Chapter 125: Snake Pattern
"It's actually like this..." the emperor sighed. "Alas, back then, I summoned all the famous doctors in the capital to treat your illness, but none of them could diagnose it. Grand Master, I remember that you were also helpless back then, right?"
"Indeed." The Grand Master's face was also full of emotion. "Back then, I also tried many methods, but nothing worked. I am really ashamed. Now that Young Master Xiao's condition has improved greatly, perhaps it is God's will."
The emperor added, "Grand Master, please don't blame yourself. Perhaps this illness will heal naturally, thanks to your contribution to the treatment you provided back then."
The Grand Master quickly waved his hands: "I dare not, I dare not."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, and Imperial Master, for your treatment back then." Xiao Yu bowed slightly again to express his gratitude politely.
What these two people said is true.
At that time, the emperor wanted to cure him, so he summoned all the imperial physicians and many folk doctors, and even beheaded several doctors who were helpless, but later gave up.
The Grand Master also thought of many ways from the perspective of metaphysics. Xiao Yu lived in the Imperial Observatory until he was four years old, and the Grand Master took good care of him every day.
When he cried, the Grand Master would tell him stories. When he refused to eat, the Grand Master would feed him personally, speaking kindly and treating him better than his biological parents.
Even when the emperor wanted to give up on him and told his mother to take him out of the palace, the Grand Master still pleaded for him, saying that he was willing to continue to take him in and even accept him as his disciple, but he was unsuccessful in the end.
This should have been a touching story, but Xiao Yu's feelings towards the Grand Master were always somewhat complicated.
On the one hand, he was grateful for the Grand Master's care for him; but on the other hand, he always had a vague feeling that the method the Grand Master used to treat him was not so much an attempt... as it was an endless experiment.
Every day, he had to eat a lot of strange things in the name of curing illnesses. His body was covered with strange patterns and he was required to lie in a strange magic circle and listen to the great master chanting incomprehensible spells. Sometimes he would feel dizzy, sometimes he would faint from the pain, and sometimes he would fall down for several days.
It is true that this may be one of the methods used by the Grand Master to treat illnesses, but Xiao Yu vaguely felt that people's eyes would not lie.
He still remembers that when the Grand Master was treating him, his eyes were not as gentle and kind as usual, but fanatical and even crazy.
The way he looked at him was not like looking at a child or a patient, but rather aggressive and invasive, like... like a sacrifice placed on the altar.
Then he changed the method over and over again, as if he was experimenting with something on him.
Therefore, he has been respectful but distant towards the Grand Master over the years, and he himself does not believe in ghosts and gods.
Now, he had witnessed many things that he had once thought were impossible with Xu Chuchu. Looking at the old monk in front of him whose appearance had not changed much in more than ten years, he suddenly felt that this man must also be a cultivator, and his cultivation level might be far beyond his imagination.
This may have been the case even a dozen years ago.
I don’t know whether the emperor is aware of this matter.
"Mr. Xiao, is the giant snake pattern on your body still there?" the Grand Master asked him again.
Yes, they called the patterns on his body "big snake" and considered it an ominous sign. It was Xu Chuchu who first told him that this was not an ordinary big snake, but a colorful anaconda that represented evil.
"Yes." Xiao Yu did not lie, "Once the body becomes hot, the big snake will appear."
The Grand Master pondered and said, "I wonder if you would be willing to take off your clothes so that I can examine you again. I have always believed that your illness is related to this giant snake."
"Yes, just let the Grand Master take a look." Without waiting for Xiao Yu to respond, the emperor immediately said, "Just treat it as a follow-up visit after recovery."
"Okay." Xiao Yu did not refuse and started to take off her clothes.
Being secretive would make people more suspicious, and he also wanted to know what the other party's intentions were.
But when he took it off, he carefully cut the red string that tied the copper piece and hid the copper piece in his clothes so that the other two could not see it.
The Grand Master walked behind him and pressed his fingers against his back.
Sure enough, streams of spiritual power flowed in along his spine, and Xiao Yu soon felt his body burning. Black patterns began to appear from his waist and abdomen, and climbed up like a real snake, all the way to his chest and shoulders, finally revealing the complete pattern of a coiled anaconda.
Fierce and terrifying.
"It's still a snake..." The emperor muttered, "Why is it a snake?"
"It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this." The Grand Master also frowned. "The lines haven't changed at all, and the color hasn't faded at all. How could this happen?"
There was silence in the study.
"Are you ready?" Xiao Yu asked the Grand Master.
"Ah, that's all. It seems your illness isn't caused by the giant snake pattern." The Grand Master seemed to have just come to his senses. "Please dress quickly, young master. The weather is getting cold, be careful of catching a cold."
"Thank you, Imperial Master." Xiao Yu silently put his clothes back on and similarly hid the copper piece in his sleeve.
Xu Chuchu had told him very confidently at the time that his illness was caused by his fate being bound by the Golden Scaled Anaconda. The Grand Master had been able to hold the position of Grand Master for decades, so his cultivation should not be inferior to Xu Chuchu's. But he said that his illness had nothing to do with the Golden Scaled Anaconda. Why?
Is it true that he doesn't know, or is he intentionally hiding it?
"But no matter what, as long as your illness improves, you can live a normal life and serve in the court," the emperor said with a pleasant face. "So, which ministry do you want to serve in? The Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Revenue, or the military?"
Xiao Yu was slightly stunned. He really didn't expect that the emperor would ask him to become an official as soon as he knew he had recovered from his illness.
He wanted to agree directly, but then he remembered that he hadn't helped Xu Chuchu find a master yet, and he might still be away from the capital, making it inconvenient for him to take up his post. So he said, "Your Majesty, I thank you, but I have a case to deal with among the people. I wonder if I can return to take up my post after the case is investigated and concluded."
"Is the case so important? More important than court affairs?" The emperor frowned.
"Of course it's not as important as the affairs of the imperial court," Xiao Yu nodded. "But for the parties involved, this is a matter of paramount importance. Now that I've taken it on, there's no reason for me to abandon it halfway."
"All right," the emperor said disapprovingly, "you've been dealing with a lot of civilian cases all day long."
"This is our young master's understanding of the people's sentiments." The Grand Master also said.
The emperor nodded and said, "You can put your appointment aside for now. Now that you've recovered from your illness, you can finally get married, right?"
"What?" Xiao Yu couldn't control his expression for a moment. "...Why did Your Majesty suddenly mention my marriage?"
The emperor said impatiently, "You're so sudden! Don't you see how old you are? How can you be alone?"
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