933 Everflowing Qi and Blood, Immortal and Ever Young
âIâm flattered,â Miao Xihe said.
âNow that you have already reached this point, what else do you want this Blood Orchid for?â Wu San asked.
As if suddenly enlightened, he asked, âCould it be that you wish to return to boyhood from old age and live forever?â
âI feel that I have reached the top,â Miao Xihe said. âI canât move or breakthrough anymore. This state has lasted for six years. I have tried many times in the past six years, but I have never succeeded. Iâm still standing in the same place. Now that the Blood Orchid has appeared, it presented me with an opportunity. I want to see if I can take it a step further.â
âWhat is your definition of a step further?â Wu San asked.
âTo have ever flowing Qi and blood, and to be immortal and ever young,â Miao Xihe said.
Ha-ha-ha! Wu San laughed three hearty times.
âIsnât that just immortality and everlasting youth, Miao Xihe? Youâve got enough guts to dream about it!â
âIf I canât even dream about it, whatâs the point of living?â Miao Xihe replied after taking a sip of clear tea.
âRefining your body with medicine has always been the secret of the Valley of Thousands of Medicine,â Wu San said. âIt can refine your skin externally and boil your internal organs internally. It has been more than 20 years since I last saw you. Your appearance hasnât changed much. You are also researching it yourself, right?â
âI had the honor to listen to Masterâs advice in the Valley of Thousands of Medicine back then. After I came back, I had to study it. I tried it through the years as well. It really worked, but itâs far from your level. The power of medicine has been absorbed into your soul and marrow. The first person to do this in the Valley of Thousands of Medicine probably didnât reach this step, right?â
âHow can I, as a person of a younger generation, imagine the means of my predecessors?â Miao Xihe asked.
âLet me think about it.â Wu San was silent a moment before saying, âYouâve refined your body with medicine. The medicine has entered your soul and marrow. Itâs half medicine and half poison. The Blood Orchid is a holy medicine. Itâs extremely pure. Does it clash with the blood in your body?â
âAwesome!â Miao Xihe exclaimed.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
His words had hit the mark.
âWhen I was instructed by Master back then, he said that all the medicines used for refining oneâs body were relatively moderate and neutral to minimize the adverse stimulation to the human body,â Wu San said. âAccording to this principle, your body should not clash much with the Blood Orchids. The poison you have in your blood is a result of you straying from the right path, right?â
âI walked that path, but I came to the end,â Miao Xihe said. âIf I want to go further, I have to find another way. Poison is also a medicine, and the same applies to poisonous insects.â
âYou are a poisonous person now. Does the Blood Orchid have the effect of detoxification?â
âYes, Iâve tried. It can detoxify almost all poisons,â Miao Xihe replied.
âItâs tough to integrate the power of Blood Orchid with the blood in your body,â Wu San remarked.
Were there herbs that could neutralize all kinds of medicinal power? There were, such as licorice, but the so-called neutralization effect only slightly harmonized the Yin and Yang so that the medicinal power of certain medicines would not be too strong. It was impossible to use it to reconcile a strong poison, such as the Gelsemium Elegans.
âSo, I came to find you,â Miao Xihe said.
âDid you try it?â Wu San asked.
âYes, but I didnât succeed.â
âLet me think about it,â Wu San replied.
He stared at the small bowl of blood. After a while, he looked up at Miao Xihe.
âActually, this is a two-sided question. It depends on which option you want to choose.â
âWhy do you say that?â Miao Xihe asked.
âThe choices are either to discard the power in your body and blood and take the Blood Orchid or to simply give up on the Blood Orchid,â Wu San said.
âHow can I discard the medicinal powers in my body, which have gone deep and fused into my bone marrow?â
âBlood-letting and blood production supplemented by antidotes,â Wu San suggested.
Miao Xihe was silent for a long time. If Wu San could think of that method, then he could think of it as well. However, the risk was too great. It was not as simple as it sounded. Even considering the state his body was currently in, one careless mistake could lead to serious injuries or death.
âShall we think of another method?â
âYes, letâs think of another way,â Wu San said.
It was easy to suggest thinking of another method, but it was quite difficult to do. Miao Xihe knew the efforts he had made and the pain he had endured. Only after he had tiptoed on the edge of life and death several times, could he have the current harvest. At this time, he had to find another method or give up all he had. He couldnât make that decision.
âWhen the medicinal power is no longer effective, my life will be uncertain,â Miao Xihe said.
âHeh, actually, you donât have to rush it,â Wu San said. âAfter refining your soul and bone marrow, living 100 more years in this body of yours would not be a huge problem. What canât be done in such a long time?â
Miao Xihe gazed down at the clear tea in his cup. He poured a cup for Wu San.
âI was too anxious.â
âItâs the temptation of the Blood Orchid,â Wu San said.
âWell, thank you.â
âYouâre welcome.â
His focus on the important matters had been overshadowed by the trivial ones.
âAlright, Iâm leaving.â
âWhey are you leaving in such a hurry? Wonât you stay for dinner?â
âNo thank you, thereâs something else to settle in the stockade.â Miao Xihe rose and left.
Wu San walked with him to the main road of the stockade.
âIf you have had enough one day, come back to the stockade,â Miao Xihe said. âIâll welcome you.â
âIâm fine here,â Wu San replied.
Miao Xihe nodded but didnât say anything else. He turned and walked away. In a short time, he had traveled quite a distance. Wu San watched him disappear at the end of the road before turning back to go inside his bamboo house.
âWho was that man who requires the King Pharmacist to come out and see him off personally?â
âWho knows? Maybe it was a relative.â
âTss, look at that man. He looks like a country bumpkin. He doesnât look like heâs from the city.â
âYou canât judge a book by its cover. What do you think the King Pharmacist usually looks like? Doesnât he usually wear local clothing too?â
âThatâs right.â
âAh, is the King Pharmacist treating patients today?â
âHeâs probably accepting patients today.â
Soon after Wu San entered the bamboo tower, his apprentice came out. He told the people, who had been waiting outside for a long time, some bad news. âHeâs not accepting patients today!â
âAh, why not?â
âIt must be your first time here. The King Pharmacist is very willful when accepting patients. If he doesnât want to treat you, he wonât treat you.â
âHave I been waiting all these days in vain?â
âIf youâre in a hurry, go somewhere else. If youâre not, just keep waiting here.â
In the bamboo building, there was a box and a teacup on a wooden table. Frozen Blood Orchids were inside the box. The cup had dark red blood in it.
Wu San went to the table and stared at the two things. After a while, he reached out and dipped his finger into the blood and brought it to his mouth again.
Bah! He instantly spat it out and repeatedly gargled with tea.
He sighed and thought, What poisonous blood! Impressive work Miao Xihe!
His gaze fell on the Blood Orchids in the box. He picked one up, put it beside his nose, and sniffed it. It had a very unique fragrance that put people at ease.
The smell is soothing!
He put the Blood Orchid into his mouth and carefully chewed it. He felt his mouth fill with the unique fragrance. It was refreshing.
What a great Blood Orchid!
He slowly chewed, delicately tasting the branches and leaves in the petals. He finally swallowed the flower. He sat still and felt the power of the flower after it entered his abdomen.
The medicinal power is pure. It warms and nourishes the organs.
Huu... After a long time, he heavily breathed out.
Itâs a pity.
He opened his eyes and looked out the window.
If Miao Xihe had found the Blood Orchid earlier, maybe he would have gone one step further.
âMaster.â
âWhat is it?â
âSomeoneâs making trouble outside.â
âLet them be. Tell them I wonât see any patients for the next week.â
âYes, Master.â
âWhat? He changed it to a week! Whatâs the matter with him?â
The people waiting immediately went into a frenzy when they heard the news.
âAh, Iâm happy!â Wu San laughed inside the bamboo building. He seemed to be elated.
The day seemed to fly by quickly. It seemed to be only a blink of the eye before it was the afternoon.
âItâs already after the winter solstice, so why is the weather still like this? It hasnât changed at all!â
âItâs only been a few days!â
Inside a clinic in Lianshan County...
âXiao Mei.â
âUncle, what can I do for you?â
âAh, Iâve almost run out of the Primordial Spirit Soup that I bought two days ago. Please give me another two bottles,â the old man in his 60s requested.
âAlright, please wait for a moment, Uncle,â Pei Mei said. âHow have the effects been after drinking it?â
âItâs very good. I feel more comfortable. The medicine produced in our county has quite a good effect.â
âThatâs right,â Pan Mei said.
The old man had just left when another person entered. He had come to inquire about the medicine.
âIs there any left?â
âYes, are you not feeling well?â Pan Mei asked.