Chapter 479: Chapter Four Hundred Seventy-Five:

Collecting Rent

Du Ting was now in a state of near-panic, unable to contemplate the underlying meaning in Sun Jinfang’s words. All he wanted to know was how the young men were doing. His temper, honed by years of high position, flared up as he commanded angrily, “Stop wasting time! Just check their current conditions. The Tang Clan won’t shortchange you on the consultation fee!”

Repeating the same thing multiple times can give it a different meaning. Sun Jinfang’s good intentions were twisted by Du Ting’s words into greed. Even a clay figure feels anger, let alone a doctor hailed as the ‘Saintly Hand of Medicine’.

Although he wasn’t furious, the sense of concern drained away from him. Sun Jinfang ceased speaking, directly activating his nerve-visualizing power. His eyes instantly turned silver, and the otherwise vibrantly colored world was left in black and white.

His eyes seemed as though they could penetrate human skin and flesh, see through bones and organs, and with practice, discern the boundaries of time and space, and the residual information in the universe, a realm of the unknown, unseen, and unheard of.

The three young men laid bare before his eyes, whether it was their spiritual power or the state of their internal organs. He initially thought that their flushed faces were due to some non-prescription drug they’d taken, but upon seeing them a month later, he doubted his own eyes.

The once crystallized organs were unbelievably revitalized, as though newborn. The heart was beating strongly, the lungs were expanding and contracting evenly, and the kidneys were ceaselessly supplying power to the rest of the body.

Such a state of health could only be achieved through a fully-functional, five-element cultivation technique. Seeing this on practitioners of the incomplete Bridal Clothes Technique, the Red Cloud Skill, was unexpected enough to evoke his astonishment.

Unbelievable…truly unbelievable!” Sun Jinfang deactivated his nerve-visualizing power. He turned towards Du Ting and said, “The three young lords are as if reborn. The toxins in their blood vessels are completely gone, their crystallized organs show no signs of disease. They’re even healthier than the average martial artist.”

Upon hearing Sun Jinfang’s explanations, the eyes of the three Du elders grew brighter but they didn’t hear the one thing they cared about the most. In his anxiety, Du Ting asked, “Master Sun, will they still be able to conceive children?”

“Conceive?” Sun Jinfang didn’t understand why Du Ting would ask such a question, but he still explained, “Absolutely no issue. The fertility problems of the three young lords were due to crystallized kidneys and blocked seminal fluid pathways. Now that they’re as good as new, they are even more fertile than regular martial artists. Congratulations, the Du Family can finally expand with numerous offspring!”

“That’s great! Very great!” The resolution of his most significant concern caused the elder to grab Du Yixuan’s shoulders while murmuring to himself with a bizarre expression on his face.

Upon hearing Sun Jinfang’s confirmation that they have fully recovered, Du Ling and Du Wei had mixed emotions on their faces, looking as though they were laughing and crying at the same time.

The three octogenarians were rendered confused by the extreme emotional fluctuations. It took them a while before they came back to their senses.

Seeing their expressions, Sun Jinfang understood their feelings. The theoretically incurable disease had been completely eradicated and their health rejuvenated in just a month. He never thought that Xiling would hide such a miraculous healer. This made him extremely curious, so he asked, “Excuse my boldness, but could you introduce me to the doctor who cured the disease of the three lords?”

The plague is currently spreading throughout Red Cloud Mountain. Even if the infected people are quarantined, it won’t help as long as they keep drinking floodwater and eating corpses. More and more people will catch the plague. Even though he mobilized all doctors in Red Cloud Mountain, they were helpless against the plague due to the shortage of magical herbs.

As the saying goes, doctors care for patients as parents do for their children. A doctor who can cure the Du Family’s disease would be a great help in Sun Jinfang’s eyes. After all, not every doctor is as poor as him. A doctor who can reach this level of skill must have treated more than a hundred thousand plants of magical herbs, making doctors generally wealthy.

Upon hearing Sun Jinfang’s question, the three elders of the Du Family didn’t know how to respond. However, Tang Luo interrupted with a laugh, “Master Sun, you’re overthinking. I’m not a doctor. I just happened to be able to cure the Du Family’s disease.”

Surprised, Sun Jinfang turned back and saw Tang Luo’s calm expression. Suddenly realizing, he exclaimed, “The genius’s innate qi is of the Gen Earth attribute?”

“That’s right.” Tang Luo nodded, “I thought you would think of me when you saw the Du Family’s disease. But after waiting for two months without seeing you, I had to muster up the courage to come seek an audience.”

In his original plan, since Sun Jinfang had learned from Mi Bai that he possessed the innate qi, he should have come seeking him after visiting the Du Family. However, two months had passed, and the matter had never been brought up.

Sun Jinfang gave a bitter smile and bowed his hand, “Who could have expected that the genius’s innate qi is so vigorous and controlled so subtly? Truly enviable.”

It is said in ancient books that Heaven, Earth, and Man are the three talents, each with three treasures. The three treasures of heaven are the sun, the moon, and the stars. The treasures of the earth are water, fire, and wind, while the treasures of humanity are spirit, qi, and essence.

If a human lacks any one of the three treasures, they will die. Furthermore, the three treasures can be divided into innate and acquired.

The innate treasures are the primordial spirit, primordial qi, and primordial essence; the acquired treasures are consciousness, spiritual energy, and vital essence.

The innate qi, also known as the qi from birth, refers to the root mother qi present before birth. If the primordial qi is strong, the internal organs are robust, and if the primordial qi is weak, the qi path is weak.

Typically, even if martial artists cultivate their innate qi, they can only strengthen their bodies and not utilize it. The innate qi gets absorbed by the organs when it circulates within them or the blood vessels and meridians. Even for Fierce Realm martial artists, generally known for extreme control, about 80% to 90% of the innate qi is absorbed during transfer.

Sun Jinfang didn’t dare dream of having such vigorous innate qi that they could detoxify the deeply-rooted crystallization from organs. Although he had seen Mi Bai’s wound get cured by the innate qi, it was just a bowl-size scar, and Mi Bai was only a Mortal Realm physique, where only a little innate qi was needed for the cure.

What Xiao Zheng told him was only that Tang Luo had cured him and not that he had done it while Mi Bai’s nearly crystallized body was ailing. This led him to underestimate the vigour of Tang Luo’s innate qi.

The person he initially thought to be a doctor turned out to be the son of the Tang Clan’s chief. Sun Jinfang felt a bit disappointed. He turned back towards the three Du elders, bowed, and said, “Now that the three lords are completely cured, I should not impose any further. I take my leave.”

Before Du Ting and the others could reply, Tang Luo directly addressed Sun Jinfang, “Master Sun, please wait.”

“Is there something you need?” Sun Jinfang turned back to look at Tang Luo, puzzled.

Tang Luo stood up and directed a question to Sun Jinfang, “I heard that the plague is rampant on Red Cloud Mountain, and you are rushing about because of a shortage of spiritual herbs. Can you please tell how many more spiritual herbs are needed to solve the plague?”

“Are you going to provide spiritual herbs to save the people of Red Cloud Mountain?!” Sun Jinfang was overjoyed, “On behalf of….”

“Hold on!” Tang Luo waved his hand to interrupt, “I don’t have any extra spiritual herbs to save the people. But the tenants of Red Cloud Mountain do. Please tell me the number so that I can go and collect the rent..”