A place hundreds of miles away from Xianyuan Hotel.
In a three-courtyard house in the countryside.
In the room, a young girl was sitting in front of the window. She looked haggard and thin, with empty eyes, like a wooden figure that had lost its vitality.
At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open: "Second Miss."
The young girl remained motionless and ignored everything, sinking into her own dead world.
"An official from the Xuanjing Division came and claimed to have a chance to restore a broken meridian..."
The young girl suddenly stood up and said, "Where is it? Take me there!"
Like a whirlwind, she rushed out.
"Second Miss, wait a minute."
The young girl ran for a distance, then suddenly came back and urged, "Has he left yet? Why didn't you call me earlier? Lead the way."
"Second Miss, that official hasn't left yet, don't be anxious."
"How can you let someone wait for me? Why don't you lead the way? Forget it, forget it. Don't lead the way. Just tell me where the person is and I'll go there myself."
The young girl hurriedly urged, and when she learned that the people from Xuan Jing Si were still waiting in the reception room, she immediately ran over.
By the time she arrived, she was so tired that she could only gasp for breath.
The man in the reception room was wearing a black robe and a tall hat, with a token on his head and a long rope around his waist. He was indeed a member of the Xuan Jing Division.
At this time, the man in black clothes was sitting at the table drinking tea, and the young girl's father was accompanying him.
Seeing the young girl rushing in in a panic, the man in black glanced at her and said, "Duan Qiulu, huh? Now there's a chance to reconnect your broken meridians..."
Duan Qiulu tried to calm her breathing and said, "Yes, yes, just tell me, what price should I pay?"
"Take one hundred taels of silver and come with me to Changling County, Jiangyuan Prefecture." The man in black put down his teacup.
"That's it? Only one hundred taels of silver? Changling County?" Isn't the Medical Valley in Changling County, Jiangyuan Prefecture? Moreover, there were people from the Xuanjing Division guaranteeing them. Although the asking price was lower than she expected, Duan Qiulu still felt a lot more at ease.
Anyway, it's a rare opportunity, so I might as well go there and give it a try.
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In another direction, there is a place hundreds of miles away from Xianyuan Hotel.
In the study.
A middle-aged man with a big belly stood in front of the desk, carefully sketching on the rice paper with a pen, and two lifelike birds appeared on the paper.
He described it in detail, with concentration and dedication.
After a long time, a lifelike painting of flowers and birds was finally completed.
"Master, someone has brought a letter." At this time, the servant who had been waiting for a long time came forward and said.
"Hmm." The middle-aged man showed a complacent look on his face as he admired the flower and bird painting he had drawn. After a moment, he took the letter, opened it and began to read it.
After staring at the letter for a while, his hands began to tremble slightly. He glared at the servant and said, "Why didn't you give me the letter earlier?!"
The content of the letter was very simple: "If you want to reconnect your broken meridians, bring one hundred taels of silver and quickly come to the Xianyuan Hotel next to Changling County in Jiangyuan Prefecture."
The middle-aged man's name is Lu Chengji. He has lost his martial arts skills for almost ten years. Before losing his martial arts skills, he was a martial artist in the innate realm.
However, he fell to earth overnight and could no longer be as powerful as before, and he also lost the admiration and respect of others.
Over the years, he gradually accepted this gap and turned to calligraphy and painting, completely cutting off the hope of resuming his broken bloodline.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly received such a letter today. His heart couldn't help but become lively again, and he had some expectations that he wanted to grasp even though he knew it was a luxury.
This letter was sent by a distant cousin of his. Judging from the handwriting, it was undoubtedly his cousin. His cousin was a second-class disciple of Jianshan and would not cheat him for a hundred taels of silver.
The middle-aged man couldn't help but feel extremely excited. Where was Changling County in Jiangyuan Prefecture? The famous Medical Valley was located there. Could it be that the genius doctors in the Medical Valley had finally developed a method to reconnect severed meridians?
But the price of treatment was only one hundred taels of silver? Could it be that the method was not yet mature, with some unavoidable consequences?
But if he can recover his martial arts, he will not hesitate even if it leaves some troubles behind!
Well worth a special trip!
As for the Xianyuan Hotel, that should be where my cousin lives, right? After I go to the Medical Valley, it won’t be too late to go to the Xianyuan Hotel to express my gratitude to him.
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It was the twelfth day after Feng Yuanning traveled through time, and it was a sunny day.
The sun was shining outside the store, and people passing by were sweating profusely. The temperature inside the store was just right, as comfortable as spring.
Lu Chengji rode his horse at full speed on the official road, and his followers followed on horseback.
He squinted his eyes and looked forward, and saw what seemed to be a white object in the distance outside Changling County.
However, he couldn't see clearly what it was.
Alas, in the past ten years, he has been immersed in calligraphy and painting. After seeing so much calligraphy and painting, his eyesight has gradually deteriorated.
However, it doesn’t matter what is there, because that is not his destination. His destination is the Medical Valley in Changling County, Jiangyuan Prefecture.
After receiving the letter sent by his distant cousin, he learned that there was a chance to reconnect his broken meridians, so he immediately set out on horseback.
His home is in Bafeng Prefecture, which is adjacent to Jiangyuan Prefecture, and the road is not too difficult to travel.
Bafeng Prefecture, Jiangyuan Prefecture, and Shannan Prefecture are collectively known as the Southwestern Region. All three are remote areas far away from the Central Plains, but it is relatively easy to travel between them.
But the way out is difficult to go, with towering mountains and steep canyons. If there were no people who often traveled through mountains and rivers to seek medical treatment in the Medical Valley, the three prefectures in the southwest region would usually have to stay at home and play by themselves.
Lu Chengji suspected that the reason why the Medical Valley chose to be located in such a remote place as theirs was to test whether the people seeking medical treatment were sincere enough?
Fortunately, this test did not come to his neighbor.
It’s so difficult for people outside. What if they collapse on the road before they even reach the Medical Valley?
Although the Medical Valley has sent miracle doctors to travel outside, there are few who are willing to travel, and medicinal herbs are mainly grown in Jiangyuan Prefecture, and various exotic flowers and herbs are more common in the southwest region.
Whether it is a miracle doctor or medicinal herbs, they are in short supply outside. How can we describe how miserable it is?
He was thankful that he was from Bafeng Prefecture, which allowed him to rush to Medical Valley as soon as possible.
At the fork in the road ahead, he turned left and rode up the path leading to the Medical Valley. Suddenly, he heard two young men singing as they walked along the road: "...Light up the fire of my life, fire, fire, fire. You are my little apple..."
Judging from their clothes, these two people seem to be disciples of Medical Valley. Why are they singing this kind of song?
However, although the lyrics are shamefully vulgar, the melody is strangely so melodious and catchy that it loops in one's mind unconsciously as one listens to it.
It's a very strange song, but it has a kind of charm that is hard to describe.
He rode past at a gallop, and even after he had run some distance, he could still hear the two young men singing the song with their heads shaking.
As Lv Chengji listened, he couldn't help but sing along: "You are my little apple, like the most beautiful cloud in the sky..."
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Note: "Light up the fire of my life, fire, fire, fire. You are my little apple, like the most beautiful cloud in the sky" - lyrics from "Little Apple".
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