Chapter 4: Inheritance of Cultivation and Medical Skills
“Gag~”
Before Hua Changxi could feel happy about her fortuitous encounter, she was so stimulated by the smell of kitchen waste left out for days in midsummer that she repeatedly gagged.
At this moment, Madam Yao pushed the door open and entered.
Seeing her mother, Hua Changxi quickly pleaded for help, “Mother, quickly tell Sixth Brother to fetch me water. I want to bathe.”
Madam Yao instinctively refused, “Bathe for what? You have wounds on your body, you can’t—”
Madam Yao couldn’t finish her sentence because as she approached Hua Changxi and smelled the pungent odor emanating from her, she held her breath.
At the same time, she saw the dirt clinging to Hua Changxi’s body.
“Jiu Niang, what happened to you?”
Worried that her daughter had encountered some trouble, Madam Yao quickly turned and left the room, anxiously pulling Hua Minghe, who was resting at home, back with her. Hua Liulang followed behind.
As soon as Hua Liulang entered the room, he immediately shouted, “Jiu Niang, why do you stink so much?” While shouting, he retreated towards the outside of the room.
Hua Minghe stepped forward to examine Hua Changxi’s condition. His expression was somewhat surprised, and he then turned to Hua Liulang and said, “Go fetch water for your sister.”
Madam Yao was a little worried, “But Jiu Niang’s wounds…”
“Mother, it’s fine. My wounds have already scabbed over.” Hua Changxi had already removed the gauze bandaging her wounds.
Madam Yao looked at her daughter’s scabbed wounds, her expression very surprised, “How did the injuries recover so quickly?”
Hua Minghe thought for a moment and said, “It should be the medicinal soup from the Medical Affairs Department that took effect.”
Hua Changxi felt her stomach churning from the stench, “Father, Mother, I’ll bathe first. We can talk about other things later, okay?”
This time, Madam Yao didn’t insist and quickly told Hua Liulang to go to the front courtyard to fetch hot water.
About ten minutes later, Hua Changxi soaked in the bathtub. She changed the water five times before the strange smell finally disappeared from her body.
“Finally, I’m alive.”
After changing her clothes, Hua Changxi opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, Hua Minghe, Madam Yao, and Hua Liulang, who had been waiting outside, walked in.
Hua Liulang circled Hua Changxi twice, “Father, Jiu Niang looks like… a Martial Artist’s Body Tempering.”
Hua Minghe did not object, only expressing some confusion, “Does the blood-replenishing medicinal soup from the Medical Affairs Department also have the effect of Body Tempering?”
Hearing this, Hua Changxi’s eyes flickered.
She felt that her condition was likely unrelated to the medicinal soup from the Medical Affairs Department, but rather caused by the fortuitous encounter she had just obtained.
However, Hua Changxi said nothing.
Her intuition told her that the fortuitous encounter obtained by the Demonic Daoist through the sacrifice of eighty-one people was best kept secret.
Hua Liulang circled Hua Changxi, “Jiu Niang, how do you feel now?”
Hua Changxi replied, “I feel refreshed and my body feels lighter than usual.”
“That means it’s Body Tempering.”
Hua Liulang looked at Hua Changxi with envy, “Jiu Niang, you’re so lucky. Do you know that Body Tempering for a Martial Artist costs hundreds of taels of silver each time?”
“What luck,” Madam Yao glared at her son, “Your sister went through great hardship this time.”
Madam Yao looked at her husband, “He Lang, is Jiu Niang really Body Tempering?”
Hua Minghe nodded, “It should be.”
Madam Yao was surprised, “Are the people at the Medical Affairs Department so generous? Not only did they save her, but they also helped her with Body Tempering?”
Hua Minghe said, “Pharmacist Xu mentioned that True Blood Wood is a new medicinal herb discovered by the Medical Affairs Department. Perhaps even the people at the Medical Affairs Department don’t know all the effects of True Blood Wood.”
Hua Changxi seized the opportunity to interject, “Father, please don’t spread this news. I don’t want to attract attention. If the Jingzhao Prefecture and the Six Doors find out I’ve undergone Body Tempering, they might call me in for questioning again.”
Hua Minghe had no intention of spreading it and warned Hua Liulang, “You are not allowed to speak of your sister’s Body Tempering to anyone outside.”
Madam Yao added, “Don’t tell anyone in the family either. Second Sister-in-law was just talking about getting Eighth Brother to undergo Body Tempering a few days ago, but Grandmother didn’t agree. If she finds out that Jiu Niang, a young woman, has undergone Body Tempering, Second Sister-in-law’s side will surely cause trouble.”
Fortunately, it was noon, and everyone was taking a nap. Jiu Niang’s bathing did not attract the attention of other family members.
Hua Minghe was aware of the family’s financial situation. Even though he and his second and fourth brothers worked in the yamen, and they had an apothecary shop, they could hardly afford Body Tempering and martial arts training for all the sons in the family.
Seeing that her family had kept her Body Tempering a secret, Hua Changxi felt relieved.
She had not forgotten the young woman who had fiercely fought the red-robed Demonic Daoist.
What worried her most was that the young woman recognized her.
Now that she was alive, if news of her Body Tempering spread, it was hard to guarantee that the young woman wouldn’t suspect she had obtained the fortuitous encounter from the Red Stone.
To fight for the fortuitous encounter, the young woman and the red-robed Demonic Daoist fought to the death. If she knew she had obtained the fortuitous encounter, wouldn’t she come to kill her and steal her treasure?
Thinking of this, a hint of confusion crossed Hua Changxi’s eyes.
If the Red Stone was the fortuitous encounter, she had thrown the stone into the lava. So how did she obtain the fortuitous encounter?
Was it just because she had touched the Red Stone?
Hua Changxi couldn’t quite figure it out, but the mere thought of the young woman possibly coming to her door made her anxious.
Seeing her daughter’s pale complexion, Madam Yao assumed it was due to her injuries and waved Hua Minghe and Hua Liulang away, “Alright, Jiu Niang needs to rest. You two shouldn’t stand here.”
Hua Minghe saw that Hua Changxi was indeed fine and left with Hua Liulang.
As soon as father and son left, Madam Yao asked Hua Changxi not to sleep yet and quickly went to the kitchen, bringing back a pot of chicken soup.
“Are you hungry? This is chicken soup I specially brewed for you. Eat it while it’s hot.”
Her daughter was injured, so Madam Yao had gone to the market early that morning to buy a black chicken and stewed a pot of Angelica Black Chicken soup to nourish her body.
Hua Changxi was indeed hungry. She took the chicken soup handed by her mother and drank it. After only a few sips, she let out a surprised “Hmm?”
『Hundred Herbs Annotation （Beginner ）: Taste Hundred Herbs 1/10 』
Another line of text appeared in her sight.
Hua Changxi held a goji berry from the chicken soup in her mouth, forgetting to swallow.
Madam Yao looked at her, puzzled, “What’s wrong? Is the chicken soup not to your taste?”
Hua Changxi swallowed the goji berry and quickly shook her head, “No, the chicken soup is very delicious.” As she spoke, she picked up her chopsticks, picked up a piece of astragalus from the chicken soup, and put it in her mouth.
『Hundred Herbs Annotation （Beginner ）: Taste Hundred Herbs 2/10 』
Hua Changxi then picked up a piece of Angelica and put it in her mouth. 『Hundred Herbs Annotation （Beginner ）: Taste Hundred Herbs 3/10 』
Seeing her daughter eating with relish, Madam Yao’s face showed more smiles, “Eat slowly. Mother will go clean up the kitchen.”
Hua Changxi nodded vaguely.
By the time Hua Changxi had eaten all the medicinal herbs in the chicken soup, the text in her sight had changed to 『Hundred Herbs Annotation （Beginner ）: Taste Hundred Herbs 8/10 』
This…
Hua Changxi was a little confused, not understanding what kind of fortuitous encounter she had obtained.
『Realm: Qi Refining Realm 1/1000 』
This was clearly for cultivation.
『Hundred Herbs Annotation （Beginner ）: Taste Hundred Herbs 8/10 』
Judging by the text, this should be related to Medical Skills.
Cultivation plus an inheritance of Medical Skills, the fortuitous encounter she obtained was quite extraordinary!
『Taste Hundred Herbs 8/10 』
Only two more ingredients were needed.
Hua Changxi was very curious about what would happen when Taste Hundred Herbs reached 10, so she got up and left her room.
The Hua Residence was a two-courtyard house.
The house faced north and was built south of the north. Each courtyard had the same layout: five main rooms facing north, plus two side rooms; three rooms in the east and west wings respectively.
The difference was that the first courtyard had three additional side rooms facing south, and there was a well in the courtyard.
Old Master Hua and Old Madam Hua had a total of three sons and one daughter.
The eldest son, Hua Minghe, married Madam Yao and had three sons and two daughters; the second son, Hua Ming’ang, married Madam Fan and had two sons and two daughters;
The third daughter, Hua Zhiyan, married into the Shen Family and also had two sons and two daughters; the fourth son, Hua Mingcheng, married Madam Liu and had two sons and three daughters.
The first courtyard was occupied by Old Master Hua, Old Madam Hua, and the first branch of the family. The three side rooms were used as the kitchen, woodshed, and storage room.
The second courtyard housed the second and fourth branches of the family.
In July, the weather in the Capital City was very muggy. The midday period was the most lethargizing time, and the courtyards were quiet, with everyone napping in their rooms.
Hua Changxi left her room and headed straight for the northwest corner of the courtyard.
In the northwest corner were several medicine racks, on which were dried herbs that her elder brother, Hua Sanlang, had collected from the mountains.
Arriving at the medicine rack, Hua Changxi quickly put perilla leaves and Bletilla striata into her mouth.
Soon, the text in her sight changed.
『Hundred Herbs Annotation （Beginner ）: Taste Hundred Herbs 10/10 』
The moment the text changed, a clear and ethereal voice sounded in Hua Changxi’s mind.
“《Hundred Herbs Annotation 》Mortal Plants Chapter unlocked.”
Then, Hua Changxi felt a throbbing in her head, and in an instant, a lot of knowledge about Chinese medicine appeared in her mind.
These Chinese medicines included not only plants but also animals and minerals, and they were accompanied by illustrations and text, detailing their medicinal properties, toxicity, and other effects.
At this moment, she had only one feeling: she had instantly memorized dozens of books recording Chinese medicine and had the knowledge from the books imprinted in her mind.
Hua Changxi was speechless; the method of inheriting Medical Skills was somewhat heaven-defying.
Afterward, Hua Changxi processed the Chinese medicine knowledge in her mind and found that this knowledge not only encompassed what she had learned in her previous life but also included medicinal herbs used by Martial Artists that she didn’t know in this life.
Among them was a description of True Blood Wood.
True Blood Wood, Mortal Plant, replenishes blood and restores blood. A sacred herb for mortals to replenish blood, and an essential herb for Body Tempering practitioners.
“Mortal Plants Chapter.”
What would come after Mortal Plants?
『Realm: Qi Refining Realm 1/1000 』
『Hundred Herbs Annotation （Beginner ）: Taste Hundred Herbs 10/10 』
Cultivation, inheritance of Medical Skills…
Hua Changxi was already surprised when she learned that this world had martial arts masters. Now, cultivation and inheritance had even appeared.
So, what kind of world had she transmigrated into?
