Tormenting Himself to Death
Early in the morning, Xia Fei stayed in the wilderness to cultivate as usual. He would only start treating patients after noon, not because he wanted to sleep in but because he needed to cultivate. This was the most important thing for a warrior, and Xia Fei had never slacked off.
He would leave the ordinary patients to Lu Qian. Xia Fei only needed to deal with the difficult cases that Lu Qian could not cure, and that was enough for him to spend one or two hours a day.
If someone discovered that an apothecary was secretly cultivating law energy, it would definitely cause a commotion. After all, a person's energy was limited, and very few people could advance in so many aspects at once like Xia Fei.
Though Xia Fei wanted to make a big fuss this time, it was inevitable that Kane would get suspicious if he discovered Xia Fei's strength, so he could only secretly train in the wild. Distance was never a problem for Xia Fei, who had super speed. Finding a quiet and suitable place to train was not difficult at all. Moreover, he had the Fig Corporation's Model 100 Precision Compass, so even if he left the planet to train elsewhere, it would be a piece of cake.
* Whoosh ~ *
Outside the Flame Imps' camp, a spatial passage opened, and divine physician Chen Ziqiang silently appeared in this barren place. Accompanying him were his two disciples, one male and one female. These two were Chen Ziqiang's prided disciples. They were not even twenty years old, but they had already achieved excellent results in the field of pharmacology. Their futures were limitless, and Chen Ziqiang would bring them with him wherever he went, allowing them to be inspected and nurtured. In comparison, Lu Qian did not receive such good treatment.
It was still early in the morning, but the temperature was already more than fifty degrees. The sun was like a giant furnace, so hot that it was difficult to breathe.
Chen Ziqiang was still getting on in years, and as he wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, he looked around.
"Greetings, master. Greetings, junior brothers." Lu Qian, who had been waiting on the side, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed deeply to greet his master.
Chen Ziqiang nodded. Glancing at his good-for-nothing disciple out of the corner of his eye, he coldly asked, "Lu Qian, is it always this hot here?"
Lu Qian bitterly smiled. "Master, it is still early in the morning, so the temperature isn't very high. By noon, it will reach sixty-something degrees. Please come with me to my tent. I have prepared some iced plum juice for master and junior brothers to cool down."
Sixty something degrees!?
Chen Ziqiang almost fainted. He had taken good care of his old bones and taken a lot of Heaven and Earth treasures, so his body could be considered strong. But if the temperature really reached more than 60 degrees, no matter how strong his body was, he might not be able to withstand it.
"This place is really haunted. Master, why did you bring us here?" Little Junior Brother asked curiously with an embarrassed face.
The male and female disciples both had the surname Ke. The older girl was called Ke Lin, and the older one was called Ke Lei. They were cousins, and the Ke Family controlled the famous large mercenary group in the Exiled World, [Swift Wind]. The two of them had lived like princes since they were young, so they had never suffered such hardship.
Chen Ziqiang did not tell his disciples about Xia Fei's matter. This was also a form of test, allowing them to observe and observe Xia Fei's concoction before finding out what was wrong with the concoction, and in the process, they would criticize Xia Fei thoroughly.
Miracle Doctor Chen was, after all, an expert. Though he really wanted to see if there was anything fishy about Xia Feis prescription, he had never thought of doing it himself. Such a small matter was better left to his disciple.
"Hmph!" Chen Ziqiang harrumphed. "They can't even take this little bit of hardship? When I first came to the Exiled World, I stayed in places a thousand times harsher than this. Youngsters these days are getting more and more impatient."
Ke Lin and Ke Lei were very talented, but their backgrounds were too good, so they were not very resilient. This was also something that Chen Ziqiang was not satisfied with.
Striding forward, Chen Ziqiang followed Lu Qian to the Flame Imps' tent. He was determined to set an example for his two disciples, to let them see how their master could handle the heat.
Lu Qian carefully accompanied the three of them to the tent. Lu Qian's tent was connected to the consultation tent, so they were connected. Chen Ziqiang and his disciple were naturally arranged to stay in the inner tent. After all, there were too many people outside.
"Senior Brother Lu, don't you even have an air conditioner here?" Ke Lin, who had drunk two bowls of iced plum juice, still felt that it was not enough. She tilted her head and asked Lu Qian, her attitude as if she was ordering a servant around.
"Junior sister, the air conditioner has been turned on. The temperature here has already exceeded the operating limits of the air conditioner, so the effect isn't very good." Though Lu Qian was dissatisfied with Ke Lin's attitude, he did not dare to offend his junior sister, so he could only smile and say this.
The air conditioner had a certain operating range, and the Flame Imps' territory was simply too hot. The temperature inside the tent was already over fifty degrees Celsius, and it was almost barbecuing outside. Thus, even the air conditioner could barely lower the temperature by a little.
Ke Lei glared at Lu Qian. "You're really stupid. Don't you know how to get a few more air conditioners? If one doesn't work, then two. If two doesn't work, then four! I don't believe that one hundred air conditioners won't be able to lower the temperature! "
Ke Lin fanned herself with her delicate hands as she grumbled, "That's right. Master has come all the way here, and this is how you treat him?"
Lu Qian could not voice his bitterness. Air conditioners cost money, and they were extremely expensive in the Exiled Grounds. Moreover, the air conditioners in the Law Realm did not use electricity, but Origin Crystals. A hundred air conditioners? That was a huge sum of money, and the stingy Lu Qian had never thought of doing something like this. He hated these two arrogant junior brothers of his even more.
* Bang! *
Chen Ziqiang drank a bowl of iced plum juice before slamming the empty bowl on the table. "Don't use your master's reputation to make things difficult for your senior brothers. Your master doesn't feel hot at all. If you can't take it, just go back!"
Miracle Doctor Chen was actually about to go crazy from the heat, but he was even more dissatisfied with Ke Lei and Ke Lin's attitude. He was determined to use this opportunity to teach these two a lesson.
Ke Lin stuck out her tongue, not daring to say anything else.
After a pause, Chen Ziqiang said to Lu Qian, "Let's get down to business. Where's that Ah Fei Apothecary? I'll take the two of them over to take a look. "
Lu Qian was startled. He nervously said, "Master, you're early. Ah Fei only comes next door after noon every day. I don't know where he is right now."
Chen Ziqiang groaned inwardly. Ever since he saw Xia Fei's extremely strange prescription, the divine doctor had not been able to sleep well for four consecutive days. No matter how he thought about it, he could not understand how a poison could become a miraculous cure in Xia Fei's hands.
In fact, Miracle Doctor Chen could not wait any longer and hurried over with his disciples, only to find that the clinic would only start in the afternoon.
It was only half-past seven in the morning, and the thought of having to endure the searing heat for several hours made Chen Ziqiang's mind buzz.
Ke Lei and Ke Lin's expressions turned even uglier. Their master had just reprimanded them, so they did not dare to be unreasonable. They could only plead with Lu Qian. "Senior brother, there's nothing between us siblings, but Master's time is precious. Why don't you send someone to look for him?"
Lu Qian thought about it and also felt that it was not right to keep the revered one waiting, so he agreed. "Master, please wait here for a moment. I'll send someone to find Ah Fei."
In just a short while, Miracle Doctor Chen's back was already soaked in sweat. If he really had to wait like this for a few hours, it would definitely be a huge torture. He nodded helplessly and said, "Then let's search."
…
At eight-thirty in the morning, Xia Fei was still nowhere to be found. Lu Qian was in the front, and his master, Chen Ziqiang, was listening in. From time to time, he would call Lu Qian over to his side and personally point out some areas that he was lacking.
Lu Qian was pleasantly surprised that his master was finally willing to give him pointers, but he also noticed that the old man had already taken off his outer clothes and was only wearing a thin shirt.
At 9: 30 pm, Xia Fei still did not appear. Miracle Physician Chen Ziqiang squinted his eyes in the tent as sweat kept dripping onto the ground. Unfortunately, in such a scorching heat, moisture could not be retained, and it did not take long for a thin layer of white salt to form.
At ten-thirty, Xia Fei still did not appear. Miracle Doctor Chen's eyes were red, and he stared at the ground in a daze, his long eyebrows drooping listlessly.
At 11: 30 pm, Lu Qian no longer dared to look his master in the eye. This was because he had never seen Miracle Doctor Chen in such a sorry state in his life. He held a glass of iced plum juice in his hand, and as he drank, he stuck his tongue out and panted heavily. There was not a single pore on his body that wasn't sweating!
It had to be known that the temperature in the tent was already over sixty degrees. Miracle Doctor Chen was over two hundred years old, so how could he possibly endure this heat? Every second was torture for him!
As for the siblings, Colleen and Ke Lei, they looked at Lu Qian with green eyes as if they wanted to eat him alive. When had a child who had grown up in a honeypot ever suffered like this?
Speaking of which, Miracle Doctor Chen was quite unlucky. He truly had been a man when he was young, and he had left his footprints everywhere in the Exiled Grounds. Extreme weather and difficulties had never stopped him.
But that was in the past, and now that he was showing off how he had endured hardship at his age, was he not just looking for trouble?
His disciple did not appreciate his suffering, cursing his master and senior brother a thousand times over behind his back.
At one-thirty, Xia Fei should have been back by now, but for some reason, he was nowhere to be seen.
The air conditioning system had completely failed, and the temperature had soared to seventy degrees!
The pitiful sight in the tent was heart-wrenching. Chen Ziqiang's old face was so ugly that it looked like a relative had died. He gritted his teeth and pinched his thigh as he endured.
Colleen had completely lost the demeanor of a well-bred young lady. She did not care that she was a girl, stripping down to a thin layer of muslin. Her translucent muslin clothes were soaked in sweat, revealing her full breasts, making one's imagination run wild. Her hair, which had been combed neatly in the morning, had come undone, and her eyes were dim. She looked like a crazy woman.
At three-thirty, Chen Ziqiang and his disciple had completely collapsed. Before Xia Fei could see him, he had been tormented half to death by this scorching heat, becoming neither human nor ghost.
Lu Qian cautiously walked up and whispered, "Master, I don't know where Ah Fei ran off to. He just doesn't follow the rules. Why don't you go back first and come back another day?"
Again?!
Chen Ziqiang's nose almost went crooked from anger when he heard this.
He no longer had the strength to speak, so he weakly snorted, put on his clothes, and prepared to leave.
The moment he stepped out, he heard someone shouting in the distance, "Master Ah Fei is back!"
Chen Ziqiang was furious and had nowhere to vent his anger. These days, he had only heard of people kneeling in front of Miracle Doctor Chen's door to beg for medicine, but he had never heard of anyone daring to stand up to Senior Chen!
Accidentally glancing at the conspicuous sign outside Xia Fei's tent, Chen Ziqiang's eyes almost spat fire!
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