Shui Nanhe engrossingly looked at Ye Wuchen. When they finally settled down, he said with a gentle laugh, “Brother, you haven’t answered this old man.”
Ye Wuchen observed him for a while, then asked, “What is your venerable age now, old mister?”
“Ninety-nine.” Shui Nanhe did not hide anything as he replied while stroking his beard. He was exactly ninety nine years old this year.
“Oh… Very few people could live more than a hundred years, you were able to reach ninety-nine. Old mister, your way of maintaining good health is really admirable, I feel no qualms on your title as the Medicine Expert. Too bad…” Ye Wuchen shook his head, “Old mister, you are not a man who can go over a hundred years.”
At hearing the words, the crowd suddenly became dumbfounded. In less than a year, the Medicine Expert would reach a hundred years, and Ye Wuchen had remarked that he would not reach a hundred. Was there any clearer way to state that he would certainly die within the year?
Lin Zhan wanted to howl with laughter three times to add to the sarcasm, but when he remembered what Long Yin had said moments ago, he restrained himself. A cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth and he struck a posture as if he were preparing to watch some amazing show.
Shui Nanhe did not get angry but smiled and said, “Why do you say so, brother? Please give me some advice.”
“I dare not be too presumptuous to give advice, but if you wish, Elder, then can you please honestly answer some of my questions?” Ye Wuchen paused, the continued on, “The past ten years, did you use more than half that time to sleep?”
Shui Nanhe replied, “That’s right, an old man like me needs to spend longer time to sleep compared to a younger generation like you.”
“Then mister, did you feel extremely exhausted? Do your eyes have fuzzy vision most of the time? It is morning, but, old mister, you are obviously weary. Presumably you have just gone through a very long and difficult journey so for a few days, you didn’t manage to get enough rest, am I right?” Ye Wuchen asked.
Shui Nanhe was startled. The smile on his face had vanished, he nodded and said, “Brother, what you said is precisely correct.”
Ye Wuchen continued to ask, “Old mister, do you have an itch on your body that is too difficult to bear, but no abnormal rashes can be seen on the surface and have you used several methods to control it but to no avail?”
Shui Nanhe was emotionally moved, an expression of shock occurred between his emotionless eyes. The first two questions could be considered a guess based on his old age, but the third question made him wonder how Ye Wuchen was able to obtain the details. Shui Nanhe’s reaction made the crowd sure that what Ye Wuchen had said was exactly true, so all of them were amazed as they stared at him.
“Brother, how did you obtain this information?” Shui Nanhe said, unable to conceal the surprise on his face.
Ye Wuchen lightly sighed and said, “Old mister, you are almost a hundred years old, yet you have a white hair but a young face. It can be clearly seen that you have put so much effort in maintaining your health. Originally, your mastery in the light element can be used to protect your body and easily maintain your life well after a hundred years, but now… Ai, within a year, your internal organs will be exhausted and you will be unable to save them.
Shui Nanhe was silent for a moment, then said, “Please provide some advice.”
“The true way of maintaining good health is to start from the inside then spread that outwards, or both at the same time, yet focus mainly on the internal. Old mister, you have started with the externally then gone towards the internal until you eventually stopped caring about your internal parts, only using your peculiar methods to maintain your skin to flawlessness. Judging by your appearance, it seems like you are several decades younger, yet you have no idea that for an old man, caring about your external body over your internal is not maintaining good health. On the contrary, you are destroying your life. Your internal organs will decline faster as they will be exhausted in your old age and because your skin was gradually contaminated by so many medications, bright and clean as a baby, such kind of skin on the body of an old man makes the toxins inside the body difficult to get rid of, so they accumulate inside the body. This speeds up the aging of your organs, and may have even caused damages. Old mister, the reason why you have frequently experienced the unbearable itchiness on your body is because of the excessive toxins that have accumulated inside your body. You are feeling the need to discharge them in large quantities.
Shui Nanhe listened seriously to Ye Wuchen, without overlooking any words. After Ye Wuchen had finished speaking, he pondered for a moment, then heaved out a long sigh. Ye Wuchen was absolutely correct. The current knowledge of this world regarding the maintenance of good health was amateur that even the Medicine Expert’s understanding was not any greater than ordinary people. For several decades, he had used countless medicine that he created to maintain his body, yet he cared little about his internal organs. These statements from Ye Wuchen were like clouds dispelling, revealing the sun from behind, giving way to a whole new perspective in the world of medicine.
He sighed and said, “You are truly an extraordinary person, brother. I prostrate myself in admiration. I am not fit to be called the Medicine Expert. After all these years, I have been gradually killing myself by using those medicines. If it wasn’t for you, who have enlightened me with the perfect wisdom to show me the truth, my life will surely end this year.”
Ye Wuchen said while smiling, “Old mister you have overstated your words. Your medical skills are truly unique, I am absolutely incomparable to you. It’s just that you have neglected some details that I just happened to know.”
“Hahahaha! Brother, you are being overly modest. Only two people have made me concede my defeat. Brother, you are that second person. All things aside, your ability to make discerning judgements is truly remarkable.” He shook his head, sighing as he exhibited his feelings towards his own remarks.
Ye Wuchen laughed, yet he did not deny anything more. “Internal must be greater than the external, not the other way around. Vigorous external with a weak internal will only burden the internal. If the internal is vigorous, then the external will automatically become stronger. Old mister, I think you already know what you must do. Based on your capability, this matter should be very simple to you.”
Shui Nanhe nodded and said, “I have just realized the biggest mistake I have committed for the latter half of my life. When I return, I shall strive hard to redeem it. Brother, you have saved my life.”
Lin Zhan, Lin Kuang, Long Yin, and the rest of the physicians in the room were all stunned as they listened to the conversation between the two. They personally witnessed the Medicine Expert, who was the majestic leader of the world of medicine, conceded his defeat to Ye Wuchen. In front of everyone, he sincerely expressed his admiration and respect. For a moment, their minds were not able to regain focus on reality.
Ye Wuchen had caused them to be ultimately amazed once again. For those who had objected to Ye Wuchen, who snorted at him disdainfully, even they cannot believe their eyes and ears and had trouble in regaining their consciousness.
Long Yin clapped his hands, laughed out loud and said, “Great! Great! Indeed, the disciple of the God of Sword, Wuchen of the Ye Family, today you brought another enormous surprise to me, again. I wholeheartedly believe you now, you must be able to treat the Empress’ illness. What I am worried about right now is not the illness of the Empress, but what I should reward you. Hahahaha!”
Ye Wuchen sneered secretly. For being the leader of the monarchy, some of them were truly sophisticated. Their outward appearance was easy-going, yet on the inside they possessed swift and decisive reactions that were both vicious and merciless. Furthermore each and every one of them were experts in acting. But if they were to compare acting skills, he was absolutely not a match for Ye Wuchen.
While Long Yin was laughing without restraint, Long Zhengyang finally brought along the Empress’ maid. He did not have time to ask her anything as he hurriedly brought her to Ye Wuchen, “This is my mother’s personal maid, Xiao Hong. Before my mother fell ill, she was with her.”
Ye Wuchen nodded then said, “I have several things to ask you. These questions are related to the life of the Empress, so you must answer them honestly.”
That maid named Xiao Hong appeared to be nervous. She respectfully responded immediately.
Ye Wuchen took a few more glimpses at the Lin Xiu’s body, then asked, “Several days before the Empress fell ill, did she feel dizzy most of the time? Limp and exhausted, all over her body?”
Xiao Hong immediately nodded, “Yes. The Empress frequently said she felt dizzy in the recent days. Her body was lacking strength, she easily tired and she had to lie down frequently. At first, I thought she might have caught a cold.”
“Was she unable to sleep soundly or appearing to lack appetite in the past few days?”
“Yes…”
“Was she irritated and easily angered?”
“Yes, yes…”
“Did she frequently get chills all over her body?”
“Yes…”
“During the day, was she always standing under the scorching sun and refused to leave?”
“Yes, yes!”
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With every question Ye Wuchen had asked, Xiao Hong would answer with a “Yes”. The crowd was completely shocked, and the feeling of pleasant surprise was exhibited at the speech. Being able to point out accurately the symptoms that the Empress had before the illness indicated that he knew very much about this odd illness and probably would be able to know the method to treat it.
“Brother Ye, what was the illness had mother got?” Long Zhengyang asked anxiously. Even Lin Zhan and Lin Kuang’s faces showed obvious excitement.
“The Empress, she was poisoned.” Ye Wuchen said seriously. Shui Nanhe had also nodded his head, as this was similar to what he knew.
“What kind of poison? Is there a way to treat it?” Long Zhengyang hurriedly asked. He had already heard about the Empress being poisoned from Shui Nanhe.
“Cold Poison!” Ye Wuchen said. His brows were knitted together and his expression gravely serious, causing people to feel how critical situation was when he mentioned the name of the poison. It seemed like this “Cold Poison” was an extremely dangerous poison.
“Cold Poison?” Long Zhengyang’s face was full of surprise. This was completely different from what Shui Nanhe had mentioned.
Shui Nanhe was startled. He wanted to say something but he hesitated, and finally decuded to remain silent. If this really was the Cold Poison, how could he not have been able to detect it? And it was not his first time to encounter this air of death, which did not have the characteristics of a Cold Poison… Could he have been wrong? Or did this world have some peculiar Cold Poison that he did not know of?
From the surprise that Ye Wuchen brought upon the people, even he began to doubt his own observations.
“That’s right. The Empress wasn’t able to sleep soundly these past few days, often had chills all over her body, yet she liked to expose herself under the scorching sun. All of these were caused by this Cold Poison. When I first found out about this poison, I did not believe it myself, so I questioned this maid. Sure enough, I was right. It’s actually the Soul Snatching Cold Poison, one of the three most peculiar poisons in the world that my teacher told me about.” Ye Wuchen’s grave expression, together with the inconcealable shock he inflicted, and his detailed explanation, the people were unable to see any mistakes in his statements. With regards to acting skills, he was worthy of being regarded in the expert rank.
“Soul Snatching Cold Poison? Three Most Peculiar Poison in The World?” Shui Nanhe secretly dictated a few more times. His snowy white brows knitted together. To his surprise, he had never heard about such a poison. Moreover, he also had not heard anything about the Three Most Peculiar Poisons.
“How do we remove that kind of poison?” Long Yin asked.
Ye Wuchen pondered for a while then said, “Brother Long, are there silver needles in the palace?”
Physician Li, who remained silent all along, stepped forward to say, “Master Ye, I have some here.”
He opened his medicine box, and from within, he took out a box of silver needles. He carefully handed them over to Ye Wuchen. The way he looked at Ye Wuchen at this moment was completely like he was looking at the most outstanding young talent in the world of medicine.