Doomsday Code

Chapter 492 Persuasion

The night passed quickly, and when Chen Cheng woke up, he saw the old man who rescued him last night fiddling with the magic potions on the table.

And Sheli was still standing beside his bed wearing the blood-stained armor.

"Go out and wash up. It's safe here."

Chen Cheng knew that Sheli had not slept all night and had been guarding him here.

Sheli looked at the blood all over his body, nodded and walked out.

While the old man was fiddling with the potion, he pointed to a table in the room and said:

"Your breakfast is there, don't forget to eat it."

Chen Cheng said thank you and came to the old man to watch him tinker with the potions.

"Why, are you interested in potions too?"

The old man looked up at him and smiled with his yellow teeth.

Chen Cheng quickly shook his head and said:

"Forget it. I have a friend who studies medicine. It's fine if he pursues this path moderately, but if he insists on pursuing perfection in this field, it would be a form of torture for himself."

The old man turned his head and pondered for a while, then shook his head and said:

"Your friend's words are truly insightful. If someone had told me that back then, I would never have studied potions."

"Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced myself yet."

As he spoke, Chen Cheng began to introduce himself.

However, the old man interrupted him and said:

"Don't bother introducing me, little brother. Can't you guess that it was me, the old man, who poisoned you with the Thousand Machines Powder Poison? I'm using poison on you because I know your identity."

"As for the old man's name, don't ask. I won't tell you even if you ask. Just call me old man."

The old man stood up and went to the medicine shelf to look for the potion he needed, then pointed at one and said:

"Here, help me."

Chen Cheng stepped forward and took the potion.

"So, old man, are you preparing the potion I'm going to drink today?"

The old man returned to his seat with the potion and said as he processed it:

"This is for you to drink, yes, but not for you right now."

Then he looked up at Chen Cheng and said:

"You won't be able to use this magic for a while. Have you thought about what to do?"

"for example?"

"For example, the Way of the Warrior. I felt your bones yesterday. You are a top-notch unpolished gem for practicing the Way of the Warrior. With just a little polish, you will become a genius in the Way of the Warrior."

When Chen Cheng heard this, he felt his whole body and knew that he was injured and the cover-up method Samlet had used on him before was ineffective.

"Really? One of my elders also advised me in this way. He also said that if I had practiced the Way of the Warrior earlier, I might have become a Platinum-level expert now."

Chen Cheng looked at the old man who was talking to him while processing the potion.

"It seems your elder has good foresight. To be honest, your injury this time might just be fate. Since magic doesn't work, let's just follow the path of the warrior.

Furthermore, this path won't cause injuries like consciousness collapse during combat."

The old man threw a piece of processed monster meat from an unknown beast into the medicine pot, and then said to Chen Cheng with a smile.

However, Chen Cheng shook his head with a half-smile and said:

"No, this way of fighting is still too dangerous. Its cultivation process is completely uncontrollable. The slightest mistake will result in permanent disability at the very least, and death at the most serious.

Could it be that the old man didn't poison me to death before, and wanted to lure me onto the path of the warrior, and then I would go crazy and explode and die?"

When the old man heard this, he quickly shook his head and said:

“I don’t have such thoughts. It’s just that I wanted to practice the way of the warrior when I was young, but my bones are so weak that I can’t even attract external energy to perform the initial body training.

My master tricked me into learning Potions, thinking I could use potions to change my constitution."

"Oh, then the old gentleman is now a Potions Master, so has he achieved that?"

The old man put down his pestle, spread his hands and said:

"Looking at me now, it's obvious that I didn't succeed."

"My master, that shameless old man, was impressed by my talent for potions and then tricked me into taking this wrong path."

The old man picked up his pestle again and began to pound the medicine.

"But it doesn't seem to be the case, sir. Although he looks old and frail, I know the strength of my subordinates. He was able to recover as before in just a few days after breaking his arm. This is not just due to the potion."

Although there are seemingly unreasonable things like magic in this world, the fundamental law of conservation of energy still exists in this world.

Even though the potion is so effective, the energy required to restore a broken arm is substantial. An ordinary old man's body does not have enough energy to supply so much energy in such a short time.

At this moment, when the old man was about to turn around, a butcher knife with a cold murderous intent was placed on his neck.

At this time, Sheli was naked, with water dripping from his body. It was obvious that he had just been taking a shower in the bathroom.

"Do you want me to cut off one of his arms again and see for myself how he recovers?"

What a vicious and cruel word Sheli said, as if he would chop off someone's arms or legs at any time.

The old man was so frightened when he saw this that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Although he has some supernatural skills and a high level of attainment in alchemy, he can also make a potion to reattach severed limbs.

But he is not a pervert who likes to have his arms chopped off.

Chen Cheng also held his forehead with one hand. He had been testing the waters with the old man, but when Sheli came and put a knife to his neck, all the atmosphere was gone.

However, Chen Cheng did not blame Sheli. Sheli did this to prevent the old man from attacking him.

"It's all right here. You should go back and take a bath. If you're energetic, then go to the Earl's Mansion and take my token to tell Huidun that I'm fine."

As he spoke, Chen Cheng took out the seal representing his consultant in the bank from his space bag and threw it to Sheli.

Sheli caught the seal, but he threw it back and said:

"No, you are in danger now. I can't leave you, otherwise everyone here will be buried with you."

To be honest, if the person standing in front of him and saying such bold words was a beautiful girl, Chen Cheng might be moved, but the person in front of him was a man, and a bare man at that, Chen Cheng inexplicably felt his anus tighten.

Chen Cheng sighed, and then changed his tone and said:

"This is my order."

As he said this, he threw the seal to Sheli again.

But this time Sheli did not return it. Instead, he took the seal and disappeared into the shadows.

After Sheli left for a while, the old man squinted his eyes, touched his chin, and looked at Chen Cheng and said:

"It seems that the young man's identity is not simple. This is different from what the old man knew."

However, Chen Cheng ignored this and said with a smile:

"As he just said, if word of this gets out, I guarantee it won't just be the people of this capital and this kingdom who will die."