Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 52 Blood Replenishment

Outside Yanque City
Tian Buli ran towards the county town and soon met someone he knew outside the city.

Old man Xu from the herbal medicine shop was returning home with his son and his clerk. Upon seeing this, he stopped Tian Buli.

"Little boy, aren't you tired from running so fast? Come up and sit down. It will be much more comfortable to ride in the car."

When Tian Buli saw that it was an acquaintance, he smiled and went over to sit in the driver's seat of the donkey cart.

"Old shopkeeper, you're going back so early. Did you go to the countryside yesterday?"

Old Man Xu smiled and said, "As soon as the cock crowed today, I went to the countryside to buy some medicinal herbs. The country folk love to cheat people. They always give me inferior products as good ones and insist that I go there in person before they will give me the good stuff."

Tian Buli was sitting on the slow-moving donkey cart. Lao Xu's apprentice and handyman was leading the donkey. The eldest son was watching from behind the cart to prevent passers-by from stealing things.

In addition to Old Man Xu, there was a cart of medicinal herbs wrapped in cloth on the donkey cart.

Tian Buli said, "Old shopkeeper, I have had a cold uterus recently and my limbs are cold. Can you help me get some medicine to warm my body?"

Old man Xu smiled and said, "You are not a woman, how can you have uterine cold? I think you practice martial arts? Or the martial arts of Xia Family Village."

Tian Buli asked curiously, "How did the old shopkeeper know?"

Old man Xu pinched his beard proudly and said, "There are hundreds of people in this escort agency. Although the agency has its own medicine, many disciples cannot afford it."

"Normally these disciples don't come out to buy medicine directly. Their family members come out to sell it on their behalf. Over the past decade, as soon as you tell them the symptoms, they know what's going on."

"Besides, you are a grown man, why are you cold? I will prepare a blood-tonifying six-flavor soup for you to warm up."

Tian Buli felt that he did not need to replenish his blood. What he needed to practice Lei Ba Gong was paralysis of his limbs so that he could generate Lei Ba Qi.

After you have acquired the Thunder God Qi, not only will your own hands and feet become numb, but you can also cause partial or full numbness on others when you hit them.

It is not effective against people with weapons, unless one can condense the Thunder King's Qi into the weapon, but Xia Bayuan himself does not have this ability.

"Then just give me the prescription directly. I can't avoid fighting and bleeding when I practice martial arts. If something really happens, how can I have time to ask you for medicine?"

Old man Xu frowned, "What are you talking about? How much is a prescription from me? You are such a greedy official, you dare to ask for anything."

Although Old Man Xu looked angry, Tian Buli was still smiling.

"Don't be angry, old shopkeeper. There are more than one family in this city that knows blood-replenishing prescriptions. I also memorized a few prescriptions when I made medicine for you before. Besides, every martial arts expert has his own prescription for knife wounds, so I think there are a lot of prescriptions."

"Besides, I have read a few medical books. Aren't many doctors in this world learning their skills from books? I am not competing with you for a living. Are you afraid that I will learn some skills and open a pharmacy to compete with you for business?"

Old man Xu laughed and scolded: "You are so eloquent. I have met many scholars, but none of them is as eloquent as you."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "If the old shopkeeper is reluctant to part with it, then forget it. I can just buy a few more pairs for emergency use at home. It doesn't cost much."

"Here you go. It's really not worth much." Old Man Xu said, "I'll tell you how to prepare the medicine when we get to the store. I'll tell you once when the time comes. Don't blame me if you can't remember it."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "It should be so!"

Each martial arts school has its own unique techniques, and doctors’ prescriptions in each city are also slightly different.

Old Man Xu’s blood-replenishing medicine is not a precious prescription, but a very common prescription.

Normally, not many people buy this blood-replenishing medicine. Rich families have their own prescriptions and generally do not trust outsiders, unless that person is a miracle doctor.

As a doctor, Tian Buli has learned several prescriptions for replenishing qi and nourishing the body, and resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

After arriving at the pharmacy, Old Man Xu got off the donkey cart.

"You two go put the herbs into the warehouse. Be careful not to scatter them. Put what needs to be stored in, and take out what needs to be dried."

The man and his son quickly went to work.

Tian Buli and Old Man Xu entered the house together and asked curiously, "Why are you still on guard against your son?"

Old man Xu went straight into the medicine cabinet and searched for herbs in several drawers.

"My son already knew all this. The new handyman is an apprentice from where I collect medicine. He's not smart and can't remember it no matter how many times I tell him." Tian Buli didn't know whether this was Old Man Xu's one-sided statement or the truth.

It is not appropriate to interfere in other people's family affairs. Tian Buli concentrated on looking at the labels of various medicinal materials on the drawer, and carefully watched the proportions weighed by Old Man Xu, and quickly memorized the proportions of the Liuwei Soup.

The two men sat on chairs in the hall and chatted. Tian Buli looked at the ancient medical book that Old Man Xu had flipped through thousands of times, chatted with him, and listened to Old Man Xu's comments on several prescriptions.

As they were talking, a man wearing a bamboo hat came into the shop.

In the hot summer, it makes sense to wear a hat.

The man looked around the shop with a stern gaze and felt relieved when he found that there were only an old man and a young boy.

"Boss, give me thirty coins of arsenic!" The big man looked at Old Man Xu and reminded him to do something in a suppressed voice.

Old Man Xu stood up quickly and said, "Okay, I'll be right there!"

The hall fell silent.

Tian Buli lowered his head to read a medical book and didn't meddle in other people's business.

It was not the first time that Old Man Xu had greeted this kind of person. He sold three hundred coins worth of medicinal materials in just two or three minutes.

"Give me another pound of lime." The man spoke again.

Old man Xu didn't ask what it was for, "Two hundred coins."

The man didn't waste any time and gave the money very promptly. After getting the herbs, he carefully placed the medicine package in a special handkerchief, then put on his hat and left quickly.

When he left, he glanced at Tian Buli, but Tian Buli was still reading with his head down and didn't look at him.

After the man left, Old Man Xu came over and washed his hands on a one-meter-high washbasin rack next to him.

He only washed his hands, not his face, and there was a smile on his old face.

"Today's harvest is here. You are blessed wherever you go."

Old man Xu praised Tian Buli.

Tian Buli didn't think this was a good thing. "Why did these people come here to buy arsenic in the daytime?"

Old man Xu quickly scolded: "How can you talk like that? If they come to buy arsenic in the middle of the night, they won't pay! They will die!"

The elderly are particularly averse to certain words.

Tian Buli quickly said a few nice words and skipped the topic.

After washing his hands, Old Man Xu poured the water from the basin onto the street outside the door, then came back and sat down to continue chatting.

Tian Buli chatted for a few more words, then said goodbye and left.

When he went out, Tian Buli figured out why someone came to buy arsenic.

"This is not a big pharmacy, but a small one, so those martial artists specifically look for remote and unpopular stores to buy medicine."

Tian Buli found the method of making arsenic in Old Man Xu's medical book.

Place raw arsenic on the fire and cover it with a container. Let the arsenic smoke fly up and touch the covered container, then it will condense. The longer one is the best, and the shorter one is the second best.

The large pieces are of inferior quality, and the flakes that are like fine crumbs are of the lowest quality. The thin and long ones should be used as medicine.

In addition to common poisons such as arsenic, acupressure, knockout drugs, and lime are also indispensable for traveling in the martial arts world.

Acupressure and knockout drugs require some skills and are not as easy to purchase as arsenic and lime.

In the world of martial arts, there is always eating meat and drinking, as well as fighting and killing.

(End of this chapter)