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Chapter 21 - Peculiar Circumstances
In his previous life on Earth, Su Mu had heard that some people would consult a fortune teller to pick an auspicious day for childbirth. Unexpectedly, in this world, doctors also practiced such customs before surgeries, and they even did their own calculations.
Perhaps noticing his surprise, or maybe just as a routine explanation, Alchemist Ling shared the reason behind it.
It turned out that the calculations were based on the fluctuations of spiritual qi between heaven and earth, the patterns of the flow of qi and blood within Su Ye's body, and finding the optimal point of harmony between these patterns and the formation. From these, the best time for surgery was deduced.
After all, the marrow washing and blood exchange surgery was not like any other; it required the aid of formations and spiritual qi to be completed.
Once Alchemist Ling and Doctor Ma had finished giving their instructions, they left the hospital room.
Su Mu didn't go anywhere else; he stayed in the hospital room, by his sister's side.
After 10 p.m., Liu Peng, who had just finished his evening self-study, brought a bag of fruit to the hospital to visit little Su Ye. Since it was quite late, Su Mu didn't let him stay long. After a brief chat, he sent him off, urging him to focus on his qi-feeding cultivation to prepare for the cultivation examination.
After Liu Peng left, Su Mu and his sister Su Ye completed their qi-feeding cultivation for the night in the hospital room.
Their method of cultivation was unusual, but it did not arouse suspicion from others; they were assumed to be meditating.
The night passed without incident, and soon it was the next day.
Not long after Su Mu and Su Ye had completed their morning cultivation, the staff from the operating room entered with a stretcher.
Following the instructions, Su Ye lay down on the stretcher and was wheeled into the operating room.
Su Mu was not allowed to enter, so he could only wait outside. Soon, he felt fluctuations of spiritual qi from within the operating room, sometimes violent, sometimes gentle, constantly changing. This made him feel anxious and tense.
Fortunately, nothing melodramatic occurred.
A little over two hours later, the spiritual qi fluctuations inside the operating room stabilized.
After another half hour, Su Ye was wheeled out of the operating room, accompanied by Alchemist Ling.
Su Mu approached them immediately.
On the stretcher, Su Ye had her eyes open, and although her face was pale, the sickly look was gone, which brought joy to Su Mu's heart. He quickly asked, "Alchemist Ling, was the surgery successful?"
Alchemist Ling replied, "The surgery was fairly successful. The pathological cells inside Su Ye have been effectively controlled. However, her physical constitution is different from ordinary people. Despite the marrow washing and blood exchange surgery, her righteous qi is still deficient and has not improved much, but fortunately, this does not affect the healing process of her condition. A deficiency in righteous qi can weaken the body, making it more susceptible to external evils and other diseases. Therefore, she needs to consume more tonics or spiritual cuisine to replenish her righteous qi. I will prescribe some medicine for her, take it and brew it for her to drink."
"Alright, thank you, Alchemist Ling," Su Mu nodded in response.
Although there were some minor flaws, as long as his sister's condition was under control and improving, that was the best news.
As for the deficiency of righteous qi, it could be replenished over time. Moreover, his sister was practicing the Qi Cultivation Technique, which could also invigorate the righteous qi and strengthen the body.
Marrow washing and blood exchange surgery is different from normal operations; there is no need for hospitalization for follow-up treatment or observation afterwards. So, after Su Ye was pushed back to the ward, Su Mu let her rest while he busily went about completing the discharge procedures and also received the tonifying medicine that Alchemist Ling had prescribed.
This time, although he obtained the medicinal materials and the prescription, it did not trigger the pay-to-win cheat.
He had only received an incomplete formula for the qi refining pill and that triggered the pay-to-win cheat, but this complete prescription did not, indicating only one thing: the prescription given by Alchemist Ling was not for a spiritual pill, but just an ordinary herbal formula.
And that made sense.
Most spiritual pills are not suitable for ordinary people to consume. Even the small number that are suitable would likely be too strong for Su Ye given her current physical condition.
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You can't replenish what is deficient!
Only by nurturing Su Ye's body with ordinary medicine could they consider using spiritual pills.
Alternatively, it would be if Little Ye could succeed in foundation building and officially enter spiritual practice.
However, foundation building is such a matter that even Su Mu had yet to glimpse the threshold, let alone Su Ye, who had only started cultivating recently.
Before leaving the hospital, Su Mu took his sister to the doctors' office to express their gratitude to Doctor Ma and Alchemist Ling.
When they arrived, they discovered that Alchemist Ling was not there.
"Alchemist Ling, along with several other alchemists and experts from the Capital City, have gone to a meeting," explained Doctor Ma. After listening to the gratitude of Su Mu and Su Ye, he smiled and waved his hand, "No need to thank me. Go home and take good care of yourselves. If there are any problems or anything you want to consult about, you can call me anytime."
"Thank you, Doctor Ma," the siblings thanked him again, and seeing that the doctor had other patients, they did not want to disturb him further and took their leave.
Once home, Su Mu immediately started brewing the medicine for his sister, and the room was once again filled with the scent of herbal medicine.
In the following days, Su Mu did not go to school, instead taking care of his sister at home every day. Of course, he did not neglect his own cultivation practice.
During these days, his sister's physical condition was peculiar.
Her leukemia was clearly under control, with symptoms such as fever and bone pain significantly reduced or even disappearing. The hair that had fallen out due to chemotherapy was also growing back, though still short, looking like a buzz cut, which was quite stylish.
However, her deficiency of righteous qi had not improved much and was even worsening, showing symptoms like a pale complexion, shortness of breath, fatigue, low and weak voice, and lack of energy.
Logically, worsening deficiency of righteous qi should affect the recovery of her condition. But Su Ye's situation was peculiar; her deficiency of righteous qi seemed to have no connection to the changes in her condition.
Su Mu consulted Doctor Ma and even asked Alchemist Ling, but unfortunately, he couldn't get an answer, only suggestions to keep observing...
In the blink of an eye, there were only three days left until the cultivation examination.
The school had also started the holiday from today.
On one hand, they needed to set up the examination venue, and on the other hand, they wanted to give enough time for those who had applied to cultivation universities in other provinces to get there in advance.
For instance, Liu Peng, who was going to Guizhou Province for the examination.
Before setting off for Guizhou Province, Liu Peng made a special trip to Su Mu's place to invite him and his sister for a meal as a token of gratitude for Su Mu helping him make money, and also to prepare for the upcoming examination for cultivation.
Liu Peng said, "Amu, the Da Fu Rong Restaurant has invited a master of alchemical cuisine who specializes in preparing spiritual cuisine for the imminent cultivation examination. It's said that after eating their spiritual cuisine, not only can you maintain a good state during the spiritual qi assessment, but you can also achieve miraculous effects in the subsequent specialized subject examination! I've been scrambling on the app for a reservation these past few days, and I finally managed to snatch one. Tonight, I'm treating you guys to chicken, hoping for a good omen to bring us luck!"
"Spiritual cuisine?" Su Mu thought of his sister's condition and asked, "Can someone with a deficiency of righteous qi eat it?"
If his sister couldn't eat it, he had no interest in going. He couldn't just leave his sister at home alone while he went out to enjoy himself, could he?
"I'm not sure about that. Should I make a call and ask?"
After getting Su Mu's nod, Liu Peng pulled out his phone and called the Da Fu Rong Hotel to inquire about this matter.
A few minutes later, he hung up the phone and said, "They told me that the spiritual cuisine they're offering for the cultivation examination is a masterpiece by a well-known alchemical cuisine expert. It's designed with all aspects in mind, so it's safe for consumption even by those with a weakened condition, and it also has the effect of invigorating the righteous qi..."
"Oh?" Su Mu's interest was piqued.
These past days, he had tried everything to replenish his sister's righteous qi, but to no great effect.
Could this spiritual cuisine possibly bring them a pleasant surprise?