Chapter 641 - Exorbitant Demand (1/2)
In actuality, Xiaocao wasn’t interested in the so-called ‘Healing Panacea’ that she could easily make. She just wanted to find a justifiable reason to get the elixir into her hands. From Xu Ziyi’s micro expression, she could see that five pills was his limit, so she stopped forcing him.
She revealed a sly smile and said, “Alright! For the matter of the Healing Panacea, we will do as you say. But——”
“But what?” Seeing the smile on the young maiden’s face, Xu Ziyi helplessly begged for mercy, “My little ancestor, what else do you want? Can you not act so crafty?”
“Actually, this request is a piece of cake for your Medicine King Valley! That is——if the descendants of our Yu Family need medical treatment from Medicine King Valley, may I ask Young Master Xu to please help out!” Yu Xiaocao didn’t continue to make things difficult for him and came straight to the point.
“No problem, no problem! With our relations.h.i.+p, this is something that goes without saying ah!” Xu Ziyi thought that it would be a tricky request. Medicine King Valley had always provided medical services to outsiders, so it naturally wasn’t a problem to provide free medical treatment and so on.
Of course, Yu Xiaocao’s request wouldn’t be that simple. When she was around, she naturally wouldn’t let the members of the Yu Family have any major illnesses or injuries. After all, she had a cheat——the little divine stone. She was doing this for the benefit of her descendants ah!
“Does your Medicine King Valley have some sort of token that, when presented, will ensure that you guys will go all-out to save the patient?” Yu Xiaocao thought about it and said, “Don’t misunderstand, it’s not that I don’t trust you. But, decades later, our generation would be aged. So we need a token that the younger generations of Medicine King Valley will acknowledge!”
Xu Ziyi smiled bitterly and pondered for a moment before saying, “Originally, there was no such thing! However, since you mentioned it, we must have one now! When I get back, I’ll have someone carve a few ‘Rescue Tokens’ with ten-thousand-year-old ebony wood. Those who possess this token are benefactors of Medicine King Valley. With the ‘Rescue Token’, one can request Medicine King Valley to save a life with all their might once. Is it alright like this?”
“Mhm! Can you give me three of these tokens?” Yu Xiaocao made an exorbitant request.
“Miss Yu, aren’t you just making things difficult for me? Only those who Medicine King Valley are indebted to can get a token...” Xu Ziyi felt as if his face was about to turn into a bitter gourd. This Miss Yu was too hard to deal with. He felt so helpless ah!
Yu Xiaocao counted her fingers and said, “Look, Royal Prince Yang and I saved your life in the deep mountains. As the successor of Medicine King Valley, you’re carrying the hope of the rise and fall of Medicine King Valley. Isn’t saving you a great favor to the entire Medicine King Valley?”
Xu Ziyi had to agree with this. As the heir of Medicine King Valley, the clan devoted themselves to train him to be a qualified successor of the valley. If he died while collecting medicinal herbs, it would certainly be a great loss to Medicine King Valley.
Seeing him nod, Xiaocao continued, “Secondly, not only did I let you eat one of the Healing Panacea that my family treasured for decades, but I also provided a pill for Medicine King Valley to do research on. With Medicine King Valley’s attainment in medicine production, it would only be a matter of time before you a.n.a.lyze the formula and produce the holy medicine of life and death! Since I provided such an important formula to you guys, isn’t it considered a favor to Medicine King Valley?”
Alright! Although she didn’t provide the formula, the Healing Panacea used for research was indeed given by Miss Yu. Xu Ziyi must acknowledge this favor!
“There’s more! It was thanks to the clue I provided that your Medicine King Valley was able to successfully capture the traitor. Isn’t this considered a favor?” Yu Xiaocao had a matter-of-fact expression on her face. Her meaning was very clear—it wasn’t an exorbitant demand to request three tokens because she deserved them!
Xu Ziyi couldn’t win against her, so he could only suffer silently and agree to give her three tokens. In any case, if he could successfully produce the Healing Panacea, it would be worth it no matter how many tokens he had to give her.
After sending away Xu Ziyi, Yu Xiaocao was so happy that she was about to fly. First of all, Xu Ziyi resolved the biggest concern in her heart. Without Heavenly Teacher Lei misleading the public with rumors, she could go about freely in the northeast with her hidden guards! Furthermore, she had gained three chances to save the lives of her descendants, which was also an unexpected surprise! Ah, if she knew that Young Master Xu was so easy to persuade, she would have asked for a few more tokens.
While taking the traitor back to the valley, Xu Ziyi sneezed and had an ominous premonition in his heart. He should hurry back to the valley because it was too dangerous outside. Who would have thought that a young maiden, who appeared like a little white rabbit, would be a sly fox?