498 Sangsangs Illness (2/2)

His words made Ning Que relax and he found his legs very weak.

Something suddenly occurred to Wang Chi and he asked doubtfully, ”Youngest Brother, Sangsang has got this illness since she was born and I guess she had outbreaks many times over the past years. But there are not any good doctors in City of Wei, let alone in Chang'an. How did you help her?”

When Sangsang was young, Ning Que always took her to see the doctors and spent almost all of their savings in medicine shops, but it still didn't work. Later, Ning Que found a good way to help Sangsang, and that was why Sangsang could survive. Hearing his question, Ning Que didn't try to lie, he answered honestly, ”I always give her a large bottle of strong liquor whenever she is painful.”

Second Brother had been standing at the outside of the hut expressionlessly. He frowned when hearing what Ning Que said.

Wang Chi thought for a while and nodded, ”That was the right way. Although it is only a temporary relief to use strong liquor to warm her, it is better than taking wrong medicines.”

Thanks to his comments that Second Brother couldn't accuse Ning Que of giving her liquor.

Watching Wang Chi disappearing in the woods, Ning Que finally realized that his Eleventh Brother, notable for being the Flower Addict, was actually an excellent doctor. But he felt worried again when he remembered how silly Eleventh Brother looked with his head covered with petals and asked, ”Is Eleventh Brother reliable?”

Seventh Sister replied, ”Eleventh Brother spared no efforts in studying plants and flowers. Compared with him, the Flower Addict Lu Chenjia knows almost nothing about the nature of flowers and plants. Eleventh Brother knew all of them in the world and their medical effects. No doctor could be more reliable than him.”

Ning Que relaxed when hearing her words. But he still worried a little because the most reliable person, the Master, hadn't said anything yet.

The hut was drafty in all directions, with only several screens standing in the platform. On the platform there was a large mattress and this was where the Master slept. Sangsang was lying there right now.

She had been awake for a while, but now she fell asleep again because of the effects of the medicine. Tang Xiaotang put the medicine bowl down, she wet a towel with hot water, dried it, and then she carefully put it on her cold forehead. It seemed that she was murmuring something to Sangsang while holding her hands.

Ning Que was very grateful to her. He turned to the Headmaster and asked worriedly, ”Master, is she fine?”

The Headmaster got up a lot earlier than usual and he was not in a good mood. He could resist not shouting at Ning Que only because he knew that Ning Que was feeling even worse.

He blew to the Lianzi porridge and said, ”What can happen to her? She just needs to bask more in the sunshine.”

His irresponsible words made Ning Que relax completely. He knew that if his Master thought Sangsang was fine, then she would definitely be fine. But would sunbath really help?

He walked to the Master, took the bowl over and stirred it carefully with a spoon. And then he asked the Headmaster with an unprecedentedly respectful tone, ”Master, you said Sangsang had recovered last time, right?”

The Master replied, ”Her body has been weak since she was born and she never got proper treatment. And there is a great amount of coldness in her body, if not for meeting Wei Guangming and learning from him about how to use the Haotian Divine Light, the coldness in her body would not have been suppressed. She only needs more time to use the Divine Light to dissolve the coldness completely. I have told you she will be fine and it is definitely true. Are you doubting my ability?”

Ning Que passed the porridge bowl to the Master respectfully after confirming that it had cooled down. He said humbly, ”I am very ashamed for what I have said. But Master, I can't see what is happening.”

The Master looked at him and said mockingly, ”You need to ask yourself that question. Sangsang was already very ill, but her master took her with him to fight with Xia Hou. Is it really fun to kill him? To help you, she lit the night up on the cliff and it used up all the Haotian Devine Light in her body at once. After that, the coldness in her body became free after being suppressed for a long time, it was looking for a chance to burst out. And then you bullied her and made her upset. That was when it happened.”

Ning Que was silent and thought to himself that it really turned out to be his fault. But what could make Sangsang , a quiet girl, nervous and upset? Was it...their engagement?

”Master, if she was born to be afraid of coldness, then how can she be healed completely?”

The Master ate a spoonful of the porridge and nodded satisfiedly, ”I have told you, it is easy. She just needs to take more sunbath and keep studying the Divine Skill. When her Divine Skill reaches the topmost, she would be healed completely.”

Ning Que thought about his oncoming journey and asked uncertainly, ”It is a long journey to Lanke Temple. She is so weak right now, can I...stay here?”

The Headmaster became very angry and shouted at him, ”Are you a pampered son of a wealthy family? She is ill, but you can go alone. The Buddhism Sect has its own skills and even I admire the leechcraft of the young monks there. You can decide whether you need to go.”

Ning Que replied helplessly, ''No need to be so angry, Master. I will go.”

The conversation between the Master and Ning Que amused everyone in the hut. But no one laughed when hearing his last words.

Eldest Brother didn't laugh. He looked at Sangsang, who was still sleeping on the mattress. His face was full of sympathy and worry.