A Daoist Doctor's Woes

After Taoist Liu expelled the evil presence from the Liu Residence, Master Liu rewarded him with several dozen taels of silver.

Yet no sooner had the silver reached his hands than he redeemed the bronze chime from the tavern and bought some rice and flour for the Taoist temple.

Then he took the rest of the silver and went gambling again, losing every last bit of it within days.

With no other choice, he pawned off his Taoist crown and new shoes as well.

Though Xu Xian had refined some fasting pills over the past few days, the old Taoist loved wine and meat. Even after taking fasting pills, it did not stop him from buying wine and meat to eat.

Clear Wind and the others, on the other hand, helped Xu Xian with his work and followed him in pill refinement. They could stave off hunger with fasting pills and no longer needed to buy rice or flour.

More than a month passed in the blink of an eye. After Ling Qing led everyone through their morning lessons, he began explaining medical principles to Xu Xian.

Though medicine was not his sole field of study, he had brought back quite a few medical classics from the Warring States Instance.

He had also encountered many modern medical concepts, more than enough to instruct Xu Xian.

"Treating illness is like cultivation; it emphasizes the balance of yin and yang. Compounding medicine is likewise like refining pills, with sovereign, minister, assistant, and courier.

For every thing born beneath heaven, there is something that can overcome it; likewise, for every thing born beneath heaven, there is something that can bring it to fruition. That is the whole principle of mutual generation and restraint.

If you wish to treat someone, first observe the qi