I Have Medicine

Just when Gongyi Tianheng’s mood became complex due to those medicinal formulas, Gu Zuo finished flipping through the two ancient texts off to the side. In a soft voice, he exclaimed: “This one!”

Tianheng abruptly raised his head.

Gu Zuo was grinning ear to ear and spread out >, presenting it to his patron: “Young Master Tianheng, look at this. Don’t these symptoms resemble yours?”

Tianheng’s heart began to jump with excitement, but he maintained a calm gaze nonetheless.

Sure enough, he finally saw a recipe.

[The Eight Meals of the Five Essences]

1st Taste: Heart Nourishing Meal 2nd Taste: Lung Nourishing Meal 3rd Taste: Liver Nourishing Meal 4th Taste: Spleen Nourishing Meal 5th Taste: Kidney Nourishing Meal 6th Taste: Meal of the Five Viscera 7th Taste: Meal of the Six Bowels 8th Taste: Meal of Organic Harmony

Patient Diagnosis: Weakened meridians, imbalance of the five elements, inadequate organs.

Medicinal Effect: Slowly nourish the internal organs, strengthen the meridians, repair any deficiencies, and diminish pain.

Derivative Effect of the Disease: Initial Stage of the Tiandu Body (Note: Extremely rare).

Didn’t “weakened meridians and inadequate organs” precisely describe Gongyi Tianheng’s current predicament? But this alone wasn’t enough. The meridian blockages were his number one priority.

However, this wasn’t the only thing he looked at. After he read over the prescription, he searched for the derivative effect “Tiandu Body” in the book’s case-studies for an explanation.

Afterwards, he couldn’t help but be filled with excitement. He wanted to quickly show this to his patron.

Tianheng’s rigid gaze followed the brief couple of sentences, and his heart grew fervent.

[The Tiandu Body: High IQ, a hundred unblocked acupoints at birth, in harmony with ambient qi, and consequently suffers the envy of heaven. Those who possess this body are Xiantian at birth, but the meridians are weakened and cultivating is impossible. As one ages, ambient qi will cause blockages. At twenty years in age, the circulation of qi and blood will be obstructed and the person will die. If one can harness the Tiandu Body, it’s possible to rise above humanity.]

These symptoms were completely genuine and perfectly fit Gongyi Tianheng!

Although Tianheng acted with a quiet tranquility, at this time, it was hard to contain himself.

This was because there was a densely packed string of prescriptions beneath the introduction. They provided a meticulous care plan for the illness — And the first prescription was “The Eight Meals of the Five Essences”!

The entire treatment method was very complex and troublesome. Many ingredients were needed, and the requirements of the pharmacist were incomparably high… But even so, Tianheng could only tightly grasp this lead now.

As long as there was a way, he would dare to bet everything and struggle for his life.

Usually, Gongyi Tianheng could read ten lines at a glance and commit it all to memory, but today, he stared at this piece of paper for more than half an hour.

He stared at it, and then he slowly calmed down.

If a pharmacist could successfully complete the prescriptions on this page, he could smoothly cultivate to the Immortal Realm, and enter the ranks of the top powerhouses.

Now that he found a way, he felt confident in facing his patron. Although there were many complex recipes, he was convinced that those item books were exceptional. If he could bear those hardships, his patron could still be saved.

This could be considered a fair trade.

Gongyi Tianheng’s fingers tightened, and his knuckles turned white.

Gu Zuo sympathized with his patron and patiently waited.

A good while later, Gongyi Tianheng looked at him with a smile relieved of a great burden: “For the next two years, I shall have to inconvenience Ah Zuo to nurse me back to health and cure my illness.”

Gu Zuo stared blankly: “You won’t find another, more trustworthy, pharmacist?”

Tianheng gave a meaningful smile: “The one I believe in the most now is Ah Zuo.”

Gu Zuo: “…”

Although he had these kinds of expectations before, but in fact he felt it was normal for such a young master to have trusted aides to help parse out this endeavor.

Yet, he never expected this patron to foist all of it onto him.

This was really, really stressful.

Gongyi Tianheng measuredly stood up and slowly lifted his hand to gently ruffle Gu Zuo’s hair.

Gu Zuo went stiff and his face turned a little red.

No one had done this to him except his parents at home! This patron was being way too familiar!

And Tianheng slowly said: “If Ah Zuo has any needs, don’t hesitate to tell me. I will satisfy them all.”

Hearing this, Gu Zuo’s eyes shined and didn’t hold it against his patron. He took out a few sheets of paper and the sound of rustling could be heard as he wrote a few words.

Right, first write out a list. He must quickly get his hands on medicinal ingredients!

Gongyi Tianheng had a smile on his face, patiently waiting on the side. His finger slowly tapped against the table as his eyes fell on Gu Zuo’s body.

As he said, this matter would be completely left for Gu Zuo to handle…because that fortuitous encounter “chose” him and he was actually a promising pharmacist in training while at the Qi Family. Only when Gu Zuo couldn’t make any progress, would he select another pharmacist.

The less people who knew about his body’s condition the better. Granted that the Tianlong Guards were obligated to know that Gu Zuo would be producing a medical treatment plan to extend his lifespan.

It wouldn’t be good if too many knew about it.

A secret would stay a secret the fewer who knew about it. The reason why people were able to plan ahead and seize opportunities was because they knew things that other people didn’t know.

Gongyi Tianheng was a schemer. To leak information was just asking to be trampled over.

The clan treated him well, and his parents and younger brother were all good to him. However, he was unwilling to use this sort of huge secret to test their credibility. Only when he had complete control over the situation would he expose his secret in order to protect himself.

After Tianheng made some preparations, Gu Zuo had already written several lists on the side.

He blew on the dripping ink until it dried. He thought it over and confirmed that he didn’t leave out anything else.

At this time, a hand reached out and took the lists. After that, there was the sound of rustling paper and turning pages.

Gu Zuo was a little nervous.

These lists… Ah, there was over seven and a half. Certainly, three of the lists contained the medicinal ingredients needed to treat his patron’s illness. However, there were four and a half that had other herbs.

After all, he still had to gather medicinal qi, and treating his patron’s illness would be a long-term process. At first, he only had to eat a medicinal meal every day. For the rest of the remaining time, how could he waste it?

But would his patron feel that his lion mouth was too big?

After Tianheng looked at it, his smile was still gentle: “If I’m not mistaken, you want to use these other medicinal ingredients to refine the Qi Generating Pill and the Rejuvenation Pill?”

Dang it! This patron even knew this? He was too educated!

Gu Zuo was very depressed and quickly nodded his head: “Yes.”

He asked with hope: “Is, is there a problem?”

These two pills were in high demand for martial artists at the Blood Refining Realm. The Qi Generating Pill helped to supplement ambient qi energy, and the Rejuvenation Pill treated internal injuries. They were a common sight and their consumption was very high.

They were also used as a benchmark to prove one’s worth as a certified pharmacist…

Gongyi Tianheng raised an eyebrow, and easily understood Gu Zuo’s thoughts.

He didn’t say much, just laughed a little: “No problem. However much you want, I’ll give it to you.”

Gu Zuo was very happy.

Truly, a generous patron!

A little after they finished their talk, Gu Zuo returned to his room to continue practicing his cultivation method to accumulate ambient qi. At the same time, he also practiced his three refining hand seals. Practice made perfect. Before, he never refined medicine, and he still didn’t know what to do. Anyway, diligence would make up for inexperience. It was always good to make extra preparations.

He gradually entered a meditative state, and incessantly practiced with his hands and fingers for a while…

That afternoon.

Someone knocked on his door, which roused Gu Zuo from his meditation.

He wasn’t used to people serving him, so it was only natural for him to open the door himself. He raised his head and saw a stern face — Wasn’t this his patron’s loyal hound? Could it be that he was looking for him?

Normally, this loyal hound wouldn’t spare a glance at anyone besides the young master. He felt that this guy was a very private person.

Sure enough, the loyal hound stated: “Pharmacist Gu, the young master requests your presence.”

Gu Zuo’s face turned red.

He hadn’t begun refining medicine and already he was being called a pharmacist…

He felt a little embarrassed, but still hurried to follow behind the loyal hound.

Not long after, they reached the study.

He didn’t know what was going on, but Gu Zuo thought that this place changed a bit.

Gongyi Tianheng was lounging on his soft couch. After he saw Gu Zuo, he sedately opened his mouth: “Ah Zuo, from today onwards, we’ll be living together.”

Gu Zuo startled, and immediately, his scalp went numb.

“What?” Living with his patron? What the hell!

Tianheng warmly smiled: “My body is deeply troubled. If Ah Zuo is far away, some matters would be inconvenient.”

He looked at the embarrassed expression on Gu Zuo’s face, and a bit of humor flashed through his eyes. “Although we’ll live together, my room is quite large. Naturally, when the time comes, I’ll give you a bed big enough to leisurely stretch out on. I hope you don’t mind.”

Gu Zuo’s heartbeat slowly stabilized, and was finally able to think about the situation.

What his patron said made sense. The Tiandu Body would require lots of care. He really had to stick close to monitor things, but he usually had to refine medicine…

Gongyi Tianheng appeared to understand his misgivings. His finger pointed to the side and continued talking: “The medicine refining room is already stocked. Ah Zuo can go take a look to see if it’s to your satisfaction.”

Gu Zuo turned his head and saw the loyal hound walk next to a wall. He used a hand to push aside a bookshelf, revealing a room filled with a medicinal fragrance — No wonder he felt that there was a change a while ago. Before, there wasn’t a bookshelf there!

Anyway, the medicine refining room!

Gu Zuo impatiently sprung up, and scampered over with steps filled with joy and expectation.

From now on, he was a person who had a place to work!

As for the fact that this workroom was directly under his patron’s observation, this concern flew through one ear and out the other…

Standing at the doorway, Gu Zuo saw the spectacle inside and his heart was shaken.

His patron was generous!

His patron was efficient!

His patron — No, his golden thigh was really too fucking wealthy!

T/N: Haha, I finally found an opportunity to slip in “golden thigh.”

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