Magic Star, the outskirts of the imperial capital.
Jiang Ling, who was dressed in a grass-green pharmacist's outfit, covered her face with a hood, carried a basket of freshly dug herbs on her back, and hurriedly walked towards the port.
She was once a well-known [pharmacist] within a hundred miles, but something happened recently that caused a dispute between doctors and patients. In order to avoid trouble, she put more energy into improving the formula, so she had to be careful and try to avoid people.
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Unfortunately, despite all the precautions, Jiang Ling was still blocked at the door of her house.
Three men and one woman surrounded her, looking evil.
Jiang Ling glanced at the four people and immediately recognized their identities: Jim, Bancroft, Morrison, and Martha.
Jiang Ling all knew these people. They were all residents of the port area. The four of them were brother and sister.
A few days ago, when these four people came to ask for medicine, they all looked groveling. At that time, Jiang Ling vaguely felt that something was not right, but he did not take it to heart.
Now……
Seeing both of them looking ferocious, Jiang Ling quickly realized that her original feeling was correct.
These four people are indeed not good people.
At this time when it was still dark, the light from the torch cast a layer of shadow on the outline of their faces.
The faces of the four siblings, which were not very good-looking to begin with, now look almost as terrifying as evil ghosts crawling out of Hades.
"Pharmacist Jiang Ling, I've finally waited for you!"
"Ha! Sure enough, the wait was not in vain! I thought you would just flee the imperial capital and go to other places to be happy!"
"Is there something wrong with this woman's brain? We have just gone through it. There is nothing in this shabby house. Why is she coming back?"
"Who knows... Those useless flowers and plants can't be sold for much money, and they won't even be fed to the dogs!"
From the speeches of these four people, Jiang Ling could tell that they had already broken into his home and ransacked it.
Jiang Ling had already expected this.
Visibly her eyes were deflected, and after looking at the door lock that had obviously been smashed open, she still couldn't control her anger and scolded: "Back then, your father's intestines were broken by a wild boar while hunting, and you are here
Pretending to be pitiful, he said he couldn’t afford the money.”
"I'm not a fool. I can tell at a glance that you are all rich, but you are just reluctant to spend money."
"I was so soft-hearted that I didn't even charge for the soup and medicine, and cured your father for free."
"Your behavior is repaying kindness with evil!"
"Aren't you afraid that if you get sick or injured in the future, no one will be willing to treat you?"
Hearing this, the four brothers Jim, Bancroft, Morrison, and Martha did not feel ashamed at all, but instead retorted righteously.
"That old guy is dead when he dies. Who asked you to meddle in his own business and let him live? In this way, we will not be able to share the family property. If we don't come to you to compensate, who will we come to?"
"Indeed, we made it so obvious at the beginning, saying that we didn't have money for medical treatment, just pretending to be just a formality, how could you really save him? You dragged us down in vain, you know how much it takes to raise him for a day
How much is it?”
"Yes! You must double this money... no, ten times to compensate us! You are so famous here at the port and you have saved so many patients, you must have paid a lot of praise!"
"Shut up, Jim! I'm different from you. I have admired my father since I was a child. I just came here to ask her for an explanation! Although my father did not die because of her decoction, he has been paralyzed during this time.
She is in bed, unable to work in the field, she might as well be dead! This must be caused by her insufficient medical skills! She must pay compensation!"
Anyway, these four brothers and sisters only want money. No matter what they say, their purpose is highly consistent. Let Jiang Ling, a pharmacist, compensate for their "losses".
Hearing this, Jiang Ling was furious and wanted to kill all four of them directly.
"Suffering such a serious trauma, even if you get the best treatment, you still have to stay in bed to recuperate, unless you use healing magic directly, otherwise..."
At this point, Jiang Ling stopped explaining.
It dawned on her.
Jiang Ling knew that if he couldn't come up with a "reward" that would satisfy the other party, he would have to kill these annoying flies to shut them up.
But Jiang Ling knew very well that once she killed these people, it would be equivalent to violating the iron law of the empire. As an ordinary pharmacist, she did not even have the status of a magic apprentice. If she committed a serious murder, she would probably be beheaded directly.
show to the public.
It's really not worth it to sacrifice your life for such a few rotten people!
"The only one who can raise offspring like you is [Bad Sam]. Although I have no grudge against him, I have long heard that he is a bad gambler..."
Jiang Ling gritted her teeth and said, "My biggest weakness in life is that I am too kind and too soft-hearted... I swear to the goddess of life that after today, I will never save anyone who is not worthy of treatment!"
The matter was now over, and she no longer wanted to argue with these rotten people.
Because everyone has completely different views, continuing to waste time here will only be a waste of time.
"Stop talking nonsense! Pay compensation!"
"If you can't get the money, just pick up the customers and pay them back!"
"She owed us money and she refused to pay it back. If we arrest her, someone from above will ask, so that makes sense!"
The four brothers and sisters gradually surrounded them with torches in their hands and noisily, obviously planning to arrest someone.
Jiang Ling gritted her teeth and put her hand on the medicine belt beside her.
She squandered all the money she had saved and developed the potion [Magic Energy No. 1], which can strengthen the body of the user with violent magical energy in a short period of time, giving the user powerful strength.
Although no real in vivo experiments have been conducted, judging from Jiang Ling's theoretical knowledge, although [Magic No. 1] is far from meeting his requirements and is far from the ultimate goal [Universal Potion], it is still
Its medicinal properties and toxicity are extremely strong, and it can exert its effects directly through oral administration, injection, skin absorption, etc.
At a critical moment, she only needs to crush the special potion bottle to make [Magic No. 1] take effect, giving her at least three times the strength of a normal adult human!
only……
The side effects of medications are equally powerful.
Jiang Ling felt that with his own physique, he would only have a 20% chance of surviving after using [Magic Energy No. 1].
But……
Seeing the four brothers and sisters approaching gradually, she gritted her teeth and crushed the reagent bottle.
Snapped!
However, Jiang Ling did not feel any pain.
The broken reagent bottle did not pierce the palm of her hand. The sprayed out medicine condensed into a ball, floated in the air, and gradually flew towards the distance.
Jiang Ling and the four siblings who were confronting her stopped their actions and looked in the direction of the potion.
They saw...
A handsome young man in strange clothes, with a cat squatting on his shoulder, stretched out a finger and gently touched the black potion floating in the air.
"It's the Master Magician!"
"Dear Master Magician, you must make the decision for us! This unscrupulous pharmacist tricked our father and made him lie in bed. He was too sick to work in the fields!"
"Yes, yes! We have been living very hard recently. We can only eat one meal of meat every other day, and we can't even get enough!"
"We...ah!"
Jiang Lingqi's face turned red after hearing these people's shameless remarks. He wanted to speak out to refute, but felt that the other party had too many flaws and loopholes. For a moment, he didn't know where to start.
Fortunately……
The boy with the cat is not an idiot either.
He interrupted the speeches of the four brothers and sisters without politeness and with practical actions.
The young man in strange clothes turned his head, and a burning ice-blue light shot out from his eyes.
This cold light swept through the sky, and in an instant, it landed in front of the four brothers and sisters.
Sizzle...
The boiling light was like a waving death's scythe, and in the blink of an eye, half of one of the people's bodies was melted.
The remaining three people were frightened when they saw this.
One person let out a shrill scream, another person turned his head and ran away, and another person stood there dumbfounded.
"Killing someone! Help!"
In the houses at the port, lights were lit, and people kept sticking their heads out to look this way.
The boy with the cat still looked cold-blooded and ruthless. He was determined to kill and had no intention of holding back.
The burning ice-blue flame raged across the port, like a violent netherworld fire, killing another person in the blink of an eye.
It was an unshaven man with triangular eyes.
He was caught up by the icy blue light and turned into a skeleton in an instant. His skin, flesh, nerves and brain were burned completely, and he died suddenly.
At this point, of the four brothers and sisters who came to "collect debts", only one boy and one girl remained.
Neither of them took any chances anymore.
They knew very well that they had encountered a bloodthirsty murderer. No matter how many people were watching, the other party would never be shaken in the slightest.
Instead, he knelt down and begged for mercy, as there was still a slight possibility of survival.
So the two of them immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed in the direction of the boy with the cat.
"We were wrong!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! We are willing to accept the punishment!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The dull sound of kowtows resounded in the dark night, reaching far, far across the seaport.
only……
The young man wearing a strange golden-blue combat uniform snapped his fingers expressionlessly.
Snapped!
"If you know your mistakes and can correct them, there is no greater good."
"In the next life, be a good person."
Whoosh!
The burning ice-blue cold light showed no sign of loss after killing two people, but instead became more solid.
The young man's snap of his fingers seemed to be a signal, causing them to turn around in an instant and descend on the two "debt collectors". In an instant, they burned everything they had, not even their ashes were left.
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After doing this, the young man in a gold-blue uniform walked slowly to Jiang Ling, casually crushed a head on the ground with his combat boots, and moved the dark liquid that had been floating in the air.
Go to the girl.
His eyes and nose twitched slightly, his expression was cold, and he said calmly: "You made this medicine."
Declarative sentences rather than questions.
The orange stuffed dumpling squatting on the boy's shoulder and taking a nap suddenly opened his eyes and meowed.
The sound made by the little female cat was like some kind of audio switch, pressing a strange button for the handsome young man in strange clothes, causing his expression to change, from indifferent and calm to joyful and joyful.
The young man's eyes fell on Jiang Ling's face, and his brows lit up with joy.
He grinned, revealing his white teeth, stretched out his hand enthusiastically, and said loudly: "I am Zhang Guangmu, nice to meet you!"