Chapter 2 - Receiving the Legacy

Chen Yang’s warm palms glided back and forth on Wang Hong’s pristine white skin, which was so smooth and tender that the sensation was simply too wonderful.

That delightful feeling made Chen Yang involuntarily apply more strength to his touch.

As the pressure increased, Wang Hong also slowly began to sink into it, enjoying Chen Yang’s massage.

The massage techniques of Chen Yang were so comfortable that, even when he pressed on some sensitive areas, Wang Hong’s face started to show a blush, and she would emit some low, enticing moans.

This greatly satisfied the anticipation she originally held in her heart.

The process continued for about half an hour before Chen Yang, feeling a soreness in his hands, reluctantly stopped.

“Aunt Wang, that’s about enough for today, make sure to rest up when you get home, keep warm, and come back in a couple of days for another session, and you should be all better,” Chen Yang said as he handed Wang Hong her clothes, and also reminded her carefully to stay warm.

When Chen Yang ceased his massage techniques, Wang Hong, with her face flushed, opened her eyes and sat up.

“Got it,” Wang Hong nodded, feeling something wonderful inside.

Although their interaction was only through the touch of fingertips, that sensation felt as if they had engaged in an intimate exchange…

It had been many years since she had felt this way.

“Yang Zi, how much do I owe you?

Aunt Wang will get the money for you,” said Wang Hong, her cheeks reddened, as she looked down to take out her wallet after dressing.

But at that moment, Chen Yang simply waved his hand.

“It was a simple favor, no costs involved, no need for payment.”

“Well…

alright then!

Aunt Wang thanks you,” Wang Hong said, seeing that Chen Yang did not want to take the money, she did not insist.

After thanking him, she left the clinic, swaying her plump hips.

No sooner had she stepped out of the clinic than Wang Hong found herself looking forward to the next massage.

After seeing Aunt Wang off, Chen Yang smiled faintly and then continued back to his rocking chair, preparing to rest a bit.

A half-hour massage had tired him out somewhat.

Nevertheless, that tiredness was a pleasure for Chen Yang, and in his heart, he, too, was looking forward to Aunt Wang’s next visit.

Once Aunt Wang had left, Chen Yang lifted his hand to check the time on his phone and realized it was already three in the afternoon.

This time of day, the villagers would all be working in the fields, so normally no one would come to Chen Yang’s clinic in the afternoon.

“With nothing to do, it’s time to study the ancient tome left behind by Grandpa,” he thought, lying in the rocking chair, casually pulling out a very ancient-looking book from the drawer of the clinic’s countertop.

This book was called the Medicine King’s Classic, left to Chen Yang by his grandfather.

Chen Yang’s grandfather, named Chen Changhe, was a famous Divine Doctor in the nearby area of Liuhe Village decades ago.

No matter the ailment, Grandpa could easily cure it!

And he also had a very profound acupuncture method.

Those treated with his acupuncture could not only be cured of diseases that local doctors couldn’t treat, but their constitutions improved as well!

These effects couldn’t be explained by science, so the local villagers thought of Chen Yang’s grandfather as a Divine Doctor.

But what attracted Chen Yang more than the medical skills was another particular ability of Grandpa’s.

It was as if Grandpa possessed some kind of magic that allowed him to safely enter and leave the nearby Primitive Mountain at will.

Although the mountain had become safer over the years, decades ago it had countless fierce beasts.

In those times, even groups of more than ten strong young men didn’t dare to stay too long deep in the mountains, yet Chen Yang’s grandfather was different.

Each time he went into the mountains, he would stay for several days, and he could bring back many wild beasts, as well as various kinds of herbs.

In Chen Yang’s mischievous youth, his grandfather’s ability to enter and exit the dangerous mountain successfully almost made him a hero in Chen Yang’s eyes!

“Grandpa never went to school, nor did he ever formally apprentice with anyone.

His medical skills and his ability to navigate the mountains all came from studying the Medicine King’s Classic,” Chen Yang flipped through the ancient tome in his hand and recalled the scene when Grandpa initially passed on the Medicine King’s Classic to him.

At Grandpa’s dying moments, he left Chen Yang three things!

The Medicine King’s Classic, a set of silver needles for acupuncture, and a medicine-jar-shaped jade pendant.

Apart from the Medicine King’s Classic and the silver needles, Grandpa told Chen Yang very seriously, in his dying moments, that no matter what, he must keep the jade pendant on him, and even if the sky fell, he must not lose it.

Chen Yang was rather puzzled by Grandpa’s insistence on this matter.

Grandfather wasn’t someone who loved wealth, if the Jade Pendant was just a simple piece of jade, Grandfather definitely wouldn’t have regarded it more highly than the Medicine King’s Scripture!

Therefore, this piece of jade, like a medicine jar, must have something unique about it.

“What’s so special about this Jade Pendant?” As Chen Yang pondered, he picked up the jade hanging in front of his chest again, starting to examine it repeatedly.

But no matter how he looked at it, the piece of jade was just an ordinary piece of jade.

If he had to say there was something strange about it, it would be that the shape of this piece of jade was somewhat peculiar, like a weird medicine jar, and another point was that the quality of the jade was very rough, looking like a defective product.

Chen Yang rotated it back and forth in front of his eyes, trying to see through the jade.

“Ouch!”

As he shook it, Chen Yang accidentally aligned the jade with the sun!

At that moment, a strong light passed through the Jade Pendant and shot directly into Chen Yang’s eyes, causing him a sharp pain, and he cried out in agony.

“My eyes, they hurt so much…

How could such a rough piece of jade let through sunlight?” Chen Yang covered his burned eyes in pain, which felt as if they were on fire.

Chen Yang stood up abruptly, looking for medicine to treat burns, intending to treat his eyes.

But as soon as he stood up, he suddenly felt weak and his mind went blank, and he fainted on the spot.

In his fainting dreams, Chen Yang’s mind surprisingly revealed the Medicine King’s Scripture and the set of silver needles left by his grandfather!

What was recorded in reality as just some odd medical knowledge and bizarre formulas in the Medicine King’s Scripture suddenly became brilliantly luminous in the dream.

It floated in Chen Yang’s mind, flipping through autonomously in a frantic manner, and in the rapid flipping, countless golden characters flew out of the Medicine King’s Scripture and surged into Chen Yang’s mind.

The influx of a huge amount of text caused Chen Yang to feel an excruciating pain.

This pain lasted for an unknown duration, and when Chen Yang woke up again, the sun had already set!

After sleeping for a while and then waking up, Chen Yang’s eyes suddenly weren’t in pain anymore!

What was even more miraculous was that the burned eye seemed to have become even brighter.

Everything around him was so clear in Chen Yang’s eyes!

It seemed that with just a glance, he could directly see through the essence of objects!

Not to mention such changes in his eyes, after Chen Yang got up from the ground, it felt like his constitution had also been enhanced!

His body was filled with endless strength!

This feeling of being filled with strength made Chen Yang feel incredibly refreshed!

“The Medicine King’s Scripture?

Is this the medical heritage left by our ancestor Shen Nong?” Chen Yang temporarily set aside the changes in his body; at that moment, he realized that the golden characters he saw in his dream were engraved in his mind as if carved by a knife and chisel.

His mind contained not only all the medical knowledge from the Medicine King’s Scripture.

But also many miraculous pill formulas, such as the Dragon Tiger Pill that could enhance one’s constitution, the Yang Boosting Pill that could strengthen the body, the Hundred Grass Pill that could detoxify a hundred poisons, and so on…

A large pile of such pills.

Furthermore, Chen Yang, who previously knew nothing about acupuncture, suddenly had numerous acupuncture methods appear in his mind, as well as a clear human acupoint chart!

At this moment, Chen Yang finally understood why Grandfather had repeatedly instructed him to keep the jade safe!

It turned out that within this medicine jar Jade Pendant was hidden the exceptional lineage of the Divine Doctor Shen Nong, who tasted hundreds of herbs!

“I’m so thankful to Grandfather for leaving me such a magical treasure!” An excited Chen Yang brought his hands together in gratitude, silently thanking him in his heart, and then he rushed into the bath with an excited heart.

Originally, Chen Yang just wanted to splash a bucket of cold water over himself to calm his excited emotions.

But after taking off his clothes, Chen Yang discovered that his skin was covered in a thick layer of black mud, emitting a foul stench.

“This must be the impurities expelled as my constitution improved,” Chen Yang thought and made a deduction.

With that thought, Chen Yang drew a bucket of hot water and meticulously cleaned the black mud that had emerged from his body.

Before long, Chen Yang calmed his emotions and, after cleaning the black mud, he returned to the medical hall and continued to lie on the rocking chair, studying the magical formulas recorded in the Medicine King’s Scripture in his mind.

Just as Chen Yang lay down, a little girl with a face full of anxiety and tears suddenly ran into Chen Yang’s medical hall.

“Uncle Yang Zi!

Uncle Yang Zi!

Are you home?”