Eternal Sword

Chapter 455 Eight Stone Powder

Mo Ming was secretly shocked.

These Dongyi hermits are extremely difficult to deal with. Each of them is good at disguising themselves and hiding, making them hard to guard against. Unexpectedly, this Chen Tang could catch them all in one fell swoop!
Mo Ming naturally didn't know that Chen Tang had stayed in the Hermit Island for nearly a month and survived the siege of many hermits.

I have long been familiar with the habits and methods of these hermits.

What's more, he has Guiyin Ali by his side.

Shen Zhiyuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Good fellow, you are so generous right from the start."

"How is this going?"

Chen Tang asked, "How did you get targeted by the Dongyi hermit?"

"This matter may be related to the Drunken Eight Immortals."

Shen Zhiyuan said in a deep voice: "I have been recuperating in Yiyin Hall for about a month and I am almost fully recovered. However, I haven't had a drop of alcohol in a month, so I can't help but feel a little greedy. I wanted to get some good wine, so I naturally thought of Zui Baxian."

"I went to Zuixianlou and asked someone to fetch me a pot of wine. Suddenly I remembered what you told me. I happened to be in Yiyintang at the time, so I wanted to ask Senior Mo to take a look."

At this point, Shen Zhiyuan paused and said, "Who would have thought that a medicine boy beside Senior Mo is actually a hermit of the Dongyi tribe!"

Mo Ming still felt a lingering fear when he thought of this incident. He said, "This medicine boy has followed me for several years. I never thought that he was related to the Dongyi tribe. At that time, this person tried to assassinate him. Fortunately, Zhiyuan rescued me in time, so I was able to save my life."

Chen Tang was well aware of the methods used by the Dongyi hermits.

If you are not prepared, it is easy to get caught.

Shen Zhiyuan said: "I captured this man, but unfortunately I didn't get anything out of him before he committed suicide."

Chen Tang suddenly said, "This person wants to silence me."

"good."

Shen Zhiyuan nodded and said, "But at that time we did not connect this assassination with the Drunken Eight Immortals. We simply thought it was a conspiracy of the Dongyi tribe."

"For the next period of time, Senior Mo studied the ingredients in the Drunken Eight Immortals and discovered a shocking secret!"

At this point, Shen Zhiyuan looked at Mo Ming and said, "The composition of the Drunken Eight Immortals is too complicated. Senior Mo, please explain it."

Mo Ming took over and said, "A hundred years ago, a prescription was popular in Daxia, called Wu Shi San."

Hearing this, Chen Tang's heart moved.

He had heard of this thing in his previous life. It was popular during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but he could no longer remember its specific effects.

Mo Ming said: "The Five Stones Powder is made of cinnabar, realgar, alum, azurite, and cinnabar in a certain proportion. There can be no mistakes. Once the medicine is ready, the person who takes it will feel hot all over, and will be able to increase physical strength in a short period of time. It will also produce a psychedelic effect, as if the gods are cheerful and extremely happy."

"But in fact, this Wushisan is highly addictive, and the five medicinal stones are all toxic. Long-term use is equivalent to chronic poisoning, and the consequences are unpredictable. In mild cases, the patient will become mentally depressed, thin and withered, and become disabled. In severe cases, it may even cost the patient's life."

"At that time, it was very popular among the royal family of Daxia and among the dignitaries and celebrities. Many people died from long-term consumption. A famous doctor of Daxia denounced the evils of this medicine and left a warning: if you come across this prescription, you must burn it and don't keep it for a long time."

Mo Ming took a breath and continued, "Later, the Great Xia Dynasty mobilized the entire country to burn all the Wushi Powder, and this drug that was harmful to people completely disappeared from the world."

Chen Tang understood and asked, "Is the Five Stones Powder mixed into the Drunken Eight Immortals?"

"Do not."

Mo Ming looked solemn, shook his head and said: "At first, I tested the five ingredients in it and thought it was the reincarnation of the Five Stone Powder. But I observed carefully and found that one of the five ingredients was different from the one in the Five Stone Powder."

"New prescription?"

Chen Tang was stunned.

Mo Ming said: "I continued to check, and found that in the wine of the Drunken Eight Immortals, in addition to the original five kinds of medicinal stones of cinnabar, realgar, alum, azurite, and cinnabar, there are also stalactites, sulfur, and purple quartz!" "What do you mean?"

Chen Tang asked.

Mo Ming explained: "The person who created this medicine is indeed a genius. He broke the proportions of the Five Stone Powder and added three more medicinal stones on this basis."

"And these three medicinal stones, when combined with the previous five stones, will produce a stronger and more wonderful reaction. The stimulation to the user will be stronger, the effect will be more obvious, and the addiction will be stronger!"

Mo Ming said: "I tried it, and my body felt hot and I felt unprecedented pleasure. It is really hard to extricate myself."

"Then you, Senior..."

Seeing Mo Ming testing the medicine on himself, Chen Tang couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Mo Ming said: "It doesn't matter. Only if I test the medicine myself can I prepare the corresponding antidote to alleviate the symptoms as much as possible."

"Drunk Eight Immortals, Drunken Eight Immortals..."

Chen Tang suddenly realized, "So this is the meaning of the name of this wine."

On the basis of Wu Shi San, three more medicinal stones are added, making a total of eight.

This is the real intention of the Drunken Eight Immortals!
Moreover, the clever thing is that when this new Wu Shi San is mixed into wine, the drinker will feel that the wine is sweet and mellow, and extremely refreshing. At first, he will not care and will just regard it as a drinking addiction.

By the time he realizes that something is wrong, it may be too late and the alcohol addiction will be difficult to eradicate.

Chen Tang had never tried Wu Shi San, nor had he tried Zui Ba Xian.

But he probably understood the power of this thing.

Not to mention this kind of thing, even if you want to quit smoking cigarettes in your previous life completely, you need extremely strong willpower, which is as difficult as climbing to the sky for many people.

The only way is to not touch it at all, and not have any luck or curiosity.

Chen Tang suddenly remembered something and asked, "Senior just said that taking Wu Shi San will increase your physical strength. Will the effect of Zui Ba Xian be more obvious?"

"That won't happen."

Mo Ming shook his head and said, "This Eight Stone Powder is mixed into wine and water to dilute some of the medicinal properties, so the drinker will not feel any obvious changes in physical strength."

Chen Tang asked again: "What if we refine the Eight Stone Powder into a pill?"

"That would be awesome."

Mo Ming said: "The strength of the user should be greatly improved in a short period of time, and under the hallucinogenic effect, it is very likely that he will fall into a state of madness and feel no pain."

Hearing this, Shen Zhiyuan and Su Li looked at each other and understood what Chen Tang meant by this question.

The three of them had witnessed this situation in Langya Pavilion!

Back then, when Langya Pavilion was challenging the Prime Minister's Mansion for a duel, everyone on the Prime Minister's Mansion's side, including Xia Yuanxian, had taken similar pills!
Chen Tang asked, "Apart from addiction, what are the harms of long-term use of Zui Ba Xian?"

"Same as Wushisan."

Mo Ming explained: "The toxicity of the eight medicinal stones has been deposited in the body for many years, causing greater harm to the body."

Shen Zhiyuan suddenly had a question and asked, "As far as I know, the wine of Zui Ba Xian is very popular in Da Xia, and even some masters have drunk it."

"Could it be that even the Grandmaster didn't notice anything?"

(End of this chapter)