Not long after Liu Jinting left, another transcendent figure riding a Crane descended at the entrance of the military camp.
“Ah! It is the Alchemy God!”
The army doctor was shocked and hurried out to welcome him once again.
Emperor Jing had a cautious nature and did not want any unexpected complications.
Since he had already made the bold declaration of expelling all Medical Cultivators, he was determined to win this battle decisively.
Thus, he had sent out multiple envoys to summon the three strongest Danxiu from three prestigious Sects, asking them all to provide a consultation.
However, due to conflicts of interest, these three usually could not stand the sight of one another.
Naturally, they would not perform a joint consultation.
Combined with the varying times the messages were delivered, they ended up arriving in different waves.
Li Zhuanming had always been known as the Alchemy God.
Throughout his life, his medicine always cured the ailment, and he had never suffered a single defeat.
Even for a patient who had half their body rotted away, he could pull them back from the gates of hell and make their body regrow.
“Lead me inside to take a look.” Li Zhuanming did not bother putting on airs.
He had been forced to come on this house call by the Emperor’s order, and his mood was currently a bit sour. He only hoped to treat the patient quickly and leave.
*Splat!*
Just as he pulled back the curtain of the camp tent, a jet of bloody water smeared all over his head and face.
“How unlucky!”
Li Zhuanming’s mood instantly soured further.
He hurriedly took a towel to wipe the blood and water off his face, then sprayed himself with a self-made medicinal liquid to prevent any Toxin from invading through his skin.
He glanced at the patient, and with just one look, he discovered the root of the problem.
“Difficulty breathing, dilated pupils, esophageal reflux, and tremors… the problem clearly lies in the central nervous system. He has been poisoned by a Neurotoxin.”
The army doctor froze.
‘That isn’t right! This is completely different from what the Senior Alchemist Saint just said!’
The Alchemist Saint had clearly stated it was a Coagulation Toxin!
“Um, Senior Alchemist Saint was just here, and he prescribed these medicines.” The army doctor handed over a small porcelain bottle.
Li Zhuanming pulled the stopper and took a sniff before tossing the bottle aside with a disdainful smile.
“You would believe the words of that foul quack Liu Jinting? It seems the victim must have offended him. Liu Jinting wants nothing more than for him to die, which is why he prescribed these useless scraps of medicine that treat the symptoms but not the root… If you actually trust him, you will be dead from the poison in two days as well!”
“This…” The army doctor was dumbfounded.
“Take this!” Li Zhuanming pulled out a small black porcelain bottle and handed it to the doctor.
“One pill a day, forced feeding. It can effectively neutralize the Toxin. Also, do not get too close to him for these next two days, lest you be exposed to too high a dose of the Toxin.”
“Uh… alright…”
The army doctor’s head was spinning, but before he could clarify the situation, the Alchemy God Li Zhuanming had already departed elegantly on his Cloud Boat.
The doctor wanted to cry but had no tears. For a moment, he had no idea whom to believe.
But just then, another magnificent Cloud Boat stopped in front of the military camp.
“Ah, it is the Alchemy Immortal!”
The army doctor hurried forward to greet him, as if he had found his pillar of support.
He decided to wait for this Alchemy Immortal to make a judgment and see which of the previous two he agreed with, then he would administer that person’s Dan Medicine.
The Alchemy Immortal, Huang Dahuo, had a very plain name, but his methods were famously reliable.
Huang Dahuo was in no hurry to enter the tent. Instead, he first put on a mask and donned a Protective Suit.
Only then did he say in a muffled voice, “Take me to see the patient.”
The army doctor had long heard of Huang Dahuo’s habits.
It was said that no matter where he went to see a patient, he wore this outfit, wrapping himself up tightly.
The Danxiu world mockingly referred to him as the Yellow Coward.
“Right this way,” the doctor said, pulling open the tent.
Huang Dahuo walked into the tent, and the moment he entered, a jet of bloody water flew straight at his face.
However, it was blocked by his mask.
Huang Dahuo wiped the mask clean, looked at the poisoned man’s neck, and then looked at the back of his head.
Then he said, “The problem is in the brain.”
The army doctor was speechless. “???”
“The Spiritual Soul is unstable, which has brought along a whole host of physical symptoms.” As he spoke, Huang Dahuo pulled out a small burner and handed it to the doctor.
“Place this incense here for him to inhale. Burn it from morning until night for three days, and he will be fine.”
“Wait… hold on…”
“Alright, I’m leaving!”
There was a reason why Huang Dahuo was called the Yellow Coward.
He could not stand to stay for even one minute in a place where there was a poisoned patient.
Before the doctor could finish speaking, he turned and ran.
“…”
The army doctor watched Huang Dahuo’s retreating back, clutching the incense burner, the black bottle of Dan, and the white bottle of Dan in a daze.
He wanted to cry, but no tears came.
‘God damn it, are they all messing with me?!’
Fine. Since the three big shots gave completely different answers, he might as well just try them all together.
‘Sigh, I’ll just use them all. If something goes wrong, I’ll take the fall. I’ll take the fall, okay?!’
Meanwhile, after the Alchemist Saint Liu Jinting left, he visited over a dozen large Sects in a row and saw over ten patients.
Only large Sects with over ten thousand disciples had the financial resources to invite an Alchemist Saint like him to perform a personal consultation.
After finishing with those dozen or so Sects, Liu Jinting stretched.
Amidst a continuous stream of grateful thanks, he boarded his Cloud Boat and returned to his Sect.
It happened to be the time for evening drills, and a large number of disciples were gathered at the peak, huffing and puffing as they practiced their martial arts.
Liu Jinting parked his Cloud Boat to the side, stowed it away, and walked toward his residence.
“Jinting, did everything go smoothly today as well?” The Heavenly Gate Sect Leader came forward to meet him with a smile.
“Yeah, it was boring.” Liu Jinting let out a bored yawn.
This famous Alchemist Saint was also an Enshrined Elder of the Super Level Heavenly Gate Sect.
He usually lived in the back mountains of the Heavenly Gate Sect to cultivate in seclusion, holding a status basically equal to the Sect Leader.
“Hm? Your clothes are dirty.”
The Heavenly Gate Sect Leader reached out, vibrating his Spiritual Power and using a clever burst of force to strike the bloodstains on Liu Jinting’s clothes.
The bloodstains were skillfully shaken off, turning into the finest dust-like particles that drifted toward the Heavenly Gate disciples training nearby.
Liu Jinting glanced at where the dust was headed.
He felt that the Sect Leader’s behavior was a bit inappropriate, but he did not take it to heart.
With such a small dose, it probably could not even pierce through a Cultivator’s protective Spiritual Power.
It certainly was not worth bruising the Sect Leader’s ego over it.
Turning his head, he pushed the small matter to the back of his mind and returned to his secluded residence.
As for those disciples who were training, they were naturally completely unaware.
After their training ended, they jokingly put their arms around each other’s shoulders and ran to the bathhouse for a soak.
“Tomorrow is a day off. Want to go to the market? I heard the Jiu Zhou Merchant Guild just put out a batch of new gadgets.”
“Sure! It just so happens that the Shenzhou Cup Finals are in one week. It is time to go out and prep some snacks for this battle of the century we have been waiting for all year!”
“Haha, that one trash Team was so arrogant, but in the end, they still have to eat our dust. If you ask me, Emperor Jing did a great job! I like that style!”
“Yeah, yeah… but speaking of the Shenzhou Cup, I’m getting a bit impatient. How about we head down to the market tonight?”
“Great idea!”
“Ugh… cough cough cough. Wait, that’s weird. Why am I coughing a bit?”
“Who cares? Maybe lunch was too salty. cough cough… I’ve got it too. Forget it, we’ll just go to the Reiki Bar later and inhale some pure Spiritual Energy.”
“Yeah, let’s go, let’s go… cough cough cough.”
“Alright! cough cough cough.”
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