Chapter 438 (1): The Heart Flows Down Like Water
The Major Cold solar term arrived, and the entirety of Bamboo Scroll Lake had well and truly been caught in the clutches of winter.
Gu Can was unconscious for three days and three nights, and Chen Ping'an would sit at his bedside for some time each day, inhaling the strong medicinal aroma in the air.
It was just like when Gu Can and Tan Xue previously went to visit him and sunbathe outside his room at the entrance of the island.
During his visits, he would occasionally reach out to check Gu Can's pulse. As the saying went, a chronic patient could count as half a doctor, and due to his own ailments, Chen Ping'an had become decently proficient at examining the condition of others, particularly when it came to injuries.
The vial of pills that Liu Zhimao had instructed Tian Hujun to bring to the Spring Courtyard Mansion had worked exceptionally well, and there was a very good chance that they had been refined by a pill refinement master of a similar caliber to Lu Yong of the Azure Tiger Palace.
On this day, Gu Can finally woke up, and he immediately cracked a grin at the sight of Chen Ping'an seated on the chair by his bedside. Content in the knowledge that Chen Ping'an had stayed, he quickly fell asleep again, and his breathing was far steadier than before.
Following Chen Ping'an's departure from the Spring Courtyard Mansion, Gu Can's mother hesitated momentarily, then instructed a Dragon Gate Tier steward of the mansion to go to Liu Zhimao and inform him that she had something she wished to discuss with him.
She sat down at Gu Can's beside, gently holding onto his hand, which was still quite hot, and tears began to well up in her eyes.
After a long, dazed silence, she heaved a faint sigh.
Thankfully, the worst was already behind Gu Can. It was just a pity that he had missed three days of the meticulously crafted immortal meals of the Spring Courtyard Mansion.
There were many nuances that had to be considered in the food that cultivators consumed, and the Medicinists were the main contributors to this field of theory. Food was integral to the average person, just as it could be used as a tool to advance a Qi refiner's cultivation.