Lonely Immortal

"Erdan, are you okay?"

Zhang Zhiwen lifted Erdan up and patted the dirt off his body.

Erdan stared at Zhang Zhiwen blankly, as if he didn't recognize him. It took him a long time before he came back to his senses.

"Zhiwen, why have you become so powerful?" Erdan couldn't help but ask.

"Oh, it's nothing. I've practiced some martial arts and it's enough to deal with these hooligans." Zhang Zhiwen didn't hide it. After all, he was now an alchemy apprentice of the Chamber of Commerce, and his identity couldn't be concealed.

Erdan suddenly showed an envious expression, and then the two sat down and started talking.

After some conversation, Zhang Zhiwen realized that although Li Huan was the leader of Erdan, it was only because Li Huan was also a beggar who stayed in the Zhuya Gang before. In addition, Li Huan later seemed to be rich for some unknown reason. I learned a lot, so I found some things for the brothers to do.

Erdan goes to the dock to carry things for people, and usually does odd jobs, so he can make ends meet.

But because Li Huan doesn’t seem to be here these days, someone comes to make trouble. The young hooligan just now was from the Wild Wolf Gang. In the past, Li Huan was here, and they didn’t dare to do anything. Now that Li Huan is gone, this gang He tried to occupy this courtyard, but luckily Zhang Zhiwen arrived in time, otherwise Erdan would have been beaten to death.

At this moment, Zhang Zhiwen understood the general outline of the matter. Li Huan's so-called prosperity was actually joining the Chamber of Commerce and becoming an alchemy apprentice. With his status as an alchemy apprentice, he could arrange some odd jobs for Erdan and the others. Once done, it's not that difficult.

As for why Li Huan asked him to test the medicine, Zhang Zhiwen didn't understand it very well. Logically speaking, Li Huan knew how dangerous it was to test the medicine. Could it be because Zhang Zhiwen couldn't live anymore after seeing him?

Or maybe it's because Li Huan knew that going to Blood Ridge to collect medicine would be dangerous, and if something happened, he was worried that brothers like Erdan would have no one to take care of him? That's why Zhang Zhiwen was asked to take the risk? Because once Zhang Zhiwen succeeds, even if Li Huan dies, Zhang Zhiwen can take care of Erdan and the others in his place.

But now that Li Huan is dead, there is no way to know the reason.

As for Li Huan's death, Zhang Zhiwen didn't say anything. He just said that he left Wuping and now he was here to take care of the brothers. Erdan didn't care about this. Erdan also knew that Zhang Zhiwen was now successful and had joined the Chamber of Commerce. , became the alchemy apprentice of the Chamber of Commerce, and he was also happy for Zhang Zhiwen for a while.

While Zhang Zhiwen and Erdan were chatting, another group of people rushed in from outside.

This group of people was obviously called for by the little hooligan who had just been taught a lesson by Zhang Zhiwen.

Seeing this group of people, Erdan became a little scared subconsciously, because this group of people was the local snakes in this area, there were dozens of them, and they were quite powerful.

The group of people rushed in, led by a one-eyed man. This man saw Zhang Zhiwen at a glance, and his eyes were fixed on Zhang Zhiwen's linen clothes.

He recognized that these were the clothes of the alchemy apprentice of the Chamber of Commerce Medicine Hall. Although he was the lowest grade linen apprentice, he was also an official disciple of the Chamber of Commerce!

His original arrogant and domineering expression disappeared instantly, and then he became nervous and apprehensive.

"Boss, this guy is the one who beat us!"

The little gangster pointed at Zhang Zhiwen and shouted.

Now that his boss is here, he is naturally not afraid of Zhang Zhiwen, and he looks like a fox pretending to be a tiger.

"Shut up!"

The one-eyed man couldn't help but get annoyed. He knew something was wrong when he saw Zhang Zhiwen. Who wouldn't want to offend someone but went to offend someone from the Chamber of Commerce? Isn't that asking for death?

"No, boss, listen to me, this kid is ruthless, and he also said he wants to destroy our Wild Wolf Gang! You have to make the decision for us!"

The little gangster didn't notice the change in his boss's demeanor, and he remained unyielding.

Snap!

The one-eyed man slapped the little gangster, causing him to fall to the ground.

But he didn't care at all. On the contrary, he quickly showed a humble expression to Zhang Zhiwen, clasped his fists and bowed: "Yes, I'm sorry. I didn't expect that the master of the Chamber of Commerce is here. They are all young and ignorant. Taishan, don’t be like us.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was dumbfounded.

Erdan didn't expect that his identity as a disciple of the Chamber of Commerce would be so effective. The boss of the Wild Wolf Gang didn't even dare to fart, and even begged Zhang Zhiwen in a low voice to let them go.

In fact, Zhang Zhiwen didn't expect that when he saw so many people coming over from the opponent, he was actually worried. Although he was much stronger now, it was difficult for him to fight with his four legs. The opponent was so numerous that he was afraid that he would be beaten if they really fought. He could only drag Erdan and run away.

But the boss of the Wild Wolf Gang immediately gave in and did not hesitate at all. This shows how influential the Chamber of Commerce is.

However, Zhang Zhiwen didn't show any emotion on the surface. He just waved his hand coldly: "Go away."

The boss of the Wild Wolf Gang suddenly felt as if he had been granted amnesty, and turned around and left with a group of his younger brothers.

At this point, Erdan admired Zhang Zhiwen extremely.

In the past, when the Zhuya Gang was at its peak, the Wild Wolf Gang might not have been so frightened, but Zhang Zhiwen sat down here, scaring a large number of people and running away.

In fact, let alone a mere Wild Wolf Gang, even other medium-sized gangs with thousands of people would not dare to mess around when they see a disciple of the Chamber of Commerce like Zhang Zhiwen, because they are not offending Zhang Zhiwen alone, but the people behind him. Behemoth - Wuping Chamber of Commerce!

After scaring away the Wild Wolf Gang, Zhang Zhiwen talked to Erdan about purchasing climbing tools. When Erdan heard about this, he immediately patted his chest and promised to get it done for Zhang Zhiwen. As for the deposit of forty coppers given by Zhang Zhiwen , Erdan refused to take it alive or dead.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhiwen couldn't force it. The two made an appointment and Zhang Zhiwen left here.

Soon, he returned to Yaotang's house, packed up, and left the city again.

This time, he didn't plan to get any ordinary medicinal materials. Those ordinary medicinal materials were not worth the money, and there was no reward for getting a lot of them. It was better to concentrate on collecting medicinal materials that were more than ten years old.

In this way, five days later, he returned to the county town again.

This time, he only collected three ten-year-old medicinal plants. There were not many ten-year-old medicinal plants in the jungle on both sides of the Wuping River. Zhang Zhiwen only managed to find three of them after searching day and night.

As a result, he only had the last five days left. In addition to the one or two silver leaves needed to purchase climbing tools, he still needed ten silver leaves to collect the membership fee.

This strengthened his idea of ​​going to the cliff to collect medicine, otherwise he would definitely be punished this month.

He took three medicinal herbs and came to the Foreign Affairs Hall.

The foreign affairs hall was still watching as the handyman, and he still didn't even look at Zhang Zhiwen's arrival.

Zhang Zhiwen didn't care, took out three medicinal plants and handed them over: "I want to change the task reward!"

After saying that, he took out ten more iron darts and placed them on the table, indicating that this time they were for Silver Leaf.

The handyman raised his head and glanced, then he put away the medicinal materials, picked up ten iron darts, and took one of them in front of Zhang Zhiwen, and then took out two silver darts from the cabinet. The leaves were thrown on the table: "Take it."

From the beginning to the end, Zhang Zhiwen looked at him without saying a word as if he wanted to be beaten. It was not until two silver leaves were thrown on the table that Zhang Zhiwen said coldly: "I gave you three medicinal plants, why did you give me two silver leaves?" ?”

"What's wrong? You have less than ten iron darts, so one of them will be deducted."

The handyman took out another iron dart, put it together on the table, and then said as if he was convinced of Zhang Zhiwen: "Look, aren't these just ten iron darts, just right?"

Of course Zhang Zhiwen knew what the other party meant.

This handyman just blatantly stole an iron dart from him. In the eyes of this handyman, Zhang Zhiwen is just a linen apprentice with no background and can do whatever he wants.

"I clearly gave you ten iron darts and three medicinal herbs, but you still missed me a silver leaf!" Zhang Zhiwen naturally refused to let it go.

He worked hard for several days and finally got some money, but this guy didn't have to do anything and just took away a silver leaf from him. What's the difference between this and an open robbery?

"Oh? What evidence do you have that I gave you less silver leaves?" The handyman looked at Zhang Zhiwen jokingly as if he had known you would say this.

Seeing that Zhang Zhiwen didn't say anything and just looked at him coldly, the handyman became more and more proud and said: "If you have evidence, I will supply it to you right now and apologize to you!"

Zhang Zhiwen stared at him coldly for a while, then silently picked up the iron dart and silver leaf on the table, then turned and left without saying anything.

"cut……"

The busboy laughed mockingly, then spat again: "Bah, what the hell!"

Zhang Zhiwen paused, but soon he continued to stride away from here.

He knew very well that he had no evidence at all to prove that the other party had embezzled his money. The other party did not embezzle much, just a silver leaf. It would definitely be unrealistic to dig out the warehouse of the Foreign Affairs Hall to check and compare because of this small amount of money. .

In the final analysis, it is because he has no background and is basically allowed to be bullied here.

If it was a white-clothed apprentice who had given this handyman a hundred courage, he wouldn't have dared to take away a silver leaf so blatantly.

But Zhang Zhiwen couldn't do it. His so-called master Lin Alchemist almost didn't care about his matters. He even felt that the other party probably wanted him to die early so as not to damage his reputation.

Thinking of this, he knew that not only did he have to survive, but he also had to become stronger. He had no one to rely on and could only rely on himself, alone, to keep going strong.

Although he was robbed of a silver leaf, he finally managed to scrape together enough money to purchase climbing tools this time. Fortunately, this is also the reason why Zhang Zhiwen is more conservative in doing things. He collected an extra ten-year-old medicinal plant, otherwise he would be beaten by this The damn handyman took away a silver leaf, I'm afraid he had to run out again to collect enough money.

But this time, he couldn't miss it no matter what, otherwise he didn't know how the Chamber of Commerce would punish him next. He didn't want to leave his fate in the hands of others.

However, Zhang Zhiwen was still very excited when he thought of the densely packed piles of medicinal materials that were over ten years old on the other side of the cliff. If he got it this time, he wouldn't have to worry about not paying enough membership fees for a long, long time. But he hoped that no one would find out about that place yet. , he must collect those medicinal materials as soon as possible before others discover it.