Cinnabar
Yellow paper wasn't expensive. He bought three sheets for fifty copper coins, and he even cut them for the customer. Ye Kong asked to cut them into strips of paper two inches wide and five inches long. The shopkeeper didn't ask why, and he would cut them for money.
Not long after, hundreds of long and narrow yellow slips of paper were handed over to Ye Kong. After paying for them, he also snatched a book of erotic pictures from the shopkeeper.
"Buy one, get one free." Ye Kong flipped through his book and left.
Yellow paper was easy to buy, but cinnabar pills were not so easy to buy. In fact, cinnabar was solid mercury sulfur in professional terms, and the main component was mercury. There were no chemical stores in Cangnan Continent, so the only place to buy this stuff was probably a pharmacy.
It was true that medicinal stores did sell cinnabar pills, but because very few people used cinnabar pills, Ye Kong went to a few medicinal stores and found that they were all out of stock. Finally, under the guidance of others, he arrived at the most prosperous Tongchun Hall in the city.
"This is Tongchun Hall. I hope I can buy cinnabar pills.”Ye Kong muttered to himself as he stood under the golden plaque of the Hall of the Same Spring, then walked up the steps.
It was the largest pharmacy in the Southern Capital after all. The lobby was very spacious, and people came and went to buy medicine. At the corner of the clinic, a few people were arguing about something.
Ye Kong turned around and looked in the direction of the main entrance, then walked straight to the counter where the medicine was sold.
"May I ask if there are cinnabar pills for sale here?”Ye Kong asked the waiter inside.
"What? Cinnabar? I think so. Please wait." The waiter felt that the cinnabar pills were unfamiliar and quickly went to ask the manager.
"I have cinnabar pills. One tael of silver for one coin.”The middle-aged shopkeeper replied. He looked at Ye Kong, who was dressed in a thick coat, and then said to the shop assistant," There's still some of that stuff in the storeroom, and it's very difficult to find it. Tell him to pay up first."”
Ever since Ye Kong started cultivating the Five Elements Ascension to Immortality Scripture, his hearing and sight had become very sharp. He could clearly hear what the shopkeeper was saying, and he knew that the shopkeeper was afraid that he wouldn't be able to afford it, so he simply took out ten taels of silver.
"Give me one tael." Ye Kong put down the silver.
"Alright." The waiter took the silver and said politely," Esteemed guest, there's a bench over there. Please take a rest. I'll go to the warehouse to find it for you."”
Ye Kong nodded, then walked over to the resting area next to him, sat down, and waited with his eyes closed.
Ye Kong closed his eyes, and his hearing became even sharper. Not only could he hear everyone in the hall talking, but he could also hear who was there, what they were saying, and who they were... everything was clear to him.
"This immortal technique is indeed magical." Ye Kong praised in his heart. He was only at the first layer of the Aura Refining realm, but his senses were already so sharp. It seemed that in the future, it wouldn't be difficult for him to hear things from a thousand miles away.
"Divine Doctor Han, please help. My mother will go blind if she doesn't get treated.”
"No, no. If you want to see a doctor, give me the money. This is a medicine hall, not a charity hall.”
"Divine Doctor Han, can you take it that our Lu brothers are begging you?”
"No! Why? You still want to fight? You local ruffians also know that there are times when you beg us. If you say you don't want to go, then don't go. If you don't give us money, then don't treat us!”
When Ye Kong heard this, he opened his eyes and looked over at the doctor's desk, where they were arguing. There were doctors in all the large medicine stores, and they would only get medicine for minor illnesses and pains.
He opened his eyes to pay attention because he had heard of local ruffians and scoundrels. He wanted to see what was going on with his peers in Cangnan Continent.
However, these two local ruffians were a little worse off than the ruffians on Earth. Although they were tall and strong, their clothes were very shabby. They wore short coarse clothes and had a small hemp rope tied around their waists, making them look like farmers.
The two local ruffians were also anxious after being rejected by the doctor. The older one glared at him, but there was nothing he could do. He let out a sigh and begged," Divine Doctor Han, the adults are not petty. Last time, the gang forced us to come to Tongchun Hall to collect monthly payment…"
"Then you can go to the Dragon Snake Gang to find someone to treat you.”Divine Doctor Han interrupted coldly and snorted coldly," Don't even think about causing trouble. We've already paid our monthly salary. You can't cause trouble here, or else your Sect Master won't let you off.”
Ye Kong closed his eyes again after hearing this. It turned out that these two hooligans had come here to collect protection fees and offended the pharmacy. Now, they were offering to hire a doctor for treatment without spending any money, so the doctor would naturally take this opportunity to take revenge.
Of course, he didn't intend to care. He didn't have money either. He couldn't help just because he was a colleague from another world. There were many ruffians. Who asked you to be rude when collecting protection fees? Back when I was working on Hanzheng Street, I took special care of the clinic in the film. No one could guarantee that there would be a time when I was injured.
However, just as Ye Kong closed his eyes, he heard the local ruffian say in a deep voice," Divine Doctor Kan, how about this? Our family has a precious jade, which is a heirloom of the Lu family. If you treat my mother's illness, I'll let you see it once."”
Miracle Doctor Han opened his mouth and laughed." I've long heard about your precious jade. Isn't it just a faint dance of a small person in the moonlight? What's there to see? Ten taels of silver for a look. I don't need to spend ten taels of silver to go to the Spring Appreciation Brothel to see a lady for a night.”
After the divine doctor finished speaking, the people around him also laughed out loud. Someone said," The Cangnan Continent has been around for many years. Many people have some bullsh * t family heirloom, but at the end of the day, it's all trash. I heard that Baoyu in your family can see profound martial arts from dancing figurines, but why haven't you two brothers become experts?”
When Ye Kong heard this, he focused his attention. Indeed, the Cangnan Continent had been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years, and many families had treasures. There was no lack of useless items among them, but it was hard to guarantee that there would be true treasures.
Just because you guys can't see it doesn't mean this bro can't, right? Wasn't Ye Bao's book considered trash by the immortals?
The Lu brothers pleaded again. However, they had offended the doctor so much that even if Miracle Doctor Han ignored them, they had no choice but to lower their heads and prepare to leave.
"Brother Lu, please wait." A young man in a coarse robe stood in front of them.
"Whose unlucky child is this? It's none of your business. Get lost!" As expected, no matter what world it was, this hooligan was still a hooligan. His tone was similar.
Ye Kong didn't get angry. He laughed and said," F * ck him! Her good intentions were treated as ill intentions. Since you don't want my help, then forget it.”
When the Lu brothers heard that they wanted to help, the older one quickly came over and apologized," Young Master, I'm Lu Jun. That was my brother Lu Yi just now. His mother is seriously ill and he has a bad temper. Please forgive him.”
Ye Kong nodded and said," I have more than nine taels of silver here. I can lend you some money, but I want to see your precious jade."”
When the godly doctor said that he needed ten taels to treat the patient, it was actually an estimate. Nine taels was not a small amount. Lu Jun was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to thank him.
The surrounding spectators started to clamor." Little Lord, the Lu brothers are all ruffians. Don't be fooled by them!”
"Little Lord, there's really nothing much to see about that precious jade. Come to my house to see my family heirloom, it only costs eight taels of silver!”
"To my house! Only seven taels!"
"Six taels!"
"One tael! Five taels, take it away!"
Ye Kong almost fainted. It seemed like every family in Cangnan Continent really had a family heirloom. Sigh, he wondered if the Lu Family was losing out.
That Lu Jun and Lu Yi had a bad reputation. When they heard the people around them chattering, they immediately glared at them and snorted coldly. They were so scared that they did not dare to say anything else.
Coincidentally, the cinnabar pills at the counter had already been found. Ye Kong took the cinnabar pills, and the Lu brothers had already invited Divine Doctor Kan and hired a carriage.
The few of them took a car and went to the Lu family's house.
On the way, Ye Kong learned that a month ago, the Lu brothers had gone to the Hall of the Same Spring to collect protection fees. Not only had they spoken in a bad tone, but they had also injured two guards. It was only natural that Divine Doctor Han would hate them.
However, the Lu brothers had no choice. They were sent by their gang, and all the money they received had to be handed over. The Dragon Snake Gang was very dark, and the gangsters had a hard time. But there was nothing they could do. It was said that the gang leader Fan Jiulong was an expert, and his brother Fan Jiushe was a powerful figure who could appear and disappear unpredictably.
Ye Kong shook his head when he heard this. It seemed that the underworld of Cangnan Continent was really a mess. He had thought of returning to his old ways, but now it seemed that there was no point in having such a selfish boss and such a gang.
Soon, they arrived at the Lu family's house. However, the precious jade had to be seen at night when the moon was out. Ye Kong was only going to visit the house and come back at night to take a look.
Although Ye Kong's expectations for this family heirloom had decreased by quite a bit, he had already paid for it, so he still had to take a look.
Worried that the brothers would go back on their word, Ye Kong reminded them before he left," Lu Jun, Lu Yi, I'm Eighth Brother of the Southern General's Estate. If you need anything, come find me at the estate."”
Of course, Ye Kong wasn't asking them to look for him. He was just warning them not to try to go back on their words, or else he would have a way to deal with them.
Although no one in the Ye Clan treated the Eighth Young Master as a human, it was still very useful to scare outsiders. The Lu Brothers, including that Divine Doctor Han, hurriedly bowed.
Ye Kong waved his hand dismissively." No need."
Just as he was about to leave, he heard Lu Jun remind him in a low voice," Why don't I send Eighth Young Master back to his residence? There are a few Dragon Snake Gang's tails behind him."”
Ye Kong had long since noticed the few people following him, but he hadn't expected Lu Jun to have noticed them as well. It seemed that these two brothers weren't interested in him at first. They were probably planning to let those people rob him so that he wouldn't have to look at his family heirloom.
"It's just a few hooligans. You don't have to worry about them.”Ye Kong was a little displeased. Damn it, Cangnan Continent really couldn't be a good person. I was in a hurry to save you, and you guys didn't even remind me.
Lu Jun saw that Ye Kong was unhappy, so he didn't dare to say anything more. He only told Ye Kong to introduce himself, so that the hooligans wouldn't dare to provoke him.
Ye Kong laughed coldly. Did he really need to introduce himself? He had just cultivated for a year. Let's see the power of the Five Elements Immortal Ascension Scripture!
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