Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey! Chapter 50 50: There Really Is Such a Person

"Jiu Si, after copying the dicine classics so many tis, have you gained any insights?"

In the Bai Family Mansion, Doctor Bai asked Chen Jiusi.

Jiu Si replied, "I have learned quite a lot. May I know what specifically Master would like to discuss?"

"Heh heh, although there are many dicines, there are so that are essential. Do you know what the hallmark dicine of our Bai family is?"

"Yellow lotus, greatly nourishing!"

Chen Jie thought for a mont before responding.

Doctor Bai, with an unchanging expression, asked, "And why these two in particular?"

Chen Jie pondered for a mont and said, "Yellow lotus is bitter and cold, purging the heart to eliminate food retention, clearing heat to brighten the eyes, it can lower fire and cause qi to ascend on its own."

"Greatly nourishing is bitter and warm, and can ease bloating and diarrhea, resolve phlegm and dysentery, raise the yang and lower desires. Combining the two creates the most basic yet powerful dicine. Although it may seem unremarkable, it can play a significant role and has a broad range of applications, just like the common cabbage and radish we eat every day, simple yet foundational to the main dish."

"Haha, good, good, you have this understanding, which shows you have truly grasped the essence of the dicine classics. Well done, very well done."

Doctor Bai was very pleased with Chen Jie's explanation.

"Thank you for the praise, Master."

Doctor Bai nodded and then said to Chen Jie, "Jiu Si, starting from tomorrow, you can begin studying prescriptions. If there are patients, you may also accompany on house calls."

"Yes, Master," Chen Jie nodded in acknowledgnt.

"Alright, that's enough for today's lessons. Oh, and take this pack of dicine back with you and soak it in water; it will be very beneficial for your martial arts training."

Chen Jie, looking at the dicine Doctor Bai was offering, excitedly asked, "Master, is this prescription ready?"

"Hmm, yes, but although this prescription is highly effective, it is also quite potent. If you find it too intense, let know, and I will adjust the formula for you."

"Master, the prescription can be changed?"

"Of course, why not," said Doctor Bai. "You're studying dicine, so you should understand the principle of treatnt according to the specific case. A single formula is not suitable for everyone. For instance, if the nature of this prescription is too cold, and soone has a cold constitution, they shouldn't use it. The prescription needs to be adjusted to be warr before it can be used."

"This dicine for martial artists may be potent, but the principle behind it doesn't change; it just involves using so precious and effective ingredients."

"Like this Skin Tempering Soup; I extracted it from a damaged ancient text. Because the book was incomplete, only five ingredients were left, making the effects quite average. However, after so experintation, I finally adjusted it to this formula of twelve-ingredient Skin Tempering Soup."

"Thanks to this prescription, I was able to establish myself in the Fishing Guild as one of the Inner Hall Eight Doctors."

Doctor Bai proudly recounted the glorious years of his past, filled with deep emotion.

Chen Jie listened carefully, noting to himself that even dicine soup isn't set in stone; it can be adapted by adding or reducing ingredients to achieve the best effects.

He felt fortunate to be learning dicine; otherwise, he might have just ignorantly used the sa formula on himself.

One could truly learn valuable things with Doctor Bai.

After taking the dicine, Chen Jie bid farewell to Doctor Bai, who invited him to stay for a al. Chen Jie declined, saying he needed to buy a bathing tub in town to soak the dicine.

Doctor Bai heard this and said, "Do you have enough money? I have so here if you need it..."

"Master, I have enough money."

Chen Jie tactfully refused, and Doctor Bai didn't insist further. Leaving Doctor Bai's ho, he ran into Mrs. Bai, who had returned from buying groceries.

"Jiu Si, it's almost ti for dinner, where are you off to?"

"Auntie, Master has given a dicine to prepare. I'm going into town to buy a bathing tub…"

"Oh, I see. Go and co back quickly; we'll wait for dinner."

"That's alright, Auntie. I'll just go straight ho; carrying a tub around is too much of a fuss."

"Okay then, I won't keep you. Be careful on the way."

"Ah, understand, Auntie…"

Chen Jie walked westward, leaving the village and heading straight for Xiantao Town. Once he arrived in town, he first ordered a bathing tub from the variety store, then bought a large and a small set of new clothes for a lady at the clothing shop, and afterward, he purchased so food staples.

The household had less than seventy catties of sorghum rice left, which was hardly enough.

Chen Jie bought another hundred catties of millet this ti, and ten catties of wheat still in the husk. Flour was too expensive, but the price for this unprocessed wheat was still acceptable.

He went to the cooked food shop and purchased a roast chicken, ten large stead buns from the bun shop, and ten catties of pork from the butcher.

He had filled a small pushcart to the brim with groceries—the sa cart borrowed last ti from a fellow townsman. This ti, Chen Jie gave him ten cents as a rental fee.

After busying himself around the market, Chen Jie accumulated a grand assortnt of goods.

Just as he was about to head to the miscellaneous goods shop to load the tub onto the cart and push it ho, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

For there, at a dumpling stall on the street, he saw a figure dressed like a Hero of the River, looking travel-worn and dusty, with a bamboo hat on his head and a ferocious scar slashed across his face.

At that mont, the man was eating dumplings.

His eyes scanned the passing pedestrians with vigilance.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened and turned in one direction, locking eyes with Chen Jie.

Chen Jie was taken aback, thinking to lower his head to avoid the gaze, but that would seem very guilty and make it even easier to arouse suspicion.

So, he cald his mind and, facing the man's stare, slowly walked toward the dumpling stall.

The man continued eating his dumplings, watching Chen Jie with his eyes slightly squinted, as if amused.

Chen Jie soon reached the dumpling stall and called out, "Boss, give a bowl of at dumplings."

"Alright."

The boss responded, and Chen Jie approached the man, whom the aunties had fabricated as a Hero of the River, and asked as he took his seat, "May I share the table with you?"

The Hero of the River smiled and said, "Sure!"

Chen Jie sat down, and the Hero of the River scrutinized him, much like a lion eyeing a rabbit.

The terrifying pressure made it hard for Chen Jie to breathe.

Finally, the Hero of the River spoke, "Do you know ?"

"I don't."

Chen Jie replied.

The Hero of the River said, "You don't? If you don't know , why have you been staring at for so long? If you don't know , how dare you sit down in front of ?"

Chen Jie said, "Well, to say I don't know you isn't entirely correct. I heard people talking about you this morning."

"Talking about ? Has news of already reached this place?"

The Hero of the River stared at Chen Jie, causing a sinking feeling in Chen Jie's heart. This was another man with a story, but I really don't want to hear your Jianghu tales.

"Yes, indeed, it has reached our village. This morning, people were inquiring whether anyone had seen you."

Chen Jie remained composed.

"Oh? Who was asking about ?"

Chen Jie said, "Master Yu of Yu's Treasure House."

"Master Yu? Heh, not many have the nerve to call themselves 'master' in front of . What's the background of this Master Yu?"

"This Master Yu is quite sothing—running the biggest gambling house in our town, known as Yu Half City. He keeps dozens of tough house servants and bruisers under his command, each of them fierce and fearso. We all dare not cross him, and it's been said that he's one of Guild Cao's n from the city."

"Hehe, such a character in this backwater place—Yu Half City, he's quite wealthy then?"

Chen Jie replied, "Very wealthy."

"Good, little brother, your information is quite useful. I'm in need of money myself, so I might as well take a slice from this Yu Half City."

Chen Jie exclaid, "Oh no, big brother, you better not do that. That Master Yu is a Skin Buff Realm Martial Artist, quite formidable. You really shouldn't provoke him."

"Skin Buff Realm? What's that supposed to be?"

The Jianghu Guest showed no concern at all!