"Uncle Hai! Busy?" The moment Jiang Liu entered the Medicine Hall, he saw Uncle Hai busily brewing medicine.
Hearing someone call out, Uncle Hai continued preparing the medicine without turning his head. He only stopped and looked back after placing the medicine into the pot.
"So it's you, boy? What brings you here to visit this old man?" Uncle Hai asked with a smile.
"Uncle Hai, long time no see! How have you been lately?"
"Alas! I'm just an old man waiting out my days. What does it matter whether I'm well or not? How about you?"
"Me? I'm still the same! I've been busy cultivating all this time. I've reached Entry Grade now, and this time I came to the main hall's Technique Hall to read some secret manuals."
"Oh? Your martial talent is pretty good. I just don't know whether you have any talent for medicine. Are you still studying medicine?"
"Of course I'm studying medicine! I've already memorized the Hundred Cures Compendium until I know it by heart, but I still haven't found the way in. Uncle Hai, please teach me."
"Good! You managed to memorize such a thick book, which proves you have perseverance. It's very simple to reach the basics of medicine. Watch me."
As he spoke, Uncle Hai followed the first section of the Hundred Cures Compendium, the Basic Acupuncture chapter, and taught Jiang Liu the changes between acupuncture, acupoints, qi and blood, and vital energy, as well as how to use medicine to control an illness.
He then explained once more to Jiang Liu the balancing relationships between acupuncture, herbs, qi and blood, acupoints, meridians, and vital energy. After that, he took out a diagram and had Jiang Liu practice administering acupuncture.
Jiang Liu practiced several times according to the diagram, and the