Chapter 3 Simplified Hundred-herbs Soup Medicine

"There is no direct evidence proving that the symptom of Elder Sun's legs has anything to do with the drugs I prescribed. The hospital couldn't throw that on me." Li Yong said, "Elder Sun is a reasonable man, and he won't frame me. All we need to worry about now is that Sun Ergou could use this matter as an excuse to make trouble."

Li Tianchen stood outside the door, listening to his parents' conversation. "Even facing this kind of difficulties, my parents are still protecting me from them." He thought. He felt sad, and his eyes were slightly red.

"It's very normal to have medical disputes. Moreover, our clinic is not a hospital. Once we're in a medical dispute, it's easy to lose everything. Or worse, my father might end up in jail." Li Tianchen thought.

"I have to come up with a solution. I can't let my family be destroyed."

Li Tianchen clenched his fists silently, starting to think.

"Elder Sun has suffered from rheumatism for years, and my father prescribed common medicine. There's nothing wrong. Why can't Elder Sun feel his legs suddenly?"

Li Tianchen mumbled, and soon his eyes lighted up because he found the problem and the solution in his memories.

Although, he still had to confirm his suspicion.

After he gained the hope of solving the matter, Li Tianchen's eyebrows were no longer frowned. He looked at his hands, thinking, "I'm not capable of using that kind of solution. It seems that I have to use Simplified Hundred-herbs Soup Medicine to purify my body to be able to use the medical skill."

Having thought of it, Li Tianchen immediately came to the pharmacy with great care. He was very familiar with this place and soon prepared all the herbs needed in Simplified Hundred-herbs Soup Medicine. Then, he sorted out the herbs.

Picking up the Black Fire Pestle in the mortar, Li Tianchen paused for a while. "This Black Fire Pestle has a dark color and a texture similar to woods. And it's very hard." He thought.

Before, Li Tianchen never found it strange, but now he thought about the fact that a damaged soul of his ancestor Miracle-working Doctor Li had spent over a thousand years in the pestle. He felt awed and understood that Black Fire Pestle was nothing ordinary.

Having scanned his memories, Li Tianchen was surprised to find only a little information about Black Fire Pestle. He knew that it was an object by which his ancestor refined Spiritual Medicine, and it was refined by the hottest lava in the depth of a volcano.

Li Tianchen felt strange, thinking, "Since my ancestor chose to hide himself in Black Fire Pestle, there must be something extraordinary about it."

"The plain-looking Black Fire Pestle must contain some secrets. But now it is not the right time to dig into that. I need to make Simplified Hundred-herbs Soup Medicine first."

Li Tianchen thought about his goal and focused on the job. He put the herbs into the mortar and ground each of them one by one.

Grinding, making the soup medicine...

Li Tianchen stayed in the pharmacy alone and made the soup medicine according to the procedures in his memory. Half an hour later, he finally made Simplified Hundred-herbs Soup Medicine successfully.

Looking at the Simplified Hundred-herbs Soup Medicine which was emitting the scents of traditional Chinese medicine, Li Tianchen licked his lips and poured it carefully into the bowl. After filtering the dregs, he waited for the soup medicine to cool off. Then, he took the bowl and drank up the soup medicine in it.

Once the soup medicine entered Li Tianchen's mouth, he felt as if a fire ball dashed into his mouth. Then, the fire ball moved down his throat and his stomach. He felt his inside burning. Li Tianchen couldn't help but be surprised. "Am I going to be okay after taking Simplified Hundred-herbs Soup Medicine?" He thought.

The potency of the soup medicine turned into hot vapors and spread all over Li Tianchen's body. He felt as if his body was immersed in hot water and felt insufferably hot. It was like his limbs were being boiled so as to be soft. And small traces of sticky hot sweats exuded through his pores.

Having endured it for half an hour, the potency of Simplified Hundred-herbs Soup Medicine finally wore off. And Li Tianchen looked as if he just came out of the water, and he was soaking wet. Yet, there was a layer of grey and oozy stuff on his skin.

"This is not some normal sweating. I was getting rid of the impurities of my body. This is the first step to cleansing my body..."

Li Tianchen took a tumble and was very happy instantly. He pushed the pharmacy's door open quickly and went into the bathroom. He turned on the faucet and started to wash himself.

After washing off the dirt on his body, Li Tianchen put on some clean clothes. He looked at himself in the mirror. Although he still looked like a slim teenager on the outside, he could feel the change of his body. There seemed to be endless power hidden inside him.

Li Tianchen was very excited and thrilled. "The Simplified Hundred-herbs Soup Medicine worked as I suspected. It has improved my body." He thought.

"Bang."

Suddenly, Li Tianchen heard noises coming from outside as if the door was kicked open by someone.

Li Tianchen's eyebrows twitched, and he pushed the door open to walk out in a hurry.

Four or five persons flooded into the hall, and each of them was ferocious and fierce. After he saw the man standing in the front, Li Tianchen's eyes fixed on him immediately, with anger flashing in his eyes.

The leading man was Sun Ergou who knocked Li Tianchen out, and the others were Sun Ergou's gang friends.

There were several patients in the hall. They ran out when seeing the trouble come.

It was over eleven o'clock in the morning, and Li Yong was feeling the pulse of a patient. Having seen the situation, Li Yong stood up immediately, being both surprised and angry. "Sun Ergou, it's you again!"

Sun Ergou looked at Li Tianchen, thinking, "The kid is really fine." He sneered arrogantly, "Of course it's me again. My father is still in the hospital, yet you're quite idle. If you don't offer a solution, I'll smash your clinic."

Sun Ergou heard that Li Tianchen woke up and seemed to be okay. So, Sun Ergou became perky again, bringing people over to make trouble.

Li Yong snarled, "Don't cross the line."

Sun Ergou laughed and said, "Ha, I won't waste time on chitchat. You have to pay for my father's medical bills. I've consulted the hospital. The operation, including the treatment and medicine fees, costs three hundred thousand yuan. Plus the compensation for my father's spiritual damage, his maintenance and so on, the total amount is a million yuan."

Li Yong shouted in surprise, "A million yuan? Why don't you just rob a bank?"

"All the properties of my family is not worth a million yuan." Li Yong thought.

"I'm trying to be nice. If you don't pay me a million yuan, I'll sue you. I'll sue you for being a quack and hurting people. I'll not only take all your money but also see you behind bars." Sun Ergou put his hands on his waist arrogantly.

Li Yong's face turned pale, and he was both angry and helpless. "This matter does have something to do with me. But I couldn't figure out the reason why it happened. It's normal rheumatism, and the medicine I prescribed is completely suitable for it. How could Elder Sun have such symptoms? The only explanation is that it's not connected to my drugs." He thought.

Yet, it was impossible to clear things out.

Feng Guifang who heard the noises walked out from the backroom, saying in a soft voice, "Sun Ergou, we're neighbors. We can talk about it."

Sun Ergou sneered, "Don't jerk me around! I'm very fair. My father is still in hospital. If you don't pay me a million yuan, I'll make sure that you find yourselves in serious trouble!"

Li Yong's body was shaking, for he was so angry.

"You... you're blackmailing us!"

"Blackmail? Haha, listen up, everyone. My father had a rheumatism attack, yet he's lying in the affiliated hospital after the treatment of this quack. Now, my father will be disabled after the amputation." Sun Ergou shouted on purpose, "Everyone, gather around! My father is suffering at old age. As my father's son, I'm obliged to bring justice to my father."