Seeking Treatment

Early the next morning, Lu Changsheng asked Master Wu Jing for leave, then went to the pharmacy that sold Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder.

The Doctor at the pharmacy was very cordial upon seeing Lu Changsheng.

After all, during this time, Lu Changsheng had been a truly major customer.

Lu Changsheng did not stand on ceremony and asked directly, "Do you have any medicinal cuisine for forging bones?"

"Bone Forging Medicinal Cuisine?"

"We do indeed have some. This old man has an ancestral ancient formula called Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder. Its effects are exceptionally good, but the price..."

Lu Changsheng said calmly, "As long as the effects are good, price is not an issue. However, I need to test the effects of the Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder first."

"That is easy enough. Please wait a moment. I will first prepare a serving of medicinal cuisine."

The Doctor quickly got busy.

It did not take long to prepare a serving of medicinal cuisine. After roughly a quarter of an hour, the Doctor brought a bowl of medicinal cuisine before Lu Changsheng.

"This is the Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder."

Without hesitation, Lu Changsheng tipped back his head and drank the medicinal cuisine in one gulp.

Afterward, Lu Changsheng circulated his qi and blood and began practicing the Ice Bone Forging Technique.

He could clearly feel a warm current rapidly seeping into his bones as the Ice Bone Forging Technique circulated.

It even made the bones throughout his body faintly heat up.

Under such conditions, the Ice Bone Forging Technique's bone-quenching efficiency rose dramatically.

"The Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder's effects truly are quite good."

"Tell me, how much silver do you want?"

Lu Changsheng was very satisfied with the Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder.

"This Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder uses nine extremely precious and rare medicinal ingredients, all of them aged herbs, and it is not easy to prepare."

"One serving of medicinal cuisine costs fifty taels of silver and lasts for three days..."

After the Doctor finished speaking, he found Lu Changsheng utterly calm.

After a long while, Lu Changsheng closed his eyes.

He enunciated each word slowly. "Deer Antler, Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Chuanqi..."

With every name Lu Changsheng spoke, the Doctor's face grew a shade paler.

Because those names were ingredients in the Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder.

Lu Changsheng was a genuine Apothecary.

After taking just one sip of the Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder, he already knew what medicinal ingredients it contained.

He simply could not yet grasp the proportions, so he could not prepare it himself.

Some of these medicinal ingredients truly were expensive.

But fifty taels of silver for one serving altogether—that was treating him like a fool with money to burn.

Swish.

Lu Changsheng's eyes snapped open.

At the same time, White Light flashed in his hand, and the Dagger neatly sliced off one corner of the table.

Even the Doctor had not seen Lu Changsheng's movement clearly.

"Y-you..."

The Doctor's voice trembled, and a hint of fear showed in his eyes.

Lu Changsheng spoke slowly. "You may make money, but I do not like people who are too greedy."

"Say it again. How much is the Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder?"

The Doctor's face was pale, and he faintly regretted it in his heart.

During this time, he had encountered a major customer like Lu Changsheng, someone who never haggled and spent lavishly.

Just now, it was as though his heart had been bewitched. He had grown audacious beyond measure and actually dared to swindle Lu Changsheng.

One had to know that Lu Changsheng was a martial artist!

To dare swindle a martial artist—the consequences...

At this thought, the Doctor's heart trembled. He then carefully said, "One serving of Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder is twenty taels of silver. What do you think?"

Lu Changsheng weighed it briefly. This price was fairly reasonable.

"Prepare fifty servings of Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder for me at once."

Lu Changsheng slapped a thousand-tael Silver Note onto the table, delighting the Doctor.

"Please wait a moment."

Lu Changsheng waited two hours before the other party finally finished preparing fifty servings of Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder.

With so much Bone Quenching Powder, it would be enough for Lu Changsheng to use for quite some time.

"Farewell."

Lu Changsheng took the Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder and returned to Miraculous Garden.

After putting away the Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder, Lu Changsheng went to the pharmacy where Doctor Wu Jing was.

He had originally taken leave and could have come back in the afternoon.

But seeing that it was still early, he returned instead.

When Doctor Wu Jing saw Lu Changsheng, a faint smile appeared on his stiff face.

Because of Elder Wen's matter, Doctor Wu Jing had been in a foul mood lately and often lost his temper.

The several apprentices trembled every day, terrified that Doctor Wu Jing would chew them out.

Only when facing Lu Changsheng did Doctor Wu Jing finally show a trace of a smile.

"Changsheng, come over quickly. There's a patient here. Take his pulse and see what's wrong with him."

Doctor Wu Jing pointed at the patient before him.

"Me?"

Lu Changsheng was somewhat surprised.

He had thought his Master might take another year or so before letting him treat patients himself. He hadn't expected an opportunity to come so soon.

The patient was an old man in his fifties. Seeing Lu Changsheng take his pulse, he did not get angry. Instead, he even told Lu Changsheng not to be nervous.

Clearly, even the patient could see how highly Doctor Wu Jing regarded Lu Changsheng.

Just as Lu Changsheng was about to take the man's pulse, a group of martial artists suddenly barged in from outside.

Every one of them was broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, with fierce auras. The moment they entered, their gazes fell upon Doctor Wu Jing.

Yet they said nothing, waiting instead for a pale-faced young man with the air of a scholar to slowly walk in from outside.

This young man, who resembled a pale scholar, looked somewhat frail. Yet Lu Changsheng could vaguely sense the surging vitality and blood within his body.

Upon seeing Doctor Wu Jing, the young man gave a slight bow and said, "You must be Doctor Wu Jing? My name is Gao Yucheng. I am from Gao Family Fortress outside the city."

"I beg Doctor Wu Jing to save my elder brother, and save the people of Gao Family Fortress!"

Doctor Wu Jing had originally taken a dislike to this overbearing group.

But upon hearing that lives needed saving, compassion stirred within him.

"Tell me. What exactly happened?"

Doctor Wu Jing asked.

"Doctor Wu, recently, people in Gao Family Fortress have been coming down with a strange illness one after another, falling unconscious and not waking."

"We invited doctors, but they all knew nothing when asked, with no idea what illness it was."

"My elder brother's life hangs by a thread, and quite a few clansmen in Gao Family Fortress are likewise in mortal danger. We heard that Doctor Wu's medical skill is superb, so we have come especially to ask Doctor Wu to visit Gao Family Fortress and treat them."

"If you can cure this strange illness, Gao Family Fortress is willing to pay Hundred Gold as your consultation fee!"

Everyone in the pharmacy was shaken upon hearing this.

A Hundred Gold consultation fee!

That meant one hundred taels of gold.

It was an absolute fortune.

Even though Doctor Wu Jing was a famed physician of his generation, he had never received such an expensive consultation fee.

"Can't you carry the patients here for me to examine?"

Doctor Wu Jing had some misgivings.

"Doctor Wu, those people are afflicted by this strange illness and are physically weak. If they endure the hardship of travel by carriage and horse, I fear they may die on the way. That is why we can only trouble Doctor Wu to make the journey in person."

"However, we have prepared a comfortable carriage and will certainly not let Doctor Wu become too fatigued."

The other party's sincerity was unmistakable.

Moreover, Lu Changsheng had heard of Gao Family Fortress. It seemed to be a powerful local clan outside the city, with considerable influence.

Doctor Wu Jing thought it over and ultimately agreed.

"Very well. Please wait a moment while this old man makes arrangements."

Doctor Wu Jing turned to Lu Changsheng and said, "Changsheng, you will accompany your Master to Gao Family Fortress this time."

"Bring several apprentices as well. Take the medicine chests and set out."

Doctor Wu Jing now regarded Lu Changsheng as the heir to his mantle, taking him wherever he went.

A "strange illness" like the one at Gao Family Fortress was a rare case. Seeing it firsthand and broadening his horizons would also greatly benefit his medical skills.

Lu Changsheng thought for a moment before replying, "Master, I want to go back and prepare first."

"Go quickly and return quickly."

Lu Changsheng returned to Miraculous Garden.

No one knew how long this trip to Gao Family Fortress would take, so he needed to bring some Nine Treasures Bone Quenching Powder.

There was no need to bring too much, though. A few doses should be enough.

Then Lu Changsheng also took his dagger, just in case.

Once everything was ready, Lu Changsheng returned to the pharmacy.

"All right, Master. We can set off."

Gao Yucheng immediately stepped aside and said respectfully, "Doctor Wu, please."

Supporting his Master, Lu Changsheng climbed into the carriage prepared by Gao Family Fortress.

Soon, the carriage began to roll forward, and the group hurried out of the city.