"Thank you, Second Grandpa." After receiving Chen Ming's gift, the way Dugu Yan addressed him imdiately beca much smoother.
Who on the continent did not know by now that Chen Ming was a newly risen master of dicine and an unprecedented genius in cultivation? A pill from soone like him was guaranteed to be extraordinarily effective.
Although Dugu Yan trusted her grandfather greatly, it was precisely because she knew her family specialized more in poison than dicine that she firmly believed Chen Ming's pill refinent skills surpassed even Dugu Bo's.
The previous pills had already accelerated her cultivation speed considerably, even making her sowhat famous within the academy.
...
After dinner, Chen Ming finally abandoned his usual multitasking thoughts and replacing sleep with ditation. He decided to get a good night's rest to prepare for the continued political intrigue of the following day.
anwhile, Dugu Bo questioned Dugu Yan about recent events, wondering why she had returned ho despite the academy not being on break.
Yet not long after night fell, Dugu Bo arrived at Chen Ming's door carrying Dugu Yan over his shoulder, his face dark.
Looking at Dugu Yan, whose butt had been beaten so badly she did not even dare let it touch the ground and could only lie on the bed groaning weakly, Chen Ming rubbed his temples in exhaustion and silently raised his processing output to enter analysis mode.
"What happened? Why did you hit her this hard?"
"This troubleso child didn't take her dicine according to the prescribed amount. She was supposed to take two doses a day, but she secretly started taking three because she thought it would increase her cultivation speed faster. She made herself so dizzy she couldn't even stay at the academy and had to co ho. Even then she still didn't reduce the dosage."
Dugu Bo spoke with a dark expression. As he said this, he angrily smacked Dugu Yan's swollen backside again, causing her to yelp loudly in pain.
The dicine Chen Ming had previously left for Dugu Yan was intended to stabilize her condition, though it also carried the side effect of slightly increasing cultivation speed.
However, Dugu Yan did not know she had been poisoned, nor did she know the dicine was actually ant to control her condition. She assud the increased cultivation speed was its primary effect.
So she got clever ideas and thought that taking more dicine would let her cultivate even faster.
While Dugu Bo was away, Dugu Yan secretly increased her dosage. Her cultivation speed during this period had indeed beco much faster than before. But she had also beco constantly groggy and lacking energy, eventually forcing her to suspend her studies and return ho to rest. It just so happened that Dugu Bo and Chen Ming returned during this ti.
"..."
"I truly want to know how soone who plays with poison could fail to understand the basic principle that dicine must be taken in moderation. How can you not know that poison and dicine can transform into each other? Or that you should never casually alter a prescription given by a doctor?"
Chen Ming rubbed the center of his brow and sighed complicatedly, while Dugu Yan did not dare utter a single word.
"Fortunately, I prepared in advance. I calculated the tabolism; an extra dose for a day or two won't cause issues, but prolonged over-dosage causes obvious physical fatigue and discomfort. It forces the person to stop taking the dicine before any actual damage is done to the body."
"Stick out your tongue, let see the coating. Then I'll check your blood. Since your backside has been beaten like this, taking your pulse would certainly be affected. Let's go with sothing more stable. Also, tell exactly how much dicine you took per day and for how many months?"
Dugu Yan wished she could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it forever like a worm. But after being warned by both Chen Ming and Dugu Bo, she obediently stuck out her tongue and cooperated with all of Chen Ming's examinations.
Several dozen minutes later, after carrying out rigorous calculations, Chen Ming finally reached a conclusion.
"She didn't take too much, and it wasn't for too long either. Her condition isn't a major problem. I'll just prescribe her so dicine to reduce 'internal heat.'
Chen Ming swiftly wrote out a prescription on paper and handed it to Dugu Bo. The formula itself was not difficult to understand. Even Dugu Bo could comprehend it easily, and he could even think of gentler alternatives that would not cause such violent effects.
But Dugu Bo still silently nodded, feeling it was better for this troubleso girl to suffer a bit more.
Could dicine really be taken recklessly like this?
After finally finding a solution to the family's inherited problem, she nearly ruined herself by greedily overdosing on the antidote… If she had actually managed to kill herself from taking dicine, Dugu Bo felt that even after dying one day, he would still be too furious to rest in peace.
Wasn't this just the behavior of a complete brat?
Dugu Bo tossed Dugu Yan back into her room, leaving her to spend the night with her backside aching before finding a healing-type Spirit Master tomorrow. Afterward, he returned to Chen Ming's room to discuss treatnt plans.
Currently, Dugu Bo had already exceeded the original treatnt expectations. Not only had the toxins throughout his body been completely resolved, but with his Martial Soul transforming into a dragon, those toxins had even beco a source of strength for him.
But Dugu Yan was different. Whether in cultivation or talent, she fell far too short. It was absolutely impossible for her to replicate Dugu Bo's path.
After discussing it for a while, Chen Ming and Dugu Bo decided it would be enough to simply cure Dugu Yan normally. There was no need to let her know about the deeper matters. Living as an ordinary person was perfectly fine.
If he truly wanted to elevate her, Chen Ming was technically capable of doing so. But Dugu Yan's stunt of overdosing herself on dicine gave Chen Ming a clear understanding of her intelligence and ability to follow instructions.
In the end, he decided not to forcefully push her further. Later on, it would be better to seek out truly talented individuals and cultivate them instead.
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The next morning, Chen Ming woke early and carefully tidied his appearance. Then, together with Dugu Bo, he headed for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was located very close to Heaven Dou City, making it a massive sect situated right near the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Although their base had only been developed for a short thousand years, under the managent of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the support of their unique treasure-appraising abilities, the sect's headquarters had grown to the level of a dium-sized city. A spontaneous residential area had even ford on the outskirts.
Every day, countless rchants traveled between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou City for trade. Many luxury stores within Heaven Dou City were secretly backed by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Whether in terms of influence through strength or economic power, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect held enormous authority within the Heaven Dou Empire, even to the extent of influencing the already unstable imperial power to a certain degree.
This was only possible because Douluo Continent was a fantasy world. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect itself possessed powerful support abilities while also having many experts. Otherwise, in an ordinary world, such bold rchants would have long since been exterminated by the emperor and had their assets confiscated by the state.
Although Chen Ming had only returned to the Heaven Dou Empire yesterday, a single night was already more than enough ti for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect—located so close to the imperial city—to receive the news.
The mont Chen Ming handed over his visiting card at the gates, the guards, who had long since received instructions, imdiately beca excited. A group of specially prepared personnel filed out from the shadows and sward toward Chen Ming all at once.
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