His name is Li Banfeng—”Feng” as in “mountain peak,” not “madness.” The doctor confirmed he is not insane.
To save a friend’s life, he stepped onto Platform 96, boarded the 11...
Li Banfeng held a candle and searched around for the bodies of Gold-rimmed Glasses and Hu Xiazi.
He didn't find the body, only some debris in the corner.
He found the two men's tattered clothes. Judging from the degree of damage, these clothes were torn off from the two men by some external force.
The items in the clothes were still there, and Li Banfeng found the wallets of the two people.
The cloth bag containing the snake lotus is still there, and the lotus inside is intact.
Li Banfeng also found the pair of gold-rimmed glasses next to the copper lotus. There was also a wooden glasses case next to the glasses, and an iron cigarette case next to the glasses case.
But one thing was missing: the folding fan of the man with gold-rimmed glasses.
Li Banfeng was very interested in his folding fan with a strange fragrance. The material and workmanship of the folding fan were very special. When the fan was folded, it could be used as an iron rod. When the fan was unfolded, it could be used as both a knife and a shield.
Where is the fan?
Eaten by the copper lotus?
Where is the body?
Was it also eaten by the copper lotus?
It devoured the two corpses and stole the weapon of the man with gold-rimmed glasses.
What does Copper Lotus need weapons for?
Could it be possible that this lotus could be used to fight with weapons?
Also, the copper lotus had eaten the snake-spotted chrysanthemum before and refined the snake-spotted pill.
Now that it has swallowed the corpse and the weapon, why didn't it touch the snake chrysanthemum of Gold-rimmed Glasses and Tiger Kid?
Is it because he has eaten meat and doesn’t want to eat vegetarian food, so he eats a fan and picks his teeth?
This idea is quite reasonable.
So what is inside these three lotus seeds?
Could it be that it also refined the gold-rimmed glasses and the tiger cub into elixirs?
Li Banfeng carefully peeled three lotus seeds from the seven-hole lotus heart, and the lotus immediately closed.
The two lotus seeds swelled up in the palm of his hand. After about ten seconds, the two lotus seeds burst, and each exploded into a red round bead.
The size of these two round beads is slightly larger than that of the snake-banded red, the color is pure, and they appear very crystal clear under the candlelight.
What kind of medicine is this?
While he was thinking, the third lotus seed exploded, revealing a round, rust-colored bead.
Not only does it look like rust in color, it also feels like rust, and there's a disgusting sticky feeling in your hand.
Not only did he feel a sticky sensation, but he also felt a tingling sensation. Li Banfeng threw the rust pill aside and found a red mark on the palm of his hand, with a slight numbness in between the tingling sensation.
Poisoned?
Li Banfeng didn't know how to respond. Suddenly, he saw the red mark split open and some blood flowed out.
After the blood flowed, the tingling and numbness disappeared.
The house repairman has a strong self-healing ability in the house, and the bleeding just now should be the process of active detoxification.
But Li Banfeng didn't expect that just a brief contact would cause him such great harm.
If the contact time is longer, or even if the rust-colored beads are eaten directly, is there still hope?
Even if Zhaixiu was in his own house, I'm afraid it couldn't be saved.
In the spirit of seeking truth from facts, should I do an experiment myself?
Thinking of this, Li Banfeng suddenly sneered and said to himself: "Do you think I'm crazy?"
Li Banfeng emptied the wallets of Gold-rimmed Glasses and Tiger Boy, put the tattered clothes on the ground on his hands, put the two pills into the two wallets respectively, squatted on the ground and began to study the properties of the copper lotus.
The red round beads and rust-colored round beads are tentatively called red lead and rust lead.
The red lead should have come from the gold-rimmed glasses and the body of the tiger kid.
The rusty pill should have come from the disappeared folding fan.
The copper lotus turned them all into elixirs. Li Banfeng could not understand the specific principle, and he had no idea what the uses of these two elixirs were.
The issue that Li Banfeng is most concerned about now is, what principle does Copper Lotus use to select materials for alchemy?
I chose Snakehead Chrysanthemum before, why am I not interested in it now?
Will he develop some kind of interest in me someday and turn me into a pill?
Li Banfeng came close to the copper lotus holding a bag of snake chrysanthemums, but the lotus did not react at all.
Then why did the snake chrysanthemum I picked before turn into snake chrysanthemum?
Think about it, when I came back last night, how was the situation different?
While thinking, Li Banfeng began to feel dizzy again.
This is a normal reaction after inhaling toxic mist. After feeling dizzy, you will also feel like vomiting.
Vomit!
Li Banfeng remembered one thing. The first thing he did when he returned to Suishenju was to vomit. Because he couldn't find a suitable place, he vomited directly into the cloth bag filled with flowers.
Before that, Li Banfeng poured out the snake daisy directly from the cloth bag.
Could it be that, because of the cloth bag between them, the copper lotus has no effect on the snake chrysanthemum?
Li Banfeng opened the cloth bag and poured the more than 40 snake daisies picked by Gold-rimmed Glasses near the copper lotus.
The moment the snake daisy fell to the ground, the petals of the copper lotus began to tremble.
Hiss~hiss~
The sound of metal friction was heard, and the seven petals of the lotus opened one by one.
Li Banfeng was once again impressed by the exquisite machinery. He now couldn't understand which was more advanced, modern civilization or these strange technologies.
After the seven petals unfolded, Li Banfeng clearly saw the seven-hole lotus heart.
Li Banfeng felt that the air in his residence was flowing in an abnormal direction.
The air was spinning, forming a vortex, and in the center of the vortex was the seven-hole lotus heart.
More than forty snake daisies on the ground gradually left the ground along with the whirlpool and flew up and down in the room.
This scene must have happened last night, but I slept so deeply that I didn’t even notice it!
Li Banfeng instinctively took two steps away from the bronze lotus. He was worried that he would be sucked into the lotus heart.
A total of forty-three snake chrysanthemums were sucked into the lotus, and the petals closed again.
Only when you are directly exposed to the copper lotus's field of vision will the copper lotus react.
Vision?
This word seems a bit inappropriate. Can the copper lotus see it?
While thinking, Li Banfeng suddenly heard a crisp sound. He held the candle and looked down for a while, but found that the rusty pill had fallen to the ground.
Didn't I put it in my wallet?
Li Banfeng picked up the wallet and took a look. There was a hole at the bottom of the leather wallet, and the area around the hole was covered with blue-black burn marks.
Is this corroded?
Rust pill actually has corrosive ability?
What will happen if you eat the rust pill?
Not to mention a home cultivator, even a poison cultivator would most likely not be able to withstand it!
Li Banfeng became more and more curious!
He placed the rag on the ground as a cushion and carefully put the rusty pills into the iron cigarette case.
Can the iron box withstand corrosion?
I can’t bear it!
The corrosion effect is more obvious than that of a wallet.
When the iron cigarette box came into contact with the rust pill, it began to rust rapidly. When Li Banfeng took out the rust pill, the cigarette box was already covered with rust and its original appearance could not be seen.
If an iron box doesn’t work, will a wooden box work?
Li Banfeng put the rust pill into the glasses case, observed it for a while, and found that the rust pill did not corrode the wood. Then he put the glasses case in the corner of the room with confidence.
Li Banfeng waited silently beside the bronze lotus. After an estimated half an hour, the lotus petals opened again, revealing an extra lotus seed.
Li Banfeng held the lotus seeds in his hands, and the lotus seeds quickly swelled up after leaving the lotus core.
Bang! After a muffled sound, the black and white pill exploded.
This is the snake-banded dan!
Li Banfeng counted them and found there were ten pills in total.
Previously, he used thirty-seven plants to refine eight pills. According to this calculation, the ratio of Copper Lotus to refining pills is four and a half plants to one pill, which is more advanced than the techniques of major pharmacies.
This time, the consumption of snake chrysanthemums was less and the shipment rate was higher, which should be related to the fact that the snake chrysanthemums picked by Golden-rimmed Glasses were relatively large in size.
Li Banfeng poured out all the snake chrysanthemums, including those from Qin Xiaopang, Youtao, Caoye, Laoyanpao, Hugaozi, Guangtou and his followers...
There were a total of three hundred and thirty-two flowers, all of which were collected into the heart of the copper lotus.
After more than half an hour, the petals bloomed again, and this time there were three lotus seeds in the lotus heart.
Li Banfeng peeled the lotus seeds and waited quietly for them to explode one by one.
A few minutes later, Li Banfeng picked up the lotus seeds that had exploded all over the ground, and harvested a total of seventy-six snake-banded dans.
Including the eighteen snake-spotted pills that he and the man with gold-rimmed glasses had refined before, the total number was ninety-four.
money!
This is piles of money!
Li Banfeng bought two cloth bags at the grocery store, but he actually only used one of them to hold the pills, and he used the other one to hold vomit.
He put the pills into the remaining clean cloth bag, and picked up the gold-rimmed glasses and Tiger Boy's inheritance.
The man with gold-rimmed glasses had 2,613 yuan in cash, and Tiger Boy had 3,528.5 yuan on him.
Nowadays, Li Banfeng doesn't care about these small amounts of money. He keeps the money out of respect for the two deceased.
After all, we met and became partners, so we must keep their belongings safe!
After resting for more than two hours at Suishenju, Li Banfeng left Kuwu Mountain and walked to the gathering place of various pharmacies.
The cultivators carrying the snake chrysanthemums were still arguing with the medicine store. They claimed that they would not sell them, but they did not go far.
If not to the pharmacy, who else can I sell it to?
They only hope to get a little more money through such struggle, just like a middle-aged cultivator said: "Even thirty is fine, twenty-five is too much."
Li Banfeng didn't want to watch them arguing, Xiaopang and the others were still waiting for him to come back in a secluded place.
Li Banfeng was gone for nearly three hours, which made Xiaopang very anxious!
"I shouldn't have let him go alone! There's no way to find the old lady in this mountainous area! He also spent the whole night in the mountain. Isn't this going to kill him?"
Xiaopang walked back and forth, rubbing his hands.
Cao Ye lowered his head and said, "If Brother Baisha can really exchange for the elixir, I only want half of it..."
Youtao said to herself: "What kind of old lady is she? Could it be that she has met a lucky star?..."
When they saw Li Banfeng, everyone was very happy. Li Banfeng didn't have the heart to listen to their thanks, nor did he have the time to be polite with them. He just distributed the pills directly.
"Nectarine, you have thirty-eight flowers in exchange for four pills."
Nectarine was surprised: "Aren't there two missing?"
Li Banfeng said: "I made up for it for you, so it's even."
Youtao looked at Li Banfeng, feeling both grateful and guilty.
Li Banfeng took out six more pills: "Grass leaves, you have sixty-one plants, the number is too far away, I can't give you a subsidy, I can only write off the amount."
Cao Ye was overjoyed and quickly checked the authenticity of the pill.
Next is Xiaopang.
It was not easy to calculate his account. Xiaopang originally had twenty snake chrysanthemums, which could be exchanged for two pills.
The snake chrysanthemums belonging to Old Smoker and Baldy's gang were divided equally, and Xiaopang got eighty-four plants.
A total of 104 plants, including Xiaopang's care along the way, Li Banfeng gave him eleven pills.
Xiaopang's hands couldn't stop shaking as he held the pill.
"One pill costs ten thousand. Let's go and sell the medicine now!"
Cao Ye stopped Xiao Pang and asked, "Brother Pang, where do you want to sell it?"
"Sell it to the pharmacy, it's already ready!"
Cao Ye shook his head and said, "We can't sell it to the pharmacy. The origin of this medicine is unclear."
Xiao Pang frowned and said, "Why can't you explain its origin? This is not, this is, that thing..."
The matter is indeed hard to explain, and even if it were explained, no one would believe it.
Cao Ye said, "I used to be an apprentice in a pharmacy. The pharmacy will not accept elixirs whose origins cannot be explained. If they ask about the source, it will get us into trouble."
Indeed, it cannot be sold to a pharmacy.
Li Banfeng said nothing and watched everyone's plans quietly.
Xiao Pang was very discouraged when he heard this: "What should I do? I changed the pills but still ended up with nothing."
Youtao smiled and said, "How could it be a waste? There are many people who want the elixir, and they are all rich people. Even 10,000 yuan may not be enough to buy it.
You make money from him, and he still remembers your kindness. Such a good business is something you can’t even dream of.”
Li Banfeng's brows relaxed, there is still a way.
It's just that this path is not suitable for me.
Nectarines mean being sold through private channels to people who want to buy them.
Li Banfeng was unfamiliar with the place and couldn't find a suitable buyer, so he asked Xiaopang if he had any channels to ship the goods.
The fat man scratched his head and said, "But this can't be done overnight."
Youtao was surprised and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? The elixir won't go bad overnight!"
"That being said..."
Youtao didn't want to argue with Xiaopang, so she turned around and clasped her fists towards Li Banfeng and said, "I owe you this great favor. I owe you this pill, and I also owe you my life.
If you go to Waigou Mazhu Village in the future and ask for You Xuetao, you will definitely find me. If you need me, just ask me. I will go through fire and water without blinking an eye!"
You Xuetao, Peach, her nickname is somewhat similar to her name.
She gave her address. If Xiaopang couldn't find a way to ship the goods, it wouldn't be too late to look for nectarines then.
Cao Ye bowed to Li Banfeng and said, "Brother Baisha, my name is Xue Yingying. You can find me by asking for the old Xue family in Sanpu Village, Waigou."
Youtao took out two pills and said, "We two sisters cannot repay this favor for the time being. Please accept these pills as a token of my appreciation."
Cao Ye also took out two pills: "My little sister also has a token of her appreciation."
Li Banfeng waved his hand and didn't take their pills.
The two women thanked him profusely, but if they knew that Li Banfeng still had sixty-five pills in his hand, I wonder how they would feel.
Youtao looked at Li Banfeng and actually had some ideas.
Huan Xiu’s thoughts are very straightforward.
If you can meet a man like him, he may not look worse than you.
The idea of blades of grass is a little more complicated.
Although he didn't see the scene clearly, the bald man and his gang did die at the hands of him and the fat man.
This is a man who can do great things!
With him taking care of it, the pharmacy can really be opened!
The two women said goodbye one after another, and Li Banfeng stood there, thinking about his journey back to Yuezhou.
Logically speaking, with so many pills, there would be no shortage of money.
But until the pills are sold, it cannot be considered money.
How can I sell the pills quickly?
Li Banfeng looked at Xiaopang, who seemed to be in urgent need of money as well.
But after sitting quietly for such a long time, the fat boy, who was anxious just now, slowly calmed down.
He felt that what Youtao said made sense: "Don't worry about selling the elixir. That woman is right. This is a good thing.
Not only can I sell it for a good price, but I can also make a lot of good friends with this medicine, so there is no need to rush about this matter!"
Are you not in a hurry anymore?
That won’t work!
"I'm in a hurry!" Li Banfeng sat next to Xiaopang, "I'm in a hurry to use the money."
Although Li Banfeng had collected a lot of money from the man with gold-rimmed glasses, it seemed that this elixir would be of no use if he brought it back to Yuezhou.
Xiaopang was very curious: "What's the urgent need for money? Can I lend you some first?"
Li Banfeng waved his hand and said, "I don't want to borrow money, I just want to sell the pills as soon as possible."
"Sell it as soon as possible..." Qin Xiaopang could understand Li Banfeng's thoughts. Li Banfeng came from another state and was unfamiliar with the people and place in Yaowanggou. He didn't know many ordinary people, let alone make friends with rich and powerful people.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Pang pinched his chin and said, "There is such a place that can help you sell the pills as soon as possible, but the price needs to be discounted."
Li Banfeng's eyes lit up: "How much discount?"
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