Divine Level Witch Doctor

After the chef left, Zhao Yuan bolted the door and took out the powdered Blood Circulation Soup from his Storage Ring, sprinkling it into the bathtub.

The boiling water immediately activated the medicine’s properties, and a pungent, medicinal scent filled the entire room.

Zhao Yuan stripped off his completely ruined clothes, stepped into the tub, and sat down.

The scalding water made him grimace in pain. The pungent properties of the Blood Circulation Soup burrowed madly into his wounds, as if countless tiny knives were stabbing and prodding at his injuries!

The sensation was somewhat like rubbing salt and alcohol into an open wound, but a thousand times more painful!

Zhao Yuan gritted his teeth and endured, simultaneously circulating the Creation Technique.

Time passed, second by second.

The water in the tub gradually cooled. The skin on Zhao Yuan’s body, which had been charred by the Celestial Thunder and Lightning, began to peel off in flakes like a shedding snake, falling into the medicinal soup.

By the time the water was completely cold, Zhao Yuan’s skin had been completely replaced!

The new skin was incredibly delicate, like that of a newborn infant!

But what surprised Zhao Yuan even more was that his Cultivation had unexpectedly broken through to the Late Stage of Marrow Cleansing!

”Could it be because of the Celestial Thunder and Lightning? HAHAHA, the suffering I went through was completely worth it! Not only did I get a great Magical Artifact like the Wind and Thunder Whip, but my Cultivation even leveled up. It couldn’t be more awesome! This really proves the old saying: ’One must endure the bitterest of hardships to rise above others’!”

His healing complete, Zhao Yuan climbed out of the tub, rinsed off, dried himself, and took a spare set of clothes from his Storage Ring to put on.

He raised a hand to touch his bald head and couldn’t help but give a wry smile. ”You can get new clothes, but you just have to wait for hair to grow back. On TV, when people get electrocuted, their hair just stands on end and smokes a little. Who knew that when it was my turn, it would get burned off completely...”

Shaking his head, Zhao Yuan looked in the mirror and found that his hairless, ”egg-head” look was actually quite unique. He also discovered that besides his hair, his eyebrows were gone too, probably burned away by the lightning along with his hair.

Being bald was one thing, but having no eyebrows looked really weird. However, what concerned Zhao Yuan more was the situation in another area...

He quickly looked down and pulled open his pants for a peek. Sure enough, it was completely bare down there too. Not a single hair remained.

”Damn, it really is a barren wasteland now,” he grumbled. But he was also secretly relieved. Luckily, the lightning had only burned off the hair and hadn’t affected certain... functions. Otherwise, he would have truly suffered a great loss.

After a short rest to collect himself, Zhao Yuan suddenly remembered something. ”Oh, right. I think I saw some new things appear on the Information Leaf earlier.”

He hurriedly opened the Information Leaf to check and, sure enough, found some new entries.

First, in the Medical Skill section, Zhao Yuan saw a skill named ’Truth Recognition Technique’.

’What a strange name. I wonder what it does?’

Filled with curiosity and anticipation, Zhao Yuan began to read the description for the Truth Recognition Technique.

”This technique helps a physician better discern a patient’s voice and breathing, as well as smell their odors, in order to diagnose their condition and determine its severity and urgency.”

”So it’s an Auscultation-type Medical Skill.”

After reading it, Zhao Yuan came to a sudden realization.

There are four diagnostic methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Observation, Inquiry, Auscultation, and Palpation. This ’Auscultation’ is one of them, and a very important part of the process!

Auscultation isn’t just about smelling odors; it’s also about discerning sounds! Although Zhao Yuan hadn’t used the Truth Recognition Technique yet, judging from the effects of his previous Medical Skills like the Qi Observation Technique and the suspended silk pulse diagnosis technique, this Truth Recognition Technique was bound to be incredible. It was surely a Divine Skill for Auscultation!

Overjoyed, Zhao Yuan felt a small flicker of anticipation. ’I have Medical Skills for Observation, Auscultation, and Palpation now. I wonder when I’ll get one for Inquiry? Then I’ll have the complete set.’

After calming down, he continued to review his gains. He soon discovered that, in addition to the Truth Recognition Technique, the Concentration Technique he had learned previously had leveled up!

Before, the Concentration Technique was at the Enlightenment stage, doubling his learning efficiency. But now, the Concentration Technique had advanced to the Penetration stage, increasing his learning efficiency fivefold!

”The Concentration Technique leveled up at the perfect time!”

Zhao Yuan was ecstatic. What he lacked most right now was time. He had gotten a late start in both medical arts and cultivation, so he needed to spend a huge amount of time to catch up. The Concentration Technique upgrading at this moment, allowing him to use one hour as if it were five, was an immense help!

Besides these two things, a new Talisman had also appeared on the Information Leaf—the Dream-Entering Talisman!

As the name suggested, this was a Talisman that allowed its user to enter another person’s dreams.

On the surface, this Talisman seemed rather useless. But after the lesson he learned with the Tracking Technique, Zhao Yuan understood that none of the Talismans or Magic offered by the Information Leaf were trash. It all depended on how you used them.

”Whatever. I’ll draw a few when I have time. Who knows when I might need them?” Zhao Yuan muttered. He checked the materials needed to draw the Dream-Entering Talisman, memorized them, and planned to purchase them all after leaving Lakefront House.

He then continued to search the Information Leaf. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find anything else new.

’Having gained so much is already great. One shouldn’t be too greedy,’ Zhao Yuan consoled himself. After tidying up a bit, he pushed open the door and walked out of the guest room.

Outside the guest room was a beautiful garden with stone tables and stools for resting. Right now, two people were sitting on one of the stone stools. One was the owner of the house, Hao Li, and the other was Ying Ji.

Seeing Zhao Yuan come out, Ying Ji immediately stood up to greet him, asking with concern, ”Are you done healing? How are you feeling now? Are you all right?”

”I’m fine, fully recovered. But why are you here?” Zhao Yuan was puzzled. He glanced at Hao Li, who was standing behind her, and asked, ”Did he tell you?”

Hao Li quickly defended himself, ”It had nothing to do with me! She showed up on her own.”

Ying Ji explained, ”I’m in Rongcheng City too, you know. You made such a huge commotion with your Artifact Creation; I’m not blind, how could I not have seen it? Of course, at first I didn’t know it was you creating an artifact. I thought something had happened to Fatty Hao and rushed over to help. Only after I arrived did I find out that the celestial phenomenon was caused by your Artifact Creation. Good heavens, causing wind and thunder to surge and shake the heavens with Artifact Creation is something I’ve only ever read about in ancient texts. I never thought I’d see it come true today!”

Then, with an expectant look, she asked, ”Zhao Yuan, what Magical Artifacts did you make? Is the Ying Family’s Storage Ring among them?”