Bi’an flowers, in Lin Miao’s understanding, are a type of plant called Lycoris, with a unique growth habit where the flowers and leaves do not et. They have an umbel inflorescence, bright red flowers, and are quite gorgeous.
They have high ornantal value and a certain dicinal value. The bulbs can be used in dicine, with effects such as expectorant, etic, detoxification, and dispelling nodules.
They have two other nas: Dragon Claw Flower and Crow Garlic.
In the records, the Bi’an flower is a rare flower that grows in the underworld, blooming on the other shore. Legend has it that this flower is the flower of guidance, capable of awakening mories from previous lives.
If it’s the Bi’an flower as Lin Miao understands it, it cannot cure the Saint Heir’s ailnt. However, there is a kind of dicine that might cure it, but its effectiveness varies from person to person.
It’s been ten years.
If the illness was real and untreated, it wouldn’t have been possible to endure.
"Ten years ago, Master bought information at the Embroiderer’s Building, learning that Mrs. Yin and the Mute Slave took the Saint Heir deep into the canyon to find Bi’an flowers. Of course, they had another purpose, which was to find ’Dead Doctor’ Li Hua, who was picking herbs deep in the canyon..."
"Li Hua was conferred as a National Master by Great Yue Country and was reputed to be the only healer to co close to the Great National Master in nearly a century. In fact, if it weren’t for that court coup, Li Hua could have been recognized throughout the Eastern Continent and ascended to the title of Great National Master," Si Miaoxue continued.
"What are the requirents for ascending to a Great National Master?"
"The identity of a Great National Master requires the joint recognition of at least ten national-level healers from at least three countries in the Eastern Continent, and it also requires formal confernt from at least one country," Si Miaoxue explained.
"How many national-level healers are there in the Eastern Continent?"
"If we only count those officially conferred by the court, the Da Li Dynasty permanently has five, Yue Country has three, Da Yue Country and Nankang Country each have one, totaling ten people," said Si Miaoxue, "but when you include those acknowledged as national-level healers, the number is at least twice as much."
"What about Beiyuan, Southern Wilderness, and Western Regions?"
"The dical practices in these three places differ sowhat from the Eastern Continent. The Southern Wilderness is humid and full of miasma, so they’ve developed a ’fire therapy’ thod. Beiyuan, despite being cold, has many hot springs, and when they get sick, they often use hot spring baths or a special ceremony to heal, similar to our exorcism. As for the Western Regions, their dical thods are diverse and chaotic, with blood transfusion and bloodletting therapies, among others."
"Shamanistic?"
"I’ve never seen it, but your description is quite vivid. The deities they worship are sowhat different from ours."
These are not things that can be found in books, or rather, not sothing he can currently access as there are no related records. After all, these treatnts from barbaric lands have always been regarded as heretical.
The field of dicine is very exclusive.
In fact, Lin Miao knows that these thods can indeed cure illnesses in certain circumstances, but they cannot treat all ailnts indiscriminately.
Any external treatnt has its limitations for specific illnesses, but sotis if combined, it can not only achieve the best treatnt effect but also possibly save a person’s life.
"Master and I, based on the intelligence provided by the embroiderer, ventured deep into Longchuan Canyon to search for Mrs. Yin and the Saint Heir. However, on our first attempt, we didn’t find them. We had exhausted most of our supplies, and with being a burden, Master didn’t dare to go deeper, so he took out first. After resting for half a year, Master went again alone..."
"We finally found the cave where Mrs. Yin died on our fifth or sixth expedition. Master killed the brown bear that ate Mrs. Yin, collected her bones, and buried her near the cave. Mrs. Yin’s cultivation level was on par with Master’s, so the only reason she couldn’t defeat the brown bear must have been a severe injury before that. We didn’t find the Mute Slave or the Saint Heir, so we continued searching from the cave as a starting point but ultimately found nothing," Si Miaoxue continued, "The light body skill manual I gave you, ’Wild Goose Formation’, was obtained from a thief known as ’Traveling Alone for Ten Thousand Miles’ in Longchuan Canyon."
Tian, have you traveled here?
"It seems this Longchuan Canyon is truly a treasure trove of geomancy," Lin Miao chuckled awkwardly.
"You’re right. The Longchuan Canyon indeed produces many magical items, especially the things left by treasure hunters, and with good luck, you could beco rich overnight," Si Miaoxue replied.
"After, we returned many tis and even posted a reward at the embroidery building in Li Hen City, seeking news of the Saint Heir and the Mute Slave."
"Aren’t you worried about exposing the identities of the Saint Heir and the Mute Slave by announcing such a public reward?"
"Yes, but there’s no choice. If we don’t do this, we have no way to gather related information," Si Miaoxue sighed.
"Why didn’t you settle directly in Li Hen City and look for them slowly?"
"To settle in Li Hen City, we would have to join one of the three major forces; otherwise, we would only be able to live as lowly people. Master and I have considered it, but we need money, and money in Li Hen City isn’t easy to earn. Dongshan City is very close to Longchuan Canyon, the journey back and forth doesn’t take long, and as soon as the embroidery building has any news, they can notify us imdiately. Therefore, we have no need to live in such a precarious and insecure place."
"But if the Da Li Dynasty finds out about your identities..."
"If they find out, it’s not a big deal, as long as we haven’t committed any cris within Da Li’s borders. The court won’t trouble us, only those self-righteous martial arts practitioners ddle," Si Miaoxue said angrily.
That does make so sense.
"You haven’t said how you got injured this ti. Did you encounter Yue i’Er?" Lin Miao continued to ask.
"Mr. Lin, you’re concerned about Yue i’Er, aren’t you?" Si Miaoxue chuckled.
"I’m worried about you. Since Yue i’Er is your adversary, we must know her whereabouts. We are out in the open, while she is in the shadows, which is very disadvantageous."
"She went to the embroidery building, found the embroiderer, and got all the intelligence Master and I had initially," Si Miaoxue nodded, "She went to that cave, also found Mrs. Yin’s grave, even dug it up by hand and then filled it back. But I didn’t expect she had soone with her, Yue Shisan. He is one of the ruthless warriors raised from orphans adopted by Left Envoy Yuegui, not many talents among them, but Yue Shisan is one. I was exposed and ambushed by Yin Shisan, then pursued all the way, getting hit with an Absolute Yin Hand on my back..."
She didn’t know that Yue Shisan was following Yue i’Er and was ambushed, otherwise, in a direct confrontation, even if she couldn’t beat Yue Shisan, she wouldn’t have been injured this badly.
"Why didn’t I see any scars on your back?" Lin Miao interrupted Si Miaoxue, curiously asking. He had naturally checked every part of her body and found no injuries.
Now Si Miaoxue says she was injured on her back, but he had checked her back and found no marks.
"The Absolute Yin Hand is a secret skill of the Yue Family, extrely difficult to cultivate, requiring imnse perseverance to master. Once mastered, it injures the internal organs without harming the skin, so it’s not visible on the outside. It also has another na, called Absolute Yin Hand. Once hit, survival is impossible," Si Miaoxue explained.
"So, you’re saying you’re already considered a dead person?" Lin Miao’s eyes lit up when he heard this.
"Yes, after Yin Shisan struck on the back, he let escape without pursuing, believing I wouldn’t survive for long."
"Then why have you returned now..."
"Mr. Lin, I want to put on an act, then assu a new identity, leaving the Moon Worship Sect, and focus on being your woman," Si Miaoxue said.
"You’ve decided. Once this starts, there can be no regrets," Lin Miao said.
"Rest assured, when I returned, I had already thought it through. If I survive this ti, I will cut ties with everything in the past and no longer concern myself with the matters of the Moon Worship Sect," Si Miaoxue nodded.
"But we can’t let Yue i’Er and Yue Shisan off for injuring you like this," Lin Miao said.
"Mr. Lin, what are you planning to do?"
"They’ve seen you and have fought with you, so if you et again, they’ll certainly recognize you. So we need to eliminate this risk," Lin Miao said. "I have a feeling there’s soone in Huaye Tower working with Yue i’Er on the inside."
"You suspect Mrs. Qiao?" Si Miaoxue’s eyes shifted, imdiately recalling Lin Miao’s previous arrangents to have Mrs. Qiao handle matters first.
"The night you were injured and taken to my place, Mrs. Qiao returned the next day and took over all operations of Huaye Tower. Nan Mo could only beco her assistant," Lin Miao said, having been closely watching the situation at Huaye Tower. Many from Li Hua and Shi Yin’s side were from Huaye Tower, so it was easy for him to find out.
"This Mrs. Qiao, she’s been with for so many years, and I didn’t expect she would betray !" Si Miaoxue said coldly.
"If she’s a traitor, she must know you were struck by Yin Shisan’s Absolute Yin Hand. What will she do next?" Lin Miao countered.
"Yin i’Er will appear in my guise and take over Huaye Tower directly!"
"Exactly, it’s the simplest, most effective, and smooth thod without causing disruptions," Lin Miao nodded, "but she didn’t expect you to return alive?"
"What about Chun’Er..." Si Miaoxue was suddenly startled, rembering that Chun’Er also knew of her return.
"Soone is watching her, don’t worry. If there’s any movent, she’ll be taken down imdiately," Lin Miao said with a cold murder intent in his eyes.
"Mr. Lin, you were prepared all along?" Si Miaoxue was extrely surprised.
"Even though I didn’t know why you were injured, your secretive trip ant your whereabouts were leaked. Otherwise, with your martial arts cultivation, even if you couldn’t win, escaping shouldn’t have been a problem. You were heavily injured because you were calculated beforehand and couldn’t escape," Lin Miao explained.
"Chun’Er was taken in by ..."
"Still, she might have been soone else’s planted piece all along."
"How much does Chun’Er know about us?"
"She probably knows there’s sothing between us, but how far it goes, she likely doesn’t know," Si Miaoxue’s cheeks flushed. She wouldn’t speak of bedroom matters with her man, but Huaye Tower is a brothel, and although Chun’Er isn’t that old, she understands and might have realized sothing.
"Young Master!"
"Co in," Lin Miao said calmly.
Liansuo, dressed in night clothes, drifted in from outside, holding soone in hand, none other than Si Miaoxue’s personal maid, Chun’Er.
By this ti, Chun’Er had already been knocked out.
Si Miaoxue had just narrowly escaped death and hadn’t recovered her cultivation, so naturally, she couldn’t detect Liansuo’s presence. Under normal circumstances, how could she not notice?
"Miss Liansuo, please keep watch outside the door," Lin Miao instructed. With elite forces like Lianxin and Liansuo, he naturally intended to use them.
"Mr. Lin, just now, that person..."
"A disciple of the Snow Mountain Sect, arranged by Senior Bai Feng to protect and my senior sister. The Green Blade Sect won’t give up and has been causing troubles," Lin Miao whispered. "Don’t worry, she doesn’t know your identity."
"Mr. Lin, what should I do now?" With Chun’Er’s betrayal, the always calm and composed Si Miaoxue was also sowhat out of her depth now.
"Just as I said, we are in the open, and she’s in the dark. Only by finding a way to expose them can we deal with her effectively."
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