Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

Then Boss Yao picked up a bottle of healing medicine on the counter and threw it directly to Xiao Yan without caring whether it would break. Xiao Yan took it in his hand in a panic. At this time, Boss Yao continued.

"I'm just an ordinary doctor. I can just use fire to roughly fuse the herbs together. Anyone with a little patience doesn't even need to fight with Qi. You can just light a torch and burn it slowly."

Listening to Boss Yao's words, Xiao Yan nodded thoughtfully, and lowered his head to look at the healing medicine in his hand. At this time, Yao Chen in the ring also expressed his amazement at the healing medicine.

(This boss is really humble. He is not a pharmacist, but he can refine healing medicine to this level.)

(Senior Yao, is this amazing?)

After hearing Yao Chen's evaluation, Xiao Yan asked in confusion, and Yao Chen also gave an answer.

(For a physician, this is already quite impressive. His healing medicine can be compared with that made by a first-grade pharmacist. Some first-grade pharmacists are even worse than him.)

Yao Chen's words made Xiao Yan respect Boss Yao. Yao Chen, who was able to easily refine five bottles of Qi Gathering Powder, gave such a high evaluation, which showed how excellent this healing medicine was for a doctor.

It seems that Boss Yao is not as casual as he appears.

"Why? Brother Xiao Yan is interested in refining medicine?"

Looking at Xiao Yan who was carefully examining the healing medicine, Boss Yao asked softly.

"Yes."

Xiao Yan did not hide it and nodded slightly. Boss Yao then smiled and asked again.

"Then do you want to learn from me? Although I am not very skilled, I should be able to guide you. Xian'er was taught by me~"

Boss Yao raised his head proudly, and Xiao Yan was slightly stunned.

"Xian'er?" Xiao Yan then glanced outside the door and realized, "You mean Little Medical Fairy?"

"That's right~ I raised that child by myself~"

Boss Yao looked intoxicated, with an expression like a silly father, which made Xiao Yan feel helpless.

Well, fathers with daughters should all be like this, right?

Chapter 75 Blood Lotus Essence

At this moment, Xiao Yan felt the noise outside the door gradually become smaller. He turned his head and found that the mercenaries outside the door were leaving in a bustling manner. At the same time, a clear voice came in.

"Boss Yao! I'm leaving!"

"Oh! Be careful on the road!" Boss Yao responded loudly, and then explained to Xiao Yan, "Xian'er would go into the mountains with the mercenaries to collect herbs every once in a while. Because Xian'er is a skilled doctor, the mercenaries are happy to have Xian'er accompany them."

As he spoke, Boss Yao came forward suddenly, grabbed Xiao Yan's shoulders, his eyes shining.

"And Xian'er is so beautiful! It's only natural that she's popular! Right? Right!"

"Aha."

Looking at Boss Yao who was leaning close to him with an excited look on his face, Xiao Yan twitched his lips in embarrassment.

Even if you ask me this, I have never seen what she looks like.

Then Boss Yao seemed to realize that he had lost his composure. He clenched his fist, put it to his mouth, coughed twice, and then changed the subject.

"So what do you think of my suggestion to learn pharmaceutical medicine from me?"

"Boss Yao thinks highly of me, I am naturally honored." Xiao Yan clasped his hands together and said with a faint smile: "But I have already worshipped a teacher in alchemy, so I cannot follow you to learn. I hope Boss Yao will understand."

"A teacher of alchemy? An alchemist?"

Boss Yao asked blankly, and Xiao Yan nodded in response.

"Yes."

"Oh~~ I see." After getting Xiao Yan's affirmation, Boss Yao scratched his hair lightly, but he didn't feel disappointed. "Well, since you are already learning under the pharmacist, I, a half-baked person, won't mislead you. But I will start refining healing medicine soon. If you are interested, would you like to watch from the side?"

"If Boss Yao doesn't mind me bothering you, I will certainly agree to it."

"Haha~ You little brother, although you are not very old, you are quite polite~ You look like an old man. Young people should be full of energy and be more casual~"

Boss Yao chuckled and patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder, making Xiao Yan feel a little embarrassed.

Like an old man?

"Wait a moment, I'll go into the house to prepare something."

Boss Yao waved his hand lightly and turned to go into the house.

Suddenly, a small figure ran in from outside the door.

It was a little boy, wearing worn but clean clothes, his face already covered with tears.

"Uncle Yao! Uncle Yao! My grandma is...

The little boy seemed to be out of breath due to running at full speed, and Boss Yao's smiling face suddenly changed. He immediately picked up the medicine box on the counter, pulled the little boy and hurriedly left Wanyaozhai, forgetting to close the door, leaving Xiao Yan alone in the store.

This sudden situation made Xiao Yan stunned for a long time, staring blankly at the empty store.

Although Xiao Yan didn't understand what had happened, he guessed from the little boy's few words that his grandmother might have suddenly fallen ill. Boss Yao was obviously used to it, and he dragged him to get treatment without waiting for the little boy to finish asking.

Well. Just wait.

Xiao Yan sighed helplessly.

There was no one in the store now. If he left and caused something to be lost in the store, even if Boss Yao did not pursue the matter, Xiao Yan would still feel bad, even though it had nothing to do with him.

Boss Yao respects Xiao Yan one foot, and Xiao Yan naturally respects Boss Yao ten feet. The brief conversation just now made Xiao Yan have a good impression of Boss Yao. It's not a big deal to just help look after the store.

Xiao Yan gently leaned the Xuan Zhong ruler against the wall to avoid damaging the facilities in the store. He then walked around the herbal medicine store, looking at the herbs displayed in the store and identifying them one by one with the help of Yao Chen.

(Um?)

Suddenly, when he saw a medicinal ingredient labeled Coptis Essence, Yao Chen let out a sound of surprise, which made Xiao Yan ask in confusion.

(Senior Yao, what's wrong?)

(That one just now, seems to be Blood Lotus Essence?) Yao Chen's tone was full of astonishment, and then he became excited, (This Boss Yao is not very knowledgeable, he actually sold Blood Lotus Essence as Yellow Lotus Essence.)

(Senior Yao, is the Blood Lotus Essence the one you mentioned before, the main ingredient for refining the Blood Lotus Pill?)

Xiao Yan was surprised. Although he had not yet really started to refine medicine, Yao Chen had told him a lot about the necessary medicinal materials needed to tame the strange fire, and the blood lotus essence was one of them.

(That’s right! This is an extremely rare medicinal material that can only be found in one out of thousands of Coptis chinensis essences! The price difference between Blood Lotus Essence and Coptis chinensis essence is more than a thousand times!) Yao Chen said, and hurriedly urged, (Hurry, hurry, hurry! You have come across such a big bargain, hurry up and grab it)

As Yao Chen was speaking, he suddenly remembered what kind of person Xiao Yan was, and his excitement instantly faded away.

(Forget it, it’s useless to say it.)

(Ha) Feeling Yao Chen's helpless mood, Xiao Yan smiled awkwardly, (Senior Yao, Boss Yao is such a good person, maybe he was just careless for a moment, it's not good for a disciple to take advantage of him, right?)

(Don’t give me that! Even if you change to a dishonest businessman, you still won’t take advantage!)

Yao Chen's tone was full of displeasure, which made Xiao Yan's face even more embarrassed and he was unable to refute.

If Boss Yao knew that this was Blood Lotus Essence and sold it at the same price as Yellow Lotus Essence, Xiao Yan would naturally not hesitate.

But now looking at the label that said Yellow Lotus Essence, it showed that Boss Yao did not recognize that this was Blood Lotus Essence. Xiao Yan really couldn't take advantage of this.

If after Xiao Yan explained to Boss Yao that this was Blood Lotus Essence, Boss Yao was still willing to sell it to him at the price of Yellow Lotus Essence, then Xiao Yan would naturally not be pretentious anymore.

If you take advantage of someone, once you do it once, you will want to do it a second time. After the second time, there will be a third time. It will be impossible to stop it.

Once you get used to it, you can’t change it.

Xiao Yan did not think that his self-control was very strong, so he tried his best to avoid it from happening for the first time. He did not want to gain any benefits from taking advantage of others, which was an absolute prohibition for Xiao Yan's righteousness.

After walking around the store, Xiao Yan sat down and waited quietly.

An unknown amount of time had passed, until Xiao Yan was almost asleep, before Boss Yao came back with a medical kit on his back, a look of deep sorrow on his face.

"Boss Yao, you're back."

When Xiao Yan saw Boss Yao coming in, he stood up and greeted him. Boss Yao then came back to his senses and looked at Xiao Yan in surprise, then looked embarrassed.

"Sorry, I forgot you were still waiting in the store."

"Boss Yao, you don't need to apologize. As a doctor, you will naturally put the patient first. I just waited a little longer in the store, which is not as important as the patient." Xiao Yan said softly, looking at Boss Yao's worried expression, he frowned slightly, "Boss Yao, is the patient's condition not good?"

"It was okay this time, I managed to get through it, but next time... oh~"

Boss Yao sighed deeply, and Xiao Yan asked.

"Is the illness serious?"

"To be honest, the illness is not particularly serious. It's just that one herb is missing. But that herb is not used on a daily basis and cannot be sold even if we want to. In addition, there are several second-level monsters wandering around the herb collection site. It's not worth it to go there just for that little bit of herb and it's easy to lose manpower. No mercenary is willing to go there."

As he said this, the worry on Boss Yao's face deepened.

Seeing Boss Yao's worried face, Xiao Yan frowned slightly, glanced at the Blood Lotus Essence on the shelf, made a plan in his mind, clasped his hands together, looked at Boss Yao and spoke seriously.

"Boss Yao, can I make a deal with you?"

Chapter 76 Admiration

"trade?"

Boss Yao paused for a moment and looked at Xiao Yan in confusion. Xiao Yan cupped his hands and spoke in a solemn voice.

"If the medicinal herbs are really as you said, and there are only second-level monsters wandering around, then I am willing to go and retrieve them for you."

"real?!"

Xiao Yan's words made Boss Yao happy at first, but then he frowned and said worriedly.

"Is it really okay? A second-level monster is equivalent to a fighting master. Even the most famous mercenary group here usually avoids it as much as possible."

"Boss Yao, please don't worry about me. Since I said so, I must be confident enough."

"Well"

Seeing Xiao Yan so confident, Boss Yao pondered for a moment, raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Xiao Yan and asked.

"what do you want?"

No matter what, that is the gathering point of second-level monsters. Even if Xiao Yan is confident that he can go there without any request.

Although Boss Yao himself is a doctor, he is only trying to do good as much as possible without damaging his own interests too much. He really doesn't believe that Xiao Yan would risk his life to get medicinal herbs without asking for anything in return.

Xiao Yan did not hide anything and spoke directly.

"As long as I bring back the herbs, you can give me the blood lotus essence."

"Blood Lotus Essence?" Boss Yao paused, his eyebrows raised slightly, "Where can we find Blood Lotus Essence in our store?"

"That's the one on your shelf."

Xiao Yan pointed with his finger, and Boss Yao frowned. He came to the shelf of Coptis Essence, picked up the medicinal material and looked at it carefully. Finally, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Indeed, this is not Yellow Lotus Essence, but Blood Lotus Essence.

Coptis chinensis essence is a daily medicinal material, and each time it is purchased, it is purchased in dozens of pieces. However, there may not be one blood lotus essence among thousands of plants. Naturally, Boss Yao does not have the time to distinguish them one by one.

However, what surprised Boss Yao was not that he had made a mistake, but that Xiao Yan pointed out that this was the behavior of the Blood Lotus Spirit.

Boss Yao slowly turned his head and stared at Xiao Yan quietly. After a long time, he asked softly.

"Let's not talk about the value of the Blood Lotus Essence itself. Do you know how much the price difference is between the Yellow Lotus Essence and the Blood Lotus Essence?"

In response to Boss Yao's questions, Xiao Yan answered truthfully.

“From what I know, the difference should be at least a thousand times.” Xiao Yan then added: “So I don’t think that retrieving that herb will be enough to exchange for the Blood Lotus Essence. I just hope you can give me a discount, and I will pay the rest.”

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Boss Yao was silent, looking at Xiao Yan with great astonishment.

He had seen upright people.

But it was the first time that Boss Yao had ever seen someone like Xiao Yan.

It may sound a bit harsh, but in the eyes of others, Xiao Yan's integrity may make him look like a fool.

If you don't take advantage of a good opportunity, what is that if not something wrong with your brain?

However, in Boss Yao's heart, he felt admiration for Xiao Yan, the young man he met for the first time.

He couldn't live up to Xiao Yan's integrity.

But this does not mean that Boss Yao will despise Xiao Yan's integrity.

On the contrary, it was precisely because he himself could not be so upright that Boss Yao admired Xiao Yan so much.