The Transmigrated Pharmacist’s Counterattack

Lin Family, Fragrant Viridian Garden

“Little Miss, Eldest Madam, the person sent to inquire about the Pei Family has returned.”

“Quickly, let him in!” Lin Ying immediately sprang to her feet, staring at the person who came in from outside with agitation and impatience, “Speak quickly! Has Lin Yi already consummated with Big Brother Pei?!”

“What’s the hurry?! Sit down!” With dissatisfaction, Shao-shi spoke up behind her.

Lin Yi was unwilling, but seeing the unhappy look on Shao-shi’s face, she could only grit her teeth and sit down, still staring rigidly at the visitor.

The visitor hurriedly replied, “Ever since Lin Yi entered the Pei Residence, he has been staying in Heaven’s Query Courtyard and has not come out. There is no way to determine whether Young Master Yi and Pei Xuanqing have consummated.”

“What?! Why is Lin Yi, that trash, staying in Heaven’s Query Courtyard?!” Lin Ying immediately rained down curses the moment she heard, “What is the Pei Family thinking?! Why are they forcing Big Brother Pei to keep that trash Lin Yi in Heaven’s Query Courtyard?! It’s not like he’s really marrying over to be a great Young Madam; he’s only a tool to cure Big Brother Pei’s illness! What kind of place is Heaven’s Query Courtyard, and how dare he actually live in it?! No, that trash must have played some kind of trick!”

“This matter……I heard it was Eldest Young Master Pei’s intention. After Lin Yi entered the Pei Family, not only did Eldest Young Master Pei allow him to live in Heaven’s Query Courtyard, but he also took him to pay respects to Patriarch Pei.”

“Impossible!”

“This matter has been spread throughout the Pei Family. This subordinate dares not lie.”

Lin Ying’s expression was unsightly, and while Shao-shi’s brows wrinkled, she was calmer than Lin Ying. After thinking for a moment, she said, “Perhaps it’s for the sake of convenience. After all, the real reason Lin Yi married into the Pei Family is still known to only a few people. The Pei Family has always cared about reputation; how could they show such a thing under the sun? As for paying respects to Patriarch Pei, it’s also superficial, with no other meaning. I ask you, has the Pei Family already started giving Lin Yi medicine? Have they already begun to treat Pei Xuanqing’s legs?”

The visitor replied, “Answering Eldest Madam, this subordinate is still unable to investigate this point. No outsiders are allowed to enter Heaven’s Query Courtyard, and the Pei Family’s servants I have bribed dare not approach. However, during the first few days of marriage, Eldest Young Master Pei was busy with business outside, often returning to the Pei Residence very late. But these last two days, Young Master Pei hasn’t come out often……”

Lin Ying’s brain was about to explode as she thought of why Pei Xuanqing might not have left, her eyes turning red with anger. When the subordinate left, she immediately turned to Shao-shi for confirmation, “Mother, is it true that that piece of trash really won’t live for more than a year?”

Shao-shi said, “Of course, Lin Yi is just an ordinary person; his body simply can’t bear such heavy medicinal power. When has Mother ever lied to you about what she’s said?”

“Then what if the Pei Family allowed Lin Yi to awaken his spiritual element in order to keep him alive longer?” Lin Ying asked anxiously.

Shao-shi let out a cold snort, “I don’t believe the Pei Family is so kind as to allow a Human Furnace to awaken their spiritual element. Besides, whether Lin Yi can awaken it or not is another matter. When he initially became blind, the Patriarch personally tested his root bones and found that his chances of awakening his spiritual element were slim and that he was born with an Extreme Yin physique, which, in fact, made him not at all suitable to be a pharmacist, and that’s why they gave up on giving him medical treatment for his eyes. Otherwise, why would he still be blind up until now?”

Upon hearing this, Lin Ying’s complexion slightly improved.

……

Pei Family, Heaven’s Query Courtyard

The spiritual energy in the sky above and surrounding Heaven’s Query Courtyard seemed suddenly attracted by something, all rushing toward the same location.

Lin Yi felt as if all the orifices and acupoints on his body had been opened, and a stream of spiritual energy from the outside world had been absorbed into his body. He couldn’t see it, but he could feel the floating sensation of the spiritual energy enveloping him as if he were sitting high above the clouds.

The spiritual energy that entered his body transformed into spiritual power and began to wash over his meridians, feeling completely different from the spiritual power absorbed from the tonic soup.

Although the spiritual power in the tonic soup was warm and relieved his body’s fatigue, it was mostly absorbed by the Pharmacopoeia in his mind, and the amount of spiritual power that remained in his body was close to nothing.

But the spiritual energy that came from the outside world was different. It was within reach and could truly be used by him. The spiritual power flowing through his meridians not only flushed his meridians repeatedly, but the spiritual power in these meridians also simultaneously counteracted his physical body, expelling some completely unnecessary waste from his body. Some severe ailments that he may not have noticed were also cured by this power that penetrated his entire body.

Throughout the whole process, Lin Yi was caught up in a marvelous state that seemed to concentrate and detach him. He could feel his entire body changing, noticing the feeling of spiritual power converging into his dantian and gradually settling at the bottom of it. His dantian constantly devoured the spiritual power in a joyous manner, like a thirsty traveler trapped in a long drought, finally coming across sweet dew.

“Wu……”

But this floating enjoyment was soon interrupted, swelling pain spreading through his entire body’s meridians. The spiritual energy continued to pour into his body, still turning into spiritual power that repeatedly washed over his meridians. Except, his current meridians were both thin and weak, and some places were still clogged with some debris……His meridians from head to toe were now encountering a great test.

Not only was it painful, itchy, and aching, but he could also feel the chilling sensation of his own meridians being deconstructed and reconstructed inch by inch.

Compared to the pain of when the Spiritual Enlightening Water broke through the barrier, the pain now spread all over his entire body, making him unable to even maintain the position of sitting cross-legged. If it weren’t for the fact that he was leaning on Pei Xuanqing’s leg, he wouldn’t even be able to remain sitting down.

“This is the second step. You must endure.” Pei Xuanqing’s firm voice once again rang in his ears.

Lin Yi vaguely heard and responded with cold sweat dripping down his face. He didn’t actually know what he’d responded with, let alone whether Pei Xuanqing had heard.

He also didn’t know that his whole body was emitting a seemingly non-existent chill. The frost energy transformed from these chills was covered by the spiritual energy that enveloped his entire body, and no one else noticed except for Pei Xuanqing, who he was leaning against.

Pei Xuanqing furrowed his long brows upon noticing, a look of doubt and worry surfacing in his eyes.

This threading chill invaded Pei Xuanqing’s body, but he remained motionless as Lin Yi leaned against his legs.

Suddenly, Pei Xuanqing felt a fluctuation of spiritual power from within his dantian and felt the chill invading his body being wholly dispersed.

……This was the first time after so many years that Pei Xuanqing had felt the existence of spiritual power still in his body.

As a result, there was even more conviction about what Lin Yi had said about the situation within his dantian.