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Chapter 53 A Bloodbath Caused by Fake Medicine

In the stillness of the night, the waning moon pierced through the dark clouds, its faint light illuminating the earth.

"Strange, why hasn't Brother Leopard come looking for me yet?"

At Zhongji Pharmacy, a figure peered around the entrance. The number of pedestrians on the street was dwindling, but Leopard and his group were nowhere to be seen.

This made Chen Erniu slightly worried, because Brother Leopard would never have come to find him this late before.

"Was something that delayed them? Or did they simply fail to find that scholar-looking fellow?"

Chen Erniu murmured, even now, thinking about what happened during the day, he couldn't help but feel a burning hatred.

He had previously adulterated other people's medicinal herbs with fake medicine, but he was almost never caught. He never expected that Su Chen would discover it this time.

Not only did they discover it, but they also didn't give him a chance to make amends; the other party just said it in public.

Not only did he almost ruin the shop's reputation, but he also got a severe scolding from the boss, which left him feeling very bad.

It's just that some fake medicine was added, why are you slandering my innocence like this?
So, he took advantage of the break to slip away and find Brother Leopard, the leader of the drug gang in charge of this street. With their relationship, he asked Brother Leopard to teach Su Chen a lesson.

But so much time has passed, and Brother Leopard still hasn't asked him for payment. Usually, the other party would come right after he finished teaching him a lesson!
"Forget it, let's go check out Brother Leopard's place."

Feeling uneasy, Chen Erniu closed the shop and headed towards the alley.

"who?"

After walking for a while, Chen Erniu suddenly stopped.

There was a person standing in front of him, seemingly waiting for him, but because the moonlight was behind him, he couldn't see the other person's face clearly.

"Brother Leopard asked me to pass on a message: the person you wanted to teach a lesson to has been killed." A deep voice rang out.

"Dead?" Upon hearing this, Chen Erniu's expression turned serious, then he was overjoyed. "Haha, good riddance! That kind of person deserves to die!"

"Then please thank Brother Leopard for me!" After a pause, he took out the reward he had prepared in advance from his pocket and intended to hand it to the other party. "This is three taels of silver. Please give it to Brother Leopard for me."

As he spoke, he handed the silver to the other party, and in that moment, he slightly raised his head, trying to see the other party's face clearly.

To his surprise, the other party did not take the silver. Instead, he let out a sneer and before he could react, he heard the other party say, "Not enough!"

"How could it not be enough? Brother Leopard and I made an agreement." Chen Erniu frowned and exclaimed.

But when he thought of Brother Leopard killing someone for him, his expression softened slightly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "How about this, I'll add two more ounces."

"no need."

"what?"

"I'll use your life!"

Su Chen slowly raised his head, then lunged forward, leaping in front of Chen Erniu in the blink of an eye.

With a single slap, he struck the man, causing him to become dizzy, bleed from all seven orifices, and collapse to his death.

"Ha, I never thought my life was only worth five taels!"

After finding three taels of silver on the corpse, Su Chen gave a self-deprecating laugh.

Shaking his head, Su Chen stood up, and his figure quickly disappeared into the vast night.

After returning to his residence, Su Chen washed up and then read medical books until late at night before finally going to sleep.

For the next few days, Su Chen stayed at home and spent his days preparing medicinal herbs in the kitchen. Before he knew it, four days had passed.

At this point, the progress on the panel has been halfway done. You only need to take five more doses of Qi and Blood Medicine to meet the panel's requirements.

"After accumulating experience and practicing for four days, my ability to prepare unnamed medicines has improved."

Although nearly half of the medicinal materials were used, a large portion of that was for trial and error and to improve the effectiveness of the prescription.

With this experience as a foundation, the success rate of subsequent configurations will be much higher, and I will be able to configure the nameless medicine that works best for me.

Looking at the notes he had accumulated over the past few days, Su Chen summarized. In just four days, Su Chen had already filled more than ten pages with notes, recording a wealth of experience and lessons learned.

Finally, we've figured out a method with a high success rate and good results in preparing the unnamed medicine.

"After taking the Qi and Blood medicine for four consecutive days, I feel that my body's ability to adapt to Qi and Blood has improved a lot. In the next few days, I will try to take two doses of medicine a day. If I can, I am confident that I can complete the progress within three days!"

Su Chen put down his notebook and then pondered. With his current success rate, the remaining sixteen doses of medicine were enough for him to concoct five doses of the nameless medicine.

The key issue now is not the qi and blood medicine, but whether his body can withstand two doses of the unnamed medicine.

"Try it!"

Thinking this, Su Chen began to prepare the nameless medicine. It took him half a day to brew the medicine, and he drank the two bowls of the nameless medicine one after another.

Su Chen waited for time to pass. As the medicine circulated in his body, Su Chen's body quickly became warm, and his skin turned red.

So he went to the courtyard and vented his anger for a while before calming down. By then, Su Chen was covered in sweat.

"Fortunately, I can handle it. Now, let's increase the dosage!"

……

While Su Chen was preparing the nameless medicine for cultivation, in a courtyard of the Medicine Gang branch, several corpses were laid out on the ground; they were the corpses of Brother Leopard and others.

"Do you know who did it?"

A voice devoid of any emotion rang out from the mouth of a gray-robed man, sending chills down one's spine.

He lifted the white cloth covering Brother Leopard, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath, as if suppressing something.

"Master, we've already sent people to investigate. Someone saw Leopard and his gang leaving the town, seemingly following someone," someone said dryly.

"Then investigate immediately. Once you've found out, bring him to me. I want him to atone for his sins with his death in front of the leopard!" the gray-robed man said coldly.

"Yes!"

"By the way, Master, there's one more thing. When Leopard left the town, he also had contact with a clerk from Zhong's Pharmacy."

Do you know what it is?

"I'm not sure, he's dead."

Upon hearing this, the man in the gray robe looked at the other person, his gaze sharp and intense, making the speaker feel immense pressure.

"How did you die?"

"This waiter had a conflict with a customer, and his meeting with Leopard happened right after that conflict. After the two met, Leopard left the town. My subordinate suspects that this person is the murderer."

The man in the gray robe asked, "Do you know where he is?"

The man was speechless, but forced himself to say, "We're investigating."

"Then go quickly!"

……

three days later.

Before dawn, Su Chen got up, skipped breakfast, and went straight to preparing the medicine.

An hour later, Su Chen stared intently at the two bowls of red herbal soup in front of him.

He picked up a bowl of medicine, drank it all in one gulp, and then drank another bowl of medicine.

Not long after the herbal medicine was consumed, the progress on the panel changed:
[Easy Mode: ...Iron Shirt - 0 uses (Extreme Ape Arm Technique + 10.8/10 doses of Qi and Blood Powder/use)]

Shortly after this change occurred, the panel refreshed again.

Please be sure to read this tomorrow. Thank you.

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