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Chapter 37 The Long River Gang, The Nameless Prescription
After leaving, Su Chen went to the martial arts school, but he didn't see Hong Ming. Hong Ming had gone out on business and would probably not be back for a while.

When Li Mo learned of the Fang family caravan's ordeal, he looked Su Chen over for a long time before finally feeling relieved to confirm that he was alright.

Then he tried to spar with Su Chen, but ended up being defeated by Su Chen instead.

Unexpectedly, Su Chen, who didn't practice at the martial arts school every day, was no less proficient in Iron Wire Fist than himself, which made him exclaim that Su Chen's talent was amazing.

Su Chen gave a wry smile, but didn't explain anything.

Li Mo was unaware that he had already broken through, otherwise he would have uttered two exclamations instead of just one.

After saying goodbye to Li Mo, Su Chen went to a restaurant for a meal, and after eating and drinking his fill, he went home.

As soon as he arrived home, he saw something the landlord had posted on the front door. Before he could take a closer look, the landlord noticed it.

"Su Chen, you're back just in time. I have something to tell you. You should move out tomorrow."

The landlord looked at Su Chen and then said something. Only then did Su Chen realize that the sticker was a notice to move out.

"Mr. Xu, if I remember correctly, I've only rented this house for less than two months, but I've been paying rent for six months."

Su Chen said lightly.

After hearing this, Old Xu said with some difficulty, "Well, I'm afraid I can't refund the rent to you."

"Oh? It's all written down in black and white. Does Old Xu intend to renege on his debt?" Su Chen frowned slightly.

Old Xu gave a bitter smile and said, "Su Chen, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, but the Changhe Gang has already bought this house, and they didn't give me much money. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't give it to you!"

“This is your problem. According to the agreement, you breached the contract early and need to pay me three times the remaining rent as a penalty,” Su Chen said.

"I...I can't pay!" Old Xu said, shaking his head with a grim expression.

"If I can't pay, I'll continue living here!" Su Chen said bluntly.

These words made Old Xu's face darken. He looked at Su Chen and said in a deep voice, "Then do as you please. The Changhe Gang will come to take over the house tomorrow. Don't blame me if you offend them then."

Seeing Xu Lao's attitude, Su Chen ignored him, walked directly into the house, and closed the door.

Old Xu stood at the door for a long time, his face turning red and blue with anger at Su Chen. Then he snorted coldly and walked away.

Before tomorrow even arrived, in the afternoon, two members of the Changhe Gang, whom they had met once before, came.

The two also brought Old Xu over, but Old Xu was not in good condition at the time, as he seemed to have been beaten up, with a bruised and swollen face.

"Master Su, this old man was talking nonsense and deliberately refused to refund your rent. We taught him a lesson on your behalf. This is the refund of your rent and penalty fee, a total of twenty taels. Consider the extra as a token of our respect. Please accept it. You can move out whenever you are free."

To Su Chen's surprise, the two men weren't there to cause trouble, but to apologize, and they even brought Old Xu along to apologize as well.

"Alright, I'll move out within two days!" Su Chen accepted the money, left a message, and closed the door.

After the three left, Su Chen went out and went to a real estate agency to look for a place to live.

During his search, he noticed a significant decrease in house prices in similar areas, and an increase in the number of vacant houses.

After spending an afternoon, Su Chen found a relatively nice courtyard house and rented it for half a year for five taels of silver.

After signing the contract with the landlord, Su Chen moved into the new house that evening with all his belongings.

The new house is in a good location, with many shops and vendors on the street, but it's quite far from the martial arts school.

Moving into the new house, Su Chen didn't feel much joy; instead, he felt somewhat tired.

Su Chen was busy until late at night before he finally finished washing up and went to bed.

The next day, Su Chen returned the keys to the original house to Old Xu. On his way back, he went to the martial arts school, but Hong Ming still hadn't returned.

After informing Li Mo of his move, Su Chen slipped back home and began studying medical classics. Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

For the past three days, Su Chen has been reading and has hardly gone out.

The complexity of the medical manual exceeded his expectations; just reading it would probably take him a very long time.

Su Chen casually flipped through the notes in the secret manual and found five or six differences in the handwriting.

This indicates that this secret manual has been passed down through at least five or six generations of the Zhu family, and the knowledge and information it contains are naturally abundant and diverse.

To truly master it would probably take decades.

Su Chen was self-aware; to think he could achieve in a short time what others had accumulated over several generations was clearly wishful thinking.

Therefore, his study was targeted, including not only basic knowledge but also content related to poisons and qi and blood.

Fortunately, after his previous studies, he can now barely understand it, and has taken the first step towards success.

Of course, developing a poison is still too difficult for Su Chen at the moment.

In three days, let alone developing a potent poison, Su Chen failed many times even with a simple sleeping potion, and that was with a reference point.

However, he was not going to continue studying the secret texts today, but had something unexpected to do.

Last night, while studying the secret manual, he inadvertently discovered a hidden page within it.

After taking the paper out of the interlayer, he found it to be a prescription. By comparing the medicinal properties of various herbs, Su Chen determined that it was a prescription related to qi and blood.

Upon learning the result, Su Chen was overjoyed.

During this period, besides researching poisons, he focused more on the study of qi and blood.

He thought that by studying the secret texts, he could find medicinal herbs to increase qi and blood.

Unexpectedly, this nameless prescription gave him a huge surprise.

So today he plans to go to the clinic to buy the medicinal herbs listed in the prescription, and then test the effect of the prescription to see if it is as he expects.

Early in the morning, Su Chen set off. Since he had already memorized the prescription, he went to several different clinics to buy the medicine.

During the process of buying medicine, Su Chen also verified what he had learned and discovered that some medical clinics were selling inferior products as superior ones.

Furious, Su Chen gave up on buying medicinal herbs from that shop and went to another one instead. He wandered around and visited almost every medical clinic in the city.

Su Chen still hadn't gathered all the medicinal herbs.

"We're only missing one ingredient, the Red Blood Grass. There's a clinic up ahead, but it's relatively remote, so I don't know if they have it!"

Su Chen was somewhat helpless; Red Blood Grass was really hard to find. Many clinics either didn't have it or had sold out.

Soon, Su Chen arrived at the clinic and went inside, asking directly, "Do you have any Red Blood Grass here?"

The apprentice at the clinic replied, "There's only one left."

"Okay, give it to me!"

No one came forward to compete with Su Chen for the last Red Blood Grass.

After paying the money, Su Chen finally managed to gather the last ingredient.

Back home, Su Chen began preparing the medicine according to the proportions, a hint of nervousness in his expression: "I hope it will be successful on the first try!"

(End of this chapter)