Stunningly beautiful young lady

After strolling through the market, Su Qing and Xiao Zhi first solved their food problem. Su Qing took Xiao Zhi to eat braised pork, and after buying a lot of food, she took Xiao Zhi to the largest pharmacy in town—Yaoyitang.

The waiter at the shop door rushed to greet Su Qing as soon as she entered.

Following behind Su Qing, he asked:

"Miss, what kind of elixir would you like to buy? We have a wide variety of elixir here, you can take a look."

"Okay, I'll just browse around for now, and I'll call you if I find anything I want to buy."

Su Qing didn't have a specific plan either; she wanted to see what was available first before making a decision.

Furthermore, the medicinal herbs in this pharmacy are arranged neatly and attractively, all placed in the back compartments, making them easy to see at a glance.

We need to ask the waiter to bring it again, to prevent anyone who doesn't know about medicine from touching it.

"Okay, miss, take your time looking around. Call me if you need anything."

After hearing Su Qing's words, the waiter stepped back to the counter and continued to serve the next customer.

Seeing such friendly and welcoming service, Su Qing always answered questions patiently.

After browsing for a short while, I saw purple ivy flowers and bamboo leaf knots on the counter.

Purple ivy flowers are the main ingredient in making sedative powder. Other ingredients needed include Qingfeng grass and Guanshan vine, both of which Su Qing possesses.

The one I found in the Azure Forest is now growing very well in the space where the Phoenix Spirit is planted.

Although the sleeping powder has no effect on attacks, its effect is as its name suggests.

He fell asleep as soon as he took a sniff; what a clever sneak attack.

Bamboo leaf knots, pine branches, and willow catkins are used to make poison pills. Although the three herbs are not poisonous on their own, they react when mixed together to become highly toxic.

Furthermore, the three medicines need to be mixed and extracted simultaneously to form a condensed pill.

Both of these were mentioned in the "Medicine and Elixir Classic," but no other two elixirs have been discovered yet.

Xiaozhi was curious when she saw her young mistress starting to do things differently than before, but she didn't ask.

After all, there must be a reason why the young lady didn't say anything.

"Brother, could you please help me pack these two herbs?"

Su Qing pointed to the purple ivy and bamboo leaf knots in the grid behind her and said.

"Okay, miss, I'll install it for you right away."

After saying that, the waiter climbed the ladder specifically for getting medicine and brought the elixir to Su Qing.

"Miss, please see if there's anything else you need. If not, you can just go to the front desk to settle the bill."

The waiter smiled and pointed to the cash register at the door.

"Do you have any bamboo leaf knots left? Pack them all up for me."

Just as Su Qing was about to pay the bill, a voice came from the doorway.

But I was too lazy to look, so I bought bamboo leaves and purple ivy and then prepared to go with Xiaozhi to buy some furniture.

"Hello Miss Zhao, all the bamboo leaf knots in our store have just been sold to this lady, and we are out of stock now."

The waiter patiently answered Zhao Yao'er's questions.

"Su Qing, it's you again! What are you doing buying bamboo leaf knots? Get them out for me right now!"

Zhao Yao'er looked in the direction the waiter had pointed, and instantly became even more arrogant and domineering.

“Miss Zhao, my young lady is not a good-for-nothing, and besides, my young lady has already bought this elixir.”

Xiao Zhi said, protecting Su Qing.

"What do you need bamboo leaf knots for, you piece of trash? Haha, you think you can refine pills?"

"You haven't paid yet, so hurry up and hand it over to me."

Zhao Yao'er said arrogantly.

"This Miss Su is dressed so shabbily, how could she possibly afford a spiritual medicine? Waiter, you should sell the spiritual medicine to my young lady instead."

The maidservant beside Zhao Yao'er said with her head held high.

Like master, like servant; they're practically from the same cesspool.

They both have such foul mouths that they're annoying.

"That's not good. Miss Lingyao has already said she wants it. Our shop follows the principle of 'first come, first served' when it comes to payment."

The waiter explained to Zhao Yao'er with an apologetic expression.

Do you know who my young lady's future mentor is?

Seeing that everyone was watching, he couldn't help but raise his voice a few decibels.

"That's the famous Alchemist Wu!"

Seeing that her maid had already pushed the atmosphere to this point, Zhao Yao'er continued, "..."

"Master Wu only promised me that if I could refine the beginner-level Zero Spirit Pill, he would accept me as his last disciple."

"If I become an alchemist in the future, I will definitely refine more pills for everyone."

She has been Master Wu's medicine apprentice for a year now. She has learned general pharmacology and can now try to refine basic pills.

So today, I went out to buy the medicinal herbs needed for alchemy, and who would have thought that I would run into Su Qing everywhere.

Then everyone nodded and said:

"Master Wu is a second-grade alchemist, the most skilled alchemist here. If this Miss Zhao becomes his apprentice, she will be our first female alchemist."

"Yes, yes, our country doesn't have any female alchemists yet."

The crowd echoed this sentiment.

“Miss Su, I urgently need this elixir to refine the Zero Spirit Pill, so please spare some for me.”

With so many people watching her, the future alchemist, she started to feign politeness.

"No, you'll have to go to the next pharmacy to buy it yourself."

Su Qing took the medicine in her hand and was about to pay the bill.

"Miss Su, this alchemy is of utmost importance to me, please spare some for me."

"There are no pharmacies nearby, and the next batch of bamboo leaf knots may not arrive for another month."

Seeing that everyone was starting to talk, Zhao Yao'er pretended to be very pitiful and innocent.

“Miss Su, they didn’t want it all, they just asked you to share some. How can you be so selfish?”

After one person finished speaking, the next person continued:

“Miss Su has no spiritual power, isn’t it a waste for her to hoard this spiritual medicine?”

The first person was relatively polite, but the second person's words were quite unpleasant.

"The waiter said that payment is due first when the elixir is received. My young lady got it first, how can you talk like this?"

Xiaozhi was also very angry when she saw that everyone around her was siding with the newcomer.

"They didn't want it all, they just asked for some to be allocated. The maid got excited before the master even spoke."

The onlookers were still talking.

Seeing that everyone was on her side, Zhao Yao'er spoke to Su Qing again:

“Miss Su, I really need these bamboo knots. Please spare some for me. I will give you one after I refine it into a pill.”

Everyone was even more excited when Zhao Yao'er said that she would give Su Qing one if the refining was successful. They wish they had bought the elixir sooner.

After all, pills personally given by alchemists are extremely rare.

Although the Zero Spirit Pill can only nourish the blood and qi of ordinary people, it is still a pill after all.

"Waiter, check out."

Su Qing ignored their moral blackmail and went to the front desk to pay the bill herself.

"Su Qing, you..."

Zhao Yao'er was furious to see Su Qing slap her in the face like this.

So all that talk she'd given was just her making a fool of herself, which was unbearable for a proud person like her.

"What do you mean, 'you'? Didn't you hear what Xiaozhi said? First come, first served."

"If your hearing is bad, you can buy some medicine to treat it yourself."

Su Qing has two main issues: she cannot tolerate threats and she dislikes being morally blackmailed.

It's true, she encountered both of these things today, and it made her feel terrible.

After paying the bill, I quickly slipped back to the mansion with Xiaozhi. My good mood was completely ruined.

After Zhao Yao'er chased after her, she only saw Su Qing's back, and she stomped her feet in anger.

"Damn it, Su Qing, you just wait!"