The next day, before dawn, Luo Can called Bai Chen to his study and briefly explained his plan to him.
" Pavilion Master, is it too much to use a Thousand-Year Ginseng as bait just to test a child?" Bai Chen asked, his brows furrowed and his face full of confusion.
"Not big, not big at all." Luo Can waved his hand with a smile. "Everything in the world that's free has a price tag attached. It's just a Thousand-Year Ginseng, right? What Tang San will have to pay for it is much more expensive than this ginseng."
He had already planned it out in his mind. As long as Tang San dared to steal the Thousand-Year Ginseng, then his actions to retrieve the Blue Silver Emperor and its Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone would be perfectly justified. Moreover, he had already arranged for Recording Soul Guidance Device to record the entire process. Later, when he lured out someone related to Tang San, he would show them the recording and let everyone see the true face of this " Sea God."
This is a perfect two-birds-with-one-stone situation.
"I understand." Seeing that the Pavilion Master had made up his mind, Bai Chen didn't ask any more questions, nodded, and turned to go out and make the arrangements.
In no time, he put the Thousand-Year Ginseng ginseng, which was the store's prized possession, into a specially made Water-Cold Ice Crystal Box and placed it on the most conspicuous and highest medicine cabinet in the front hall of the store.
With everything prepared, Luo Can sat in his consultation room as usual, taking the pulse and prescribing medicine for the patients who came to his clinic.
For the first two days, everything was normal at the pharmacy, with people coming and going, but Tang San was nowhere to be seen.
On the morning of the third day, just as Luo Can sat down in his consultation room, a shop assistant rushed in and respectfully reported, " Doctor Luo, there's a child outside who wants to see you. He says that three days ago in Holy Soul Village, you invited him to be your apprentice."
"Yes, that's right. I'll go take a look." Luo Can nodded, thinking to himself: They've finally arrived.
He casually tidied up the paper and pen on the table, got up and walked out of the clinic. As soon as he stepped out of the pharmacy, he saw Tang San standing quietly by the roadside, with an old man with a cane following behind him. It was Old Jack from Holy Soul Village.
Luo Can walked up with a smile and asked, "So, your father agreed to let you study medicine with me?"
Tang San immediately showed a regretful expression and bowed slightly, saying, "I'm sorry, Doctor Luo, my father didn't agree. He said he wanted me to inherit his blacksmithing skills, so I can only decline your kind offer."
"Sigh, what a pity." Luo Can shook his head with a regretful expression, feigning emotion, "You clearly have such great talent in medicine, and it's all wasted like this."
As he spoke, Luo Can turned to go back into the shop, but just as he was about to step inside, Tang San quickly called out to him, " Doctor Luo, wait a moment!"
"Is there anything else?" Luo Can stopped and turned to look at him.
Tang San scratched his head, looking shy and curious. "I'm particularly interested in all kinds of medicinal herbs. Could you take me into the pharmacy to have a look?"
Hearing this, Luo Can's lips curled into a faint smile. He stopped and nodded, saying, "That's fine, but I have to tell you beforehand that some of the herbs on the counter are poisonous and can be very harmful to your health as children. You must not touch them."
"Don't worry, Doctor Luo! I'll keep a close eye on Little San and make sure he doesn't touch anything inappropriate!" Old Jack, standing nearby, quickly patted his chest and assured him. He also felt that it was always a good thing for the child to see the world.
And so, the three of them entered the pharmacy one after the other. Luo Can didn't say much, and led Tang San to slowly walk around the various medicine cabinets.
Tang San's eyes grew brighter and brighter as he looked, especially when he saw the medicinal herbs marked as poisonous; his eyes almost glued to them.
"Wow, this is amazing! These medicinal herbs combined can produce two completely different deadly poisons! And there's even Century Lingzhi! My god, that's a three-hundred-year-old Red-Headed Fleeceflower!!"
Tang San was incredibly tempted, his hands were itching to make a move. But when he glanced at Old Jack beside him, he also felt a vague sense of danger emanating from the Doctor Luo in front of him, and in the end, he forcibly suppressed the urge to attack.
He subtly inquired about the prices of the medicinal herbs and discovered that each one cost more than ten gold coins. He calculated in his mind that once he became Spirit Master, he would receive a monthly stipend from the Spirit Hall, and with the money he earned from blacksmithing, he would soon have enough to buy them. There was no need to risk "taking" them now.
But just as he was following Luo Can through the central hall area, his gaze suddenly froze, and he couldn't look away.
There was a specially made, exquisite medicine cabinet with three layers. The bottom two layers held Snow Silkworm and five-hundred-year-old Purple Sun Lingzhi, but what truly captivated Tang San's attention was the ginseng contained in a Crystal box at the very top, emanating Sisi chill.
He quickly retrieved the herbal medicine section from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record in his mind, compared it with the appearance, texture, and rootlets of the ginseng in the Crystal box, and instantly recognized it—this was definitely a genuine Thousand-Year Ginseng!
"Wow, they even have Thousand-Year Ginseng!!" Tang San was shocked. He knew that in his previous life, the Tang Sect only had records of Thousand-Year Ginseng in ancient books, and he had never even seen one. He never expected that a small pharmacy in a small town in the Douluo Continent would actually have such a plant on display!
No! Such a wonderful elixir must be obtained! This Thousand-Year Ginseng will not only greatly benefit my cultivation of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, but it could also save my life in a critical moment!
A flicker of greed flashed in his eyes, but it vanished in an instant, yet Luo Can, who had been watching him closely, caught it.
Luo Can thought to himself: It's done, they've taken the bait completely.
Before long, Luo Can had shown Tang San around the pharmacy, and after seeing him to the door, he said with a smile, "I still have to see patients, so I won't keep you any longer."
"Thank you for your trouble, Doctor Luo. Please go ahead with your work." Tang San cupped his hands in greeting, still maintaining his obedient and sensible demeanor.
But in his heart, he was already plotting how to make his move that night and steal the Thousand-Year Ginseng.
"I've got it! I'll make my move when it's dark and windy late at night. As long as I'm careful with my Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, I definitely won't get caught!" Tang San made up his mind.
" Little San, what do you mean? With such a great opportunity, why didn't you learn medicine from Doctor Luo?" Old Jack asked, looking puzzled and full of regret as they walked down the street.
"Dad said that a person's energy is limited. If I want to forge iron, study cultivation at the Nuoding Academy, and then try to learn medicine, I'll end up not being good at anything," Tang San casually replied with an excuse.
"Sigh! You always listen to your alcoholic father!" Old Jack sighed helplessly, shook his head, and said no more.
As night deepened, Nuoding City gradually quieted down. Only after the last customer left did Bai Chen close the door.
In the backyard of Luo's Herb Shop, Luo Can, Qian Renxue, and Tang Ya had already made preparations. Recording Soul Guidance Device were secretly installed in every corner of the shop's main hall, and the images were transmitted in real time to the Projection Crystal in the courtyard. The three of them only needed to sit in the room to see everything in the shop clearly.
At first, the pharmacy was quiet. Every hour, a guard would patrol the shop with a lantern. Everything was the same as usual.
Just after midnight, several blurry figures suddenly flashed past the once quiet walls of the pharmacy. Although their movements were so fast that they were almost invisible, their figures were instantly recognizable as Tang San.
"Ha! This bastard actually dared to come!" Qian Renxue crossed her arms, looked at the figure in the projection, and cursed with an annoyed expression.
"I thought he would wait a few more days, but I didn't expect him to come that very night. He was even more eager than I thought." Luo Can's tone was slightly surprised.
Tang Ya was intently watching the projection screen. She watched as Tang San, using the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track Steps technique, nimbly avoided the patrolling guards and quickly approached the Thousand-Year Ginseng in the center of the hall. His movements were so skillful that he didn't seem like a six-year-old child at all.
At this moment, the last vestige of hope she had for Tang San shattered completely.