Human Medicine

Liu Ling used a bewitching technique, and 'Jade Burning' was the trigger for the spell.

If you remove the substances in 'Jade-in-Shoku' that cause physical agitation, it becomes a normal beverage.

Under normal circumstances, inserting a silver needle into the man's vital essence gate can greatly reduce the traces of "burning in the jade".

While stimulating Zhang Xuezhou's acupoint, Li Shang broke five silver needles and then massaged him for a good half day.

He felt that Zhang Xuezhou's body was like a chastity belt, too difficult to pry open.

He subsequently used some special techniques to stimulate the area, and only after repeated attempts did he feel that he had aroused some of the desired effect.

However, Li Shang's luck was not so good. Just two days after he followed the instructions of the King of Huainan's Household to fake Zhang Xuezhou's drunken death, Divine Lord Zhenyuan came to investigate in a very polite manner.

Jin Chang, who was skilled at ambushes, honestly escaped unscathed, while Mao Bei, Zuo Wu, Su Fei, Tian You, and others were thoroughly dealt with.

If Li Shang hadn't quickly mentioned that he was treating an illness, he would have been punished for inserting needles into Zhang Xuezhou as well.

Previously, in order to fake his death from drunkenness, he removed the "Jade Burning" and turned it into a real cure. Under the watchful eye of Divine Lord Zhenyuan, Li Shang also honestly treated the patients.

"Did you really cure my illness?" Zhang Xuezhou asked suspiciously.

"True healing," Li Shang explained, forcing a smile, "Jin Chang said that isolated yin cannot grow, and solitary yang cannot be generated. You have cultivated the Nine Heavens Sect's methods, and your body's yang has reached a relatively extreme level. This kind of firmly maintained yang needs to be stimulated by nourishing pure yin. I think there is some truth to this statement!"

Li Shang pondered Divine Lord Zhenyuan, who needed an explanation back then.

While trying to eliminate 'Jade Burning's' influence as much as possible, he also discussed with Jin Chang, and when using his own abilities, he added the assistance of 'Human Medicine'.

This "human medicine" is not used for alchemy or pharmaceutical preparation, but rather as an auxiliary condition similar to external elixirs.

After some maneuvering, he finally managed to deflower Zhang Xuezhou and also reduced the effects of the 'Jade Burn' drug.

But something strange happened at this moment. This stimulation caused the Law Power within Zhang Xuezhou's body to stop stagnating, and the purple qi of Law Power began to protect him on its own.

This treatment greatly pleased Divine Lord Zhenyuan, who eventually left after saying his piece.

"You mean this woman is the cure for my illness?" Zhang Xuezhou asked suspiciously, "You used her to have sex with me, which made my body normal again?"

"It's a little bit normal now!"

Li Shang gave a forced smile.

He was only trying to remove the "Jade Burning" to avoid triggering Divine Lord Zhenyuan's investigation and causing a more serious accident. Little did he know that he would accidentally achieve the desired result.

However, this accidental success didn't yield very strong results.

Li Shang felt that Zhang Xuezhou's Law Power should have returned to about one-tenth or one-twelfth of its normal level, which meant that it was almost completely wasted, so it wasn't a good thing.

"Lord Dongfang, as long as you persevere, your health will definitely recover," Li Shang said, pointing to the woman lying on the bedside. "She is a talented woman carefully cultivated by our King of Huainan's Household. She is quite skilled in cultivation and is also an extremely rare pure Yin woman. She can treat Lord Dongfang's illness for a long time!"

"Long-term treatment?"

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the woman on the bed, only to see that her face was flushed red and she dared not look up.

Judging from her profile, she was quite pretty, but Zhang Xuezhou didn't think it was a good thing to have a strange woman in his bed.

He frowned slightly, then flicked his finger.

The Law Power that had been tightly bound by the Locking Yang and difficult to draw upon in the past now appeared at his fingertips, glowing with a purple light like the flame of a burning candle.

"At this point, I should only be using two or three percent of my magical Law Power. Do I really need this woman to heal me thirty or forty times?"

Zhang Xuezhou was overjoyed that his Law Power, which had been sealed by Suoyang, was now free to be released, but he was also troubled by the method of treatment.

If he had used a different major medication, he might not have needed this treatment plan at all.

This treatment plan is extremely rare; not only would Zhang Xuezhou himself likely never discover it in his lifetime, but even Divine Lord Zhenyuan and others would find it difficult to know.

"You've disrupted my body's Law Power and damaged my pure Yang body, and you still claim this is to cure my illness?" Zhang Xuezhou frowned.

"Lord Dongfang, this... this has nothing to do with us. If we had known your illness was special, we wouldn't have dared to invite you to eat 'heat-inducing' foods," Li Shang said with a headache.

"Foods that trigger allergies"?

"Trigger foods" refer to foods that are irritating and particularly prone to triggering certain diseases (especially chronic or recurring illnesses) or aggravating existing diseases.

Zhang Xuezhou looked at Li Shang, not expecting that after the King of Huainan's Household's haphazard treatment, they would come up with so many far-fetched explanations.

"You'll likely have to avoid mutton from now on," Li Shang said. "Mutton has a strong, gamey smell, and eating too much of it can easily cause you discomfort!"

Li Shang pointed to his head, indicating that Zhang Xuezhou's condition was caused by eating too much mutton, which had even led to a rather unusual Qi Deviation.

He didn't care whether Zhang Xuezhou accepted this reasoning; that's how they defined it.

Zhang Xuezhou no longer had the catalyst of 'Jade Burning' in his body, so no other information could be found.

As long as the other party can come back to life, the Daoist priest will be satisfied, and nothing else will concern the King of Huainan's Household.

"Lamb... okay!"

Zhang Xuezhou remained silent for a moment.

He wanted to be happy, but he couldn't feel happy at all; all he felt was a huge headache.

He was happy because the Law Power the Locking Yang spell had been broken, and he now had the ability to use his Law Power normally. This was perhaps a stroke of luck that brought him some good fortune.

The reason Zhang Xuezhou wasn't happy was quite simple: this method of treatment was rather terrible.

Although Zhang Xuezhou was indifferent to many things and didn't care about losing his virginity, he was used to living and working alone, so how could he like having a complete stranger by his side?

"Speaking of which, I should congratulate Lord Dongfang," Li Shang said, cupping his hands in greeting.

"Oh?"

"This woman's name is A Qiao. Her pure yin body makes her extremely fertile. She should have already conceived when she slept with Lord Dongfang," Li Shang said with a smile. "After ten months, Lord Dongfang will be able to become a father!"

"What?"

Zhang Xuezhou was startled. He didn't care that he was naked. He quickly grabbed the blanket and pulled a set of clothes from the head of the bed and put them on.

"Lord Dongfang need not worry about Aqiao's humble origins. She is a refined young lady from Chang'an City, well-versed in poetry, literature, and mathematics, and also possesses talent in cultivation. She has gained the favor of the Princess and serves as a gatekeeper in her household, receiving an annual reward of three hundred shi (a unit of grain). "Lord Dongfang, we are all extremely envious of such a fortunate match!"

"Don't mess with me, who can handle suddenly becoming a father?" Zhang Xuezhou pushed Li Shang's hand away and cursed.

"Ah Qiao was a virgin before she touched Lord Dongfang; she didn't seduce him!"

Li Shang didn't understand the meaning of becoming a father unexpectedly, but when he saw Zhang Xuezhou jumping up and down, his heart skipped a beat, and he realized that he had congratulated the wrong person.

However, in the Great Han society at that time, it was very normal for people to marry wives and take concubines, and having one or two more was not a big deal.

If you do a good job working for the Prince's mansion, you might be rewarded with two beautiful wives and concubines, and everyone will happily take them home.

Most of the young ladies bestowed as gifts were descendants of criminal officials, possessing only a given name but lacking a surname. If they were no longer interested, they could be transferred or sold without issue. Whether they loved the child they carried or not was not a problem, and being treated as a person of low social status was also not a problem.

"Ah Qiao has met the family of the lord; she is well-educated and reasonable. Everyone likes her very much," Li Shang said anxiously. "If the lord does not like Ah Qiao, you can return to the palace after you finish treating your illness. The princess can apologize to the lord then!"

Let me sort this out, I'm a bit confused right now!

Zhang Xuezhou had previously chatted casually with the Grand Historian Sima about things related to women.

When people are just chatting and laughing, everyone can have a good time, but when it happens to him personally, Zhang Xuezhou doesn't find it so pleasant.

For someone with strong modern values like Zhang Xuezhou, it was difficult to treat a living person as a commodity, which was one of the minor flaws he had when trying to integrate into Great Han society.

If it were him more than ten years ago, in a situation where he couldn't distinguish reality from Zhang Xuezhou, he would only feel that the dream had vanished without a trace, and he could simply pull up his pants and run away.

At that moment, he was very clear that he was facing living, breathing people.

Treating patients while lacking awareness is one thing, but to have patients die as a result is quite unsettling for Zhang Xuezhou. The situation has veered into another dimension, clashing with societal norms of public order and justice, forcing him to seriously consider whether military action had played a role in exacerbating the situation.