Chapter 19: Newcomer At The Medical Clinic
“Nannan, go to the pharmacy and weigh three taels of long green worm grass, five taels of red maple leaves, four taels of earth dragon fruit.”
Huo Yuhao dealt with the customer in front of him seeking medicine, and according to the customer’s request, had Jiang Nannan go to the pharmacy to weigh some medicinal herbs that tonify yang and replenish vitality.
Half a month had already passed since he successfully cured her mother’s illness.
When her mother was discharged from the hospital, she almost knelt down to him with Jiang Nannan. She said she had never felt how easy it was to be alive.
But of course, with a heart transplant like that, it would be strange if living wasn’t easy.
As usual, Huo Yuhao collected three silver soul coins from her and her daughter for the surgery fee, plus one gold soul coin for the medicinal herbs fee.
However, Jiang Nannan thought Huo Yuhao had charged too little and insisted on giving him all her savings.
Huo Yuhao did not accept. On one hand, he had already obtained a large amount of gene information from her and her daughter. On the other hand, whether their combined property even amounted to fifty gold soul coins was questionable.
Taking it wouldn’t be of much use, but Jiang Nannan was determined to repay this kindness.
He really had no choice, but then he thought that the medical clinic’s reputation had been growing bigger lately, and it was a bit too much for Huo Yuhao alone to handle.
So he simply let her come to the medical clinic to help out, assisting him when he treated patients.
When encountering more tricky problems, she could also serve as a soul power battery.
Moreover, they could occasionally chat idly, making the dull medical clinic life less monotonous. From time to time, he heard her talk about some knowledge taught at Shrek Academy, enriching his understanding of this world.
Sometimes, Huo Yuhao would look at the bustling crowds outside and the busy girl beside him, feeling that this otherworld life wasn’t bad at all.
After Jiang Nannan brought over the medicinal herbs, Huo Yuhao mixed them together and ground them into powder, then handed it to the waiting customer.
“Add a little powder when drinking tea or making soup every day; it can effectively replenish yang energy.”
“Don’t take more than one tael per day, or you’ll get nosebleeds.”
After seeing off the customer, the interior of the medical clinic returned to tranquility again, with only the leisurely music of the breeze playing on the door curtain audible.
Whenever this happened, Huo Yuhao would always brew a pot of tea, sip it while flipping through medical books of this world or the Compendium of Soul Beast Soul Skills.
These strange yet interesting knowledge not only enhanced Huo Yuhao’s understanding of this world but also gradually increased his mastery of the [understanding] authority.
He had a premonition that when the [understanding] authority reached 5%, it would grant him some new abilities.
Just as Huo Yuhao was leisurely flipping through books, Jiang Nannan walked over holding a medical book.
In the days spent at the medical clinic, Jiang Nannan had started learning medical arts from Huo Yuhao.
She seemed to have taken a liking to the medical profession, which truly surprised Huo Yuhao.
He couldn’t help but sigh that this outsider butterfly of his had ultimately stirred up a different new wind on this continent.
Huo Yuhao was happy to see such changes. He had always believed that the world’s development could not be rigidly dictated by fate.
For any matter, as long as a different choice was made, it would certainly lead to a different outcome.
This world was chaotic, full of randomness, and the future was always unknown.
Anyone who tried to plan fate and control the future, even a lofty god king, would surely be countered by fate.
So whenever Jiang Nannan asked Huo Yuhao about medical knowledge, he always did his utmost to break it down bit by bit and feed it to her.
He wanted to know if Jiang Nannan would truly take the path of saving lives because of him.
Looking at Jiang Nannan who was diligently studying the medical book, Huo Yuhao asked:
“Nannan, when does Shrek Academy start school?”
Jiang Nannan tilted her head, her delicate face showing doubt as she said:
“School starts in forty days. At the latest, I can’t be more than a week after the start of school.”
“Does Brother Huo have any relatives going to Shrek?”
Huo Yuhao nodded thoughtfully and then said:
“Indeed, there is someone I know going to Shrek.”
“In the future, if you meet a girl named Xiao Xiao at Shrek Academy, help me look after her.”
“Of course, only within your ability.”
Jiang Nannan silently repeated the name Xiao Xiao in her heart, firmly memorized it, and nodded to Huo Yuhao.
“Mm, if there’s a chance, I’ll definitely help look after her.”
Huo Yuhao glanced at the door. The sun’s last ray of afterglow was completely engulfed by darkness. He said to Jiang Nannan:
“There’s nothing much today.”
“It’s getting late. You can get off work and go back to look after your mother.”
Jiang Nannan hesitated for a moment before saying:
“Then, Brother Huo, I’ll head out first.”
“Oh, right, can I take this medical book home to borrow and read?”
“I definitely won’t lose the book!”
Huo Yuhao gently waved his hand and said to her, “Take it. It’s not some rare medical tome. It’s worth ten silver soul coins. Take it back and read it slowly.”
Jiang Nannan happily hugged the medical book and left the medical clinic, walking on the main road toward the West District.
Seeing Jiang Nannan off, Huo Yuhao muttered to himself, “Forty days.”
“One month later, regardless of whether I break through to level ten soul power, I must head to the Star Dou Great Forest.”
“My two cheats haven’t arrived yet.”
Huo Yuhao stood up and walked to the door, glanced at the bright moonlight, closed the shop door, and began tonight’s meditation cultivation in the bedroom on the second floor.
The bright moonlight pierced the darkness of the night like a silver-white sword, its cold light adding a touch of quiet desolation to the human world.
Jiang Nannan walked on the way home. The West District had complex roads, and the houses were positioned without any planning, resulting in many alleys.
Perhaps the West District’s underdeveloped economy was also related to this complete lack of planned building.
Generally, there was hardly anyone walking on the West District roads at night; the deep alleys were forever breeding grounds for filthy deeds.
It was just that Jiang Nannan’s strength was formidable, so she wasn’t afraid of these things.
After all, with strength approaching Soul Sect as a Soul Elder, plus her Shrek background, she counted as a strong person in Xuan Feng City.
Just as Jiang Nannan passed by a small alley, a man’s voice suddenly came from inside.
“Miss Jiang Nannan, I want to make a transaction with you.”
Jiang Nannan stopped her steps, her gaze vigilant, soul skill already poised to unleash. She clearly knew what kind of people lurked in the West District alleys at night.
“Come out to talk. I won’t make transactions with someone who hides their head but shows their tail.”
The man chuckled lightly and slowly emerged from the darkness. Silver-white moonlight fell on his face.
It was none other than Chen Wen, who had overheard Jiang Nannan and Xu Wei’s conversation some time ago.
He looked at Jiang Nannan confidently and said:
“This is a deal you absolutely won’t refuse.”
“I heard your mother has a heart condition that no one can cure, and she needs the Black Tortoise Divine Pill.”
“And I happen to have the Black Tortoise Divine Pill here.”
“But I need you to promise to do one thing for me.”
Jiang Nannan looked strangely at the confident man in front of her and said:
“My mother’s health issue has already been resolved by someone. I no longer need the Black Tortoise Divine Pill.”
“Goodbye!”
With that, Jiang Nannan left without even glancing at him. She felt this person was definitely not up to any good.
The transaction he mentioned was surely shady.
