Volume 1: Abandoned Land Chapter 65: Healing
Two days later, Kong Laosan returned from the mountain and carried a straw basket with many precious medicines with vintages inside. He also had a stick on his shoulder, a three-meter-long python and a huge elk, and there were more than a dozen small beasts that looked like pheasants and hares.
"You went into the mountain alone?"
In the room, Xun'er stared at Kong Laosan with her eyes, frowned, and was quite tempted to interrogate her.
"No, there are three little guys!"
Kong Laosan said, three small snakes arched out from the cuffs, and the snake head as big as a fist looked very cute. The snake believed in sucking and spitting, as if showing off something.
"Haha, these are all their credits. The beasts hunted this time are non-toxic and can be eaten."
Seeing the three little snakes, Xun'er's expression was a little slow, but her tone was still a little serious, "Even with them, you can't go into the mountain alone next time. You don't know how dangerous it is in the mountains. My father was so powerful at the beginning, and he was all done."
When Xun'er said this, crystal clearness seemed to appear in her eyes. Seeing this scene, Kong Laosan had no choice but to respond completely.
"By the way, what herbs are in your backpack? Why have I never seen many of them?"
After a while, Xun'er looked at the backpack next to Kong Laosan, and returned to the cheerful girlish temperament again.
"All of them are good medicines. I am a doctor. Many of these medicinal herbs are used to nourish my body and bones. Made into a medicine bath to help my injuries recover as soon as possible!"
"Are you really a doctor? What is your medical skills?"
When Xun'er heard Kong Laosan bragging, his eyes lit up slightly and hesitated.
Hearing this, Kong Lao San thought about it for a moment and understood Xun'er's plan. He felt a little moved in his heart and smiled slightly, "Take me to see your grandmother first. If it is not a terminal illness, it should be cured by medicine!"
In the dim wooden house, an old woman with sparse and white hair was lying quietly on the bed, with a thin figure and a slight moan in her mouth. She seemed to be in her dying moment. Perhaps because the whole house had not passed through the air for a long time, there was a faint smell around her. An oil lamp above her head emitted a dim light, which could clearly see the surrounding scene.
"grandmother!"
Hearing the old woman's moan, Xun'er's expression changed and she hurried to the bed. Without saying a word, she picked up a bowl of earth and ash from a dark cabinet beside the bed. She used a spoon to scoop a spoonful of black medicine soup made of medicinal materials and wanted to pour it into the old woman. However, she had just scooped the medicine juice from the bowl, but was strongly grabbed by a big hand.
"What are you doing?!"
Xun'er was furious and scolded anxiously. He felt a little regretful as soon as he said that he was a doctor in front of him, so there must be a reason to stop him.
Thinking of this, Xun'er wanted to apologize, but at this moment, Kong Laosan had already come to the old woman's bed, pretending to stretch out two fingers and put them on the other party's wrist, and some of the power of divine thoughts that had recovered surged out of the purple palace between her eyebrows and began to investigate carefully.
Perhaps he was infected by Kong Laosan's calmness. At this moment, Xun'er, who was originally a little anxious, slowly calmed down. He just looked at his grandmother who was still moaning in pain, and his eyes were filled with worry.
After about half a cup of tea, Kong Laosan opened his eyes gently and sighed slightly in his heart. The old woman in front of him had obviously dissipated her energy and was about to die. Perhaps she was worried about her only granddaughter and refused to die.
From the old woman's emotional fluctuations, Kong Laosan could clearly feel a strong sense of sadness. Perhaps the incident where a white-haired man sent a black-haired man three years ago gave him too much blow, causing Chen Ke's serious illness in his body. He immediately became seriously ill, and it was a miracle that he could not afford to be delayed until now.
Just looking at Xun'er's expectant gaze, Kong Laosan really couldn't bear to say this, but just sighed softly, "The old harsh body of the old man has penetrated into the bone marrow, and it has reached the age of returning to the west. It cannot be cured by the power of medicine and stone."
When Xun'er heard what Kong Laosan said, Xun'er's pretty face suddenly turned pale, and she pursed her lips and said nothing. Xun'er seemed to have expected this result. Relying on the family background left by her father, Xun'er had hired countless famous doctors to treat them, and they could only sigh with bare hands. However, this statement was really spoken from Kong Laosan, and Xun'er still felt a pain that penetrated her heart.
"However, I have a few pills of elixirs handed down by the master here, which may relieve some of the elderly's pain and allow them to enjoy a few months of time."
I really couldn't bear to see Xun'er's appearance. Kong Laosan changed his tone and spoke gently. As he spoke, he took out a thumb-sized jade bottle from his arms. The mouth of the bottle was slanted, and a light yellow pill the size of a broad bean rolled down his palms. Looking at the old woman on the bed, Kong Laosan frowned and divided the pill into two, taking only a part of it.
"Go and get a bowl of water!"
In Xun'er's nervous gaze, Kong Laosan dissolved the small half-crumbed pills into the water. The originally clear and transparent bowl of water suddenly turned pale yellow. After doing these, Kong Laosan took out two jade bottles from his arms, poured out two elixirs the size of broad beans, and threw them into the water directly.
Two pills melted after they were put into water, and a bowl of water turned light green again.
In Xun'er's surprised gaze, Kong Laosan took out fifteen empty jade bottles from his palm-sized pocket at one breath, divided the light green water in the bowl into fifteen portions, and then turned around and reminded him, "Take one bottle of these potions every morning. After taking the fifteen bottles of potions, the old man should be able to recover some of his energy!"
Hearing this, Xun'er looked very excited with a pretty face. She looked at her grandmother who was still moaning softly on the bed, then at the fifteen bottles on the table, and nodded vigorously.
"There are some potions in the bowl, so I will take them first. Remember, starting tomorrow, one bottle every day!"
Kong Laosan said, and was about to leave, but before leaving, he added, "It is best not to tell others about these things, the master has not left many pills."
Hearing these words, Xun'er turned her head, blinked her bright eyes, smiled with her lips, and nodded like a little fox.
Back at the side room, Kong Laosan treated the old medicine in the back basket and moved the wooden barrel for bathing into the room. However, thinking that the wooden barrel was used for bathing by Xun'er, he suddenly felt a little bit of awesome in his heart. However, he laughed at himself and directly extinguished the thought.
"Senior, this medicine bath really works for my injuries?"
The old medicine for boiling water was steaming. In the wooden barrel, the black, purple and sticky medicine liquid like batter was "gugu" endlessly, and a strong smell of bitter medicine spread around.
"Hmph, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and go in and stay in this place where birds don't poop. When will you help the ancestor find his body? If not, the ancestor will be lazy to care about your life or death!"
The purple palace fluctuated together, and an old voice that was slightly weak came.
Hearing this, Kong Laosan no longer hesitated. He took out a piece of talisman paper and rubbed it gently. The surroundings fluctuated together. A simple barrier was spread around. He took off all his legs and jumped in without caring about the hot medicine liquid.
Hot, this is the only feeling that Kong Laosan felt. Since he could not use his spiritual power to resist, he could only rely on his physical body to resist. Most people really couldn't bear it.
As soon as he was immersed in it, Kong Laosan's browned face turned into twisting and grinning. As the medicine liquid and the flesh skin came into contact, it made a "sizzling" sound like fried. The neck completely turned into blood, as if blood in the body was gathered on his head, looking a little creepy.
After five hours, when the sky gradually darkened, Kong Laosan left the bathtub. His skin was red, but he felt an indescribable comfort. The originally viscous and black medicine liquid had turned into a turbid and light yellow.
Time passes slowly, the weather gets colder, and even a few snowflakes fall from time to time in the sky. Kong Laosan has been in Bainiu Village for five months.
During this period, Kong Laosan spent almost all his time on recovering his physical injuries. Every ten days and a half months, he would go to the mountains to find some medicinal materials. Not to mention, under the nourishment of the medicinal bath, the injury, which originally took about eight months to heal, had healed in just over five months.
Now Kong Laosan can use some spiritual power simply, and even some simple spells can be used, but the trauma of the soul still does not improve at all. If you want to recover completely, you may only have to wait until the old ghost in the purple palace disappears and swallow the beast soul.
It is worth mentioning that after taking the medicines prepared by Kong Laosan, Xun'er's grandmother was indeed much more energetic and could barely say a few words. After this incident, Xun'er was very grateful to Kong Laosan. Every time Kong Laosan entered the mountain, Xun'er would carry a bow and arrow and call "Huang Bao" to accompany her.
Huang Bao is the native dog that Xun'er raised.
Kong Laosan solemnly dissuaded him several times, but after learning about Xun'er's stubbornness, he followed her wishes.
At the beginning of the year, Kong Laosan, who was already well-known, had to say goodbye to Xun'er at the urging of the old ghost. Xun'er was extremely intelligent. Since he treated his grandmother last time, he seemed to have guessed the identity of Kong Laosan. After trying to stay for no reason, he expressed his wish to go out of the mountains and take a look at the outside world. Kong Laosan thought about it and copied a copy of the foundation-laying technique he had practiced and handed it to Xun'er, and left the one closest to Xun'er among the three little snakes to accompany Xun'er.
As for whether Xun'er has spiritual roots, Kong Laosan was not sure, so he left the things behind. One was to repay the other party's life-saving and care; the other was to give Xun'er a hope.
Chapter completed!