"Old Uncle sent us something, let's take a look." After the Xijiang Dragon King left, Daji had Deng ChanYu open the cloth package to see what was inside.
The package was very tight, with three layers inside and three layers outside. Many places were stuck together by coagulated blood. To live up to the old uncle's kind heart, Deng ChanYu carefully undid the package.
When the jade tablet was completely removed, both were startled by the perfect and blemishless treasure.
Daji felt only superficially attracted to it, as it was beautiful, but that was all.
Deng ChanYu had the Qi Yunnan race's fortune in her body. The moment she came into contact with the jade tablet, the Southern Qi fortune was thoroughly consolidated. Unless she perished or became extinguished, the Southern Qi fortune would no longer be bullied by the fortune of Yan and Xi Qí.
Da Yu controlled the water and divided the nine states, which were Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou, and Yongzhou.
The Jingzhou of today is not the age of "both the two lakes are ripe, and the world is enough". It has limited cultivable land, and Chaogu restricts Deng's development. They have always provided food rations within limits, ensuring survival but not affluence.
The Deng family can only secretly trade with Xiqi in large quantities of ore and animal skins. This does not mean that the Deng family is going to revolt, but it is because the current bureaucratic system operates very unhealthily. It is uncertain when the grain squad will be affected or simply confiscated, but if the Deng family does not have enough food in their hands, a mutiny of three hundred thousand troops could occur instantly.
At this time, Deng ChanYu received the jade tablet. In the future Deng family's territory, yields will be doubled, and the weather will be favorable, resulting in a significant increase in birth rates, all of which can be foreseen.
"Aiju, what is this treasure?" Daji asked.
Deng ChanYu didn't know the specific name of this object either, and explained with her own knowledge: "It seems to be a treasure of the human path, formed by the essence of mountains and rivers. For the Dragon King, it's indeed of no use."
Daji put her hands together and prayed softly: "May the old uncle be blessed with safe arrival, without any disasters or hardships."
Deng ChanYu forced a laugh: "Let's hope so..."
The Xijiang Dragon King left, and the Baoshi Lin returned to its deserted state.
...
"Ah, your illness is Yin-deficient and Yang-abundant, so you should pay attention to keeping warm when your limbs are hot. Be careful of colds!" Deng ChanYu shouted from the doorway of the pharmacy. The guests waved goodbye and left quickly.
She returned to the hall, shook her head and sighed, the people of Chaogu did not trust her new pharmacy.
At this moment, her maid HongXiao and Daji's maid BingErgazed over at the same time. Daji had a plaster on her face, dressed in a messy manner, and was grinding herbs.
"Aiju, do not force it. Those who are meant to come will find their way here on their own," Daji comforted her.
Deng ChanYu looked at the various medical treatments she had prepared, feeling a bit despondent for a moment.
Deng ChanYu had studied every aspect of abdominal delivery, including the fact that midwives in this era often used their teeth to tear the umbilical cord. Although it was painful, just the risk of infection was enough to send a woman through the gates of death.
She "invented" scissors. When heated, they could be used to cut the umbilical cord. This was surely more hygienic than biting it with teeth. Unfortunately, this was not the first pair of scissors in the world, so it earned no merit.
Scissors, needles, and thread were tools that didn't need to be "invented" by her either. However, she had prepared them all. But to date, with the exception of the Xijiang Dragon King, no normal patient had come in, which made her a bit frustrated. She even thought that maybe the Xijiang Dragon King had passed on some bad luck to her.
...
The life in Chaogu city was plain and ordinary.
Deng ChanYu was still living her own small life with Daji.
The pharmacy and teahouse were both doing poorly, so they devoted most of their energy to cultivation.
Dharma should not be lightly transmitted, and without the approval of the elders above, they cannot pass the martial arts to outsiders.
During cultivation, they need to take a bit of a detour.
The two of them always emerged from the room with faces flushed and bodies drenched in sweat, and their maidservants helped them bathe and change clothes.
On this day, Deng ChanYu sat on the rocking chair again to read the Yellow Emperor's Book of Hidden Symbols.
This scroll of scriptures contains only over three hundred characters, but every time Deng ChanYu reads it carefully, she gains different insights.
"Nature's way is still, so all things in the world are born. The way of the heavens and earth is damp, so yin and yang prevail..." She was reciting silently, experiencing the principles of yin and yang, when suddenly she felt a familiar spiritual force suddenly appear in her consciousness.
She lifted her head sharply, seeing that Li Shan Lao Mǔ was watching her mix several kinds of herbal soups.
"Teacher!? Is Teacher here in Chaogu because of... because of the matter with the Shensheng (Divine Appointment) List? The disciple has not yet seen the person who presides over the Shensheng ritual..."
She wanted to explain that it was not her fishing, but rather Jiang Ziyu's erratic movements, and she had not yet found him.
Li Shan Lao Mǔ waved her hand, indicating that she was not here for that reason.
Disheartened by a series of comical events involving the Xijiang Dragon King, the true body of Nuwa had also lost her mood for cultivation. Over these past few days, she had been keeping an eye on Deng ChanYu and watching her work on drugs to treat the plague. After thinking it over, she decided to come by for a casual visit.
"Old me, I see you are preparing these herbs, are you planning to take the medical path?"
Among the three thousand paths, medicine is definitely a major path, but there are too many elders on this "road," who have already walked hundreds of celestial ages in advance. Deng ChanYu's ten-month cultivation was really not up to par.
Deng ChanYu answered seriously, "Teacher, I haven't decided which path to take, but I just... want to do something."
Li Shan Lao Mǔ nodded in approval and said, "This child of yours is naughty and troublesome, but his heart is good. Come on, I haven't been out for a while and today I'll take you around to see what we can find, maybe we can find some good remedies."
This is a good thing, Deng ChanYu couldn't think of a reason to refuse, so she told Daji to look after the house and left Chaogu City with Li Shan Lao Mǔ.
They had no specific destination; they would just go where they ended up.
Now the north was filled with demons, the west was at war, and the east was too close to the Eastern Sea. Master and disciple headed south and soon arrived in Nangun.
The south was underdeveloped, and there were a multitude of medicinal herbs. Li Shan Lao Mǔ provided on-the-spot teaching, showing which herbs could treat what kind of illness.
Nuwa does not practice the medical path, but at this level, she has a little understanding of everything.
The master teaches with joy, and the disciple learns diligently.
The nine-tailed fox spirit and the nine-headed chicken spirit who were hidden in the grass stared at their backs, and the chicken spirit pulled out her sword.
The fox spirit gave the chicken spirit a hand gesture to wait, and Deng ChanYu had her back to them, with the back of Li Shan Lao Mǔ, so they couldn't see their faces. However, she still felt that this Deng ChanYu's back was somewhat familiar......
Who is the elderly woman beside Deng ChanYu? Could it also be a disciple of Nuwa?
The chicken spirit several times gave the fox spirit a warning look, indicating that they should wait no longer, let's go!
The nine-tailed fox spirit was in a state of extreme anxiety, feeling that something was off but unable to identify the reason immediately.
"You still have a bit of blessings, you wretch. Come to me," a faint voice echoed beside the two spirits. The voice was light, without much magical power, but the owner of the voice was someone they were very familiar with... so familiar it made them want to wet their pants!
