The Preliminary Examination!
He studied for six years?
What sort of immortal was this?
It was so simple, wasn't it?
And then there were his two years studying medicine. Dozens of cases worsened after passing through his hands. Luckily, he was only an apprentice and not the attending physician—otherwise, wouldn't he have treated his patients to death?
Cheng Buzheng had plenty of experience with an apothecary apprentice's work.
After all.
Before he set foot upon the Immortal Path, he too had once been an apprentice in an apothecary.
Naturally, he knew what apprentice work entailed. It was almost entirely menial tasks—assisting, fetching medicine, and the like.
At the same time, he rather admired Xiu Changkong. Unless one did it deliberately, an ordinary person truly could not achieve such a degree of failure.
This was no longer mere carelessness. It was the very portrait of misfortune hanging over one's head.
Of course.
The physician who had taken Xiu Changkong in was also comparatively compassionate.
Had it been anyone else, he would have swept him out the door long ago. There would have been no need to wait two whole years.
Yet after falling off the cliff, he apparently had not lost his life. He had most likely turned disaster into a blessing.
If this Xiu Changkong's life had truly been no more than this...
Then it would have been impossible for a stone stele in the Langya Altar to record the events of his life.
With that thought, Cheng Buzheng continued reading.
"By fortune, I did not die, though I broke the bones in my legs. Seeking medicinal herbs, I obtained Immortal Fate!
"I set foot upon the path of cultivation. Cultivating for a thousand years, I ascended to the rank of True Lord. Yet my original aspiration was ultimately incomplete,