Chapter 263

Chapter 263: Renxin Medical Clinic, Mutation Poison

Finally, when Hu Zezhi entered the inn where they were staying, her mind was still confused.

Lu Qing, on the other hand, chose a room, put away his things, and then came to the front of the inn.

“Boss, I have something to ask you.”

“I’m not worthy of your advice, but what can I do for you, sir?” the innkeeper asked hurriedly

. Lu Qing’s guests were very generous. Not only did they book the best rooms, they even refused to pay back the price. In his opinion, they were truly distinguished guests.

“I wonder if there is a good pharmacy in your town. I want to buy some medicinal herbs.” Lu Qing asked.

“Sir, would you like to buy some herbs?” the shopkeeper paused before saying, “There are two clinics in Yunlai Town. If you’d like to buy any, you can go to Renxin Clinic.

Doctor Zhao at Renxin Clinic is highly skilled and has the best reputation in town.

He always charges a low price for his patients and never goes to scams.”

“Renxin Clinic, huh? Thank you for your advice, shopkeeper.”

Lu Qing immediately understood that Renxin Clinic had a good reputation in town and its herbs should be reliable.

“You’re welcome. Turn right after you exit the door and continue straight ahead. You should see the sign for Renxin Clinic.”

After leaving the inn, Lu Qing followed the shopkeeper’s instructions, turned right, and continued walking.

Finally, he reached the end of the street and saw the Renxin Clinic.

He walked in.

As luck would have it, the clinic was empty, save for a young apprentice dozing at the counter, his face propped up by his hands.

Lu Qing reached out and tapped twice on the counter.

“Master, I’m not lazy…”

The apprentice woke up suddenly and said hurriedly.

Then he looked up and found that it was not the master who woke him up, but someone else. He breathed a sigh of relief.

He said to Lu Qing: “My dear, you almost scared me to death. I thought the master was back.”

“Sorry.”

Lu Qing showed a hint of apology on his face. He didn’t expect the apprentice to react so strongly.

“It’s okay, as long as it’s not the master who came back.” The apprentice was not angry. “By the way, my dear, what can you do for me? Do you want to see a doctor or get some medicine?

Do you have a prescription for the medicine? If you want to see a doctor, I’m afraid you will have to wait for a while.

My master and senior brother are out for consultation together. They will probably be back later.”

“I want to buy some herbs. Here is the list. I wonder if you can help me put it together?”

Lu Qing took out a list of herbs and handed it over.

“No, don’t call me Little Doctor. I haven’t even finished my apprenticeship yet, so I don’t deserve that title. If the master hears, he’ll scold me again.”

The young apprentice waved his hands repeatedly, looking as if he’d been frequently reprimanded by his master.

He took the list of herbs, glanced at it, and looked surprised. “Sir, are you buying so many?”

Lu Qing smiled and said, “We’re travelers passing through, and we know a little about medicine. We’ve run out of our own herbs these past few days, so we’d like to get some more here. Can’t your clinic gather all these herbs?”

“The other herbs are easy, but we’re running low on Angelica dahurica and Astragalus membranaceus.

It’s strange. Today is supposed to be the day the herbalists deliver the herbs, but why haven’t they been seen yet?”

The young apprentice mumbled an explanation, holding the list.

Before Lu Qing could respond, several people suddenly rushed in from outside.

As soon as he entered, he cried out anxiously, “Doctor Zhao, where’s Doctor Zhao? Help, help! Old Wang’s been bitten by a poisonous snake!”

Several people lowered a stretcher, only to see a man lying on it, his face dark blue and unconscious.

The trouser leg of his right leg had been cut open, revealing a swollen, thick, bluish-black thigh, bound tightly with a red rope.

“Uncle Li, what happened? What happened to Uncle Wang?”

The apprentice was startled, put the list of herbs on the counter, and hurried out.

“Xiaoyi, why are you alone here? Where’s Doctor Zhao?” Uncle Li asked anxiously.

“Master and Senior Brother are out on a field visit and haven’t returned yet.”

“What? Doctor Zhao’s out? What should we do? Old Wang went into the mountains this afternoon to collect herbs and got bit by a venomous snake. He’s already passed out. If he’s not treated quickly, he’s going to die!”

Uncle Li slapped his thigh, his face filled with impatience. He looked at the apprentice, “Xiaoyi, can you treat snake venom?”

“Me? I can’t. Master won’t let me treat anyone!”

The apprentice quickly backed away, waving his hands.

Uncle Li wasn’t disappointed. He’d only asked, knowing Xiaoyi’s abilities.

Thinking of Old Wang’s condition, he knew there was no time to lose, so he gritted his teeth. He said

to the others, “Let’s get Old Wang to Fulai Clinic. Qian Paopi might be a bit of a ruthless extortionist, but his medical skills are decent. Hurry, Old Wang might still be saved.”

The others didn’t dare to delay and immediately sprang into action.

However, when they turned around, they saw a young man squatting in front of a stretcher, twisting a silver needle in his hand and pricking it into Old Wang’s leg, which was swollen and blue from a snake bite.

“Sir, what are you doing?!”

Uncle Li was shocked when he saw this and immediately wanted to step forward to stop him.

However, before he could move forward, he felt a gentle invisible force in front of him, blocking him and preventing him from moving forward.

“The poisonous blood in this uncle’s body has almost attacked his heart. We must force it out immediately. Otherwise, even if the gods come down to earth, they will not be able to save him.”

Lu Qing did not look up, his hands moving non-stop. In an instant, he had inserted more than ten needles into Old Wang’s leg, sealing the wound caused by the snake bite.

Seeing Lu Qing’s skillful and decisive acupuncture, coupled with the strange experience of being stopped earlier, Uncle Li clearly understood that this young man was something special.

He immediately stopped making noise, fearing it would disrupt Lu Qing’s acupuncture.

The others also reacted, holding their breath, not daring to even breathe, and watching Lu Qing with wide eyes.

Seeing that they were reasonable, Lu Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

Human life was at stake. If these people insisted on making a scene, he might have to resort to extreme measures.

Only when no one disturbed him could he seriously save the patient.

After sealing the wound on Old Wang’s leg, Lu Qing, in silence, peeled off Old Wang’s clothes.

Then, his brow furrowed.

Old Wang’s upper chest was also covered in a dark blue aura, leaving only his heart untouched.

But the dark blue aura was slowly seeping towards his heart at a visible speed.

Lu Qing knew that once the dark blue air covered Lao Wang’s heart, it would be a sign that the snake venom had completely taken over his heart.

By then, the difficulty of detoxifying and saving people would have doubled.

He did not dare to delay and continued to take out a handful of silver needles from the needle bag. Then, his palm transformed into an afterimage. In the blink of an eye, he inserted eighteen needles around Lao Wang’s heart, forming a strange needle array that completely blocked his heart.

Once the needle array was formed, the qi at the beginning and end connected, and immediately began to vibrate and hum, emitting bursts of silver light.

The dark blue air that was gradually spreading towards the heart was immediately stopped.

It was firmly blocked outside the needle array, and no one could enter.

This miraculous scene immediately stunned the onlookers.

The apprentice was particularly stunned.

After sealing Old Wang’s heart, Lu Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was the patient’s good fortune. If he hadn’t been brought here in time, or if he hadn’t happened to be there,

the snake venom would have fully penetrated his heart in just a moment, and he would have been dead.

“Young Master, is Old Wang still saveable?”

Uncle Li asked cautiously as Lu Qing paused.

“It’s hard to say,” Lu Qing shook his head. “The venom he was bitten by is quite strange. It doesn’t strike quickly, but it’s very formidable. You must have given him snake medicine, but it didn’t seem to work, right?”

“Yes, yes,” Uncle Li said quickly. “We gave Old Wang medicine when he was bitten. We thought he was fine at first, but things started to get worse, so we brought him here.”

As herbalists, spending years traversing the mountains, Uncle Li and his companions were naturally experienced in preventing venomous snakes and insects.

Every time he went into the mountains to collect herbs, he would not only carry medicine bags to repel snakes and insects, but also always have antidotes ready.

This was so that he could save himself in time if he was accidentally bitten by a poisonous creature.

“Also, it’s strange to say, the snake that bit Lao Wang looked like the rat snake we often see in the mountains.

This rat snake is usually timid and will run away when it sees people. It rarely attacks people.

And its toxicity is not high. Even if it is accidentally bitten, it will basically be fine as long as it is treated in time.

But the rat snake that bit Lao Wang today was not only not afraid of people, but also very manic.

Lao Wang just saw it and it pounced on him and bit him!”

Uncle Li talked about the situation at the time.

Lu Qing heard this and his heart moved, and he thought of a possibility.

But now is not the time to ask in detail, saving people is still the most important thing.

Lu Qing turned and said to his apprentice, “Young Master, I’m going to help Uncle Wang detoxify his blood. I’ll need some medicine to help. I’ll read the prescription, and you’ll get the herbs. Prepare them as quickly as possible, okay?”

The apprentice, already stunned by Lu Qing’s incredible acupuncture skills,

couldn’t wait to hear his orders. He nodded quickly, “Okay… okay.”

“Then you get the herbs. Half a tael of Hemiphragma, half a tael, and White Snake Herb, one tael…”

Lu Qing recited the prescription, but his hands moved without slowing down.

It was unclear how he moved. Suddenly, a sharp silver knife appeared in his hand.

Lu Qing first removed the needles from Uncle Wang’s leg.

Then, with the silver knife, he cut a cross-shaped incision in the snake bite.

Thick, black blood immediately flowed from the wound.

“Bring me a bowl,” Lu Qing ordered.

Uncle Li immediately fetched a large ceramic bowl, used by patients to drink medicine. “Young Master, bowl.”

Lu Qing took the bowl and placed it beneath the wound on Old Wang’s leg.

Then, with a flick of his finger, he directed it towards Old Wang’s heart.

The array of eighteen silver needles began to hum again, trembling gently.

Then, as the needles vibrated, everyone saw black blood oozing from Old Wang’s wound at a noticeably increasing rate, dripping onto the ceramic bowl.

The toxic blood immediately emitted a foul odor that made everyone feel dizzy.

Lu Qing frowned and immediately said, “Move back! This snake venom is quite potent. If you sniff too much, you might get poisoned too.”

Uncle Li and the others were horrified and quickly stepped back, covering their mouths and noses.

Their confusion deepened. It was just a rat snake, how could it suddenly become so formidable?

It seemed like a completely different creature from the rat snake they had known.

Seeing Uncle Li and his companions retreating, Lu Qing stood tall and straight, his expression unchanged as he continued to activate the needle array to force out the poisonous blood from Old Wang’s body.

As the needle array continued to activate, the poisonous blood in Old Wang’s body continuously seeped out from the wound on his leg.

Soon, the ceramic bowl was filled.

This time, without Lu Qing’s instructions, Uncle Li was very attentive and went to find a large ceramic jar, covering his mouth and nose and bringing it to Lu Qing.

Lu Qing poured the bowl of poisonous blood into the ceramic jar and continued to force the poison out.

In this way, under Lu Qing’s continuous activation of the needle array, three large ceramic bowls of poisonous blood were forced out of Old Wang’s body, and only then did they see that the blood flowing from the wound on his leg gradually turned red.

This scene also made Uncle Li and the others pale.

They couldn’t imagine that Old Wang could survive after losing so much blood in an instant.

Fortunately, the facts proved that their worries were unnecessary.

As the poisonous blood was forced out, Old Wang’s chest, which had been barely breathing, finally began to stir, and he began to breathe noticeably.

The swelling in his dark, swollen legs also subsided considerably, and the dark discoloration on his face vanished, a hint of color returning.

Just then, a young apprentice cautiously emerged from the inner hall, carrying a bowl of medicinal liquid. “Sir, the medicine is ready.”

“Give it to me.”

Lu Qing took the medicine and scanned it with his supernatural powers. He found that while it had been overcooked, losing much of its potency, it was still usable.

He fed the medicine to Old Wang and, using acupuncture, helped him dissolve the medicinal properties. He then removed all the needles and covered the jar of poisonous blood to prevent it from escaping.

“Young Master, how is Old Wang?”

Seeing Lu Qing finished his work, Uncle Li and the others approached.

“I’ve basically forced out all the venom in his body. There’s still some residual poison, and this medicine should clear it all up.

However, this time, the venom has spread throughout his body, and his internal organs have been severely damaged. I’m afraid he’ll need quite some time to recuperate.

I’ll prescribe a prescription for recovery later. Have him take the medicine regularly, and he should be able to recover in a while.”

“Thank you, young master, thank you, young master.”

Uncle Li heard this, grabbed Lu Qing’s hand, and thanked him profusely.

“Young master, you don’t know, but Old Wang has three children, and his wife has difficulty walking. The five of them depend on him for food.

If he were gone, the orphans and widow would be left with no idea how to survive!”

Uncle Li choked up.

The others also expressed their gratitude to Lu Qing.

“You don’t have to be so polite,” Lu Qing said with a smile. “I’m also a doctor. My master often taught me that as a doctor, it’s my responsibility to cure diseases and save lives. This is what I should do.”

“Oh, I wonder which great doctor is your master, who could actually teach such an outstanding little doctor like you.”

At this time, a gentle voice came from outside the clinic.

“Master!”

The young apprentice heard this voice and shouted in surprise. (End of this chapter)