Chapter 158: Red Hero Brother, I believe in you!

"Ah?" Realizing she had let something slip, Mrs. Zhao was startled and hurriedly corrected herself, "Taozi, Mom misspoke! Don't be afraid, Mom doesn't have a terminal illness..."

"Hehe," Bai Xiaoyue smiled comfortingly, "Taozi, don't worry. With your Brother Chixia here, Auntie won't be sick anymore!"

"Indeed!" Yan Chixia also said calmly, "Taozi, don't be afraid. I can truly cure Auntie's illness." With that, he turned his gaze to Mrs. Zhao's face. "Auntie, I am going to examine you now! Hehe, you don't need to bare your wrist. I don't need to take your pulse to examine you. Just lie comfortably on the kang and don't move..." As he spoke, he employed his spiritual sense to begin inspecting Mrs. Zhao's chest area.

In truth, even without an inspection, based solely on Taozi's description of Mrs. Zhao's symptoms, Yan Chixia already knew what illness she was suffering from. The reason he chose to use his spiritual sense now was to gain a comprehensive understanding of her overall health, to see if she had any other ailments besides consumption, so that he could determine the exact prescription she needed.

While Yan Chixia was examining Mrs. Zhao with his spiritual sense, both Bai Xiaoyue and Taozi watched him intently. They saw his bright, sparkling eyes sweep over Mrs. Zhao's body before shifting back to her face.

"Auntie, I've finished looking. Apart from the illness in your lungs, there is nothing wrong with you anywhere else. You can rest easy, Auntie. Although you are suffering from consumption, I can cure you completely right away."

"Ah?" Mrs. Zhao exclaimed, a mixture of surprise and joy. "Chixia, you're right. I really do have consumption... A traveling physician looked at me and said it was a terminal illness, and that even if Bian Que were reborn, he would find it hard to cure! I know Bian Que was a divine healer—if even a divine healer couldn't cure my illness, yet you say you can cure me immediately... Chixia, you're not just comforting me, are you?"

Before Yan Chixia could speak, Bai Xiaoyue answered for him:

"Auntie, rest assured! Danzi is not lying. He truly can cure your terminal illness."

"Sister, what is this about 'Danzi'?" Taozi could not help asking.

Bai Xiaoyue replied:

"Taozi, 'Danzi' is your Brother Chixia's Daoist name. His Daoist name is 'Danzi,' and my Daoist name is 'Ming子' [Mingzi], both bestowed upon us by our Master..."

"Oh, I see!" Taozi smiled and said, "Brother Chixia, I believe you! Please hurry up and cure my mother's illness!"

"Yes!" Mrs. Zhao also revealed a trace of a smile and said, "Chixia, Auntie believes you too!"

"Good!" Yan Chixia nodded. "Auntie, I will now refine the medicinal pills to cure your illness." Having said this, his gaze fell upon Bai Xiaoyue's face, and he instructed, "Mingzi, help Auntie up now and let her sit on the kang to watch me refine the golden elixir for her."

"Understood!" Bai Xiaoyue readily agreed, immediately reaching out to help Mrs. Zhao up. "Auntie, let me help you sit so you can watch Danzi refine the golden elixir."

Seeing this, Taozi hurriedly kicked off her shoes, climbed onto the kang, and sat down beside Mrs. Zhao.

"Mom, lean against my shoulder!"

Seeing that Mrs. Zhao was comfortably seated on the kang, looking at him with eager eyes, and that Bai Xiaoyue and Taozi were also watching him closely, Yan Chixia immediately recited an incantation, summoning the Ruyi Alchemy Furnace stored within his storage ring.

"Ah?" Seeing a small incense burner appear out of thin air in the palm of Yan Chixia's hand, Mrs. Zhao and Taozi were both struck with awe and left speechless, utterly dumbfounded.

At that moment, Yan Chixia placed the Ruyi Alchemy Furnace on the edge of the kang. He then chanted another incantation, summoning precise proportions of pre-ground fine powders of cinnabar, realgar, mirabilite, gypsum, calamine, chalcanthite, purple fluorite, mica, green chlorite, sea pumice, and stalactite into a wooden bowl.

Next, he recited an incantation to summon pre-processed fragments of thousand-year-old ganoderma, thousand-year-old ginseng, ambergris, deergrass, notoginseng, bird's nest, and cordyceps in exact proportions, placing them into another wooden bowl.

Following the control incantation of the Ruyi Alchemy Furnace, Yan Chixia channeled his true qi to activate the furnace, transforming it into a transparent crystalline vessel. He first poured the fine powders of cinnabar, realgar, mirabilite, gypsum, calamine, chalcanthite, purple fluorite, mica, green chlorite, sea pumice, and stalactite into the Ruyi Alchemy Furnace, added a single drop of quicksilver, and closed the lid. Standing calmly beside the edge of the kang, facing the Ruyi Alchemy Furnace, he manipulated the incantation to awaken the golden dragon coiled around the furnace body.

Instantly, the golden dragon leaped into the alchemy furnace, spiraling and dancing continuously while breathing out Samadhi True Fire from its mouth to melt the powdered medicinal materials...

Bai Xiaoyue was long accustomed to this, but Mrs. Zhao and Taozi both let out gasps of astonishment. Mother and daughter opened their eyes wide and watched without blinking.

Under the guidance of Yan Chixia's incantation, the golden dragon spiraled and danced within the Ruyi Alchemy Furnace, continuously spitting out the Samadhi True Fire. The roaring flames engulfed the medicinal powders—and under the scorching blaze, the colors of the powders began to change rapidly:

Turning from cyan to gray... then white... yellow... deep yellow... crimson... Suddenly, with a flash, everything melted completely, fusing together with that single drop of quicksilver.

Seeing this, Yan Chixia immediately poured the fragments of thousand-year-old ganoderma, thousand-year-old ginseng, ambergris, deergrass, notoginseng, bird's nest, and cordyceps from the other wooden bowl into the Ruyi Alchemy Furnace... In an instant, all those herbal ingredients melted as well, blending with the liquid formed from the mineral powders to become a brilliant pool of medicinal liquid boiling fiercely inside the alchemy furnace.

Excitement surged within Yan Chixia. Knowing that success was imminent, he used his incantation to direct the golden dragon to continue spewing the Samadhi True Fire—until the boiling medicinal liquid dwindled in volume, and its color shifted from crimson to a dazzling, vibrant bright red. Recognizing that the timing had reached its absolute peak, he immediately commanded the golden dragon to cease its flames, exit the furnace, and return to its original coiled position around the furnace body.

Striking while the iron was hot, Yan Chixia aimed both palms at the medicinal liquid within the Ruyi Alchemy Furnace and drove it with his true qi. As he continuously channeled his spiritual power, the pool of medicinal liquid inside the furnace suddenly scattered into individual droplets, rolling endlessly like dew-drops shaken by a gentle breeze upon a lotus leaf... Finally, those rolling droplets gradually cooled and solidified into ten glowing red golden elixirs.

"Ah!" Bai Xiaoyue exclaimed involuntarily, "Danzi, it's a success!"

Mrs. Zhao and Taozi were completely transfixed. Mother and daughter stood with their mouths wide open, at a loss for words. Yan Chixia opened the furnace lid, retrieved the ten golden elixirs, and first handed one to Mrs. Zhao.

"Auntie, eat this golden elixir."

Mrs. Zhao repeatedly said "Okay," hurriedly took the golden elixir, and swallowed it.