Chapter 39 The Return of the Medical Sage

Chapter 39 The Return of the Medical Sage

A few days ago.

Shi Xiuxiu witnessed Qi Luofeng die by the knife. After returning home, she sold off her property, dismissed her servants, and donated all the extra money, leaving herself no room for regret.

With a bag in hand, he entered the Wendao Sect.

Her master thought highly of her and gave her a medical classic, which he instructed her to read and memorize. He taught her how to process medicinal herbs every day and warned her that the prerequisite for learning medicine was to lay a solid foundation and not to slack off.

Shi Xiuxiu diligently absorbed knowledge every day, working as hard as a spinning top. However, she never forgot Lou Yuqing's kindness, who had saved her from dire straits. If she had a suitable reason to approach him, she would have been unable to resist him long ago.

Upon seeing Lou Yuqing appear in the clinic, Shi Xiuxiu was both delighted and fearful. Was she injured? How serious was it?

No, Master said it was a sprain.

Shi Xiuxiu rubbed her head in frustration, took small steps over, and said her name with a selfish motive: "Hello, I'm Shi Xiuxiu. May I ask which foot you sprained?"

Lou Yuqing saw her and exclaimed, "Huh? You can treat patients on your own so quickly?"

Shi Xiuxiu's eyes lit up; her benefactor still remembered her. Then she looked dejected. Did her benefactor think she wasn't skilled enough and didn't want her to teach?

Lou Yuqing looked at her, clutching the hem of her clothes, her head hanging low with a pitiful expression, and inexplicably hallucinating a dog with a drooping tail. She said, "I twisted my left ankle."

Her benefactor did not despise her.

Shi Xiuxiu perked up, grabbed the other person's ankle, and tentatively asked, "Is it here? Or here? Does it hurt? Then it's here."

Once the location was confirmed, Shi Xiuxiu's eyes sharpened, and her entire demeanor suddenly calmed down, making people unconsciously believe in her skills.

Lou Yuqing stared at her blankly for a while, then heard her voice beside her ear: "It's done."

Is that all?

Lou Yuqing moved her left foot and found it moved with ease, which made her look at Shi Xiuxiu with new respect: "Thank you, do I need some medicine?"

Shi Xiuxiu instructed, "Go back and nurture yourself with your spiritual energy for a while, and you'll be fine."

Seeing this, Doctor Qin nodded in satisfaction. Although his apprentice's technique was still a bit raw, he was already quite skilled. Such a minor sprain was nothing to worry about.

In the future, when we encounter more severe sprains, we can let her try her hand at it and gradually develop her skills.

Seeing that her junior sister had recovered from her sprain, Si Nidie was about to speak when the communication jade slip lit up again. She said impatiently, "Brother, what's wrong with riding a pig? You've never ridden one, so you don't know what it's like. Just try it yourself, and you'll understand that I'm not exaggerating."

Si Nanren sneered, "I've never ridden one, and I never will. Several colleagues asked me today if I have a sister who rides pigs, and I was too embarrassed to admit it. Are you willing to let people call you that?"

Si Nidie's face stiffened, and she muttered in dissatisfaction, "What kind of people are they? I don't care what they call me. Let's not talk about that. I asked you to catch that mad pig. Did you catch it?"

"...Are you serious?" Si Nanren said speechlessly.

Si Nidie said matter-of-factly, "Of course! This pig bullied my junior sister, so I, Si Nidie, will definitely teach it a lesson. So, is that alright?"

Si Nanren said helplessly, "Okay, okay, wait for my news."

"That's more like it." Si Nidie looked at Lou Yuqing. "Junior sister, we'll get back to you soon."

Lou Yuqing gave a thumbs up.

Just then, a group of people entered the clinic.

Lou Yuqing looked over curiously and said in surprise, "The sect leader has arrived."

Qingxuzi carried a young girl and strode into the back hall. Behind him were several people Lou Yuqing recognized, including Elder Kui Tu and Elder Zeng Xuangan.

The other two were a female cultivator in a red robe and a middle-aged male cultivator with a serious expression; both possessed powerful auras.

However, Lou Yuqing soon learned the identities of the two people.

She had a know-it-all by her side. Si Nidie exclaimed, "Is that Qingxuzi's daughter in his arms? Elder Kui Tu is here too, as are Meng Zonghan, the Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall, Elder Zeng Xuangan, and Madam Hongyan. They're all big shots in our sect!"

Lou Yuqing matched the person with the name, looked towards the back hall, and said with some trepidation, "Song Li seems to have suffered a very serious injury."

Si Nidie realized, yes, could it be that the sect leader and the others still couldn't save his daughter?

Shi Xiuxiu said, "The Sage of Medicine recently returned from his travels and is resting in the back hall. With him here, Senior Song Li should be fine."

Shi Xiuxiu had naturally heard about the uproar in the sect about the real and fake heiress. She was shocked that someone would dare to impersonate the sect leader's daughter.

But when she thought about what had happened to her, she felt that nothing was impossible.

There are always some people in this world who are insatiable. They think that the bold will get rich while the timid will starve, and if they succeed, they will enjoy endless wealth and glory.

But if they fail, that will be Qi Luofeng's fate.

The back room.

Inside the room, the two sat facing each other, the white-haired man and the woman in green each holding a chess piece, separated by a chessboard. If Lou Yuqing were here, she would definitely recognize the woman in green.

She was Elder Shi Hua: "Senior brother has been away from the sect for many years. You finally returned to the sect, but it was still very quiet. If I hadn't accidentally seen your main peak being cleaned, you would still have been kept in the dark."

The white-haired man was none other than the sect's medical sage.

Although he had white hair, it wasn't the white of old age, but snow-white. His face was surprisingly young, just like Shi Hua's, as if he had mastered the art of preserving youth, his appearance frozen at its peak.

The Sage of Medicine, holding onto the black piece, pondered where it was while chatting with Shi Hua opposite him: "The western region is quite desolate. I felt stifled there and increasingly didn't want to talk to anyone, so I decided to seek some peace and quiet. I didn't expect you to come so soon."

"Senior brother, do you think I disturbed your peace and quiet?" Shi Hua glanced at him with a half-smile, making the latter's scalp tingle, and he surrendered, exclaiming, "Wrong, wrong."

Shi Hua finished speaking and asked, "Senior brother, what did you gain from this journey to the west? I, your junior sister, can learn from you and broaden my horizons."

The medical sage smiled slightly: "Then we'll have something to talk about."

The two continued their discussion about medical techniques.

Shi Hua's main job is Beast Tamer, and her secondary job is Veterinarian. She has a wide range of knowledge in treating humans, not to mention that she also has a fellow disciple who is a renowned expert in the medical field.

"Tap tap tap!"

The sound of hurried footsteps approached.

The Sage of Medicine raised an eyebrow, put down the chess piece, and said slowly, "If we can't finish this game today, I'll play another one with my junior sister another day."

Shi Hua lowered her eyes slightly: "That would be best."

He breathed a sigh of relief when she didn't see it.

At this moment, a large group of people filed in.

Qingxuzi grabbed the sleeve of the Medical Sage as if afraid he would suddenly disappear, and shouted in a panic, "Third brother, quickly take a look at her!"

This was the first time the Sage of Medicine had seen him so distraught. He immediately became serious, took Song Li's pulse, infused her with a wisp of spiritual energy, and pondered, "Her internal organs have been subjected to the pressure of gravity, but the wounds seem to have healed almost completely. Did you feed her the Miraculous Elixir?"

Qingxuzi put his arm around his daughter's shoulder, his face somewhat bitter, and said, "Yes, Li'er's condition has improved a lot after taking the Wonderful Spirit Pill, but her injuries suddenly worsened just now, and we can't wake her up no matter how we call her."

He regretted it; he shouldn't have told his daughter, Cen Xiaoyun, that she was here. That way, she wouldn't have gotten so angry that she went to the dungeon and fainted after coming out.

The Sage of Medicine was surprised by Qingxuzi's high regard for this female cultivator, but this feeling came and went quickly.

After returning to his sect, he kept his door closed, so he was naturally less informed and knew nothing about their father-daughter relationship, only assuming that she was a descendant of Qingxuzi's friend.

After all, the sect leader's senior brother had friends all over the cultivation world. Some of his friends' descendants had fallen on hard times, and when they lit the Immortal-Attracting Incense, he would take them back to the sect.

Those with spiritual roots were left on Xuantian Peak, while those without spiritual roots were settled in nearby cities, where they would have no worries about food and clothing.

The descendant in front of me was in a particularly tragic situation.

The Sage of Medicine slowly said, "That's it. The Miraculous Elixir only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. There's a strange spiritual power at work in her body. To wake her up, we must find out the origin of this spiritual power."

He also used a secret technique to detect the existence of this spiritual power; otherwise, he would have returned empty-handed like them.

Upon hearing this, Lady Hongyan frowned and asked, "Could it be that those demonic cultivators have done something?"

Meng Zonghan said in a deep voice, "I will go and interrogate Sanyin and Tiankui." As the head of the Law Enforcement Hall, his interrogation methods were more sophisticated than those of Wei Houming.

The Sage of Medicine stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "It doesn't seem like the work of a demonic cultivator. I recently took a trip to the western part of the continent, which, as you know, is the stronghold of demonic sects. Many demonic methods are actually tainted with demonic energy, but I didn't sense any demonic energy in her body."

Qingxuzi held Song Li, his emotions beginning to break down. He murmured, "What can we do? It's all my fault. I mistook my daughter for someone else, which is why she has suffered so much and is now in grave danger."

daughter……

The Sage of Medicine fell silent. How could the Sect Leader, who had been single all this time, have such a big child?

"Wait, don't be like this. Tell me everything that happened before my niece fell ill," the Medical Sage interrupted Qingxuzi's irrational emotions.

Qingxuzi hugged his daughter tightly, closed his eyes, and realized he was losing control. Once he calmed down, he recounted the whole story without missing a single detail.

The Sage of Medicine said thoughtfully, "Has the Fire Poison Body been awakened?"

He slapped his thigh: "I understand! It's not fire-type spiritual power, nor is it poison-type spiritual power, but a mixture of fire and poison spiritual power!"

"She had just awakened her physique and hadn't properly stabilized it. Her hasty engagement in battle likely stimulated the remaining, unconverted spiritual energy, causing her to fall into a coma."

The Sage of Medicine looked intently at Madam Hongyan: "Now, as long as we use spiritual energy of the same element to draw it out, she will be able to wake up."

Qingxuzi also looked at Madam Hongyan: "Junior Sister..."

"Leave it to me." Hongyan couldn't bear to see her senior brother's pleading expression, so she immediately said, "I'll wake her up."

Qingxuzi watched her retreating figure as she led her daughter into the room, his entire being like a stone sculpture, gazing intently in the direction of his daughter.

What is lost can be regained, and what is gained can be lost again.

He didn't want to experience that kind of grief again.

The Sage of Medicine glanced at his senior brother, the sect leader, sighed, thought for a moment, and then started a conversation: "I heard that Uncle Zixiao has taken on a beloved disciple with remarkable cultivation talent. Why wasn't a disciple-acceptance ceremony held?"

Elder Kui Tu took a sip of tea and said, "Third brother, are you out of your mind? Master Zixiao has taken in so many disciples, and he's already outlived his children. If we don't keep a low profile, what if Yuqing..."

As he spoke, he felt he was cursing Lou Yuqing, so he immediately stopped and coughed, saying, "In short, it's good for them all."

Elder Kui Tu was filled with emotion as he thought of the Netherworld Flower that his Uncle-Master Zixiao had picked for him.

The medical sage reluctantly shut his mouth.

Elder Kui Tu glanced at him. Earlier, when Ming'er suddenly started talking to him about her weakness, he thought it was the third brother who had leaked it, and he was even planning to have a "heart-to-heart talk" with him when he returned.

Fortunately, I heard Yuqing's thoughts and learned the whole story; otherwise, I would have had to have a sparring match with the third brother.

Lou Yuqing, who had been thinking about him all along, was walking down the street when she suddenly sneezed.

Gu Bugai asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

Lou Yuqing waved her hand: "It's nothing, just a sneeze. How did you know I was in the clinic? Did your master tell you?"

Gu Bugai paused for a moment, then said, "Mm."

His little apprentice's protective magic weapon was activated, so how could he not notice? Unfortunately, going to the medical hall would be too abrupt, so he could only pretend to run into her on the way.