"Yes, Brother Liu Xi."
Galeo responded.
He took out a gold coin and threw it in front of the down-on-his-luck middle-aged man.
"You cripple, I, Brother Liu Xi, will take your tattered animal hide. This gold coin is a reward from me."
After saying that, he didn't even glance at the down-on-his-luck middle-aged man, but looked at Liu Xi ingratiatingly and invited him to continue to visit other places.
"No, no, young master Galeo, that prescription is for treating my daughter's illness. You can't just take it away like that!"
Alchemist, please have mercy and give me five hundred gold coins! Please have mercy, my little girl depends on these five hundred gold coins to save her life! Alchemist, Young Master Galeo, I beg you…
Upon seeing that Galeo wanted to get something for free, the down-on-his-luck middle-aged man immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
He clung to Galeo's trouser leg, refusing to let him leave.
But who is Galeo?!
He is a spoiled brat.
His expression immediately changed, and he kicked the down-on-his-luck middle-aged man away, slapping his trouser leg and pointing at him while cursing:
"You cripple, you dare to pull down my trouser leg? Do you think you can pull down my trouser leg like that?"
"My brother Liu Xi is honored to have taken a liking to your lousy prescription. And you dare ask for money? Be careful, I won't even give you a single gold coin! Bah!"
"Brother Liu Xi, let's ignore him, let's..."
Snap!
"Ouch, Brother Liu Xi, why did you hit me?"
Before Galeo could finish speaking, Liu Xi slapped him on the head. Galeo looked at Liu Xi with pain and grievance, completely bewildered.
"Why did I hit you? Tell me why!?"
Liu Xi angrily rebuked him.
That's incredibly arrogant.
They buy things but don't pay, and they're so self-righteous about it!
Even Liu Xi couldn't stand it anymore.
He pointed at the disheveled middle-aged man who had been kicked away by Galeo, and angrily cursed Galeo, saying:
"Paying for things is a matter of course, isn't it? I told you to buy it, not to rob it. You're going to rob me even for five hundred gold coins? Aren't you ruining my reputation, Liu Xi's reputation?!"
"Anyone who didn't know better would think that I, Liu Xi, a first-grade alchemist, don't even have money to buy things. Am I broke? I'm just too lazy to spend money!"
"Why aren't you paying them yet? Do you expect me to take the money out of my pocket myself?!"
Liu Xi was truly impressed by this Galeo.
He's used to being arrogant and domineering, and he's not afraid of being beaten to death in the street.
Luckily, I met him, and he taught me a lesson!
"Yes, yes, I'll take it out right away, I'll take it out right away, Brother Liu, please don't be angry!"
How could Galeo dare to disobey Liu Xi? He immediately took out five hundred gold coins and threw them to the down-on-his-luck middle-aged man.
"Thank you, Alchemist! Thank you, Alchemist! Thank you, Young Master Galeo! My dear girl, you're finally saved!"
The down-on-his-luck middle-aged man excitedly picked up the small purse containing five hundred gold coins, kowtowed twice to Liu Xi and Jia Lie'ao, and then scrambled towards the other side, towards a sallow-faced, thin, pale-cheeked little girl.
"Father, cough cough... cough cough..."
Just then, the little girl coughed twice, and two pools of dark blood came out of her mouth.
The key point is that the black blood didn't melt; it clumped together, clearly indicating that it had already rotted inside the body.
"Little girl, what's wrong? Don't scare Daddy! Little girl, hang in there, Daddy will take you to buy an antidote right away!"
The down-on-his-luck middle-aged man was terrified. He rushed to the little girl's side in a panic, picked her up, and tried to run into the market.
"etc!"
Just as the down-on-his-luck middle-aged man had run a few steps, Liu Xi called out to stop them.
"Let me see this little girl."
Liu Xi walked over and examined the little girl's symptoms.
This little girl is clearly poisoned.
The internal organs have probably already begun to necrotize.
The coughed-up black blood was mixed with fragments of internal organs.
At this moment, the little girl's brows were furrowed, her face turned purple and pale, and her body temperature dropped rapidly.
It looks like it's about to kick the bucket!
"It's hopeless. Her internal organs are already necrotic. Even if you go and buy an antidote now, it won't save her."
Liu Xi issued a death notice to the little girl.
"My little girl!"
The down-on-his-luck middle-aged man was struck dumb, collapsing to the ground, utterly drained of his energy and spirit.
"My dear, you can't leave your father! If you leave, how will your father live alone..."
"No! I can't give up! There's still hope, there must be hope!"
The down-on-his-luck middle-aged man picked up the little girl, struggled to his feet, and tried to run away.
Suddenly, he stopped again.
He looked at Liu Xi, and with a thud, he knelt down.
"Master Alchemist, please, please save my daughter! You must have a way, right? You can definitely save my daughter, right? Please, please save my child! I'll serve you like a slave, I'll serve you for the rest of my life! Please, please save my child!"
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
The guy kowtowed so hard that his head was broken and bleeding.
He just wouldn't stop, he kept banging on the floor until it was a deep red stain.
"alright!"
With a roar, Liu Xi stopped the man who was kowtowing recklessly.
If we make him keep kowtowing, it could lead to someone's death.
"I feel a connection with this little girl. Let me see if there's any hope for her."
Liu Xi squatted down and pried open the little girl's eyelids.
The little girl's eyelids drooped, and she looked extremely weak.
However, the faint light in her eyes told Liu Xi that she could still be saved.
"Luckily you ran into me, little sister. I'll give you these two pills to swallow first. Whether you survive or not depends on your own fate!"
Liu Xi wasn't a great philanthropist, but he would occasionally show a kind heart.
He took out a second-grade antidote pill and a recovery pill from his storage ring and gave them to the little girl to swallow.
I prepared some mild storage medicine and gave it to her.
The little girl remained well-behaved throughout, only gazing intently at Liu Xi, who kept feeding her.
"Cough cough... cough cough..."
The little girl's symptoms were very troublesome.
Fortunately, Liu Xi was quite skilled and managed to force the pills and medicine into the little girl's stomach.
"Alright, whether you survive or not depends on yourself!"
Liu Xi cleared the girl's throat, clapped his hands, and stood up.
"My dear, my darling, Alchemist, what's wrong with my darling?"
The down-on-his-luck middle-aged man turned pale with worry after seeing the little girl faint after swallowing the medicine.
"Don't move her. Let the girl digest the medicine! If she's still breathing after 15 minutes, then she's saved. If she's not, then you'll have to accept your loss!"
The diagnosis has been made regarding the willow mat.
The little girl has been poisoned for too long.
The antidote detoxified her, but it couldn't save her life.
That's why he fed her an extra Rejuvenation Pill.
Speaking of which, two second-grade pills are worth several thousand to tens of thousands of gold coins each.
"I can only hope that this lousy prescription can help me recoup this loss."
Liu Xi did not regret it; he could afford to lose several thousand or even tens of thousands of gold coins.
"Galio, bring back those five hundred gold coins, let's go!"
Liu Xi didn't intend to stand there and wait for the outcome. He had already done what he could. Whether she survived or not was that little girl's problem.
As for the five hundred gold coins, he certainly wouldn't leave them to the down-on-his-luck middle-aged man.
To prevent this guy from desperately seeking treatment and buying some worthless pills to feed to the little girl, which would interfere with the efficacy of his two pills.
Without saying a word, Galeo grabbed the five hundred gold coins that had fallen to the ground and followed Liu Xi away.