Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 123: He composed a good prescription, took it, and died
Tang Zheng thought to himself, Wow, are there still those who refuse to accept?
He turned around and saw that the person coming was Zhang Dali, the owner of this row of cabins, whom they had seen when they entered the mountain.
According to Tang Xiaotang and the others, Zhang Dali has a very good reputation and is always talkative and cheerful when dealing with people.
Sure enough, he still had a smile on his face and his eyes were very polite.
The tone he used when speaking to Tang Zheng was not one of questioning, but just a friendly greeting.
"Oh? Tell me, what did I do that was not right?" Tang Zheng stopped, turned back and stopped Tang Xiaotang and the others, and asked with a playful smile.
"Mr. Tang, look..." Zhang Dali pointed at the long Wuqing Mountain. "Whether entering or leaving Wuqing Mountain, I, Zhang Dali, have always had the final say. Tangjiabao has always tacitly agreed to this. Today, several young masters and young ladies suddenly came to steal the business, and Mr. Tang, you... even injured my men. I'm afraid... hey, this is not acceptable, right?"
"Ha, ha, ha!" Tang Zheng laughed three times after hearing what Zhang Dali said, then looked at Zhang Dali sincerely, "It seems that you, like your men, don't understand things very well! But it doesn't matter, since you claim to be from Tangjiabao , and I happen to be the master of Tangjiabao, I teach everyone, so I will reluctantly tell you a story!"
"..." Zhang Dali's expression changed, but he still bowed his hands sincerely, "Master, please teach me?"
"A long time ago, in my hometown, there was a man who gave a beggar outside his door ten dollars every day... Oh no, ten copper coins. After a while, it became five dollars a day, and after a while, it became two dollars a day... One day, the beggar asked him, why are you giving me less and less money?"
"Why..." Zhang Dali's face turned pale.
"He said, 'Before I was single, so I could give you 10 yuan a day. Later, I got a wife, so I could only give you 5 yuan. Later, I had a son, so I could only give you 2 yuan! '" Tang Zheng suddenly stopped talking here and asked with a smile, "Guess what the beggar said?"
"What did you say?" Zhang Dali could no longer maintain his smile.
"The beggar got angry when he heard this and asked, 'How can you use my money to support your wife and children?'"
Zhang Dali clenched his fist immediately.
However, Xu Qingyan, who was beside Tang Zheng, clapped twice coldly.
Tang Zheng turned around and laughed loudly as he walked away, "Dengdao, you are such a bear! Tangjiabao throws a few pieces to you, and you just take them. Tangjiabao doesn't even give you a hundred pieces, so you're going to starve! Don't agree? Come and bite me!"
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Not long after the group entered Wulong Town, Tang Zixie and Tang Xiaotang hired a carriage to return to Tangjiabao.
Tang Zheng and Xu Qingyan went straight to West Street.
"Master, Master!" Tang Zheng strode into Jubao Pavilion. Ever since he stopped doing purchasing on behalf of others, the entrance of Jubao Pavilion has become deserted again.
"Here I come, here I come, what are you yelling about!" Ban Yilou yawned and walked out from the inner hall of Jubao Pavilion . When he saw that it was Tang Zheng, he said unhappily.
"Hey, old classmate, I brought you some local specialties from Wuqing Mountain!" Tang Zheng threw the Swallowing Cloud Python skin and meat in his hand towards Ban Yiluo.
"You kid, you still remember to respect your elders. Hmm... Swallowing Cloud Python? Not bad. Hiss, that's not right. How come this python skin shows no signs of having been ravaged by martial arts? Even a three-star peak martial artist may not be able to do that! Tell me quickly, what master have you met this time?" Ban Yiluo turned over the Swallowing Cloud Python skin in his hand and saw only a neat knife cut on the abdomen. The quality of this Swallowing Cloud Python skin was incredibly good.
Tang Zheng seemed to see Thirteen's wild eyes and simple smile again, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Well, I did meet a master... a future master."
Ban Yilou listened to his riddle-like answer and did not continue to ask. He pointed at the jade box in Tang Zheng's hand and asked, "Six-eared White Plum Deer Inner Pill?"
"That's right!" Tang Zheng smiled and opened the jade box containing the elixir, displaying the elixir inside the box.
"What a good harvest. Both are two-star high-level inner elixirs. You are really hardworking. You dare to set your sights on a two-star high-level demon deer. How come you didn't die in the mountains... Wait, shit, what is this? The inner elixir of a three-star six-eared white plum deer?!" Ban Yilou talked to Tang Zheng while checking the quality of the inner elixirs, until he saw the last inner elixir that was a circle larger than the previous two.
This inner elixir is round and smooth, and even if it is just lying in the green jade box, it exudes a scorching sun force. At first glance, it is obviously a demon beast inner elixir that far exceeds the two-star grade!
Ban Yilou didn't disbelieve in his own eyesight, he just didn't dare to believe in Tang Zheng's strength!
How could he, a rookie warrior who had just advanced to the two-star level a few days ago, possibly hunt down a three-star six-eared white deer?
Moreover, it looks very lively and doesn't seem to be missing any limbs.
"With this kid... it's not enough!" Thinking of this, Ban Yilou subconsciously glanced at Xu Qingyan behind Tang Zheng, and continued, "How did you do it? Could it be that the three three-star peak warriors from Tang Family Castle went into the mountains with you? That's not right... I saw the three of them on West Street yesterday... Tell me, tell me, how did you do it?" Ban Yilou's curiosity suddenly soared.
"Old Ban, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're already old, why are you still so gossipy? First get the elixir I want, and I'll tell you!" Tang Zheng closed the jade box containing the elixir and stuffed it into Ban Yiluo's hand.
Ban Yilou pursed his lips and nagged Tang Zheng a few more words, but he didn't slow down. He picked up the box of inner elixir and went into the alchemy room.
"The design of this Jubao Pavilion is very good. It has everything for buying and selling, practicing, making medicine, and casting. Well, when I buy a house in the future, I will decorate it according to this requirement..." While Tang Zheng was waiting for Ban Yilou to make the elixir, he looked around the architectural structure of Jubao Pavilion boredly and fantasized about the wonderful life in the future.
Just like that, an hour passed.
In the end, Tang Zheng even found a place to start practicing star power, and Ban Yiluo finally walked out of the alchemy room.
"Hehe, this... is done. Yes, it's done. I only used one third of the two-star inner elixir, and this batch of pills came out. You can try it first?" Ban Yilou handed a batch of inner elixirs that gave off an inexplicable smell to Tang Zheng.
Seeing that the demon deer inner elixir that he had obtained after so much hard work and risking his life in Wuqing Mountain had finally turned into a furnace of black elixir, Tang Zheng felt a mixture of emotions in his heart...
"Are you sure this is the elixir you said that can solve the problem of balancing my life palace? This elixir looks a bit too ugly, doesn't it?" Tang Zheng said half-doubtingly.
"Fuck, as long as the pill can cure the disease, why do you care whether it looks good or not! Just feel the surging solar power in this pill, how can it have no effect?!" Ban Yilou said angrily as he looked at the pill in his hand.
"Okay, wait a moment!" Tang Zheng suddenly slapped his thigh, and under Ban Yiluo's puzzled gaze, he ran out like a fly, rushed into a restaurant next door, and a moment later, rushed in carrying a majestic big rooster.
Then, he picked a pill from Ban Yiluo's hand, stuffed it into the big rooster's mouth, and put it on the ground.
After taking the pill, the big rooster glared at Tang Zheng with dissatisfaction, then began to pace and walked out leisurely.
"It seems that there is really no danger . Forget it, let's give it a try. No matter whether it works or not, it seems to be harmless at least." Tang Zheng touched his chin, picked up a pill and prepared to put it into his mouth.
"Hmph, you're still trying to use such a trick as testing medicine. You don't even look at who made this medicine..." Ban Yiluo was just about to show off.
The proud big rooster suddenly burst into flames from the inside out. In an instant, the smell of burnt roast chicken slowly spread throughout the Jubao Pavilion.
“Ugh!” Tang Zheng spat out the pill that he had nearly swallowed eight feet away and shouted, “Master, this is the pill that can… cure your illness?!”
Ban Yiluo looked at the roasted chicken and couldn't say a word for a long time.
After a moment of awkwardness, Ban Yilou cleared his throat and said, "Well... there was a little accident."
"Are you sure this is just a 'small' accident?" Tang Zheng couldn't imagine if it was him who swallowed the medicine just now. Would he have turned into a charcoal-roasted living person now?
That would be a serious accident that could result in Tang Zheng's death and purple gold coins being distributed throughout Wulong Town!
Ban Yilou rubbed his hands and said, "Hey. I... the cat raised by my seventh cousin's sister fell ill a while ago. The prescription I just took should be the one to cure the cat... I'll try again... I'll try again... I guarantee the next batch will work..."
"Stop talking nonsense." Tang Zheng rolled his eyes at him unhappily. "You've said more than once that you don't have any relatives. Back then, there were only two other beggars with you. The three of you made a living together in Wulong Town."
"No relatives?" Xu Qingyan frowned, "Aren't you his seventh uncle?"
"..."Ban Yiluo wanted to hit Tang Zheng's face.
Even Xu Qingyan knows about it!
Even the person who cares least about gossip in Wulong Town knows about this. Who else wouldn't know about it?
"Alright, alright, tell me what happened?" Tang Zheng stopped Ban Yilou from getting angry. "Tell me what happened to this batch of medicine! I almost died in your hands today! Almost, almost, my epitaph could be written like this - Ban Yilou, the mediocre doctor, wrote a good prescription, Tang Zheng took it and died!"
