Chapter 163 - Major Tonic Pill

So, after a moment of silence, he asked again, “Are the dishes in your restaurant still normal today?

How does the Fresh Mushroom and River Fish Stew taste?”

Xiao Wang was even more puzzled.

Normally, Boss Liu didn’t care about these things at all.

Why is he suddenly interested in the restaurant’s situation today?

Although he couldn’t understand it, Xiao Wang still answered him honestly.

“The dishes in the restaurant are quite normal, and they taste the same as usual.

Look, business is good outside,” Xiao Wang replied.

Hearing Xiao Wang say this and recalling Yang Caiyun’s attitude toward him earlier, Boss Liu seemed to come to an understanding.

No wonder Yang Caiyun suddenly grew a backbone; it turns out she had found a new source for the wild mushrooms.

Thinking of this, his eyes narrowed slightly.

A surge of anger suddenly burned in his heart.

“Someone dares to sabotage my business!

They must have a death wish!” Boss Liu muttered through clenched teeth.

“Boss Liu… what’s the matter with you?” Xiao Wang asked, noticing the sudden change in Boss Liu’s demeanor.

Boss Liu’s expression changed, and he looked at Xiao Wang with a smile, “It’s nothing, you go ahead and be busy.”

“Alright then, I’ll get back to work.” Xiao Wang still couldn’t make heads or tails of Boss Liu’s strange behavior or his mood swings, but as just a waiter in the restaurant, he really couldn’t ask, so he left with his curiosity.

After Xiao Wang went off to be busy, Boss Liu leisurely strolled around the restaurant a couple of times.

Seeing the customers in the restaurant praising the Fresh Mushroom and River Fish Stew, his heart grew even more resentful.

“What a move, Yang Caiyun!

Tomorrow, I’ll see which blind fool dares to steal my business.” Boss Liu uttered a wicked curse under his breath and then left the restaurant, driving away in his van.

That day, Yang Caiyun had hardly shown her face in the restaurant, so she had no idea about Boss Liu’s wandering around inside.

And Chen Yang, who had left early in the morning, was even more clueless.

After leaving the River Fish restaurant, Chen Yang didn’t head straight home; instead, he went to hang out with the sisters, Li Han and Yang Ruoxi, for a while.

When the two sisters found out that Chen Yang had come to see them, they were quite happy.

The three of them strolled around the pedestrian street for a while and then went to Lin Tianxia for lunch before Chen Yang rode back on his electric tricycle.

By the time he got home, Nizi had already had her meal.

This time, Chen Yang learned from his last lesson and had notified Nizi in advance that he wouldn’t be back for lunch.

He told her to have meals on her own at home.

“Chen Yang, you’re back.” Nizi’s face lit up with a smile when Chen Yang returned home.

Chen Yang nodded his head, “Mhm, how’s Heipi doing?”

“Quite well; there’s been nothing unusual,” Nizi replied.

“That’s good.

I’ll go in and see him,” Chen Yang said, turning his head to go to the sickroom.

Nizi sat in the clinic and continued reading her book.

Nizi was usually lively and noisy around Chen Yang.

But when she read a book, she was like a different person, so quiet and calm.

She wouldn’t make much noise all afternoon, just sitting quietly by herself, reading.

Chen Yang walked into the sickroom and found Heipi napping.

He had wanted to ask about Heipi’s condition, but seeing that Heipi had already fallen asleep,

Chen Yang didn’t disturb him and slowly left the sickroom.

After leaving the sickroom, Chen Yang immediately shouldered his basket and grabbed his herbal hoe ready to go up the mountain.

He still remembered the promise he made to Heipi yesterday about getting tonic medicine to help him recover sooner.

Having been busy all afternoon, he decided to go up the mountain to gather some herbs to prepare the tonic medicine.

With the basket on his back, he said goodbye to Nizi in the clinic, and then Chen Yang headed to the mountain.

Once there, Chen Yang roamed around the entire afternoon until his basket was full of herbs, then he finally came down, feeling content.

In his basket, there were many ingredients to make Heipi’s Major Tonic Pill, but not all were for that purpose.

There were also some herbs needed to make other types of alchemy pills.

Carrying the herbs home, it was nearly dark.

Chen Yang put the basket aside and went straight to the kitchen to start preparing dinner.

He planned to have dinner before working on processing the herbs.

After the sky had completely darkened, Chen Yang’s dinner was ready.

He called for the servant girl, and then after helping Heipi out, the three of them enjoyed a hearty meal.

During the meal, Heipi couldn’t resist asking about the health tonic.

Chen Yang nodded, “Don’t worry, I’ve been keeping it in mind, I’ll get it ready for you tonight.”

Hearing that Chen Yang had been remembering, Heipi immediately felt relieved.

“You’ve gone to great lengths,” Heipi said with a smile.

Chen Yang didn’t say anything and kept his head down eating.

After dinner, as usual, he sent the servant girl back.

Then he returned home.

After lying briefly in the rocking chair at home to digest, Chen Yang picked up the basket filled with herbs and began preparing for alchemy.

This time, he was planning to make an elixir for Heipi.

Called the Major Tonic Pill.

It was a very special kind of pill recorded in the “King of Medicine” scripture.

Most of the pills recorded in the “King of Medicine” were associated with healing and treating injuries.

As for ones that strengthened the body and improved health, this was the first time Chen Yang had discovered such a pill.

After making some preparations, Chen Yang took out the herbs required for the Major Tonic Pill from the basket and set them out in front of him.

He sat cross-legged on the ground and after adjusting his breathing a little, he started the alchemy process.

After many attempts at pill-making, Chen Yang’s technique had become increasingly proficient.

With a raise of his hand, he could enter the state and quickly proceed with concocting.

However, this was still Chen Yang’s first time making the Major Tonic Pill, so it took him over half an hour to produce the pill.

The Major Tonic Pill, compared to other pills, was quite large in appearance.

Other pills were about the size of a capsule, whereas this Major Tonic Pill was as big as a marble.

Among all the pills Chen Yang had made, it was considered a behemoth.

After successfully making the first pill, Chen Yang then quickly concocted another seven or eight in one go.

Feeling it was about enough, Chen Yang stopped the production of the Major Tonic Pill and turned to make other types of pills.

This time, apart from the Major Tonic Pill, the one he made the most was the Dragon-Tiger Pill.

This was because the most consumed pill was the Dragon-Tiger Pill,

Chen Yang normally took one every day to improve his physical constitution.

After the arduous task of pill concoction, it was already 10 p.m.

Chen Yang carefully stored all the alchemized pills and then went to take a comfortable bath.

Afterward, he took the Major Tonic Pill to the sickroom for Heipi.

Seeing the marble-sized pill, Heipi wore a surprised look on his face.

“Brother, is this really a health tonic?” Heipi asked with a doubtful expression while holding the Major Tonic Pill.

“What else would it be?” Chen Yang asked, smiling in reply.

Heipi swallowed and said, “I don’t know why, but I feel like this is a kidney strengthening pill…”

Chen Yang almost choked.

“This is indeed a health tonic, it will strengthen the body if you take it.

But what you said is also true, the effects of this pill will indeed help with that particular aspect.”

Upon hearing this, Heipi’s eyes lit up.

“Really?”

Chen Yang didn’t understand why Heipi would be interested in that aspect, but he didn’t ask and simply gave Heipi a stare, “Do you think I would give you poison?”

Seeing Chen Yang getting somewhat angry, Heipi immediately stopped joking and said with an embarrassed laugh, “Hehe, just kidding, I trust you completely!”

After a couple of laughs, Heipi then swallowed the Major Tonic Pill in one go.

For him to gobble down such a large pill without any water was indeed hardcore.

Watching Heipi swallow it, Chen Yang didn’t linger in the sickroom.

He simply closed the door and returned to his own room.