I'm a Medicine Fanatic, Not a Love Fool - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

“Fair-skinned men aren’t easy to find on a battlefield…”

Gu Hai pointed at the man whose breath was barely hanging by a thread. “But I’m sure you’ll be satisfied with this body.”

I rubbed my hands together in excitement. “Let me see… What illness is it this time?”

Gu Hai said, “He was poisoned by Five-Step Snake Venom from the Western Regions, and then by Hundred-Day Powder from Donglin. The two poisons counteracted each other, and somehow, he survived.”

I grew even more excited. “A challenge! I like it!”

Gu Hai nodded. “Then take your time studying him. I’m off.”

…

I, Mo Xiaoxian, eldest senior sister of Penglai Island, have long been known as the Medicine Fanatic.

I don’t have many hobbies. Mostly, I just like studying rare and difficult diseases.

When I heard that my junior disciple-brother Gu Hai had returned to the secular world and become a general, I packed my things without a word and followed him here.

There were so many sick people in the secular world!

I loved it!

Every time Gu Hai returned from a campaign, he would bring me back a man.

A sick man.

After all, there were only men on a battlefield.

However, the other people in the general’s estate didn’t seem to understand my burning passion.

For example, right now, I had just stripped off the man’s clothes and was about to examine the circulation of blood and qi through his meridians when I heard the maids whispering outside.

My hearing has always been excellent.

“The general brought Miss Mo another man?”

“He sure did! Everyone says Miss Mo is a fox demon in disguise who feeds specifically on men’s vital essence.”

“I’m telling you, I once saw people carry a man’s corpse out of Miss Mo’s room!”

“I heard he’d been sucked dry of his essence!”

“Our general couldn’t have fallen under her demonic spell, could he?”

Me: “…”

That time wasn’t my fault. It was all Gu Hai’s fault!

He brought me someone who only had one breath left and asked me to treat him. I hadn’t even touched the man before he stopped breathing.

I’m not an immortal. How was I supposed to save that?

With no other choice, I had someone carry him out and bury him.

…

I shook my head, forcefully driving away my distracting thoughts, and began inserting needles into the man before me…

Chapter 2

Three days later, I burst out of the room with my hair a tangled mess and my face covered in grime. “I did it! I did it!”

Gu Hai came running over while gnawing on a steamed bun. “What? What happened?”

I pointed inside the room. “I saved him!”

Gu Hai froze for a moment, tossed away his bun, and charged into the room too.

The man who had once been hanging on by a thread was now lying on the bed. Though his face was still pale, his breathing was steady, and his condition was far better than before.

Gu Hai exclaimed in amazement, “Senior Sister, your medical skills have improved again!”

I felt rather pleased with myself. “Naturally.”

Gu Hai blinked, then pulled me outside.

“Senior Sister, there’s something I’d like to ask your help with.”

…

According to Gu Hai, the emperor had been attending court less and less often lately.

In private, the ministers were all saying His Majesty’s imperial health was probably failing.

The more people said it, the more people believed it.

Though the Xiji Dynasty had already appointed a Crown Prince, the Crown Prince had been in poor health since childhood. Who knew if he might be gone one day?

As a result, the remaining Fourth Prince and Seventh Prince were both eyeing the throne with predatory interest.

Gu Hai was the Seventh Prince’s older cousin, so naturally, he stood on the Seventh Prince’s side.

I asked him, “Do you want me to poison the emperor to death, or poison the Crown Prince?”

Gu Hai said, “I haven’t lived enough yet. I don’t want to die for the time being.”

He leaned in mysteriously and whispered by my ear, “Tomorrow, His Majesty is leaving the palace on an inspection tour. I want you to help me see whether he really doesn’t have much time left.”

He did understand me well. I could indeed tell at a glance when someone only had a few days left to live.

Considering that I had been eating his food and using his things all this time, I did feel a little embarrassed.

So with a grand wave of my hand, I agreed. “It’s a small matter. When the time comes, I’ll help you take a look!”