Chapter 4 Medicated Baths 1
The sun is slowly getting higher, and the temperature in the air is a little warmer unconsciously, and the sun feels warm on people's bodies. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On the mountainside, a small thatched hut is somewhat incongruous, and in front of its door, a towering Bodhi tree stands straight. Under the linden tree, an old man in shabby gray clothes was sitting quietly with his eyes closed.
When Tie Xuan came here, the old man was still in that posture, closing his eyes and concentrating, not knowing what he was contemplating, that quiet and serene demeanor with the golden sunlight in the early morning, it can be said that he was draped in a layer of yellow gauze, and the whole person was bathed in it, looking solemn and holy.
Tie Xuan is used to this situation, and he can't help it, he has seen it for many years. So after holding a salute, he sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and meditated, waiting for the follow-up treatment. Because his injuries are not completely healed, he has to change his medicine every day, so he still lives with Master Mo for the time being.
And the old man claimed that his surname was Mo, and his name was mentioned again, he was a traveling doctor, and he came to Tiejia Village more than ten years ago. Originally, he was just collecting medicine, and he stayed after accidentally saving Tie Xuan's life, as if he was tired of wandering around and wanted to find a place to spend his old age in peace. Although Mo Zaiti's cultivation is not high, he only has the Bone Forging Realm, but with his superb medical skills, he still has no worries about food and clothing here, after all, the hunting team is walking on the edge of life and death all year round, even a crappy doctor can still save a lot of lives.
After about an hour, the old man slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw Tie Xuan sitting quietly in front of him, his cloudy eyes faintly revealed a fleeting ray of essence. Without too many words, the old man silently returned to the grass hut, and the meditation made him hungry all morning, and his stomach was already 'growling'.
"Come in. ”
After about a stick of incense, the old man's voice came from the grass shed, and when Tie Xuan heard it, he knew in his heart that Master Mo had already prepared the medicine to be replaced.
As soon as he entered the grass shed, Tie Xuan suddenly felt a strong smell of blood hitting his nose, and he couldn't help but subconsciously cover his mouth and nose, but his eyes looked inside curiously.
There is not much space in the hut, and on the left hand side of the door is a square table with thick stacks of books, and on the right hand side is a hanger made of wood, on which are hung a few clothes, and a wooden bed is placed in the back. And most of the room is somehow placed a large wooden barrel, the deep kang hole below is constantly burning the flames, the barrel inside is bright red, I don't know what it is, there is still a steaming mist on it.
"Hey, Master Mo, what is this?"
Tie Xuan looked at the old man with curious eyes and asked, you must know that he had been to this place yesterday, but he had not seen this big wooden barrel, but he thought that this thing must have been brought in today, but he didn't know what to do.
Could it be that Master Mo used it to boil medicinal materials? Tie Xuan secretly guessed in his heart, but then gave up this idea, after all, even if it was to boil medicine, he didn't need to use such a large wooden barrel.
"Hehe, Xiao Xuan, this is my latest medicinal bath, how about it, are you interested in trying it?" The old man said with a smug smile, his three-inch white beard twisted a few times between his fingers, obviously very proud of his invention.
"Uh, it's really fake, Master Mo, you, you have a new invention again?"
Hearing the old man's words, coupled with the smile full of pride on his face, Tie Xuan's body couldn't help but shudder, and the subconscious reaction in his mind was to run away quickly, instead of asking for the root cause here.
"Yes, this is what I made by using the blood of the fierce beast and adding several herbs with different attributes from it, how about it, do you want to try its efficacy?" asked the old man expectantly, his hands still rubbing each other, as if he was still a little nervous about his invention.
"Uh, this, this... ”
Mo Xuan's words suddenly made Tie Xuan's face turn pale, not for anything else, just because he had just remembered from his memory that this old man had another interest besides practicing medicine - studying medicinal herbs.
According to the pictures provided by the memory in his mind, Tie Xuan fully realized how unreliable this old guy's invention and creation was, creating his own prescription, but not playing with children, this is going to kill people, not to mention that he is not an alchemist, he is a lot of age, I really don't understand why he is so persistent. Fortunately, the old man had superb medical skills, and he rescued the experimenter every time, but almost all the people who were experimenters were tossed half to death by him.
So for his invention and creation, the people in the village were very enthusiastic at first, after all, this is a good thing for martial arts training. But after repeated tossing, no one paid attention to it anymore, and this old guy was also smart, and every time he secretly changed the medicines of those patients and replaced them with his own newly developed ones, the result was that a minor illness became a major illness, a major illness became a serious illness, and almost killed someone.
Later, the village, under the representative of the village chief, communicated with Master Mo Enwei and finally asked him to promise that he could only act as an experimental guinea pig for him after obtaining the consent of the person concerned, otherwise he would have to roll up and leave if there was a little trouble, which ended this farce of self-created prescriptions.
But I never thought that this Master Mo really didn't have the perseverance and fearlessness of the Yellow River, and then he continued to study intermittently, but fortunately, he also abided by the rules, and the people in the village naturally stopped caring about it. However, what made Tie Xuan curious was how some people in the village would willingly act as guinea pigs for the old man, knowing that there was a risk and still going on, he really didn't understand what moved them.
Could it be that it's tempting, uh, this seems impossible, then, what is it, what is this old man's method to impress those guys? After all, this is a gamble, and the slightest mistake will kill you.
After filtering the things in his mind, Tie Xuan couldn't help but show a wry smile, this Master Mo's research spirit is good, but the problem is that he doesn't have time now, and he doesn't have the energy to spend with him, and he still has to think about how to advance to the Quenching Skin Realm in the next few days, it's really not suitable to get these moths at this time.
What is the medicinal bath, Tie Xuan has also read it from the book, this is a good thing that the alchemists of the great sect use to cultivate some geniuses with high talent and great potential through the mixture of herbs, and the effect of the pill is not as good as that of the pill. And the medicinal bath is very mild, unlike the pill domineering, you can't take it until a certain realm, and unlike the pill, if you eat too much pill, there will be erysipelas in the body, but the medicinal bath does not have any side effects. Therefore, the formula of the medicinal bath has always been very precious, and it is basically in the hands of the alchemists of those major sects, not to mention enjoying the medicinal bath, most of them have never seen it.
But at this moment, Old Man Mo actually said that he had developed a medicinal bath, okay, the steaming bucket of blood water in front of him can be called a medicinal bath. However, Tie Xuan still didn't believe Old Man Mo in his heart, and even he dared to swear that this old man must be bullying him for his young age and lack of knowledge, and the medicinal bath?
It's just that if you refuse, how can you open your mouth, not to mention anything else, Master Mo has taken care of him in the past half a month, Tie Xuan has seen it, it is definitely a model of benevolence of a doctor, not to mention that he also saved himself when he was born. So for a while, he felt that this refusal was really hard to say, otherwise it would be a little difficult to get over it in conscience.
Touching the back of his head helplessly, Tie Xuan felt that he was so kind, he would be embarrassed to face this unscrupulous old man, is there any need for this.
"Hehe, what's wrong, Xiao Xuan, is there something unspeakable. Don't be afraid, don't have any concerns, speak up, and I'll take care of it for you. The old man looked at Tie Xuan's hesitant look, his eyes rolled, and he knew it in his heart, and then patted Tie Xuan's shoulder, and said with a straight face.
'Well, my biggest concern is your old man, didn't you mean to block my words? Tie Xuan said secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it directly, he just kept looking at the upper of his shoes and pretending to be a stuffy gourd. Anyway, I have made up my mind, and I will not move whatever you say.
"Alas, it seems that this pot of medicinal bath can only be enjoyed by my own old bones, I thought that those children would advance to the quenching realm earlier, so how much improvement could I make if I soaked it. The old man approached the barrel with broken steps, sighed, and shook his head, looking like a tyrannical object.
"Uh, what, Master Mo, what did you just say, Quenching Skin Realm?" Tie Xuan, who was about to pretend to be deaf and dumb, couldn't calm down when he heard the words 'Quenching Skin Realm', and hurriedly grabbed the old man's sleeve and asked anxiously.
"Well, did I say that, no. Xiao Xuan, you heard it wrong, you go out to rest first, and I'll change your dressing later. Seeing Tie Xuan's movements, a smile appeared on the corner of the old man's mouth, but then he disappeared, he still had to add more fire, so he said expressionlessly.
"Yes, you said, I heard it with my own ears, Master Mo, can this medicinal bath really make people advance to the Skin Quenching Realm?" Tie Xuan said eagerly, looking at the old man with antiquation in his eyes, as if a person who was about to die of thirst suddenly saw a clear spring.
"Well, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, and I don't guarantee it, after all, you have to try it yourself to determine the efficacy?" Seeing that Tie Xuan had completely fallen into his own trap, the old man smiled indifferently and put his eyes out - obediently be my experimental pig.
"Ugh. "Tie Xuan only understood now, okay, it turned out that after a long time, this old guy was playing a trick to get away with it. It's just that although he understands the other party's purpose, he really can't refuse such a temptation. If he could really successfully advance by relying on medicinal baths, he would be able to enter the martial arts hall before the age of sixteen, and then he could continue on the path of martial arts.
But the idea is beautiful after all, what it will be like when it comes to concrete practice, no one knows, about this, Tie Xuan knows very well in his heart, and now the question is whether he wants to gamble on this unreliable old man.
But when Tie Xuan thought of what this old man just said, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, what does this mean, can you be a little more unreliable, can we still play happily together.
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