It's winter, and the winter of this world is frighteningly cold.

The gamers couldn't stand it and had to adjust the equipment to reduce the perception of skin temperature to about 30%.

This reduces some realism, but it can't be helped.

Bing Lei rubbed his shoulders, feeling a little cold, and said to Su Xia, "Brother Su, do you want us to pull the team to the city to practice, although to protect your safety."

"Not necessarily." Su Xia shook her head.

Most of the leveling maps in the city are mobs below level 20, crowded with novice players who have recently entered the game, and the resources are saturated, so they have long been unable to meet the needs of players in their thirties, such as Ice Thunder.

Recently, there have been daily fights between players over the resources of the novice map.

"My teacher left me some life-saving means, so don't worry."

"Really?"

"Hmm."

"No wonder Brother Su, you're so calm."

Broken Sword let out a breath of cold air and said, "Then Binglei and North, you two continue to register, there are still many people who want to join the pharmacy, call me if necessary, I still have a few tasks in the suburbs that have not been submitted, go back first...... If it's okay, I'll see you offline in two days."

"Offline?" Su Xia was puzzled.

"Brother Su doesn't know? Your roommate invited us all to Jincheng for a party, and on the weekend of this week, after your interview, we will connect offline." Broken Sword explained.

"Oh...... I think I've heard them talk about it."

"See you then!" Broken Sword laughed.

"Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've seen a gaming friend offline." North next to him said, "The last time I saw netizens was two years ago, and it's sad to think about it now."

"What's wrong?" Su Xia asked, what can be sad about meeting a netizen.

"Well, don't mention it."

North looked up at the night sky with a sigh on his face, and the past was unbearable.

Bing Lei knew the details, and said with a smile: "When this guy was playing King two years ago, he met a cute girl, and the voice was quite cute, and the photos he sent were also pure and beautiful, so he made an appointment to meet offline, and the result was ...... Brother Su, can you guess?"

"What? Is there a discrepancy between the real person and the photo?" Susha asked.

"It's not just all the comings and goings, the species are about to change!"

The bosses of the other teams knew about this and laughed.

There is a maximum of 100 catties on the photo, and at least 300 catties when meeting on the spot.

As soon as they met, the heavyweight girl shouted "Brother North" and ran to North, full of joy, and wanted to jump on him and give him a big hug, which scared North's face white.

But after all, he took the initiative to ask someone to meet, and it was not good to leave on the spot, so he could only take that person to eat and watch a movie.

Later, when I went to the amusement park, I broke someone's merry-go-round.

"These days, it's risky to meet." North sighed, "Now the girl, the retouching skills are stronger than the other."

"Heh, aren't you men the same?" On the side, a female player named "Hongyan" gave him a blank look.

This female player's team is called [Red Face Trouble], and it is also one of the main teams of players to rebel against the major leagues, there are many of them, and almost all of them are young and beautiful girls.

"Sister Hongyan, you also have a sad experience?" North asked her. ….

"I don't need to talk about the past, let's look forward to the meeting in a few days." Hongyan glanced at him, then looked at Su Xia, pursed his lips and chuckled, "Pharmacist Su is also a super handsome guy in reality, when I go to the forum, I often see people in your school posting candid pictures of you."

"Huh? Candid photography?"

Su Xia was stunned, someone actually filmed him secretly?

Wrong......

When he went to the cafeteria to eat, there were indeed people taking pictures next to him, but he didn't think so, and he didn't expect those photos to leak out.

Although he tried his best to hide his identity, it was the Internet era, and he couldn't hide it if he wanted to.

He and several of his roommates are already students, even

The address and even the door number of the dormitory were exposed.

I can only hope that I will not be approached by people with ulterior motives.

"So be it, see you in a few days." Su Xia sighed and said.

"Okay, I've long wanted to meet Pharmacist Su in reality."

"Let's go first."

"Brother Su, take care!"

「……」

Everyone waved goodbye and walked in the direction of the suburbs, walking farther and farther under the light of the dim street lamps, and gradually disappeared into the dark night.

Only Ice Thunder and North remained, continuing to register players who wanted to become Apothecary's apprentices.

The excitement of the day slowly came to an end.

The old street is gradually returning to its former coldness, except for the whispered exchanges of players as they line up.

It didn't take long for the owner of the restaurant across the street to ask, "Master Su, you want to recruit apprentices, do you need to prepare a few more meals in the future?"

"Not for now, if necessary, I will let you know in advance." Susha replied.

"Good...... It's tonight's meal, see if it's up to your appetite."

Boss Zhao was still a little restrained, and he carefully used the title of "you" when he spoke, and he carried the food bamboo cage and respectfully sent it to the pharmacy.

When the bamboo cage is opened, it is still a delicious meal.

The smell of dinner wafted from the small pharmacy again, and only the three brothers were left sitting together.

Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu still didn't have much appetite, they ate a lot less than before, and asked Su Xia about their father from time to time.

Su Xia reassured them and said that their father was alive and well outside.

"Brother Su, you are really, why do you keep hiding it from us?" Hong Bafu muttered, "Tell us sooner, it won't make us worry so much."

"No, I can't tell you too many details." Su Xia shook her head.

"Why?" Hong Bafu asked.

"You two can't fool Yu Tuo's polygraph system." Su Xia explained truthfully, "That's why the teacher will explain some things to me alone and ask me to protect you."

"Not really, right?"

"Very much."

"Why can you fool Yu Tuo's polygraph system, Brother Su?"

"I can control my heartbeat, my breathing, my facial expressions, my muscle tension, and so on, and 80 percent of what I say to him is true."

"You're so good? Can you control your heartbeat?" Hong Bafu put down his chopsticks, "Brother Su, can you stop your heartbeat?"

「……」

Su Xia casually pulled out some useless content, and slowly put the two brothers at ease.

In the future, he will not be able to teach apprentices alone, and he will have to help the two of them, after all, these two guys are also geniuses. ….

Su Xia needed them to return to their previous state as soon as possible and concentrate on the potion.

After eating, Su Xia called and invited the person in charge of the urban construction department of Coral City.

This person's name is Su Jianjian, middle-aged, short, dark-skinned, his name matches his position, and he has the same surname as Su Xia.

With his position, he is rarely personally responsible for a project anymore.

"Master Su, are you really going to dismantle this pharmacy?" Su Jianshe didn't come alone, but also brought a large number of engineers under him, who looked quite professional.

The fact that this man was able to survive today's mechanical purge shows that he is indeed a bit capable.

"Well, I'm going to expand the store, and I've already negotiated with the neighbors on both sides." Su Xia nodded, he gave a large sum of money to the neighbors on both sides, and said that he would buy a piece of land nearby to build a better house for them.

"It's a pity to dismantle it directly." Su Jianshe said.

"What?"

"Master Su, your house should be more than two hundred years old."

"So long?"

Su Xia was stunned, this was something he didn't expect, he thought that at most forty or fifty years, after all, it was a wooden house.

Su Jianshe looked at the pharmacy and said seriously, "Although a lot of information was lost during the war, I still collected a lot of ...... in recent years According to the local county records and other documents, this house was built about 230 years ago, and has undergone more than two centuries, repaired many times, and withstood countless artillery fires, so it can be regarded as a witness to history."

As an architect, he really didn't want to demolish it, this house is half a cultural relic, and it is really heart-wrenching to demolish it like this.

The years of war have been carried over, how can they be ruined like this now?

Hearing him say this, Su Xia pondered for a moment.

He walked out of the shop and turned to look at the room again.

"It's not easy to withstand countless wars."

Su Xia couldn't help but think of the other side of the earth......

Many ancient buildings in the country have been demolished in the past years, and then new ancient buildings have been built with reinforced concrete in order to create attractions and local characteristics.

"Master Su, what do you think?" Su Jianshe was wearing a hard hat and waiting for Su Xia to speak.

He just gave his opinion, and everything depended on what Su Xia meant.

After a while, Su Xia looked at the houses of the neighbors on the left and right and asked, "Are the houses on these two sides also a hundred years old?"

"No, it was built in recent years." Su Jianshe replied truthfully, "It's just an ordinary reinforced concrete building, and the materials are not as elaborate as those of the pharmacy."

"What's so special about the ingredients I use in this pharmacy?" Su Xia sincerely asked.

"It's all top-quality wood."

Su Jianshe walked into the store, patted the pillar that was broken by the fan furnace, and said seriously: "This is the small leaf red sandalwood, every inch of wood and every inch of gold, which can only be used by the ancient royal family, and the common people will attract the crime of killing their heads if they use it."

"I didn't really pay attention before."

Su Xia frowned, stepped closer, and re-observed the pillar.

If the data is not actively read, the system will not pop up any information about the column at all.

"Dad is also a particular person, and when choosing a store, you have to choose this kind of house with a history of more than 200 years." Su Xia thought to herself. ….

Su Jianshe continued to say that not only this pillar, but also the whole house is made of precious wood, which is truly worthy of every inch of wood in today's stable post-war years.

In other words, an unscrupulous developer may take away these old beams, pillars and other old timbers without telling the owner how valuable the wood is.

This has happened a lot before.

Many businessmen are staring at valuable old houses in remote areas.

They bully ordinary people who don't understand this, buy those expensive old house timber at a very low price, and then sell it at a high price, making a lot of money.

Ice Thunder and North had been listening.

North was surprised and asked, "How much is it worth?" So, Pharmacist Su has been living in the Golden House?"

"Yes, that's how it can be understood." Su Jianshe nodded, "The war has destroyed too many things, and this kind of wood is extremely rare now."

"The Golden House, this ...... It's too ......."

North took a deep breath and looked around the pharmacy, not knowing what to say.

According to Su Jianjian, even the wooden floors under their feet, and even the wooden eaves outside, are extremely expensive wood.

Just saw a piece down and make it into a bracelet, which can be sold at a sky-high price.

"Master Su, how is it?" Su Jianshe asked, "Leave this house, I'll help you publicize it later, being able to live here can be regarded as a symbol of your status, the overall value of this house is much more expensive than the villa and manor of the city lord."

"You say this, aren't you afraid that Qi Lang will hear it?" Su Xia asked with a smile.

"Don't be afraid, Qi Lang still needs people like me now."

"To have the ability is to be unusual, and to speak with confidence."

"Master Su is also a person with real skills."

"Alright, don't blow it yet." Su Xia stopped, "Let's leave this house and reinforce the existing structure, otherwise I won't be at ease living in it."

"What about the left and right?"

"There's no rush for now, wait until I buy a few more plots of land tomorrow."

Su Xia made up his mind that it would be a memory to stay in this house, after all, he had spent most of his time here after entering the game.

As long as the game is not closed, even if the years change, this small house can stay here.

He was going to buy some more land and buy the houses of the neighbors on the left and right as the basis for the expansion.

"Master Su, when will the reinforcement begin?" Su Jianshe asked.

"Is it okay tomorrow morning?"

"No problem, I'll arrange for someone right away!"

Su Construction made a guarantee that the reinforcement of this two-story small building could be completed in half a month at most.

During this time, the store can be open as usual, but there will be many workers coming in and out.

There will also be some noises that may interfere with the refining of potions by several people.

Su Xia said that these are not problems, so that they can do it with confidence.

"Let's sleep on the second floor of Boss Zhao's restaurant for the past half a month." Su Xia said to the two senior brothers, "The load-bearing column in the shop is broken, and your weight is not light, I am worried that the floor slab will not be able to bear it."

"Brother Hong, Brother Su thinks you're fat." Lan Bafu said.

"Nonsense, I obviously think you're too fat!" Hong Bafu muttered and touched his round belly. ….

After arranging this matter, Su Xia went across the street to find Boss Zhao again.

After knowing the intention, Boss Zhao was so happy that he immediately asked a few waiters to clean up the room on the second floor.

Subsequently, Su Xia visited the neighbors one by one, saying that there would be a lot of construction noise in the next few months, asking them to understand more, and by the way, they sent some health care potions out.

By the time everything was done, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.

Su Xia hadn't even had time to eat dinner in the real world.

"Alas......

He sat in front of the store and sighed, rubbed his temples, and always felt that he was getting busier and busier, every day and night.

Bing Lei smiled on the side, "Brother Su, do you think there are too many things?"

Susha didn't deny it, "Yes, I feel this way."

North said, "Just get used to it, think about what Spider-Man's Uncle Ben said?"

"The more power you have, the more you earn?"

"Haha......"

There is a group of players to chat with, and the tired life has a more relaxed atmosphere.

After a while, Su Xia sent some nanobots to the tavern branch to check on Fan Lu and the others.

Not surprisingly......

This defeat made Fan Lu extremely angry.

As soon as he went back, he found a few reasons to scold a group of subordinates who followed him to Coral City.

Those subordinates knew that Fan Lu was venting their anger, but they didn't dare to say anything, and they could only lower their heads and be scolded.

The atmosphere on the basement floor of the tavern is quite harmonious.

Many members were discussing today's battle.

"Hey, Fan Lu has failed miserably."

"If you can't beat the robots, you can use your own people, and that's how the people at the headquarters are."

「……」

The members of the Coral City branch didn't have a good impression of Fan Lu, after all, they were all subjected to his brutal interrogation some time ago.

Now everyone is naturally very happy to see Fan Lu eat deflated.

Su Xia went to look at the situation of Yimo and Shen Yu, the two of them still didn't change, they looked stupid, and they didn't respond to anyone's call.

He approached Yi and asked him about his recent condition.

[Does the tavern have any updates on my information?] 】

"Not yet, now they think you're hiding." Yi Yi whispered, "Mask, it's been a few days, do you really have a way to save Ah Mo and that little girl?"

[Don't worry, leave everything to me, and I will definitely cure them within seven days]

"That's good, I'm worried

Those friends of yours are impulsive."

As he spoke, Yi Yi paused, as if he had thought of something, and provided another message: "Mask, if you really want to kill Fan Lu, kill it as soon as possible in the past two days, the headquarters is coming again, and there may be many important people coming this time."

[Is it because of the incident caused by Mercer this time?] 】

"Yes."

[Okay, give me a few days]

Su Xia really wanted to kill Fan Lu, the turmoil in the past two days has ended, and the next thing is his personal time.

The masked monster has been silent for too long, and it's time to come out fishing.

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Southern Dynasty Guard