"Physician Cheng Feng, this... What's going on?"
After recovering from his shock, Physician Bai Chan saw an old acquaintance and asked anxiously.
"Physician Bai, I failed to recognize you previously. I didn't know that your medical skills would have improved to such a level in just a few years. I hope that you can forgive me for my offense!"
Physician Cheng Feng's face reddened upon being called out. He hurriedly clasped his fist.
"..."
Question marks appeared above Physician Bai Chan's head.
Did this bunch of fellows eat the wrong medicine or something?
I only fainted for a moment, why did their attitude change so drastically?
After a moment of doubt, the dumbfounded Physician Bai finally understood the situation. The fellow who stole his emblem seemed to have impersonated him to treat the Great Herb King's illness!
Not only did the other party knock him out, he even bought him medicinal herbs worth several dozen thousand gold coins... All for the sake of treating someone else's illness?
Why does it feel so unreliable?
To think that there would be such a good deal in the world...
If that's the case, should I reconsider and wait in a deserted alley?
Should I pray to the heavens for mercy and bestow upon him another one or two bandits...
...
Zhang Xuan wasn't aware of Physician Bai Chan's sincere wishes. For the past three days, he had been staying in the Great Herb King Manor. Other than flipping through the books in the library, he had been guiding Mo Yu.
This was what he had promised the other party previously. Now that he had found the Great Herb King, it was time for him to fulfill his promise.
After a few days of learning, Mo Yu was filled with admiration for this young man who was even younger than her.
Her apothecary teacher was a renowned figure in Tianwu Kingdom. However, in terms of pill forging, he couldn't be compared to the other party.
After three days of learning and correction, her pill forging skills improved by leaps and bounds. She was already capable of forging grade-2 pills on her own.
Forging grade-2 pills allowed one to take the 2-star apothecary examination. To reach such a level in just three days of learning, even she felt as though she was dreaming.
One must know that under normal circumstances, it was impossible to advance from 1-star to 2-star without at least five to six years of training.
"Physician Bai, we have gathered all of the books you requested!"
On the morning of the fourth day, as usual, one was teaching while the other was learning. At this moment, the Great Herb King walked in.
"Let's go and take a look!"
Zhang Xuan stood up.
He had waited three days for this, and it didn't disappoint him.
"This way please!"
With the Great Herb King leading the way, they soon arrived at a spacious room filled with all kinds of books. Taking a look, the outermost row was indeed filled with Half-Zongshi and Zongshi realm secret manuals.
"I'll watch for a while. You guys go out first!"
Zhang Xuan knew that Zhang Xuan's reading method was simply too astounding, so he waved his hand casually.
"Yes!"
The Great Herb King and Steward Lu walked out. Just as they stepped out of the door, they heard hurried footsteps. It sounded as though someone was running in the room.
Didn't he specially bring these books over to read them?
Running?
They looked at each other with a puzzled expression.
"Doctor Bai is an expert. It's normal for him to do things that are unexpected. Let's … not worry about it for now!"
Suppressing the urge to enter to take a look, the Great Herb King shook his head.
Other physicians needed to ask questions and observe the patient... This fellow, on the other hand, had to knock the patient unconscious before he could diagnose the patient!
The remuneration for treating patients was usually in the form of medicinal herbs and gold coins. Yet, what he wanted was a cultivation technique regardless of its tier …
Greedy for more than one could take in, this was a principle that everyone knew. Usually, a cultivator would only practice a single cultivation technique. Why did he need so many?
For the past three days, this question had been plaguing their minds. The duo had thought of dozens of reasons, but none of them made sense.
They thought that they would be able to deduce something from the other party's actions after finding the books. Yet, they heard the sound of running...
After finding a secret manual, they should either read it or learn it. At the very least, they should flip through it!
Yet, they heard him running...
He knew that the expert was extraordinary, but … this was too f * cking extraordinary!
"Old master, what should we do now?"
After standing for a long time, they couldn't hear anything other than running. Steward Lu couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to accompany him … for a while?"
"There's no need for that. Let's wait outside. After he's done running … he'll definitely come out!"
Shaking his head, the Great Herb King was just about to continue speaking when 'jiya!', the door to the study opened and Doctor Bai walked out.
"This … Doctor Bai, is there something wrong with these books?"
Upon seeing the other party, the Great Herb King was taken aback.
He thought that the other party would spend at least a day or two reading these secret manuals. Why did he come out after running for a while …?
In such a short period of time, how many books did he manage to read?
"I'm done reading them!"
Zhang Xuan nodded his head.
"If there's something wrong, I'll think of a way … Ah? What did you say? You're done reading them? "
The Great Herb King and Steward Lu nearly spurted blood and fainted.
We went through so much trouble to find more than a thousand books, and you're done reading them in just a few minutes?
All we heard was running, when did you start reading them?
"Un, your books are of great help to me. Thank you!"
Ignoring the other party's shock, Zhang Xuan nodded his head.
There were a thousand books in total, and he finished reading them in just a few moments. Honestly speaking, the reason why he took a few minutes to come out was because he wanted to achieve a breakthrough to Half-Zongshi. Otherwise, the other party would have finished reading them before he even walked out of the door.
Of the books that the Great Herb King collected, the Half-Zongshi books formed a complete Heaven's Path Divine Art. Thus, Zhang Xuan started cultivating it on the spot.
Half-Zongshi was just a transition to Zongshi. With the correct cultivation technique, one's improvement was swift. In just a few minutes, he managed to achieve a breakthrough and reinforce his cultivation.
As for Zongshi realm cultivation technique manuals, he only collected seven to eight hundred of them. He was still a distance away from completing it, so he didn't continue cultivating it.
Now that his cultivation had reached Half-Zongshi, his strength had once again increased explosively. His strength had already exceeded 1000 ding, reaching 1500 ding.
This strength was comparable to a Zongshi realm primary stage cultivator.
Zongshi realm primary stage was 1000 ding, intermediate stage was 2000 ding, advanced stage was 3000 ding, and pinnacle was 4000 ding!
At Half-Zongshi realm, his strength was already considered average even among Zongshi realm primary stage cultivators.
More importantly … Other cultivators would take at least three to five years to achieve a breakthrough to Half-Zongshi, but he … only took a few minutes!
It was fortunate that the Heaven's Path zhenqi was extremely pure, and no one was able to see through his cultivation. Otherwise, if the Great Herb King were to know that Zhang Xuan's cultivation had increased by another level in such a short period of time, he would definitely cry on the spot.
One must know that in order to achieve a breakthrough to Half-Zongshi, he had consumed innumerable medicinal herbs. If one were to use money to measure the cost, one would be able to purchase a city.
Yet, 'Physician Bai' managed to achieve a breakthrough after just running around for a short while ….
Even the most incredible genius in the world would suffer such a setback.
"It's nothing much, it's what I should do!"
Suppressing the urge to go berserk, the Great Herb King asked, "Physician Bai, then … what are we going to do next? Are we still going to the Poison Temple? "
"Of course we're going!"
Zhang Xuan chuckled. "Not only so, we're going there openly!"
"Fair and square?"
"That's right!" Zhang Xuan nodded. "Didn't you say that you've already informed the headquarters of the old Hall Master's death?"
"Un! It's just that I'm not sure if the headquarters will send an envoy over. If they do, they should be able to quell the rebellion swiftly and we'll be able to reach the Poison Temple safely! "The Great Herb King said." If they don't … there might be some trouble. "
"I've already thought of a solution! Instead of waiting here for the illusory Special Envoy who might not come, why don't we … create a Special Envoy! "
Zhang Xuan.
"Create an envoy?" The Great Herb King was perplexed.
"Simple. Bring me to the Poison Temple and tell them that I'm the envoy! In any case, none of them have seen me before, so they probably won't notice. "
In the past three days, he had already thought of a solution. Instead of waiting idly, he might as well take the initiative.
Since the Poison Temple was filled with internal strife and it wasn't safe to enter, he should create an identity … that the other party wouldn't dare to touch.
After all, they didn't know who the envoy was and whether they would come or not.
Since that was the case, he should just impersonate the envoy!
In any case, his goal was to browse through the books, and he could leave after that. Even if he was discovered, the envoy would have escaped.
He had even impersonated a master teacher before, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to impersonate the envoy of the Poison Temple.
"Impersonate … the envoy?"
The Great Herb King's face turned ghastly pale, and his body trembled uncontrollably.
Brother, I'm old, and my heart isn't good … Are you sure you aren't joking?
Impersonating an envoy wasn't a joke. If anything were to happen, he would be beaten to death on the spot!
"Un! Prepare yourself, let's set off. You promised to bring me to the Poison Temple, you won't go back on your words, right? "
Zhang Xuan glanced at him and frowned. "If you're afraid, you can just bring me to the Poison Temple. There's no need for you to follow me!"
"I …"
This wasn't a matter of fear, nor was it a matter of whether or not they would go to the Poison Temple …
Impersonating an envoy was a huge problem. If they were to be discovered, they would die ten thousand times over!
Initially, the Great Herb King thought that the other party would be satisfied with just some books to treat his illness. Never in his dreams did he expect that the most difficult part would be this …
If I had known that you were harboring such thoughts, I would rather die than agree to it!
Is it too late to regret now?
The Great Herb King's face twitched. This time, he was really crying.
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