Chapter 200: Master, Please Guide Me!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“I understand what you mean, senior,” Shen Yao smiled and replied softly.

“Forget it. Since you insist, I will not say anything else.”

After spending some time together, Immortal Crane understood how stubborn Shen Yao was.

‘Shen Yao?” Ji Zhao gently grabbed his hand and advised softly.

‘Ah Tao, don’t be nervous.” Shen Yao held her hand and comforted her in a low voice.

’11t will really hurt…” Ji Zhao looked at him, her eyes red with heartache.

‘IAS long as I hold Ah Tao’s hand, it won’t hurt.”

‘Nonsense!”

Ji Zhao looked at him, feeling both angry and amused.

“I remember that there was no sourness in breakfast today, right?” Immortal

Crane could not help but complain, “Why do I feel that my teeth are sore now? ‘Senior, if you want to eat sour food, I’ll prepare more pickled vegetables tomorrow morning,” Ji Zhao added with a red face.

‘No, I don’t like sour food.’

After a round of banter, the atmosphere was not as stiff as before.

The moment the sharp blade cut through his flesh again, Shen Yao closed his eyes in pain.

The pain lasted for an hour.

‘IAS I expected, the medicinal effect of the Gold Powder is not completely clear, so new rotten flesh has appeared on your wound,” Immortal Crane explained as he removed the rotten flesh, “But from the range of the rotten flesh, the medicinal powder I used last time has already taken effect.”

‘Girl, bring me the purple bottle in my medicine box.’

Ji Zhao quickly went to get it. “Senior, is this it?”

It was a dark purple bottle that looked like a small gourd. It looked very precious.

‘Yeah.’

Immortal Crane nodded slightly. “Pour out the pills inside and hand them to

Ji Zhao immediately did as she was told.

At that moment, the rose-red pill that was the size of a fingernail actually had a faint fragrance.

‘Senior, this pill smells so good.”

‘This is a fragrance-condensing pill that’s hard to come by even with a thousand gold coins,” Immortal Crane explained in a deep voice. “It took hundreds of medicinal herbs and the once-in-a-hundred-years Heavenly God Snow Lotus to refine such a fragrance-condensing pill.’

Immortal Crane crushed the fragrance-condensing pill and smeared it evenly on the wound on Shen Yao’s left knee.

Then, he carefully cleaned the wound and bandaged him again.

At that moment, Shen Yao was already sweating profusely.

But he was still awake.

Immortal Crane had to admit, he admired his determination.

“Take good care of yourself from now on. If nothing unexpected happens, you’ll be able to walk after the Lantern Festival.” The Immortal Crane washed the blood off his hands and reminded him seriously, “When you can walk, don’t be too anxious. In the first half a month, you just have to walk around in this room. Every time you walk, you can’t walk for more than fifteen minutes.”

‘Later, I’ll prepare some medicine for you. The ointment on the outside will be changed every day, and the internal medicine needs to be drunken twice a day. You can stop using it after the Lantern Festival.’

‘Have you memorized everything?”

‘Got it.” Ji Zhao nodded vigorously.

‘Girl, the pork jerky you made last time and the lantern shadow shredded beef are not bad. Prepare some more for me.’

‘Senior, are you preparing to leave?” Ji Zhao hurriedly asked after understanding the meaning behind his words.

‘Yeah.’

“It’s almost the end of the year. It’s time for me to go home,” Immortal Crane said with a smile. “Girl, I’m in a good mood today. Go and gather all the villagers of Shanghe Village. I’ll be merciful today and take everyone’s pulse.”

‘Senior, are you serious?

“When have I ever lied to you?

Ji Zhao dashed forward.

When the villagers heard the news, they consciously formed a long line outside the Shen family’s courtyard.

After Shen Yao took the medicine and fell asleep, Ji Zhao immediately took a brush and paper and stood obediently beside Immortal Crane.

‘There are four words to treat a patient: look, hear, ask, and feel.” Immortal Crane took the villagers’ pulses and explained, “The so-called look refers to looking at their complexion; the so-called hear refers to listening to their breathing; the so-called asking refers to asking about symptoms; the so-called feel refers to feeling their pulse.’

‘The most difficult part of these four words is the word ‘feel’. The incision is to place your finger on the patient’s wrist and carefully check the patient’s pulse.” Immortal Crane continued, “As a doctor, you have to learn how to feel the pulse. Only by checking the changes in the pulse can you distinguish the strength and weakness of the internal organs.”

‘Normal pulses are pulses in the three parts of the body. They don’t float, sink, rush, or stagger. They are calm, gentle, and powerful. They are fluent, uniform, and rhythmic. They beat four to five times in a breath. This is called a flat pulse.”

Ji Zhao listened attentively and carefully memorized everything Immortal Crane said.

Unknowingly , it was already dusk.

Immortal Crane was also a little tired and yawned tiredly.

‘Girl, didn’t you want to take me as your master earlier?” The Immortal Crane could not help but raise his eyebrows after reading the notes she had recorded.

“1’11 give you a chance since you’re so serious and studious.”

‘Master, please guide me!” Ji Zhao said excitedly.

‘Girl, it’s too early to call me Master now! I have a list of medicinal herbs here. It records hundreds of medicinal herbs with extreme effects. If you can finish memorizing this book before I leave tomorrow, I’ll take you in as my disciple.” Immortal Crane picked up a thick book from the medicine box on the table and handed it to her.

‘Okay!” Ji Zhao readily agreed.

After the family had dinner, Ji Zhao returned to the house with the list of medicinal herbs. At that time, Shen Yao had just woken up.

‘Shen Yao, do you have any good ideas?” Ji Zhao raised the book aggrievedly. “I’ve been reading it for an hour and my head is buzzing. There are some medicinal herbs in this book that I’ve never heard of.”

‘The medical books are difficult to understand.” Shen Yao comforted her gently. “1f Ah Tao really can’t memorize them, why force yourself?”

‘Tm really interested in studying medicine, but I don’t seem to have the talent for it.” Ji Zhao simply collapsed in her chair and laughed at herself.

‘But Ah Tao is very talented in cooking,” Shen Yao praised softly. “There are shortcomings and strengths. Ah Tao, you have to learn to look at your own strengths.”

‘That’s true.” Ji Zhao regained some confidence at the mention of her cooking talent. “Unfortunately, medical books and recipes are still different.’

‘Recipe?” Shen Yao frowned thoughtfully. “Ah Tao, do you mean that if the medical book in your hand is a recipe, you’re very likely to memorize it?”

‘Of course!” Ji Zhao puffed out her chest confidently. “I love reading recipes the most, and I can read ten lines at a glance!”

“1n that case, let’s turn this medical book in your hand into a recipe together. Shen Yao smiled faintly. He already had an idea in his heart.

‘Actually, many medicinal herbs come from the same source. They’re both medicinal herbs and ingredients.” Looking at Ji Zhao’s blank gaze, Shen Yao explained patiently, “For example, lilies, lotus seeds, or potato orchids.. These can be used as medicine and cooked, right?”