Chapter 293: The Curtain Falls on the Old Era

Nian Duan, as a master of the Medical School, was the best physician of the current age; there was none to surpass her.

This statement was arrogant, but it was indeed a fact.

This scroll of medical books compiled by her could be said to have exhausted her life's efforts. She applied everything she had learned in her life to it, describing many common illnesses in an easy-to-understand way, and then recorded all the corresponding treatment methods on it.

After receiving this scroll of medical books and reading its contents slightly, Ying Zheng realized the extraordinary nature of this scroll. Then, he did not refuse the suggestion Su Xuan made to circulate it throughout the world. Of course, before this, he still had the many imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau read this scroll of medical books to verify whether the various treatment methods on it were feasible.

When the medical officials of the Imperial Medical Bureau saw this scroll of medical books, they were immediately astonished.

Even though the Qin Wang's status was noble, they could not help but ask the Qin Wang who exactly had compiled it.

To this question, Ying Zheng did not answer.

Seeing that the Qin Wang was unwilling to answer, the Chief Imperial Physician had no choice but to put away the curiosity in his heart and then said: This medical book can serve as a model for all physicians in the world!

This statement was not a low evaluation, but it also indirectly explained how few medical classics there were in the world today.

The *Huang Di Neijing* (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) and the *Nanjing* (Classic of Difficult Issues) were the two great medical classics of the contemporary era. Among them, the *Nanjing* was slightly closer in time, coming from the hands of Qin Yueren, Bian Que, while the time from the *Huang Di Neijing* to the present was truly too long.

In the years since the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, although many medical books had appeared in the world, they ultimately could not reach the height of these two.

And this scroll of medical books, its content was different from the *Huang Di Neijing* and the *Nanjing*. Its focus was not on the theory of practicing medicine, nor on the methods of meridians and pulse diagnosis, but simply described many illnesses on it and then wrote down the corresponding treatment methods.

It could be said that even a person with no experience in practicing medicine and no understanding of any medical theory, as long as they could read, could go and get medicine according to the records on it and could also cope with some illnesses.

After verifying the extraordinary nature of this medical book, Ying Zheng understood in his heart. Immediately, he ordered people to copy it extensively and then handed it to the officials of various commanderies and counties, making it circulate throughout the world as soon as possible.

Because there was no paper in this era, nor was there printing technology, and coupled with the low literacy rate, it would take a period of time for the medical books to circulate throughout the entire Qin Guo, let alone spread to the entire world.

Nian Duan had long expected this matter. Being able to see the Qin Wang truly do as Su Xuan said and spread the medical books to the world, she was already quite satisfied. In addition, the contraptions manufactured by the Six-Fingered Black Hero earlier to exchange for Yan Dan's soul had already been put into use in the fields of the Qin Guo. Nian Duan had once watched from afar, and many of the populace had saved human and animal labor because of this.

The Qin Guo was truly very different from the other states she had seen.

Afterward, she brought her disciple, Duanmu Rong, and began to set about doing another thing.

According to what Su Xuan said, there were many medicinal herbs in the world, and some medicinal herbs looked the same as roadside weeds. People who did not understand the reasons were difficult to distinguish them. If there were a book specifically recording the appearance and medicinal properties of medicinal herbs, that would be good.

Nian Duan was persuaded by Su Xuan. Thus, she led Duanmu Rong, with the help of the Wood and Metal Departments of the Yin-Yang School, to set about compiling the *Bencao Gangmu* (Compendium of Materia Medica) of this era. Compared to the previous scroll of medical books, the difficulty of this medical book was extremely high, but Nian Duan had confidence. If it could be compiled successfully, it could benefit the physicians of the world and become a well-deserved medical classic, enough to be mentioned in the same breath as the *Huang Di Neijing* and the *Nanjing*.

Everyone had their own things to do.

Ying Zheng needed to govern this vast country well. Nian Duan, with the unwilling but forced-to-accept-reality Duanmu Rong—who had joined the Yin-Yang School and was living in the Qin Guo—began to set about compiling the *Bencao Gangmu*. Yan Dan was still acting as a hostage in the Qin Guo, striving to research the secret of the Qin Guo's strength. Han Fei and others were also gradually adapting to life in the Qin Guo.

And Su Xuan?

Su Xuan was cultivating!

Originally, when the medical books were circulating throughout the world, he had thought about whether to bring out paper and the supporting printing technology, but after thinking about it, he eventually gave up. Investing energy in this aspect, he did not know how much of his time it would waste. It was better to wait until the timing was appropriate in the future to state the corresponding theories and let others research them. He had not cultivated diligently for a long time.

Since mastering the "Divine Travel" technique and initially nourishing his Yin Spirit, allowing his Yin Spirit to leave his body, he became increasingly addicted to the feeling of his Yin Spirit leaving his body and taking souls. Only to this extent did it have a bit of the flavor of cultivating immortality. Otherwise, although there was also the technique of flying swords, it always felt like something was missing.

But hindered by his weak magic power, even if his Yin Spirit left his body, it could not remain outside for too long, and the distance between the Yin Spirit and the body could not be too far. And wanting to change this problem, he could only cultivate more diligently and enhance his strength.

Time passed slowly.

The ninth year of King Zheng of Qin passed just like that. From the fourth month, when Ying Zheng added his crown in Yongcheng, executed Lao Ai, and then dismissed Lu Buwei from the position of Chancellor, formally taking control of power, until the seventh or eighth month, when the State of Han's Nanyang suffered a great drought, the Qin Guo raised troops to crusade against the State of Han, annihilating it in one fell swoop. Afterward, a few more months passed. Among them, the things that happened were not few, but this year, after all, still drew the curtain.

Similarly, this year was also an extraordinary year.

From adding the crown to personally governing, and then to annihilating a state, Ying Zheng only spent a few months. The steps he took were indeed somewhat large.

Compared to the things that happened in the ninth year of King Zheng of Qin, the tenth year of King Zheng of Qin appeared somewhat calm.