The road is vague

Chapter 3: A Misty Dream

Time passes day by day.

During the day, Li Mo, Wang Pan, Zhang Liming and Jiang Ming would usually go to the backyard to sort and process the various herbs brought back by the herbalists, accumulating pharmacological knowledge through practice. The attending doctors and pharmacists in the front hall would occasionally come over to give them some advice.

After feeding in the evening, it is time for everyone to be on their own.

As the mid-month assessment approached, Zhang Liming and Jiang Ming stopped playing around and began to earnestly recite the medicinal properties and pharmacology that Doctor Zhang had explained at the beginning of the month in order to pass the assessment.

"Li Mo, how much have you memorized?"

Wang Pan started to try all kinds of methods again, covering his head and memorizing by rote, but unfortunately the effect was not good. So he looked at Li Mo, as if he would not be afraid as long as Li Mo was punished with him.

Li Mo, who was flipping through the Pharmacopoeia, couldn't help rubbing his forehead when he heard this.

"We've only mastered the medicinal properties and pharmacology of four of the remaining five. I think we can only master one at most. It will definitely be too late to master the others."

When Wang Pan heard this, his face immediately showed joy.

"I definitely can't memorize the properties and pharmacology of all nine herbs, so I'll just memorize five!"

After he finished speaking, he saw that Li Mo was still slowly flipping through the "Pharmacopoeia", quoting from classics, supporting his arguments, and integrating his knowledge. He knew that Li Mo was being stubborn again.

"Doctor Zhang doesn't test those things during his assessments. He says he wants us to gain a thorough understanding, but there's no such thing as a complete understanding of medical principles. Even if you have a deep understanding of those five herbs, Doctor Zhang won't reward you. But if you don't understand the remaining four herbs, Doctor Zhang will definitely punish you. It's better for you to just deal with it like they do."

Li Mo sighed when he heard this.

“I feel like this is self-deception.”

Seeing this, Wang Pan stopped trying to persuade her and continued to cover his ears and memorize by rote.

until late at night.

After the three of them fell asleep one after another, Li Mo put away the medical books and planned to turn off the lights and go to sleep, but then he pursed his lips and couldn't help but took out the book in his arms, which was the "Piaomiao Box".

In the past few days, he couldn't help but flip through a few pages every night, and was deeply attracted by the bizarre content.

"Piao Miao Box" records many incredible strange stories, including the Piao Miao Mountain floating upside down in the air, the Sun Palace above the fairy clouds, and various demon kings with unfathomable powers. These are all myths and legends that Li Mo has never heard of, but it does not include the immortal knights he imagined, which is really a pity.

Besides.

The book also records many mysterious methods of overcoming disasters. It seems that thunder may fall from the sky at any time, and one has to devote his entire life to fighting against it, which is puzzling.

Li Mo was confused.

After reading "Piao Miao Box" for a while, the voice of the night watchman came from outside.

Boom!
"The world is bright and peaceful."

Li Mo then realized that it was already three o'clock in the morning, and at the same time, there were faint sounds of thunder and rain coming from outside the window.

Wang Pan, Zhang Liming and Jiang Ming all slept very soundly. In order not to delay tomorrow's studies, Li Mo hurriedly put away the "Piaomiao Box", extinguished the oil lamp, went to bed, and gradually fell asleep listening to the occasional thunder.

That night Li Mo felt that his dream seemed particularly long.

He walked lostly on the boundless earth. The sky was covered with dark clouds that kept rolling. Occasionally, thunder flashed, but there was no sound. At the moment when the lightning flashed, it seemed that he could see the shadow of a huge monster slowly passing by on the dark clouds.

As he walked, Li Mo saw a small three-leaf grass lying quietly on the desolate ground, looking a little out of place.

Li Mo, who was confused in his dream, instinctively stopped and his eyes seemed to have regained some clarity.

"Ban Xia?"

This was exactly the herb that Doctor Zhang had taught him to identify before.

So Li Mo in the dream bent down, as if wanting to pull out the herb and take it away.

"One Pinellia plant can be sold at least ten coins at the pharmacy."

However, the moment his hands touched the clover, his fingers actually passed through the clover, as if it was just an illusion. As the clover gradually disappeared, something else appeared in his mind.

Li Mo in the dream was a little confused, then became confused and dazed again.

So he stayed here for a while, but still saw no sign of Banxia, ​​so he continued to move forward.

But because he was in a dream at the moment, he did not seem to find it strange and accepted it calmly. But soon he saw a new herb called Qiangqing, also known as Changshengcao. This was also a herb that Doctor Zhang had taught him to identify half a month ago.

Li Mo tried to take it away again.

But the moment his hand touched the herb, this Qiangqing disappeared quickly, just like the Pinellia before.

That's it.

Li Mo discovered more than a dozen kinds of herbs in succession, but was unable to take any of them away, which made him confused and a little annoyed.

Suddenly.

The sky cleared away the clouds and revealed the sun, a towering fairy mountain appeared. It looked like it was upside down, with three large characters on it surrounded by countless thunderbolts.

Confused, Li Mo instinctively raised his head.

"Piaomiao Peak."

There was a sudden sound of thunder, and the dream began to have sounds.

Li Mo didn't have time to look at it any further. He just felt his body tingling and he sat up from the bed with a start. The sound of thunder and rain outside the window came to his ears.

"Li Mo, get up quickly, you're going to be late!"

Wang Pan, who was in the lower bunk, was putting on his clothes while urging Li Mo to hurry up.

Zhang Liming and Jiang Ming had already run out of the house. Li Mo then realized that it was already bright outside. Without thinking too much, he quickly put on his clothes and ran out of the house and came to the backyard.

After a while.

Doctor Zhang came over with a ruler in hand.

"A day's plan begins in the morning; dress neatly and behave appropriately."

After saying that, Doctor Zhang slapped Li Mo and Wang Pan hard on the palms of their hands. The two of them couldn't help but grimace, and this was just a slight admonition and punishment.

Thinking of the several beatings they would receive after the mid-month assessment, the two of them couldn't help but look at each other, suddenly filled with despair.

Doctor Zhang then carefully explained the herbs that the four people needed to process today, and then slowly walked out of the backyard and went to the front hall.

Li Mo and Wang Pan rubbed their hands, brought a small stool, sat side by side, and processed the herbs in the yard according to Doctor Zhang's instructions.

At this moment, Li Mo suddenly discovered that he was extremely familiar with the Pinellia ternata in his hand, and he had completely understood its medicinal properties and pharmacology.

He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Then he couldn't help but recall last night's dream. It was extremely clear at this moment, unlike his previous dreams, which he quickly forgot after waking up and couldn't recall at all.

"This, Piaomiao Peak, is it because of the Piaomiao Box?"

Li Mo was very sure that the strange dream he had yesterday must be related to the Piaomiao Box.

This made him feel surprised and confused, and at the same time a little overwhelmed, but also vaguely excited and expectant, hoping to see those bizarre things again.

I finally made it through the day.

night.

Li Mo flipped through the medical books by the oil lamp. After a brief comparison, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the herbal knowledge he gained in his dream was not much different from what was described in the medical books. He seemed to have known these before, but he had never been able to fully grasp them. This time, he was enlightened.

This made him even more excited.

until late at night.

Wang Pan, Zhang Limin, and Jiang Ming all fell asleep. After Li Mo put away the medical books on the table, he muttered to himself, "So, the only thing left to master is Zefen's pharmacology and medicinal properties. There are still two days before the assessment, so there's still time."

At the same time, Li Mo couldn't help but feel a faint anticipation, hoping to enter that dream again.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but take out the "Piao Miao Box" again and read the bizarre contents inside.

Now he gradually understood why the hunter male owner of the family in Lihua Village would desperately try to find the fairy mountain holy places such as Piaomiao Peak and Sun Palace recorded in the book.

But unfortunately, Li Mo was unable to enter that magical dream again in the next two days.

He was a little annoyed about this, but he could only seize the time to study and recite about Zefen's pharmacology and medicinal properties, while analyzing why he could not enter that magical dream again.

"Maybe it's because of time constraints that I need to enter that dream every once in a while?"

"Maybe it's because of the 'Piaomiao Box'. As the saying goes, what you think about during the day, you dream about at night. I have too few associations with it?"

"Perhaps it's because of the thunderstorm. Many of the things recorded in the Misty Box seem to be related to thunder tribulations?"

"Maybe it's because I haven't learned anything new, so I can't trigger dreams..."

Li Mo made many guesses in his mind.

He planned to verify this separately in the next period of time, but the most important thing right now was to pass the mid-month assessment, as he didn't want to be beaten again.

It was early this morning.

Doctor Zhang took a ruler and conducted a mid-month assessment on the four people.

First is Jiang Ming.

Regarding the pharmacology and medicinal properties of the nine herbs that he had learned at the beginning of the month, he memorized everything that Doctor Zhang had said half a month ago when answering each of Doctor Zhang's questions one by one, so he answered them fluently. Only when Zefen asked about dietary taboos did he miss something, and was finally reminded by Doctor Zhang, but he was spared from being punished with a ruler.

"Copy it ten times as punishment."

"Yes."

Wang Pan, who was waiting on the side, had a very ugly expression on his face.

He whispered to Li Mo, "It's over, it's over. Why are there so many questions this time, teacher? It must be more than four hits."

Next is Zhang Liming.

He stumbled twice during his answer. Doctor Zhang snorted, pulled out a ruler and hit him twice. Zhang Liming's eyes immediately turned red and he kept sobbing.

Next is Wang Pan.

Facing Doctor Zhang's questions, the fat boy stumbled seven times, answered three incorrectly, and forgot two. He was severely beaten with a ruler more than ten times by Doctor Zhang. At first, Wang Pan could still force himself to endure it, but after the third beating, he really couldn't bear it anymore. His palms kept struggling, and in an instant, tears flowed like rain, and he burst into tears in the backyard.

The excitement here soon attracted the people in the front hall, who kept pointing and talking, and couldn't help laughing.

Doctor Zhang finally looked at Li Mo.

Although Li Mo was frightened, he was able to answer Doctor Zhang's questions fluently this time, which immediately surprised Zhang Liming, Jiang Ming and Wang Pan.

Even those who came to watch the fun left the backyard in disappointment.

Doctor Zhang, holding a ruler, gradually brightened his eyes.

As he asked more and more questions, the difficulty of the questions also increased. Li Mo was still able to express his unique insights, and even gave three strategies: best, middle and worst for the pathology of some special cases. Doctor Zhang kept stroking his beard and nodded slightly.

"Not bad."

After praising Li Mo, Doctor Zhang explained to the four people the herbs that needed to be processed today, and then went to the front hall.

It was not until Doctor Zhang left that Wang Pan looked at Li Mo aggrievedly.

"Li Mo, when did you finish memorizing it?"

Li Mo didn't know how to explain it, so he just muddled through, "I just felt that the medicinal properties and pharmacology of these herbs were very similar to some of the herbs I had learned before. I was afraid of being spanked, so I compared them and put them together, and finally I got away with it."

Upon hearing this, Wang Pan couldn't help but look at his red and swollen little hands again, and burst into tears again in the pile of herbs.

"I have such a miserable life, woo woo."

front hall.

Elder Feng, one of the attending physicians at Jimin Hall, noticed that Doctor Zhang was in a good mood and was not examining any patients. He smiled and approached to chat with him, "Has Li Mo finally come to his senses?"

"good."

Doctor Zhang poured a cup of tea and smiled.

"I originally thought that although Li Mo's comprehension was average, he was meticulous, patient, and never sloppy. I thought I would train him for another two years, let him accumulate his knowledge, and teach him some true skills. He might even have the opportunity to become a chief physician in the future. However, I didn't expect this boy to be so talented. In just two years, he has already mastered all kinds of pharmacology. I'm afraid his future achievements... will even surpass mine."

Seeing Doctor Zhang praising him so highly, Mr. Feng beside him couldn't help but look surprised.

The two of them have been practicing medicine for their entire lives, so they naturally know who is suitable for practicing medicine and who is not.

That Li Mo was described by him as a man of great talent who was foolish on the outside but brilliant on the inside. Mr. Feng couldn't help but marvel that he had actually made a mistake in his judgment.

(End of this chapter)