Zhang Tie was drinking tea quietly in the parlor of the courtyard. At this moment, he had already taken off his hood, revealing his extremely young face.
He saved the middle-aged man who was thrown out of the inn just because he encountered him. What was more important was that the middle-aged man said when he was driven mad — — All the people in the world are shameless. It's meaningless for me to be in such a situation. If you want to poison the world, just do it. If you want to kill me, just come and kill me. Aren't you omnipotent? Aren't you going to turn all the medicinal materials in Taixia Country into deadly poisons? Come and kill me, come and kill me … '
The middle-aged man shouted crazily. Few people might think that this man was telling the truth; however, as for Zhang Tie who was proficient in Soul Forbidden Skill, he could clearly sense that although the man was driven mad and desperate, he was not delirious; neither was he talking nonsense. What he said was a complete self-abandonment.
— — Turning all the medicinal materials in Taixia Country into deadly poisons!
Only with this sentence, this man had aroused Zhang Tie's interest.
At Zhang Tie's request, over 10 waiters each carried a lot of clothes, shoes and socks into the bathing pool of the courtyard for that man to select. After over 10 waiters came and went for two rounds, some waiters pushed a dining cart into the bathing pool. Zhang Tie didn't urge them; instead, he just waited there patiently. As he drank tea, he took out a sparkling blue water-element crystal and started to absorb the water elements in it silently.
Even a grasshopper's leg was flesh. Although Zhang Tie had already prepared not to absorb element crystals as his main method to form his chakra anymore, it was inconvenient for him to cultivate Great Wilderness Sutra and other secret methods at this moment. Therefore, he casually took out a vial of water-element crystal like eating sunflower seeds. Besides, he could also increase his battle strength. No matter what, Zhang Tie had a lot of water-element crystals now.
After entering Castle of Black Iron and absorbing the fruit of brilliance, Zhang Tie's multi-tasking ability had reached 26 tasks at the same time. In this state, Zhang Tie absorbed element crystals much faster than before. Even though Zhang Tie didn't exert his full efforts, he still absorbed the first water-element crystal in less than 1 hour.
After absorbing the first water-element crystal, Zhang Tie took out the second water-element crystal. After absorbing half of the second water-element crystal, he entered the parlor of the courtyard alone.
The moment that man entered the parlor and caught sight of that water-element crystal in Zhang Tie's hand, he rubbed his eyes. When he found that the water-element crystal was decreasing rapidly in Zhang Tie's hand, he instantly became restrained.
"Thanks … thanks, Hermit, for saving me today!" After entering the parlor, that man bowed deeply towards Zhang Tie. After that, he stood in front of Zhang Tie with his hands on both sides of his legs and lowered his eyes, waiting for Zhang Tie's order.
Zhang Tie threw a glance at that man. After changing a set of clean clothes, taking a bath and having a meal, that man didn't look as sloppy as 2 hours ago anymore.
He was a middle-aged man at his 40s or 50s. He was neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin. He looked a bit gentle with a narrow and long face. At this age, he had only lit 4 surging points on his spine. His cultivation aptitude was really mediocre. Additionally, his guts seemed to have been injured. However, he should have seen the world. At least, he had seen water-element crystals and knew that they were in Zhang Tie's hand. Those who could absorb water-element crystals were at least earth knights.
Zhang Tie didn't feel it strange for such a person to say that. If he had not even seen water-element crystals, Zhang Tie would doubt whether he had made a wrong judgment.
"Take a seat, don't talk while standing there. I have something to ask you!" Zhang Tie directly pointed at the chair on one side of the tea-table. When Zhang Tie spoke, his earth knight's battle qi had already extended from his foot and covered the entire periphery of the parlor. As a result, nobody else could hear what they were talking about here.
"Yes, sir!" That man also sat straight on the chair beside Zhang Tie as he dared not lean against it. Zhang Tie nodded inside, 'If this man is still presumptuous in front of an earth knight, he must be crazy. By then, Zhang Tie will have nothing to say. Given this man's response, although being a bit restrained, he's still decent. It's almost like a commoner's response to a strange earth knight.'
"What's your name? How long have you been in Youzhou Province?"
"This humble man is Sun Jiagu. I came to Embracing Tiger City from Qiongzhou Province by boat last October. I've been living in that inn!" That man answered honestly.
"You mean you're a pharmacist?"
"I'm ashamed. This humble man has just promoted to a gourd-suspending pharmacist two years ago!"
A gourd-suspending pharmacist was the third stage of pharmacists. Before this stage, there were herbal medicine apprentice and knapsack pharmacist. If a person could only promote to a gourd-suspending pharmacist at his 40s or 50s in Taixia Country, such a talent was also very common. He could only be a traveling physician or open a clinic in the city. If he wanted to make a greater achievement, he had to go up a few more stages.
"Tell me, what happened to you? Why did you deteriorate to such a low level? I heard you said that someone wanted to turn all the medicinal materials in Taixia Country into a lethal poison. It seemed that he even wanted to kill you!"
After hearing this question, Sun Jiagu finally plucked up his courage to look straight into Zhang Tie's eyes. Gritting his teeth, he asked Zhang Tie, "May I know your name and which sect do you come from, hermit?"
"I'm Zhang Tie. I'm a clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace!" Zhang Tie revealed his identity frankly.
After hearing Zhang Tie's name, Sun Jiagu widely opened his eyes at once, "You … you're that … Zhang Tie who caused a great loss to the dean of the Heavens Reaching Church in Youzhou Province and …"
Given Sun Jiagu's shocked look, Sun Jiagu realized that he might have heard about Zhang Tie. He might even have seen Zhang Tie's portrait. However, he didn't remember who was this person in front of him.
"Right, I'm Zhang Tie who was once wanted by the Supreme Court. However, the Supreme Court had canceled the order for my arrest last year. Therefore, I'm not a wanted criminal in Taixia Country anymore. Additionally, I've returned to Youzhou Province!" Zhang Tie replied with a smile, "I wonder whether I could ask you something in my current identity!" "That's right. What a pity!
Watching Zhang Tie, Sun Jiagu's lips quivered. Before he uttered his words, he had dropped off his tears.
"Go ahead. I'm afraid that you've not told anyone about this. You've always kept it in your heart and brought great stress to yourself. It's good that we could meet each other today. Let me be your first listener!" Zhang Tie said mildly. "Yes, yes … I'll tell you everything …" Sun Jiagu wiped off his tears by his sleeve as he recovered his composure a bit, "I was born in Yongfeng Prefecture, Jizhou Province.
"Yes … I've told you … I've told you …" Sun Jiagu wiped off his tears by his sleeve as he recovered his composure a bit, "I was born in Yongfeng Prefecture, Jizhou Province. I joined the medicine store as an apprentice herbalist at 16 and promoted to a knapsack pharmacist at 31. I spent the greater part of my life on herbal medicines and learned how to make common medicinal pills. Later on, I was recommended by someone to join Cheng Clan, a major clan in Taian Palace in Jizhou Province. I worked in a medicine store under the affiliation of Cheng Clan. Cheng Clan of Taian Palace is a major clan in Jizhou Province. It has over 20 cities, 600 square miles of herbal fields and dozens of herbal mountains. Additionally, there are earth knights in the clan. Cheng Clan is good at making medicines and planting medicines. The medicines planted and made by Cheng Clan not only circulate in Jizhou Province, but also in the neighboring provinces. Even the corps of Taixia Country in each province would purchase a lot of medicines. As I'm good at making some low-level medicinal pills, I was responsible for supervising and guiding the assistants and apprentices to make medicinal pills in the medicine store of Cheng Clan.
Zhang Tie listened to Sun Jiagu seriously as he nodded. Actually, Sun Jiagu's experience was similar to that of most of the low-level pharmacists in Taixia Country. These people couldn't continue to climb in the field of pharmacists. If they could be favored by major clans, they would seek help from major clans and find a reliance and a steady job. Although top-level medicaments were precious, many low-level medicaments and pills were the absolute mainstream in the market for Taixia Country and humans as a whole. After all, commoners and fighters below LV 9 accounted for most of the people in this world. Only by meeting the needs of these people could the industries and businesses expand and develop.
Senior recovery medicament was good. However, over 99% of commoners in this world might not have a chance to see senior recovery medicament, not to mention use it.
Fundamentally, Zhang Clan's all-purpose medicament could meet the needs of commoners. All-purpose medicament could only replace the effects of some preliminary and low-level medicaments.
Zhang Tie signaled Sun Jiagu to continue.
"I was treated pretty well in the Cheng Family. Originally, I planned to stay in the Cheng Family for the rest of my life so that I could have enough to eat and wear and live a peaceful life. Unexpectedly, I discovered a big conspiracy of the Cheng Family by chance!"
"What conspiracy?"
"The entire Cheng Clan is stealthily making various pills and medicaments with poisonous medicinal materials. Additionally, Cheng Clan is spreading poisonous medicinal materials to the provinces across Taixia Country …"
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