Chapter 55 – Medicine (1/2)
Chapter 55: Medicine
“My mind flowing like a river, my body flying like a cloud; I’m coming and going, follow my heart, never stained by any dirt…”
Po was singing a simple and unsophisticated melody, leaving the Cold Stream Valley and walking towards the South.
The territories of the Fire Crow Clan were in the northern side of the Southern Wasteland. Ji Hao couldn’t even begin to imagine that there were countless mysterious and powerful creatures, as well as unlimited numbers of thriving and powerful clans, living in the southern parts. Furthermore there existed even a mystical country, which was built by the ruler of the entire Southern Wasteland.
“My young friend, if everything goes well, I will return here in three years. We found each other congenial when we first met, I assume that my master also will be glad to take you as his student; then you will be my junior fellow apprentice!”
The appointment was in three years!
In three years, if Po successfully finished his journey, he would come back to the Fire Crow Clan, take Ji Hao out of the Southern Wasteland, and introduce him to Yu Yu, the Taoist priest, as a apprentice.
Ji Hao stood on top of a mountain, gazing at the back of Po. Po was carrying a huge wine-gourd[1] with his left hand, and in his right hand carrying a large and freshly grilled beast-leg; both the wine gourd and grilled beast leg were lightly swinging following his pace. Every movement of Po emitted a natural and unrestrained vibe.
A black armour, as thin as a Cicada’s wing, was tightly wrapped around Ji Hao’s body. Po stayed in the Cold Stream Valley for two extra days, making the carapace of the Devil-Wind Scorpion, which was killed by him a few days ago, into this magical armour for Ji Hao.
The carapace was extremely hard, however, with Po’s magical treasure-making methods, it became as soft and flexible as water; on the other hand, Po injected numerous spell symbols into the carapace, which weighed a million ‘stone’, turning it into a light-weighed armour. Ji Hao didn’t feel even a little bit inconvenient or uncomfortable by wearing it.
Ji Hao was stunned by Po’s incredible treasure-making skills. Compared to Po, those tool-making masters in the Fire Crow Clan should be too ashamed to keep living they might crash themselves up against a cube of tofu, thought Ji Hao. Fortunately, there weren’t any traces of Tofu found by Ji Hao as off yet, otherwise, he would certainly send one to each of those elder Maguspriests.
After having waited til Po went into the jungle and disappeared, Ji Hao took a deep breath, jumped nearly a hundred feet high into the air, leapt and glided through soar cliffs, he landed agilely in the Cold Stream Valley.
Some people or things could be so special that it only took a short amount of time to engrave in one’s heart. Po was such a special person. His lenience, honesty, generousity，charm, and rich experiences made Ji Hao view Po as a trustable friend and a reliable big brother.
“Abba! Abba! Where is Amma!” shouted Ji Hao.
The valley was now bustling, filled with busy slaves. Ji Hao found Ji Xia near a mineshaft, who was directing the construction of the mineshaft. Ji Hao interrupted Ji Xia’s work, and dragged him towards the cabin they lived in.
Ji Xia quickly left a few words to Ji Ying and another couple of warriors, smilingly caught up with Ji Hao, and said, “Hao, that friend of yours, has he left? Hmmm, this Po is such a great kid. But, why doesn’t he like our Fire Crow Clan’s girls? Such a shame, such a shame...”
Ji Hao was laughing, but didn’t respond to Ji Xia’s words.
Soon, Ji Hao and Ji Xia got back to the cabin they lived in. Qing Fu was sitting in front of the door, carefully grinding some herbs with a pestle. The mining work of the Cold Stream Valley had already started to progress smoothly; each day, there were more slaves getting injured during work. Qing Fu was the only Maguspriest skilful at healing and medicine-making, therefore, she had been extremely busy lately. She had to make large amounts of life-saving medicine daily.
Seeing that Ji Hao was dragging Ji Xia and coming over, Qing Fu smiled to him, wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, “Hao, don’t disturb your Abba. The mining work is important. If you have nothing to do, why don’t you go find your uncle and catch some birds?”
Ji Hao stayed silent and helped Qing Fu up, dragged them into the cabin, then closed the door carefully.
The expressions of Ji Xia and Qing Fu turned serious. “Hao, what is it? Have you found anything wrong?” asked Ji Xia with a low voice.
Ji Hao took the jade bottle out from his sleeve, which was given by Po, handed it to Qing Fu and said, “Amma, take a look at this. Po gave this to me before he left. He said that this is a life-saving medicine that was given by an elder of his, and this will be good for both of your injuries.”
Qing Fu looked at Ji Hao, smilingly shook her head and said, “Hao... Me and your Abba-...our magus acupoints were broken, the injuries went deep into the bloodline. I doubt that ordinary medicine could heal-...”