Embers of Sword

Chapter 371: Kindness (Part )

"Humph……"

Although Chu Guo's complexion improved a lot after this flattery, his tone did not change much, and was still a little stiff: "Thank you, hero, you'd better not thank me. No merit, no reward... To be honest, your waking up has nothing to do with the medicine I brewed!"

This man named Xie was carried to the village on the first day, covered in blood.

Looks like he's about to die!

On the second day, the blood dried and the wound scabbed over.

On the third day, he woke up straight away, with all the scabs falling off his body and all the wounds gone!
What kind of magic prescription is needed to achieve this?
Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "According to what you said, do I not need to take the next dose of medicine?"

"That won't work-"

Chu Guo's eyes widened and he said unhappily, "Even if you don't consider yourself, you have to consider your nephew and sister. My medicine is more or less effective!"

Hearing this, Xie Xuanyi felt somewhat relieved.

This kid grew up in Liguo for ten years and learned a lot of medical skills. Besides that, he also has a "kind heart".

"But this village is more peaceful than I thought."

Xie Xuanyi knocked on the wheelchair handle and asked softly, "It's so chaotic outside, is there no one in the village fighting over this porridge?"

It was a year of great famine in Yuanzhou.

Wherever the delegation traveled, they saw gnawed bones everywhere.

In the wilderness of Yuanzhou, cannibalism is still common.

For a bite of food, it is not uncommon to fight to the death.

"Some time ago, there was..."

Chu Guo thought for a moment and said slowly, "There was a starving father and son who drank the porridge and refused to leave. They insisted on stealing other people's food and broke a poor woman's head..."

Deng Baiyi asked: "What happened next?"

Chu Guo looked outside the village and said calmly, "Later, their legs were broken and they were driven out of Taoyuan."

"The great monk 'Facheng' of Yuanguang Temple is an outer disciple who once received enlightenment and teachings from Fanyin Temple."

Chu Guo said in a deep voice: "There is a formation near this 'Taoyuan'. If you break the rules, you will be expelled from here. If you want to get porridge here, you have to work. Those who get it without working will be expelled. Those who hurt others with malicious intent will also be expelled."

In most cases, rules can only restrain moral people.

For starving people, as long as they can have enough food, what does morality matter?
At times like this, the rules no longer apply.

There needs to be severe punishment for them!

"…Broken his legs and expelled from the village?"

Miyun murmured subconsciously.

He knew that if he was expelled with a broken leg, he would most likely starve to death.

"how?"

Chu Guo glanced at the little guy and said faintly: "Do you think this is wrong?"

Miyun opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Grew up in Fanyin Temple.

All along, Master has told himself that when you are out, you should be compassionate and saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.

The rules of Taoyuan expelling people seem to be inconsistent with the master's teachings.

The little guy could only smile bitterly.

Is the great monk Facheng, who established this rule, really a disciple of Fanyin Temple?

"The world is unfair, and the laws are corrupt."

Chu Guo lowered his eyes and said, "If you want to spend the effort to save people, you should save those who are worth saving. That father and son can break the poor woman's head for a bowl of porridge today, and they can kill a living person for a bag of rice tomorrow... If they are not severely punished, how many people will fight for porridge tomorrow? How long can Taoyuan Village last?"

"……you're right."

Miyun thought for a long time and spoke weakly.

indeed.

During this mission, Uncle Miaozhen often told himself that Master's "Tao" was too weak and too kind.

When doing things in Buddhism, one cannot just have a heart of a bodhisattva.

And we need drastic measures!
Saving one person is saving, saving tens of millions of people is also saving.

There is no big or small Tao, but there is big or small Tao in saving the world and saving people.

"Without rules, there will be no order. The more chaotic the world is, the more we need to establish clear rules."

Chu Guo said with regret: "It's a pity... Yuanzhou has been in tatters for many years. I don't know if there will be anyone in the future who can establish convincing 'rules'..."

Xie Xuanyi looked at Chu Guo silently.

These words made him start to re-examine this little guy.

Although he has a kind heart, he is not foolishly kind.

This is rare.

"Doctor Xiao Chu..."

At this moment, a soft and weak voice sounded.

In the distance, a tall and thin young woman came forward holding a stack of neatly folded coarse linen shirts. The woman had a pale face and thin body, with a white cloth wrapped around her forehead.

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes.

If I'm not mistaken, this is the poor woman whose head was broken a while ago?
"Doctor Zheng, Doctor Xiaochu, thank you for your treatment."

The poor woman's voice was hoarse and full of gratitude: "This is the thick cloth shirt that Wan'er knitted in advance. You can wear it to keep warm this winter. Please don't despise it, and please accept it."

"It's still early for winter, so there's no rush."

Chu Guo shook his head and did not accept the shirt. He stared at the woman's face and asked seriously, "Have you been decocting medicine on time these days? Do you still have a headache?"

"I've been taking medicine on time these days and I haven't had a headache anymore." The woman said respectfully in a low voice.

"You can be considered to have both good and bad luck."

Chu Guo said softly: "You don't need to know the reason, you just need to know that the disaster a while ago just happened to cure your headache that you had for many years... Take good care of yourself, and you will be relieved in half a year at most."

"Is it true?"

The woman couldn't hide her smile when she heard this, and said, "Doctor Zheng, you really taught a good disciple..."

Lao Zheng had no time to respond.

The woman then placed the shirt on Lao Zheng's knees and left happily.

"The sea of spirits has been blocked for years. Once it ruptured, the blood flowed out, so the pain was relieved. It was a blessing in disguise."

Looking at the woman's departing back, Xie Xuanyi suddenly spoke.

"Not bad...you also know medical skills?"

Chu Guo and Lao Zheng both looked towards Xie Xuanyi.

"Know a little bit."

Xie Xuanyi stretched out two fingers and rubbed them gently. He had indeed read some about the mundane medical skills in the Taoist Canon of Lotus Peak.

He could only roughly recognize the medicinal herbs commonly used among folk customs.

As for those "magic treasures" that only practitioners can use, I actually know them all.

However, for Xie Xuanyi, who has cultivated to the Yin Shen realm, diagnosing illnesses and taking pulses as ordinary people usually do is not a difficult task.

No need to help at all.

It only took him a moment to find out the "cause" of the woman's illness.

For some unknown reason, this poor woman had a small blood tumor in her head.

The "blood disaster" a while ago caused the hematoma to burst and no longer take shape.

This is what Chu Guo meant by "blessings and misfortunes go hand in hand."

But he wasn't right.

This is not really a blessing in disguise.

The blood tumor broke into pieces, and it looked like the blood clot had been dissolved, but in fact the blood tumor fragments were still there... The headache would not go away for a few years and would become worse. If there was no panacea, the woman would not live long.

"This is a miserable person. I heard that she came to Taoyuan with her child. The child could not be saved, and she was left alone."

Old Zheng sighed, unable to bear accepting the thick cloth shirt, and said softly: "Most of the unfortunate people in this world are destined to have no blessings in this life. They finally came to a place to settle down, but encountered a craniotomy disaster. The 'prescription' I asked Xiao Chu to write contains herbal painkillers. I hope she won't be troubled by headaches in the next few years." "...I see."

Xie Xuanyi sighed silently. He finally understood why this poor woman had a headache.

My own flesh and blood died in my arms.

How many parents in the world can endure such pain?

It turned out that the two doctors had already seen the fate of this poor woman.

But these days, headaches are nothing.
If one can live to the point where the “head disease” breaks out, it can be considered a natural death.

"There are currently 143 people in Taoyuan Village. Except for a few monks from Yuanguang Temple, almost everyone has a disease."

Old Zheng raised his head and whispered, "In the past few days, the rebellion has broken out and more and more people are fleeing. Xiao Chu and I are already too busy to handle it... If we want to thank you, hero..."

"Just call me Xiaoxie."

Xie Xuanyi took the initiative to lower his attitude. He had never had such an experience when he traveled to Li Country in his previous life. He also didn't know that the people's livelihood in Yuanzhou had reached such a miserable state.

"If Mr. Xie is willing, you may lend us a helping hand."

Old Zheng smiled and said in a gentle voice: "Here, the most respected people are the 'doctors'. In addition to porridge every day, we also have meat and eggs to eat."

"Sister, what do you think?"

Xie Xuanyi raised his head and looked at Deng Baiyi.

"I?"

Deng Baiyi blinked.

Of course, she understood what Xie Zhen meant, and said slowly: "It would be great to be able to stay here..."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "In that case, let's stay here for a few days."

Deng Baiyi hummed softly.

In fact, she didn't quite understand why Xie Zhen made such a choice.

She knew that Xie Zhen had already reached the state of "bigu", and no longer needed to eat. He only needed to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to maintain his physical condition.

Of course it’s not for the food.

So, it is to "save people"?
This is even more ridiculous.

Since Xie Zhen woke up in Yuzhu Town, Deng Baiyi has been following him, and the two have experienced many twists and turns...

She knew it.

This young man in black is an absolute killer.

In Beihailing, Xie Zhen alone killed all the evil cultivators from Southern Xinjiang who were recruited by King Youhai!
Besides.

The Da Chu Dynasty went north to hunt, and Xie Zhen killed countless demon cultivators and enemies in the Dayue Kingdom!

A killer with blood on his hands suddenly changed his nature and wanted to practice medicine to save lives?

Deng Baiyi really couldn't understand it.

but.

But she could really feel the change in Xie Zhen's temperament...When they first met in Yuzhu Town, Xie Zhen was full of cold murderous intent, with a cold aura that kept strangers away, as if if you approached him or said a few more words, you would be ruthlessly killed.

later.

As the two of them got along better, Xie Zhen's coldness gradually faded away.

Deng Baiyi gradually saw clearly.

Although Xie Zhen is a killer, he also has a kind heart. Bei Hailing went on a killing spree in order to save the 100,000 lives of Lichao City.

Killing is to protect life.

Is this a bad guy or a good guy?
"Are you going to practice the 'Principle of Life' here?"

Deng Baiyi silently sent a message.

She probably guessed the reason why Xie Zhen made such a choice. When the delegation was on the journey, Xie Zhen had asked in distress how to cultivate the "Way of Life" to perfection. The answer given by Junshan Zhenren was "saving people."

Now, this Peach Blossom Land is an excellent place for spiritual practice.

"You may not believe it..."

Xie Xuanyi laughed at himself and said in a voice transmission: "This time, I did have good intentions. It has nothing to do with the practice of the 'Dao of Life'. I just wanted to try and see if I could 'save' more people."

An accident and the law of cause and effect brought him here.

He saw this paradise.

I also saw these poor people struggling in troubled times.

In his previous life, Xie Xuanyi practiced the way of destruction. He had never seen such a world, nor did he have the opportunity to "rescue".

Draw the sword and kill.

Slay demons and eliminate monsters.

Xie Xuanyi rushed around the four regions, busy killing his enemies.

In this life, he fell into the mud and saw the true side of the mortal world.

Xie Xuanyi knew it very well.

The practice of the Way of Life will not be complete by saving these people.

But so what?

Once a thought arises, just let it go.

……

……

In the following days, two distinctive figures in wheelchairs appeared under the shade of the trees in Taoyuan.

Xie Xuanyi and Chu Guo's master Zheng Fengsheng set up a table in the small village and took people's pulses, prescribed medicine, and treated illnesses.

Zheng Fengsheng was indeed a very capable doctor. He was very accurate in taking pulses and curing diseases with his medicine.

only……

Xie Xuanyi didn't even need to have his pulse taken.

Helping is just for show.

His divine sense could easily sweep out and he could see the other person's "symptoms". As for treatment, it was even simpler. There was no need to prescribe medicine or treat the disease. He only needed to separate an extremely tiny strand of the Way of Life, and the pain of worldly illness would be suppressed immediately.

After a few days, Zheng Fengsheng's "business" decreased a lot, and Xie Xuanyi's table was almost full of people.

Taoyuan has spread.

The new "Dr. Xie" has the ability of a fairy master and has practiced extraordinary skills. When you see a patient with him, you only need to gently touch the pulse and you can feel a warm current flowing through the body. No matter how painful the disease is, it will be immediately relieved...

The news spread like wildfire, and people came in droves to try it out.

Everyone left with joy.

Zheng Fengsheng couldn't help but feel delighted when he saw this scene. He didn't expect that Mr. Xie was so humble. When he said "I understand a little bit", he actually understood to this extent!
Doctors have kind hearts. If there are really no patients in this paradise, he would be very happy even if his skills as a doctor are no longer useful.

But a few days later.

Zheng Fengsheng did not have the "complete leisure" he had imagined, but became even busier.

There were two small tables, and the number of people queuing became almost the same.

Very simple.

All "patients" who have seen Xie Xuanyi have to go to Zheng Fengsheng to get medicine and prescriptions.

It’s not that Xie Xuanyi is unwilling to use the “Law of Life” to cure these people.

on the one hand.

His own "law of life" cannot replace the Fountain of Immortality, which can directly bring the dead back to life and turn flesh into bones.

on the other hand.

Some of these poor people suffer from multiple illnesses.

Even the Law of Life can only alleviate the pain. It is impossible to cure it completely.

……

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(PS: No nonsense, these are all necessary plots. Please be patient, there will be more tomorrow.)
(End of this chapter)