Chapter 496: A Withered Leaf

Xia Rongxian said with a melancholy face: "To be honest, Master Chen, half a year ago, my father led a caravan out of the city to collect herbs and was accidentally injured. After returning, his injury worsened and he became ill. I now want to sell the Chamber of Commerce to treat my father's illness. As long as someone can cure my father's illness, I will give the Chamber of Commerce to him for free."

"Sister, is your father seriously ill?"

Gu Qianxue couldn't help but interrupt and asked.

Xia Rongxian nodded slightly and said sadly: "Dad was just a complication caused by the injury at first, but later I don't know what happened but it got worse and worse. Now he is unconscious and dying. I have invited several alchemists from nearby pharmacies to see him at a high price, but they have no clue. Now I am at the end of my rope. If I don't ask a master to treat him quickly, Dad will definitely die."

"Then what about Master Ze that your uncle and cousin just mentioned?"

Gu Qianxue asked puzzledly.

Xia Rongxian hesitated for a moment and said, "I can't afford to hire a person of the level of a third-grade alchemist. But I don't know what channels my uncle and cousin have used to claim that they can contact Master Ze of Tongtian Chamber of Commerce and ask Master Ze to come and treat my father."

As she spoke, Xia Rongxian's face showed a trace of anger, "But they used this to threaten me. Unless I agree to transfer Rongxian Chamber of Commerce to them and marry my cousin, they will help contact Master Ze."

"So? Are you going to agree to them?"

Gu Qianxue asked with wide eyes.

Xia Rongxian took a deep breath: "No, I will never agree to it even if I die!"

"You are right not to agree."

Su Chen said, "They just agreed to help you contact that Master Ze, but in fact, for alchemists above the third rank, you can't impress them with money. They are not interested in ordinary silver, but only in rare alchemy materials and natural treasures."

"In other words, even if you agree to their conditions, they will only help you contact that Master Ze, but the other party may not agree to come for treatment at all."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen, for reminding me."

Xia Rongxian knelt down gratefully.

"Big sister, in my opinion, what do you expect that Master Ze to do? It's simply a waste of time. You know, my brother Chen is Dan... woo woo woo."

Gu Qianxue was halfway through her words when she was covered by Gu Qianyin from behind.

Now that Su Chen is using a fake identity, he will naturally not reveal the title of Dan King casually.

"Little sister, what did you say just now?" Xia Rongxian asked in confusion.

Su Chen smiled and said, "What she meant is that I am also an alchemist. If you sell the Chamber of Commerce to me, I will help your father treat his illness for free."

"You? Are you an alchemist?"

Xia Rongxian looked at Su Chen carefully. Although Su Chen was wearing a mask at the moment, he could tell from his eyes that he was young and his eyes were clear, obviously the eyes of a teenager.

At such a young age, Xia Rongxian did not think that he could be an alchemist. Even if he was, he was at most a first-grade alchemist. He had invited several first-grade alchemists before, but they all returned empty-handed.

Therefore, Xia Rongxian did not hold out much hope.

Su Chen saw her expression and understood, and said, "Let's go see what your father is like first."

Xia Rongxian looked at Su Chen again after hearing this. In fact, to be fair, she did not have any bad feelings towards this boy who suddenly appeared, and she saw sincerity in his eyes.

So, after a moment of silence, Xia Rongxian nodded and said, "Then you come in!"

As she spoke, Xia Rongxian told the guys to clean up the mess in the store, and then took Su Chen and the others out of the lobby, through the corridor, and came to the backyard.

Pushing open the door of the main room in the backyard, Xia Rongxian gently called, "Dad, I'm back."

On the bed in the room, there lay a dying middle-aged man, his face was gray, his eyes were closed, and only a breath was left.

Xia Rongxian had already calmed down, but when she saw the middle-aged man like this, her eyes turned red again, she blinked her beautiful eyes, looked at Su Chen, and said, "This is my dad."

Su Chen nodded, sat on a chair beside the bed, first helped Xia Rongxian's father feel his pulse, and then used his soul power to check his acupuncture points all over his body.

From beginning to end, Xia Rongxian had been watching from the side, with doubts in her bright eyes. Su Chen's skilled technique and confident attitude were not like those of an ordinary teenager. Could he really be an alchemist?

A quarter of an hour later, Su Chen finished the examination.

Xia Rongxian immediately asked, "Mr. Chen, how is my father?"

"Not very good."

Su Chen shook his head and said, "He was just injured, but someone didn't want him to get better, so he poisoned him. Moreover, this poison will not kill him immediately, but will accelerate the consumption of his lifespan, causing him to die slowly due to the exhaustion of his lifespan. Moreover, during this period, he will remain unconscious due to the effect of the poison."

"Poisoned?"

Xia Rongxian couldn't help but take a breath when she heard Su Chen's words, "You said, someone poisoned my father?"

"That's right."

Su Chen said calmly, "He was just injured normally, but he was poisoned and became like this. This poison is called 'One Leaf Withered', which is a very unpopular poison. Even a third-grade alchemist may not be able to identify it, so all the alchemists you invited before returned empty-handed."

"Then can you cure it?"

Xia Rongxian didn't necessarily believe what Su Chen said, but she still asked, anyway, asking wouldn't cost her a penny.

"I still say the same thing, if I can cure it, sell this Chamber of Commerce to me."

Su Chen said.

"Okay, I promise here that if you can cure it, I will sell you the Chamber of Commerce, its facilities, employees, and goods, all in a package for 500,000 taels of silver."

Xia Rongxian said decisively, anyway, her original plan was to sell the Chamber of Commerce to save her father, now if Su Chen can cure her father and sell the Chamber of Commerce for 500,000 taels of silver, then why not.

"Give me all the herbs on this list."

Su Chen wrote a list and handed it to Xia Rongxian.

Xia Rongxian took the list and saw that they were all common herbs, which were available at the medicine counter of Rongxian Chamber of Commerce. She immediately walked to the front hall and came back with a bag of herbs in a short while.

"Get a bucket of hot water in the bathtub."

Su Chen ordered again.

Xia Rongxian did as he was told again and ordered the waiter to get the hot water. During this process, she was still curiously watching Su Chen's actions, and saw that Su Chen had already started to refine the materials with the bronze tripod.