No hope for eternal life

Mu Changsheng's face looked bad. He tore off a piece of his torn clothes and covered his head and face with it, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed. Then he changed into a clean set of clothes and walked towards the alchemy shop in the small town.

Not long after, Mu Changsheng arrived at the entrance of the alchemy workshop, but saw a scene that made him extremely angry:

"I have bought so many pills in your alchemy shop. What's wrong with giving me one for free?" a man in fancy clothes shouted in the alchemy shop.

Mu Changsheng's mother, Chen Wanru, was the receptionist at the alchemy shop. She smiled and said, "Master Qin is right. If this was a first-grade elixir, we could give it away. But this is a second-grade Peiyuan Pill. We really can't give it away."

"Hmph, I see you don't want to do this anymore. Do you know that this alchemy workshop is also the property of our Qin family?" The young master of the Qin family said with an unhappy look on his face.

Chen Wanru secretly groaned. Of course she knew that the alchemy workshop was the Qin family's property, but the Qin family was large and powerful with many people. This alchemy workshop belonged to the second branch of the Qin family, and the young master Qin in front of her was from the third branch. The two had always been at odds with each other. If she gave him this second-grade Peiyuan Pill, not only would she lose her job, but she would also have to compensate for the loss of the pill. If she didn't give it, she would offend this playboy, and he would definitely cause trouble for her in the future.

At this moment, an angry voice came from the entrance of the alchemy workshop: "Qin Xuan, are you deliberately looking for trouble?"

When Qin Xuan, the young master of the Qin family, heard the voice, he turned his head and looked at the entrance of the alchemy workshop. He saw Mu Changsheng, who was wrapped tightly with only a pair of eyes showing. He immediately snorted and said, "You are trying to be mysterious, and you dare to meddle in my business."

Before he finished speaking, Qin Xuan slapped out with his palm, and a huge palm print of spiritual power shot out from his palm and quickly slapped towards Mu Changsheng.

"Changsheng, be careful." Chen Wanru reminded hurriedly. Qin Xuan couldn't recognize Mu Changsheng's voice, so how could she, as a mother, not recognize it? Qin Xuan suddenly attacked again, and she was too late to help Mu Changsheng block the attack. She could only remind him.

The palm print arrived in a flash, and Mu Changsheng only had time to clasp his arms and stand them in front of him for defense.

"Bang!" The palm print hit Mu Changsheng's arms heavily, and the powerful force forced Mu Changsheng to retreat more than ten steps before releasing the palm force. At the same time, the cloth wrapped on Mu Changsheng's head was blown away by the palm wind, revealing his rather embarrassed face.

"Middle stage of foundation building." Mu Changsheng made a judgment on Qin Xuan's cultivation level in his mind. Although his strength was a little stronger than when Mu Xun was restraining his strength, it was still limited and had not reached the standard of the late stage of foundation building, so it was difficult to hurt him.

On the other side, Chen Wanru quickly rushed to Mu Changsheng's side, and seeing Mu Changsheng's horrible face, she screamed: "Changsheng, what's wrong with you?"

"Mom, these are minor injuries caused by practicing secret techniques. The wounds are very shallow. If you don't believe me, please take a look." Mu Changsheng said, lowering his head to let his mother check the wounds.

At this moment, Chen Wanru no longer cared about work or not, and hurriedly checked the wound on Mu Changsheng's head.

Although Chen Wanru was only a receptionist at the alchemy workshop and not an alchemist or pharmacist, she knew some pharmacology. She was relieved when she found out that Mu Changsheng's wounds were indeed just minor ones.

"I was wondering who it was. It turned out to be Mr. Yang's favorite student, Mu Changsheng." Qin Xuan said sarcastically, "Why is he in such a miserable state? Could it be that he went astray in his secret technique training and became possessed?"

Mu Changsheng looked at Qin Xuan and said in a deep voice: "Qin Xuan, I advise you that if you are unhappy with me, you can come to me at any time, but don't make things difficult for my family."

Mu Changsheng knew that the reason Qin Xuan was causing trouble for his mother was definitely because there were rumors that he and Yang Wuque were close, which aroused jealousy.

Moreover, Mu Changsheng also realized that this was probably not the first time his mother had been in trouble, but his mother had never said anything, and he had been concentrating on practicing. If he had not come to the Danfang to buy the scar removal cream this time, he would probably never have known about it.

"Looking for you?" Qin Xuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he sneered, "That's great, I'm looking for someone to spar with, do you dare to fight with me? Regardless of whether I win or lose, I promise not to bother your mother again."

"Okay, the day after tomorrow evening, on the river bank east of the town, you and I will compete against each other." Mu Changsheng agreed without hesitation.

"Changsheng, don't fight with him." Chen Wanru said anxiously. It was not because she was worried about offending the Qin family, but because Qin Xuan's cultivation was obviously one level higher than her son's, which was too disadvantageous.

"Mom, it's okay. I'm practicing a secret body-refining technique. Even if I lose and get beaten, I won't suffer any serious injuries. On the contrary, it will help with my practice." Mu Changsheng said softly to comfort her, and he was confident that he dared to agree.

"What are you all yelling about?" A voice as loud as a huge bell came from inside the alchemy workshop. In an instant, a tall figure stood at the door of the alchemy workshop, looking down at Chen Wanru and Mu Changsheng, mother and son, outside the door.

When Qin Xuan saw the person coming, he immediately changed his expression and said with a smile: "Uncle, it's okay, just for fun."

It turned out that this muscular man was the owner of the Qin family's alchemy workshop and the head of the second branch of the Qin family - Qin Minghan.

Qin Minghan glanced at Qin Xuan and said lightly: "Don't think that I won't attack you just because you have the same surname Qin. Don't let me see you causing trouble in the Danfang again."

"Yes, yes." Qin Xuan nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice.

"As for you." Qin Minghan turned to look at Chen Wanru and said, "For not looking after the store properly, I will deduct one month's worth of spirit stones from you."

Before Chen Wanru could say anything, Mu Changsheng said, "You can do whatever you want. My mother won't do it anymore."

"Changsheng, you..." Chen Wanru seemed unwilling to quit her job, but Mu Changsheng held her hand and comforted her, saying, "Mom, listen to me."

Now that he knew his mother was being bullied here, Mu Changsheng would certainly not keep her here any longer. As for Qin Xuan's words about not causing trouble in the future, Mu Changsheng simply thought it was nonsense. The reason why he accepted the challenge was just to vent his anger.

"Oh, okay." Chen Wanru finally agreed, not wanting her son to worry about her affairs.

"You said you don't want to work, so don't do it." Qin Minghan said in a slightly cold tone: "Your mother hasn't worked a full month yet. It's not enough to deduct a month's worth of spiritual stones. In addition, she resigned temporarily, so she needs to compensate me."

"Just tell me a number." Mu Changsheng said calmly. He knew that the other party was trying to blackmail him.

"Great! One thousand low-grade spirit stones." Qin Minghan made the offer directly.

"Hehe." Mu Changsheng couldn't help but sneer when he heard that. The spiritual stone salary his mother received for a year's work was only two or three hundred low-grade spiritual stones. The other party's request was too big.

"Here you go." Mu Changsheng directly threw out ten medium-grade spirit stones. Qin Laoshihan's cultivation had obviously reached the Golden Core Realm. He could not defeat him, so no matter how much he said, it would be useless. He also did not want to trouble Yang Wuque for such a small matter.

Qin Minghan took the ten middle-grade spirit stones steadily and said in surprise: "It seems that you have really become rich following Yang Wuque."

Mu Changsheng didn't want to argue anymore, so he said directly: "I want to buy a bottle of scar removal cream and a bottle of hair growth pill now, will you sell them to me?"

"Sell it. I'm opening a business, so of course I have to sell it." Qin Minghan said with a sinister smile, throwing out the scar removal cream and hair growth pills, and quoted the price: "One hundred low-grade spirit stones."

Mu Changsheng took the scar removal cream and hair growth pills. He knew without thinking that the price quoted was too high. However, there was only one pill shop in the town. It would be a waste of time to go to Qihua City to buy these things. He immediately paid for it with another medium-grade spirit stone.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng took his mother home.

Qin Minghan held the middle-grade spirit stone that Mu Changsheng had thrown at him, and looked at Mu Changsheng and the other two as they left. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and it was unknown what he was thinking. Finally, he instructed Qin Xuan beside him, "Pay more attention to the competition the day after tomorrow evening, and teach this ignorant brat a lesson."

Qin Xuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, uncle. I will make sure that kid pays for what he has done."

On the other side, Mu Changsheng and Chen Wanru returned home and met Mu Yanggu, who had just broken through to the Golden Core Realm today.

"What's wrong with you?" Mu Yanggu asked Mu Changsheng. At this time, Mu Changsheng had wrapped his head and face again. Seeing Mu Changsheng dressed like this, Mu Yanggu naturally couldn't help but ask a question.