Chapter 6 Selling Medicine

Shi Hao went for a walk and discovered a large yellow dog rummaging through the trash heap beside the cafeteria.

This was the school bully.

Although the large yellow dog was not a ferocious beast and had limited strength, it was notoriously fierce and bullied the weak but feared the strong. It would run away at the sight of someone formidable but fiercely pounce on newcomers to the academy.

Nine out of ten newcomers to the academy had been bullied by this large yellow dog.

Ah, you'll do.

Shi Hao watched the large yellow dog and stealthily approached until he was only nine yards away. Then, he forcefully propelled himself forward with his left leg, shooting out like an arrow, incredibly fast.

An explosion of 24,000 pounds of force, how could he not be fast?

The large yellow dog finally sensed the danger and attempted to run away, but it was too late. Shi Hao grabbed it in one swift move.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you," Shi Hao said with a smile, then took out a small knife and cut the dog's leg.

Large Yellow Dog: "..."

Are you insane? How is this not hurting me?

Shi Hao quickly took out the Hemostatic Powder and applied it, and an astonishing scene unfolded. The wound not only stopped bleeding immediately, but it also scabbed over at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It's so effective!

Shi Hao smiled broadly, proud that his first attempt at creating medicine had been a great success. He really was a genius.

"Woof woof woof!" The large yellow dog was still barking. If it could talk, it probably would have cursed Shi Hao from head to toe.

"I can't let you go just yet, accompany me on another trip," Shi Hao said to the large yellow dog, planning to take it to the pharmacy for another experiment. Proving things with facts was most persuasive.

The large yellow dog whimpered, wondering who it had offended.

Shi Hao skipped breakfast and headed straight to the city with the large yellow dog.

The large yellow dog, of course, was not compliant. In its eyes, Shi Hao was no different from a demon, but being held by a leg, it simply couldn't escape.

"Don't be so resentful. When I get the materials, I'll refine some elixirs for you that enhance intelligence. Your dog life will then be completely different," Shi Hao said with a smile.

This was no idle promise. Wild beasts could indeed become as powerful as ferocious beasts when their intelligence was awakened, turning into spirit beasts.

Before long, Shi Hao arrived at the city and reached the entrance of Rejuvenate Hall.

Rejuvenate Hall was the strongest pharmacy in Mengyang City, with over a dozen branches, and this was just one of them.

Shi Hao paused at the door, then walked in.

"Welcome, sir, what kind of medicine do you need?" A friendly salesperson immediately greeted him, but paused upon seeing the large yellow dog Shi Hao was holding.

This is a pharmacy, we don't buy dog meat.

This guy must have a screw loose, right?

If Shi Hao hadn't been so handsome, he might have been thrown out already.

Shi Hao smiled and said directly, "I'm here to sell medicine."

You come to a pharmacy to sell medicine?

Alright, Rejuvenate Hall does indeed buy medicine, but why are you holding a dog?

The salesperson's eyes uncontrollably glanced at the large yellow dog; it was too fascinating.

The large yellow dog became aggressive immediately, baring its teeth at the salesperson as a threat.

What are you looking at me for? I have nothing to do with this lunatic.

"Sir, please come inside, I'll get the manager," the salesperson said respectfully, inviting Shi Hao further in where there were quite a few people.

Decisions about buying medicine were above his pay grade and required the manager's involvement.

He asked Shi Hao to wait on the side and then ran to find the manager.

As he walked, he kept looking back—he had been an assistant for many years and this was the first time he had seen someone walking a dog down the street.

Before long, the shopkeeper was called out, a middle-aged man around forty, of average build, slightly corpulent, with his hair slicked back, shining, showing a lot of style but seldom smiling.

This middle-aged man was named Jia Ruming, and he was the manager of Rejuvenate Hall here.

"What medicine are you selling?" he asked, his expression somewhat impatient.

Because the eldest daughter of the headquarters had suddenly come to inspect today, he had to hurry back to attend to her.

"Hemostatic antiseptic medicine." Shi Hao did not take the other's attitude to heart, presenting a medicine bottle on the table, "Please, Manager, inspect this."

Jia Ruming immediately showed a look of disdain.

Because the bottle was un-packaged, utterly simple.

Any renowned pharmacist's work would mean even the medicine bottle would be particular, with a special mark—thus, another industry was born, which was to acquire such marked bottles and counterfeit the master's work.

Therefore, seeing such a bottle also warranted caution; it was very likely to be fake medicine.

However, the bottle was too ordinary, what good could it be?

Jia Ruming didn't even bother to remove the bottle stopper to check, he simply waved his hand: "We at Rejuvenate Hall do not accept trash!"

Damn, what kind of attitude is this?

Shi Hao was annoyed in his heart; if his hemostatic powder really were ineffective, no matter how the other mocked, he would have gritted his teeth and endured.

But you didn't even look at it before directly dismissing it, that's just too much.

"You didn't even inspect it, how can you say my medicine is no good?" he asked indignantly.

Even though he had obtained Yuan Chengmie's memories, he was still just a sixteen-year-old boy, full of youthful vigor.

Yet, Jia Ruming didn't care at all, looking at Shi Hao's clothes, which were extremely ordinary and slightly faded from washing.

And what's the meaning of dragging a dog along?

Looking at the dog, its fur was uneven, and its tail was somewhat bald, certainly not a purebred.

All this indicated that the other's background was very ordinary, unlikely to have any impressive connections.

Thus, did he need to care?

Not to mention, the eldest daughter of the headquarters had specifically come to inspect today and seemed very dissatisfied with the store's operation. He needed to hurry back and flatter her, where did he have the time to waste on an ordinary young man?

"Go, go, go!" he waved his hand, "If you don't leave, I shall have you thrown out."

Shi Hao's eyebrows raised, just about to speak when he suddenly heard a commotion outside.

"Murder!" "Murder!"

After a series of panicked cries, a child was brought in, only six or seven years old, with a deep wound on his lower abdomen, which was profusely bleeding.

Upon seeing this, Jia Ruming immediately said displeased, "This is a medicine shop, not a medical clinic, why bring someone in? Hurry up and take him away!"

"Manager, this is the City Lord's son!" a clerk quickly said.

"What!" Jia Ruming startled greatly, rushing over to check the situation, "What on earth happened?"

The City Lord's son, rumored to be his only child, how could this have happened?

"Just now, someone assassinated him in the street, killed the young master's two servants, severely injured the young master, then fled in the chaos," that clerk said. He had been at the shop doorway and witnessed that horrifying scene.

"With such a severe injury, it would definitely be too late to go to a medical clinic, so he could only be brought into a medicine shop."

Jia Ruming frowned deeply; though he was a manager of a medicine shop and not skilled in medical arts, his eyesight was good, and he could tell at a glance that the young master had been stabbed in the abdomen with a sharp weapon, bleeding profusely.

If blood wasn't stopped quickly, he would soon die from excessive blood loss.

And if the City Lord's son died here... he knew that the City Lord was capricious and often killed at whim; his own demise was certain.

With this thought, he shuddered, feeling a chill all over.