Chapter 2595 — The Miraculous Potion
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"What important matter? Speak," said Old Master Zhao, his expression easing a little as he waved a hand for Zhu the Leader to continue.
"It's like this—my younger brother's meridians were damaged too, weren't they? While I was in Songshan City, I asked around everywhere for ways to help a cultivator restore his meridians, and then one day, while I was scavenging, I ran into a Heaven-rank expert!" Zhu the Leader said.
"What! A Heaven-rank expert?!" Old Master Zhao, who had been rather indifferent until then, rose straight to his feet at the words. "Are you sure you've got that right? Heaven-rank experts aren't exactly thick on the ground. How could you just run into one at random, and while scavenging, no less?"
"Old Master, would I dare joke about a thing like this?" Zhu the Leader smiled bitterly. "I couldn't see through that Heaven-rank expert's true strength, but I'd say he's at least at the peak of the late Heaven rank..."
"Damn it! How is that possible?" Old Master Zhao could not help but curse. "That's the level of a sect master or an elder from the ancient realms—how could such a person wander in and out of the secular world at will? Even if he came on business, there's no way you'd just happen to run into him. Zhu the Leader, are you deliberately pulling my leg?"
"Old Master, would I dare? That old man was raving and seemed to have some mental problem. His strength is immense, but he's goofy through and through, like a mad old fool!" Zhu the Leader said. "If you ask me, he must have suffered a deviation in his cultivation and gone mad!"
"Hmm..." Old Master Zhao nodded. If the man was insane, then it was possible, and running into him while scavenging made sense too. "So this important matter you mentioned is that? Even if he is a Heaven-rank expert, what does that have to do with our Hidden Zhao clan? And he's a madman—that sort of person is very hard to recruit."
"Old Master, that's not what I'm talking about. I consulted this mad old Heaven-rank expert about my brother's injuries, and he mixed up a potion for me called the Barrier-Breaking Liquid. As the name suggests, it's used to break through barriers—once taken, it not only heals all injuries inside the body, but may even help you break through a cultivation barrier and become a higher-rank expert!" Zhu the Leader said gravely.
"Really?" Old Master Zhao's eyes went wide. It was the first time he had ever heard of such a potion, but since a Heaven-rank expert had made it, it was probably genuine. Only, this Heaven-rank expert was a mad old man—could there be a problem with it?
"He says it's real. I don't know if it is or not, but I thought of Old Bi, who has damaged meridians just like my brother, so I asked him to make up two doses!" Zhu the Leader said cautiously.
"And this Heaven-rank expert is so obedient? You ask him to mix it and he mixes it?" Old Master Zhao cast Zhu the Leader a somewhat doubtful look.
"Well... to tell the truth, I didn't realize at first that he was a Heaven-rank expert. Seeing him in rags and tatters, collapsed on the ground starving to death, I took him for a vagrant. Figuring we were both scavengers, I bought him a few steamed buns. After he ate them, he was endlessly grateful and said he wanted to repay me, that he'd do one thing for me!" Zhu the Leader went on, following the story Shen Yushu had concocted. "At the time I thought, what help could a vagrant be to me? But once he'd eaten his fill, he suddenly revealed his Heaven-rank strength and gave me a fright. When I came to my senses, I told him about my troubles, and without a moment's hesitation he agreed. You know his mind is troubled, so he's probably easy to talk to... And this morning, as soon as I got back to Songshan City, that mad old vagrant handed me the finished potion... so I hurried back here at the first opportunity!"