Mu Lao froze on the spot, with uncontrollable horror in his eyes, and then fainted.
Xiao Long returned to the wooden house, lit a fire, and cooked a dinner with his own hands.
There are fish, shrimps, steamed buns and vegetables, which is not a rich meal, but Xiaolian likes to eat it very much.
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The next day, Xiao Long woke up, went to Canghai Lake to feed the fish, and started living day after day.
Mu Lao was seriously injured and went back to recuperate. Xiao Long casually invited a warrior on the roadside to be the shopkeeper. Almost no one would refuse an invitation from a first-grade alchemist.
The result was good. When Xiao Long went to the store to ask for the bill at night, he found that the elixir store was empty. All the elixirs and medicinal materials inside had been stolen, and the newly hired shopkeeper had also disappeared.
Looking at the empty elixir store with only an empty shell left in front of him, Xiao Long did not suspect that the elixir store was stolen, but fell into deep thought: "It's strange. I remember that there were a lot of elixirs in it. Did I remember it wrong?"
Xiao Long's reaction is getting slower day by day now, just like an old man who is not smart. He had basic logical ability at first, but now he has no logic at all.
He thought for a moment, walked into the elixir shop, took out the alchemy furnace and started refining it.
"Maybe it's because demand exceeds supply, so we'll sell out and make another batch."
A flame was ignited in the alchemy furnace, and medicinal herbs were put into it one by one, turned into liquid, and finally condensed into elixir.
After a night of refining, there were more than a dozen bottles of elixirs, and Xiao Long placed them on the counter.
At this moment, it was already dawn.
At this time, a bearded man walked over.
"Shopkeeper, I've collected all these elixirs!" the bearded man said.
Xiao Long looked at him and said calmly: "The total is thirty thousand taels of silver, which can be replaced with three hundred low-grade spiritual stones."
"This is a bank note!" Beard threw a bank note on the table, took the elixir and left without looking back.
Xiao Long took the silver note, looked at it, ignored it, and put it into his storage ring.
After Bearded Beard left here, he directly entered a nearby yard.
Suddenly there was loud laughter in the courtyard.
"Haha! How's it going?" A person inside laughed. This person was the shopkeeper hired by Xiao Long yesterday. He took the pill and escaped that night.
The bearded man smiled and said: "Of course it went well. He was indeed a fool. The bank note I gave him was fake. He sold me the elixir without even looking at it."
"Hahaha! I'm just saying, that guy can lie to you at will!"
"How a fool became a first-class alchemist, it's really strange!"
"Who knows, but this fool's daughter is pretty good. It would be even better if we could get it."
The two discussed excitedly.
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Xiao Long had no idea whether the bank note was real or fake, so he continued to take out the medicinal materials to refine them and continue to sell the elixirs.
Later, when he ran out of refining medicinal materials, he used his banknotes to buy the medicinal materials, only to find out that they were fake.
Xiao Long just sighed, he had no choice but to admit defeat in this kind of thing.
In such days, day by day passes.
Gradually, people nearby knew that there was a fool alchemist in this town who could deceive anyone at will.
As a result, countless people came here to buy elixirs with fake banknotes, sold him fake medicinal materials, and even applied for jobs as shopkeepers, then took the elixirs and ran away.
Xiao Long has always been like a fool, not knowing how to identify and suffering the consequences of being dumb.
In the end, he didn't even have the money to buy medicinal materials. Looking at the empty storage ring, Xiao Long didn't know what to do for a while.
A first-grade alchemist with a 100% success rate in refining elixirs will lose all his money selling elixirs. Xiao Long is the first one.
"Master Xiao, I have a batch of medicinal materials here. They are newly imported and are guaranteed to be of high quality and low price. Do you want them?"
At this time, an old man with a sly look came over and said to Xiao Long.
"Sorry, I have no money." Xiao Long glanced at him and shook his head.
"No money?"
The old man with stern eyebrows was startled, rolled his eyes, and then said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you don't have money, you can borrow it. I will lend you the medicinal materials temporarily and make an IOU. I will pay you back after making money. I promise not to suffer any loss!"
Xiao Long thought for a while, then immediately raised his hands and said with a smile: "How can this be so embarrassing!"
"Haha, we're all brothers, don't be polite, it's like what's new once is familiar to you later!"
As he said that, the old man took out a storage ring filled with medicinal materials and placed it on the table.
Xiao Long took it and took a look. It was indeed filled with medicinal materials.
"The medicinal materials total ten thousand taels of silver. Let's write an IOU!" the old man said with a smile.
Xiao Long wrote it without thinking.
"Haha! Brother Xiao is really cheerful. He's leaving now. I'll come back to ask for it after you make money in a week." The old man picked up the IOU and left with a smile.
After the old man left, Xiao Long took out the medicinal materials from the storage ring and tried to make an elixir.
However, he discovered that as soon as it was exposed to fire, the medicinal materials would automatically turn into ashes and could not be refined.
"It's strange, why did my alchemy skills decline so quickly?"
Xiao Long became more and more puzzled. This situation seemed to be becoming more and more frequent recently. No matter how he manipulated the flames, no matter how careful he was, the alchemy would always fail.
These medicinal materials seem to be unable to melt, turning to ashes when exposed to fire, and sometimes falling apart even if touched even slightly.
Some medicinal materials can be melted, but the medicinal liquid cannot be extracted, or the medicinal liquid is too thin, like a pile of slag.
Xiao Long shook his head, not knowing what to do.
After trying a few more times, Xiao Long sighed and had to give up.
"Dad, come home for dinner!" Xiaolian shouted outside.
"Okay!"
Xiao Long collected the medicinal materials and followed Xiaolian back to the cabin.
This time, Xiaolian cooked a variety of delicious dishes and laid a large table full of them. The two of them had a great time eating.
Xiaolian didn't ask about the elixir store. She vaguely understood the reason why Xiao Long was getting more and more stupid recently. In response, she just smiled lightly, neither blaming Xiao Long nor exposing him, but just accompanying him in his stupidity.
If someone secretly coveted her and wanted to take her away by force, Xiaolian would have no choice but to kill her ruthlessly, but she would do it flawlessly and not let anyone know, including Xiao Long.
A week passed like this.
Xiao Long used up all the medicinal materials, but couldn't refine a single elixir.
Finally, the medicinal liquid of all the medicinal materials was refined together, and finally a defective Spirit Gathering Pill was refined, which was worth at most ten taels of silver.
Xiao Long began to wonder if he had gone crazy and his alchemy skills were getting worse day by day.
On this day, he continued to the elixir store.
A week ago, the old man who provided him with the elixir came over. He also brought two young men in Taoist robes with him.
"Brother Xiao, the pill has been sold. It's time to pay me back the ten thousand taels of silver you owed me before!" the old man said with a smile.
Xiao Long shook his head helplessly: "Sorry, I may have to continue to pay on credit for a while."
"Huh? Won't you repay the debt?" The old man narrowed his eyes, murderous intent flashing across his face.
Behind him, two young men wearing Taoist robes and carrying swords took a step forward and drew out the swords at their waists. The fierce momentum suddenly spread, and Xiao Long's counter was cut with cracks by the sword energy.
"A master of the Ning Zhen Realm?" Xiao Long exclaimed, taking a few steps back.