Chapter 12: Azure Spirit Medicine

  The Liu family's mansion was extremely large, with a total of six courtyards. In her later years, Old Lady Liu lived in the last courtyard, Qingyouyuan, where she spent her days in quiet contentment.

  Du Feiyun followed Liu Xiangtian to the door of Old Lady Liu's bedroom, where Butler Liu Zhong opened the door for them and then stood guard outside. Du Feiyun entered the room with Liu Xiangtian by his side, and as soon as he stepped inside, a pungent smell of decay hit him in the face, making it hard to breathe and causing his chest to feel tight.

  On the wide wooden bed, a satin quilt was spread, and the mosquito net was rolled up. The old lady was lying quietly on the bed.

  Du Feiyun endured the foul odor and came to the bedside, gently lifting the quilt to examine Mrs. Liu's condition. Liu Xiangtian stood beside him, his eyes fixed on his mother's face, a gloomy expression in his eyes.

  Mrs. Liu was in a coma, lying on the bed with her eyes tightly closed and no consciousness at all. She was originally a fair-skinned and plump woman, but now her face was covered with dark red boils as big as eggs, some of which had pus and blood, looking extremely terrifying.

  Du Feiyun took a look and found that it wasn't just his face, but also his arms, thighs, hands and feet were all in the same condition. Having seen this, Du Feiyun didn't need to look any further, he could imagine that at this time, the old man's entire body was covered with such pus-filled boils and blood blisters.

  Seeing the old lady in such a pitiful state, even Du Feiyun, who had never had much good feelings towards the Liu family, couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for her, and his heart felt somewhat heavy.

  After finishing, Du Feiyun covered the old lady with a silk quilt. The two left the bedroom and came to the side room. Liu Xiangtian asked eagerly: "How is it? Do you have any way?"

  Du Feiyun still didn't answer, but instead asked a completely unrelated question.

  "What did the old lady eat on the night she fell ill?"

  As soon as these words came out, the temperature in the room dropped instantly, and a cold air current spread from Liu to Tian's body, his expression also quickly becoming icy.

  "You little scoundrel, are you trying to use street rumors as an answer for me?" Liu Xiangtian's voice was cold and low, but the killing intent within was self-evident. Du Feiyun, locked down by his powerful aura, remained unchanged in expression, but inside, he felt a tremor, and his heart wavered.

  "You misunderstood me, I was asking if Old Lady had eaten ginger recently?"

  Du Fei Yun had no doubt that if he didn't speak directly, Liu Xiang Tian would really lose his temper and hurt someone. Liu Xiang Tian was a powerful cultivator in the Refining Qi stage, dozens of times stronger than Du Fei Yun, and just the pressure he emitted was enough to make Du Fei Yun suffocate. To avoid suffering an accident, he decided to speak frankly.

  "Angelica?" When Du Fei Yun asked this, Liu Xiang Tian's momentum gradually dissipated and returned to normal. After a moment of contemplation, he nodded and replied: "It wasn't just that one night, the old lady had been taking Angelica decoction for the past month."

  Mao Jiang is a kind of medicinal herb, decoction can be used to treat tooth loss, bleeding and other diseases. Mrs. Liu had poor dental health in the past two years, and many teeth have fallen out. In those days, Liu Xiang Tian specially ordered the housekeeper, Liu Zhong, to go to Qianjiang City to buy this kind of medicinal material for Mrs. Liu to take.

  "Ah, the problem lies here." Upon hearing Liu Xiangtian's confirmation, Du Feiyun finally confirmed the cause of Old Lady Liu's illness. Previously, he had been speculating about her condition and thought his guesses were mostly correct. Now that he had heard it with his own ears, he was even more convinced.

  "What's going on? Could it be that the Mao Jiang has...?" Liu Xiangtian's eyebrows instantly rose, and a bad thought flashed through his mind. However, Du Feiyun's words made him understand.

  "It's not that the ginger was problematic, but rather that on that evening, Old Lady had consumed ginger brew and then eaten the beef tripe soup made by Madame. However, when ginger and beef are combined, they produce a violent fire toxin that rapidly burns out the heart and lung meridians, which can be fatal in a short period of time, so..."

  "Bastard!" Upon hearing this, Liu Xiangtian's face instantly turned pitch black, his lips trembling with rage. In a fit of anger, he slammed his fist on the table, shattering the pear-wood round table into pieces.

  Obviously, Liu Xiangtian was convinced that it was Madam Qin Yan's intention to poison Old Lady Liu, so he was furious. However, Du Feiyun's words timely dissipated the anger in his heart.

  "I think this isn't something the madam did on purpose, at most it was just a coincidence, quite a lucky guess. After all, even Xue Shen Yi didn't know about these things, let alone the madam."

  After listening to Du Fei Yun's words, Liu Xiang Tian thought about it and found it made sense, which calmed the anger in his heart. However, he then had another question: "If even Master Xue doesn't know, how would you know these things?"

  Du Feiyun smiled but didn't answer, as if he hadn't heard Liu Xiangtian's words, and only made Liu Xiangtian's teeth itch. However, his mother's life still needed Du Feiyun to save her, so he could only suppress his anger, turn around, and ask Du Feiyun: "Can you cure it?"

  "Of course, but I need you to prepare some medicinal materials, set up the stove and cauldron. Also, I need a quiet room that won't be disturbed by anyone." Du Fei Yun shrugged his shoulders again, reiterating: "Remember, no one is allowed to disturb me, including you!"

  Seeing Du Feiyun's expression and tone, Liu Xiangtian's eyebrows jumped again, his face getting darker.

  Du Feiyun wrote down a prescription with a few quick strokes of his brush, and Liu Xiangtian took it from him to read. The more he read, the tighter his brow furrowed, and his expression became increasingly uncomfortable.

  Du Feiyun's prescription listed over twenty kinds of medicinal materials, all of which were rare and precious. The total value of the medicinal materials on the entire prescription exceeded one thousand taels of silver, which was also the reason why Liu Xiangtian looked embarrassed.

  Although a thousand taels of silver made Liu Xiangtian feel heartache, his mother's safety was more important, so he had to order the steward Liu Zhong to buy all these herbs.

  An hour later, Liu Xiangtian carried a large and small package of medicine in one hand, and a medicine stove and a pottery jar in the other, bringing Du Feiyun to a secret room under the artificial hill in the back garden.

  Liu Xiangtian put down everything and left the secret room. Du Feiyun closed the large steel door, then placed various medicinal materials on a stone table, sat cross-legged on the ground and began to meditate and cultivate.

  Liu Xiangtian was asked to purchase various medicinal materials because Du Feiyun planned to refine the elixir again, and he wanted to refine a kind of elixir called Bi Fu Ling Dan!

  This Dan medicine was found by him in the Liè Shān Yào Diǎn, and its efficacy is just right for treating Mrs. Liu's disease.

  The Lie Shan You Ji records many strange events, including one about an old lady named Liu who mistakenly ate ginger and beef, fell ill, and suffered a terrible fate. In the Lie Shan You Ji, there are notes on the medicinal dan required to cure this strange disease, as well as the medicinal materials and techniques needed to refine the dan.

  The powerful effect of Bi Fu Ling medicine does not lie in enhancing the physique, nor is it to increase the cultivation of yuan force, and even less can it allow cultivators to enhance their strength. Its only function is to clear the fierce fire poison within the body of the cultivator. Moreover, this medicine has a gentle nature, not only can cultivators take it, but ordinary people can also take it without worrying about harm.

  It is precisely to refine this medicine to treat the old lady's illness, which is a targeted treatment.

  Du Feiyun understood that the news of his ability to refine elixirs absolutely could not be known by outsiders. Moreover, there were too many secrets hidden on him, and if they were ever revealed, it would lead to endless troubles.

  It was for this reason that he chose to go and remove the medicine list in the dead of night, with the intention of not drawing attention to himself. Having Liu Xiangtian prepare a stove, cauldron and secret room for him was also to make Liu Xiangtian mistakenly think that he was preparing to decoct medicine. All this was done to conceal his secrets and protect his own safety.

  Now everything is ready, only lacking the east wind. He just needs to enter a state of meditation and cultivation for a while, and after his mind is calm, he can use all his strength to refine the Bi Fu Ling medicine and save Mrs. Liu. At that time, he will be able to win the bet with Liu Xiangtian, not only getting the reward of 1,000 taels of silver, but also three portions of hundred-year-old ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms.

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