Feng Jun's third treatment of Elder Yuan had actually gone quite smoothly.
The medicinal potency from the first half of the Foundation-Nourishing Pill had not been fully digested. He first massaged him for a while, helping the medicine's effects disperse completely.
Then he fed him a Body-Tempering Pill and watched Elder Yuan grimace in agony for half an hour.
This time, a layer of grime seeped from Elder Yuan's body—only after taking the Body-Tempering Pill for the third time had any grime appeared. That showed just how stubborn years of accumulated filth could be.
Besides being stubborn, it stank—especially fishy and foul. The entire hospital room smelled like a salted fish shop.
But Elder Yuan could not be exposed to drafts, so everyone could only endure it. Even Second Brother-in-Law, a man of high status and authority, was in the mood to joke. "A little stinkier than fermented mandarin fish, but not as bad as stinky tofu."
Besides being stubborn and foul-smelling, that grime was also particularly sticky...
Forget it, the details were a little disgusting, so they would be skipped. Yuan Huakun, Yuan Huapeng, and Second Brother-in-Law wiped Elder Yuan down several times with hot towels before tossing the towels directly into the trash.
After the tempering of the Body-Tempering Pill, the medicinal potency of the first half of the Foundation-Nourishing Pill had been completely absorbed. Even the vital energy in Elder Yuan's body was beginning to fall short again, so Feng Jun fed him the other half of the Foundation-Nourishing Pill.
That half-pill would be enough to support him through the next Body-Tempering Pill body refinement, with some left over.
To help him better absorb the Foundation-Nourishing Pill, Feng Jun acted again, circulating his inner breath as he repeatedly struck the other's major acupoints. After resting for a