Chapter 303: We Made It?

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

“It’s successful, it’s successful! Hahahaha…” The experiment on Xie Lianzhen was successful once again, and the Drug Lord didn’t even have the slightest doubt.

He was extremely happy with both of them. He had been pondering over this for such a long time, and when both of them arrived, he was immediately successful! Both of them are my lucky stars!

Especially Xie Lianzhen. Not only are his suggestions useful, he even volunteered to sacrifice himself and help me with many things. If this boy didn’t have a master, I would take him in as my disciple for sure.

But it’s his loss! Which master could be better than me?

Seeing that the Drug Lord was in a good mood, Xie Lianzhen took this chance to give him a suggestion. “Drug Lord, we are now getting close. This shows that the drug men you have either have bad constitutions to start with or are too weak. They’re not suitable as drug men.”

“So what do you want?” The Drug Lord knew Xie Lianzhen, so he immediately knew Xie Lianzhen had something to request.

“I really can’t hide anything from you, huh?” Xie Lianzhen chuckled. “You do not need any drug men since you already got the method you want, but you still have so many things to do. Their bodies may be damaged, but they can still do simple chores, right? Why not give them to me to be my helpers?”

“Why do you need so many of them?” The Drug Lord looked at him suspiciously.

Xie Lianzhen looked at him sternly. “Drug Lord, I’m sorry for being straightforward, but there are things that you did wrong previously.”

“What?” Hearing that, the Drug Lord looked at him unhappily.

As if he didn’t see the change, Xie Lianzhen continued. “You’re a pharmacologist, yet you do not have a single assistant? Your guards and servants do the chores, but anything related to medicine, you do it yourself. It’s such a waste of time.”

The Drug Lord slowly eased. “You mean that I need an assistant?”

“Right. Think about it, all these years, you have been doing all the preparation yourself, cleaning, boiling, and much more…. How much time have you wasted? You could have just given those chores to others. Look at all those famous pharmacologists, they are surrounded by assistants. All they need to do is move their mouth, and ta-da! You have everything done already. All Drug Lord needs to do is lead the way and make sure everything is on track.”

“You’re right….” The Drug Lord was very flattered. He imagined being surrounded by the numerous assistants, and all he needed to do was command.

“But can they do it properly?” The Drug Lord wondered.

“Teach them if they can’t!” Xie Lianzhen snapped his fingers. “I might not be your disciple, but you have taught me so much, giving me knowledge. This is something I must repay, so I’ll do this for you. It shouldn’t be hard to teach them the basics.”

“Hahaha.” The Drug Lord looked at him with admiration. “Such a smart boy. My techniques are not normal techniques that you can find anywhere. Alright, you can try.”

…

In the cell, the uncle sighed. “Old witch, how many days has that annoying girl been gone for?”

“Five,” the grandma answered after some time.

“Five….” he muttered to himself. “Is she perhaps like that first kid, never coming back? Or dead? She should still be alive, seeing as how she recovers so fast….”

The grandma remained silent.

Just at this moment, they heard the sound of the iron doors being opened. This sent chills running down the uncle’s spine. “Oh no, time for that again? Who will it be?”

“Number Two!” the guards called out.

The uncle heaved a sigh of relief. “It’s Number Two. Right, among all of us, he’s in the best state.”

He then heard another door being opened up. “Number Three!”

“Eh?”

Two at a time? This is the first time!

Old Man Liao seemed to think the same as him too. “What? Didn’t you just call Number Two out?”

“Why are you so noisy? This is the Drug Lord’s instruction, come out!”

Eh? Did he change his method of experimenting?

He was still full of questions when he heard another door being opened up. “Number Four!”

The uncle’s jaw dropped. “What the fuck?” Three?

Shortly, his door was opened up too. “Number Six!”

The last one didn’t escape either. “Number Seven!”

The five of them were tied together and led out of the cells filled with questions.

What was interesting was that they had been living next to each other for such a long time, but they had not met each other once since the experiments were always carried out one by one. This was their first meeting.

But who was in the mood to make friends right now? It was abnormal for them all to be out at once. Perhaps the Drug Lord thinks that we are useless now and wants to kill all of us in one go?

With their hearts beating fast, fearing the unknown, the five of them were brought to the lab in the cave.

As soon as they entered, the fog blurred their sight.

They couldn’t see the Drug Lord anywhere, only Xie Lianzhen sitting at the side lazily and Lu Mingshu standing at the stone table busy with her work, which looked like… preparing herbs?

What’s going on? Did we enter the wrong place?

“Greetings. It’s been a long time since we met.” Xie Lianzhen smiled thinly at them. “Release them,” he said to the guards.

The guards had been instructed by the Drug Lord to follow Xie Lianzhen’s instructions, so they did as he said immediately.

“Kiddo number one?” Old Man Liao looked up in utter surprise upon recognizing the voice.

Xie Lianzhen smiled and nodded.

The rest of the drug men looked at each other in shock.

What’s going on here? We are all drug men, but why does he have freedom just by making a trip to the lab? And furthermore, he’s commanding the guards now?

The grandma couldn’t help but look over at Old Man Liao. This old man is really something. The kid I deemed as untrustworthy actually achieved something that none of us ever did! Oh, and where’s that girl? What’s going on here?

She saw Lu Mingshu pass by her cell once, so she definitely would recognize her. She scanned around the room, and within no time, she saw her in front of the stone table, preparing herbs. A spark of hope lit up in her. Can I actually escape this time around?

“To summarize things, the Drug Lord has finally seen some improvements, so you guys don’t need to be experimented on anymore.”

The five of them let down the stone in their hearts upon hearing that. The uncle pinched his face, not able to believe what he heard. “No more experiments? I must be dreaming!”

Xie Lianzhen nodded. “But that’s not all. From today onward, you will have a new identity – my helpers.” He stood up and snapped his fingers. “Okay, let’s get to work quickly!”

Xie Lianzhen then started pointing at them, giving out commands. “Number Two, you’re young and strong, work such as moving heavy medicine will be yours. Three and Seven will be in charge of preparation. Four will be collecting herbs, Six will be drying herbs. That’s all for now.”

“Kiddo? You…”

“My surname is Xie, you can call me Gentleman Xie.” Xie Lianzhen cut him off and smiled. He then directed them to a stone table. “I’ll teach you how to recognize the medicine first. If you don’t do well, I can only report you to the Drug Lord as being good for nothing.”