The one who had supposedly offended a Xia Nation deity was actually a plant Zhang Dongyuan had arranged. Steward Zhang was exceptionally skilled at dropping such hints, and that plant had not even realized he was a plant.
Many people scoffed at that claim. This was the Western Continent, far from Xia Nation.
Yet another day passed, and the stroke symptoms still showed little improvement. The doctors found it rather strange—facial nerve paralysis should have recovered fairly quickly in its early stages; slower recovery in the middle and later stages was normal.
The Ancient Medicine practitioner handling the acupuncture was also curious. The first two treatments should have worked quickly, so why was there barely any response?
At that point, the patient asked, "Um... I might have offended one of the deities in your Daoist Temple. Is that really a thing?"
This Ancient Medicine clinic was actually run by Lu'er Nation people, but upon hearing that, they said it was hard to say. He should go ask at the Daoist Temple.
It was not until the fourth day after the incident that the first person went to the Daoist Temple, wanting to know whether his crooked mouth was because he had done something wrong.
Lu'er Nation people were proud, but a crooked mouth and slanted eyes would have been one thing. The constant drooling was simply unbearable.
Zhang Dongyuan had arranged everything in advance, so a young Daoist said, "You offended a deity. Burn incense for three consecutive days, and you should recover eighty percent within a month. If you keep burning incense continuously, you may fully recover within fifteen days."
Upon hearing that, the man immediately said, "I want to burn incense."
The Daoist Temple had not yet been fully organized, and one stick of this Atonement Incense cost