ACultivator'sCampusLife

Chapter 18 Millennial Herba Cynomorii

To tell the truth, Lu Yao used to deal with all kinds of drugs because of his bad health. He had been to this Sanbao Pharmacy many times, but he had never been to the third floor once.

"I don't know what the third floor looks like. Will there be anything I need?"

Lu Yao muttered silently in his heart.

When he arrived at the third floor and just came out of the staircase, Lu Yao was a little dumbfounded.

This was not like a big modern pharmacy. It was simply a large wholesale herb market.

"Welcome, sir. What can I do for you?"

A young girl, who was dressed in a standard professional suit with light makeup, came to greet Lu Yao.

"What's going on here?" Lu Yao did not know how to describe what he saw right now.

"Sir, is this the first time that you come to the third floor? We operate the first and second floors of our Sanbao Pharmacy independently, but we only provide venues on this third floor. The herbs are all collected or brought by these hawkers and put up for sale in a secondhand shop here. We only charge half of the profit as rent, and the hawkers can take away the other half of the profit."

"Can anyone sell his or her own herbs here? What if they can't sell the herbs they bring here?"

"Of course, if you have herbs that you think are precious, you can also sell them here. But before you sell them, we have to sign an agreement. Because we don't identify the medicinal properties of the herbs, we won't bear other things either. As for the herbs that cannot be sold within three days, we will ask the hawkers to leave the venue, and we only need to charge them a few hundred yuan for rent!"

The girl was obviously very professional. When she saw Lu Yao's appearance, she knew that it was definitely Lu Yao's first time to come to the third floor. But as the lobby manager on the third floor, she was obliged to explain to every guest who came here, because one couldn't figure out who would be a potential business partner from the appearance.

"Thank you. I'll just look around!"

Through the explanation of the girl, Lu Yao already had a basic understanding of this place. And while the two were talking, Li Jiang told Lu Yao to go to the most faraway vendor in the corner.

The lobby manager politely made a gesture of invitation and then turned away.

According to what Li Jiang said, Lu Yao came to a desolate herb stall in the corner of the hall on the third floor.

The owner of the stall was a young man in his thirties. He was dressed in a broad and thickened green burka and was sitting on an herb basket made of bamboo. The whole burka completely covered his lower body, revealing only a pair of feet in cloth shoes made of jute.

Holding a book wrapped in kraft paper, the young man looked down and read it carefully. He dipped his cracked index finger on his lips from time to time to make it easier for him to turn the book.

The temperament and dressing of the person were incompatible with his identity as the hawker.

It was not until Lu Yao came to him that he looked up and said, "Please help yourself if you need anything!"

Then he bowed his head and continued to read, not as desperately as the hawkers at other stalls who tried to attract customers.

"What a strange person!" Lu Yao said in a low voice.

Lu Yao carefully looked at the herbs on the whole herb stall, and Li Jiang didn't say anything.

"Master, is there anything wrong?" Li Jiang asked Lu Yao to come to this place. But after Lu Yao looked at all the herbs, Li Jiang didn't say anything, which made Lu Yao feel very strange.

"There are herbs in the basket on which he is sitting. Can you ask if he can show it to us?" A moment later, Li Jiang said.

"Sir, could you show me the herbs in the basket you are sitting on?" Lu Yao asked in accordance with the instructions of Li Jiang

After listening to Lu Yao's words, the young man looked up at Lu Yao. After a while, he said faintly, "The herbs in the basket are not for sale!"

"Well..." Hearing his word, Lu Yao had no idea for a moment.

"Just tell him that the herbs in the basket don't have much effect on his illness, so why doesn't he sell it to us?" Li Jiang then said.

Lu Yao told him exactly what Li Jiang said.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand!" This time the young man closed the book in his hand, put it in a small wooden box with a polished surface next to it, and stared at Lu Yao's face.

Although it still made Lu Yao a little speechless, this time Lu Yao felt a bit of change of attitude from the young man's tone.

"Sir, I see you have chapped hands and green residue in your fingers. You must have collected all these herbs yourself, and I think most of the herbs in this stall are grown in a dark and humid environment all year round. You cover your legs with a broad and thick burka on this hot day, so you must suffer from rheumatism!" Lu Yao said in an orderly way, "I also know a little about medical skills. Now I look at your face. Although it looks ruddy, it is actually caused by the medicine. I think if I guess correctly, you have been suffering from rheumatism and bone poison for many years, and it's been deep into the joints of your legs, right?"

The young man stared at Lu Yao for a long time, as if to see through Lu Yao. But to his disappointment, he could not see anything wrong with Lu Yao at all, so he had to say, "What if it is the case that you talked about?"

"If I can cure your rheumatism and bone poison, can you sell me the herbs in your basket?" Lu Yao said.

"Why should I trust you?" This time, the young man stood up by holding a tall bamboo basket next to him.

When he got up, Lu Yao noticed that his legs did not seem to be the same length, and he was shaking when he stood there.

"Because I can see that you are suffering from rheumatism and bone poison!"

"But all careful people will have a correct guess because I am an herb collector who goes into the mountains all the year round!"

"But I can not only see it but also cure it!"

"Well..."

This was the first time since the two people facing each other that the young man was a little out of order and a little hesitant.

If a person suffered from disease all year round and he suddenly met someone who claimed to be able to cure his disease. How would he react?

"Besides, I can completely cure your rheumatism and bone poison today!" Lu Yao saw that the young man hesitated, so he added to strike while the iron was hot.

"Well..."

"Besides, I can treat your disease first, and then I'll buy your herbs when you're sure you're cured!" Lu Yao continued.

In fact, at the moment, the young man was in a mixed emotion of surprise and happiness. He was surprised that the young man in front of him, who seemed to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, concluded that he had rheumatism and bone poison just by looking at his dressing. And he was happy that the young man could not only realize it but also said that he could cure it.

No one knew this disease better than himself. Over the years, his own rheumatism had devastated him to the point of collapse. As an herb collector, because of the disease, he could no longer go to many places. He could only collect some simple herbs to sustain his daily life.

Now, when there was a possible chance to cure his illness, of course, he would be tempted.

"Well, I might as well give you a chance!" After thinking for a long time, the young man stared into Lu Yao's eyes and said as if he had made a big decision.

"My name is Lu Yao. Sir, may I know your name?" Lu Yao saw that the young man agreed, so he took the initiative to introduce himself.

"My name is Miao Jingtian!" It was obvious that the young man had not completely let down his guard and only simply said his name.

"Well, Brother Miao, just a moment, and I'll be right back!"

After saying this to Miao Jingtian, Lu Yao turned and left.

"Master, can you see what kind of herb is in his basket?"

"If I'm right, it should be a rare Millennial Herba Cynomorii!" Li Jiang said with certainty, "Herba Cynomorii, also known as immortal grass, has some special effects on men, so people flock to it. This makes the general years of Herba Cynomorii on the market relatively short. A Millennial Herba Cynomorii like this should be disappeared for a long time."

"Millennial Herba Cynomorii?"

Lu Yao had seen Herba Cynomorii before, but he had never heard of Millennial Herba Cynomorii.

"Master, can this Millennial Herba Cynomorii produce the Spirit Liquids that can purify the body that you mentioned?"

"Of course, this Millennial Herba Cynomorii should have been collected for some years, and the spiritual qi contained in it is relatively thin. It also took me a long time to judge its specific year. Fortunately, although it has little spiritual qi left, it is just right to purify the body. If it is a newly picked one, it will probably be too much for your body to bear."

"I see. But if we want to get it, we have to cure Brother Miao's rheumatism and bone position. As far as I know, there is nothing we can do with the current medical technology. Master, are you really sure that you can cure his rheumatism and bone poison?"

As a modern man, Lu Yao certainly knew that the so-called rheumatism and bone poison was already relatively serious rheumatism, which could not be completely cured in modern medicine. It could only be temporarily suppressed via various drugs and means, so he asked worriedly.

"That's what you call technology. For us cultivators, these things are just a piece of cake. Just do what I tell you to do. I have my own ways!" Li Jiang said with confidence.

According to what Lijiang said, Lu Yao spent more than 100 yuan on the first floor, bought a set of one hundred pieces of needle-packed acupuncture equipment for household use, and then turned again to go back to the third floor.

"Brother Miao, it's not very convenient here. I wonder if you can follow me to other places so that I can treat you!"

"Well... Oh, I'll trust you again!" Miao Jingtian saw that Lu Yao was holding nothing but a box of acupuncture needles in his hand. After listening to Lu Yao's words, he was a little hesitant. But he gritted his teeth at the thought that maybe Lu Yao could really cure the stubborn disease that had afflicted him for many years. Thus, he decided to follow the young man.

After packing up his herbs and going to the office on the third floor to go through the relevant formalities, Miao Jingtian walked with Lu Yao to a relatively remote riverside forest.

"Brother Miao, please take off the clothes and wear only the shorts."

When they got to the place, Lu Yao arranged the acupuncture equipment he bought in turn and then found some firewood and grass to make a small fire.

Miao Jingtian carefully looked at Lu Yao's every action and found that Lu Yao's performance seemed professional. At the moment, he slightly relaxed his vigilance and did as he was told.

When Lu Yao waited for him to take off his clothes, he added, "Brother Miao, a few stitches may be very hurt later, and please try to endure it!"

Miao Jingtian just nodded and said nothing more.

Starting from the back of Miao Jingtian, Lu Yao applied the needles, and his action was fast and accurate.

After all the forty-two stitches on Miao Jingtian's back were pricked, Lu Yao's movement began to slow down, and sweat began to flow down from his cheeks.

Several times during this period, Lu Yao's body also shook a lot. When he began to apply needles to Miao Jingtian's legs, Lu Yao's whole body seemed to be soaked in water, and his clothes were tightly clung to his body.