Chapter 326: Ming Duo, the Second Uncle of the Ming Family

Ming Mu gritted his teeth and said, "I want to study medicine with Mr. Tao Hongjing."

As a talented pharmacist, Ming Mu was already quite famous when he was still in the empire. He overwhelmed his peers in school and even surpassed the level of the teachers, leaving them with no way to teach him.

After arriving at this exile planet, he taught himself and developed many new potions. People around him praised him highly. In addition, due to the environment, there was no pharmacist around who could compare with him. Over time, he became a little arrogant.

Apart from the fact that he had not developed a drug to expel dark matter, which made him feel frustrated, he felt that he was good at everything else. This was Ming Mu, a technology geek with absolute confidence.

But until today, he finally realized what it means that there are always people better than you.

He hadn't thought much of the appearance of the Light Potion and the Holy Potion in the Global Village before. After all, he had never seen the master potion master who prepared them with his own eyes. But now, a third person, Tao Hongjing, appeared in the alchemy room of the pharmacy workshop.

Mr. Tao Hongjing was a courteous and knowledgeable man, covering everything from alchemy and swordsmithing to medicine and astronomy and calendar calculations. He could speak eloquently about any topic. More importantly, he needed no machines or testing chambers; he could diagnose a patient's condition simply by feeling their pulse and reading their face.

Then, no need for medicine or pills, just a few silver needles can cure the patient.

This is Ming Mu, a genius in medicine who only knows how to use medicine to treat diseases. His pupils dizzied and his heart was in turmoil.

Later, Mr. Tao Hongjing showed him his alchemy skills. The medicinal properties of the elixir were better than those of the medicine. It didn't even require a series of complicated steps such as measuring cups and test tubes. All he had to do was put the materials into the furnace step by step. Then, with Mr. Tao Hongjing's superb fire control and alchemy skills, he could start the furnace in half an hour.

There are hundreds of small pills in one furnace, which is enough to make the red medicine that Ming Mu and Ming Xiao would spend a whole day to prepare.

So, Ming Mu completely bowed down to Tao Hongjing's Taoist robe and wanted to learn alchemy from him, as well as his magical medical skills of diagnosing diseases by taking pulses and reading faces. Of course, he was more interested in the ability to cure people with silver needles, which could save a lot of red medicine.

Yun Qimu blinked, looking at the face in front of him that had gone from tangled to determined, and said helplessly, "Even if you tell me about this, I can't help. Whether Mr. Tao Hongjing accepts disciples depends on his own decision. For example, Tang En, as long as the boss lady agrees, he can become your disciple. He doesn't need to report to me, the village chief."

Ming Mu's face lit up with joy, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Actually, this is what Mr. Tao Hongjing wanted. He said he would only accept him as a disciple if Village Chief Yun agreed."

"Oh." Yun Qimu thought about it for a while, and then probably understood that most people of Mr. Tao's generation were very particular about etiquette, so they reported to her in advance when they were on her territory.

She tapped her fingers on the table a few times and spoke slowly, "Then I have no objection. Mr. Tao can do whatever he wants. Please tell Mr. Tao that in the future, whether he recruits apprentices or runs a pharmacy workshop, it's all up to him. As long as I don't lose money, I won't interfere."

"The business operations in the pharmacy workshop"

"Let him make the decision, too."

Ming Mu immediately became excited, "Thank you, Village Chief Yun. I will definitely bring this message to you."

Ming Mu said hello to the people at Yun Qimu's table and went back happily, then pulled Ming Xiao to chat while eating.

After a few days of rest and taking a bottle of light potion, most of the dark matter in Ming Xiao's body had been expelled, and only a few remaining bits and pieces remained, which no longer posed a threat to him.

His pale and frail cheeks now looked rosy and healthy, like a normal person's. Perhaps it was because he had been going to Louwailou these days and had a good meal every time, so he had gained some weight and no longer looked like the sickly pretty boy who would fall down at the slightest gust of wind.

Now the two brothers were in the mood to talk about people and things outside.

"The Global Village has opened a transmission channel to the outside world. Do you want to go back, brother?" Ming Mu held a bamboo shoot and looked up at his elder brother Ming Xiao opposite him.

Ming Xiao's slender fingers holding the chopsticks paused, and a hint of deepness and darkness flashed in his gentle eyes, but his expression was calm as he continued to reach out to pick up the food.

Over the years, even though he harbored immense hatred in his heart, he had learned to conceal his true emotions without a single leak. Even if those people were standing in front of him now, he could still remain cheerful and unmoved.

"Brother?" Ming Mu put down his chopsticks and called out with concern.

Ming Xiao raised a cold smile, his eyes darkening. "Of course I have to go back. How can I not avenge them for banishing me to this planet of exile? And there are doubts about my father and mother's deaths. I think they were so heartless in banishing me here because they were afraid I would discover their secrets."

"What—" Ming Mu looked at him in shock, not even eating, and said anxiously, "Brother, why didn't you tell me before? If you had told me earlier, I would have killed those old guys a long time ago."

Speaking of this, Ming Mu couldn't stop showing disgust on his face.

Their Ming family is also a noble family in the empire, holding the title of Viscount. Their grandfather originally wanted to pass this title to his eldest son, Ming Zheng, who is Ming Xiao and Ming Mu's biological father.

But their father Ming Zheng encountered a starship accident before he was granted the title and died on the spot like other passengers. The only one who survived was Ming Xiao, the child who was desperately put into the escape pod by Ming's mother.

But even though Ming Xiao was rescued, he was infected with dark matter. The dark matter in his body was extremely dense, exceeding 50%.

If they had sought treatment from the elves or someone with light abilities at this time, the situation might have been under control. However, the Ming family was in chaos because their father Ming Zheng had died and their grandfather had died of vomiting blood after losing his beloved son.

All those greedy uncles and ancestors from the side branches came out and strongly recommended their second uncle Ming Duo to inherit the title of Viscount.

After the title was decided and the affairs of the Ming family were settled, Ming Xiao, the dark matter infected person, was ruthlessly exiled to the Exile Star by those people on the grounds that the safety of the Ming family was the most important and they could not keep him as a time bomb.

At that time, Ming Xiao was just a little over ten years old.

Afterwards, in order to cover up his cruel methods and show his tolerance and magnanimity as a newly promoted viscount, Ming Duo took in Ming Mu, Ming Zheng's second son.

On the surface, he treated Mingmu and his own biological children equally, giving them the same treatment, but that was only on the surface.

(End of this chapter)