you want to do, just don't go too far."
"Okay, okay."
Liu Liangmu was delighted and rubbed his hands.
He planned to cultivate some of his own confidants in the city, and these people would naturally be Su Xia's people in the future and could do anything for Su Xia.
Su Xia was too lazy to care about so many things. As long as he didn't cause trouble, this guy could do whatever he wanted.
He signed his name on the contract without spending a penny, and the abandoned factory not far away became his.
Next there are various construction, renovation, decoration, expansion and other matters, which are enough to give him a headache.
At this moment, a powerful voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Why are there so many people blocking the door? Get out of my way!"
Then, a tall figure walked into the store.
Su Xia raised her head and saw the figure. Her eyes suddenly darkened. She stood up from her seat and asked, "What would you like to buy?"
"Just take a look."
The man glanced at Su Xia, and then began to look around the store.
Su Xia had a blank expression on her face, but the poison in her hand was ready. She was very alert, watching the man's every move.
The person who came was Fan Lu, who was from the headquarters of Zero Point Tavern.
He came to Coral City to track down the whereabouts of the masked man.
What was he doing in the drugstore?
Behind Fan Lu, there were several people from the Zero Point Tavern headquarters who entered the shop one after another and casually looked at the decorations and goods in the shop.
"Why are there only fourth-level potions? Didn't the old guy leave some good stuff for you?" Fan Lu picked up the potions on the top shelf at the door and shook his head slightly, seeming very disappointed.
"The higher-level potions are in the basement. If you want them, I can get them for you." Su Xia replied calmly.
"You can't run a business like this if you don't put your good stuff on display."
"The city has been a bit uneasy lately, please forgive me."
"Is there ever a peaceful day here?" Fan Lu said calmly, "Without a background, without a backer, you can never expect peace in your life. I invited that old man to join us, but he didn't want to, and now he has ended up fleeing in a panic."
"The guests are from the Zero Point Tavern?"
"Oh? It seems that old man mentioned this to you."
Fan Lu put down the potion and looked at Su Xia again. A blue light flashed in his eyes, as if he wanted to see through Su Xia completely.
His answer made Su Xia feel much more relieved.
It seems that this guy doesn't know his identity as a masked man.
"You are valued by Yu Tuo and chosen as a disciple by that old man. You are not as simple as you appear." Fan Lu looked at Su Xia. "You can look me in the eyes. Are you hiding your strength?"
"The guest's eyes are not as scary as you think." Su Xia replied indifferently.
"Yeah?"
Fan Lu had an indifferent expression. He glanced at Hong Bafu who was standing on the stairs, and a blue light flashed in his eyes.
Hong Bafu groaned and his whole body trembled, as if he had suffered a heavy blow. He actually fell down and rolled from the corner of the stairs to the first floor, falling into a coma on the spot.
Lan Bafu, who was standing by, was shocked. He rushed forward to check and took out various healing and recuperation potions for Hong Bafu to inject.
After taking various medicines, Hong Bafu still did not wake up.
"Don't waste your energy. He will wake up on his own." Fan Lu turned his gaze back to Su Xia. "It seems that the old man prefers you, the youngest disciple, and left you a lot of good things."
"What exactly does the customer want?" Su Xia asked without changing his expression.
"Soul-eating potion."
"No, please go back."
Su Xia refused straightforwardly.
The Soul Devouring Potion was a fifth-tier potion that was very difficult to refine, and its effects were similar to the fourth-tier Soul-Bewitching Potion he obtained in his last mission.
This potion can put a person into a trance, making their mind fragile and easily eroded.
Fan Lu is similar to the hypnotists on Earth. His eyes have the ability to conquer the spiritual world, but they are not stable. Therefore, Yi Mo and Shen Yu both showed symptoms of mental dementia.
He came to ask for this soul-devouring potion, surely intending to use it together with his eyes to continue interrogating the members of the North Wind Story Society.
This potion is indeed in stock in the treasure chest on the second floor of the basement, but Su Xia does not intend to sell it.
"I know you do."
Fan Lu looked indifferent. He took a step forward, stood in front of the counter with his tall body, and looked down at Su Xia.
In an instant, an invisible and powerful pressure fell on Su Xia.
He was threatening, and the pressure was getting stronger and stronger, like a mountain, which was about to crush Su Xia bit by bit.
The chair under Su Xia began to creak, as if it could no longer bear the pressure, but his face remained calm and he asked calmly, "Does the customer want to force the purchase?"
"Have bones. I like hard bones."
Fan Lusen smiled coldly, looked at Su Xia and asked, "Do you know the feeling of having your bones broken bit by bit?"
