Chapter 213, exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City, discusses the treatment of Liu Ziying.
Huo Tiankuo's face quickly appeared on the communication screen.
"I only heard from the village chief today that Brother Lu went out."
Lu Xuan said, "I came out to do some trading with other remaining towns and communities where disaster victims have gathered. I am currently in Luochuan, the capital of Yunjiang Prefecture."
Huo Tiankuo's spirits lifted. "Luochuan City is still here?"
Lu Xuan nodded: "It has been preserved very well. The city has now taken in some disaster victims from the surrounding areas, and the population is still 180,000."
Huo Tiankuo looked pleased.
180,000 people, that's quite a lot.
After a moment, Huo Tiankuo seemed to remember something, his expression showing a hint of nostalgia, but also a slight hesitation.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan smiled and said, "General, are you thinking of an old friend?"
A glint flashed in Huo Tiankuo's eyes, "Did Brother Lu run into an old friend of mine over there? Is he alright?"
"Good, good! General, I'm here." Chu Ming, who had been waiting nearby, couldn't wait any longer and moved closer to the screen. "General, how have you been?"
Huo Tiankuo said with relief, "Chu Ming, I'm relieved to see you safe and sound."
Chu Ming grinned, his eyes red-rimmed, and said, "General, if it weren't for Young Master Lu, I wouldn't have known that you were no longer in the Southwest."
Despite being of similar age, Chu Ming and Huo Tiankuo achieved fame much earlier and had a more illustrious record.
Chu Ming's current position as a garrison commander in Luochuan is a result of the many merits he made while serving in Huo Tiankuo's army.
In front of the prefect of Luochuan and his soldiers, he was General Chu; but in front of Huo Tiankuo, he was nothing more than a former deputy general under his command.
Huo Tiankuo said in a deep voice, "After the earthquake, the southwestern border city was destroyed. I led the surviving victims through many twists and turns, and only after we met Brother Lu in Yunlu Village did we finally settle down."
After listening, Chu Ming nodded and briefly explained the situation in Luochuan after the major earthquake.
Liu Wenchi and the others were shocked when they heard Chu Ming call Huo Tiankuo. However, their fear and concerns after Lu Xuan displayed his special abilities vanished.
General Huo is a man of great stature. Since the other party does not regard Lu Xuan as a threat and is even in contact with him and living next door to him, it seems that they have nothing to worry about.
After a brief chat with Huo Tiankuo, Chu Ming returned the initiative to Lu Xuan.
Huo Tiankuo hesitated for a moment before asking Lu Xuan, "I wonder where else Brother Lu plans to go besides Luochuan?"
Lu Xuan said, "Next, we will probably have to go to three or four more gathering places in different locations."
He guessed what Huo Tiankuo wanted to ask, and said with a smile, "Of course, we should also go to the capital."
These words moved not only Huo Tiankuo, but also Chu Ming, Liu Wenchi, and others.
Lu Xuan said, "I will contact the general again after I have learned about the situation there."
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Luochuan should be able to re-establish contact with the capital.
Huo Tiankuo said, "Then I'll thank Brother Lu in advance."
While Chu Ming and Huo Tiankuo were catching up, Chu Ming had already given out his contact number.
Afterwards, they will naturally contact each other to further understand each other's situations, and... inquire about Lu Xuan's background, strength, and resources.
Therefore, Lu Xuan and Huo Tiankuo only exchanged a few words before ending the communication.
Almost simultaneously, a young man who looked like a servant rushed over anxiously and said to Liu Wenchi, "It's terrible, sir! Young master, young master is missing!"
Liu Wenchi's expression changed, and he said urgently, "What's going on? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on him?"
The servant said apologetically, "I wasn't paying attention and let the young master run out."
"Then hurry up and go find them!" Liu Wenchi hurriedly said goodbye to the others and left with Liu Ziming and the servants.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow and looked at Chu Ming, "Who is this young master that person is talking about?"
Chu Ming sighed, “It’s the prefect’s son, Liu Ziying. He was weak from birth. After winter came, he had a high fever. Although he survived, he became mentally impaired and behaves like a child. He needs someone to look after him, otherwise he will run away if you’re not careful.”
Lu Xuan seemed to be deep in thought. He was burned out... It must be brain damage?
"I might have a way to cure Liu Ziying."
Chu Ming, who was still lost in thought, paused, then exclaimed in surprise, "Is this really true!?"
Lu Xuan nodded.
Chu Ming slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "That's wonderful!"
He wasn't particularly close to Liu Ziying; they had only met a few times before the catastrophe. However, he knew that Liu was a gentle and somewhat shy young man.
It's truly a pity that someone as young and promising as Lu Xuan was burned down to the mental capacity of a three- or four-year-old child.
Of course, there is another very important reason: Liu Ziying is not the only one in the city whose brain has been damaged by fever.
Some are in worse condition than him; they have truly become mentally impaired, drooling, unable to understand human speech, and even eating dog feces.
He wasn't quite sure how many such people there were, but there were probably a hundred or so.
If they could all be cured, wouldn't that be a great thing?
"Quickly, let's go to the government office and tell Lord Liu the news. He will definitely be very happy to hear it."
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When they arrived at the government office, Liu Ziying had already been found.
The person hadn't actually gone very far, and many people in the city recognized him. Before the servants could even look for him, someone took the initiative to bring him back and even gave him two doses of nutritional supplements as a reward.
As soon as Chu Ming arrived at the government office, he relayed Lu Xuan's words to Liu Wenchi, who excitedly asked Lu Xuan for confirmation: "Young Master Lu, do you really have a way to cure Ziying?"
Lu Xuan glanced at Liu Ziying, who was looking at him curiously beside Liu Wenchi. Looking into her innocent and naive eyes, she really didn't seem like an adult.
Lu Xuan nodded firmly: "It can be cured."
"That's wonderful, wonderful!" Liu Wenchi gripped his son's hand tightly, his expression deeply moved. "Please, Young Master Lu, treat Ziying. I'm willing to pay whatever the fee may be!"
Lu Xuan glanced at the prices of the related medicines in the shop and said, "My lord, there's no need to worry. The price isn't high; it only requires ten catties of mutated grain."
One dose of special medicine costs only 1000 points and can treat 5 people, which means each person only needs 200 points.
The price for recycling a pound of mutated grain is more than that.
"So cheap!" Chu Ming exclaimed.
Liu Wenchi was also surprised and subconsciously asked, "How long will it take to see results after the treatment?"
Lu Xuan said, "We'll only know after we see it."
Liu Wenchi and Chu Ming were somewhat puzzled. What were they looking at?
Lu Xuan's answer was to directly retrieve the medical pod.
The people present were startled when they saw the huge thing that suddenly appeared, and then they were surprised to find that it was something they had never seen before.
What is this?
Lu Xuan: "Medical pod."
He succinctly explained that the medical pod could treat various diseases, and then gestured for Liu Wenchi to let Liu Ziying take off her clothes and lie down inside.
Liu Wenchi: Lie down inside?
He glanced at the medical pod and suddenly realized... apart from its extremely exquisite appearance and somewhat indistinguishable materials, its long, narrow shape that allowed people to lie down inside made it look just like a peculiar 'coffin'.
Liu Wenchi: That's really unlucky.
Seeing his son's bewildered eyes, Liu Wenchi felt a pang of pain in his heart, but he suppressed his thoughts about the medical pod and coaxed his son to lie down inside.
Lu Xuan first gave the other person a full-body examination, glanced at the estimated treatment time, and while injecting the medicine, told Liu Wenchi: "It will take a quarter of an hour to cure."
Liu Wenchi: "!!!" So fast?
Chu Ming and Liu Ziming were also stunned.
They thought they would have to take medicine for at least ten days or half a month, and maybe even need acupuncture or other methods, but... they were cured after lying in there for only fifteen minutes?
The group could hardly believe that such a miraculous treatment method existed in the world.
But a quarter of an hour later.
Looking at Liu Ziying, who had changed her clothes again, her eyes were no longer as dazed as before, but had regained the clean look that everyone else was familiar with.
Chu Ming exclaimed in surprise, "It's actually healed!?"
"Father! Your son is unfilial and has caused you worry." Liu Ziying had not forgotten his experience after becoming 'stupid', and his expression was full of guilt.
Liu Wenchi didn't care about any of that. Looking into Liu Ziying's familiar eyes and expression, he excitedly hugged him tightly, "Ziying! My son!"
Liu Ziming was also pleased with his cousin's recovery, but he soon thought of other families in the city who needed treatment and asked Lu Xuan if others could also use this method to treat them.
Lu Xuan said, "As long as you pay for the medicine, I can treat you. However, I need to leave tomorrow..."
Liu Ziming quickly calculated the time.
If there are only six or seven hours, at most fifty people can be treated, but there are more than a hundred people in the city with records of fever leaving sequelae.
Liu Ziming asked earnestly, "Would Young Master Lu be so kind as to stay another day?"
It's not easy to find a cure, but if only half of the people have the chance to be cured, it's inevitably unfair to the other half.
In the upcoming catastrophes, people with brain disorders will have a lower chance of survival than others.
Lu Xuan had anticipated this outcome and nodded, saying, "Okay." He could afford to waste just one day.
After calming down a bit, Liu Wenchi thanked Lu Xuan again on behalf of the city's people upon learning of Lu Xuan's decision.
To avoid wasting time, Liu Wenchi instructed his officers to quickly find people with similar conditions at home and bring them in for treatment.
While waiting for others, Chu Ming asked about Lu Xuan's abilities again.
Liu Wenchi and Liu Ziming perked up and listened intently, while Liu Ziying, not quite sure what was going on, also listened quietly from the side.
Lu Xuan said, "My ability is innate, but..."
He took out a golden evolution fluid and said, "If others want to gain abilities, they can take this potion. There is a 30% to 50% chance that they will randomly gain a certain ability, such as the ability to turn the soil, make rain, or accelerate growth that I used before, or something like this."
Lu Xuan first condensed a fireball in his palm, which quickly extinguished and turned into an ice arrow, then a golden blade, a water ball, and finally disappeared into the air as lightning.
The sight was so unfamiliar that Liu Wenchi and the others were terrified and dizzy.
Chu Ming's eyes lit up as he exclaimed, "This is incredible!"
Lu Xuan's possession of multiple special abilities was already enough to shock them, but now he was telling them that these abilities could be obtained by taking medicine?
In other words, they also have a chance to acquire those amazing abilities!?
Chu Ming's face flushed red, and his breathing became rapid. He excitedly asked, "If I take multiple doses of the potion, will I gain multiple abilities? If I don't gain it the first time, will I definitely gain the ability if I take it a few more times?"
Live stream viewer: 【??? We can barely get one, and you want to take several more? You're dreaming!】
Lu Xuan played with the evolution fluid in his hand and said, "A person can only take one dose in their lifetime. More is useless. They can only gain one ability. If they are unlucky and fail to gain an ability, their body will become much stronger, their strength will be extremely high, and their five senses will be more acute."
Upon hearing that it could make the body stronger, Liu Wenchi immediately looked at Liu Ziying.
Chu Ming was a little disappointed, but quickly added, "It would be good if I could become stronger. Do you have a lot of this medicine?"
Lu Xuan shook his head: "Not many. This time we can only provide five doses at most. The garrison has a great responsibility to protect the people in the city. These five doses of medicine should be given to General Chu and his soldiers."
Chu Ming was overjoyed, "That's wonderful!"
Liu Wenchi opened his mouth, but then closed it again, thinking of Magistrate Zhao.
Fortunately, Lu Xuan added, "I will bring some more medicine next time."
Liu Wenchi was relieved to see that he hadn't mentioned giving the next batch of medicine to the garrison as well.
Seeing the change in Liu Wenchi's expression, Lu Xuan curled his lips and reminded him, "The mutated fruit we traded before can strengthen the body. If Lord Liu gives some to Young Master Ziying, his body will naturally become healthier. Besides, the medical pod not only repaired his brain disease, but also the weakness he was born with. Now, Young Master Ziying is no different from anyone else."
"Is this really true?!" Liu Wenchi asked excitedly.
Liu Ziying was also stunned for a moment. She looked down at her hands and touched her body, her expression somewhat dazed and incredulous.
He did feel more relaxed than ever before after the treatment, but he only thought it was because his brain had just been cured. It turns out that it was because the problem he had in the womb had also been cured.
After receiving a definite answer from Lu Xuan, Liu Wenchi was no longer disappointed about not getting the medicine. Instead, he patted his son's shoulder and laughed heartily, "My son has fully recovered! Good, that's wonderful!"
After regaining her senses, Liu Ziying smiled and thanked Lu Xuan sincerely.
At this moment, the patient, who had been notified, hurriedly rushed to the government office in the dark. The group stopped talking and began a new round of treatment.
...
That night, the candlelight in the side hall of the government office burned until dawn, and the comings and goings of people did not stop, as the medical ward continued to treat more patients.
When the recovered patients and their families left, they were all beaming with joy, and upon returning home, they were overjoyed to share the good news with their neighbors.
Yesterday, Lu Xuan released the blood-sucking vines, causing considerable panic among the people. The news spread quickly among those who had been released.
Some people felt horrified and frightened, but many more people admired and revered Lu Xuan even more.
Isn't it normal for immortals to know immortal arts?
Judge Zhao and those he instructed deserved their punishment. The immortal didn't harm any innocent people, so what's there to be afraid of?
Young and impetuous people were more curious about what the fairy vine looked like, and kept pulling on those who were there to ask for details.
After the news broke today that Lu Xuan could cure the mentally challenged, those who had been whispering in private were completely silenced.
A person with powerful attack capabilities is indeed frightening, but what if that person also possesses miraculous healing abilities...? Who doesn't get sick in this world?
Who can guarantee that their relatives and friends won't contract some intractable disease someday?
No one would be foolish enough to offend someone who could save their life.
For a time, no one in the city said anything unpleasant. If anyone did, they were silenced to prevent the news from reaching Lu Xuan's ears.
Everyone wanted to praise Lu Xuan to the skies.
After obtaining the evolution fluid, Chu Ming returned to the camp. Apart from the one he was sure he would use, he needed to carefully consider how to distribute the rest.
Lu Xuan could no longer wait for the outcome. After curing the patient, he took out his flying vehicle again and flew away as he had come, amidst the astonished gazes of the city's inhabitants.
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Half a day later.
On a street in a smaller disaster relief settlement more than 700 kilometers away from Luochuan.
The people setting up stalls, or other disaster victims walking on the street, suddenly smelled an exceptionally tempting aroma and couldn't help but sniff it.
"What smells so good?"
"It's the smell of food. I don't remember there being any food stalls around here."
The disaster victims hadn't had a decent meal in days, and the aroma wafting in the air was irresistible. They followed the scent all the way to the ruins not far away.
Upon arriving at the location, they discovered that a strangely shaped house had appeared out of nowhere in the open space in front of the ruins. In front of the house stood a tall, handsome young man dressed in black, with a large iron pot steaming in front of him.
Some people looked at the house behind the man in astonishment, while others immediately noticed the man's appearance and concluded that he was not from their area.
Those with keen eyes could also discern from the other party's relaxed posture and expression that the other party's strength must be considerable.
Many people became wary, and some even turned and left, disappearing without a trace.
Those who remained glanced at the source of the aroma bubbling in a large iron pot, which was over a meter wide, and couldn't help but swallow hard, subconsciously moving closer.
Upon discovering the pot of bright red soup, he seemed to remember something, and his expression changed. Then, realizing that it didn't have the nauseating smell he had smelled before, he thought he must have misunderstood.
Her sharp gaze softened, and she asked the man, "What is this? For sale?"
The man, Lu Xuan, said: "Tomato and egg dumpling soup, one spoonful of two catties of wild vegetables or other equivalent supplies."
The person who spoke was startled and examined the ingredients in the pot more closely. "Noodle soup? There are noodles in this?"
Lu Xuan hummed in agreement.
The other people who had gathered around also erupted in commotion.
More than half a year has passed since the disaster, and there are still people who have flour in their hands and are willing to sell it.
Someone noticed that in addition to shredded eggs and what might have been the red color of tomatoes that the other person mentioned, there were also quite a few white meatballs in the pot.
What are these meatballs made of?
Lu Xuan: "Fish balls, wild boar meat balls, and roe deer meat balls are all available."
The surrounding disaster victims gasped in astonishment: Good heavens! They even put out so many meatballs?
"Gulp." The sound of swallowing saliva became more and more obvious.
Soon someone said, "Give me a spoonful!"
It's so cheap! You get eggs and meatballs for only two pounds of wild vegetables.
Although I don't know where this big idiot came from who doesn't understand the market, it's a fool not to take advantage of a bargain!
They all saw the spoon that Lu Xuan had prepared; it was not small, and one spoonful was enough to fill a whole bowl.
"I'll have a spoonful too!"
“I have a big appetite, give me two spoonfuls, I’ll give you three pounds of mushrooms, is that enough?” A burly man pulled out a bag of mushrooms to show Lu Xuan.
The mushrooms were naturally not as big or fresh as those grown in the village's mushroom houses, but the quantity was sufficient.
Lu Xuan: "Okay."
The others mostly took wild vegetables or dried vegetables.
Lu Xuan accepted all their orders, and after they somehow managed to get a broken bowl, he served them dumplings soup one by one.
After receiving the steaming hot dumpling soup, the disaster victims blew on it a few times and eagerly poured it into their mouths. As soon as the soup entered their mouths, their eyes widened slightly, and then they slurped it down mouthful after mouthful, not caring that it was too hot.
The burly man who took out the mushrooms slurped the last mouthful of soup into his mouth, wiped his mouth, and exclaimed, "Delicious!"
Others couldn't help but exclaim, "It's so delicious! I've never had such delicious dumpling soup before the earthquake. It's sweet and sour."
"There are at least four or five meatballs in this spoonful, and quite a few dough pieces too. It's such a great deal!"
"It's a pity I drank it too fast and didn't get enough. Boss, give me two more spoonfuls!"
Seeing their reaction, the others who had been observing immediately crowded around, saying, "Boss, I want one too!"
"Me too!"
A group of people at the back of the crowd exchanged glances and quickly ran off in different directions.
Lu Xuan glanced at it and continued serving the others dumpling soup.
Around the time the first pot of dumpling soup was finished, several groups of people, different from ordinary disaster victims, appeared in the ruins.
Lu Xuan smiled when he saw the person who had arrived.
The fish has taken the bait.
The viewers in the live stream, who were drinking noodle soup and waiting along with Lu Xuan, also perked up.
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Author's Note: Special thanks to: Changyushan for throwing 1 landmine. Throwing time: 2025-05-23 18:46:19
Thank you to "Wenwen", "Yan", and "Hualuo" for the nutrient solution!
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