Chapter 67 Selling Medicine

He Zheng was about to lower his head again, but everything went dark in front of him.

The hole above his head was sealed!

This situation is comparable to a horror movie.

He Zheng began to scream, but Ning Mingmei, the instigator, said outside: "Some things can only be seen clearly in the dark."

What can you see in the darkness? Ning Mingmei’s dark heart blocking the exit?

Ning Mingmei: "Bright."

Guangming, you are so stupid!

Although he screamed in his heart, He Zheng still lowered his head. He felt desolate in his heart because he did not do this voluntarily.

But it was because he always felt that if he didn't lower his head to look, Ning Mingmei would never let him go.

But this time, He Zheng made a sound.

"There is light in the coffin... a little bit of light..."

Ning Mingmei: "What color?"

green.

"What, what is this? Will-o'-the-wisp?" He Zheng's voice was distorted.

"radium."

He Zheng: "Is there a thunder in the coffin?"

Where did the thunder come from? Who is it going to strike?

There was a thick cloud of smoke over the mass grave, and a hand so pale it almost looked like bluish flicked out the light.

The man stood in the distance, watching them quietly. It was late at night and the dew was heavy. The man was wearing thin clothes, but his body seemed to be no longer able to feel the cold.

Everyone only knows that there is a mass grave to the west of Yecheng, where the unclaimed bodies of Yecheng people are buried.

But no one knows that in the mountains not far away, there is a cemetery with its name erased.

The hem of his clothes moved slightly, and the man holding the dim lantern went back to where he came from.

But he didn't know that on the other side of the cemetery, there was another person watching him.

The man's left face was deformed, but his right face was normal. Six fingers held the wall and hid themselves behind the broken wall. His two eyes, one deformed and one normal, were both looking at him.

That hopeless look is so pitiful.

…

The next morning, Gui Ruoxue went to knock on Ning Mingmei's door.

"You came back so late last night, what were you doing?" He sneered, "Don't try to fool me, you must have other intentions when you took people out."

Ning Mingmei pushed open the window, looking as if he didn't want to comment. Gui Ruoxue's face darkened even more, and she was about to ask -

"Oh no!"

"There's a pile of corpses at the door - a pile of more than 20 feet tall - the body of a basilisk! The blood is all over the floor, and it's blocking the door -"

Gui Ruoxue: ...

I understand. It was definitely Ning Mingmei who did it.

Ning Mingmei: "Although the horizontal project communication failed, we still have to behave like guests when visiting the organizer's home. So, we gave him some of yesterday's research results."

Gui Ruoxue: This research result looks no different from a cat throwing a dead cockroach on its owner's pillow.

Ning Mingmei saw Gui Ruoxue's many changes. Finally, the long-haired beauty said, "I figured out the ingredients of the medicine you asked me to make yesterday."

Ning Mingmei said to the system: "Look at him. He gets up early in the morning and reports his latest research results to his boss, which greatly increases the visibility of his work. For employees like Gui Ruoxue who do morning reports every day, it is not a dream to become an L4 in one year, an L5 in two years, and a VP in four years. And what about you? If I don't urge you, you won't submit your code results, right? No wonder you are still an L3 employee in your seventh year."

L3, L4 and VP are all employee levels, among which L3 is the entry level. The system was very depressed: "...What about Gui Ruoxue's seventh year?"

Ning Mingmei: "In the seventh year, Gui Ruoxue's health value was squeezed out and he became a waste mine. His entire product line was laid off as well, and he was reduced from a high-paid VP to a commoner. Because you were still an L3, your salary was the lowest and could not affect the company's budget, so you were spared."

system:……

Gui Ruoxue had no idea of ​​the fate that Ning Mingmei described for her. He reported the ingredients of the pills, and finally said: "Although some of the herbs in these dozen or so medicines are of different types. But I think..."

"It copied my prescription."

"The rare dragon beard grass in the fairy world was replaced with foxtail grass that is ubiquitous in the human world. It was just processed with a special step to make them have similar medicinal effects. The other several different medicinal materials are used in the same way to replace rare and expensive medicines. This allows it to retain 80% of the original medicinal properties of the original medicine, which is already very rare. Apart from this, the rest of the medicinal materials and processing ideas are exactly the same, especially the core..."

Ning Mingmei interrupted him: "It retains 80% of its medicinal properties?"

Gui Ruoxue said: "Yes, there are some differences besides this. The little brat also had this medicine in his body. I was careless yesterday and didn't notice it..."

Ning Mingmei interrupted him again: "How much has the cost of a single pill been reduced?"

Not knowing why Ning Mingmei asked this, Gui Ruoxue frowned and said, "At least 90%. But..."

What’s the use of medicine if it’s not refined?

Ning Mingmei: "A full 90%!"

Gui Ruoxue, the vicious beauty who is a researcher, suddenly felt unhappy. He snorted coldly and said, "So what? My medicine is perfect, and his medicine has many side effects! How dare the locals call this a miracle drug?"

Ning Mingmei asked: "What are the side effects?"

"Dragon beard grass, phoenix feather flower and other things are all immortal plants that cannot be obtained in the human world. Therefore, the person who made this prescription used herbs with similar properties in the human world to replace them. Considering the abilities of ordinary people, he did a really good job." Gui Ruoxue emphasized that the other party only had "the abilities of ordinary people", "but..."

Ning Mingmei: "Is this medicine poisonous?"

Gui Ruoxue: "No, this is still a rare good medicine that can cure illness, soothe the mind, and bring sweet dreams. It is also a good thing for cultivators at the foundation building stage and above. However..."

"For mortals, taking a small amount of this medicine when injured can also cure the disease and soothe the spirit. However, the soul and body of mortals are not as good as those of monks. If mortals take a large amount of this medicine, they will become distracted, have dreams every night, and eventually become monsters who have to rely on this medicine to survive. If the pain they originally felt was '1', after getting used to taking this medicine, the pain that originally had an effect of only '1' on them will increase to '3', or even '4', '5'." Gui Ruoxue said, "For example... do you remember when we entered the city, someone touched his body and said that he was in pain everywhere?"

"There is a piece of soft bone between human bones. When people exercise and bones rub against each other, this piece of soft bone acts as a buffer." Gui Ruoxue pointed with her finger, "Unlike monks, mortals' soft bones are easily worn out. For ordinary people, they have to wait until they are old before the strong wear and tear will cause pain."

"But it's different for mortals who have become more sensitive to pain after taking an overdose of this drug."

"As '1' grows to '3', they need to take more medicine at a time to relieve the pain in their body. This makes the medicine less and less effective for them, so '3' grows to '5', and they need more medicine again, a vicious cycle..." Ning Mingmei said, "Is this what you mean?"

Gui Ruoxue said, "Yes."

The scarlet pill still lay quietly on the windowsill between them.

Scarlet like ripe fruit.

Ning Mingmei said: "If we allow ordinary people to eat it without stopping it, what will happen in the end?"

"After taking a large amount of medicine, I eventually fell into an endless dream. Just like its name, 'A Dream of Hua Xu'," said Gui Ruoxue.

Ning Mingmei picked up the pill between his fingers and looked at it towards the sun. The pill blocks the sunlight, like a eclipse of the sun.

"You said that for ordinary people, taking a small amount of this medicine will have no side effects." Ning Mingmei said, "How much is a small amount?"

Gui Ruoxue: "Once a day, a quarter of a pill will do."

Ning Mingmei remembered that these pills were all of uniform size. Each person in Yedi should take one pill each time.

One pill is four times the size of a quarter.

It’s three times the amount!

Gui Ruoxue said, "I asked those people last night. This medicine was released a few years ago, the same time my prescription was stolen. They also said that the people of Yedi have been suffering from headaches, and this medicine relieves their headaches... Humph, it's just a fake medicine. If I find that thief, I will tear him into pieces."

Ning Mingmei said: "That's amazing."

Gui Ruoxue was furious: "How powerful? He is just a petty thief who stole my things and changed them again and again. Now anyone can take my medicine. In the end, I am now accused of testing medicine on mortals!"

Ning Mingmei said, "I mean, this medicine seller is really amazing. One dose of medicine is enough, but he sells it in four doses. This kind of business acumen makes him sell more and more medicine. Do you think he is amazing?"

Gui Ruoxue sneered: "They created a bunch of new diseases, and the efficacy of my medicine is only 80% of it. Is this considered amazing?"

Gui Ruoxue can only talk about the properties of medicine but not the accounts. No wonder I can only be Ning Mingmei’s postdoctoral fellow from now on.

This pill will create new diseases. But even if a stranger finds something wrong with the medicine and comes to claim compensation, it will be of no use.

Strangers are always very individual. No matter how much compensation they are given, can it exceed the money saved by using this simplified prescription?

What's more, Gui Ruoxue's deluxe medicine cannot be made by mortals.

Ning Mingmei said, "Okay, I know everything. Go back and do your work."

Gui Ruoxue: "You're throwing me back now? I must catch the thief who used my recipe to make a profit."

Ning Mingmei was a little surprised: "I didn't expect you to have such a strong sense of justice."

Gui Ruoxue: "If I were to test the medicine on a mortal, I should have done it myself. Who the hell is he to dare to take over my job?"

Ning Mingmei: "That's right. Your drug trial is free, but that person charges money. You are obviously better than him."

…The system couldn’t bear to watch the two people who didn’t speak human language and looked more like members of an evil organization than anyone else.

As he was speaking, someone came. Eleven came in from outside: "Master, Deputy City Lord Qin wants to talk to you."

It was only the second day and the deputy city lord could no longer sit still.

…

On the way back to the Qin Mansion this time, Ning Mingmei paid special attention to several of the most luxurious mansions in Yedi along the way.

From east to west, they are General Wang's Mansion, Tian's Mansion, Hu's Mansion, Liu's Mansion, Jiang's Mansion, and Qin's Mansion where the deputy city lord resides.

These mansions belonged to the former general Wang and his lieutenants.

Among them, Tian Mansion, Hu Mansion and Jiang Mansion were all very desolate. Only a few people were left in the Tian family, and only the freak living in the mass grave was left in the Hu family. The people in the Jiang family moved away a few years ago and their whereabouts are unknown.

The Jiang family is the descendant of the deputy general who led the killing of Wu Yun.

These three houses are desolate, and even the decoration and structure of the mansions remain the same as they were four hundred years ago, which shows how their descendants have renovated the place over the past few hundred years. Probably because there is no money.

This is normal. As time goes by, the passion of General Wang and his friends in expanding the territory has long since faded away as their achievements have overwhelmed their ruler. They were "returned home in glory" and sent back to the small village in their hometown.

The money saved from the meritorious service back then is no longer enough.

The other two palaces were very luxurious.

The Liu Mansion, sandwiched between the Hu Mansion and the Jiang Mansion, is surprisingly luxurious as well - it seems that in the past four hundred years, the Liu family has also found their own way to make money in Ye. The Liu family's gate had obviously been renovated within a few decades, which shows how grand it was at that time. But now, it has not been rebuilt for many years.

Moreover, the Liu family was the first to die out - the last person of the Liu family died ten years ago, and all his teeth fell out when he died.

The Hu and Jiang Mansions, which were close to the Liu family, also suffered bad fates.

Ning Mingmei stopped when passing by Liu's house and looked inside. Not long after, he came out.

As expected, he found what he needed in Liu's house.

The next household is the deputy city lord’s.

Although the deputy city lord's house has been neglected due to the unrest in recent years, a closer look reveals that the interior decoration is magnificent and decorated with flowers, which shows that he has been prosperous in recent years. When Ning Mingmei came in, he saw a corpse covered with a white cloth being carried out from the side door.

That person should be a close confidant of the Qin family. The wind blew open a corner of the white cloth, and Ning Mingmei saw his face, which was actually filled with a strange smile.

His face was flushed, as if he had passed away in a beautiful dream.

If it weren't for his also exposed hands, which had been deformed into the shape of chicken claws, this would indeed be a good way to die.

Ning Mingmei followed the servants into the study room, where the deputy city lord was sitting.

After not seeing him for a day, the deputy city lord had lost weight, his eyelids drooped, and he looked very lacking in energy.

He was about to take medicine when Ning Mingmei came in. Seeing Ning Mingmei coming, he put down the medicine.

"Master Ning Feng, I discussed this with my wife yesterday...but this matter really can't wait." Deputy City Lord Qin gritted his teeth, the flesh on his face trembling with heartache, "So..."

"How about 9.62 million? With that jade token, there really isn't much more."

Deputy City Lord Qin cut off his flesh to pay, but Ning Mingmei remained calm: "City Lord Qin is still not sincere."

"Master Ning, these 9.62 million are all we can give. We..." City Lord Qin pleaded, "We really can't give any more. If you don't care about us, please think about the people of Yedi. If the people can solve this problem, Immortal Ning will also have completed his merits, which will be of great benefit to his cultivation..."

Deputy City Lord Qin tried to persuade Ning Mingmei with emotion and reason, but Ning Mingmei put down his teacup.

"I know clearly whether City Lord Qin has the spare energy or not. I think the City Lord should not need me to make it too clear, so as to avoid hurting the relationship." Ning Mingmei said.

Deputy City Lord Qin said: "I don't know what Immortal Ning means."

Ning Mingmei said: "City Lord Qin, you and the Liu family have made a lot of money in the past few years. Although the channels are different, you have made a lot of money by using Yedi."

Deputy City Lord Qin was startled and his face turned pale: "Why, Immortal Master..."

"Do you want me to explain it more clearly, Deputy City Lord Qin?" Ning Mingmei said, "In the past few years, City Lord Qin must have made a lot of money by selling this medicine, right?"

He tapped the table and said, "How about giving me all the money?"