Chapter 133: My Life Was Not Forgotten!
Chapter 133 My Life Was Not Foretold!
"Take off your clothes!"
Bai Cen was annoyed; here he comes again.
"Take it off or not?!" Wang Sumo's threats and inducements came online again.
Bai Cen was exasperated: "Master, I'm hiding something from you. I know Master Huo and Master He, and I also know Uncle Weng, but I'm definitely not that pervert in white armor. I really am..."
She suddenly stopped interrupting and just listened to him speak quietly. Bai Cen felt a little uncomfortable. "Why aren't you interrupting anymore?"
Wang Sumo also said, "Whether I interrupt you or not, you still have to finish what you're saying, right?"
Bai Cen: (⊙o⊙)…
Wang Sumo: "Since you have to finish speaking whether I interrupt you or not, wouldn't it be faster if I didn't interrupt you?"
Bai Cen: "..."
"That seems to make a lot of sense," Bai Cen said with an expression of agreement.
Wang Sumo smiled: "So, are you done talking?"
Bai Cen was exhausted. Fine, then: "Okay."
With a "rip," her clothes were indeed torn off again. Bai Cen simply closed her eyes in annoyance, wondering what Wang Sumo was up to this time. But since he was the one who hid things first, she could let him vent his anger.
He had just closed his eyes when he heard someone else getting into the carriage and approaching him.
Bai Cen suddenly opened his eyes, and Fang Rushi, with a few strands of black hair mixed with white hair and an unwilling expression on her face, appeared in front of him.
He was startled!
Fang Rushi was also startled!
"What are you yelling for! You scared me to death! If you yell again, I'll drug you and make you mute, so you won't give me a headache!" Fang Ru said with a mournful expression.
Bai Cen was completely confused, but when he turned his head, he saw that Wang Sumo, who was behind Doctor Fang, was gently putting his index finger to his lips, making a "shh" gesture, and then blinking at him.
Bai Cen understood and told him not to respond.
Listen quietly to what Fang Rushi has to say.
Although he didn't know what she was up to, Bai Cen did as she was told.
Take a breath!
Although Fang Rushi was unhappy, she seemed to suddenly shine when it came to her professional field.
Bai Cen inhaled.
"Hold it in." Fang Ru opened her palm, and pressed down from the tip of her thumb to the tip of her middle finger, feeling a slight rebound.
Fang Ru looked at him in surprise.
Bai Cen was a little confused, unsure whether to speak or continue holding his breath.
"Are you deaf or mute?" Fang Rushi suddenly asked.
Bai Cen: "Weren't you trying to make me hold my breath?"
Fang Ru glared at him: "Don't you feel anything!"
After saying that, he pressed down again, this time with more force. Bai Cen shook his head blankly.
Fang Rushi was surprised.
Wang Sumo could clearly see that Fang Rushi's expression was one of surprise.
Only intractable illnesses would interest Fang Rushi.
Fang Rushi's expression just now showed that he was interested in Bai Cen's illness.
Wang Sumo was unsure whether to be happy or upset.
But Fang Rushi was indeed much more serious than before: "Close your eyes."
As soon as Bai Cen closed his eyes, Fang Rushi reached out and pried them open, then told him not to look at him.
Wang Sumo also craned his neck, seeing how carefully Fang Rushi examined the patient.
Wang Sumo didn't quite understand what the doctor was saying, but he recalled that Fang Rushi had also been nonchalant when she first agreed to treat the old man, but Bai Cen was different...
Wang Sumo didn't say anything, but couldn't help but step forward a little.
If it were earlier, Fang Ru would have been impatient and started yelling, "Get away, get away, give the doctor some time."
But this time, Fang Ru didn't speak.
It wasn't because his temper had improved; rather, it was more like he had plunged headlong into a maze that required all his attention. All his energy was devoted to observing the maze and escaping from it, so he couldn't care less about anything else.
Gradually, Wang Sumo sensed that Fang Rushi's condition was not quite right...
From initial surprise to seriousness, to complete concentration, and then to remaining motionless for a long time, it was as if he gradually entered a meditative state by staring into Bai Cen's eyes.
Wang Sumo was also unsure, afraid of disturbing Fang Rushi, but she also vaguely felt that Fang Rushi's condition seemed a bit off.
Gradually, Fang Rushi's expression became tense, even panicked...
But apart from the slightest movements like breathing, he barely moved at all, as if—Wang Sumo took a deep breath, as if he were possessed.
Seeing that Fang Rushi's forehead was starting to bead with sweat, and in such a short time, Wang Sumo sensed something was wrong and called out, "Fang Rushi?"
But Fang Rushi did not respond.
Bai Cen suddenly tensed up: "Interrupt him."
Wang Sumo didn't realize what was going on, but out of absolute trust in Bai Cen, he reached out and tapped Fang Rushi on the shoulder. In that sudden instant, Fang Rushi snapped back to reality.
The fine sweat on his forehead had turned into large beads of sweat. When Wang Sumo called him, he came back to his senses and subconsciously looked in Wang Sumo's direction. However, he was panting heavily, and his eyes were full of fear, as if he had just survived a disaster.
"Are you alright, Fang Rushi?" Wang Sumo was genuinely worried.
Bai Cen pulled his clothes tighter, swallowed softly, and propped himself up to sit up: "Dr. Fang..."
Fang Rushi seemed to have recovered from the scene just now. She took a couple of deep breaths and gradually calmed herself down. This was the composure and calmness that only a doctor could have. Then she asked Bai Cen in a deep voice, "Was it like this when a doctor treated you before?"
Bai Cen shook his head, but said seriously, "The doctor doesn't have it, but my senior uncle has done it before..."
Fang Rushi also asked seriously, "Who is your senior master?"
Bai Cen hesitated for a moment, subconsciously looked at Wang Sumo, and then, as if he had figured something out, replied to Fang Rushi, "Please keep this a secret, Doctor Fang."
Fang nodded.
Wang Sumo also pulled his clothes tighter and listened intently.
First it was Master He, then Master Huo, and then Old Master Weng. She also wanted to know what other hidden masters were behind Bai Cen.
Sure enough, Bai Cen calmly uttered a surprising statement: "Yu An Jushi, Meng Huizhou."
Fang Rushi: →_→
Wang Sumo: "..."
Wang Sumo was completely baffled. What on earth was going on?
Bai Cen watched as Fang Rushi's expression towards him changed from serious and expectant to angry, annoyed, disgusted, and hateful...
Wang Sumo quickly stood in front of Bai Cen and said righteously, "The grudges of the previous generation should not affect the next generation. Besides, he is only a senior brother, not a relative, and not even a master. You are a divine doctor, and a divine doctor can be magnanimous. Don't be so petty!"
However, during the time when the old man was receiving treatment at Fang Rushi's home, Fang Rushi treated her fairly well. She even saw a scarecrow in Fang Rushi's pharmacy, dressed in clothes with the words "Meng Huizhou" pasted on the front and "Yu An Jushi" pasted on the back!
He had to poke the names on both the front and back of his head with a silver needle hundreds of times a day before he could begin his work.
Therefore, Wang Sumo was deeply impressed by the name "Yu'an Jushi Meng Huizhou".
Just like the fixed check-in routine before going to the pharmacy to see Fang Rushi every day.
She was completely stunned when she heard Bai Cen utter those words!
She knew the martial arts world was small!
She never imagined she'd be so young!
That's why what just happened...
Bai Cen was completely bewildered, but because he was clever, he could deduce something from Wang Sumo's few words and Fang Rushi's expression just now...
This is a bit bad; Master Uncle Tongfang Rushi might not be very friendly...
Fang Rushi glared at Wang Sumo angrily: "Don't provoke me!"
The tactic of provocation no longer works on him.
Bai Cen: "..."
Fang Rushi stepped forward, and Bai Cen was startled by the murderous aura in his eyes. He quickly tightened his clothes and took a step back.
Fang Rushi said in a deep voice, "He treated you?"
Bai Cen dared not lie and nodded.
Fang Rushi continued, "Was he like I was just now?"
Bai Cen thought about it for a moment, then nodded truthfully.
Fang Ru's murderous gaze suddenly softened, and a slight smile appeared on her lips: "He's nothing special..."
Wang Sumo & Bai Cen: (⊙o⊙)…
Why did the art style suddenly change?
Fang Rushi continued, "What method did he use to temporarily suppress the poison in your body?"
Bai Cen was slightly surprised: "You noticed?"
Fang Ru scoffed: "His skills are at most a little better than those quack doctors outside who can't even grasp the basics. With his amateurish skills, it's already good enough that you're still alive and kicking. So I'm curious how he did it?"
Bai Cen was skeptical, but it was true that his senior master had used nine layers of true qi to suppress the poison in his body...
Perhaps because of Wang Sumo, Bai Cen trusted him so much that he truthfully said, "My master transferred his nine layers of true qi to me, which is why I was able to use the nine layers of true qi to suppress the poison in my body."
Fang Rushi raised an eyebrow slightly: "No wonder, even after being poisoned like this, you're still full of energy. Meng Huizhou has really been good to you."
For a moment, Bai Cen had no idea what kind of love-hate entanglement existed between her master and Fang Rushi.
But it doesn't sound like pure hatred.
Sure enough, Fang Ru flung his sleeves behind his back, a look of scorn on his face: "I knew back then, how could his medical skills be better than mine? Turns out he knows the Ninefold True Qi! When we competed in medicine that year, he had no chance of breaking that poison. He used the Ninefold True Qi to force the poison out. After all these years of making effigies of villains, I finally know the truth!"
Wang Sumo: →_→
It's best not to say this out loud yourself...
Bai Cen: ←_←
Oh wow! That's definitely a bit narrow-minded.
Fang Ru suddenly turned to look at him, and the determination and resolve in her eyes startled Bai Cen and Wang Sumo.
Fang Ru said, word by word, "Very well! I will cure the poison that he cannot cure!"
Wang Sumo: ? ? ?
Bai Cen: !!!
How did Fang Rushi's thought process manage to come back to its original state?!
But Fang Rushi's next sentence made Wang Sumo and Bai Cen's faces darken.
"Your poison is incurable by ordinary doctors because they can't even grasp the basics. Your senior brother and I can grasp the basics, but the underlying principles are extremely sinister."
Wang Sumo and Bai Cen were both puzzled. They looked at each other, then turned to Fang Rushi. Wang Sumo asked, "What do you mean?"
Fang Ru did not hide anything: "When a doctor treats a patient, he has to examine the patient's pulse. His pulse is weaker than that of an ordinary person. When examining the eyes, an ordinary doctor cannot see the truth. A doctor who can see the trick will see that this kind of poison, in order to make people unable to be cured, will use illusion magic on the doctor through certain characteristics of the patient."
Casting an illusion?
Wang Sumo and Bai Cen were both surprised.
This is the first time I've heard this claim.
Fang continued: "For example, when I looked at his eyes just now, I wanted to see the blood vessels, veins, and light in his eyes. But these things, which should be clues in the eyes of a doctor, were combined into a bottomless maze. I only looked at it for a few moments before I lost my way in the maze. At first, I couldn't find the exit, then I slowly panicked, and then I was chased by a strange man with a scythe. But I was tripped by the vines in the maze. If you had woken me up a moment later, I would have been cut by the scythe and fallen to the ground. I don't know what will happen next, but this is how the doctor is made to hallucinate by using the patient's pathological characteristics."
Wang Sumo and Bai Cen gasped.
Fang Rushi remained calm: "So, ordinary doctors can't cure you because they don't understand the intricacies; doctors who can understand the intricacies have slightly weaker willpower and no special skills to rely on, so they might suffer from qi deviation. Didn't Meng Huizhou try many times to no avail, and then things became increasingly dangerous, until finally he had to use the Ninefold True Qi to directly suppress the poison in your body?"
Fang described it in great detail, as if it were all vividly remembered, all of which had happened to her senior master.
Bai Cen nodded: "That's right, Dr. Fang, you're absolutely right."
Wang Sumo also realized what was happening: "So, that's why you told me to wake him up quickly?"
Bai Cen nodded: "Yes, once my master went into a state of demonic possession like that and almost got into trouble. Later, he told me that if I saw him in a meditative state and then panicked, I must wake him up in time."
So that's how it is. Wang Sumo was also still shaken.
It's surprising that Master Yu'an also possesses superb medical skills; however, before retiring from public life, Master Yu'an was a renowned master in the martial arts world. Therefore, Master Yu'an could save himself with his powerful internal energy, but while Fang Rushi's medical skills are excellent, her internal energy and skill are inferior to Master Yu'an's, so she is not at Master Yu'an's level.
"Master Yu'an tried so many times, but eventually gave up. He could only transfer his nine layers of true energy to Bai Cen. He must have tried everything and saw no hope, so he had no choice but to do this." Wang Sumo continued to provoke him, "Even if you claim that your medical skills are superior to Master Yu'an's, healing is not about who has the higher spirits..."
Bai Cen: "..."
Bai Cen sighed inwardly; the boss's usual tactics were being used again.
As expected, Fang Rushi bought it: "The reason why there are difficult and complicated diseases in medicine is because there are few patients encountered, so there is not much experience to refer to and replicate. Meng Huizhou should have searched through all the medical books about the poison in your body, but he did not find any prescriptions for treatment, so he gave up."
Wang Sumo continued, "You found out?"
Wang Sumo leaned closer: "You were able to find all of this. Meng Huizhou cares so much about his junior apprentice, he couldn't possibly have looked up fewer medical books than you have."
Sure enough, Fang Rushi snorted: "What! He's allowed to cheat with his nine levels of true qi, but I'm not allowed to cheat with other kinds of luck?"
Wang Sumo and Bai Cen exchanged another glance, then looked at Fang Rushi together—this was really going to happen!
Bai Cen's heart was pounding.
Wang Sumo also looked at Fang Rushi seriously: "What kind of luck can be cheated?"
After Wang Sumo finished speaking, Fang Rushi glanced at her but did not rush to answer. Instead, he lifted the curtain of the carriage window, and Wang Sumo and Bai Cen followed his gaze to look outside the carriage.
Good heavens!
In the distance, Huo Ling was wearing a thick cloak, and the maid who took care of his daily life was serving him pear soup.
Wang Sumo and Bai Cen were both confused. Wasn't this Bai Cen?
The two turned back to look at Fang Rushi, their faces blank with confusion.
Fang Ru said in a deep voice: "Didn't I just say that the reason why there are so many difficult and complicated diseases in medicine is because there are few patients encountered, so there is not much experience to refer to and replicate, and no prescriptions can be found in medical books that can be used for reference and testing?"
Wang Sumo and Bai Cen could understand Fang Rushi's words, but they were still confused by them.
Fang Rushi scoffed lightly: "You're lucky you weren't meant to die, and Huo Ling was lucky too."
Wang Sumo suddenly realized and asked in surprise, "So, you mean the poison Bai Cen was poisoned by is the same as Huo Ling's?"
Bai Cen also came to his senses, looking at Huo Ling in the distance in surprise, and then turned to look at Fang Rushi!
Fang Ru said in a deep voice, "They are different, but they have the same origin and are the work of the same person. Since they are the work of the same person, they can be mutually verified, which is much better than trying anything as a last resort."
Wang Sumo: "..."
Bai Cen: "..."
Fang continued, "But this matter must be kept secret."
Fang looked at him and Wang Sumo with a warning: "The person who can administer this kind of poison is no good. I don't want to die a miserable death trying to cure you two—because the poison in both of you can only be administered by someone close to you, and it would take a long time. So, the person who administered the poison is right next to you. Do you want to keep it a secret?"
Wang Sumo and Bai Cen were shocked!
[Author's Note]
This chapter also has weekend red envelopes! They'll be sent out together tomorrow at noon.
Going to have fun this weekend, will resume big updates tomorrow!
See you tomorrow! [clasped hands]
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