Jiang Wangzu had already learned that today was the day the Little Medical Immortal, Yan Ruyu, would hold court at the clinic.
He waited in line outside Jishi Hall for a long time before finally meeting the legendary Little Medical Immortal.
The Little Medical Immortal had a dignified, delicate appearance, skin whiter than snow, and modern attire: a light-blue short jacket, a dark long skirt, and two glossy braided pigtails.
When she saw Jiang Wangzu, she froze for a moment, then her complexion flushed a few shades deeper.
It seemed that Jiang Wangzu’s handsomeness had stunned her!
Jiang Wangzu remained extremely satisfied with his looks in this lifetime.
He surpassed Yan Zu in handsomeness, with an irresistibly roguish charm.
Even he loved himself!
“Please sit down. I’ll take your pulse first!”
“Have you been feeling uncomfortable anywhere lately?”
Yan Ruyu parted her red lips, her voice graceful and melodious.
She ushered Jiang Wangzu into his seat and placed her fingers on his pulse.
Jiang Wangzu had planned to explain his purpose, but he wanted to test the Little Medical Immortal’s abilities first.
So he let the Little Medical Immortal take his pulse and examine him.
After Yan Ruyu took his pulse, the Little Medical Immortal’s expression grew solemn. She looked at Jiang Wangzu with an indescribable expression.
Before Jiang Wangzu could answer her question, she continued asking:
“What’s your name?”
“Jiang Wangzu.”
“How old are you this year?”
“Eighteen.”
“Are you married?”
“No.”
“Then… is there a woman you favor?”
“No.”
“Then who else is in your family?”
“My parents died young, and I’ve lost contact with my elder and younger sisters. I suppose I’m a lone man now!”
Jiang Wangzu answered crisply and without hesitation.
Yet he felt that something seemed a little off.
“Is this Little Medical Immortal checking my household registration?”
“No, no, no. Ordinary doctors don’t exchange this much nonsense with their patients unless… they can’t help themselves!”
“Ahem, unless the patient has a serious illness!”
“I feel healthy. Could I really have a serious illness?”
Jiang Wangzu wondered.
“Doctor, tell me what’s wrong. I can handle it!”
Jiang Wangzu spoke with some trepidation.
“Then I’ll be direct.”
“Jiang Wangzu, do you want a wife?”
Yan Ruyu’s face flushed as she looked at Jiang Wangzu and asked shyly.
Jiang Wangzu: “???”
I know I’m handsome, but am I truly this charming?
“Doctor, if it’s you, I think I can!”
Jiang Wangzu looked Yan Ruyu over with care.
Although this Little Medical Immortal’s figure was not as voluptuous as sister-in-law’s, nor her appearance as alluring as Rumeng’s, she possessed a scholarly air all her own.
It would be more accurate to say that sister-in-law, Rumeng, and she each had their own merits.
“Hee hee hee!”
“You misunderstood.”
“I wasn’t referring to myself, but to an elder sister I know.”
“Although she’s older than you, she’s beautiful and quite wealthy.”
“I think the two of you would be rather well suited.”
“If I get the chance, I can introduce you to each other.”
“But for now, how about we discuss why you came to see me when you aren’t ill?”
“Could it be that you came for my sake?”
Yan Ruyu asked with a teasing smile.
“Physician Yan, I really did come for you.”
“I know Physician Yan is learned in both Chinese and Western medicine and comes from a family with a profound medical heritage. I’d like to ask you to prepare a Strength Training Secret Medicine for me. Would that be possible?”
Jiang Wangzu glanced around, lowered his voice, and spoke.
Boom!
A glint flashed in Yan Ruyu’s eyes. Her slender jade hand shot toward Jiang Wangzu’s face, whipping the air as it passed.
Bang!
Jiang Wangzu moved after her but struck first. He raised his hand and used Black Tiger Fist to block Yan Ruyu’s sudden attack.
Yet Yan Ruyu’s jade hand only brushed Jiang Wangzu’s broad palm before withdrawing like a dragonfly skimming the water.
Jiang Wangzu had not expected the seemingly harmless Little Medical Immortal, Yan Ruyu, to know martial arts as well.
“Physician yan, you know martial arts too?”
Jiang Wangzu asked in surprise.
“I know only a little Five-Animal Exercise. It cultivates the body and mind and strengthens the physique.”
“Strictly speaking, my path is that of a Medical Cultivator. Martial Artist techniques are only a secondary discipline.”
“If you trust me, you can tell me the strength training Secret-medicine formula. I can see whether I’m able to prepare it, then give you an answer!”
Yan Ruyu spoke in a calm tone.
“Of course I trust you, physician yan!”
Jiang Wangzu took out the Black Tiger Powder Secret Medicine Formula he had written beforehand and handed it to Yan Ruyu.
Yan Ruyu accepted the Black Tiger Powder Secret Medicine Formula and admired Jiang Wangzu’s beautiful Hard-Pen Calligraphy. The formula’s contents soon captured her attention.
“Ginseng, tiger bone, atractylodes, codonopsis, angelica, goji berries…”
“Wonderful. This formula is bold, innovative, and perfect. I can’t see any flaws in it.”
“However, this Black Tiger Powder Secret Medicine is also a Tiger-and-Wolf Medicine. Ordinary people should not take it, and even Strength-Training Martial Artists must exercise the utmost caution.”
“I examined your body just now. Your Blood Qi is abundant, Utterly Unyielding, and Extreme Yang, and your foundation is exceptionally solid.”
“Especially your… kidneys. They’re far stronger than an ordinary person’s.”
“You should be able to take this powerful and perfect tiger-and-wolf medicine.”
Yan Ruyu studied the Black Tiger Powder Secret Medicine Formula, working out its preparation in her mind as she spoke to Jiang Wangzu.
“Why is it still not over up ahead?”
“Doctor, could you see me first? I feel like I’m about to see my great-grandmother!”
“……”
The patients behind Jiang Wangzu whispered among themselves one after another.
“Preparing the Strength Training Secret Medicine is extremely complicated. Even if I gather the Medicinal Herbs for you, you may not manage to brew it successfully.”
“So come to the Rear Courtyard of Jishi Hall every evening, and I’ll brew the Strength Training Secret Medicine for you myself.”
“During the brewing process, to avoid wasting the medicinal power…”
“You’d best inhale the evaporated medicinal liquid while practicing martial arts to absorb its effects, striving to maximize the medicine’s efficacy.”
“Let me make this clear first: the Medicinal Herbs required for your Strength Training Secret Medicine are expensive.”
“Even if I don’t charge you for preparing the formula, brewing the medicine, or consultation, I still can’t afford to lose money on the medicine itself.”
“At minimum, you’ll have to pay the cost price: eighty-nine Silver Dollars for one batch of Black Tiger Powder.”
“Would you like to try one batch first and see how it works?”
The Little Medical Immortal, Yan Ruyu, spoke with complete seriousness.
She saw that Jiang Wangzu dressed plainly, so eighty-nine Silver Dollars per batch of Black Tiger Powder Secret Medicine truly was the cost price.
She might even suffer a slight loss.
If Jiang Wangzu couldn’t afford it, she had an alternative plan: simplify the Strength Training Secret Medicine and find cheaper substitutes, such as replacing Tiger Bone with cow bone and century-old wild ginseng with artificially cultivated herb ginseng.
The Strength Training Secret Medicine would be much less effective this way, but at least it would be cheap.
If Jiang Wangzu needed it, she could reduce the cost to less than one silver dollar.
This was the ability of a fifth-realm medical cultivator!
With a prescription, she could determine life and death; with a single word, she could judge Yin and Yang!
One prescription could be worth a thousand pieces of gold and extend one’s lifespan by ten years!
At her level, modifying a medicine formula—even a secret medicine formula—was as easy as reaching out her hand!