I am just a mortal, why do you all worship me as a saint?

Chapter 2: What kind of unparalleled master are you?

Bai Feier felt her body filled with true energy again, but she couldn't even control her own hands.

Now that she had returned to the Nascent Soul stage, she realized that the soup in front of her actually contained extremely terrifying medicinal power! She hadn't noticed it before simply because her cultivation was too weak to detect it.

The brown liquid shimmered with a starlight-like brilliance. Even a tiny drop was impossible for her to see through, leaving her wondering what kind of superb alchemy technique and what kind of precious medicinal materials were used!

"Yes, the girl looks much better now."

Gu Heng looked at Bai Feier with a sense of satisfaction.

Doctors invariably find a sense of accomplishment in seeing their patients recover through their medicine. However, the young girl before him was staring blankly at the soup he had brought her, her body seemingly trembling with emotion, which struck Gu Heng as odd.

My medical skills are quite good, after all, the system said they are "superb". The medicine I brew always looks decent and tastes good. Why does this girl look like she has seen a ghost?

But Bai Feier doesn't dare to look Gu Heng in the eye anymore, because... the royal cultivator who is most skilled in medicine in the dynasty actually knows how to cure the remaining poison in her body, but the price required is too high.

It requires a piece of long-lived ironwood that has grown for over 100,000 years, combined with crimson gold grass condensed from the lava of the extreme abyss, a portion of ancient dragon tooth powder, and the assistance of a great cultivator with at least the third level of the Supreme Saint realm who is proficient in medicine. It takes forty-nine days of refining the medicine to obtain a single drop of "Star Moon Divine Water" that can cure her incurable disease.

But that's impossible.

First of all, the highest age of the immortal ironwood that the Bai family can buy in the world is only 50,000 years. There are very few pieces with a lifespan exceeding that. The Bai family went to great lengths and only found out that there was a piece with a lifespan of 120,000 years stored in the extraordinary holy land of "Wentian Palace" outside the imperial dynasty.

That is an absolute treasure.

As for the Abyss Lava, only cultivators at the Mahayana stage are allowed to enter; otherwise, all who enter will die, let alone venture deep into it to gather herbs. Her father, the head of the Bai family, only had the cultivation of the seventh level of the Tribulation Transcending Realm.

Ancient Dragon Tooth Powder... The ancient dragon clan considers anything on their bodies as their own private property, and any outsider who dares to touch an ancient dragon's corpse will die.

So at that moment, Bai Feier knew she was finished.

Let alone the Bai family, even the emperor of the Sun Flame Dynasty could never obtain these rare and precious materials!

But isn't this bowl of herbal soup... exactly the "Star and Moon Divine Water" that the medical sage spoke of?

In a small clinic in this tiny town, an ordinary man concocted it in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea?! Who is he?

"Young lady, are you alright?"

Gu Heng looked at her with some concern. Bai Feier suddenly realized what was happening and quickly composed herself, saying calmly, "Young master... no, senior, may I take a look at the medicinal ingredients in this bowl of soup?"

She still couldn't quite believe it, but she actually felt that the man in front of her was no ordinary person, but a supreme expert whose strength was so terrifying that she couldn't see through him at all!

Not only that, he was also a medical sage with unparalleled medical skills!!

Therefore, she realized that her request was somewhat impolite and could easily offend him. As soon as Bai Feier uttered those words, she regretted it immensely.

"Yes, it's just three medicinal herbs, nothing complicated."

Gu Heng was still a little puzzled as to why this rather pretty girl was calling him "senior"... There was nothing wrong with the request. He figured she just wanted to know the prescription so she could learn how to brew it when she got home. He walked to the medicine cabinet, grabbed a handful of herbs, and placed them on the table.

Bai Feier swallowed hard, walked over, and her eyes widened in shock when she saw what was happening.

The longevity ironwood almost overflowed with silver light, its quality was so high that it was definitely over 100,000 years old. As for the red gold grass, it looked ordinary, but Bai Feier had seen it in ancient books. This kind of herb should not be touched casually, even a Mahayana stage expert would be burned!

And that Ancient Dragon Tooth Powder... Bai Feier only glanced at it casually, but she could hear the whispers of dragons.

Good heavens, such precious medicinal herbs, he just took them out like that?!

These are treasures that countless top powers would dream of! If outsiders knew that this small clinic contained such treasures, it would definitely cause a bloodbath!

However, he was able to concoct "Star Moon Divine Water," and casually gave it to her, a complete stranger, to drink, and even opened a clinic in this small place...

Without a doubt, he is a reclusive master who lives apart from worldly affairs.

"That's all. My little clinic doesn't have anything worth mentioning."

These medicinal herbs were not actually collected by Gu Heng, but were part of a systematic collection.

The system has a "shop" interface with a lot of items, such as medicinal herbs, books on self-cultivation, so-called "Book of Destiny" for fortune telling, and copybooks for practicing painting... There are many items, but none of them are related to cultivation, so Gu Heng just thought it was a general store.

You can get anything in the store for free, as long as you unlock the permissions. You get points for each skill you level up, and the more points you have, the more permissions you unlock.

So Gu Heng got all these medicinal herbs for free from the system. He had a lot of points and all his permissions were unlocked, so he could take whatever he wanted from the store.

These points seem to have other uses, but Gu Heng hasn't discovered them yet.

But the medicinal herbs in the store... to be honest, Gu Heng thought they were really rubbish.

Just like the "ironwood," "fire grass," and "beast tooth powder" in front of him, they all looked like the lowest quality medicinal materials. The fact that teeth and wood could be used as medicine was quite surprising to Gu Heng.

However, he had prepared medicine for others quite a few times, and the results were not bad.

"These things are nothing serious, and I hope you won't mind my medicine."

Gu Heng casually picked up a piece of longevity ironwood, and with a gentle squeeze, the ironwood shattered.

Bai Feier's eyelids twitched violently.

Although the Longevity Ironwood is a medicinal material, its sturdiness is astonishing. Even a 30,000-year-old Longevity Ironwood can only be broken by cultivators who have reached the Tribulation Transcending stage. In the Sun Flame Dynasty, there is also a 70,000-year-old Ironwood, which is even used by cultivators in the Mahayana stage to test the power of their Dao techniques because it is simply indestructible.

But the man in front of them crushed the ironwood, which was probably hundreds of thousands of years old, with just a casual pinch.

Cold sweat trickled down Bai Feier's back. She now knew that she was lucky she hadn't shown any dissatisfaction just now, otherwise... if this person wanted to kill her, it would be as easy as crushing an ant.

No, it's even easier...

She opened her palm, staring blankly at it, as if it weren't her own body. A strange joy filled her mind and body, and she trembled with excitement.

The feeling of regaining control of power...

Not just power, but also authority, status, and a free life...

They're back, they're all back!

She still felt a sense of disorientation, realizing that she had actually drunk a medicinal soup prepared by such a powerful person, and that she had initially been so ignorant of its value that she almost thought it was useless garbage!

"Star Moon Divine Water" can only be refined by those who are at the Supreme Saint stage, and it also requires superb medical skills to complement it!

Such medical sages are few and far between, with only two or three being truly famous throughout the world.

Each of them possesses immense connections and influence; they don't even need to lift a finger. With just a word, they can bring down a force even more powerful than the Sun Flame Dynasty in a single day!

Compared to such a person, what is she, a mere genius from the Bai family, worth? Bai Feier couldn't help but feel afraid of the arrogance she had just felt.

She had been at her wit's end and was filled with despair, but unexpectedly she was given a new lease on life, all because of the wise man in front of her.

Bai Feier's purple eyes shimmered with light.

She slowly raised her head, her eyes filled with admiration and gratitude as she looked at Gu Heng. "Thank you so much for the medicine, senior. I have no way to repay you. Please accept my bow!" With that, she was about to kneel down.

Gu Heng quickly reached out to stop Bai Feier's actions. He smiled and said, "Since we've met, it's all due to fate and karma. We're just passing acquaintances, so there's no point in talking about revenge. Those things are meaningless."

Bai Feier was stunned for a moment... Indeed, to the medical sage in front of her, "Star Moon Divine Water" was just a medicine that he could easily make, and it was not even worth his attention.

But for her, because of this bowl of "Star Moon Divine Water" that she could never obtain in her entire life, her cultivation was regained. Not only was she no longer a waste, but her cultivation even improved a bit!

"Thank you for your guidance, senior. I understand now."

"Fei'er... it's a lovely name. Your beauty and elegant name are quite a good match."

Gu Heng smiled slightly.

Bai Feier's cheeks flushed instantly, and she lowered her eyes shyly. "Senior is too kind. Feier is of humble appearance and does not deserve such praise."

Girls these days are quite modest, and Gu Heng actually appreciates this modesty.

The rain outside gradually stopped. Bai Feier took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Gu Heng again. "Senior, please forgive me for having important matters to attend to and not being able to stay long. But I will definitely come back to repay your kindness. I hope you will not turn me away then."

Bai Feier is now going back to the Mo family to personally shatter this laughable marriage with a single sword strike!

Gu Heng nodded, "If you want to come, then come."

Anyway, this clinic is usually quite empty, so it would be a good thing if more beautiful women visited it often.

Bai Feier pursed her lips, a warm feeling welling up in her heart. She turned around, and in a few flashes, her true energy exploded and she disappeared.

Gu Heng was stunned.

So this girl is actually a cultivator?!