Chapter 020 Chapter 20

Xue Chen did what he said, and immediately asked the main body to pack up, take enough food, load three carriages, and set off for Jiangnan West Road.

Before leaving, he asked Xiao He to write a letter to Gong Jiu, explaining his whereabouts in the letter.

Xue Chen can now do two things at the same time, but he can't do anything too delicate, otherwise his reaction speed will be reduced and his thinking will be slower than usual.

The main body was on the road and had nothing to do. Xue Chen took a book to pretend and focused on the vest. He spent a few days to prepare several prescriptions for treating the epidemic. Later, he borrowed Gong Jiu's relationship to buy stone water, red water, brine, talc and other materials, ground them into powder, mixed them according to the proportion, and referred to the memory given by the skill. After repeated experiments, he made a high-quality alchemy furnace.

"It's definitely convenient for collecting heat..." Xue Chen touched the inner wall of the alchemy furnace and whispered. Suddenly, he had an idea and asked the system: [If the old-fashioned popcorn furnace is improved and the corn kernels inside are replaced with flammable items such as saltpeter, can it be made into explosives? ]

[No. ] The system said, [No matter which path you choose, the upper limit will not change. 】

Xue Chen said regretfully: [I thought I could unlock the full-level skill of making popcorn.]

System: […This is OK.]

Xue Chen: [Forget it, I don’t like that old-fashioned popcorn, and there is no corn here. If I can make a bomb, I will also upgrade the skill. One vest can only learn six full-level skills. I am not stupid, so why should I waste skill points here.]

"Mr. Hu, choose a remote place and move the alchemy furnace over." Xue Chen couldn't move it, so he instructed others, "When I am refining the elixir, you will be by my side to protect it. No one else is allowed to get close."

"Yes, sir."

Mr. Hu asked people to clean up the utility room at the back and move the alchemy furnace in.

Xue Chen followed behind in a wheelchair. When he arrived at the door, he was blocked by the threshold and had to stop outside. He instructed Hu Sheng to adjust the position, put the alchemy furnace in the center, and put the firewood, coal and other fuels in the corner of the room.

After Hu Sheng finished, he was a little puzzled: "Isn't it too far away?"

From what Xue Chen said, he planned to make the elixir here alone and not allow others to help. He was sitting in a wheelchair and had difficulty moving. Wouldn't it be tiring to go back and forth to get firewood when making a fire?

Xue Chen: "Not far, it's fine now."

He was afraid that the alchemy furnace would explode and catch fire, burning everything around it, so he deliberately arranged it this way.

Safety first, a little fatigue is nothing.

Mr. Hu also moved the herbs in. After he was done, he personally filled the water tank in the house with water and removed the threshold in front to facilitate the wheelchair to enter and exit.

Xue Chen was very satisfied. When he went to Wuming Island in the future, he used this house as a template to build his own alchemy room.

Hu Sheng asked: "Young Master, you know how to make elixirs? Who is your teacher?"

"I learned it by myself." Xue Chen pushed the wheelchair and turned around. The room was not small, so it was convenient to turn around. The only bad thing was that it was too empty and there was no place to hide. He pointed to the surroundings of the elixir furnace and said, "Build three walls here, using better bricks."

Hu Sheng became more and more confused. "Will building walls here destroy the Feng Shui?"

"No." Useful means good Feng Shui, Xue Chen said confidently, "Find another shield. Gong Jiu should be able to get it, right?"

Hu Sheng couldn't understand at all: "What?"

Xue Chen repeated patiently: "Shield, the shield used in marches and battles."

System: [...You're going to destroy the character setting.]

Xue Chen: [Anyway, destroying the character setting doesn't deduct the synchronization rate, so who cares. Hu Sheng

: "What do you need a shield for?"

Xue Chen: "To block the explosion of the alchemy furnace."

At this moment, the system's brain filled in the scene of Xue Chen wearing blue overalls, a protective mask, holding a welding gun, welding steel with sparks. It couldn't help asking: [You were a welder before you crossed over?]

Xue Chen: [Of course not, I'm still a student.]

System: [Welding and auto repair major?]

Xue Chen: [??? I studied opera!]

System: [A singer?]

Xue Chen: [Drama, film and television literature! How come you don't understand anything? You are a system, you can transcend time and space and connect to the Internet. Why is this the case?]

The system was wronged: [I just haven't been exposed to that aspect. The original plot stored is still very comprehensive. So can you sing opera? Xue

Chen: [……]

Hu Sheng also had a lot of ellipsis on his face. He seemed to have a lot to say, but in the end he said nothing and said simply, "Okay."

There was no need to fry the furnace yet, so Xue Chen refined a few furnaces of real elixirs.

The finished pills after the skill reached the maximum level were good, and the smell was very good. Xue Chen broke them open to check, dissolved them in water, tasted a little, and confirmed that the efficacy was well preserved. After cooling, he put them into a small porcelain bottle and sealed them for storage.

The entity was getting closer and closer to Longxing Mansion, and it would be able to enter the city in a few hours. Mr. Hu ran over in a hurry: "Sir, it's not good, someone in the city has been infected with the disease, and the servants in the mansion have started to have fever."

Xue Chen had expected this, so he stopped what he was doing, turned around, and asked calmly: "What are the symptoms?"

Mr. Hu: "Initially, people who are infected just have chills all over their body, and then they will have high fever, red eyes, chest tightness and cough, shortness of breath, and in severe cases, they will cough up blood. The Ninth Young Master has sent news that many people have died outside the city."

The symptoms sounded like pneumonic plague.

Xue Chen took a bottle of pills from the shelf next to him: "Try this, three times a day, one pill each time. Be sure to tell people outside to cover their faces with cloths and not to come into direct contact with the patient. Wash your hands frequently and don't drink raw water."

Hu Sheng: "Does this medicine really work?"

"We won't know until we try it." After all, Xue Chen had never come into contact with a patient in person, and the skill he activated was [Alchemy], not [Medicine], so he couldn't guarantee that the plague could be cured.

Hu Sheng took the bottle with care.

Xue Chen: "Where's Gong Jiu?"

Hu Sheng: "Young Master Jiu had something urgent to do. He left the city after hearing the news, and I don't know when he will be back. If you have something to do, just tell me. When Young Master Jiu comes back, I will convey it on your behalf."

Xue Chen: "I have a prescription here, maybe it will be useful. There are all kinds of medicinal herbs here. You can first follow the prescription and boil a dose to try. If it works, write down the prescription and post it on the wall outside. Also pack up the medicinal herbs you bought a few days ago and send them out together."

Hu Sheng: "This... Sir, do you really want to do this?"

Xue Chen: "Now the plague has just started and not many people are infected. If the patients can be cured as soon as possible, the situation can be controlled to prevent more people from getting sick. This is a good thing. If Gong Jiu knew, he would definitely not stop it. Just do it."

Hu Sheng: "Yes."

After Hu Sheng left, the system asked: [How do you know Gong Jiu won't stop it? ]

Xue Chen: [Because I'm here. 】

The system has not figured out what this sentence means, the main body heard the rapid sound of horse hooves, followed by the neighing of horses, and a familiar voice rang out: "Is the big brother in there?"

Xie Heng leaned back in the wheelchair, and the main body smiled. Xue Chen opened the curtain and looked at the young man in white riding on the horse: "I'm here."