Chapter 116

Entering the Eastern Depot for the second time, Hua Changxi still went with Eunuch Yu. After the two arrived, they did not see Eunuch Xuan and could only wait at the place where Eunuch Xuan worked.

After waiting for about forty minutes, a middle-aged eunuch in his forties or fifties rushed in.

As soon as he entered, the middle-aged eunuch looked at Hua Changxi anxiously. Seeing that she only looked fourteen or fifteen years old, he instinctively did not believe she had such high medical skills, but he couldn't find any other physician and could only treat a dead horse as if it were a living one.

"Are you the physician invited by Battalion Commander? My godson is about to give out; hurry and come with me to save him."

Before Hua Changxi could speak, Eunuch Yu stood out first to object: "No, we were brought here by Eunuch Xuan; we must wait for him to return before we go to save anyone."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged eunuch became anxious: "Ten or twenty people have already died in these two days. Eunuch Xuan has gone to the Northern Suppressing Office with the Superintendent; who knows when he will return? Waiting here idly is not as good as going to save a few more people."

Hua Changxi did not expect that so many people had not held on, and said directly: "Save people first." After saying this, she was about to have the middle-aged eunuch lead the way.

Worried that Eunuch Xuan would be angry, Eunuch Yu blocked her again: "Saving people requires needle tools; we haven't gotten the needle tools yet."

The middle-aged eunuch hurriedly said: "I have already gone to the tool-refining room to get the needle tools; they are placed in the courtyard of the wounded."

Now, Eunuch Yu could not block her. Seeing Hua Changxi follow the middle-aged eunuch away, he could only follow quickly.

Just as they were about to reach the courtyard of the wounded, the three of them happened to see someone carrying two corpses out.

Seeing this, the middle-aged eunuch's expression was solemn: "Two more have died."

Hua Changxi stepped forward to check the condition of the corpses; both were martial artists, their internal organs severely injured by sword Qi and completely ruptured.

Worried about the rest of the others, the middle-aged eunuch urged: "Physician, let's hurry into the courtyard."

Hua Changxi followed the middle-aged eunuch into the courtyard quickly and was led into a large room. In the room was a large communal bed, on which lay more than a dozen martial artists who were breathing more than they were exhaling.

Seeing this, Eunuch Yu hurriedly grabbed Hua Changxi: "Eunuch Xuan said to save the martial artists first."

Hearing this, the middle-aged eunuch's expression became anxious, but he was not in a position to speak out in rebuttal.

The Superintendent clearly valued cultivators more. If he blocked the physician from saving the cultivators now, and if someone really died on the cultivator side, the Superintendent would certainly punish him after he returned and learned of this.

Hua Changxi scanned the martial artists on the communal bed; the situation of a few was already extremely critical: "The cultivators will be fine for a while; these martial artists will die if they are not treated now. Save them first."

Hearing this, the middle-aged eunuch's eyes lit up, and he quickly handed the needle tools he had taken from the tool-refining room to Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi took the needle tools, looked at the dozens of needles of different thicknesses and lengths placed in the box, gathered spiritual power in her hand, and checked the quality of these needles.

Spiritual power could be smoothly injected into the needles, and the needles could also withstand the flow of spiritual power.

"The Eastern Depot's tool-refining master has excellent skills; this set of spiritual needles is refined very well."

The middle-aged eunuch: "Master Lu, who refined the spiritual needles, was a famous weapon master in the Ministry of Works before; the Superintendent spent a great deal of effort to transfer him to the Eastern Depot."

Time waited for no one. Hua Changxi did not continue to ask about the tool-refining master, but instead took the spiritual needles and walked toward the martial artist whose condition was most critical.

That person happened to be the middle-aged eunuch's godson.

Seeing the middle-aged eunuch's face full of anxiety, Eunuch Yu comforted him: "With Physician Hua taking action, your godson will be fine."

The middle-aged eunuch twitched the corners of his mouth and said nothing, watching Hua Changxi, who was inserting spiritual needles into his godson quickly and steadily. Seeing her skilled and decisive technique, his suspicion of her medical skills lessened by a few points.

Hua Changxi used the spiritual needles to seal the 'small sword' condensed from sword Qi inside the wounded person's body in one position, avoiding the 'small sword' from rampaging and destroying other internal organs, and then quickly wrote a prescription for stopping bleeding and repairing.

"Follow the prescription to boil the medicine; boil it according to the number of injured martial artists. All martial artists must take it."

The middle-aged eunuch took the prescription, looked at it, and then turned and left without a word.

Once he left, Hua Changxi said to Eunuch Yu: "Find out who he is later."

Eunuch Yu: "This person can take the needle tools and can also go to withdraw medicinal herbs; he should have some status in the Eastern Depot."

Hua Changxi thought the same, and holding the remaining spiritual needles, she walked toward the next wounded person.

One set of spiritual needles was enough to seal the 'small swords' inside three martial artists.

Without spiritual needles, Hua Changxi could only wait for the middle-aged eunuch to boil the medicine before proceeding to the next step of treatment.

"Eunuch Yu, do you think I can ask the Eastern Depot's tool-refining master to refine a few sets of spiritual needles for me?"

To have the Eastern Depot's tool-refining master help refine spiritual needles, Eunuch Xuan would certainly have to come forward. Eunuch Yu could not make decisions for Eunuch Xuan. Just as he was thinking about how to respond, the middle-aged eunuch entered.

"The physician wants to refine a few more sets of spiritual needles? I can go find Master Lu about this matter."

Hua Changxi's eyes lit up: "Then I will trouble you, Eunuch. May I ask how to address you?"

The middle-aged eunuch: "I am Lin Qi, a Company Commander of the Eastern Depot."

Hua Changxi smiled: "So it is Eunuch Lin, nice to meet you. My name is Hua Changxi."

Eunuch Lin's attitude toward Hua Changxi was much more polite than before at this moment. When he went to the storehouse to get the medicine, the people in the storehouse looked at the prescription and said directly that the prescription was well-written, which showed that the young lady in front of him was truly skilled in medicine.

"Physician Hua, the medicine you ordered has already been boiled."

After hearing this, Hua Changxi walked to the front of Eunuch Lin's godson, sat down, picked up a sharp little knife, and sliced open the wounded person's chest.

As soon as the chest was opened, a streak of white spiritual light shot out.

"Bang!"

Eunuch Yu and Eunuch Lin saw a white radiance flash and disappear, and then, a streak of red light suppressed the white radiance. By the time the two of them came to their senses, they saw an extra sword mark on the ground.

"This is the sword Qi that was destroying the martial artists' bodies."

"Eunuch Lin, bring the boiled medicine over for your godson to take."

Hua Changxi began to treat the next martial artist.

An afternoon passed, and all the martial artists had received treatment.

Seeing that the martial artists' breathing had stabilized, Eunuch Lin no longer doubted Hua Changxi's medical skills. To express his gratitude, he took the initiative to say that he would have Master Lu of the tool-refining room help her refine a few more sets of spiritual needles.

After finishing the treatment of the martial artists, Hua Changxi went to another room to treat the cultivators.

Treating cultivators was easier than treating martial artists. Martial artists were mortals, and their bodies could not withstand spiritual power, so she could only use spiritual needles to seal the 'small sword' and then open a hole to let the 'small sword' fly out.

Cultivators did not need to be like this; cultivators could withstand spiritual power. After using spiritual needles to seal the 'small sword', she injected spiritual power into the spiritual needles and then inserted the spiritual needles toward the 'small sword', forcibly shattering the 'small sword' through the spiritual power in the spiritual needles.

Of course, the premise for doing this was that her spiritual power was above that of the 'small sword'.

Judging from the 'small swords' that flew out of the martial artists' bodies, the lethality of these 'small swords' was not too strong, equivalent only to a single strike from a Qi-Refining cultivator.

If the power of the 'small sword' were any stronger, those martial artists would have died on the spot, and the cultivators probably wouldn't have waited for her to come and treat them.

Treating the cultivators was much faster than the martial artists. By the time Eunuch Xuan returned, Hua Changxi had already shattered the 'small swords' inside all the cultivators' bodies.

Seeing that not a single cultivator had died and most of the martial artists were also out of danger, Eunuch Xuan was happy and directly gave this set of spiritual needles to Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi accepted them without being polite; this was the labor fee she deserved: "Eunuch Xuan, I have one more thing I would like your help with."

The smile on Eunuch Xuan's face faded: "What is it?"

Hua Changxi: "I would like to ask the Eastern Depot's rune master to help me draw a few runes."

Eunuch Xuan's eyes flickered: "Runes for setting up a teleportation array?"

Hua Changxi nodded: "Yes."

Eunuch Xuan: "I cannot help you with this; the Eastern Depot does not have a rune master. If we have corresponding needs, we all go to the Heaven Department to find someone to solve it."

Hua Changxi did not know if what he said was true or false, but she knew that her idea of wanting to find someone from the Eastern Depot to carve runes on the array stones had fallen through.

Afterward, Hua Changxi left with Eunuch Yu.

As soon as the two left, Eastern Depot Superintendent Zhang Fang came over.

Zhang Fang personally looked at the injured cultivators and martial artists, focusing on the sword marks in the martial artists' room: "Are these sword marks left behind when the sword Qi inside the martial artists' bodies was released?"

Eunuch Lin hurriedly replied: "Yes, when Physician Hua was treating everyone, I was right next to her. The power of the sword Qi should have been much stronger, but it was blocked by Physician Hua, so only these few sword marks were left."

Zhang Fang had seen many alchemists and physicians in the palace. The severe injuries his subordinates suffered this time had been encountered by the Demon-Suppressing Army many years ago.

At that time, in order to treat that batch of the Demon-Suppressing Army, the Minister of the Heaven Department had begged the Emperor, and the Emperor had sent royal physicians and alchemists to treat them.

To understand the true situation of the Demon-Suppressing Army, the Emperor had sent him along. He had watched the entire process of how the physicians treated the wounded that time, and the treatment process had not been easy at all.

Hua Changxi could save people; her medical skills were even more superb than he had imagined!

"Regarding the relationship with Hua Changxi, we might need her to save our lives in the future."

Eunuch Xuan heard this and hurriedly agreed.

Not having found a rune master and being unable to set up the teleportation array for the time being, Hua Changxi was a bit depressed. On the way back to the Medical Department, she was racking her brains thinking about where to find a rune master.

It was not that she didn't want to learn to draw runes herself; it was just that she really didn't have the time and energy.

Her current daily schedule was: teaching in the morning, refining pills in the afternoon, cultivating at night, and handling some trivial matters in her spare time; she really couldn't squeeze out time to learn to draw runes.

Once she raised her cultivation and her alchemist grade, perhaps then she would have the time and mood to learn to draw runes.

As she was about to reach the Medical Department, Hua Changxi suddenly turned around abruptly and looked behind her.

Eunuch Yu was stunned by her abrupt behavior: "Master, what is it?"

Hua Changxi looked at the alley entrance on the opposite street, her eyes narrowing. Just now, she had sensed someone staring at her. As soon as she turned her head, she saw a figure quickly enter the alley.

There were still residual fluctuations of spiritual Qi in the air; that was a cultivator.

Who was she being targeted by this time?

Eastern Depot people?

Hua Changxi frowned and withdrew her gaze: "It's nothing." After saying this, she continued to walk toward the Medical Department.

Since she had been targeted, that person just now would certainly follow her again. Next time, she must catch him and figure out exactly who was staring at her.

Returning to the Medical Department, because it was not convenient to cultivate openly, Hua Changxi spent her time refining pills. After returning to the Menial Hall, she went directly to the No. 6 Qihuang Hall to refine pills.

On May 26th, when Hua Changxi was teaching the menials to refine pills at the No. 6 Qihuang Hall, a few people she found somewhat unexpected arrived.

Mu Qingying, the He sisters, and Shen Qianfan and Zhu Qinghuan, who held wooden plaques. Behind them were a few people she didn't recognize.

"Jiuniang."

Two young ladies Hua Changxi had never seen before walked to her side with smiles.

Hua Changxi looked at the two: "Who are you?"

The older young lady smiled: "My great-grandfather is the Great Elder of the Hua clan, and Hua Tai is my grandfather. I am two years older than you; you can call me Sister Wanyue."

As she spoke, she looked at the young lady beside her with a smile.

"This is Miss Shuran from the Count's Prefecture."

After hearing this, Hua Shuran immediately looked at Hua Changxi with a smile: "What Miss Shuran? We are all sisters; we should address each other as sisters. Jiuniang, I am one year older than you. If you don't mind, you can call me Sister Shuran."

Hua Changxi sized up the two people in front of her who wanted to be her sisters and said directly: "I am going to teach now. If you have something to find me for, you have to wait a while."

Seeing that Hua Changxi was not warm to her and Hua Wanyue at all, and even somewhat distant, Hua Shuran frowned slightly, but continued to smile: "We are just here to listen to your lecture."

Without waiting for Hua Changxi to react, she turned to look at the young man and young lady who had come with them and introduced them self-importantly: "Jiuniang, these two are Young Master Chu and Miss Duan; they are also here to listen to your lecture."

Hua Changxi sized up the dashing Young Master Chu and the Miss Duan, whose arrogance was hard to hide, and withdrew her gaze: "If you are here to listen to the lecture, please go down and sit properly."

Miss Duan was somewhat dissatisfied with Hua Changxi's attitude and seemed to want to say something, but she was pulled away by Young Master Chu.

Hua Shuran and Hua Wanyue glanced at Hua Changxi and followed behind the two, finding seats to sit down.

Seeing that Mu Qingying was also there, Young Master Chu smiled and nodded at her.

Mu Qingying also nodded, considering it a greeting.

Hua Changxi noticed the interaction between the two and guessed that Young Master Chu's identity was not ordinary, but they were all irrelevant people, so she was too lazy to think much about it and began to teach everyone to refine mortal pills.

Mu Qingying and the others, who were watching Hua Changxi refine pills for the first time, might have been dismissive at first, but slowly, they all became focused.

There was no help for it; Hua Changxi's pill-refining process was too natural and smooth, and her techniques and movements carried an indescribable charm. Watching her refine pills was simply a visual enjoyment.

Hua Changxi demonstrated the pill-refining process once, and then let the menials who had brought pill furnaces refine them themselves, while she moved among them, pointing out their shortcomings.

Seeing this, Mu Qingying took out a pill furnace from her storage bag and also began to refine pills, but she was refining spiritual pills.

Hua Changxi watched, and during Mu Qingying's refining process, she pointed out her techniques for melting and sealing the pills: "The medicinal herbs are not fully fused, so the medicinal efficacy cannot be exerted; if they are not sealed properly, the spiritual Qi and medicinal efficacy of the spiritual pill cannot be preserved for long."

Mu Qingying looked at the ten medium-grade pills in the pill furnace, her expression shaken. Just because of Hua Changxi's guidance, the quality of the pills she refined had improved.

Before this, what she had refined were all low-grade pills.

Mu Qingying just wanted to exchange some pill-refining insights with Hua Changxi, when she heard Hua Changxi say: "Alright, class is over."