Fragmented Memory

He knew just how knowledgeable Old Lao was in the field of medicine and alchemy.

As a matter of fact, the only person who could claim to be better than him within the entire Yun Empire would be the Imperial Physician himself, and the gap between them wasn't that wide at all.

Ever since Old Lao's granddaughter died, the old physician had refused to take another wife, bear another child or take in a disciple; but now, here he was thinking of taking a disciple who was a citizen of a neighboring empire.

If word got out about his actions, then there are countless people who will blow up in fury and regret.

This is especially so for the third prince of their royal family who had gone through hell and high waters to ingratiate himself with the old man and have him take him as a disciple but was always blandly rejected.

"Wouldn't that cause trouble for the little kid?" Master Li asked for Ji Min's safety.

"Hmph; who would dare cause trouble for him after knowing he is my disciple?" Old Lao snorted in contempt.

Master Li said nothing more.

He also knew that only the Imperial Family was capable of finding trouble with the old physician, but even they would have to think twice before acting rashly; after all, Old Lao and the Imperial Physician are on par with one another when it came to the field of alchemy.

As a matter of fact, due to Old Lao's relentless research on the Tranquil Poisoning, and the amount of knowledge he had piled up on rare healing techniques and herbs, he could be said to be better than the Imperial Physician.

Based on this theory, Master Li believed that the Imperial Clan of the Tian Li Empire would be wise enough to retain two master physicians than to make trouble with one.

Meanwhile, back within the villa; Ji Min was already feeling the effects of the potion he had just been fed, and he had to say; it was really effective.

'This must have cost a fortune.' He thought to himself as Old Lao's kind gesture planted a positive seed within him.

After having several heart-to-heart talks, Ji Tang and his sworn brothers finally left Ji Min to rest.

Ji Fang and Ji Wang decided to keep watch this time whilst Ji Tang also returned to rest after being denied a blink for three straight days.

He had fought back-to-back with several Physical and Spiritual Demon beasts of the Centennial ranks just to gather all the medicinal herbs Old Lao needed to cure Ji Min; he would have died on several occasions had his sworn brothers not been there to save him in the nick of time.

Since he was the only Bridge-Core expert amongst them, he was always the one who would gather the beast's aggro whilst his sworn brothers would support from the flanks.

Ji Tang had previously ordered a few trusted members of the family to make preparations for Ji Min, and whilst that was going on, Ji Min was finally moving around and getting accustomed to his new body.

The potion Old Lao gave him was able to suppress the effects of the Tranquil Poisoning and not cure it in any way, thus, he made sure to use the little time he'd been given to obtain complete control of all the reflexes contained within every single moveable part of his new body.

He began to do some basic exercises that he was very familiar with in his previous life, and though his body groaned in pain with every movement, it still wasn't something his mind and soul couldn't handle.

After about two hours of getting total control over his muscles, bones, and limbs, he then decided to rest early, after all, he had no idea how far the Tian Li Empire was from the Yun Empire, or how long their journey might take due to possible detours.

Meanwhile, within Ji Min's mindscape, he and the old monk were having a very important talk.

[As an alchemist and a physician, that old man might be able to detect my presence, so we might not be able to converse in his presence, otherwise, he might really know something's wrong should he spot you occasionally spacing out.] The Old Monk advised.

[Cool; so, what's the plan?]

[Firstly, you have to store all the venoms of the Tranquil Poisoning within the kid's body using use the cultivation the kid left behind. When you do that, the venoms would no longer have any effect on you.]

[Secondly; once the venoms are successfully stored, you will then use the treatment you get to heal your body back to its peak condition, and by the time you've done that, your body would be bereft of any cultivation, thus, you will get a fresh start on the path of cultivation.]

[Lastly, I would impart you with a new cultivation technique that is definitely better than that of all the empires within this continent, combined.] The Old Man explained as Ji Min's ears perked up during his last statement.

Ji Min managed to refrain himself from asking about the cultivation techniques since he had noticed that the old monk wanted him to take things one step at a time, so he asked a different question instead.

[But I don't even know how to cultivate, so how do I control the energy within my body and use them to store the venoms?]

[Don't worry about that, I will see to it myself. All you have to do is to pay attention to Old Lao and gain as much knowledge and experience about this new world from him.] The Old Monk advised.

[But am I not supposed to know about all of that already?]

[It seems you haven't noticed it yet; but if you look a little deeper, you will realize that the little kid's memories have kind of been fractured; it seems the venom of that centennial demon beast had caused him to lose some of his memories as well.] The Old Monk advised.

Ji Min immediately scanned through the part of his memories that belonged to the little kid and sure enough, some part of it was missing, and there was even some of the intact information he had obtained which was still missing other vital details.

It was almost like someone who hasn't fully grasped the theory behind any subject matter.