The sun rose in the east. Lin Tang sat cross-legged, slowly concluding his cultivation session. His face was radiant with vigor; he had already returned to his peak condition. If Yan Renjie were to appear again, even if unhard, Lin Tang was confident he could kill him with his bare hands.
After breakfast, Lin Tang casually gave Huang Jifen so money to take Wu Xinyu to school. A child couldn't just idle at ho all day; that simply wouldn't do. Huang Jifen was, of course, extrely grateful.
"Brother Lin!" Wei Zichu rushed in, her expression full of admiration.
It didn't matter to her whether Lin Tang had relied on the divine sword to defeat Yan Renjie. He had won, and that alone was a truly remarkable feat.
"What brings you here? Don't tell we're having another banquet today?"
"...What? Can't I co looking for you if there isn't a banquet? Do you dislike that much?" Wei Zichu pouted.
"It's not that I dislike you, it's just..." Lin Tang recalled Huangfu Zhan's multiple attempts to play matchmaker and betroth this young lady to him. He felt a headache coming on. If I had a choice, I'd still prefer my wife to be on the larger side. The larger, the better.
"Alright, I'm done joking," Wei Zichu said, suppressing her disappointnt with a beaming smile. "I ca to take you to see how we should deal with the Mo father and son. Also, the sword wounds my grandfather and the others sustained have affected their ridians. We were hoping you could help treat them."
"Fine, I'll go with you," Lin Tang nodded.
When they arrived at the Jiangbei branch of the True Martial Association, two people hurried over.
"Benefactor!" They imdiately knelt and kowtowed. It was the middle-aged woman who had been cursed, along with her husband. The old couple, Liu Changping and Zhang Xinyu, hadn't slept all night, waiting for a chance to thank Lin Tang.
"Please, get up," Lin Tang said, helping them to their feet. A healer is benevolent by nature. Although he wasn't a proper doctor, he was happy to use his dical skills to save a life, even without any tangible reward.
Wei Shanhe and Huangfu Zhan ca out to greet him, their curiosity piqued by the scene.
"Master Lin, what exactly is this curse?"
"Well... how should I put it? You can think of it as a special kind of poison. Isn't there a term 'poisonous curse'? As long as you understand the principle, you can dispel it," Lin Tang casually explained.
"Is that so?" Huangfu Zhan and the others weren't quite convinced. If it was just poison, why were Chen Shanchun and Sun Siwei completely stumped?
"But what if the person who cast the poisonous curse cos after us again? We're just ordinary people, how could we possibly protect ourselves?"
"Benefactor, please, you have to think of sothing..." Liu Changping and Zhang Xinyu grew panicked again.
Lin Tang stroked his chin, then asked Wei Zichu to fetch him a piece of jade. He clasped the stone between his hands and circulated his True Qi. In no ti at all, the jade transford into an exquisite Jade Talisman covered with mysterious patterns.
"Wear this. If it ever gets hot or cracks for no reason, call imdiately." Lin Tang also wrote down his phone number for them.
The couple thanked him profusely before leaving.
"Wait, this... this can't be explained by dical skills, can it?" Huangfu Zhan and the others were astonished.
Wei Zichu blinked. "Brother Lin, don't tell you're also a Taoist who draws Ghost Hunting Talismans?"
「Soti later」
By the ti Lin Tang had finished completely repairing the ridians of Huangfu Zhan, Wei Shanhe, and the others, Sun Siwei and Chen Shanchun had arrived for another visit. They observed from the side, praising him repeatedly. Chen Yuyan was there as well, her eyes twinkling like little stars, looking at him like a die-hard fan.
What a bootlicker... Lin Tang was not an overly vain person. Being flattered like this only made him feel uncomfortable.
"Dr. Lin, can we have a proper chat? About dicine..." Sun Siwei asked enthusiastically.
"Let's not," Lin Tang declined. He couldn't bring himself to just say their dical skills were too poor to even discuss.
"Master!" a grief-stricken wail cut through the air.
Ge Shijian rushed over, looking as aggrieved as a three-year-old child. "I've finally found you!"
Lin Tang fought the urge to kick him. "I told you, I'm not accepting disciples."
He pushed Ge Shijian away, his brow furrowing as he saw Shen Youling, who had followed him in. Nearby, Chen Yuyan was also quietly sizing up Shen Youling. Even seeing Lin Tang's ex-wife again, she was still stunned by her beauty. My goodness. She's absolutely gorgeous! Lin Tang wasn't boasting after all...
"Lin Tang, I'm sorry," Shen Youling began, her eyes red and welling with tears. She looked so pitiable it would move anyone's heart. "I shouldn't have spoken to you like that without understanding the situation, and I shouldn't have driven you away. Seeing how pitiful my grandfather is, could you please save him?"
This ti, she avoided any moral coercion by not ntioning how good her grandfather had been to him.
Lin Tang thought for a mont and said, "I can!"
The Shen Family's old master had indeed treated him well. Furthermore, he had a significant connection with Lin Tang's own master. No matter how ugly the behavior of Shen Xin, Dong Mingfeng, and the others was, he wouldn't transfer his anger to Shen Qiushi.
"Thank you, thank you!" Shen Youling had been prepared to kneel and was stunned that Lin Tang agreed so readily. A warmth spread through her heart. Why don't you co back? The words were on the tip of her tongue, but she was too shy to bring herself to say them.
"Master Lin, about the Mo father and son..."
"You handle them. Just make sure they don't harm anyone else... Oh, and ask if the Mo family has any Centennial Elixirs in their collection. If they do, bring them to ."
"Understood!"
Wei Shanhe then warned him that the divine sword would likely attract the covetous attention of Grandmasters and even stronger experts, urging him to be extrely careful. Lin Tang was unconcerned. If anyone dared to reach for it, he'd just chop their claws off.
Watching Lin Tang leave, Wei Shanhe wondered aloud, "I don't know why Master Lin wants so many Centennial Elixirs. For his training? I've never heard of any cultivation technique that requires that level of nourishnt." In his understanding, one couldn't beco a martial arts master just by consuming elixirs. One had to first reach the verge of a breakthrough on their own and then use potent tonics as an aid to push through. Only then was there a chance of success.
"Who knows?" Huangfu Zhan was also puzzled. He even began to wonder if Lin Tang, having beco an Innate master at such a young age, had practiced one of the legendary unorthodox cultivation techniques. Such paths offered rapid advancent but ca with endless future troubles. Almost none who walked them ca to a good end; their glory was rely fleeting.
「At Ge Shijian's Clinic」
Lin Tang once again saw the unconscious Shen Qiushi.
"Eh?"
"What is it?"
"His complexion is wrong. It's very different from the last ti I saw him. Shen Youling, let ask you, did sothing else happen to your grandfather?"
"No..." Shen Youling shook her head instinctively, but then paused. "The doctors at the hospital said a Centennial Elixir could treat him, so we went to ask Wang..." Her voice faltered. After a few seconds, she continued, "We asked Wang Shouzhen and got one from him."
She glanced cautiously at Lin Tang, relieved to see he wasn't being petty or jealous. At the sa ti, she felt a strange sense of loss. Is he not jealous because he no longer sees as his wife at all?
"The problem is the dicine. This isn't a tonic; it's a poison," Lin Tang stated, his nose twitching slightly. He had already made his judgnt. "This Wang fellow is up to no good. He gave you Soul-breaking Grass, but you mistook it for Dendrobium. Tsk, tsk, how foolish."
"HISS! Master Lin, you're truly incredible!" Sun Siwei gasped. If it were him, without having seen the Soul-breaking Grass beforehand, he could not have identified the specific poison so quickly and accurately. Lin Tang had seen everything without even taking a pulse. The gap between them was imnse.
Chen Shanchun was also deeply moved, then added, "But didn't Elder Sun already expel the poison? Could it be that it wasn't completely cleared?"
"The poison is gone, but didn't you know that the aftereffects of Soul-breaking Grass are extrely draining on the spirit? In that state, directly administering Chaoyuan Buqi Soup, while replenishing the body, would only deplete his spirit further. It's no wonder he fell into a vegetative state." Lin Tang shook his head, looking at Sun Siwei as if he were an idiot. "And you call yourself a grandmaster of traditional dicine. Have you thrown the principle of differential diagnosis to the dogs? The specific dicine must be adjusted based on the patient's specific condition. Do I really need to teach you sothing so simple?"
"I... I..." Sun Siwei's face flushed beet-red, so ashad he wished the ground would swallow him whole.
Lin Tang shook his head, having lost interest in him. He turned to Ge Shijian and said, "I have another prescription here called 'Three-Flower Nourishing Spirit Soup.' Check your inventory and see if you have all the herbs I need."
He then recited the specific ingredients.
"AH! AH! AH!" Chen Shanchun suddenly lost his composure, crying out repeatedly.
"Grandfather, what's wrong with you?" Chen Yuyan cried out, startled, thinking he'd had a sudden attack.
Chen Shanchun stared at Lin Tang, his expression fervent as he gasped for breath. "Master Lin, did you really say 'Three-Flower Nourishing Spirit Soup'? That's a superlative prescription, even more precious and rare than Chaoyuan Buqi Soup! And you just recited it openly, for all of us to hear?"
"You heard it, so what? It's not a big deal," Lin Tang said nonchalantly. To him, the re Three-Flower Nourishing Spirit Soup was nothing special. He didn't give it a second thought.
"This... this..." Chen Shanchun was flabbergasted. He suddenly felt that his past behavior of hoarding precious prescriptions, terrified of them leaking out, was incredibly petty. Am I really a qualified doctor? Master Lin... He's a true healer!
Even Sun Siwei had never heard of Three-Flower Nourishing Spirit Soup. After Chen Shanchun's explanation, he too was deeply moved. Ge Shijian was so flustered he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet.
Once both the Three-Flower Nourishing Spirit Soup and the Chaoyuan Buqi Soup had been brewed, Lin Tang had Shen Qiushi drink the forr first. He then used acupuncture to accelerate the dicine's effect on the brain.
"He's awake! Grandfather is awake!" Shen Youling cried, tears of joy streaming down her face.
Chen Shanchun was now certain this was the genuine Three-Flower Nourishing Spirit Soup, not a fake. As he looked at the bowl of Chaoyuan Buqi Soup, he knew that if he still doubted its authenticity, he would be a fool beyond redemption.
I... I regret it so much! Thinking of the prescription Lin Tang had given him for free, which he had torn up and thrown in the trash, Chen Shanchun wished he could find a hole to crawl into. It was utterly humiliating.
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