Chapter 3 Uncle Ai's Hospital
When Ning Ran opened his eyes again, Uncle Ai's smiling face was in front of him. Everything around him was familiar, the cacophony of coughing mixed with the coughing of patients and the gurgling of decoctions. He weakly tried to inhale more air, but all that came into his nose was the smell of bitter herbs and the smell of Uncle Ai's sweat.
This is Uncle Ai's medical hall, located in the east of the southern area of the floating island, and from time to time there are pharmacists shuttling through the corridor, carrying different patients in and out of the room. Gently sniffing the smell of the herbs that were not very familiar, Ning Ran showed a rare painful expression, if nothing else, he would have to be the first person to test the medicine again and take the so-called good medicine.
Sure enough, Uncle Ai opened the pot of medicine beside him that was fried to a boiling hot.
"Here, try this. Good medicine is bitter and good for disease. ”
Why can't the medicine be sweet, Ning Ran also questioned Uncle Ai. The other party scratched the back of his head, not knowing what to do.
"Presumably, to prevent patients from falling in love with the medicine. ”
Ning Ran looked at the ceiling with half-closed eyes, he really didn't like to drink medicine. The scars on his body that had been attacked were now in a conscious state, and they were in great pain. He couldn't sleep because of the pain, and with the medicine pouring into his stomach, his stomach began to feel uncomfortable, and he was completely uncomfortable.
Recalling the bits and pieces before the coma, Ning Ran felt the gap in strength. If he can cultivate well, he should be able to fight with them back and forth, thinking of Mu Ge's fire horse, a trace of envy rose in Ning Ran's heart. And Kui Yuan, this kid is too ruthless, although the flames in his body are not well controlled, he still has a great achievement at this age, that is, perseverance. He imagined the moves he could perform, and mentally sparred them out.
Ning Ran sniffed, he suddenly wanted to become stronger. Uncle Ai looked at his demented appearance, thought about the news he had heard, and planned to comfort him.
"How's it going, are you better, boy. Uncle Ai interrupted his daze, "Why did you provoke them?"
"I don't know. Ning Ran squinted at Uncle Ai and punched him in the heart. "Why are you so inquisitive, I don't think you should be a pharmacist anymore, just move a chair and go to chat with the neighbors in the sun every day. ”
Uncle Ai calmly scooped a spoonful of freshly fried medicinal juice and stuffed it into Ning Ran's mouth.
"You're all hurt like this, and you're still so unpleasant. I see you, you have to learn how to get in touch with other people's children, and you have to be thick and detailed. ”
Ning Ran rolled his eyes, thick and fine, and didn't look at who was more like a big boss.
"If you don't look at this, I'll teach you two tricks to deal with them. Uncle Ai scooped up another spoonful of the medicinal juice and smashed it into Ning Ran's closed teeth. "You kid said that if you don't cultivate in the past two years, you won't cultivate, and you don't want to study pharmacology with me, what are you stubborn?"
Ning Ran wanted to turn over, stretch his body and avoid drinking medicine at the same time. However, he grinned in pain when he moved slightly, and after a long time, two words squeezed out between his teeth: "Hungry." ”
"You kid...... I'll do it for you. ”
Ning Ran actually can't remember anything before the age of thirteen. Even how he lost his memory and who his real parents were, everyone either kept silent or were distracted. Uncle Ai, who was regarded as his father-in-law in his heart, never told him that every time he talked about it, he used the excuse of boiling medicine to see a doctor.
He was really afraid that he would lose his memory again, he didn't know where his parents were, he didn't know where his home was. Ning Ran spent a long time searching for the answer in his heart, and even desperately wanted to find a way to get out of this giant floating island.
The land they inhabit is not so vast that it seems endless. A floating island, literally speaking, is a giant floating island, sealed off by a special reddish energy that not even the smallest insect can penetrate its borders.
Ning Ran had been to the border, and even tried to see through the appearance of the floating island, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything except the white clouds. Ning Ran felt that the secret they didn't dare to tell him must be hidden outside the floating island, but Uncle Ai would only tell himself not to think nonsense and cultivate hard.
Because he wanted to explore the heart of the outside world, Ning Ran would spend a month traveling around the border of the Southern District, trying to find a gap. In order to explore, the High Priest's class had to be escaped, and the price he paid was that he was quickly caught by Uncle Ai in the Temple, and then dragged by the High Priest alone to make up the class.
Even with all these efforts, in the end, he only knew that his name was Ning Ran. survived the fourteen-year-old and survived the fifteen-year-old Ning Ran.
Dinner was red bean porridge, and Uncle Ai added a bunch of medicinal herbs to it. looked at Uncle Ai with disdain, and the latter didn't dare to look at him directly, and smiled and fed Ning Ran with a spoon. Ning Ran smashed his mouth, feeling that the bitter taste was several times worse than usual, and almost spit it out: "What, it's so bitter." ”
"Good medicine, bitter taste, good thing. ”
Uncle Ai turned a deaf ear to Ning Ran's muttering, and insisted on filling him in all of them.
"I'll tell you a secret, you're going to have fun. Uncle Ai looked mysterious, as if he had heard shocking news. "In this porridge, there are pills sent by the high priest, all of which are made from the rare top-level medicinal materials on the floating island, and there is only one on the whole island. ”
Ning Ran looked at him blankly, and when Uncle Ai saw that Ning Ran didn't speak, he thought that he was extremely moved.
"How's that, isn't it very compensating. ”
It is indeed very replenished, Ning Ran suddenly felt hot all over, he looked at Uncle Ai with wide eyes, and felt unprecedented energy flowing in his body. Uncle Ai sensed that something was wrong, he touched Ning Ran's forehead, and checked his pulse again: "It's bad, should the high priest give me fake medicine?"
Ning Ran heard the word high priest in his ears, he looked at Uncle Ai with resentment, and fainted again.
Uncle Ai's face was in a cold sweat, he could feel the amazing temperature even if he didn't have to touch Ning Ran, he walked anxiously around the house, and couldn't think of a way to deal with it. Uncle Ai flashed towards the temple and crashed out of the window, cobalt blue flames overflowed from his arm, and as soon as he landed, he turned his palm and pressed it the ground, and the pillar of fire rose from under his palm, causing the passers-by around the hospital to be shocked.
The High Priest was watering the sunflowers, and immediately sensed this power, and he hurriedly stepped out with the kettle, turning into a flash of fire and rushing towards the infirmary.
Uncle Ai's forehead was covered with veins, and he scolded himself for not believing the high priest's nonsense. The body of Ning Ran lying on the bed was no different, but his expression was very painful, the heat around his body increased sharply, and the mattress and bed slowly turned into ashes under this energy.
How could the energy in this kid's body be so strong?
A rough hand rested on Uncle Ai's shoulder, whispering from behind his back.
"I'll come. ”
Uncle Ai was about to scold his mother, but he turned around and caught a glimpse of the scar on this person's face, he seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said: "Ai has seen the patriarch, save him." The patriarch was pushed in front of Ning Ran, and after a diagnosis, he frowned: "It's more complicated than I imagined, what do you think." ”
The high priest arrived at the right time, and threw away the kettle in his hand in a panic: "Then try the method of returning to the sun of the golden crow, and treat the symptoms first." ”
Uncle Ai didn't care whether the patriarch was standing next to him or not, and his right hand instantly grabbed the high priest's neck. He gathered a blue flame in the palm of his left hand and put it in front of the high priest and shouted: "Old horseman, Lao Tzu believes in your evil! If something happens to Ning Ran, I will die with you!"
The patriarch exhaled, "The High Priest's days are numbered, let him go, Iroh." Uncle Ai gasped and let go of his right hand, and the anger in his eyes was even worse.
"Hurry up and give it a try. ”
The patriarch raised his hand lightly and drew a circle in the air, and after three breaths, a golden circle of flames appeared in the air, spreading outward along a circular trajectory, like a totem of the sun, and like a blooming flower, so gorgeous that it was amazing. He pointed out again, and the circular flame that seemed to be flat precipitated out dozens of small golden-yellow crystals, and they sank into Ning Ran's body with a thud.
The three of them felt a stronger heat burst from Ning Ran's body, scorching the air to the point where it was almost impossible to breathe. The patriarch frowned, he flipped his palm, and Ning Ran's chest struggled to drill out a cluster of flames in the shape of a bird's head, as if he was avoiding something. A dozen or so firebirds all came out after a few breaths, spreading their golden wings and about to fly away.
Ning Ran's face was much calmer, and the temperature in the air also dropped. The high priest and Uncle Ai glanced at each other, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief, but the patriarch hurriedly took a step back, his face still as fierce as a fierce god: "Something is wrong, there is still a problem." ”
As long as the person who is exercising is strong enough, he can control the continuous flow of the golden crow to fly up and down, forming a perfect cycle, which will be consumed by the energy in the caster's body. Whether it is a fire cultivator who treats energy disorders in the body, or facing a tricky enemy, it is very effective, and on this huge floating island, there are only a few people who have mastered this technique.
And this energy in Ning Ran's body was obviously so strong that the patriarch couldn't control it, and the golden crow swelled and wandered in the invisible boundary, but it could no longer enter.
Jin Crow returned to the patriarch's body, and the floor under Ning Ran gradually became charred and was about to collapse. The patriarch sighed: "Let all the people around the medical hall withdraw, I can't do anything." The high priest looked down at the man who was about to fall into despair, and took the command to carry it out.
Uncle Ai asked the patriarch very calmly, "Is there really no way?"
"I tried my best. The patriarch was expressionless, "Don't ruin your hospital and your hard work." ”
"Good. Uncle Ai stared at Ning Ran tightly, he still had a way.