Chapter 58: Push
Meanwhile, Wei Yuan had finally put the Xuanming Hall sick ward behind him. While washing his wound, the Daoist treating him had used a little too much poison and melted a little too much flesh. Thus, he had to toss in a second dash of Flesh Growing Powder to regrow the lost flesh. However, the second dash of Flesh Growing Powder was still too much, so he was forced to sprinkle some poison again to melt away the extra flesh. If Wei Yuan wasn’t as tough as he was, his injuries would probably be worse than when he initially entered the sick ward.
While the Daoist was panicking, he accidentally revealed that he was only eighteen years old, and that he hadn’t graduated from his studies. He also revealed that the reason he was stuck being an assistant was because he was pretty untalented in the art of healing. However, the hall was constantly short on manpower, and the H-rank sick wards in particular had always lacked a proper healer. Thus, his higher-ups had dispatched him to handle Wei Yuan.
After putting the sick ward behind him, Wei Yuan thought that it was only proper if he paid Bao Yun a visit and thanked her for risking her life to save him. Naturally, he should prepare a gift to properly express his gratitude. There was just a small problem though: he was penniless and did not possess anything of value to offer as a gift. After scouring his whole house for something, anything at all, he finally found a bottle of Vigor Nurturing Pills. Thus, he took it with him and left to visit Bao Yun.
Bao Yun’s courtyard was at least tens of li away from Wei Yuan’s, but he wasn’t willing to pay for a horse carriage. Thus, he ran all the way there. He was a young and healthy lad. He could handle this much.
From the outside, Bao Yun’s courtyard appeared no different from Wei Yuan’s. Both were built against a mountainside and shared the same standardized design. Both houses were two-storey tall with the cultivation chamber directly integrated into the building.
Standing at the entrance, Wei Yuan detected a faint, lingering fragrance that refreshed the mind. He knocked on the gate, and an old servant opened it. When the old servant saw him, he immediately gave him a smile and welcomed him inside.
The moment he set foot inside the courtyard, he immediately noticed a flower tree at the center of the garden. It was a little over a zhang tall and covered in blue, pentagonal leaves. When they rustled, blue dots would fall to the ground like stars. It was the Star Dragon Tree!
Wei Yuan had recognized the tree in one glance. Why? Because it was beyond famous. Its leaf was one of the main ingredients of the Vigor Nurturing Pills, and judging from the size of this tree, it was at least a thousand years old. A single leaf from this tree could probably produce hundreds of bottles of Vigor Nurturing Pills, and every single pill would be of the highest quality. A top-tier Vigor Nurturing Pill was twice as potent as an ordinary one. Thus, it was also twice as expensive. Of course, Wei Yuan had never eaten one before.
Wei Yuan could scarcely imagine how much immortal silver this thousand-year-old tree was worth, but assuming he wasn’t mistaken, it wasn’t planted here for harvesting purposes. It was a faux wall; something to prevent people from seeing into the main hall immediately after entering the courtyard.