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Chapter 652 Antidote
Sure enough, when Zhu Yu asked him that question, Mu Hong nodded repeatedly without hesitation: "Yes, I originally thought of stealing some as well, but those people guarded the antidote even more tightly than the incense, so I had no chance to make a move."

"So do you know the formula for that antidote?"

“I know. Although I have never configured it myself, my father gave me countless instructions before he passed away on how to configure it and what I needed. He told me to remember everything clearly.” Mu Hong nodded and said, “I reckon that if I hadn’t pretended to be dead and gotten away with it, I probably would have been killed by them.”

Before my father died, he told me that I must remember clearly everything about these harmful substances, whether it was the spice or the antidote. Otherwise, if one day someone wanted to stop those people from doing evil but didn't have the antidote, then everything would be in vain.

"So, as long as I find you the necessary medicinal herbs or spices, you can concoct an effective antidote?" Although Mu Hong spoke with certainty, Lu Qing still confirmed with him again with a skeptical attitude.

"Of course!" Mu Hong's answer remained very confident. "Back then, those people were afraid that the antidote my father prepared wouldn't work, so they specially captured someone from the manor, made him take the antidote, locked him in a room, and fumigated him for more than an hour to make sure he was alright. They observed him for two more days, and when he was still fine, they were finally relieved."

Therefore, I am quite certain that the antidote my father prepared was absolutely correct.

I know the recipe by heart. As long as I have enough ingredients, I can definitely make the exact same thing for you!

Lu Qing nodded in satisfaction and then said nothing more.

For the rest of the time, Lu Qing and Fu Wen didn't talk to Mu Hong much. Zhu Yu, on the other hand, was quite curious about perfumery and pulled Mu Hong aside to ask about the selection of spices and the preparation methods.

Although Zhu Yu was just asking out of pure curiosity, this curiosity was something that Mu Hong, who had been a living dead for over twenty years, found strange and joyful. Someone was willing to chat with him, especially about things he was extremely familiar with. This gave him a sense of wonder and joy that he could finally feel alive. So he answered all his questions without reservation.

The two chatted back and forth for a long time, until it was almost dark when there was a faint sound outside again.

Perhaps it was because he had been hiding quietly by himself for so long that Mu Hong had developed an almost animalistic alertness. His hearing was excellent, and he could hear even the faintest sounds outside, almost in sync with Fu Wen and Lu Qing.

Startled, he jumped up from the ground and darted into the tunnel, disappearing into the darkness.

Upon hearing the sound, Rune immediately rose from the ground and, like a cat, nimbly and silently approached the window, peering out through the gaps in the wooden planks.

Lu Qing sat there without moving, looking completely relaxed, as if she had anticipated that nothing would happen.

Fu Wen looked outside carefully, then turned to Lu Qing and Zhu Yu and said, "It's Fu Lu who's back with the things he bought. I'll go meet him."

After saying that, he opened the door a crack, nimbly slipped out, and quickly walked away.

A little while later, the two brothers walked in together from outside, carrying a lot of things in their hands and on their shoulders.

Zhu Yu was somewhat surprised to see so many things. Now that the two brothers were carrying them separately, it was quite a lot. The innkeeper and his wife had pointed out that the place was far away. He really didn't know how Fu Lu had managed to bring all these things back.

"You bought all this stuff by yourself?" She couldn't help but get up to greet him, asking in surprise. Fu Lu, upon hearing Zhu Yu's question, clearly had his own understanding.

He unloaded everything he was carrying onto the ground and patted his chest, saying, "Don't worry, Second Master! Although there's a lot of stuff, I didn't buy it all at once."

I split my purchases several times and went to several different stores, not buying too much at each place, so as not to arouse curiosity and cause people to ask me random questions, which would require me to rack my brains to make up lies to deceive them.

Every time I bought something, I would take it out and hide it in the woods outside the town, then go back to buy it from another store. I did this repeatedly until I had accumulated this much, but I made sure that no one in the town suspected anything.

Rune looked at the huge pile of things on the ground and said, "I told you to buy hoes, why did you bring back so many hoe heads?"

"If I buy the wooden pole along with it, how am I supposed to carry it all back?" Fu Lu spread his hands. "Even if I could carry it, who wouldn't give me a second look along the way?"

This place is located in a mountain valley, with countless trees of all sizes in front and behind.

I bought these hoes. We'll spend the next few days looking around for some sturdy branches and sticks of suitable thickness, then we can whittle them ourselves!

Although Zhu Yu was initially surprised that Fu Lu could carry so many things, after hearing Fu Lu's words, he could only admire the guy's meticulousness despite his rough exterior.

After unloading everything, Fu Lu seemed to be presenting a treasure, pulling out two large lotus leaf pouches from his bosom.

Immediately, a fragrant aroma of meat filled the already not-so-spacious house.

"Second Master, that town is indeed much more lively and bustling than the place where we rested. I saw a cooked meat shop there, which sells ready-made roasted chicken and roasted rabbit."

It smelled wonderful! I was thinking that you hadn't been eating well lately, just making do with whatever you could find. There aren't any snack shops in town, so I decided to buy a chicken and a rabbit so you could have something nice to eat!

Whether it was because he heard Fu Lu's loud voice outside and knew he wasn't a stranger, or because he smelled the fragrance wafting from the two lotus leaf pouches, Mu Hong carefully crawled out of the tunnel again. After seeing that the person who came was indeed Fu Lu, he didn't dare to get too close. He just looked at the many things that had suddenly appeared in the house from a distance, seemingly a little confused.

"Don't rush to eat, let's move all these things down here first." Zhu Yu smiled gratefully at Fu Lu, glanced at the sky outside, and pointed to the tunnel that Mu Hong had just crawled out of. "Otherwise, if we delay any longer, it will be completely dark up here, and we won't be able to see anything."

Upon hearing this, the talisman master immediately agreed, finding it reasonable.

“Fu Lu, you must be tired from your journey. Don’t worry about the things, I’ll take them. Go down and get a torch, at least that will give you some light!” Fu Wen said to Fu Lu.

Fu Lu readily agreed, rummaged through a pile of things and found tung oil and other items, then strode into the dark tunnel.

(End of this chapter)