"Friend Lan, long time no see!"

Xu Mu stopped, smiled and cupped his hands.

The beautiful woman in green clothes in front of him is named Lan Shijin, and she is his former neighbor.

To be honest, Xu Mu was not familiar with her. Just by looking at the robe she wore, one could tell that the two were not on the same level at all.

He knew the other party mainly because his wife Ye Yingying had a good relationship with the other party.

When Ye Yingying was just pregnant, Lan Shijin heard about it from somewhere and enthusiastically came to teach her how to have a baby.

Maybe it’s because there are so few people having children in this city!

But no matter what the reason was, Xu Mu was able to say a few words to the other party just like this.

"Looking at your appearance, you are living a good life in the shantytown, and you are much younger!" Lan Shijin looked him up and down, with a well-placed smile on her lips, and continued: "How is Yingying?"

"It's just a lucky breakthrough in my cultivation. Fellow Taoist Lan deserves the award! As for Yingying, she is quite good and has gained a lot of weight recently!" Xu Mu said with a smile.

"That's good! Where is the child?" Lan Shijin asked.

"Already gave birth, it's a girl!"

"Girl~"

Lan Shijin's voice was a bit long, a look of disappointment flashed through her beautiful eyes, and she turned to smile and said: "The girl is pretty good! Congratulations! It's a pity that I don't have time to see her!"

Lan Shijin feels a little regretful.

"There will be plenty of time in the future. Fellow Taoist Lan is always welcome to come over!"

"Okay! I'll definitely go when I have time! I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!"

"Fellow Daoist Lan, go ahead and get busy!"

"Farewell!"

Lan Shijin, like a lady, bowed slightly and turned to leave.

Xu Mu then stepped into the drug store.

What he didn't know was that after Lan Shijin walked a certain distance, she seemed to think of something and suddenly turned back.

…

Inside the drug store.

"Welcome, welcome, this fellow Taoist... Alchemist Xu? I haven't seen you for a while! I thought you..."

Shopkeeper Tu, who was cleaning up the counter and humming a tune, heard footsteps and thought it was a customer coming. When he looked up, he saw that it was Xu Mu whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"My life is tough, but I won't die that easily!" Xu Mu said with a smile.

He took out a bottle of elixir from his storage bag and put it on the counter. He smiled and said, "Help me see what the price of this bottle of elixir is?"

"What? Are you lucky enough to have picked up someone's elixir?"

Shopkeeper Tu said as he pulled out the cork of the bottle and took a look inside.

"They are Qi Gathering Pills! You are very lucky, they are all top-grade!" Shopkeeper Tu poured out one and looked at it carefully before saying with a smile.

"Do you accept it?"

"Of course! I'll take as much as you have!" Shopkeeper Tu sneered.

After all, he owns a shop, so why can't he afford a few bottles of Qi Gathering Pills?

And based on his understanding of Xu Mu, it would be good to have two bottles with him.

The only thing he was curious about was where Xu Mu got it.

As for Xu Mu refining it himself, he didn't believe it.

If Xu Mu had this ability, he would not have been driven to the shanty town.

"What's the price?"

"Price? What's the price for just two bottles of elixirs? I'll give you the original price. A bottle of twenty-four low-grade spiritual stones. How about that?" Shopkeeper Tu said arrogantly.

He knew Xu Mu's situation and didn't want to earn his two low-grade spiritual stones.

"This is what you said! Don't go back on it!"

"Repenting is a grandson!"

Shopkeeper Tu assured, patting his chest.

Xu Mu smiled evilly and started taking out pills one by one.

The first bottle, the second bottle, were fine, but by the third bottle, Shopkeeper Tu couldn't hold himself any longer. It wasn't that he couldn't afford the spiritual stones, but he was shocked that Xu Mu had brought so many Qi Gathering Pills.

He opened them one by one and checked to make sure that Xu Mu was not fooling him with the empty bottles.

When Xu Mu got ten bottles, he became a little panicked.

"Did you rob the drug store? I'm telling you, the Foundation Establishment family has recently come and settled in our city. Don't mess around!"

Shopkeeper Tu was worried that Xu Mu was ill and rushed to seek medical treatment, so he targeted the foundation-building families.

No matter whether it's stealing, robbing or cheating, there will be no good end if you provoke them.

"Don't worry! I made these all by myself!" Xu Mu took out all twenty bottles and said with a smile.

During this period, he refined a total of more than thirty bottles, more than ten of which were eaten by him and Ye Yingying, leaving only these twenty bottles to exchange for spiritual stones.

"Did you practice it yourself?"

Shopkeeper Tu was stunned for a moment and sneered: "Don't be ridiculous. With your alchemy skills, it's enough to be able to refine top-grade Bigu Pills!"

Shopkeeper Tu is a hundred disbelievers.

It had only been half a year since the two last met. With Xu Mu's talent, even if he worked tirelessly to refine the Qi Gathering Pill, he still wouldn't be able to reach this level.

What's more, with Xu Mu's family background, he can't go through many troubles.

"Believe it or not, I've put the elixir here. Do you want to take it or not?"

Xu Mu spread his hands.

"Did you really practice it?"

Shopkeeper Tu still didn't believe it.

The difference between front and back is really too big.

"Do I need to lie to you? Besides, with my strength, how can I steal so many pills!" Xu Mu said helplessly.

He knew this would happen.

"That's true!"

Shopkeeper Tu finally believed it.

He looked Xu Mu up and down, and then noticed that he was much younger than before.

"Have you achieved a breakthrough in your cultivation?"

"Um!"

"No wonder!"

Shopkeeper Tu suddenly understood, or in other words, he could understand a little bit.

"Hurry up and calculate the price!"

"Okay! According to 90%, the total is..."

Shopkeeper Tu flipped the abacus and calculated by dividing three by five and dividing by two. He raised his head and said, "Rounding up, the total is four hundred and forty low-grade spiritual stones!"

"No! Didn't you say the original price? Why did it become 90%?"

"Because you are my grandfather! Grandpa Xu Mu! Okay?"

People can't give up spiritual stones for the sake of face, right?

Speaking of which, Xu Mu and his father's generation, called Grandpa, suffered a loss, but not much.

"..."

All right!

you are vicious!

Xu Mu had nothing to say.

"Did you really make this elixir?"

When paying the bill, shopkeeper Tu was still a little worried.

A few hundred low-grade spiritual stones are a small thing, but if he offends that family, his small family will not be able to withstand it.

"Don't worry, I care about my life more than you! I have a wife and children, but you are alone!"

"What's wrong with being alone? I can listen to music every day and be the bridegroom every night, but you can only do it once!" Shopkeeper Tu said proudly.
To be continued...