Inside the Commandery Governor's Residence

A light appeared in the darkness, and when Zhang Xuezhou opened his eyes, he felt his eyelids were extremely heavy.

But he did see light, and even a wooden bed in the style of a prefectural governor's mansion.

He was lying in the prefectural governor's mansion at the moment, not adrift in the flood.

This made Zhang Xuezhou breathe a deep sigh of relief, and all his worries were put to rest.

However, the heaviness of his body made Zhang Xuezhou extremely uncomfortable. He felt extremely weak and even had very little sense of his limbs.

At this moment, he was like a wandering soul, or like the Buddhist disciple who had invaded his body in the past, showing a clear lack of control over his body.

It took Zhang Xuezhou more than ten seconds to come to his senses.

The most likely reason for his discomfort is that his body is numb.

This world doesn't have the various medical equipment available in reality to revitalize his body. If anyone lies there for six or seven days, his body will become numb.

After being thankful to have survived, Zhang Xuezhou stopped making any demanding requests.

He stretched out his fingers and tried to extend his body naturally.

"Lord Wen, I truly cannot revive someone who has fallen into the water. I've never seen anyone survive this long after falling into the water; this is not a normal illness at all!"

"He's a cultivator, albeit a Technique Method- based one with no real skills, but he's not as easy to kill as an ordinary person. It's normal for him to live a few more days!"

"Zhongshu is absolutely right. You should boil some more herbs and feed them to him; what if he survives?"

"His physical condition isn't the problem right now; he's choked on water, and it's very likely water got into his head, which is why he hasn't been able to wake up. But I'm not skilled enough to open a skull, so there's really nothing I can do to save him!"

Several voices entered Zhang Xuezhou's ears, followed by footsteps.

"Hey, it's alive!"

Before even reaching the bedside, Dong Zhongshu noticed Zhang Xuezhou's unusual behavior and quickly took a few steps forward.

Compared to his appearance a few days ago, Zhang Xuezhou now has two more eyes that can move, and Zhang Xuezhou hands and feet are even slightly twitching.

"It actually survived!"

Wen Weng followed, and when he saw Zhang Xuezhou's eyes darting around, he couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

"It seems the herbal soup I gave you really worked!"

Another old man with gray hair and a pockmarked face leaned closer.

He first indicated his inability to do anything, then immediately tried to take credit.

"Take a good look at this Little Zhang and see what his physical condition is like!" Wen Weng urged.

Wen Weng cared deeply for Zhang Xuezhou, not because Zhang Xuezhou was indispensable, but because he was concerned about the bead that Zhang Xuezhou held tightly in his hand.

This black bead did not appear to have any supernatural properties, but its color was indeed quite similar to the shape of a snake's eye, which led Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu to make many guesses.

There was no Yao Qi on the pearl, but rather a wisp of Zhang Xuezhou's Law Power remained.

This made it difficult for the two to make a definitive judgment when speculating.

When Dong Zhongshu used the bead to perform magic to investigate, his target was Zhang Xuezhou, and he did not find any trace of the Bashe.

If it were a cultivator from a certain school of thought, they might kill Zhang Xuezhou with a single blow, restoring the bead to its original state to prove their suspicions.

However, Dong Zhongshu was not that kind of person, and Wen Weng was also a man of great wisdom who would not stoop to such despicable acts.

Only if Zhang Xuezhou regains consciousness, or if Zhang Xuezhou is completely beyond saving and dies, will the two of them make the corresponding funeral arrangements.

We have clearly not fallen into the latter situation at present.

"This Little Zhang, suffers from poor Qi and Blood and is physically weak and fatigued..."

"Could you please rub it for me? My skin is numb... numb!"

As a practitioner of the Yin-Yang School, Zhang Xuezhou had studied pharmacology and practiced alchemy.

His current condition is numbness in his body, and he has not eaten for several days, only drinking a lot of medicinal soup.

Under these circumstances, it's unrealistic to expect Zhang Xuezhou to be at his peak physical condition.

"You're incredibly lucky to have survived being unconscious for seven days!"

Hearing Zhang Xuezhou speak normally, Dong Zhongshu was relieved.

Without waiting for the pockmarked old man to rub his hands, he directly massaged Zhang Xuezhou's uterus to promote blood circulation.

"If a Technique Method is physically weak, but cultivates some Qi and Blood, it won't matter if you lie down for three to seven days," Dong Zhongshu said.

"What Master Dong said was..." Zhang Xuezhou said, "Could you give me some thin porridge to eat?"

"I've already sent someone to fetch food!" Wen Weng said.

"It's not that we don't want to feed you, it's just that you choked on water and we can't feed you. Even when we give you medicine, we have to be very careful," Dong Zhongshu said.

"Of course, you fell into the floodwaters back then, you probably drank a lot of water," Wen Weng said.

"Thank you both for saving my life!"

"We just saw you, then pulled you out of the water and brought you back. You're only alive thanks to yourself!"

"Yes, you are naturally aquatic, so you won't die easily from water."

Zhang Xuezhou replied with a few words, catching his breath.

Through their back-and-forth conversation, he roughly figured out what was going on.

This surprised Zhang Xuezhou somewhat.

What he saw using the X432 body repair technology is likely the truth.

"Are you the legendary healer Wang Er Ermazi?"

As Zhang Xuezhou pondered what he had seen, he asked the pockmarked old man a question.

You've heard of my reputation?

Upon hearing Zhang Xuezhou call out his nickname, the pockmarked old man rubbed his gray beard for a while.

The nickname "Wang Er Ermazi" annoyed him a bit, but Zhang Xuezhou's title of "miracle doctor" made him extremely happy.

"That's true!"

Zhang Xuezhou was slightly alarmed, as he had overheard Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu exchanging a few words using the X432 body repair technology.

Words can obviously be used to corroborate evidence; some things are inconvenient to say, while others can be asked directly.

The result of this question basically confirmed Zhang Xuezhou: everything he had seen before was the truth.

Zhang Xuezhou wasn't sure if he would experience the same unusual situation when he underwent the X432 body repair technology again, but he was clearly very surprised and delighted by this ability.

If it weren't for the exorbitant prices and the need for pre-booking for high-end medical care, Zhang Xuezhou would almost certainly want to conduct repeatable trials.

This won't bring any real advantage in terms of strength, but it will at least give Zhang Xuezhou another option and give him more confidence.

"You certainly know how to recognize people," Dong Zhongshu said with a smile. "This old physician does indeed have a good reputation in Shu County."

"It seems your 'wake-up soup' did have some effect," Wen Weng said.

"That's right! With him included, my 'wake-up soup' has saved at least three people," Wang Er Ermazi said happily.

"That's right!"

Wen Weng nodded.

Wang Er Ermazi's "wake-up soup" is indiscriminate, it can be given to anyone who has been submerged in water.

Most people are already dead when they are pulled out of the water, which makes Wang Er's "Water-Awakening Decoction" extremely ineffective in rescuing drowning victims.

While the success rate of saving three lives seems high, at least nearly a hundred people did not survive.

Zhang Xuezhou was undoubtedly very lucky. Not only did the other party possess a special physique, but they were also able to regain consciousness after seven days, ultimately joining the ranks of the one-third survivors.

When the servants of the prefectural governor brought a bowl of pig's blood porridge and fed it to Zhang Xuezhou, and seeing Zhang Xuezhou's complexion gradually becoming rosy, Wen Weng finally asked the question he was most concerned about.