Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen: Like a Human

  Everyone give me a pair of underwear, okay?

  "Alright, alright sir. But you have to wait for a moment, selling such ginseng, I need to ask the manager." The pharmacy sister glanced at the Range Rover key and her eyes lit up immediately.

  "Do you still need to ask the manager? Then please hurry up."

  Zhou Yi furrowed his brow, turned around and put Xiao Yezi on the soft bed specially prepared for patients in the medicine hall, and then manipulated the silver needle to input some inner energy.

  Now all I can do is wait, if this pharmacy still can't get the life-saving ginseng, it's probably useless to run around the entire Fenan.

  "Sir, everyone please go inside the consulting room and wait. The conditions are better there, it's more convenient for this little sister to rest."

  The girl from the pharmacy hung up the phone and walked over with a smile, handing the car keys back to Zhou Yi with both hands.

  "How much longer will your manager be?" Zhou Yi glanced at his watch, and Xiaoye had at most half an hour left.

  "Uh, our manager can't make decisions either, but he's already asked the old master. The old master said he'll come see you personally, sir, don't worry, he lives just behind our 'Shennong Hall', it won't take a few minutes to get here."

  "Old Master?"

  Zhou Yi was taken aback. This title sounds like something out of a martial arts novel, but he immediately understood that his sister was referring to the old Chinese doctor who founded "Shennong Hall", so he nodded and said: "Alright then, we'll wait in the examination room."

  The front and left side of Shennong Hall are glass counters and medicine cabinets for grabbing medicines, while the right side is a row of nine consultation rooms, all designed with bamboo wood, full of ancient charm, which matches the name "Shennong Hall" perfectly. On the outside of the consultation rooms, there are also photos of traditional Chinese medicine doctors, personal introductions, and lists of diseases they specialize in treating... It's very clear and helpful for patients to quickly choose a suitable doctor, very considerate and thoughtful.

  Zhou Yi didn't have the mood to check the doctors' resumes. He was just a patient, and when it came to medical skills, he wasn't arrogant, even if you counted in that "old master", they might not be as good as him alone.

  Liu Xue and Wei Shufen had already considered Zhou Yi to be a modern-day Hua Tuo, and they didn't have any objections to his arrangements. However, Guan Wei felt a bit uneasy, and after entering the treatment room, he looked at the small leaf that Zhou Yi had gently placed on the bedside table and said: "Old Three, are you really confident? I think this child's uremia has already reached an advanced stage, and because she hasn't been able to undergo dialysis for a long time, the toxins in her body have accumulated to a dangerous level. Now we should immediately arrange for her to undergo dialysis, and then find a way to get a kidney transplant. What's the use of relying on ginseng? This isn't some martial arts world where eating a thousand-year-old ginseng can suddenly increase your power by a hundred years and make you immune to all poisons!"

  "Haha, Second Brother, you also said it. The toxins in Yezi's body have already penetrated into the five organs. At this point, is dialysis still useful? Moreover, even if a kidney source is found, can such a small child withstand a kidney transplant? And the outcome after surgery might not be very optimistic either."

  Zhou Yi smiled and said, "This time is also a blessing in disguise. Ye Zi happened to be at the peak of her physical development during her first puberty, and all her organs were functioning at their best, which allowed her to survive until today."

  However, the suffering during this period also severely injured her vitality. I just used a silver needle to calm down her last breath of vitality, but this method cannot be sustained and must use high-quality ginseng to hang on to her life in order for me to gain time. I'm not bragging that as long as I can use ginseng to hang on to her life for one day, I can slowly start to eliminate the toxins from her body and then gradually adjust her body, ultimately letting her recover completely!

  "Really?"

  "Old Three, if you have this skill, wouldn't it make a sensation in the medical world?"

  "So I'll have to rely on you, Second Brother, to keep this a secret. You also know that I'm someone who doesn't have big ambitions, just wanting to live a carefree and leisurely life, and most afraid of trouble."

  At this point, Zhou Yi looked at Liu Xue and Wei Shufen; the two girls were also clever people, without waiting for him to speak, they nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking rice: "We won't say it either."

  "I understand this point, you can rest assured, Old Three."

  Guan Wei still had some concerns: "But using ginseng to save one's life is just something I've heard of, don't you worry that Yezi will be too weak to receive the nourishment?"

  I recall a movie I watched as a child, where the two bald men were cured with ginseng. The result was that the old man had a nosebleed and was blown away by the medicine on a rainy day, running around the courtyard naked. Thinking of this scene makes me feel that Zhou Yi's method is not very reliable, and looking at Xiao Yezi, she doesn't seem like she can withstand such strong medicine either.

  "Haha, this is what happens when you don't understand medicine, Second Brother."

  Zhou Yi smiled and said, "Why do I have to use wild ginseng that's over 300 years old? It's because after 300 years, the ginseng becomes spiritual, and after 500 years, it becomes a spirit. Gradually, it develops human-like qualities. 'Ginseng is like humans', this superior ginseng is just like a person!"

  "Well said, indeed a qualified buyer. Young man, go on and tell me, what is the meaning of 'above refers to people'?"

  The door of the clinic was pulled open, and an old man with white hair and a shiny bald head walked in. This old man was very spirited, looking like he was over 70 years old, but his skin was rosier than that of a young woman. The wrinkles on his face seemed to be filled with vital energy!

  On such a cold day, the old man wore a high-necked sweater and a long gown that was popular during the Republic of China era on top of it. He stood there with a smile, just like he had walked out of a painting. No matter how you looked at him, he didn't seem to be a person from this era.

  His silver hair and youthful face are as if tailor-made for him. Let alone treating illnesses, this old man just needs to stand in front of a patient and the patient will recover by 30%. Then with just one touch of his hand, the illness will be cured by another 20%! He is simply a medicine himself!

  Of course, Zhou Yi thought so too. Who dares to use a living person as medicine? This is the aura of the old man, which can only be cultivated by seeing countless patients and recovering millions of people through his experience with all kinds of herbs.

  The aura of a great doctor! The aura of a righteous man! This old fellow, if he were in ancient times, would be a living immortal.

  "Old gentleman."

  Even if Zhou Yi was already a ninth-level divine doctor, he couldn't help but feel a sense of reverence when he saw the old man. He stood up involuntarily and bowed slightly: "I'm disturbing your rest, I'm really sorry."

  "You're the buyer and I'm the seller, no need to mention disturbing each other~~Young man, you're too polite."

  The old man waved his hand and said, "That wild ginseng is not in the Shennong Hall, but I've already sent someone to fetch it from the pharmacy. It'll be here in a few minutes at most, so don't worry about being late. Now you can speak freely, I'm also eager to hear your lofty ideas..."

  That night, the junior revealed his ugliness.

  Facing such a reclusive and noble predecessor in the medical field, Zhou Yi didn't have any concerns. Such a person would absolutely not be a big-mouthed gossipmonger; he didn't even need to pretend to be low-key.

  "We all say that ginseng is like a person, but it's not just because of its human-like shape. The nature of this spiritual thing is also similar to humans. Ginseng that is not fully ripe or has insufficient fire energy is like an infant, adolescent, or young adult - either reckless and ignorant, or with too much blood energy. Although such ginseng still has nourishing effects, if a person with a weak body eats it, they will inevitably suffer from 'virtual non-nourishment', and even nosebleeds on the coldest days of winter wouldn't be surprising."

  "Look, this ginseng has been growing for over a hundred years, its nature has turned gentle. After three hundred years, it will produce spiritual energy and after five hundred years, it will become a spirit! Such ginseng is truly a good thing that can be used to save lives."

  No matter how weak the patient's body is, even if only one breath is left, as long as a pill is stuffed into their mouth, they can temporarily save their life. That's why there's the saying "hanging on to life", otherwise it wouldn't be called hanging on to life, that would just be playing with life!

  After finishing speaking, Zhou Yi smiled and said to the old man: "Old predecessor, what do you think of my 'participating in human affairs' theory?"