Before he died, Yan Hao could never understand why his parents had always favored his younger brother. They spoiled his brother, and wouldn’t pay any attention to himself, no matter what he did.<...
Thinking of the purpose of his visit, Sima Mingxuan adjusted his mood and said with a smile: "Although Junior Brother Sheng Heng has recovered and been discharged from the hospital, let's consider this fruit basket as a discharge gift."
Sheng Heng didn't even look at the fruit basket and directly refused, "Senior Sima, you should take it back and eat it yourself."
Sima Mingxuan's expression remained unchanged: "It seems that Junior Sheng still blames me. This accident was indeed my fault."
Sima Mingxuan suddenly took out a green stone from the space button and said, "I heard that Junior Sheng went to that forest because he wanted to find a suitable ore for Junior Yan Hao. I happen to have a wind and thunder stone here. How about giving it to the two juniors as compensation?"
Sheng Heng looked at the Wind and Thunder Stone, hesitating and not speaking. If he accepted the Wind and Thunder Stone, the fact that Sima Mingxuan hurt him would be over, at least on the surface. But if he didn't accept it, the Wind and Thunder Stone was indeed a rare ore on the market, and its status among ores was comparable to the blood of a phantom beast.
"It was Brother Heng who discovered the Phantom Beast, and it was Brother Heng who lured it out with his own mental power. If you want compensation, shouldn't you return the Phantom Beast first?" Yan Hao interrupted.
Sima Mingxuan looked at Yan Hao, who was still hiding behind Sheng Heng. Although his voice sounded a little louder and bolder than before, his actions still expressed his inner nervousness. He looked fierce and aggressive, and although he was asking for something from him, Sima Mingxuan did not find him annoying, but instead found him a little cute.
"Junior Brother Yan Hao wants the blood of the phantom beast?" Sima Mingxuan asked.
"If I say yes, will you return the blood of the phantom beast to us?" Yan Hao asked.
Sheng Heng didn't want Yan Hao to have more contact with Sima Mingxuan. As they were both from aristocratic families, he knew Sima Mingxuan too well. Moreover, Sima Mingxuan was the heir of the Sima family. As an heir, scheming and cunning were his necessary skills. Sheng Heng didn't dislike these. To be an heir, one must be scheming and cunning. But Yan Hao was too simple, and he might be fooled by just three sentences.
Sheng Heng wanted to stop it, but Yan Hao was not a three-year-old child after all, and he could not restrict Yan Hao's behavior. So although he was afraid, Sheng Heng did not stop the conversation between the two.
"If you want, I can give it to you." Sima Mingxuan answered unexpectedly readily.
Hearing this, the three people reacted differently. Sheng Heng frowned, Cheng Wenkang was puzzled, and only Yan Hao asked in surprise: "Are you willing to give it back to us?"
This was an answer that Yan Hao himself did not expect.
"I said, if you want it, I can give it to you, but..." Sima Mingxuan paused, "I hope you can help me refine a potion to soothe my mental power, and the blood of the phantom beast will be my reward."
He came to catch wild phantom beasts this time because Yan Fei said that if he could get more blood from wild phantom beasts, he might be able to research a better soothing potion to treat his headaches. According to the original plan, they would secretly catch phantom beasts and then raise them in captivity, so that they would have enough blood from phantom beasts. But now that the phantom beasts were accidentally discovered and handed over to the Federation, he didn't have much blood left, and even if he gave it to Yan Fei for research, he didn't know if it would produce any results.
But Yan Hao was different. No matter whether it was the prescription he passed on to Kang Ren three days ago or the unknown potion he personally made yesterday, they were all genuine and effective in suppressing and relieving the S-level mental power.
Sheng Heng raised his eyebrows and immediately understood that Sima Mingxuan saw Yan Hao's talent in potion, so he wanted Yan Hao to help him make potions.
"You want..." Cheng Wenkang also heard it, and he immediately became anxious. He was about to yell at Yan Hao to refuse on the spot, but before he could finish his words, he was stopped by Sheng Heng's eyes.
Although Cheng Wenkang was puzzled, he stopped talking and did not continue.
Sima Mingxuan looked at Yan Hao eagerly and said sincerely, "The federal regulations stipulate that if you hand in a phantom beast, you can get ten milliliters of its blood. This phantom beast was discovered by my junior brother Sheng Heng and I, so we each get five milliliters. I can give you all five milliliters of phantom beast blood, even the blood for the next two years, as long as the potion you refine is effective."
Before taking it, it was just a guess as to the effect of Yan Hao's potion. But Sima Mingxuan was always decisive. Since he had decided on Yan Hao's potion, he was willing to exchange it with the blood of the phantom beast.
Ask me to make him a potion? Isn't this Yan Fei's story line? How did it come to me?
Yan Hao was puzzled, so he pondered for a long time. As time went on, Sheng Heng, who was originally full of confidence, became a little uneasy. Could it be that Xiao Hao really planned to help Sima Mingxuan refine the potion? Although it was his freedom, but...
Sheng Heng's eyes darkened, and he tried to suppress the abnormal emotions in his heart and not interfere with Yan Hao's decision. Cheng Wenkang's expression was much more obvious. Although he was interrupted by Sheng Heng, his nervous and urgent eyes were always fixed on Yan Hao.
"I don't want to make potion for you." Yan Hao shook off the confusing plot in his mind and refused without hesitation.
As soon as he said this, the mood of the three people in the field immediately changed. Sima Mingxuan frowned and said, "Do you think the blood of the phantom beast is not enough as a reward?"
"No." Yan Hao didn't intend to let Sima Mingxuan bother him again in the future, so he decided to make it clear once and for all, "No matter what reward you give me, I will not make potions for you."
As soon as he said this, the emotions of the three people in the field escalated again. Sheng Heng couldn't help but glance at Yan Hao, and the smile on his lips could no longer be suppressed. Cheng Wenkang even gave him a thumbs up. Only Sima Mingxuan tried hard to control his expression that was about to lose his composure: "Why?"
"I hate you." Yan Hao hated Sima Mingxuan. He hated everyone who had bullied him together with Yan Fei.
In the previous life, the institute received the task of preparing medicine for Sima Mingxuan. At that time, Yan Hao didn't want to participate, but Sima Mingxuan was already the marshal of the Federation at that time. Although Yan Hao didn't like him, he couldn't deny Sima Mingxuan's contribution to the Federation in resisting the Zerg. So in the end, Yan Hao still helped Yan Fei and helped Sima Mingxuan prepare medicine in the name of the institute.
This was the first time in Sima Mingxuan's life that someone had told him they disliked him to his face. Even with his best self-control, he couldn't hold it in and his face turned black.
"Senior Sima, I'm in a hurry to go back and report, so I'll leave first." Sheng Heng held back his laughter, said hello, and pulled Yan Hao away.
Cheng Wenkang followed behind them. The three of them walked for quite a while. When they were sure Sima Mingxuan could no longer hear them, Cheng Wenkang laughed heartily: "Oh my god, Xiaohao, I didn't realize you were so good at arguing with others. This is the first time I saw that hypocritical guy Sima Mingxuan with a black face on the spot. It's a pity that half of the Phantom Beast was snatched away by him after all."
"You can say that he stole the phantom beast from us, or you can say that we stole it from him." Sheng Heng said, "If we hadn't discovered the phantom beast by accident, it would have been captured by them quietly. Compared to a whole living phantom beast, a mere five milliliters of blood is nothing."
"That's right. So his losses are much greater than ours." He and Sheng Heng found out that the phantom beast was an unexpected gain, while Sima Mingxuan came prepared. If anyone was depressed, it would be Sima Mingxuan who was more depressed than them. Although both sides suffered losses, it was a pleasing thing that the enemy's losses were greater than theirs.
Sheng Heng smiled, turned around and asked Yan Hao: "Why do you hate Sima Mingxuan?"
"He was with Yan Fei, and... he hurt you." Yan Hao said.
Sheng Heng was startled for a moment, then the smile on his face widened. He couldn't help but reached out and rubbed Yan Hao's head hard, which made Yan Hao look confused.
Sima Mingxuan was a shrewd man after all. After a moment, he regained his composure. He glanced at the fruit basket that he hadn't given away, turned around and found a place to throw it away. When he returned to the temporary residence at the base, Yan Fei was already waiting outside the door.
"Senior Sima, you're back." Yan Fei greeted him with a smile, "This is the potion I just prepared."
As he spoke, Yan Fei handed over a bottle of light pink medicine.
Sima Mingxuan took a look, reached out to take it, and asked, "What is your success rate now?"
"About 10%." Yan Fei said.
"It's a bit better than before." Sima Mingxuan said.
Yan Fei was delighted, but before he could say anything modest, he heard Sima Mingxuan continue, "With a 10% success rate, it's possible to succeed once in ten times, and the efficacy of the drug will be different each time it succeeds."
"I will calculate the exact formula as soon as possible. Although the efficacy of this medicine is unstable, it can still relieve your headache to a certain extent." Yan Fei said quickly, "And when the people from the research institute come, we can get the blood of the phantom beast. When I take the blood back for research, there will definitely be a breakthrough."
"I can only give you 2 milliliters of blood." Sima Mingxuan suddenly said.
"Only 2 milliliters, how can that be enough for research?" Yan Fei said subconsciously.
Originally, it was agreed that he could use the blood of the phantom beast as he wanted after catching it. Now it has been reduced to 5 ml, which is already very little. Now he is only given 2 ml. How can he conduct research with such a small amount of blood of the phantom beast?
"Will the rest be useful to me? I will find a few more pharmacists to help you with the research. You can share the formula of the medicine and your experience with them." Sima Mingxuan said.
"Share?! But it's mine..."
"Be obedient. You don't want me to have a headache all the time, do you?" Sima Mingxuan said without giving way to refusal.
Yan Fei didn't say anything else, but the unwillingness in his eyes did not escape Sima Mingxuan's eyes.
Do you want to monopolize the prescription, keep track of my condition, and make me dependent on you? You wish.
Are these two really brothers? One speaks his mind directly, without any twists and turns, while the other is scheming and has a purpose for every word he says. As a similar person who is also scheming and has a purpose for every word he says, Sima Mingxuan does not want to entrust his life to such a person.
I still have to find a way to get Yan Hao's prescription.
"Did you get the prescription in Kang Ren's hand?" Yan Hao gave Kang Ren a prescription, which could instantly lower the threshold of mental power leap, quickly relieve mental power restlessness, and allow Kang Ren to use it at will.
"I haven't found a chance to ask for it yet." Yan Fei said.
"What chance do we need?" Sima Mingxuan was puzzled. Hasn't this prescription already been authorized?
"My relationship with my brother is not good. Kang Ren doesn't know about this. If I ask Kang Ren for it, he will definitely be surprised." Yan Fei said.
Sima Mingxuan frowned, thinking of Yan Hao's unreasonable dislike for him just now. Could it be that it came from Yan Fei?
Yan Fei trembled all over when he was looked at by Sima Mingxuan's ambiguous gaze, and said quickly: "I will get it as soon as possible."
"No need, I'll go ask Kang Ren for it later." Sima Mingxuan said.
Yan Fei nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Why do you have a bad relationship with your brother?" Sima Mingxuan couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I don't know why, but since I was a child, my brother has always liked to compare himself with me." Yan Fei said.
"Compare him with you?" Sima Mingxuan raised his eyebrows, his tone showing obvious disbelief.
Yan Fei's face suddenly turned dark. His lines, which had always been successful, were questioned for the first time.
But what was wrong? In terms of academic performance, Yan Hao had been better than him since childhood, but every time he said this, people around him agreed. Since when did people around him start to favor Yan Hao?