A four-year-old medical prodigy descended to the mortal realm, and the entire capital sought her tre

With Zhao Jinzhong's guidance, An Nan quickly made a breakthrough.

An Nan: "Thank you, Young General. I've got it."

Zhao Jinzhong: "Good, An Nan is very smart!"

The next second, "Ouch!" Zhou Ruo fell to the ground.

Upon hearing the sound, Zhao Jinzhong and An Nan ran over one after the other.

Zhao Jinzhong helped Zhou Ruo up and checked her for injuries.

An Chang, however, burst into laughter, clutching her stomach. "You guys didn't see it just now, Ruoruo... she's so cute... hahaha!"

Zhou Ruo saw that Zhao Jinzhong and An Nan's movements were very good and tried to imitate them.

However, his hands and feet wouldn't obey him. After learning only a few moves, his two short legs got tangled together, and he fell down.

An Chang had been watching Zhou Ruo's actions closely, and now he couldn't stop laughing.

"Ruo Ruo, are you alright?" Zhao Jinzhong asked with concern.

"Phew~" Zhou Ruo let out a long breath, feeling a little emotional:

"Brother, you all do those moves so well, but I just can't learn them..."

In her previous life, she could fly on a sword, but now she can't even do a few turns properly.

This was the first time Zhao Jinzhong had seen Zhou Ruo so competitive, and he comforted him:

"These things all require practice. Besides, everyone has their strengths. If Ruoruo knows how to do acupuncture, we don't, right?"

"Hehe, that makes sense!" Zhou Ruo's negative emotions dissipated quickly. "Then I'll go give Grandma acupuncture."

Zhao Jinzhong and An Chang followed Zhou Ruo toward the Empress Dowager's courtyard.

Seeing that everyone was going to her grandmother's yard, An Nan decided to take a break and followed along.

Upon arriving at the Dowager Consort's main room, Zhou Ruo was about to call out "Grandmother" when Granny Li gestured to her to speak softly.

It turned out that the Imperial Concubine was chanting sutras in the Buddhist hall.

Granny Li told them that the Dowager Consort recited scriptures for two hours every day, and they would have to wait another half hour before it ended.

"Young Master, Young General, and the two young ladies, why don't you go play in the courtyard for a while?"

An Nan thought it was perfect, and she politely asked Zhao Jinzhong, "Young General, could you teach me that set of boxing techniques again?"

"Okay." Zhao Jinzhong was very happy to agree.

Zhou Ruo followed them out. As they passed behind the screen facing the entrance of the Buddhist hall, Zhou Ruo heard the Empress Dowager chanting sutras.

The Dowager's voice was devout and ethereal, and Zhou Ruo felt an invisible energy washing over her.

"Amitabha, Grandmother's merits are immeasurable!" Zhou Ruo blurted out these words unconsciously.

When An Chang and Zhao Jinzhong heard Zhou Ruo mutter this sentence, they found her cute and funny, but they were also a little surprised.

Zhou Ruo had absorbed these teachings from listening to Ji Ping chant scriptures so many times in her room.

She could vaguely sense that her grandmother's merits were probably much deeper than she thought.

Half an hour later, Zhou Ruo and the others returned to the Empress Dowager's room.

By this time, the Empress Dowager had finished reciting the sutra.

When Zhou Ruo saw the Empress Dowager, she noticed that she was surrounded by a golden light, full of energy.

Perhaps it was this very energy that allowed the Dowager Consort to withstand the erosion of the spirit insects for so long.

"Grandmother!" Zhou Ruohuan ran over happily and threw herself into the Dowager's arms.

She loved the energy emanating from her grandmother; it was warm, reassuring, and comforting.

The Dowager Princess hugged her and gently patted her back, saying, "The children are all here!"

An Chang and An Nan stared in disbelief at the intimate interaction between Zhou Ruo and her grandmother.

Neither of the siblings had ever hugged their grandmother like Zhou Ruo had; Zhou Ruo looked more like their grandmother's biological granddaughter.

Zhao Jinzhong was born without ever seeing his grandmother, let alone feeling the warmth of her embrace.

Seeing the warm and loving scene between Zhou Ruo and the Empress Dowager, he felt envious.

"Grandmother, Grandmother, please let me see." Zhou Ruo left the Empress Dowager's embrace, keeping a distance of half a meter between them.

Zhou Ruo mobilized the power of spiritual energy, hoping to sense the origin of the spiritual insects on the Empress Dowager's body.

However, the golden light surrounding the Empress Dowager's body, along with her struggle against the spirit insects, prevented Zhou Ruo from seeing clearly.

Zhou Ruo placed her small hand on the Empress Dowager's belly and tried to sense it. Although it was clearer than before, she still couldn't see it completely.

So Zhou Ruo took out a silver needle and pierced it directly into the spot of a large spirit insect.

The moment the silver needle tip touched the poisonous gas of the spirit insect, countless images surged through Zhou Ruo's mind.

Hundreds of herbs flashed through her mind, and the process of grinding, roasting, boiling, and refining herbs surged through her mind like waves.

Dizziness......

Her small body swayed uncontrollably, and the Empress Dowager steadied her.

"Child, don't rush, you can take your time. Your grandmother can wait." The Dowager Consort began to feel sorry for Zhou Ruo again.

After looking through everything, Zhou Ruo didn't find anything special.

I just feel that the person who refined this pill was too willing to spend so much money.

In my previous life, I don't know how many spirit stones it would have cost to refine elixirs using so many herbs.

I really don't know what the alchemist was thinking.

Zhou Ruo reluctantly reviewed the things in her mind one more time.

The conclusion she reached from observing the elixirs at the Duke's mansion was not much different from her own. She still believed that only two kinds of herbs, Immortal Seeking Grass and Jade Nether Candle, could cure the condition.

However, during this period of time, she searched through the alchemical texts but could not find any medicine in the mortal world that could replace these two medicines.

Zhou Ruo refused to believe in superstitions, and she decided to confront these spirit insects head-on.

For the third time, Zhou Ruo carefully reviewed all the herbs used to make the elixir.

......

"Huh? What's this?" Zhou Ruo discovered something that looked like pebbles scattered among the herbs.

Is this something unique to the mortal realm? How come she's never seen it before?

Left with no other choice, Zhou Ruo took the stone-like shape to the alchemical book to find the corresponding information.

Persistence pays off. When she was feeling dizzy and lightheaded, she finally found the trace of this medicine in thousands of books on alchemy.

"Basalt!"

Don't be fooled by the small size of these stone-shaped objects; they are extremely cold.

No wonder the larvae of those spirit insects can grow so fat; they're all being fattened up by the cold energy of this basalt stone.

She used fiery silver needles, which could help, but not significantly.

Zhou Ruo had never seen basalt in the cultivation world before.

Does that mean there must be something in the mortal world that can counteract such extreme cold?

Zhou Ruoyin vaguely remembered that she had seen a medicine mentioned in a book of alchemy that could treat extremely cold things.

Following this line of thought, she went to look for the alchemical texts.

Zhou Ruo sighed inwardly, thinking that with so many books, it would probably take hundreds of readings to clearly remember the contents of each one!

Look for it, look slowly, look carefully...

found it!

"Vermilion Bird Grass!"

Why didn't she think of the Vermilion Bird and the Black Tortoise sooner?

Zhou Ru patted her head, "How silly!"

However, according to the alchemical texts, Vermilion Bird Grass is a medicinal herb with extremely strong fiery properties, and its flame-like color makes it very easy to identify.

This herb is extremely difficult for ordinary people to find because it can only grow in extremely hot places.