novelhk Chapter 228 228 Five-Element Formation
Chapter 228 228 Five-Element Formation
Chapter 228 Five Elements Formation
After Ye Pianran pricked her a few times, Zhang the blacksmith's mother, who was originally "dead," experienced a violent tremor in her chest cavity and actually spat out the thick phlegm blocking her trachea!
When Zhang the blacksmith saw this scene, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He watched helplessly as his mother, who had been dead, suddenly came back to life and was coughing violently while clutching her chest.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
"Mother!" Zhang the blacksmith snapped out of his shock. Overjoyed, he rushed forward and grabbed the old woman's withered hand, crying, "Mother! You scared me to death!"
"That's wonderful, wonderful!" Zhang the blacksmith's wife was trembling with excitement. She suddenly turned around, knelt down before Ye Pianran by the bedside, and kowtowed repeatedly:
"Thank you so much for saving my mother, young lady. Without you, she would surely be dead today. You are truly a living bodhisattva incarnate!"
Upon hearing this, the blacksmith Zhang knelt down like his wife and said, "Young lady, you saved my mother's life. This kindness is as heavy as Mount Tai. My whole family has no way to repay you. After this matter is settled, I am willing to serve you like an ox or a horse to repay you!"
Ye Pianran was startled by the two of them and quickly stepped forward to help them up, saying, "I am a doctor, and it is my responsibility to save lives. Why are you two acting like this? Get up quickly!"
However, Zhang the blacksmith and his wife refused to get up no matter what, repeatedly saying they wanted to repay Ye Pianran. Ye Pianran could only say:
"Since you insist on this, then go and boil some hot water for me."
"Oh! Oh!" The woman nodded repeatedly, wiped away her tears, got up, and went to boil water.
Zhang the blacksmith also stood up, rubbing his hands awkwardly to the side, and said, "Miss, if there's anything you need from me, just let me know!"
Ye Pianran said, "Now it's just that your mother coughed up the thick phlegm that was blocking her throat. Her illness still needs to be treated in time. You just need to support her."
Zhang the blacksmith readily agreed, sat down at the other end of the bed, and let the coughing old woman lean against him.
Ye Pianran placed her fingers on the old woman's pulse again and asked:
"When did your mother fall ill? What were her initial symptoms? Did she see a doctor at the time? What medications did she take?"
“My mother fell ill this May. At the time, she only felt weak, her limbs were sore, and she felt hot and cold at night, accompanied by coughing and wheezing. We thought she had caught a cold, so we picked some ephedra and cinnamon twigs to make soup for her. She felt better for a while after drinking it, but soon her condition relapsed and became more serious than before. She started coughing day and night, first a dry cough, then with phlegm, and finally coughing up blood. The more she coughed, the more blood she coughed up, and the color changed from bright red to dark red. She couldn't eat anything, and her body grew weaker day by day, until now… sigh…”
The blacksmith Zhang became increasingly distressed as he spoke, and could no longer continue. He lowered his head, let out a long sigh, and wiped his eyes with his sleeve.
What he was referring to was probably the symptoms of tuberculosis. Ye Pianran observed that the old woman's pulse was indeed floating and weak, with three short pulses and one long pulse, indicating a deficiency of lung yin and a deficiency of both yin and yang. She had no sign of life. It seemed that if she had arrived any later, even without that phlegm, she wouldn't have lasted much longer.
"Young lady... no, doctor, how is my mother's condition? Is there any hope?"
Seeing Ye Pianran frowning in thought, her expression somewhat solemn, Zhang the blacksmith couldn't help but ask.
"Don't worry, you should know my master's abilities. Since she asked me to bring the medicine, she can definitely cure it," Ye Pianran comforted her.
"Yes, yes, I know of Mr. Green Ivy's skills!" Zhang the blacksmith quickly replied. "As expected of Mr. Green Ivy's disciple, your medical skills are so superb! You will surely inherit Mr. Green Ivy's mantle and become a renowned doctor in the future!"
Ye Pianran smiled dismissively, opened the lacquered red wooden box given to her by Liu Luluo, picked up the porcelain bottle inside, closed her eyes, and entered the space directly in front of everyone.
Sensing her arrival, 666 on the peach tree chirped happily, and the Spirit Abyss Vine joyfully wrapped itself around her wrist.
Ye Pianran ignored them all and hurriedly went to the medicine furnace. She quickly opened the porcelain bottle in her hand and poured the pills into the groove on the medicine furnace.
At the same time, a dialog box appeared above the medicine furnace:
Butian Dazao Pill
Quality: Medium Grade
Ingredients: Ginseng, Astragalus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Dioscorea opposita, Poria cocos, Angelica sinensis, Paeonia lactiflora, Rehmannia glutinosa, Lycium barbarum, Placenta hominis, Tortoise shell, Deer antler, Polygala tenuifolia, Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa.
Purity: 86%
Pollution level: 14%
As 666 had said, the medicine that Master refined was only of medium-grade earth quality.
Ye Pianran put these medicines into the medicine furnace not to check their ingredients, but for another purpose. She took out some spiritual spring water that she had stored in her mustard seed bag, poured a drop into the groove, and then sat cross-legged on the ground, placing her palms on the medicine furnace.
Scatter all dharmas, see pure and unobstructed, the Way pervades the heavens, and one has seen Samadhi!
The Samadhi True Fire was activated, and a cluster of flames ignited in the medicine furnace. It then burned more and more vigorously, completely melting the pill in the groove and merging it with the spiritual spring water. Finally, after being refined by the True Fire, it was transformed into a brand new pill.
Heaven-Mending and Spirit-Strengthening Pill
Quality: Top-grade (Earth grade)
Ingredients: Butian Dazao Pill, Lingquan (a traditional Chinese medicine formula)
Purity: 100%
Pollution level: 0%
With just one drop of spiritual spring water added, the quality of the medicine has increased by a whole level!
Ignoring her sighs, Ye Pianran hurriedly repacked the pills in a porcelain bottle and left the space without stopping.
"Chirp!" Seeing that she came and went in a hurry without even saying hello, 666 angrily flapped its little wings.
The time Ye Pianran spent refining pills in the space was only a blink of an eye in the eyes of ordinary people like Zhang the blacksmith. However, refining pills consumed a lot of energy and spirit. After going back and forth like this, Ye Pianran looked much more tired than before. Fortunately, the room was dark and no one noticed this detail.
"This is the medicine my master asked me to bring. Let's give it to your mother first."
Ye Pianran handed the porcelain bottle to Zhang the blacksmith, who carefully poured out a fragrant pill and fed it to the old woman.
Then Ye Pianran once again concentrated her true energy at her fingertips and quickly changed the acupoints where the Tai Su Nine Needles were inserted, inserting them into the five major acupoints corresponding to the metal, wood, water, fire, and earth meridians of the old woman's yin and yang meridians.
As she finished doing all this, the pill infused with the spiritual spring water melted immediately upon entering her mouth, transforming into a stream that, together with the Tai Su Nine Needles, formed a perpetually regenerating Five Elements Formation.
As the Five Elements Formation was formed, the old woman felt her blood and qi surge in her chest again. With a "whoosh," she vomited a lot of black blood, her body trembled violently, and she even blew out foul-smelling dirty sweat!