After Zeng Xianli finished reading the prescription, he looked up at Zhang Yuanshi again with a complicated expression.
On the surface, Jiuzhuotang is an ordinary pharmacy that sells various medicinal herbs, but its main customers are cultivators who are hidden in the mortal world.
The list of medicinal materials provided by Zhang Yuan was quite special. These were not common medicinal materials used to treat diseases. Among them were pangolin shells, quartz, cinnabar, and many other medicinal materials that were only used by alchemists and cultivators.
Therefore, upon seeing this list of medicinal materials, Zeng Xianli's first reaction was, could this young man in front of him also be an alchemist?
After all, only alchemists would buy so many rare and unusual medicinal herbs at once.
"Young man, we have all the medicinal herbs you need, but are you sure you need to buy so many?"
Zhang Yuan nodded.
"Then please wait a moment."
After Zeng Xianli finished speaking, he brought over a chair and asked Zhang Yuan to sit and wait. Then he went to get the medicine.
About twenty minutes later, Zeng Xianli weighed all the medicinal herbs Zhang Yuan needed, packed them separately in kraft paper and plastic bags, and placed them on the counter.
Some of the medicinal herbs were quite rare, so few people bought them, and Jiuzhuotang didn't have enough of them. In the end, Zhang Yuan had to reduce the amount he bought.
Zeng Xianli stood behind the counter, quickly pressing the calculator buttons while looking at the prices on the paper.
"The total cost of the eighteen medicinal herbs is 4266 yuan!"
"Can you give me a discount? I'm a regular customer of your store. I've bought medicinal herbs from your online store several times before, and it was recommended by Bu Er."
Zeng Xianli smiled slightly upon hearing Bu Er's introduction.
"Well then, since you're a regular customer, I'll give you 4,000 yuan."
Zhang Yuan wanted to haggle with the boss, but Zeng Xianli said, "We really can't lower the price any further. The medicinal herbs you want are all very rare and uncommon. Our purchase cost is relatively high, so there's not much profit."
Zhang Yuan thought about it and agreed. He then took out the 4,000 yuan in red bills he had just earned that afternoon from inside his coat lining and paid the owner of Jiuzhuotang Pharmacy.
Zeng Xianli pulled a large black bag from under the cabinet and helped Zhang Yuan pack a large bag of medicinal herbs on the counter. While chatting, he asked, "By the way, are you buying so many medicinal herbs to refine pills?"
Zhang Yuan was taken aback, then realized that Jiuzhuotang was a pharmacy that catered to cultivators, and judging from the faint spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from this middle-aged man, the owner was likely also a cultivator.
Therefore, he did not hide it.
Yes!
Zhang Yuan laughed.
Zeng Xianli took a business card from the card holder on the counter and respectfully handed it to Zhang Yuan. "This is my business card! Welcome to come again next time!"
Zhang Yuan took the business card and glanced at it.
Zeng Xianli?
Thank you, Mr. Zeng. I'll be going now. He then picked up his suitcase and the plastic bag containing eighteen kinds of medicinal herbs from the counter and left Jiuzhuotang Pharmacy.
There weren't many pedestrians on the old street in the evening.
Zhang Yuan dragged his suitcase to a quiet, deserted alleyway. With a thought, he put the large bag of medicinal herbs into his Qiankun bag, then splurged into a Didi (ride-hailing service) to go to the nearest bus stop to return to school.
On the way, Zhang Yuan was still feeling bad about the 4,000 yuan he had spent.
"What a waste of money!"
"The 4,000 yuan was gone before I even had a chance to enjoy it."
However, the thought that he might be able to refine the Strength Pill and Body Protection Pill in a few days cheered him up.
...
night.
The bustling city is brightly lit, like daytime.
On the roadside in Longqiao Street, Tongcheng City, there is a convenience store that stands out from the bustling scene around it.
This convenience store called Yida had an advertising sign hanging at the entrance, but the sign was not lit at night, and the store was dimly lit. The shelves had very few goods for sale, with only a few cigarettes and beer scattered around.
The convenience store entrance was littered with uncollected trash, making the whole store look desolate and lifeless.
Inside the store, a muscular man wearing a short-sleeved t-shirt sat behind the counter, one of his strong thighs propped up on the counter.
The man in the short-sleeved shirt was playing on his phone, completely oblivious to the business in the store, his own image, and the cold weather outside.
Passersby wearing down jackets would occasionally walk past the convenience store, curiously craning their necks to peek inside. But when they saw the burly, muscular clerk behind the counter, glaring fiercely at them with eyes as big as a bull's, they would be surprised.
These passersby would be frightened and quicken their pace, leaving the convenience store entrance and abandoning their plans to shop inside.
After a muscular man in a short-sleeved shirt scared away a passing customer who was about to buy a pack of cigarettes with his big, bull-like eyes, a man with a thick silver necklace around his neck walked out of the second room in the back row of the convenience store.
The man with a thick necklace around his neck said to the short-sleeved man sitting in a chair playing on his phone, "Brother Niu, the boss wants us to go upstairs for a bit."
The man in the short-sleeved shirt, referred to as Brother Niu, replied to the man with the thick necklace around his neck, "Understood, I'll go up right away."
Then, he stood up, placed his phone face down on the counter, walked out of the cashier area, and pulled down the roller shutter at the store entrance with a bang, ending his "business" for the day.
*
Walking through the dimly lit and cramped stairwell.
Niu Er and Gou San arrived at a room with the door tightly closed.
Niu Er knocked on the door.
Knock knock!
A deep, resonant voice came from inside the room: "Come in!"
Dog Three pushed open the door, and a rotten smell immediately wafted out of the house.
The room was dark, and the curtains were half-drawn, revealing the bustling, neon-lit street outside.
A burly, upright figure sat cross-legged in the room, facing the wall and with his back to Niu Er and Gou San.
Through the dim light from the window, a calligraphy scroll can be seen hanging on the wall of the room, with a large character "静" (quiet) written on it!
When Niu Er entered the house, he accidentally stepped on a bone that looked like a rib that was lying on the ground.
With a crack, the white, menacing bone broke into two pieces.
Niu Er kicked away the bone that was in his way.
"Tiger, we're here. What do you want to tell me and Dog Three?"
Tiger, who had his back to Niu Er and Gou San, slowly turned around, revealing a frighteningly large, round face with black and white stripes and thick yellow fur, standing out in the dark room.
It's a human body with a tiger's face!
A tiger demon!
If an ordinary person were to suddenly see such a strange tiger face in this dark, rotten, and stinking house, they would probably be terrified. But Niu Er and Gou San were very calm because they were also monsters lurking in the city, a bull demon and a dog demon!
"Demon King's Hunt Order!"
The tiger demon spoke, its voice deep, revealing two terrifying fangs in its mouth.
When Niu Er and Gou San heard the Demon King's order to hunt them down, their bodies stiffened, and their eyes showed surprise and astonishment that they hadn't seen in a long time.
"What happened that alarmed the Demon King to issue a Demon King's kill order!"
The Dragon Demon King has issued a kill order to hunt down a human cultivator.
As he spoke, the tiger demon tossed out a palm-sized, diamond-shaped token with a lifelike dragon head engraved on its head.
The token floated in mid-air in the room, emitting a strange light in the dim light.
Then a line of gold text gradually appeared in mid-air.
"Dragon Demon King's subordinates, heed my command! Hunt down this human cultivator with all your might! Whoever kills him will receive a demon general-level demon core!"
As the golden characters appeared, the deep voice of the Flood Dragon Demon King echoed in the room, as if the Demon King himself were issuing commands right in front of him.
Then, a phantom image of a human cultivator appeared in mid-air. The human cultivator in the image was about twenty years old, with short, tall hair, bright eyes, and holding a yellow paper talisman in his hand.
The phantom image and golden lettering appeared in mid-air for a few minutes before disappearing along with the diamond-shaped token that exuded a terrifying demon king aura.
After the Demon King's pursuit token disappeared, a scroll and a small piece of white cloth fell out of it.
Niu Er caught the falling scroll, while Gou San picked up the small piece of white cloth.
At this moment, Niu Er and Gou San were still in shock!
Even the powerful tiger demon was slightly taken aback.
The Demon King actually rewarded me with a precious demon general-level demon core!
Ordinary demon generals can reduce their cultivation time by taking a demon general's core, thus reaching the demon commander realm much faster!
Even demons in the early stages of the Demon General realm will find it very beneficial, as it can consolidate their cultivation and allow them to advance to the middle stages of the Demon General realm more quickly!
What heinous thing did this human cultivator do that prompted the Flood Dragon Demon King deep within the Great Xing Mountain to personally issue a Demon King's kill order and even reward him with a precious Demon General-level demon core!
The tiger demon pondered to himself.
Furthermore, according to information revealed by the demon messenger, the human cultivator that the Flood Dragon Demon King is hunting down is very likely located in Tongcheng City.
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