8 – Doctor Chen’s Astonishing Discovery

In Lu Qing’s mind, a vision emerged of a slender old man with a kindly face.

Doctor Chen.

This old doctor was the only physician for several nearby villages.

His medical skills were excellent. While he couldn’t perform miracles, common ailments like headaches, fevers, injuries, and colds were all easily cured under his care. Few illnesses were beyond his treatment capabilities.

As a result, he was highly revered by the villagers.

It is said that even wealthy families in town often requested his services.

Such a figure undoubtedly held a special status in the village.

Almost no villager dared to show him the slightest disrespect.

The original host was just an ignorant young boy with limited vision and little understanding.

But after pondering, Lu Qing realized some unusual aspects.

For instance, in his memories, Doctor Chen should be quite old, yet his body was robust enough for him to regularly enter deep mountains by himself to gather herbs.

One must understand that these world’s deep mountains aren’t like the tourist spots of his past life.

They were real rugged mountains and primal forests.

With countless poisonous insects, venomous snakes, jackals, tigers, and other dangerous beasts, they were extremely perilous.

Even experienced hunters dared not venture too deep into the woods carelessly.

As an old man, Doctor Chen’s ability to safely navigate these areas was truly extraordinary.

Lu Qing was very curious about his abilities.

If he could learn some of Doctor Chen’s medical skills, it would be wonderful.

His special ability allowed him to see through the basic information of all things.

Using it to identify medicinal herbs would be infallible.

It was a perfect match with medical skills.

If he could acquire even a bit of Doctor Chen’s skill, their life, his and Xiao Yan’s, would be much more secured.

However, how could he learn from Doctor Chen?

As he pondered, his eyelids grew heavy.

Ultimately, due to his weak body, physical exhaustion overwhelmed his will, and he wasn’t able to come up with a good method before falling asleep.

However, what Lu Qing didn’t expect was that before he could think of a way to approach Doctor Chen, the doctor came to him.

Lying on the reclining chair, Lu Qing fell asleep, but in his daze, he seemed to hear someone speaking, followed by the sensation of someone grasping his hand.

He woke up with a start.

“Lu Qing, you’re awake! Doctor Chen is examining you!”

A loud voice rang out.

Lu Qing recognized the voice. It seemed familiar, likely Grandfather Zhang from next door. He felt relieved.

Then, he fully awoke and opened his eyes.

Doctor Chen?

Turning his head, he saw two elderly men nearby, one standing and the other sitting.

The one sitting, slender and kind-faced, who else could it be but Doctor Chen?

“Don’t move, let me take your pulse first.”

Seeing Lu Qing about to get up, Doctor Chen gently instructed.

Lu Qing dared not move.

At that moment, he realized Doctor Chen’s hand was on his wrist.

No wonder he felt someone holding his hand earlier—it was Doctor Chen feeling his pulse.

Noticing Doctor Chen closing his eyes again to take his pulse, Lu Qing didn’t dare move, lying quietly on the reclining chair.

Sensing the examination would take a while, and with nothing else to do, Lu Qing couldn’t help but observe the somewhat mysterious Doctor Chen.

At first glance, the old doctor appeared even kinder than remembered. His slender figure had a certain ethereal quality.

Just looking at him provided a sense of peace.

However, at that moment, his face was serious and his brows were furrowed, as if encountering a difficult problem.

After watching Doctor Chen quietly for a while, Lu Qing suddenly noticed a faint red glow emanating from the old man’s body.

【Chen Songqing: Skilled in medicine, kind-hearted, respected, an excellent old physician.】

【Cultivation: Qi Refinement Complete, Acquired Inner Organ Stage.】

What is this?!

Lu Qing’s eyes suddenly widened, not only because of the faint red glow emanating from Grandpa Chen but also because of the description on the note afterwards.

Since waking up, Lu Qing had gradually figured out some patterns about his abilities. Usually, ordinary things would appear as grey light under the investigation of his abilities.

More special items, like medicinal herbs, would appear as white light.

However, humans, without exception, all appeared as white light. At least, that was the case for everyone he had encountered in the village.

But the intensity of the white light varied; adults shone the brightest, followed by teenagers and children, and then the elderly.

Lu Qing speculated that this might be related to a person’s energy or vitality. After all, generally speaking, adults have the most energy, while the elderly possess the least.

However, Grandpa Chen’s condition overturned his understanding.

What appeared was an unprecedented red light!

Even more crucial was the content on the note that followed.

Cultivation?

Achieved mastery in Qi training, postnatal internal organs realm?

What does this mean? Could it be that the world he is in is not what he thought, similar to ancient China, but rather a more mystical and cultivable world?

Lu Qing’s heart was thrown into chaos by the sudden changes.

Just as he wanted to continue observing and gather more information from Grandpa Chen, the old man suddenly opened his eyes.

He saw the panic and shock on Lu Qing’s face, furrowed his brows at first, but then his expression relaxed.

He gently comforted, ‘No need to be afraid, I was just taking your pulse.’

He misunderstood, thinking that the solemnity while taking the pulse had frightened Lu Qing.

Lu Qing took the chance to control his emotions and asked fearfully, ‘Grandpa Chen, how is my illness? Am I fully recovered?’

Old Zhang, who was beside him, also looked at Grandpa Chen with hopeful eyes.

Grandpa Chen pondered for a moment and said, ‘Yes, your illness is indeed cured. Although you are still a bit weak, with proper care, you’ll be fine.’

‘Really? That’s great! Lu Qing, quickly thank Grandpa Chen. If it weren’t for him prescribing the medicine, you might not have woken up!’ Old Zhang said joyfully.

‘Thank you, Grandpa Chen.’

Lu Qing climbed off the lounge chair, preparing to kneel and bow.

After all, Grandpa Chen indeed had a life-saving grace. If not for that bowl of medicinal soup, he might not have survived the memory fusion period.

Based on that alone, Grandpa Chen deserved his bow.

Grandpa Chen, however, stopped Lu Qing, ‘No need for that, your awakening is your fortune. I was just exerting a bit of effort.’

Grandpa Chen’s words were not mere humility. In fact, he was still incredibly surprised.

When Lu Qing fell ill, he indeed had come to check.

At that time, Lu Qing was bone-chillingly cold, his breath faint, already terminally ill, barely clinging to life.

Even if a true medical saint had come, it would probably be challenging to save him.

With the compassionate heart of a doctor, he still prescribed a concoction and added many precious herbs.

The purpose was merely to do his best and leave the rest to fate.

Some of the herbs he added had been reserved for noble clients in the city. Because of that, he had to rush into the mountains the next day to replenish them.

He thought Lu Qing wouldn’t survive this ordeal. But when he returned from picking herbs, he heard the villagers saying that Lu Qing’s illness had healed.

Not only could he get out of bed and walk, but he even went to the river to catch fish.

Surprised, he didn’t care about anything else and wanted to see for himself.

When he arrived at the courtyard, he happened to meet Old Zhang, who had just returned from working in the fields, and they both entered the house together.

Initially, he thought the villagers had exaggerated.

But after taking Lu Qing’s pulse, he found out they hadn’t lied.

Lu Qing’s illness was indeed completely healed. Aside from still being a bit weak, all previous symptoms had vanished.

This greatly astonished Grandpa Chen.