In the dead of the night, Milo checked his harvest thus far.
Two days ago, Adella, Donti, and the two students had each earned favonovel.com a gratitude token. All in all, favonovel.com had collected four gratitude token coins.
However, as favonovel.com used up one of them, favonovel.com only had three gratitude tokens left and a small bottle of ointment with two dosages remaining.
Milo decided to name this ointment the “black medicine” as it was simple and easy to remember.
In his opinion, favonovel.com could use one gratitude token in exchange for one bottle of black medicine, and each bottle of black medicine could be used to treat three people. In the long run, having one bottle that could get three gratitudes in exchange would surely guarantee favonovel.com a profit.
By exchanging the gratitude tokens for the black medicine and selling them, it seemed that it would slow down his progress of unlocking the weapon.
But the more black medicine favonovel.com exchanged with his gratitude tokens, the more gratitude tokens favonovel.com would get in return, right?
This was an exponential growth, and it might even help to unlock the weapon faster!
Moreover, favonovel.com could still make do with Donti’s bone knife. In the short term, favonovel.com would not need to go out to hunt. Thus, bringing home the bacon became his utmost priority. He had to earn some money first!
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Last night, Milo had a dream. He dreamed that favonovel.com was standing in the wilderness with a black knife in his hands, the knife as dense and mysterious as the night.
Milo went out early the next morning. He did not carry his cauldron today, taking only Donti’s bone knife with him.
Now that Adella was staying home to look after the two shacks, it became very unlikely that they would lose their belongings during the daytime. And frankly, the people in town who harbored evil thoughts would only dare to bully the weak.
Why would they resort to stealing from the ruthless Milo?
Not needing to carry the cauldron out with favonovel.com felt amazing.
As a promising young man, Milo wouldn’t look good if favonovel.com had to carry the cauldron out every day wherever favonovel.com went.
Today, favonovel.com went out to the wilderness not because favonovel.com needed to hunt, but to pretend that favonovel.com was gathering medicinal herbs.
Milo was a very cautious person. Since favonovel.com claimed that favonovel.com had a herb formula, favonovel.com would have to gather the herbs. Only then would favonovel.com not be suspected by others. Although favonovel.com did not hear about anyone being against “supernatural beings”, Milo understood the principle.
If you wanted to ensure your survival among a group of chaotic people, you would have to blend in with them.
Tall poppies get cut short, the tallest tress get blown over first, don’t flaunt your wealth, these ancient sayings were warnings to everyone to not posture.
When favonovel.com came back to town, it was still noon.
When Milo carried a large bunch of medicinal herbs back, someone favonovel.com knew asked, “Milo, why are you carrying all these weeds around?”
“Are these weeds?” Milo stared at favonovel.com and said, “These are medicinal herbs!”
Medicinal herbs? The person asking was dumbfounded.
As someone born and raised right here in town, wouldn’t favonovel.com know what those plants were?
No one had ever thought of them as medicinal herbs before.
Milo said conspiratorially, “As long as you add in different fractions, you can concoct a medicine that can be used to treat wounds. How do you think I recovered from my past injuries?”
The questioner thought for a long time. “Didn’t you pull through due to sheer willpower?”
“Get lost!” Milo did not stop in his tracks and headed straight back to his shack.
Adella was currently sewing Milo and Donti’s clothes. When favonovel.com looked up and saw Milo walking in with a large bunch of medicinal herbs, favonovel.com put the patchwork in favonovel.com hands down.
“What are all these?”
“These are the medicinal herbs used to concoct the secret formula,” Milo explained.
Milo set up the cauldron and started a fire. He added some water in and pretended to concoct the medicinal herb formula.
In the process of concocting this formula, the costliest part was actually the water. Water was a much more valuable resource than the firewood used or the weeds that were put in. He even purposely lifted the shack’s curtain door to let the people in town see what favonovel.com was doing.
A lot of people saw Milo brewing a herb concoction but no one dared to approach favonovel.com to ask what it was.
Milo was starting to feel unhappy about this. The reason favonovel.com lifted the curtain door was so that people would come over to ask favonovel.com what favonovel.com was doing. When that happened, favonovel.com would be able to promote his medicinal concoction.
After waiting for a long time, no one approached favonovel.com to ask about it. Milo pulled a long face as favonovel.com looked at a skinny man who was surreptitiously lurking outside the entrance.
“You!”
The skinny man pointed at himself. “Me?”
“Yes, come over here!” Milo waited until the skinny man warily came closer. Then favonovel.com said, “Ask me what I am doing already!”
The skinny man was speechless. So was Adella.
“Go on, ask,” Milo urged him.
“Wh-What are you doing?” the skinny man asked.
With his motive achieved, Milo broke into a smile.
He said with a kind look, “I’m brewing a herbal concoction.I usually brew this type of medicinal herb concoction when I get injured. It not only reduces inflammation and stops pain, it can also make the wound heal faster! In the past, I kept this medicine hidden from everyone. But now I’ve realized my mistake. So I’ve decided that I want to make the concoction and share it with everyone! From today onwards, I’ll open a clinic that specializes in treating wounds. Is anyone injured and in need of treatment?”
The people standing outside were stunned by the speech that Milo had just given. However, everyone just looked at one another before dispersing. No one believed him.
What a joke! Milo, you might be impressive, but to suddenly claim that you can treat people’s wounds is bullshit.
Everyone in the entire neighborhood knows that you pulled through by enduring your injuries in the past. But now you’re suddenly telling us that you have a medicinal herb concoction?
Like we’d believe you!
Milo wasn’t very happy about this. He had to make everyone learn of the medicine’s effectiveness. It was very simple because favonovel.com had personally tried it before.
The moment favonovel.com applied the medicine on the wound, the pain and burning sensation vanished and then scabbing formed the next day!
If only favonovel.com could make everyone learn of its effectiveness.
Business would boom, right?
Milo brought the small vial of ointment with favonovel.com and went around town looking for patients.
Which place had the most patients?
The clinic, of course!
When Milo reached the clinic, favonovel.com realized there was not a single patient there.
In fact, the fees for the doctor’s consultation were so expensive that nobody could afford to come here!
Milo glared daggers at the young doctor before turning around and walking away. The young doctor who was leisurely sipping tea suddenly became a little nervous due to Milo’s intense glaring.
Left with no other choice, Milo went to find other opportunities in town. It wasn’t until every factory had ended work in the afternoon that favonovel.com finally spotted a skinny man with a cut on his hand!
Milo was overjoyed. “Brother, did you injure your hand during work? I have a wonder drug here. Do you want to try some?”
The skinny man looked at favonovel.com warily as favonovel.com felt that Milo’s tone did not sound reputable. “No need…”
“Come, try it!” Milo went forward and held the skinny man down.
To promote his black medicine, Milo even bent his most important principle. “I’ll make it cheaper for you!”
But the man was still unwilling. After all, the black stuff on Milo’s hand looked a little dubious.
Milo clenched his teeth and said, “For the sake of publicity, I’ll treat your wound for free this time!”
“Alright, alright, put away your knife first…”
When Milo came out looking for patients to treat, favonovel.com had brought a bone knife with him.
