Chapter 7

Immediately after, a middle-aged alchemist, dressed in a red robe and with a slender figure, appeared from the back hall and walked over.

"Li Jun?" When Su Chen saw this middle-aged man, his eyes narrowed. He remembered this man, named Li Jun, who was a junior alchemist apprentice at the Five Treasures Hall in his previous life.

In his past life, Su Chen had once dealt with this Li Jun by chance. At that time, Li Jun had looked down on him and mocked Su Chen as a waste.

He never thought that in this rebirth, he would meet Li Jun again so soon.

"Alchemist Li has arrived!"

"Alchemist Li is a mid-level junior alchemist apprentice at the Five Treasures Hall. He rarely shows up, so it's surprising to see him today."

The crowd buzzed with discussion. Even the old man and the young girl glanced at Li Jun when they heard he was a junior alchemist apprentice.

After all, in a small city like Qinghe, a junior alchemist apprentice was a rare sight.

"Was it you who said that the old senior's injuries cannot be treated with a hundred-year-old Yangcao?" Li Jun walked straight to Su Chen, sized him up and down, and asked.

"What's it got to do with you?" Su Chen countered.

"Ignorant brat!"

Li Jun frowned and shouted, "Being injured by an Ice Scale Python should naturally be treated with Yangcao or similar yang medicines as the main treatment. A hundred-year-old Yangcao would be even better. This is common knowledge among all alchemists. You, an outsider who knows nothing, are spouting nonsense. As a mid-level junior alchemist apprentice, it is my duty to stop you."

As he spoke, Li Jun glanced covertly at the old man and the young girl. He had his own calculations. From their attire and demeanor, they were clearly not ordinary people. If he could treat their injuries, they would surely be grateful, which would greatly benefit his future.

While Li Jun was making his calculations, Su Chen didn't give him any face and sneered, "You're the one spouting nonsense."

Li Jun immediately flew into a rage and shouted, "What are you, a nobody? I am a mid-level junior alchemist apprentice. How dare you question me?"

Su Chen ignored Li Jun and turned to the young girl, saying calmly, "I can treat your grandfather's injuries without using a hundred-year-old Yangcao. I only need the most common Yangyuan Stone. I am willing to help you, but the condition is that you give me the hundred-year-old Yangcao."

As soon as Su Chen said this, a commotion broke out in the Five Treasures Hall.

"Did I hear that right? This young man is questioning a mid-level junior alchemist apprentice?"

"He even claims he can treat an Ice Scale Python's bite? I don't think he's even an alchemy apprentice. Isn't he just boasting?"

Even Li Jun was taken aback and said disdainfully, "I thought you were going to say something else. You, a mere boy, dare to claim you can treat an Ice Scale Python's bite? And without a hundred-year-old Yangcao? I think you're either crazy or have taken the wrong medicine."

Su Chen ignored Li Jun and looked at the young girl, saying calmly, "If you trust me today, I can help treat the old man's injuries. If you don't trust me, it will be too late to regret it once I leave the Five Treasures Hall."

Li Jun loudly said, "Noble lady, don't listen to this young brat's nonsense. I, a mid-level junior alchemist apprentice, guarantee that everything he says is nonsense. An Ice Scale Python's bite is a complex and difficult injury that must be treated with a hundred-year-old Yangcao. And today, in the entire Five Treasures Hall, only I have the ability to treat it."

Both sides stuck to their own arguments, and all eyes in the hall were on the young girl, waiting to see whom she would trust.

The young girl pondered for a moment, clearly finding it hard to decide.

After a while, she bit her lip and looked at Su Chen, "Sir, I also have some knowledge of alchemy. I want to know why you say that my grandfather's injury cannot be treated with a hundred-year-old Yangcao and would instead become worse?"

Su Chen glanced at the bandage on the old man's arm and said, "It's simple. Your grandfather's wound is not from an Ice Scale Python, but from a Heartchill Python!"

"Heartchill Python?"

The young girl was shocked. A Heartchill Python was a very rare monster, and its venom was ten times more toxic than that of an Ice Scale Python!

"How is that possible?" The young girl immediately said, "Sir, are you mistaken? The monster that attacked my grandfather was an Ice Scale Python. I didn't see it wrong!"

"It's very hard to distinguish between an Ice Scale Python and a Heartchill Python just by appearance!"

Su Chen said calmly, pointing to the blood-soaked bandage on the old man's arm, "But, from the blood on this bandage, we can determine that it's a Heartchill Python's bite."

"Since the attack in the mountains until you arrived in Qinghe City and came to the Five Treasures Hall, at least three hours must have passed. But the blood on the bandage is still seeping out, indicating that the wound hasn't healed."

"This is not normal. The bandage smells of golden wound medicine. If it were a normal wound, it should have healed after using the golden wound medicine."

"Only a Heartchill Python's bite, due to the substance on its fangs that disrupts blood clotting, would prevent the wound from healing."

Su Chen spoke calmly, his voice echoing in the hall.

Li Jun's face changed several times as he looked at the old man's bandage. He had to admit that he had overlooked the continuous bleeding from the bandage!

At that moment, Li Jun's face turned ashen, and he said resentfully, "Fine, even if it is a Heartchill Python's bite, so what? Can't a Heartchill Python's bite be treated with a hundred-year-old Yangcao?"

Su Chen smiled, looking at Li Jun as if he were an idiot, and said calmly, "Of course not. In alchemy, it's important to treat the symptoms. The toxicity of a Heartchill Python is completely different from that of an Ice Scale Python, so the same medicine cannot be used."

As he spoke, the corners of Su Chen's mouth curled up slightly, "Alchemist Li, the unprofessional words coming from your mouth make me doubt whether your title as a mid-level junior alchemist apprentice was obtained through deceit."

Li Jun's face turned extremely ugly, wishing he could slap himself. He had been so angry that he had said such unprofessional things.

He immediately looked at the young girl and said, "Miss, I..."

But before Li Jun could finish, the young girl interrupted him apologetically, "Alchemist Li, I want to try this gentleman's treatment first."

As soon as the young girl spoke, extreme anger flashed in Li Jun's eyes. He never thought that she would choose to trust the unknown young man over him, a mid-level junior alchemist apprentice.

However, Li Jun couldn't afford to offend the young girl and the old man, who were likely important visitors from elsewhere, based on their attire and demeanor. He couldn't take that risk.

"Fine, fine, treat it here then. Let me see what you can do!" Li Jun stood to the side with a sullen face. He didn't believe that this unknown young man could really treat a Heartchill Python's bite.

A Heartchill Python was a very rare monster, and even Li Jun had only heard of it and never seen a Heartchill Python's bite.

Li Jun was convinced that Su Chen was just bluffing. Facing such a rare injury, Su Chen would definitely fail to treat it and might even worsen the condition.

When that happened, he, the mid-level junior alchemist apprentice, would step in and save the situation in front of everyone, restoring the patient's health and enhancing his reputation.

With this thought, Li Jun crossed his arms and stood to the side with a cold smile, waiting to see Su Chen's performance.

At this time, more and more people gathered in the hall.