The three men in front of the shop turned their heads in unison, their faces filled with anger.
Wang Tianba approached and whispered, "Young Master Chen, these ten bottles of potions today were all bought by these three."
Chen Shu's expression was calm as he raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you three in cahoots?"
"What are you talking about?! Do you think we're ganging up to frame you? We don't know each other at all. If there's any connection, it's that we're all victims!"
"No, are you sure you don't know each other?"
Chen Shu's mouth twitched. The three men were all around thirty years old. Not only did they bear some resemblance, but the key thing was they all shared one characteristic.
That was that they were all bald!
So they really took me for a fool?
The crowd looked on, also sensing something was amiss. The appearance of the three men clearly indicated they were related.
The bald trio spoke, "Hmph! Regardless, you sold fake medicine!"
"Oh? And what do you want?"
Chen Shu crossed his arms, watching the three perform with a composed expression.
Just then, a young man walked out from the crowd.
"Allow me to speak a word of fairness..."
"I get it, you're all in this together!"
Chen Shu interrupted him, directly exposing his identity.
"How dare you slander me?!"
Li Wenxu's mouth twitched. He hadn't expected the other party to see through him so quickly.
"Dali, how do you subtly indicate that you've been bought?"
Chen Shu looked at Zhang Dali beside him and asked.
Zhang Dali walked out directly and said, "Let me speak a word of fairness..."
Li Wenxu's eyes widened. "Are you judging me as an accomplice just based on this one sentence?"
"Then I won't speak of fairness anymore."
"See? You still say you're not in this together? You don't even dare to speak fairness anymore!"
"Damn it..."
Li Wenxu was momentarily speechless. The crucial point was that Chen Shu was right.
He was indeed in on it, or rather, he was the mastermind.
Li Wenxu was a graduate of Nancang Pharmacy University, but he didn't find a job as a pharmacist. Instead, he wanted to start his own business.
With his concocting skills and the startup capital from his family, opening a potion shop was not a problem.
But publicity was a major issue.
He immediately took notice of Chen Shu's Dali Pharmacy.
Due to two months of charity potion-making the previous year, Dali Pharmacy had become a trending shop in Nanjiang City.
Ten bottles of high-grade Dali Potions were sold out every day.
Li Wenxu, being a university student, had insights that others couldn't match.
The other party's high-grade Dali Potion was priced at only 25,000 yuan per bottle, which was a full 5,000 yuan cheaper than the market price.
He was almost certain that the other party was losing money to gain attention.
If it could truly make money, why would they limit the sales?
The intention was likely to attract traffic. In this era, traffic was money!
Li Wenxu lacked marketing experience and money for advertising, but Dali Pharmacy had fame.
As long as he could expose them and use this opportunity to promote his own shop, wouldn't he become popular instantly?
It had to be said that Li Wenxu was a bit clever.
Unfortunately, he ran into the wrong opponent, not just in terms of the target, but the entire approach was fundamentally flawed, like walking into a nuclear blast.
Chen Shu said impatiently, "You're hiring actors and speaking of fairness, what exactly do you want? Speak up quickly, everyone is busy!"
He hadn't expected to encounter such a suicidal person so close to the New Year.
"How about the boss concoct the Dali Potion on the spot and let the contracted spirit of the masses consume it? That would naturally prove the potion's authenticity!"
A smile played on Li Wenxu's lips as he said, "Coincidentally, I'm from Nancang Pharmacy University. We can concoct together. How about we have a competition?"
"Oh?"
Chen Shu raised an eyebrow and said, "So that's what you were waiting for here?"
A look of provocation flashed in Li Wenxu's eyes as he said, "How about it? Do you dare to compete with me?"
It was evident that his true intentions were now revealed.
Chen Shu directly made a phone call: "Hello, Spirit Restraint Bureau?"
Li Wenxu's eyes widened. "Are you f***ing not playing by the rules?"
"No, there's no need to alert the Spirit Restraint Bureau, is there?"
His expression showed a hint of panic. After all, he was just a recent graduate, and his psychological resilience was not strong.
Furthermore, he had indeed slandered the other party, and if a thorough investigation ensued, it might expose him.
As Chen Shu was about to speak, options suddenly appeared before his eyes.
[Option One: Let the other party slander, take no action. Completion Reward: A small amount of Beast Taming Power.]
[Option Two: Report to the police immediately and investigate the matter thoroughly! Completion Reward: Level Two Giantization Fruit.]
[Option Three: Agree to compete with him, shatter his confidence, and showcase the demeanor of a public toilet pharmacist! Completion Reward: Unlock new potion schematics: Flame Potion, Ice Potion.]
[Option Four: At night, seize the opportunity to attack him! Completion Reward: Slime Speed +5%.]
Chen Shu raised an eyebrow slightly and hung up the phone.
"Fine, I'll compete with you!"
Chen Shu grinned. Although he didn't want to deal with the other party,
The system was giving him too much, directly rewarding him with two schematics.
As soon as he said this, the surrounding crowd took out their phones, wanting to record the event.
Although Chen Shu, the public toilet pharmacist, was famous in Nanjiang City, no one had ever seen him concoct medicine.
"Good!"
Li Wenxu smiled, a smug expression of a conspiracy succeeding on his face.
He clapped his hands, and immediately someone brought over a specialized potion experimentation table, adorned with various instruments for separating and processing medicinal ingredients.
Chen Shu, on the other hand, was extremely simple, directly taking out a wooden table with equally rudimentary equipment.
If he could concoct in a toilet, he could certainly do it on a table!
Soon, Li Wenxu produced two sets of medicinal ingredients and handed them directly to Chen Shu.
Both were concocting high-grade Dali Potions.
"It seems you were prepared!"
Chen Shu hadn't expected the other party to even prepare the ingredients.
"Can we begin?"
Li Wenxu asked. At this point, he had no reason to hide anything further.
"Wait!"
Chen Shu rubbed his chin. "Have you ever seen anyone concoct medicine blindfolded?"
"Wh-what?"
Li Wenxu was dumbfounded, not understanding what the other party was saying.
"Dali, get something from my bag and help me blindfold my eyes!"
Chen Shu said, a natural smile on his lips.
His potion concocting was managed by the system, so it didn't matter if his eyes were open or closed.
Since he wanted to destroy the other party's confidence, he had to make them question reality!
"Alright!"
Zhang Dali, full of excitement, pulled out a urea bag from Chen Shu's bag.
After so many years, he had never put a urea bag on Chen Shu. He hadn't expected his lifelong dream to be realized so soon!
Although Chen Shu had his back to Zhang Dali, he still had a premonition and instinctively dodged.
"Holy s***, are you crazy?"
Chen Shu turned his head and saw the urea bag in Zhang Dali's eyes.
"I have an eye mask in my bag!"
"Oh, oh~~"
Zhang Dali nodded, feeling a twinge of regret.
Chen Shu breathed a sigh of relief. He was always the one who put urea seals on others.
"I, Nanjiang's fierce bandit, will never capsize in this lifetime!"