Chapter 116: Remember By Heart
Even in his advanced years, he still stood on the front lines of medical care, all to give more people the dawn of life.
However, this great mentor tragically fell victim to a patient’s malicious injury, and her life came to an abrupt end.
Her master was deeply affected by this and chose to live in seclusion in the mountains, leading a life of simplicity.
In such an encounter, he met the young and orphaned Su Yu, whom he raised and to whom he passed on all his lifetime of knowledge.
He often admonished Su Yu that one should live for oneself, not to be obsessed with false fame, and that self-preservation is always the most important, no matter the circumstances.
This teaching deeply influenced Su Yu, shaping her into a being with an independent, strong, and unyielding character.
In the field of medical skills, the master’s instruction for Su Yu was almost harsh; she had to be proficient in identifying various herbs from a young age, mastering everything from the subtle textures to the unique properties of each; and she had to understand the human body’s meridians and acupoints as well as her own blood vessels.
Not only that, but Su Yu could also recite the obscure medical theories and classical works passed down for a thousand years by heart, as if the crystallization of this wisdom had been deeply engraved in her mind.
Most commendable was Su Yu’s devoted study of the tens of thousands of medical records her master had accumulated over decades, containing both the treatment of common ailments and brilliant examples of curing many complex diseases that had confounded countless doctors.
She was like a meticulous scholar, refining and absorbing her master’s lifetime work, turning it into the foundation of her own medical skills.
Faced with various diseases, to Su Yu, it was no more difficult than picking a leaf at random in daily life.