Chapter 4319: The Ambition of the Evil Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the Shopkeeper finally finished a game, put his phone on the counter, took a sip of tea, and then slowly said, “What medicine are you buying?”

Ye Bufan handed over the written Pill Formula, and the Shopkeeper's eyes lit up.

Many of the ingredients written on it were precious medicinal materials from previous years. With such a Pill Formula, he would get at least several thousand chinese yuan in commission.

He asked, “Are you sure you want to buy so many medicinal materials?”

Ye Bufan said, “Of course, I just don't know if you can get all of them here.”

“Of course we can, there are no medicinal materials that our Baicao Hall doesn’t have.” The Young man’s attitude immediately improved, and he said with a smile, “Little brother, please wait a moment, I will get all the medicinal materials ready for you right away.”

Soon, the Shopkeeper placed a pile of medicinal materials on the counter. Ye Bufan checked them one by one. The medicinal materials were complete and of good quality.

He said, “How much?”

The Shopkeeper picked up the abacus and calculated for a while, then said, “The total is two hundred fifty-three thousand two hundred chinese yuan. Cash or card?”

“Ah? So expensive?”

Ye Bufan was startled. Although he also studied traditional Chinese medicine at Jiangnan Medical University, he didn't know much about the price of Chinese medicine.

He originally thought that the thirty thousand chinese yuan in his pocket was already a huge sum, but now it wasn’t even enough for a fraction. He didn't expect that just one set of medicinal materials for refining a Foundation Establishment Pill would cost so much money.

He said somewhat awkwardly, “I’m sorry, I didn’t bring that much money.”

The Young man’s face, which was originally full of smiles, immediately turned cold: “No money, why are you pretending here if you have no money? Are you playing with me?”

Ye Bufan explained, “I’m sorry, I just didn’t expect these medicinal materials to be so expensive.”

“If you don’t know the price, why are you buying medicine?” The Young man said unhappily, “How about this, if you don’t have that much money, buy less, and don’t make me work for nothing.”

Ye Bufan said, “That won’t do. This is a full set of medicinal materials for a single dose. Less than that is useless.”

The Pill Formula he listed was only for one Foundation Establishment Pill. Insufficient dosage would make it impossible to refine the Medicinal Pill.

The Young man frowned and said, “Just change the age of the medicinal materials. You know, the price difference between ten-year-old medicinal materials and two-year-old medicinal materials is more than ten times.”

Ye Bufan said, “That won’t do either. The medicinal materials I prescribed are already the lowest age.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Young man exploded, “This won’t do, that won’t do, are you here to mess with me?”

Ye Bufan apologized again, “I’m sorry, I didn’t bring enough money this time. I’ll come back to buy it after I gather enough money.”

“Bah, poor ghost, who knows when you’ll gather enough money.” The Shopkeeper angrily put away the medicinal materials, “It’s all my fault for being blind. Seeing you dressed like a beggar, I shouldn’t have given you the medicine.”

Without getting the expected commission, the Young man was full of anger.

Ye Bufan frowned: “What kind of talk is that? I already apologized for not bringing enough money, and besides, you are the Shopkeeper here, it’s your duty to get me the medicine. What’s there to complain about?”

“Oh, you’re getting angry now.” The Young man’s temper flared up, he slapped his chest and said arrogantly, “Don’t you see what kind of place this is? This is Baicao Hall. Our master is Cao, the Old Master.

Besides the wealthy and officials, who else comes here for treatment? Is this a place for a poor ghost like you to act like a big shot?”

“You…”

Ye Bufan was about to get angry, but then he deflated. After all, he was the inheritor of the Ancient Medical Sect, and it wasn't worth arguing with such a snobbish person.

Thinking of this, he turned to leave, and suddenly saw a large red notice posted on the wall, with four big characters: Million Reward.

He looked down further, and there was a paragraph of text: “I, Cao Xinghua, accidentally obtained Hua Tuo's Golden Formula, but unfortunately, it is an incomplete formula, with three medicinal ingredients incompletely recorded.

If anyone can complete these three medicinal ingredients, and after I confirm it is correct, I am willing to offer a million chinese yuan as a reward.”

Below the description was Hua Tuo's Golden Formula, but only the first 15 ingredients, with three blanks marked at the end, clearly waiting for someone to complete them.

Upon seeing the reward, Ye Bufan was overjoyed. He knew Cao Xinghua, the head of Baicao Hall, an elder in the medical field, a figure of Mount Tai and the Big Dipper in Jiangnan City.

As for Hua Tuo's Golden Formula, he knew it even better.

According to the records in the Ancient Medical Sect Legacy, Hua Tuo came from the Ancient Medical Sect, but he was not proficient in the Martial Dao, only an Outer Sect Disciple.

This Hua Tuo's Golden Formula was not created by Hua Tuo, but was passed down from the Ancient Medical Sect.

He was just worried about not having money to buy medicinal materials to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, and now a million fortune was delivered to his door.

Thinking of this, he picked up the pen prepared nearby and began to fill in the remaining three medicinal ingredients in those three blanks.

“Hey, you poor ghost, are you endless? Who told you to scribble here?”

He had just written two medicinal ingredients when the Young man rushed out from behind the counter and pushed him aside.

Being provoked repeatedly by this guy, even a mud Buddha would get angry. Ye Bufan angrily said, “What do you want?”

The Young man shouted, “I’m talking about you! Do you know what kind of place this is? This is Baicao Hall. Can you just scribble here casually?”

Ye Bufan angrily said, “Isn’t this a reward? Why can’t I write?”

The Shopkeeper said with disdain, “Are you crazy from poverty? A million reward is good, but what does it have to do with you?”

Since this notice was posted, at first it attracted countless famous medical practitioners, many of whom wanted to try it, but without exception, they all failed.

It should be known that there are at least tens of thousands of types of Chinese medicinal materials. If one wants to rely on luck to complete the remaining three medicinal ingredients, the probability is infinitely lower than buying a lottery ticket.

This Pill Formula could not even be completed by Cao, and so many famous Chinese medical practitioners had failed, so he didn’t believe that this poor Young man in front of him could do it.

Ye Bufan sneered, “Isn’t this a public reward? Since it’s a reward, people should be allowed to try.”

The Shopkeeper shouted, “The reward is for people to try, but it’s not for just any Tom, Dick, or Harry to scribble here. Do you think just anyone can get that 1 million chinese yuan?

If you can complete Hua Tuo's Golden Formula, I’ll be Hua Tuo reborn!”

“Liu Hong, what’s all the noise about?”

Just then, a dignified Old Man walked over from the traditional Chinese medicine clinic.

Although this person's hair was already white, his complexion was rosy, and he looked full of vitality. He was none other than Cao Xinghua, Cao, the Old Master, the head of Baicao Hall.

“Cao, you’re here.”

Upon seeing Cao Xinghua, the Young man named Liu Hong immediately turned into a lapdog.

“What happened? Why are you shouting so loudly in the store?”

Cao Xinghua said as he glanced at the reward notice. When he saw the two medicinal ingredients Ye Bufan had filled in, he immediately stood there in astonishment.

“Cao, this poor Young man has no money and is causing trouble in our store. He just scribbled on the reward notice…”

Liu Hong didn’t notice the Old Man’s expression and kept chattering on the side.

Cao Xinghua didn’t even look at him, and said to Ye Bufan with an excited expression, “Young man, are these two medicinal ingredients on the wall written by you?”

Before Ye Bufan could speak, Liu Hong interrupted, “He just scribbled it. If I hadn’t stopped him in time, he would have written the third one too.

Cao, don’t be angry, I’ll erase it right away…”

Before Liu Hong could finish speaking, Cao Xinghua slapped him across the face, “You scoundrel, quickly apologize to this Young man.”

“Ah…?”

Liu Hong was dumbfounded, standing there in a daze.

Cao Xinghua angrily said again, “Did you hear me? Quickly apologize to this Young man.”

“I…” Although Liu Hong still didn’t understand what was going on, he couldn’t disobey Cao’s words, so he could only respectfully say, “I’m sorry.”

Ye Bufan said coldly, “Today I truly witnessed what it means for a big store to bully customers. ‘Whether done in secret or not, the intention is known to Heaven’ means that those who practice traditional Chinese medicine should not deceive themselves or others. Your Baicao Hall is simply not worthy of this saying!”

“Young man, I’m sorry. It’s because I, the Old Man, have been lax in my discipline. I apologize to you again here.”

After apologizing, Cao Xinghua said eagerly, “Young man, can you really complete Hua Tuo's Golden Formula?”