Young master, why not become a corpse immortal?

Chapter 26 Going Up the Mountain to Fight the Tiger
Li Ze was preparing medicine for his son, and Lin Jiang, not wanting to disturb him, sat in his hall with Xiao Shanshen.

There was a counter in the hall, and behind the counter were boxes for storing medicine, each box with a name written on it.

It has a similar layout to the Lin family's pharmacy. When patients come here, they have to see a doctor and get their medicine at the counter.

There happened to be a piece of paper on the table, so Lin Jiang went over and took a look. He found that it was a prescription for the illness, so he read it carefully.

Some very, very common medicinal herbs, but there are many, they are very varied, and the list is very long.

Most illnesses only require seven or eight ingredients, but this prescription requires more than twenty.

Whether it was the original body or the previous body that Lin Jiang had studied traditional Chinese medicine, a quarter of the medicines on this list were not available to Lin Jiang in his previous life. Judging from his knowledge, the rest would definitely be inedible if mixed together.

But this thing is a lifesaver.

That old man is really amazing.

Little Ginseng poked her head out and looked around the pharmacy. She immediately spotted the cabinets containing medicinal herbs not far away.

As luck would have it, there was a small stone mill on the counter, containing several dried medicinal herbs.

Xiao Shanshen stared at those few sections of the herb and examined them carefully.

Ok……

Wild ginseng.

The ginseng was cut in half and ground into powder.

The face drawn by Xiaoshan Shen immediately became fascinating. The eyebrows first rose and then fell, changing several times before finally shrinking back into Lin Jiang's sleeve, hugging his arms and trembling.

Lin Jiang rolled up his sleeves.

He was actually a little curious about what the Xiaoshan Ginseng Association thought of this kind of place.

Does this place seem similar to a human graveyard to Xiaoshan Shen?
In her eyes, wouldn't the person who concocted the drug be a psychopathic killer?

Lin Jiang gently asked the little ginseng in his sleeve about his question. The little ginseng poked its head out, its two pimple-like eyes avoiding looking at the other ginsengs not far away, and could only mutter softly:

“I’m just scared, but I don’t feel like those ginseng roots are my companions. They can’t talk or move. I’d rather be with you than with them.”

Lin Jiang nodded.

Perhaps to the sperm of the ginseng plant, these other plants are nothing more than stone sculptures that look very much like themselves.

It doesn't speak or move, so it's really hard to recognize it as one of your own kind.

Suddenly, Lin Jiang heard a "whoosh" sound coming from inside the house, as if someone had vomited. Looking through the back door, he saw Li Ze's son lying face down, vomiting blood.

The red dot on the child's forehead disappeared at a visible speed until it was completely gone.

After waiting a while, Li Ze came out of the house. He smelled strongly of medicine.

Sitting in my seat, my body, which had been tense the whole time, finally relaxed a bit.

Faced with Lin Jiang's slightly questioning gaze, Li Ze gave a helpless, bitter smile.

“This is my son. He didn’t get sick during the first wave of infections a while ago, and I was glad that he was healthy. But after Dr. Lin came, the town had a second outbreak, and this kid was running around outside and ended up getting infected.”

“I just ran out of medicine. I can’t cure him. I’m not good enough. I can’t even cure my own child… I’m so useless.”

Li Ze looked like he wanted to cry, but he couldn't seem to cry.

After sniffing, Li Ze continued:

"At least, at least my son is cured now. After taking this medicine, as long as he spits out that mouthful of blood, he'll be all better."

Lin Jiang thought for a moment:
What do you plan to do with the rest of the medicine?

“I have some friends in the county, my friends have some relatives, and I have some relatives too…”

Li Ze lowered his eyes.

Ultimately, there are still too few people who can be saved.

We'll have to go back again then, to pick some more grass from the cliff.

"Aren't you afraid that the big worm will retaliate?"

"I've already been resented by the big worm, so I probably won't live much longer. Let's gather as many herbs as possible; we can save as many as we can."

Li Ze glanced at the room behind him:

“After my son wakes up, I have to send him out, whether to Baishan County or Yuxiang, he can’t stay here.”

At this point, Li Ze's fingers gripped his knees tightly.

He only regretted that his hands were too weak; he was truly incapable of being a tiger-slaying hero, unable to send that monstrous beast to the underworld to be fried in oil by Yama, the King of Hell. Lin Jiang pondered for a moment and asked:

"Did the giant worm strike the star?"

Li Ze let out a very puzzled "Huh?"

He didn't know what a star was.

It looks like I'll have to go and see for myself.

"Which way is the mountain forest?" Lin Jiang asked.

"Huh?" Li Ze was dumbfounded: "You want this?"

"I'm quite wealthy," Lin Jiang said, blinking as he lied without batting an eye. "I'll just spend my money and pick a few more plants."

"This...this won't do!" Li Ze shook his head: "That's your money, Young Master Zhu."

"It's alright, I have plenty of money."

If you kill the tiger, you won't have to pay any money.

After saying that, he forced Li Ze to tell him the direction of the mountain, and then swaggered out the door.

Only Li Ze stared dumbfounded at Lin Jiang's retreating figure, exclaiming, "Did we encounter a living saint?"

Lin Jiang returned to the carriage, placed the ginseng in the driver's seat, and instructed it to keep an eye on the carriage. Then he walked alone towards the mountains.

He was fast on his own, and if he really ran, he might even be faster than an old horse. It didn't take him long to reach the mountains near the town.

Looking out at the mountain peaks before me, I saw that in springtime, the vegetation was abundant, and there was certainly no shortage of medicinal herbs on the mountain.

Upon arriving at this place, Lin Jiang looked around but did not find the giant insect. There was only an empty road that no one walked on, leading straight up the mountain.

Lin Jiang didn't care about anything else and headed straight up the mountain.

Upon entering the mountains, we looked around but still didn't see any large insects; however, we did see quite a few medicinal herbs.

These medicinal and life-saving herbs grow in successive generations on both sides of the road, pressing each other down.

Nobody picked it.

Lin Jiang reached out and picked a few flowers, but still couldn't see the big insect, so he frowned.

Li Ze lied? There weren't any big worms here at all?
Unsure of what to do, Lin Jiang simply turned around and went down the mountain. Just as he was about to return along the road, a foul gust of wind blew towards him.

Suddenly, a shadow lurched outward from the middle of the forest trees and landed in front of Lin Jiang.

He was tall and imposing, with orange hair growing down his back. The pattern on the top of his head resembled the character "王" (king), and his large, bead-like eyes were fixed intently on Lin Jiang.

A majestic tiger stood before him, baring its teeth.
"Where did you come from, kid? Don't you know the rules of this mountain?"

The tiger's deep roar would have terrified most people, leaving them weak in the knees and unable to move.

However, Lin Jiang looked the tiger up and down.

It doesn't feel as impressive as I imagined.

It probably hasn't been rated yet.

“I heard from people in town that as long as you pay them, you can get the medicine.”

Lin Jiangdao.

The tiger sized Lin Jiang up and down:
"Just leave me fifty taels of silver, and you can leave with the medicine. But the medicine you have is enough for four people, so you'll have to pay four times the amount."

As the tiger finished speaking, it looked down at its own paws:

“One, two… three… no, you have to put the others down and only take one person’s share, then bring it over one at a time, giving me fifty taels each time.”

Lin Jiang was puzzled: "You can't even recognize numbers, why are you robbing people here?"

"Mind your own business!" the tiger roared. "Are you going to pay me or not? If you don't, I'll bite you to death!"

Lin Jiang felt that this beast's brain wasn't working very well, so he simply asked directly:
Have you marked the star?

"Huh?" Da Chong was completely taken aback when Lin Jiang suddenly asked that question. He answered honestly:

"How could I possibly activate a star? If I did, I'd turn into a human... Wait, why are you asking me this?"

"So, activating a star allows you to transform into human form." Lin Jiang was delighted to have learned something new. "Since you didn't activate a star, I can't give you the money."

The tiger stared at Lin Jiang, tilted its head, and seemed to be thinking a lot in its little head before finally bursting into a rage:
"You tricked me! I'll bite you to death!"

(End of this chapter)