Chapter 4: Cultivation and Medical Inheritance

"Ugh~"

Before Hua Changxi could be happy about obtaining the opportunity, she was stimulated by the smell on her body, which was like kitchen waste that had been left for days in midsummer, and she retched repeatedly.

At this time, Yao Shi pushed the door and entered.

Hua Changxi saw her mother and hurriedly asked for help: "Mother, quickly call the Sixth Brother to get me water, I want to bathe."

Yao Shi instinctively refused: "Bathe what? You have wounds on your body, you can't..."

The following words, Yao Shi couldn't say, because she approached Hua Changxi, smelled the pungent odor on her body, and directly held her breath.

At the same time, she also saw the dirt attached to Hua Changxi's body.

"Jiuniang, what happened to you?"

Yao Shi was worried that something had happened to her daughter, so she quickly turned and left the room, anxiously pulling Hua Minghe, who was resting at home, over, followed by the Sixth Brother of the Hua family.

As soon as the Sixth Brother of the Hua family entered the room, he shouted directly: "Jiuniang, why do you smell so bad?" He retreated toward the outside of the room while shouting.

Hua Minghe stepped forward to check Hua Changxi's situation, his expression a bit surprised, then turned to the Sixth Brother of the Hua family and said: "Go get water for your sister."

Yao Shi was a bit worried: "But Jiuniang's wounds..."

"Mother, it's okay, my wounds have already scabbed over." Hua Changxi had already taken off the gauze bandaging her wounds.

Yao Shi looked at her daughter's scabbed wounds, her expression very surprised: "How did the injuries recover so quickly?"

Hua Minghe thought for a while and said: "It should be the effect of the medicinal soup from the Medical Department."

Hua Changxi was so fumigated that her stomach was churning: "Father, Mother, I'll bathe first, we'll talk about other things later, okay?"

Now Yao Shi didn't insist anymore, hurriedly telling the Sixth Brother of the Hua family to go to the front yard to get hot water.

Ten minutes later, Hua Changxi soaked in the bathtub, changing the water a full five times before the strange smell on her body was gone.

"Finally alive again."

After Hua Changxi changed her clothes, she opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, Hua Minghe, Yao Shi, and the Sixth Brother of the Hua family, who were waiting outside, walked in.

The Sixth Brother of the Hua family circled Hua Changxi twice: "Father, Jiuniang looks like... martial artist body tempering."

Hua Minghe didn't object, just a bit puzzled: "The blood-tonifying medicinal soup of the Medical Department has the effect of body tempering?"

Hearing this, Hua Changxi's eyes flickered.

She felt that her situation shouldn't have anything to do with the Medical Department's medicinal soup, but was caused by the opportunity she had just obtained.

However, Hua Changxi didn't say anything.

Intuition told her that it was best not to let people know about the opportunity obtained from the sacrifice of eighty-one people by the evil Daoist.

The Sixth Brother of the Hua family circled Hua Changxi: "Jiuniang, how do you feel now?"

Hua Changxi: "I feel refreshed, and my body is lighter than usual."

"That is body tempering."

The Sixth Brother of the Hua family looked at Hua Changxi with envy: "Jiuniang, you are really lucky. Do you know that body tempering for a martial artist costs hundreds of taels of silver?"

"What good luck." Yao Shi glared at her son, "Your sister suffered a great disaster this time."

Yao Shi looked at her husband: "He-lang, is Jiuniang really body tempering?"

Hua Minghe nodded: "It should be."

Yao Shi was surprised: "The people in the Medical Department are so generous, not only saving people but also tempering their bodies along the way?"

Hua Minghe: "Pharmacist Xu said that True Blood Wood is a new medicinal herb discovered by the Medical Department. Perhaps the people in the Medical Department don't even know what effects True Blood Wood has."

Hua Changxi took the opportunity to interject: "Father, don't talk about this, I don't want to attract attention. If the Capital Prefecture and the Six Fan School know that I have tempered my body, they might call me over for questioning again."

Hua Minghe didn't want to talk about it either, and warned the Sixth Brother of the Hua family: "You are not allowed to talk about your sister's body tempering."

Yao Shi also followed: "Don't tell the family either. Second Sister-in-law was talking about body tempering for the Eighth Brother a few days ago, and Mother didn't agree. If she knew that Jiuniang, a young lady, had tempered her body, Second Sister-in-law would definitely make a scene."

Fortunately, it was noon now, and everyone was taking a nap, so Jiuniang's bathing didn't attract the attention of others in the family.

Hua Minghe knew the economic situation of the family. Even if he and his second brother and fourth brother were working in the government office, and there was a pharmacy at home, they really couldn't afford to temper the bodies and practice martial arts for all the boys in the family.

Seeing that her family hid the matter of her body tempering, Hua Changxi felt relieved.

She hadn't forgotten the young lady who fought the evil Daoist in the red robe.

What worried her most was that the young lady also knew her.

Now that she wasn't dead, if the news of her body tempering spread, it was hard to guarantee that the young lady wouldn't guess that she had obtained the opportunity of the red stone.

For the sake of the opportunity, the young lady and the evil Daoist in the red robe fought to the death. If she knew she had obtained the opportunity, would she come to kill her and seize the treasure?

Thinking of this, a look of doubt flashed in Hua Changxi's eyes.

If the red stone was the opportunity, but the stone was thrown into the magma by her, then how did she obtain the opportunity?

Just because she touched the red stone?

Hua Changxi couldn't figure it out, but as soon as she thought that the young lady might come to her door to kill her, she couldn't help but feel a bit anxious.

Yao Shi saw that her daughter's expression wasn't good, thinking it was because of the injury, so she waved her hand to drive Hua Minghe and the Sixth Brother of the Hua family away: "Alright, Jiuniang needs to rest, don't just stand here."

Hua Minghe saw that Hua Changxi was really fine, so he left with the Sixth Brother of the Hua family.

As soon as the father and son left, Yao Shi didn't let Hua Changxi sleep, but quickly went to the kitchen and brought back a casserole of chicken soup.

"Hungry? This is the chicken soup Mother specially stewed for you, drink it while it's hot."

Her daughter was injured, so Yao Shi went to the vegetable market early this morning to buy a black-bone chicken and stewed a pot of Angelica and black-bone chicken soup to nourish her body.

Hua Changxi was indeed hungry, so she took the chicken soup handed over by her mother and drank it. After drinking a few mouthfuls, she was surprised and said "Huh?"

【Commentary on the Hundred Herbs (Introductory): Tasting a Hundred Herbs 1/10】

Another line of text appeared in her vision.

Hua Changxi held the wolfberry in the chicken soup in her mouth, forgetting to swallow.

Yao Shi looked at her puzzled: "What's wrong, this chicken soup doesn't suit your taste?"

Hua Changxi swallowed the wolfberry and shook her head hurriedly: "No, the chicken soup is very delicious." As she spoke, she picked up her chopsticks, picked up a piece of Astragalus from the chicken soup, and put it in her mouth.

【Commentary on the Hundred Herbs (Introductory): Tasting a Hundred Herbs 2/10】

Hua Changxi picked up another piece of Angelica and put it in her mouth, 【Commentary on the Hundred Herbs (Introductory): Tasting a Hundred Herbs 3/10】

Yao Shi saw that her daughter was eating happily, and a smile appeared on her face: "Eat slowly, Mother will go clean up the kitchen."

Hua Changxi nodded messily.

By the time Hua Changxi had tasted all the medicinal herbs in the chicken soup, the text in her vision had become 【Commentary on the Hundred Herbs (Introductory): Tasting a Hundred Herbs 8/10】

This...

Hua Changxi was a bit confused, not understanding what kind of opportunity she had obtained.

【Realm: Qi Refining Stage 1/1000】

This was clearly for cultivation.

【Commentary on the Hundred Herbs (Introductory): Tasting a Hundred Herbs 8/10】

Judging from the literal meaning, this should be related to medical skills.

Cultivation plus medical inheritance, the opportunity she obtained was quite extraordinary!

【Tasting a Hundred Herbs 8/10】

Just two more ingredients to go.

Hua Changxi really wanted to know what would happen after tasting 10 types of ingredients, so she got up and left the room.

The Hua residence was a two-courtyard house.

The house sat facing south and north, and each courtyard had the same layout, all with five main rooms in the north, plus two side rooms; and three rooms in each of the east and west wings.

The difference was that the first courtyard had three additional rooms facing south, and there was a well in the courtyard.

Old Master Hua and Old Madam Hua had a total of three sons and one daughter.

The eldest son, Hua Minghe, married Yao Shi and had three sons and two daughters; the second son, Hua Mingang, married Fan Shi and had two sons and two daughters;

The third daughter, Hua Zhiyan, married into the Shen family and also had two sons and two daughters; the fourth son, Hua Mingcheng, married Liu Shi and had two sons and three daughters.

The first courtyard was lived in by Old Master Hua, Old Madam Hua, and the eldest branch of the family. The three rooms facing south were used as a kitchen, firewood room, and utility room.

The second courtyard was lived in by the second and fourth branches of the family.

In the seventh month, the capital was very sultry. The noon period was the most drowsy time, and the courtyard was quiet, with everyone taking a nap in their rooms.

Hua Changxi left the room and headed straight for the northwest corner of the courtyard.

In the northwest corner, there were several medicine racks, on which were dried some herbs that the elder brother, Hua Sanlang, had picked from the mountains.

In front of the medicine rack, Hua Changxi quickly put perilla leaves and Bletilla striata into her mouth.

Soon, the text in her vision changed.

【Commentary on the Hundred Herbs (Introductory): Tasting a Hundred Herbs 10/10】

The moment the text changed, an ethereal and ethereal voice rang in Hua Changxi's mind.

"The 'Commentary on the Hundred Herbs' Plant Chapter is opened."

Then, Hua Changxi felt a swelling in her head, and in a flash, she had a lot more knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine in her mind.

These traditional Chinese medicines included not only plants but also animals, minerals, etc., and were accompanied by pictures and texts, listing the medicinal properties, toxicity, and other effects in detail.

At this moment, she only had one feeling, that she had instantly memorized dozens of books recording traditional Chinese medicine and branded the knowledge in the books into her mind.

Hua Changxi was tongue-tied. The means of this medical inheritance were a bit heaven-defying.

Subsequently, Hua Changxi digested the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine in her mind and found that this knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine not only included what she had learned in her previous life but also recorded the medicinal herbs used by martial artists that she didn't know in this life.

Among them was a description of True Blood Wood.

True Blood Wood, ordinary plant, blood-tonifying and blood-returning, a holy medicine for blood-tonifying for ordinary people, a necessary herb for body-tempering practitioners.

"Plant Chapter..."

What would come after the ordinary plant?

【Realm: Qi Refining Stage 1/1000】

【Commentary on the Hundred Herbs (Introductory): Tasting a Hundred Herbs 10/10】

Cultivation, medical inheritance...

Before, when she knew that there were martial arts experts in this world, Hua Changxi was already surprised enough. Now, even cultivation and inheritance had appeared.

So, what kind of world had she traveled to? ===== CHAPTER 5 =====