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Chapter 52 Do I really have to tell you that these medicinal herbs are fake?
This time, Su Chen wasn't in a hurry. After waiting a few minutes, Xiao Ya opened the door and invited Su Chen in.

Upon entering the room, Su Chen immediately saw the white-haired old man lying on the bed. He nodded but did not speak.

He had already realized that the little girl couldn't speak, and the person who had spoken to him just now must have been the old woman in front of him.

The old woman's tense expression eased slightly when she saw that Su Chen was dressed as a scholar.

When she heard Su Chen say he wanted to buy the Red Blood Grass, her heart jumped, worried that Xiao Ya's secret of hiding the medicine had been discovered.

Although Xiaoya recounted how she met Su Chen and deduced that Su Chen was not a member of the Medicine Gang.

But she was still worried and wanted to reject Su Chen directly.

Before she could refuse, she heard the price Su Chen offered.

The price made her hesitate for a moment, but after thinking it over, Xiaoya finally chose to take the risk.

The maid brought over a basin of sand and placed it in front of Su Chen, then gestured for Su Chen to look down.

Su Chen looked at the sand and mud with confusion. The old woman beside him explained, "We don't have the red blood grass you want, but Xiao Ya knows where it is. However, you'll have to find it yourself."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen suddenly realized what was happening and then asked, "Then where is it?"

"Ahhh!" the little girl began to gesture.

The old woman translated for a long time before the little girl finished speaking, mentioning three locations in total.

After noting down the three locations, Su Chen turned and left.

All three locations are near Aoshan Village. Su Chen suspects that these three places may be where Xiao Ya hid the Red Blood Grass, rather than where the Red Blood Grass grows.

And that was exactly what happened. Half an hour later, Su Chen found ten dried red blood grass plants, each wrapped in a tattered cloth.

"Sigh, it was really a lot of trouble, but thankfully, we finally found it."

After sighing, Su Chen put away the ten Red Blood Grasses, then turned and left. When he returned to Medicine Town, the night watchmen were already busy.

Fortunately, Su Chen did not check out. After returning to the inn, Su Chen put away the red blood grass, read some medical books for a while, and then went to sleep.

The next day at dawn, Su Chen got up, took the Red Blood Grass and left, and checked out of the room, but he did not immediately set off back to White Stone City.

Most of the medicinal herbs in the medicine town are cheaper than those in the city, so Su Chen plans to gather the necessary herbs here before returning to refine medicine.

Su Chen had specifically inquired beforehand and found that, apart from the Red Blood Grass being targeted by the Medicine Gang, many other medicinal herbs in the Nameless Prescription were sold in many pharmacies.

He visited several herbal medicine shops one after another, and basically only bought one or two kinds of herbs from each shop.

He currently has ten Red Blood Grass plants, each of which can be used three times, meaning he needs to buy a total of thirty other medicinal herbs.

There are a total of nineteen kinds of medicinal materials used to prepare the nameless prescription. If there are thirty portions of each kind, the total quantity is quite large.

This forced Su Chen to change his mind, and he had no choice but to temporarily rent a house in the medicine town.

Because he needed to prepare the medicinal herbs, he specifically chose a remote location.

After renting the house, Su Chen began to purchase medicinal herbs.

"We only need one last medicine, jute. Once we buy it, we can go back."

They were busy until about four o'clock in the afternoon before they finished buying most of the medicinal herbs. Now only the last one, jute grass, was left.

He walked into a herbal medicine shop, where a shop assistant casually greeted him and asked, "What does the customer need?"

"Give me thirty portions of jute grass, ten coins per portion!" Su Chen said magpie-clasp.

The man wasn't too surprised by the quantity; he nodded and then began preparing the packages one by one.

"Wait a minute, this herb isn't fresh. Get me a different one."

The shop assistant took out the sorted medicinal herbs and was about to pack them when he heard Su Chen speak. Then he saw Su Chen take out one portion of the thirty medicinal herbs and place it in front of the shop assistant.

"Okay!" The shop assistant glanced at Su Chen, nodded, and quickly prepared a new batch of medicinal herbs.

Su Chen frowned the whole time, and after the other party finished packing, he said again, "This one isn't fresh either, let's get a fresh one."

Snapped!
After hearing this, the shopkeeper put down the herbs, stared at Su Chen, forced a smile, and said in a slightly stiff tone, "Sir, this is the freshest jute grass in our shop. We just got it from the herb farmer yesterday!" Su Chen still shook his head: "Change it!"

These words immediately darkened the shopkeeper's face. He said in a deep voice, "The jute grass in our shop, while not the best in the entire medicine town, is certainly among the top three. Its quality is undeniable..."

"Are you going to change it or not?" Su Chen interrupted.

"Does the guest come here to cause trouble?" the waiter said in a deep voice, his cold eyes staring directly at Su Chen with displeasure.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen sneered and said, "Why all this nonsense? Do I have to accuse you of adulterating this packet of medicinal herbs?"

"What nonsense are you spouting?!" The waiter's eyes flashed with panic upon hearing this, and he cried out like a cat with its fur standing on end. "The pharmacists in our shop are honest and trustworthy. Customers are better off not talking nonsense, lest they bring trouble upon themselves."

"what happened?"

Hearing the commotion, the owner of the herbal medicine shop came over, glared at his assistant, and then looked at Su Chen with a smile, "Sir, is there a problem?"

Su Chen waved his hand: "No problem. I am not worthy of your shop's medicinal herbs. Farewell!"

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving the two men with somber expressions.

Noticing the occasional glances from those around him, the owner of the herbal medicine shop glared angrily at his employee.

"It's none of my business, he's just deliberately causing trouble!" the waiter said, head down, sounding aggrieved.

"Organize all these medicinal herbs!" the shop owner sneered.

The shop assistant nodded, and shortly after the shop owner left, he excused himself and left the herbal medicine shop.

Fortunately, the other herbal medicine shop did not have any adulteration, and Su Chen quickly bought thirty doses of medicine.

"Ok?"

On his way back, Su Chen noticed that someone was following him, so he turned around and entered the alley.

"Brother Leopard, that guy seems to have spotted us."

"If we found him, we found him. Come on, hurry up and catch up before he gets away."

Seeing Su Chen enter the alley, the group quickened their pace.

Su Chen traveled for a long time and soon left the medicine town, stopping in a deserted place.

"Haha, kid, I was just thinking about how to kill you, and you've already found yourself a perfect spot!"

The scarred man at the head of the group called over several men to surround Su Chen, and asked with a fierce expression.

"You offended my brother at Zhong's Pharmacy just now, and today I'm going to make you regret it!"

Su Chen did not answer, and walked towards the group.

"Hmph, looking for death! Brothers, go get him!" The scarred man shouted fiercely when he saw Su Chen still daring to come closer.

The five of them then rushed forward and attacked Su Chen.

Clap clap clap clap!
After the five slaps, five half-dead people lay sprawled on the ground.

The scarred man howled in pain, looked at Su Chen, and roared, "You bastard, how dare you launch a sneak attack..."

But as he was speaking, he paused, because Su Chen was walking towards him.

"What, what do you want? I, we are from the Medicine Gang, you... if you dare to touch me, be careful your whole family's lives... ah..."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen paused for a moment, then picked up the scarred man and slammed him to the ground like a bamboo pole.

With a loud thud, the other person was slammed to the ground, coughing up a mouthful of blood, and died suddenly.

Then, Su Chen looked at the other four people.

Clap clap clap!

A moment later, Su Chen looked at the corpses of the scarred man and the others, and spat out, "Enough with the nonsense!"

(End of this chapter)