Long Xiao grabbed the old man's wrist and examined his body. He discovered that his internal organs had been severely displaced and damaged by a force. A worm was also dormant in his lungs. The only reason he was still alive was his immense strength and the powerful vital energy in his dan tian.
"Lu Ying, I'll give your grandfather acupuncture to treat his internal injuries, and then prescribe him some medicine. He'll be fine in a few days."
"Divine Doctor Long, can my grandfather's injuries really be healed?" Lu Ying was skeptical.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, they can be healed. Your grandfather has a very strong self-healing ability, so his injuries are not difficult to treat."
Because the gray-clothed elder was present, Long Xiao did not mention the old man being poisoned to Lu Ying.
Long Xiao left his grandfather's hut with Lu Ying, using the excuse of preparing silver needles.
Following Lu Ying to an empty room, she asked, "Divine Doctor Long, do you have something you want to tell me in private?"
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Lu Ying, do you know who injured your grandfather and how many people are aware of his injuries?"
Lu Ying shook her head and replied, "I don't know. Half a year ago, my grandfather went out for half a month. He returned one day and went straight to that hut. My grandfather ordered that the news be kept secret, so only a very few people in the family knew about his injuries."
Long Xiao nodded slightly and said, "Lu Ying, your grandfather not only suffered external injuries, but he was also poisoned with a蛊 (gu). Judging by the location of the蛊 worm, it seems to have happened in the last three to four months. The person who poisoned him is likely one of the few who knew your grandfather was seriously injured."
Hearing that her grandfather had been poisoned, Lu Ying was shocked. Since her grandfather was seriously injured, the only people who could have had contact with him, besides the doctors who were later called to treat him, were members of her own family.
Long Xiao merely reminded Lu Ying; it was not his concern who had poisoned her grandfather.
"Divine Doctor Long, can that 蛊 be dispelled?" Lu Ying asked.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "It can be dispelled, but I need to prepare some medicinal ingredients."
"Divine Doctor Long, my family has a large pharmacy. I can take you there, and you can choose whatever you need from the pharmacy."
"Does your grandfather understand medicine?"
Lu Ying nodded and said, "My grandfather was born into a family of physicians. He learned medicine and various forbidden arts from a young age. When he was first injured, he treated himself, but his condition worsened and he almost died."
From the moment Long Xiao entered the manor, he noticed that it had been arranged by a skilled hand, with a feng shui layout that was very reasonable, a prime example of a yang residence.
"Your grandfather understands feng shui and numerology. Did he personally arrange this manor?" Long Xiao asked again.
Lu Ying was surprised that Long Xiao could discern even this. She nodded and said, "That's right, my grandfather is very skilled in feng shui. This manor is arranged in a 'Three Stars Gathering Wealth' formation."
Although the "Dragon Scripture" (龙藏) also contained feng shui and numerology, it was entirely different from what was currently circulated. The feng shui and numerology in the "Dragon Scripture" were far superior to those passed down in the world.
After understanding the situation from Lu Ying, Long Xiao followed her to the manor's pharmacy. This pharmacy was even larger than the one at Xinglin Caotang, and the medicinal ingredients stored within were of high quality, with sufficient aging, making them superior products.
Long Xiao selected dozens of medicinal herbs from the pharmacy, packing them into two large bags, weighing over a hundred catties.
Returning to the hut, Long Xiao handed one large bag to Lu Ying and instructed her to boil the medicine according to his directions. He then threw the other large bag onto the ground and told the gray-clothed man to find a large tub, as he intended to use these herbs in conjunction with acupuncture to treat Lu Ying's grandfather's internal injuries.
Soon, the gray-clothed man brought a large iron tub. Long Xiao emptied the herbs from the large bag into the tub, placed a fire underneath, and then had the gray-clothed man strip Lu Ying's grandfather and place him in the tub.
"Divine Doctor Long, are you planning to cook my master?" the gray-clothed elder asked.
Long Xiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, he won't be cooked. We'll remove the fire once the temperature is sufficient."
As the water in the iron tub grew warmer, a medicinal fragrance filled the air, and gradually, Lu Ying's grandfather's skin turned red.
When the water reached about forty degrees Celsius, Long Xiao removed the fire from beneath the tub and began to prepare the silver needles.
After soaking in the tub for half an hour, Long Xiao had the gray-clothed man help him out and place him on the bed.
As the medicinal properties entered Lu Ying's grandfather's body, the vital energy in his dan tian and the force displacing his internal organs began to stir.
Long Xiao inserted silver needles into Lu Ying's grandfather's body. His body began to twitch uncontrollably, and two forces inside him started to battle.
Long Xiao grasped Lu Ying's grandfather's right hand, and streams of five-element vital energy entered his body. Together with the vital energy in his dan tian, they directly forced the other force out of his body.
With a series of sharp sounds, the silver needles embedded in Lu Ying's grandfather's body, along with the expelled vital energy, shot out and embedded themselves into the wooden planks of the room.
With the interference of external forces gone, the displaced internal organs automatically returned to their original positions, and the energy in the dan tian naturally settled back into its core.
Long Xiao withdrew the five-element vital energy he had input into Lu Ying's grandfather's body and then picked up another box of silver needles from the table to perform acupuncture on him.
This time, Long Xiao only used green wood energy. As the green energy entered Lu Ying's grandfather's body, his damaged internal organs were rapidly repaired.
After removing the needles, Long Xiao looked inward at his own dan tian and found that the green energy he had painstakingly accumulated, which was the size of a baseball, had shrunk to the size of a button.
Lu Ying arrived at the wooden hut with the brewed medicine. Her grandfather had already woken up. Due to not speaking for a long time, he was a bit sluggish and slow to react.
"Lu Ying, feed your grandfather the medicine first. I'm going out to rest for a while."
Long Xiao wiped the sweat from his brow and staggered out of the wooden hut.
The consumed physical strength could be recovered quickly, but the depleted green energy was difficult to replenish.
All herbs contained green energy. Long Xiao glanced at the iron tub where Lu Ying's grandfather had been soaked and noticed that as the herbs steeped, the green energy became increasingly concentrated.
He walked to the side of the tub, reached his hands into it, and a large amount of green energy flowed along Long Xiao's meridians into his body.
After absorbing for a few minutes, the green energy in his dan tian grew from the size of a button to the size of a ping pong ball.
This was the first time Long Xiao discovered that the green vital energy could multiply when medicinal herbs were steeped in hot water.
If he could obtain herbs like hundred-year-old ginseng or thousand-year-old polygonum multiflorum, boiling them in water would allow him to increase his green vital energy exponentially in a matter of minutes.
After Lu Ying's grandfather drank the medicine and lay down, Lu Ying came out with the bowl. Seeing Long Xiao, she immediately knelt on the ground, saying, "Thank you, Divine Doctor Long."
Long Xiao quickly helped Lu Ying up and said, "Don't do that. Although treating your grandfather's injuries consumed a great deal of energy, it was still within controllable limits."
Lu Ying took out a bank card she had prepared and said, "Divine Doctor Long, please accept this one hundred million yuan as your consultation fee. Additionally, I have a villa in the Mangshan Development Zone that I'd like to give you."
He had expended so much green energy to heal Lu Ying's grandfather; one hundred million yuan was not excessive. Long Xiao accepted the bank card without being overly polite and put it in his pocket.