Chapter 5: A Glimpse

No matter what kind of world she had traveled to, since a pie had fallen from the sky and she had encountered it, Hua Changxi had no reason not to take it.

After tasting all the herbs on the medicine rack, the text in her vision became 【Commentary on the Hundred Herbs (Small Success): Tasting a Hundred Herbs 22/100】

Hua Changxi was too curious about what was after the Plant Chapter, so she walked lightly to the room where her father and mother lived. Seeing that her father and mother were both taking a nap, she walked quickly back to her room, changed into men's clothing, and then went out, heading straight for the Hua family pharmacy.

"Jiuniang, why are you here?"

"Is your body better?"

Hua Sanlang and Hua Silang, who were helping in the pharmacy, were a bit dumbfounded when they saw Hua Changxi. Neither of them expected Hua Changxi to come to the pharmacy at this time.

Hua Changxi found a random excuse: "I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable, I want to get some medicine to take back."

Hua Sanlang immediately said: "What medicine do you want, Third Brother will get it for you."

Hua Changxi shook her head and refused: "Third Brother, Fourth Brother, you go entertain the patients in the shop, I'll get the medicine myself."

At this time, there were indeed several patients in the shop. Hua Sanlang and Hua Silang saw that Hua Changxi was moving freely, so they let her get the medicine herself.

Hua Changxi saw that her two brothers were not paying attention to her, so she walked to the medicine cabinet, opened the medicine cabinets one by one, and tasted the medicinal herbs inside.

【Commentary on the Hundred Herbs (Small Success): Tasting a Hundred Herbs 100/100】

The number of medicinal herbs tasted reached one hundred, and the ethereal and ethereal voice rang in her mind again.

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

Then, Hua Changxi had a detailed introduction to tens of thousands of spirit plants, spirit beasts, and spirit objects in her mind.

Restoring spiritual power, regrowing broken limbs, bringing the dead back to life, nourishing the soul...

Digesting the knowledge of the Spirit Plant Chapter, Hua Changxi's heart was both shocked and excited.

The opening of the Spirit Plant Chapter was simply opening a skylight for her research in medicine.

At the same time, she also confirmed one thing: in the world she was in now, besides martial artists, there should be higher-level cultivators.

It might be because cultivators were too rare, so they were little known.

But not everyone didn't know, at least people at the level of the evil Daoist in the red robe and the young lady knew.

Although the Hua family had people working in the government office, they were only low-level officials, and the level they contacted was too low. She was lucky to have obtained the opportunity created by the evil Daoist, so she was able to glimpse a corner of this world that was unknown to others.

The amazing medicinal effects shown by the medicinal herbs used by martial artists had already made her marvel, and now these newly emerged spirit plants were simply refreshing her worldview.

If one asked where in the Great Jin Dynasty there was most likely to be spirit plants, it had to be the Medical Department!

Pharmacist Xu had told Hua Changxi that the Medical Department had a special rule: anyone who discovered a new medicinal herb could obtain a Breaking Shackles Pill.

Martial artists were divided into nine levels, from the first grade to the ninth grade, according to their martial strength.

For a sixth-grade martial artist to advance to a seventh-grade martial artist, they had to break the shackles in their body. The Breaking Shackles Pill was an essential advancement pill.

As long as a martial artist advanced to the seventh grade, they could achieve internal energy turning into gang energy, which was considered entering the ranks of top experts.

Therefore, this reward from the Medical Department could not be said to be generous.

The Medical Department managed all medical and pharmaceutical affairs of the Great Jin Dynasty. With such an attractive reward, it was unknown how many little-known medicinal herbs had been collected.

Before, when she learned the news that the Medical Department was recruiting apprentices in the Capital Prefecture, Hua Changxi only wanted to find a stable and money-making job. Now, she had one more reason to enter the Medical Department.

"Jiuniang, is your medicine ready? Do you need Third Brother to help you?"

Hua Changxi suppressed her thoughts and replied quickly: "No, I'll be done soon."

The Hua family pharmacy was not large, and there were only more than 300 kinds of medicinal herbs in the medicine cabinet. After tasting them all, Hua Changxi grabbed a dose of blood-tonifying medicine, said a word to Hua Sanlang and Hua Silang, and walked quickly home.

Speaking of the Hua family in Nanluo Lane, Xiuzheng Ward, it was also quite famous in the ward.

One reason was that the Hua family was of the same clan as the Dingyuan Count's Mansion. Although there was only a distant relative relationship, they were both surnamed Hua.

For ordinary people to be related to the nobility was absolutely an eye-catching thing.

Secondly, it was Old Master Hua's life, which could be called a textbook example of a counterattack.

Hua Changxi's grandfather, Old Master Hua Bin, lost his father at two and his mother at five. With no uncles or elders to look after him and no brothers or sisters to help him, he relied on the clan's relief to barely survive to adulthood.

Many people didn't think highly of Old Master Hua, feeling that he couldn't get married and would be a bachelor for a lifetime, and that his lineage was going to be cut off.

But the result was that Old Master Hua's luck exploded. He accidentally saved a merchant surnamed Fan who came from out of town. After getting the merchant's reward silver, he directly used the silver to pull strings and successfully became a runner in the Nancheng Military and Horse Division.

After becoming a runner, the merchant surnamed Fan felt that he was worth investing in, so he directly promised his youngest daughter to him and also gave him the house where the Hua family lived now as a dowry.

After starting a family, it was even more extraordinary. The Hua family, which was originally a single lineage, suddenly flourished.

Now, the whole family had a full twenty-something people.

The prosperity of descendants really made people jealous.

Thirdly, it was that the three brothers of the Hua family were all working in the government office.

The eldest, Hua Minghe, was a constable at the Six Fan School; the second, Hua Mingang, took over Old Master Hua's job and became a patrol runner for the Nancheng Military and Horse Division; the fourth, Hua Mingcheng, was a jailer in the Ministry of Justice prison.

Although none of them were high officials, they were eating from the public pot, so their news was always better informed than ordinary people.

Therefore, every move of the Hua family was quite concerned by the people in the ward.

After Hua Changxi entered the Xiuzheng Ward, her actions became cautious. Along the way, she tried her best to avoid meeting people.

In this day and age, it was very difficult for any family to have something happen without the neighbors finding out, not to mention that the Hua family was already quite concerned.

The news of Hua Changxi being kidnapped by an evil Daoist had already spread in the ward.

She was rescued only yesterday and was injured, so she didn't want people to know that she could go out today.

Hua Changxi returned home from the back door. The Hua family pharmacy was only two streets away from the Xiuzheng Ward, and it only took her more than an hour to go back and forth.

The courtyard was still quiet. Hua Changxi originally thought that her sneaking out wouldn't be discovered, but who would have thought that as soon as she entered her room, she saw her mother sitting on her bed with a blank expression.

"Mother, I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable, so I went to the pharmacy to get some medicine."

Hua Changxi quickly lifted the medicine she had grabbed to show Yao Shi.

Yao Shi looked at her daughter, both angry and having a headache: "You were just kidnapped, and you dared to sneak out of the house alone again. Jiuniang, you are too bold."

Hua Changxi retorted in a low voice: "Mother, this is the city, not outside the city. There are patrolling officials everywhere."

Yao Shi was angry and said again: "You lost so much blood, even if you drank the medicine from the Medical Department, you should have rested well."

"If you want to get medicine, can't you call your Sixth Brother to go?"

"I see you, you don't cherish your body at all."

Seeing that Yao Shi was really angry, Hua Changxi hurriedly apologized: "Mother, I was wrong, I won't do it again in the future."

Yao Shi really had no way to deal with this daughter. She had her own ideas since she was a child. Unless it was something she agreed with from the bottom of her heart, no matter how the adults disciplined her, she would dare to do it again next time.

She still wanted to say something, but there was a sound from the main hall.

Hua Changxi hurriedly leaned against the doorway to look, then extended her index finger to her mouth, made a gesture of silence to Yao Shi, and whispered:

"Mother, it's Grandmother who got up to weave. Don't scold me anymore. If Grandmother knows I went out, I don't know how she will scold me again."

The folk customs of the Great Jin Dynasty were similar to the Tang Dynasty, and it didn't forbid women from going out, but it wasn't encouraged either.

Old Madam Hua really didn't like the young ladies in the family going out at will, feeling that young ladies who loved to go out were a sign of having a rebellious spirit.

Yao Shi didn't want her daughter to be scolded by her mother-in-law, glared at Hua Changxi, and got up to leave.

Soon, the sound of conversation between Old Madam Hua and Yao Shi rang out in the courtyard.

Hua Changxi breathed a sigh of relief, closed the door, lay on the bed, and began to recall the things she had experienced in the past two days.

Martial artists, evil Daoists, cultivators...

She really didn't understand this world too well. She had traveled here for thirteen years, and only then did she glimpse a glimpse of it.

If she wanted to fully understand this world, it was obviously not enough to just stay in the small world of the Hua family.

Medical Department, she must pass the exam! ===== CHAPTER 6 =====