Transmigrant Alchemist And His Magic Wagon

Affecting someone's mind

Mu Lian and Xiaoxiao followed the man with the yellow-colored sash through the crowd and entered an increasingly sparsely populated place.

Not far ahead, is the end of the village and enters the spruce trees. Mu Lian paused for a moment in doubt. Would it wait for Ling Zizhou or continue to follow the man?

"Ehem, hey! Waitaminute! Master Mu! I really need your concoction medicine! My grandfather is in a critical state!" yang Xiaoxiao exclaimed as she chased after the man.

The uneven surface of the ground made Xiaoxiao's footing wobble, the soles of her feet then twisted violently until Xiaoxiao fell down.

Mu Lian who was thinking about going after the man or not heard Xiaoxiao's call to the man but belatedly realized that Xiaoxiao was falling.

"Ouch!" xiaoxiao said grimacingly.

"Xiao 'er!" said Mu Lian running towards Xiaoxiao. The man heard Xiaoxiao's exclamation and turned to look at Xiaoxiao when Xiaoxiao fell.

The unexpected incident made the man with the yellow sash sympathize with Xiaoxiao so she decided to help the girl.

"Miss is okay?" said the man with the yellow sash.

The man looked at Mu Lian who was examining Xiaoxiao's already swollen ankle professionally. Doubt came to the man's heart.

Mu Lian who heard the voice of a man asking about Xiaoxiao's condition, automatically stopped the examination he was doing on Xiaoxiao's ankle.

Moreover, Mu Lian felt a gaze attached to her. Mu Lian was unwilling if the man became suspicious.

"How's this? your ankle is swollen, Xiao'er. Does your leg hurt?" mu Lian said while showing a weak girl acting.

"Oh, hiks. Lian jie.hiks.kaku is very sick," Xiaoxiao said immediately understood the intent of Mu Lian's words and imitated Mu Lian's acting.

Seeing the two girls acting like 'normal' girls, the man lowered his guard then asked for permission to check Xiaoxiao's ankle. After which, he gave a porcelain bottle to Xiaoxiao.

"Miss' ankle sprained. There is a torn *ligament so please be careful when moving your feet. If you can rest your legs for the next few days.

I'll give you medicine to compress and help speed up the healing of the outer ligaments" the man said. Mu Lian's eyes shone when she heard the diagnosis from the man.

As far as Mu Lian's observation of how the man handled Xiaoxiao as well as the final results of the diagnosis she had thrown out, Mu Lian could confirm that the man had a background in terms of treatment.

How deep his understanding Mu Lian did not know yet, because he also learned self-taught medicine. You could say Mu Lian was an amateur and the only one who could judge the man in front of her was Mu Haocun who was already a pro.

Mu Lian received the porcelain bottle. The quality of the bottles he received was good, better than what Uncle Bei received. Is it just animal feed and other weeds?

Mu Lia could not be certain yet because she was currently trying to buy time until Ling Zizhou came. Xiaoxiao was injured so Mu Lian was unwilling to take the risk.

Mu Lian clasped the man's hand and began to tell him the tragedy of Xiaoxiao's ailing grandfather.

Occasionally Xiaoxiao added a spice that made the story sound sad.

The man who was originally about to break away from Mu Lian's grasp was finally only able to resignedly wait for the two girls to finish telling a story.

"Lian! Xiao!" ling Zizhou said. The young man walked up to Mu lian Xiaoxiao and the man at high speed.

When Ling Zizhou stopped right next to Mu Lian, the wind blew strong making dust and leaves fly.

Haven't had time to cultivate what was happening in front of him, suddenly the man lifted off the ground. Ling Zizhou raised the man like he was lifting a cat!

"What are you doing?" ling Zizhou said. His voice was not as loud as usual, instead it sounded very low. But the air around him felt extremely cold and a very strong pressure came out of his body.

"Oh, you finally came Ah Zhou. Xiao'er accidentally fell down and sprained her legs," Mu Lian said.

The cold air and extremely strong pressure disappeared after the words that Mu Lian had thrown out.

"really. Sorry for my carelessness hehe. Why did I suddenly fall?" Xiaoxiao.

"You guys. I told you to wait for me," Ling Zizhou said with a sigh.

Feeling his life saved from the feeling of distress he had just experienced, the man spoke up.

"Young man, there seems to be a misunderstanding between us. Let's talk about it carefully" said the man.

"yeah! A misunderstanding? Only people who had no eyes saw this as a misunderstanding," Ling Zizhou said snorting.

The man with the yellow sash did not give up and continued to persuade Ling Zizhou with his subtle words. While Ling Zizhou replied with his scathing words. Then there was a small quarrel between Ling Zizhou and the man.

Mu Lian and Xiaoxiao did not care about the small quarrel. Xiaoxiao looked for a comfortable sitting position for herself then rested her sprained legs until Mu Lian gave a decision on what steps they would take.

Xiaoxiao looked at Mu Lian who was studying the contents of the porcelain bottle given by the man with the yellow sash.

"How about, Lian jie?" xiaoxiao said after Mu Lian closed the bottle back up.

"The quality of the ingredients is better compared to the drugs that some customers bought before.

Not that it resembles the original yes, because this drug is only good for compressing and relieving pain," said Mu Lian.

Is correct. Compared to other impostors, Mu Lian preferred this one impostor. His words were smooth and at each utterance, the man was able to keep his emotions in check. Not to mention the man had little knowledge in medicine.

Mu Lian's premonition said that this man with the yellow sash was the first impostor to have a close relationship with a man dressed in black.

Although Mu Lian had yet to meet the other impostor, Mu Lian had already decided not to let go of this man with the yellow sash.

"Ah Zhou, your words at the restaurant are correct. We caught a big fish" Mu Lian said suddenly. Ling Zizhou and the man then stopped bickering.

Hearing Mu Lian's words, Ling Zizhou and Xiaoxiao began to attack the man with words.

"really. We knew Master Mu very well and when we heard Uncle was pretending to be Master Mu, of course we did not stay silent," Xiaoxiao said.

"You know Master Mu?" the man said as he narrowed his eyes, he was racking his brain to deny Xiaoxiao's words.

"Not many know of Master Mu's true figure. And you, who are still teenagers, admit that you know Master Mu? Is the person you know not the impostor you accused me of?" said the man.

Xiaoxiao and Ling Zizhou were stunned by the man's reply. In any case, they would not be able to prove that Mu Haocun was the real Master Mu because surely everyone including this man did not know.

"Son. Please don't be like this. Your future is still long, so don't be careless and ruin your future. I know you have a high cultivation level. But don't use that power to"

"Ah Zhou," cut Mu Lian. The young man would not hesitate if too made that regrettable.

"Let go first. We return to the inn, now," Mu Lian said as she held onto his arm. Ling Zizhou's body was already extremely trembling from restraining anger. His face is now red.

"Come on. Xiaoxiao needs a break," Mu Lian said. Ling Zizhou finally took off the man then carried Xiaoxiao on his back.

Seeing Ling Zizhou and Xiaoxiao were already far ahead, Mu Lian passed on the message one last time to the man before turning around to leave.

"You know that in this world there are some plants that although the effect is not too great effect but with the right catalyst plants can affect one's mind?"

The man was stunned hearing Mu Lian's words. He was just an amateur in medicine, his knowledge of plants was only limited to the surface.

Was his decision wrong to accept the offer of a black-clothed person when he was in a difficult situation? Mu Lian's words made the man's heart waver.

A few moments later, the man changed his mind. There is still someone to protect him, as much as possible he avoids something that risks harming himself and the person he wants to protect it.

...

"So this is the drug that the man concocted?" mu Haocun said as he examined the contents of the porcelain bottle given by Mu Lian.

"Ens. What about grandpa?" mu Lian said as she looked at Mu Haocun who was sitting next to her.

On the opposite mattress sat Master Yi and Ling Zizhou, while Meng Zhi sat on a chair near Mu Haocun's bed. They also stared curiously at the porcelain bottle.

"Nothing special. The ingredients are right for the compress drug, the concoction is smooth, evenly mixed. But it's better the concoction Lian'er made," Mu Haocun said smilingly.

"Em, thank you, grandfather, although that's not the point. After we talked to the people who bought the concocted medicine from the con men, we also checked the concocted medicine they bought," Mu Lian said while still staring at Mu Haocun.

Mu Haocun who sensed that something was amiss instantly turned one hundred and eighty degrees and began to respond seriously.

"What did you find?" said Mu Haocun.

Mu Lian also explained about plants that can affect a person's mind.

Just the title alone affected one's mind, but according to the book that Mu Lian read, the effect was the same as addictive substances like narcotics.

And based on the book, people who had already consumed the drug in sufficient quantities would turn out like puppets. Their minds can be easily influenced from the outside.

"It's bad. How long have they been taking drugs bought from these fraudsters?" said Meng Zhi.

"It's been almost a month that the drugs have had little effect on curing the intended disease and increasing the dose of the harmful plant" Mu Lian said.

One month is not a reliable estimate because who knows the people have carried out the activities of selling dangerous drugs secretly.

"God! I really want to kill that @$%&^# guy! Master didn't see how unlucky the @$%@^@^ is! How annoying!" ling Zizhou said whining to Master Yi who was sitting next to him.

"..." - ".(Mu Lian and Meng Zhi)

Master Yi simply glanced at Ling Zizhou then sighed. There was no point in using words on this child either. It goes into the right ear and out of the left ear.

"Affects people's minds. If I were that person, I would use that opportunity to move the masses in my favor, either to overthrow power or to gather support for myself" Master Yi said after a long silence.

Mu Lian and the others looked at Master Yi in surprise. Master Yi's words had a point as well. They stared at old Master Yi, waiting for the next words, but it seemed like only that long were the words that Master Yi had spoken.

"What I'm afraid of is what Master Yi said. Regardless of where this case has to do with cult cults," said Meng Zhi.

"Ens. We better explain this to Master Zhengheng," Mu Haocun said.

Ling Zizhou went to pick up Master Zhengheng. Before long, Master Zhengheng came over with a flushed face.

"Who would dare to hurt my disciple?!" master Zhengheng said.

Oh. While Mu Lian and the others were discussing the impostor Mu Haocun, Xiaoxiao was being treated in the room by Meimei. It seemed like Master Zhengheng learned that Xiaoxiao was injured from chasing after the impostor.

Mu Haocun allowed Master Zhengheng to sit down first then Mu Lian began to explain what he had explained to Mu Haocun and the others.

"This is a finding that could help our mission. Thank you for the information," Master Zhengheng said as he cupped his hands together.

Master Zhengheng did not expect to receive any more help in the form of this important information, even though he had not contributed anything in Mu Haocun's defamation case.

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Note:

* This is a picture of a torn upper ligament (if viewed based on the image, the foot is twisted inward)