Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

"If you want to kill someone, you have to hit him where he is most vulnerable. Don't give him a chance to fight back." A hint of coldness flashed in Mu She's eyes, and his scarred palm slightly covered half of his face. "You don't have to consider whether the residents will believe the rumors you spread, and you don't need them to believe them. You just need to plant a seed of doubt about Xiao Yixian's character in their hearts."

"The seed will gradually grow, take root, and sprout until it becomes a towering tree that is difficult to shake."

"By then, we only need to give her a little push, and she, the Little Medical Fairy, will be speechless, and her accumulated reputation will be wiped out in an instant!"

Chapter 91 Taking Away Your Future

Early in the morning, in Qingshan Town, inside Wanyaozhai.

"Hmm~~~"

Xiao Yan sat up from the bed and stretched comfortably.

After completing the transaction with Boss Yao yesterday, Boss Yao suddenly suggested that he stay in Wanyaozhai for one night. Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Yan did not refuse and went to sleep in the guest room arranged by Boss Yao.

Xiao Yan got out of bed, stood by the window, looking at the bright sunshine, breathing the fresh air in the morning, and felt extremely comfortable in his heart.

Now that everything that needed to be done was done, it was time to actually enter the Monster Mountain Range to practice.

However, before entering the mountains, we must first buy the medicinal herbs that Yao Chen ordered yesterday.

Knock knock knock~

"Xiao Yan, are you up?"

The ethereal voice of Xiao Yixian was heard outside the door. Xiao Yan immediately came to the door and opened it. Xiao Yixian's pretty face appeared in Xiao Yan's sight.

"Good morning~"

Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Yixian with a smile. When Xiao Yixian saw Xiao Yan, she couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Good morning." Then Xiao Yixian turned around and went downstairs, and called to Xiao Yan, "Come down for breakfast."

"Well, I'll go down after I finish packing."

Xiao Yan nodded, returned to the guest room, tidied the quilt and bed, and left the room after making sure there was no more mess in the room. He gently closed the door and went downstairs.

After going downstairs, Xiao Yan saw Boss Yao sitting at the table at a glance. Boss Yao also heard Xiao Yan's footsteps, turned his head, chuckled and asked Xiao Yan to sit down.

"Little brother Xiao Yan, did you have a good rest last night?"

When Xiao Yan sat down, Boss Yao asked with concern and a smile, and Xiao Yan smiled and nodded in response.

"I slept very comfortably. Thank you, Boss Yao, for providing the guest room for me to rest."

"Hey~ Of course I should, no need to be so polite."

Boss Yao waved his hand lightly. At this time, Little Medical Fairy also brought breakfast over and placed it in front of Boss Yao and Xiao Yan respectively. Boss Yao then greeted them.

"Eat it, this is made by Xian'er herself. There are so many men in this town who want to eat it but can't~"

As Boss Yao was speaking, he was suddenly stunned when he picked up the chopsticks. He looked at the pie on the plate in front of him, and then looked at the pie in front of Xiao Yan.

There is no doubt that it only takes one glance to tell that the pie on Xiao Yan's plate is much more abundant than the one on his own plate.

"Um, Xian'er." Boss Yao pointed to his plate awkwardly, looked at Xiao Yixian and asked, "Is the pie on my plate a little bit boring?"

"Huh? Any objections?" The Little Medical Fairy curled her lips and immediately reached out to Boss Yao's plate, "If you like it, eat it. If you don't want to, forget it!"

"Hey hey hey! I'll eat, I'll eat! Who said I won't eat?"

Boss Yao quickly protected the plate. Little Medical Fairy snorted and went back to the kitchen to get her own breakfast.

At this time, Xiao Yan spoke.

"Boss Yao, if you don't mind, let's switch."

Xiao Yan pointed at the rather luxurious pie on the plate in front of him. Boss Yao looked at Xiao Yan, then at the kitchen, and immediately refused.

"Forget it, just eat yours. If I eat yours, Xian'er will hate me for it."

It was obvious that Xiao Yan's portion of pie was specially made by Little Medical Fairy, so how could Boss Yao dare to eat it?

Xiao Yan shrugged lightly at this, simply thinking that Xiao Yixian was just treating her guests with more attention, and did not think too much about it. After Xiao Yixian came to the table with breakfast and sat down, the three of them also began to eat breakfast.

You know what, Xiao Yan was really hungry since he hadn’t eaten anything since last night and had done strenuous exercise. He also ate a rather extravagant breakfast.

"Is it delicious?"

Just as Xiao Yan was enjoying his meal, the Little Medical Fairy beside him suddenly asked a question. Xiao Yan didn't think much about it and nodded in response.

“Mmm! Delicious!”

Xiao Yan would not lie, the pie made by Xiao Yixian was indeed delicious, especially when compared with the barbecue made by Yun Zhi, it seemed even more delicious.

"Really~"

After hearing this, Xiao Yixian had a gentle smile on her face. She was not in a hurry to eat breakfast. She placed her jade hand lightly on her beautiful chin and watched Xiao Yan wolfing down his food quietly.

There was a strange look in his eyes.

This scene was also seen by Boss Yao. He couldn't help but feel happy, but also felt extremely guilty.

Although he had only been with Xiao Yan for one day, Boss Yao already knew Xiao Yan's character very well. He was absolutely relieved to have such a person accompanying Xiao Yixian.

But this is definitely not a good thing for Xiao Yan.

"Cough! Cough cough cough!!!"

Suddenly, Boss Yao, who was eating, covered his mouth and started coughing violently. His face turned ugly, which startled Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian. Xiao Yixian hurriedly asked worriedly.

"Boss Yao! Are you okay?"

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay. Maybe I caught a cold last night." Boss Yao smiled and waved his hand, then stood up. "You guys eat first, I'll go find some medicine."

Looking at Boss Yao's departing back, Xiao Yixian's eyes were filled with worry.

When I was very young, Boss Yao took me in, even though I shouldn't have been alive in this world, and has raised me carefully ever since then.

Although she always called him Boss Yao, in her heart Xiao Yixiang had already regarded Boss Yao as her biological father.

Xiao Yan, who was standing aside, also frowned and stared at the place where Boss Yao left.

Xiao Yan always felt that Boss Yao was holding on to something.

Xiao Yan was all too familiar with this feeling.

When I had lost all my fighting spirit and everyone was comforting me, I pretended that nothing happened just like Boss Yao.

But in fact, Xiao Yan's heart was really broken during that time. If it weren't for Xun'er and the others who were always by his side, he might have collapsed long ago.

After entering the pharmacy and out of the sight of Xiao Yixian and Xiao Yan, Boss Yao could no longer hold on. He leaned against the door, breathing heavily, with beads of sweat on his forehead and his shoulders shaking.

"Damn it. It's getting worse."

Boss Yao took out the medicine bottle from his arms and fed the boy all of it in one gulp, not caring how many pills were left.

As time passed, Boss Yao's complexion gradually improved. He looked at the blood in his palm and murmured.

"We need to increase the potency of the medicine."

At this moment, Boss Yao's mind reappeared the time when he first met Xiao Yixian twelve years ago. Xiao Yixian's pitiful, tearful face.

My heart aches to the extreme, and I feel resentment deep in my heart.

Oh my God, can't you be gentle to poor Xian'er?

Boss Yao was so sad in his heart, and his guilt towards Xiao Yan reached its peak.

But at the same time, it was a final decision.

Sorry, little brother Xiao Yan.

Just consider this as my last request in this life.

Even though this request is extremely selfish and despicable, I will do it.

Even if it will take away your future

Chapter 92 Medicine Cauldron

After breakfast, Xiao Yixian began to clean the table, while Xiao Yan took out a list from his storage ring and handed it to Boss Yao.

"Boss Yao, please help me prepare these herbs. I will pay for them."

"Hey~ No way, you are Xian'er's savior. These are just medicinal herbs. I can give them to you for free."

Boss Yao took the list and Xiao Yan looked at him seriously.

"Let's put it this way. I must pay for the medicinal materials as ordered."

Xiao Yan insisted that one should never expect to gain anything from the other party for free just because of the favors one has given to them.

Boss Yao naturally knew what Xiao Yan was thinking. He waved his hand helplessly and looked at the list of medicinal materials that Xiao Yan handed over.

"These things are very common medicinal herbs, snake fruit, spring grass, dragon fire leaf."

When Boss Yao saw the list, he didn't think anything of it at first, but the more he read on, the more he felt something was wrong.

These medicinal herbs, without exception, are all extremely yang herbs. If some of them can be used as basic herbs for healing, then the remaining herbs are purely used to enhance energy, and are mostly used on men.

In other words, under normal circumstances, there is basically no prescription that would use so many of the same type of extremely yang medicinal materials at the same time.

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As a man, Boss Yao thought of something and looked at Xiao Yan with a strange expression.

Could it be that I had misjudged Xiao Yan? Was Xiao Yan not as upright as I thought? Otherwise, why would he want these herbs?

Boss Yao had such doubts in his heart, but his previous interactions with Xiao Yan made it impossible for him to doubt Xiao Yan. If Xiao Yan really knew how to make that kind of medicine, he would not have behaved so uprightly before.

To confirm, Boss Yao relaxed his expression, pretended to be casual, and asked with a chuckle.

"Little Brother Xiao Yan, do you know what these herbs are used for?"

"No, I don't know." Xiao Yan answered honestly without hesitation, and then scratched his face awkwardly, "Didn't I tell you before that I became the apprentice of a pharmacist? But in fact, I have never really come into contact with pharmacy. These medicinal materials were also purchased by my teacher. Maybe he wanted to teach me how to make medicine formally."

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After hearing Xiao Yan's answer, Boss Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Xiao Yan himself didn't know what the effects of these herbs were.

I was saying, how could someone who is so upright to an excessive degree and won’t even take advantage of something that is right in front of him make that kind of medicine?

But then, Boss Yao raised his eyebrows and asked again.

"Is your teacher a man or a woman?"

"It's a woman."

Xiao Yan replied, and the expression on Boss Yao's face became even weirder.

If it was a man, Boss Yao would still be able to understand.

But women really can’t understand it. A normal woman would be disgusted by that kind of medicine, right?

Boss Yao thought so in his heart, and then shook his head slightly.

Forget it, a pharmacist who could accept someone as upright as Xiao Yan as his apprentice must not be a bad person. Maybe I am just overthinking it. I should stop worrying about it.

"I see. Wait a moment. I'll get you some medicine."

Boss Yao retracted his rather rude thought, took the list of herbs and went to the pharmacy to find herbs for Xiao Yan.

A moment later, Boss Yao came back with a big bag and a fiery red iron can in his hand. There were two metal snakes entwined around the can, which was the most eye-catching.

When Xiao Yan saw the iron can, Yao Chen in the ring spoke first before he could react.

(Oh, Boss Yao also has a medicine cauldron?)

(Medicine Cauldron?)

Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows in confusion, and Yao Chen immediately explained.

(Most of the medicines that alchemists refine need to rely on medicine cauldrons. This medicine cauldron looks like a double-mouthed cauldron. Judging from its appearance, the material is pretty good.)

(I see.)

After listening to Yao Chen's explanation, Xiao Yan understood in his heart, and then he saw Boss Yao put the big bag on the table.

"Xiao Yan, these are the herbs you requested." Boss Yao said with a smile, handing over the list in his hand. "The cost is already written on the list. You can ask Xian'er to pay the bill later."

To be honest, these medicinal herbs are not that precious, and it is no problem for Boss Yao to give them directly to Xiao Yan.