58 Treating The Patient - 18.2 (1/2)
Shocked at the accusations, Old Man Gu Lang was stunned into silence as disbelief overwhelmed him yet seeing the accusing look that Fan Zhu Xia was giving him and the grim expressions on the young master and young miss of the Fu family, Old Man Gu Lang had to face reality that they were truly not kidding.
”Don't jest! This is a serious matter! How can you accuse this old man of doing such a despicable act as to poison a little child?!”
”Do you honestly think that this Young Miss would make such a crass joke like this?” Fan Zhu Xia asked coldly.
”I-I...it's not that, b-but can you at least let this old man check the girl's condition and see if she really is poisoned?”
Shooting Gu Lang a measuring glance, Fan Zhu Xia noiselessly nodded and indicated for Min Sheng to approach the old man so that he can check the condition of girl in his arms personally.
Without a further word, Old Doctor Gu quietly stared at the pale little girl and studied her complexion and breathing before he reached out to take her pulse. A couple of moments passed and while everyone watched him, they saw his expression morph from intense focus to grave concern before turning into pure and utter confusion.
Gu Lang's myriad of changing emotions didn't escape the gazes of the people who were watching him yet even they felt that this wasn't just a desperate attempt at acting, especially when they heard him start to mumble lowly under his breath.
”This doesn't make sense! How can this possibly happen? I'm absolutely sure that I didn't make any mistakes...”
Confused, Fu Qing Tian was about to ask when Gu Lang suddenly spoke as he gestured for Min Sheng to follow him.
”You, come come... There's no time to waste! Follow me back to my refinery room.”
Taken a bit off guard, Min Sheng shot a questioning glance towards Fan Zhu Xia but before any of them can speak, Gu Lang interrupted them again as he turned to them with a measuring gaze.
”This old man dares to ask, who performed the acupuncture on the child? Is that person still here? If they are, they should be able to help me solve the child's issue.”
Frowning slightly, Fan Zhu Xia asked in a probing tone, ”What do you need that person to do?”
”This old man needs them to continue performing the acupuncture treatment to purge all the foreign substances in the child's body while this old man prepares the correct medicine! The child is in fact poisoned just as you said and that is indeed a result of this old man's mistake but I, Gu Lang can swear to the Heavenly Dao that this was a mistake that I never meant to happen and should this old man be lying, may I be struck down by heavenly lightning and my soul be scattered like ashes in the passing wind.”
Hearing him utter such a solemn vow and even swear under the Heavenly Dao which is more binding than anything, after all, breaking this oath can result in one's soul to be scattered and dispersed into nothingness, resulting in no longer being able
to reincarnate; this action of his completely took everyone present by surprise.
”Very well, this Young Miss will help you but this Young Miss still wants to know what happened yesterday and what treatment you gave that resulted in this.”
”Of course, of course. Follow me first, this old man can explain while we walk.”
Looking at each other, everyone present then quickly followed Gu Lang's form that was hurriedly walking with Fan Zhu Xia right behind him, listening intently as he talked.
”That child's condition was actually very complex and not that easy to treat. When this old man saw the girl yesterday, her condition was already not very good.” Gu Lang started gravely.
”How so? What were the symptoms she was exhibiting?”
”Dizzyness, nausea, pallor of the skin, weakening of the body, loss of consciousness, and coughing out blood.”
Frowning, Fan Zhu Xia then asked, ”Is that all?”
”No, that was just the most obvious ones! When this old man looked at her yesterday, this old man noticed that not only was she extremely weak to the point that she practically had no more strength to move but her internal organs also seemed to be affected which could be one of the reasons why she was coughing out blood repeatedly.”
”Then may this Young Miss ask, what did you do yesterday to alleviate the symptoms and treat the patient?”
”This old man gave her one of the most recent pills that I was able to concoct; the Vitality Returning Pill.”
Hearing the old man's words, almost everyone who heard it was shocked and surprised!
It can be said that the Vitality Returning Pill was just as precious as the Blood Enhancing Pill that Fan Zhu Xia fed the boy earlier!
Even Fan Zhu Xia was surprised when she heard Gu Lang say that since the Vitality Returning Pill is a very hard and complex pill to concoct with a low success rate yet the effects of a successfully concocted pill was beyond amazing!
Just feeding a Vitality Returning Pill to a fatally wounded individual will increase the rate of their survival from a measly fifteen percent to an astonishing seventy-five percent chance of making a full recovery!
This information made Fan Zhu Xia fall silent as her mind raced as she thought about what could possibly cause such a negative reaction with girl then, after all, if she was fed with the Vitality Returning Pill, then her condition should have only improved and not declined so drastically to this degree just after one night.
Arriving at Gu Lang's refinery room, it can be said that the Fu family's Jade Herb Medicine Hall treats their doctors, physicians and alchemist quite well. Although the room wasn't that large, it was quite reasonably sized with it being divided into two parts, on the smaller side was a wooden bed, large enough to fit one male adult, along with two wooden cabinets, a chair and a couple of built-in shelving filled with various jars, pill bottles and other medicinal instruments and equipment like strips of gauze, a couple of basin and the like with a small bucket for what seemed to be trash and waste on one corner while on the other slightly larger side was more centered on pill and medicine refinement which could be seen as there was a medium-sized medicinal cauldron right in the middle with a small, slightly rectangular table to one side and other than that, there was no more furniture aside from more built in shelves that was obviously filled with all things related to refining, from various smaller equipment to countless jade, glass and wooden chests, jars and bottles filled with different medicinal herbs and elixirs along with two more, slightly larger cabinets which is serving as extra storage space for herbs.
Without any need for further instructions, Min Sheng gently placed the little girl on the wooden bed, her small form looking quite pitiful when compared to the size of the bed.
All this while, Fan Zhu Xia remained silent, as if lost in thought when Gu Lang noticed and beckoning out to her, he called out and said, ”Young Miss, it's time for you to administer the acupuncture treatment to expel all the foreign substances on the child's body.”
Despite Gu Lang calling out, Fan Zhu Xia acted as if she heard nothing but still stood there unmoving, with a frown between her brows.
”Young Miss?” worried, Chun Hua asked softly, moving nearer to Fan Zhu Xia but still not getting any response.
Confused by her actions, Fu Qing Tian was about to call out to her as well when Fan Zhu Xia suddenly spoke in a grave tone.
”Where is the herb that the two children gave as payment?” Fan Zhu Xia asked.
Though baffled, Fu Qing Tian signaled to the guard holding the wooden chest to show it to her and upon opening it, Fan Zhu Xia sucked in a breath and her pale blue eyes had a hard glint as she stared at it before she slowly closed her eyes and exhaled softly, looking somewhat resigned.
Before anyone can ask, Fan Zhu Xia then opened her eyes and resolutely made her way to the girl's bedside and took the girl's wrist without saying a word.
Heaving another sigh, Fan Zhu Xia then turned to them and then quietly said, ”Can everyone please leave the room?”
A moment of stunned silence enveloped the room before Fu Qing Tian managed to gather his wits together and ask, ”Why?”
Looking at him directly, Fu Qing Tiam saw the determination in Fan Zhu Xia's eyes as she said, ”Because I don't want any of you here when I start my treatment.”
Seeing that she no longer put on any airs and simply referred to herself as ”I” with her tone filled with such gravity, Fu Qing Tian couldn't help but feel that there was something that he wasn't getting.
”But wouldn't the Young Miss just be performing acupuncture? Young Miss did outside with so many people in attendance, why not let is watch? Even if you want to make all of us leave, why not let my brother and Old Doctor Gu stay? They are quite knowledgeable in medicine and alchemy and Zhenzhen knows they would be of great help.”
Looking slightly troubled, Fan Zhu Xia took a moment to respond and say, ”It is not that I do not need nor appreciate their help nor am I underestimating their skills but the method that I need to use is something I cannot show just anyone. If it was only acupuncture then that is fine but alas...”
Gu Lang who remained silent now spoke up and ask, ”Can the Young Miss at least tell us what conclusion the Young Miss came up with?”
Glancing up at him, Fan Zhu Xia then nodded and slowly started to explain.
”The little girl is indeed poisoned but this was something that you did not cause. When the boy brought her here, she was already poisoned and the explanation for that is the herb that they brought.”
”The herb? Let me take a look at it.” Fu Qing Tian then said when he saw Gu Lang's eyes widen with understanding.
Upon seeing it up close, Fu Qing Tian couldn't help but be stunned. At first, he thought that it was just a herb that can be found at the outermost perimeter of the Abyss Valley Mountain Range but upon closer inspection, he realized just how wrong he was.
”This is...” unable to find the right words, Fu Qing Tian shot a look at Fan Zhu Xia who nodded at him, confirming his suspicions.
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”It's the Abyss Void Grassweed and as I'm pretty sure you have already realized, is not found at the outskirts of Abyss Valley Mountain Range but found further inside where the poisonous miasma starts to convalesce.”