Official Opening

Under the watchful eyes of every major faction, Lin Feng's Serendipity Medical Hall finally opened for business. Unlike the fanfare before, however, no celebratory troupe had been invited, nor had the Lin Family notified any nobles. One morning, the medical hall's doors simply opened.

Before the opening, Hua Jieyu had asked Lin Feng whether he wanted her to hire an opera troupe or a lion dance team to beat drums and gongs outside in celebration. Lin Feng refused. "The various factions are watching our medical hall every day. They'd love to send a mosquito inside to spy on us. Whatever we do, they're paying attention. There's no need to waste money on that. Our family is doing well enough, but there's no need to be extravagant."

And so, Serendipity Medical Hall opened in complete silence.

Just as expected, there were barely any visitors on its first day. The various factions were indeed watching this Innate Full Soul Power genius whom the Lin Family had kept hidden, but a genius was only nine years old, not a Titled Douluo. Watching was one thing; it was not as though every faction would rush over the moment he showed himself. Before a genius had grown, people would only keep an eye on him. Lin Feng's earlier actions had merely been a lengthy buildup, an advertisement for his medical hall.

No one coming through the doors was well within Lin Feng's expectations, so he was not anxious. He sat in the medical hall and continued reading the medical books of this world. He had long since mastered the Divine Medicine King Chapter, and King Qin Guang had even modified it into a version suited to the Douluo World. Using it to practice medicine here was effortless for him. Still, he wanted to see what medical books ordinary healers in this world used, so he had asked his father to gather some for him. Now, he happened to have the time to study them.

Lin Feng could remain calm, but Lin An, who had followed him since childhood, could not. He kept glancing outside, then poking his head through the doorway. Lin Feng found it rather amusing. "Lin An, if you stretch any farther, your head is going to fall off outside."

Lin An set down the rag he had been using to wipe the medicine cabinets and ran to Lin Feng's desk. "Young Master, how can you stay so calm? It's been an entire morning, and not a single person has come in. How are we supposed to make money if such a large medical hall doesn't see patients?"

Lin Feng said, "What are you in such a hurry for? We run a medical hall, not a general store. Haven't you heard what the ancients said? Better that there be no sickness in the world, even if the medicine on the shelves gathers dust. No one coming to the medical hall is a good thing. It means no one is sick."

Lin An felt that his young master might have gone mad. "My Young Master, in a city as huge as Heaven Dou City, how could no one be sick? Forget anything else—the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena across the street is full of injured people. It's not that nobody is sick. It's that nobody is coming into our medical hall."

Looking at his little servant, Lin Feng could barely hold back a laugh. He had not expected Lin An to be more anxious than a nine-year-old child like him. "All right, Lin An. Go sit in the chair over there for a while. Don't worry. Our family isn't relying on your young master's medical hall to support us, and I didn't open this medical hall to make money. Look further ahead."

Lin An said, "Young Master, Lin An doesn't understand."

"It's fine. You don't need to understand. Just do as your young master says. All right, stop worrying here and go prepare lunch for your young master in the back. It's time to eat."

Lin An had thought the day would pass peacefully, but unexpectedly, someone really did come by that afternoon.

At around four in the afternoon, Lin Feng was preparing to close up soon and go home for dinner when a young man in his twenties rushed into the medical hall, carrying another unconscious young man who looked slightly older than himself on his back. As he ran, he shouted, "Where's the healer? Where is the healer? Hurry and save him!"

Lin Feng walked out from behind the consultation desk. "I'm the healer."

The young man froze when he saw Lin Feng, then hurriedly said, "Little friend, please call the healer out quickly. Someone has been poisoned. If he isn't treated now, it'll be too late."

Lin Feng said, "I am the healer. I'm also the only healer in this medical hall."

The young man clearly did not believe him, but the unconscious man truly seemed to be at death's door. He was frantic yet had no other choice.

Lin Feng continued, "It's fine if you don't believe me. Turn around and carry him out. His poison should hold for another half hour. You still have time to find another medical hall."

Seeing how calm Lin Feng was, the young man could not help but trust him a little more. More importantly, there was no other way. The two brothers made their living by fighting in the Great Soul Arena. Today, his elder brother had fought a Spider Spirit Master and been poisoned by Spider Venom. The Spider Spirit Master only knew how to poison people, not cure poison. For some reason, there were no Healing System Spirit Masters capable of detoxification at the Great Soul Arena that day. His brother's external injuries had been treated, but the Spider Venom had invaded his internal organs. If he was not treated soon, he would likely lose his life. The young man had seen the sign outside stating that this medical hall treated poison, so he had carried his brother inside. He had simply never expected the healer here to be a child. But there was no other choice. If his brother was not treated now, it really would be too late.

The young man bowed to Lin Feng. "Then I beg you, little healer, please save my brother's life."

Lin Feng said, "Carry your brother inside and lay him on this bed." The medical hall was fully furnished, with a consultation area, treatment area, and medicine dispensing area. The rear courtyard also contained a pharmacy and a kitchen for brewing medicine.

The young man laid the injured man on the bed. His lips were bluish-purple. Lin Feng checked his pulse, then pulled back his eyelids for a look. Even the whites of his eyes had been suffused with purple. He then said to the young man, "He was poisoned by a Seven-Colored Spider?" Though it was phrased as a question, his tone was certain.

The young man was stunned. He had not expected this child to identify the poison afflicting his brother at a glance. "Yes, it was a Seven-Colored Spider Spirit Master. Can you treat it?"

Lin Feng said, "I can. But judging by the way you two are dressed, I'm afraid you can't afford the medicine."

The young man was rendered speechless. They truly were not well-off. "May I ask, healer, how much will it cost to save my brother?"

Lin Feng said, "If you only want to save his life and remove the Spider Venom, it won't be expensive—one hundred Gold Soul Coins. But the poison has already entered his lungs and internal organs, damaging his foundation. Even if he survives, he'll be crippled. To restore him to the level of an ordinary person will cost one thousand Gold Soul Coins. If you want him to recover enough to continue cultivating, it will cost five thousand Gold Soul Coins."

The young man was stunned. Their family truly could not come up with that much money. He and his brother were both Soul Elders. Logically, the two of them received two hundred Gold Soul Coins in monthly subsidies, so their lives should not have been this difficult. But both of their parents were seriously ill and relied on costly medicine every month just to stay alive. Thus, despite both brothers being Soul Elders, they still lived in poverty, and their cultivation had been delayed considerably. Now that saving his Eldest Brother required so much money, he truly could not afford it.

Seeing his embarrassed expression, Lin Feng could tell what difficulties he faced. "Since you are the first patients at my medical hall, I can save him first. You can owe me the one hundred Gold Soul Coins for now. Just leave both of your Spirit Master's Handbooks here as collateral. Afterward, you can take him home and seek treatment from other medical halls as well. Whether I deceived you or not, his injuries can still be treated within the next month and he can recover. If it proves that I lied to you, I won't take a single coin and will compensate you with five thousand Gold Soul Coins. Otherwise, whether you need further treatment or not, bring one hundred Gold Soul Coins here within a month and redeem your Spirit Master's Handbooks. What do you say?"

The young man took out the Spirit Master's Handbooks and placed them beside the bed. "Please, healer, save my brother's life first."

Lin Feng took out silver needles and used them to guide the poison out of the injured man's body through acupuncture. He then fed him a pill that would protect his foundation, ensuring that it would not be destroyed within a month. After that, he wrote a prescription and had Lin An brew the medicine in the back. Once he was done arranging everything, he told the young man, "He should wake up in about an hour. Lin An can finish brewing the medicine in an hour as well. Feed it to him when it's ready, then you can take him home." The young man thanked Lin Feng again and stayed by the injured man's bedside.

Lin Feng picked up the two Spirit Master's Handbooks and began reading them. The elder brother was named Zhao Kang, twenty-six years old, while the younger brother was named Zhao Tai, twenty-two years old. Both possessed Cleaver Spirits and were currently Soul Elders. The Cleaver Spirit was of average quality, so their Innate Soul Power could not have been high. Yet despite their impoverished circumstances, the brothers had still cultivated to the level of Soul Elder in their twenties. They must have endured tremendous hardship. The rest of the Spirit Master's Handbooks revealed nothing noteworthy. Still, judging from their names, their parents' hopes for them had been quite simple—Health and Peace. Their parents must have loved them greatly.

After seeing the two brothers off, Lin Feng closed the medical hall with Lin An and returned home.