Transmigration with Cheat Codes Chapter 15.1: Helu Town

Lin San tried to strike up a conversation with Meng Jintang, wanting to ask if there were any effects besides enhancing physical fitness after drinking the soup. He wondered if there were effects like rebirth or gaining decades' worth of internal energy out of thin air.

Meng Jintang said, "...It really is just an ordinary tonic soup for cultivating one's foundation and nurturing potential."

While feeling a sense of regret, Lin San slyly inquired about the sect of the young lady before him.

Meng Jintang didn't respond, and Chen Shen by the side seemed to have sensed something, taking the initiative to change the subject.

Seeing some color returning to Chen Shen's face, Meng Jintang began preparing the Yin Dispelling Powder.

Just as before, she placed the plants in a clay pot and let them simmer slowly. During the waiting period, she also found a skinned and cleaned rabbit in the camp, tidied it up, and roasted it over the fire.

The finished product from the roasting turned out quite impressive—crispy on the outside, tender inside, with a delightful aroma wafting through the air.

As Wang Youhuai gnawed on the rabbit leg, his eyes were filled with admiration for the skilled craftsmanship.

He wasn't aware that while skills like medical expertise and gathering were player-driven choices based on their development paths, cooking was more of a necessity dictated by life circumstances.

Being the only living person in the valley, whenever Meng Jintang had any requirements beyond wild fruits for her meals, she had to learn to start a fire herself.

[System: Successfully refined Yin Dispelling Powder (Inferior), gaining 15 experience points.]

Meng Jintang was speechless.

Everything became easier with practice.

Seeing the familiar quality assessment result in parentheses once again, Meng Jintang's heart was filled with a calm resignation — nothing was more disheartening than the death of hope.

The Inferior Yin Dispelling Powder resembled something like dried leaves. Meng Jintang tapped the edge of the clay pot with a wooden stick, and the "dried leaves" crumbled under the force, turning into a pile of fine, deep gray powder.

These medicinal powders could also be encapsulated and formed into pills, making them more convenient for consumption. However, Meng Jintang was too lazy to go through such meticulous efforts.

She informed Chen Shen about the dosage and let him estimate the usage on his own.

Something of moderate significance happened in Helu Town today.

After being missing for almost half a month, the young master of the Wang family, Wang Youhuai, returned along with Chen Shen, who had been staying at their house.

Although they both had some injuries, at least they didn't end up disabled. They were accompanied by Uncle Zhao from the nearby town and Lin San, who resided in Meitai Town.

Uncle Zhao went straight back to his own house, while Lin San was escorted back by the officials from the government office.

Since the world had government offices, it naturally had constables too.

However, considering the imperial court's typical stance on martial world affairs, if they learned that the matter involved bandits and those bandits happened to be taken care of by passing heroes or martial experts, the constables would be prudent for their own safety and wouldn't delve too deeply into it.

The Wang family members took their younger son back home, but nobody bothered to attend to Chen Shen.

After about half an hour or so, when the Wang family members reappeared, it was evident they had already had some interaction with Wang Youhuai.

They thanked Meng Jintang repeatedly and exchanged a few words with Chen Shen. Originally, they had ignored Chen Shen, but now they suddenly became unusually reserved and polite towards him.

The Wang family, consumed by concern for their own child, couldn't help but redirect their frustration over Wang Youhuai's abduction towards Chen Shen.

Chen Shen, well aware of the subtle message beneath their courteous facade, wasted no time and immediately moved from his original dwelling, even before his body had fully recovered.

After leaving the Wang family, Chen Shen moved directly to Uncle Zhao's house.

Uncle Zhao was old but had a reasonably spacious house—a fact that Meng Jintang suspected was due to its proximity to the outskirts, making the property particularly affordable.

According to the townspeople, his family members had passed away from illnesses in years past, leaving Uncle Zhao alone.

During the abduction that lasted almost two weeks, he and Chen Shen had taken care of each other, forging a strong bond. With one having no children and the other being without parents, they decided to live together.

The townspeople also commented with a touch of sentiment. They said that Uncle Zhao had a reclusive nature and didn't like going out. He never managed to find a wife until the end.

There used to be a shop in his house, which he had rented out to others to manage. As he grew older, he became more accommodating, but he had also missed the age for starting a family.

The Wang family invited Meng Jintang to take a seat in the hall. Wang Youhuai's mother personally accompanied her and expressed continuous gratitude. They also presented numerous gifts.

Meng Jintang took a quick glance and saw that apart from gold and silver, there were also clothes, hairpins, and cosmetics.

The Wang family treated Chen Shen with distant politeness and treated Meng Jintang with courteous respect, but there was no sense of closeness in either case.

Meng Jintang guessed that they were unwilling to get too involved in the turmoil of the martial world, and she didn't really mind.

While Wang Youhuai's mother was exchanging pleasantries with Meng Jintang, in the inner courtyard of the Wang family's residence, Wang Youhuai's father was having a conversation with the head escort of the White Horse Escort Agency.

His nephew, Wang Youxing, stood respectfully by his side, assisting his uncle.

When they initially realized their son was missing from home, the thoughts of Wang Youhuai's parents were exactly in line with his own anticipation. They assumed their child was mischievously playing around and had left home without permission.

However, after almost half a month passed without any news from their son, they couldn't help but worry.

Ma Yangqi, the renowned head escort of the White Horse Escort Agency, held quite a reputation both in official circles and the martial world. They had specifically invited him to discuss how to locate Wang Youhuai's whereabouts.

A few days ago, Ma Yangqi had already sent someone to inquire about the whereabouts of the Wang family's young master.

When he heard that Wang Youhuai had suddenly returned, he found it quite curious. And now, being summoned by the Wang family to come over, he arrived promptly.

Having a close relationship with the Wang family and being someone accustomed to the unreserved ways of the martial world, Ma Yangqi exchanged a few words before standing up and heading to the inner courtyard to assess Wang Youhuai's situation.

Father Wang said, "So, is there anything serious with this child?"

He was initially composed, but after Ma Yangqi remained silent for quite a while, his voice started to tremble involuntarily.

Ma Yangqi chuckled and said, "It's not a big deal. Although the young master's appearance seems serious, it's actually just some superficial injuries. What do you think, Brother Liu?"

Since there wasn't much going on at the escort agency today, Ma Yangqi had brought along one of his two deputies, Liu Hongan, when he came.

Sixteen years ago, while Liu Hongan was out escorting, he was attacked by a gang of ruthless bandits. They left him severely injured, even severing his right leg below the knee.

Since then, his martial skills had greatly declined. However, he still managed to hold his place in the escort agency.

Besides his close relationship with Ma Yangqi, his attention to detail, deep experience in the martial world, and exceptional skill in treating external injuries played a significant role in his position.

In the line of escorting, experience in the martial world is naturally even more crucial than the techniques at hand.

Liu Hongan hobbled closer on crutches, examined for a while, and nodded. "The bone setting is done very well, the medication is good too. The rest depends on Nephew Wang’s recovery and efforts himself. If I'm not mistaken, the young lady who provided assistance in his rescue must have exceptional medical skills."

Speaking of medical skills, Liu Hongan felt that this young lady might be from the southern part of Yezhou and could be a disciple of the Green Moth Palace in the Flower Butterfly Valley.

The Green Moth Palace specialized in using poison for medical purposes, and its members were predominantly women.

He glanced at Ma Yangqi, and the latter gave a slight nod. It was evident that they had thought of the same thing.

Ma Yangqi stroked his beard and said, "According to Nephew Wang’s account, the group of bandits who abducted him should be from the Ghost Cry Gang."