Chapter 72 Yellow River Ancestor
Xin Zhen smiled and said, "The surname is good, the given name is good, and the person looks even better."

Zu Qianqiu laughed and said, "Very good, very good, Young Master Xin, this bottle of wine is not ordinary, it is Baicao wine.

I have a good friend who collects all kinds of herbs and soaks them in fine wine. Drinking it feels like walking in the countryside in spring. It tastes bitter, astringent, pungent, spicy, sour, salty, smelly, and even like being cut by a knife.

However, only after taking the last sip can you know the true taste of the wine, but ordinary people only taste it briefly because of the previous taste, and even think that I am teasing them. Alas, it is hard to find a true friend. "

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "I like the unknown the most in my life, and I also like challenges. Since I can only know the true taste after drinking the last sip, I will not stop halfway."

Zu Qianqiu handed the bottle of wine forward, and Xin Zhen took it casually, unscrewed the cap, and saw Zu Qianqiu looking at him with concern. He smiled and poured the wine into his mouth.

All kinds of tastes, including bitter, astringent, pungent, spicy, sour, salty and smelly, came at once, but there was no taste of alcohol. It was like drinking a bottle of Chinese herbal medicine soup with chili peppers, aged vinegar, sea salt, peppercorns... and even shit added to it. Oh, and sulfuric acid was also added to it, so it felt like a knife cutting your throat when you drank it!
But Xin Zhen didn't stop, and drank the whole bottle of drink without changing his expression. Seeing this, Zu Qianqiu laughed: "Well, what a good friend, what a good friend!"

Amidst loud laughter, Zu Qianqiu leaped back onto the shore, squeezed into the crowd and disappeared.

Xin Zhen smiled, feeling the heat rising in his abdomen, and sat cross-legged on the bow of the boat, transforming all the power of the medicine into internal strength.

After a long time, Xin Zhen stopped, feeling quite excited: these eight life-extending pills were indeed extraordinary.

As expected, the old man spent twelve years collecting various extremely precious medicines such as thousand-year-old ginseng, Poria cocos, Ganoderma lucidum, deer antler, Polygonum multiflorum, Lingzhi, bear gall, Panax notoginseng, and musk, and steamed and dried them nine times to make eight 'Eight Life-Sustaining Pills' that can bring the dead back to life.

These eight life-extending pills can not only cure diseases and internal injuries, but are also very effective in increasing internal strength and foundation.

After drinking this bottle of wine, Xin Zhen felt that it saved him about half a year of hard work. Of course, for others, it might save about three years of hard work.

Moreover, this wine is quite effective in increasing one's own foundation. People who practice martial arts will inevitably suffer physical injuries. After drinking this wine, Xin Zhen feels that all his deficiencies have been made up.

Suddenly, someone at the end of the long street shouted, "Zu Qianqiu, you bastard, return my pills to me. If you're missing one, I'll peel off your skin and pull out your tendons!"

The man shouted loudly and ran over quickly. Xin Zhen looked up and saw a ball of flesh rolling over, panting. It was getting closer and closer, and then he could see clearly that the ball of flesh was actually a living person.

This man was extremely short and fat, and it was a little far-fetched to say that he was in office. He had a flat and broad head, and his shoulders directly supported his head, with no visible neck at all.

The man ran to the shore, glanced at the wine bottle on Xin Zhen's boat, and suddenly shouted, "My pills, my pills!"

He jumped with his feet and landed on Xin Zhen's boat. The boat could not support itself and the bow sank suddenly. The boatman screamed in fear. Xin Zhen activated the Zixia magic skill under his feet and the boat stabilized immediately.

The short and fat guy didn't care. He opened his round eyes and looked at the empty bottle of wine. He picked it up and sniffed it, and his face changed immediately.

He was ugly to begin with, and this change of expression made him look even more bizarre and indescribable. He was really sad to the extreme, and just kept saying, "My pills, my pills..."

He said eight sentences in a row, and his sorrow and misery were unbearable to watch.

Xin Zhen asked, "Do you have these eight life-extending pills?"

The man suddenly looked at Xin Zhen and asked, "Did you take my pill?"

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "I ate it. I couldn't refuse a friend's kindness."

The man was filled with grief and indignation, and he threw himself at Xin Zhen with both hands. Xin Zhen drew his sword and swung it casually, forcing the man to dodge.

The man was unwilling to give up and tried to attack several more times. Xin Zhen waved his sword and forced him away time and again.

The man was surprised and asked, "Who are you? You are so young, but your swordsmanship is so high?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Xin Zhen from Huashan Sword Sect."

The man was surprised and asked, "Are you the Xin Tanhua who has become famous recently?"

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "It's me. I drank your eight life-extending pills by mistake. I'm sorry. I can compensate you with gold and silver."

The man angrily said, "This medicine is for my daughter's treatment. It took me twelve years to collect and refine it, and I finally got enough for eight pills. What do I need the money for?"

After hearing what this man said, Xin Zhen suddenly remembered that this man was called Master, and he and Zu Qianqiu were collectively known as the Yellow River Ancestor. This pill was indeed used by him to treat his daughter. He suddenly felt a little annoyed.

One was that he regretted that he did not read the book carefully in his previous life and did not remember this detail, so he mistakenly drank the life-saving elixir given by the old man's daughter.

Secondly, he was angry with Zu Qianqiu. Even if he wanted to please Ren Yingying, he could not steal someone else's life-saving elixir. He was not like Linghu Chong who had a serious illness to treat. It would only be icing on the cake for him. Why would he harm the old man?
Xin Zhen thought for a moment and said, "I heard there is a famous doctor named Ping Yizhi in Kaifeng. How about I ask him to treat your daughter?"

The old man shed tears and said, "This pill was originally prescribed by Ping Yizhi. I have been preparing it for twelve years. I was going to give it to my daughter today, but I didn't expect you to eat it.

I can't beat you now. If I could, I would capture you and give my daughter your heart blood. It would cure her illness. If you feel guilty, why don't you surrender and save my daughter's life?"

Xin Zhen: “…”

Xin Zhen was speechless, but he did have some problems with this matter, so he didn't have the heart to retort. After thinking for a while, he said, "Can you refine this pill again?"

The old man said angrily, "My daughter only has a year or so left to live. I have spent twelve years preparing these eight life-extending pills. Do you think you can catch up? If you feel guilty, just listen to me and give my daughter my blood."

Xin Zhen shook his head and said, "Don't mention this. How can someone survive after taking the blood from his heart? Your daughter's life is precious, so is my life worthless?

Although I have some questions about this matter, I am not aware of it. We can work together to find a solution, but don't make such a stupid request!"

The old man looked at Xin Zhen angrily, then suddenly stomped his foot, creating a big hole in the boat, causing the boatman to exclaim.

Xin Zhen snorted, forced the old man into the river with a sword, and said to him, "Old man, I will remember this matter and find a way. You go back and take care of your daughter first."

The boatman cried out to the sky and wailed about the misfortune that had befallen his own boat.

Xin Zhen shouted, "I will compensate you with a small boat, and you will carry all kinds of items to shore."

The boatman was overjoyed and quickly moved all kinds of items ashore one by one.

(End of this chapter)