Mythical Three Kingdoms

”All right, when you go back, eat more things that replenish blood and bone marrow. A normal person needs to recuperate for two months; with your level of constitution, one month should about do it. After that, when the nerves and meridians are growing back, just keep using your Inner Qi to restore them.” Hua Fei said expressionlessly, while Duan Wei was already starting to command his own fingers.

”If you keep messing around right now, this arm might end up beyond saving.” Hua Fei said with the same blank face. ”Don’t drink alcohol these days. If it festers, don’t blame me.”

At this point Duan Wei could clearly feel his fingers moving as obediently as they did at the beginning, and he immediately thanked Hua Fei again and again. Hua Fei gave him a sidelong glance and didn’t respond. Could he say that without his father and senior brother, this was his first time doing this entirely on his own?

Not long after Duan Wei walked out, Guo Si saw him. His arm had actually been reattached, and judging from the way Duan Wei’s fingers were flexing back and forth, Guo Si knew this was the real deal—it was really connected. So miraculous, and yet he had no idea they even had this kind of Divine Doctor here.

”Your arm actually got better?” Guo Si looked at Duan Wei’s right arm in disbelief. Even though it was tightly wrapped, it was obviously one piece again.

”No, the doctor said it still needs another month, and he won’t let me drink.” Duan Wei was different from the other guys; though he was suspicious by nature, he could listen to instructions.

”This good? How come I didn’t know our doctors were this amazing?” Guo Si said with a face full of respect, finding it almost unbelievable.

”Anyway, I heard people say that when General Hua throws a sack over someone, he never misses. The present-day Shennong Clan was dragged to Mount Tai by General Hua with a sack, and according to his own words, this Healer should be in the ’especially amazing’ category—but he still got bagged as well.” Duan Wei thought for a bit and said.

”There’s even such a story? I’ve never heard that before.” Guo Si stroked his beard, a little surprised. ”Anyway, as long as your arm’s fine. If you lost your right arm, you’d be stuck squatting at home.”

Duan Wei thought about how, as a grown man, he wouldn’t be able to go out and hack people anymore, and for no reason at all felt that life would be unbearably miserable. At the moment, he really had no hobbies other than hacking people.

”Come on, come on. You’ve been here this long and we haven’t even treated you to hump meat yet. That stuff is a massive tonic, and it tastes really good. We’ve even got professional cooks.” With that, Guo Si grabbed Duan Wei and dragged him off to another place.

”I’m eating too!” Hua Fei came out with a dark face. ”You bastards, if you don’t want to end up with no one to reattach your broken arms and legs in the future, then take me along. That bastard Hua Zijian didn’t even bring all my tools. I can’t continue my research out here at all!”

Hua Fei was full of resentment because life hadn’t been great after he came to the Western Regions. Back in the Central Plains, because of his medical skills and his status, he was treated like a lord. Although he had a good temperament and never refused to treat people just because of how he was treated, he still had some pent-up frustration, all right!

”No problem, no problem.” Although Guo Si looked down on doctors, this doctor could reattach arms and legs. Never mind him wanting some hump meat—what’s a lousy camel? With this level of skill, even if he wanted to eat people, Guo Si would find a way to get some.

”Right, I completely forgot to ask. It’s been so long and we still don’t know Divine Doctor’s name. We’ve really treated you too lightly. Don’t worry, that won’t happen again.” Someone who’d been fighting on battlefields for years like Guo Si knew perfectly well how important a capable doctor was.

Earlier he’d been so overjoyed by Duan Wei’s recovery that he’d forgotten this. Now that Hua Fei had jumped out in front of him, there was no way he’d overlook it again. Someone like this was extremely important to them.

”I can’t live up to ’Divine Doctor’; just call me Hua Fei.” Hua Fei waved his hand as he spoke. ”When I get back, I’m definitely settling the score with that Hua Zijian. Bastard, that’s what he is!”

”Mm, mm, that guy really is a bastard.” Guo Si nodded repeatedly. He felt no pressure at all cursing Hua Xiong.

”I remember now—you’re Divine Doctor Hua’s son. Powder for Anesthesia is about you. Marquis Chen brought you and Doctor Wu over to lead a group of rookie doctors to handle medical issues. There’s no way General Hua didn’t know who you were before he bagged you and dragged you here!” Duan Wei suddenly shouted.

”He’s that famous?” Guo Si sent a Voice Transmission.

”If you go to the Central Plains, you can actually see his father’s Living Temple in person—would you be scared or not?” Duan Wei also replied by Voice Transmission. ”More than just famous. He’s a real figure who can bring the dead back to life.”

Guo Si was shocked. There were actually people like that? He had no idea. He really didn’t know what had been happening in the Central Plains these past few years.

”If you don’t bring up Powder for Anesthesia, we can still talk.” Hua Fei said with a face full of resentment. ”In short, just chalk it up to my bad luck. I never should’ve gone to pick up Hua Zijian—ended up getting bagged by him instead.”

On the way back to Ye City, Chen Xi asked Hua Xiong with a strange expression, ”Hey, I clearly remember assigning two doctors to the army, and even having them lead a hundred-man rookie first-aid unit. So how come I can only find a bit over twenty of the first-aid group now, and both of the lead doctors I arranged are gone? What’s going on?”

”Oh, I heard that for a while Minister of Works Cao was circling around there every day, so he probably poached them.” Hua Xiong said without changing his expression.

”But he can’t just poach even the lead doctors I personally arranged. That’s going too far. Though, on that note, he’s Physician Hua’s son. How did Minister of Works Cao manage to poach him?” Chen Xi tilted his head back, face full of confusion. Doctor Sunx had gone to the Western Regions with Zhuge Liang.

”You’ll probably have to ask Minister of Works Cao about that.” Hua Xiong put on a helpless expression.

”My first-aid unit actually got poached that badly. Those bastards.” Chen Xi said with some helplessness and didn’t pursue it further. In any case, if those people had been poached, they must have left voluntarily. As for Hua Fei, there was even less to worry about; Cao Cao and Sunx Ce weren’t idiots.

In Chen Xi’s view, for someone like Hua Fei, if he wanted to come back, Cao Cao and Sunx Ce wouldn’t stop him. Just like Zhang Zhongjing on their side—if he wanted to leave, they might as well send him off openly and leave a good impression. So Chen Xi wasn’t worried about Hua Fei at all.

However, Chen Xi had no idea that Hua Fei had been bagged by Hua Xiong and hauled off to the Western Regions, and couldn’t come back even if he wanted to.

Still, Hua Fei only suffered poor treatment under Li Jue in the Western Regions for a little over a month. After that month or so had passed, just as Chen Xi had predicted, someone like him could make it anywhere.

”Ha, Zhiran, what did you say?” While chomping on hump meat, Guo Si looked at Li Jue with a confused face. It seemed he’d just heard Li Jue say they were going to send troops to assist Parthia.

”Parthia sent people over to inform us that they’ve already purged their homeland and are preparing to march out to retake Mesopotamia. They want us to go with them to help bolster their momentum.” Li Jue handed the State Documents to Guo Si as he spoke. Although he knew the other man couldn’t read them, a State Document personally written by Vologases V was very sincere indeed.