fixing the shoulder

Then, Ling Feng and Chu Qing Han walked to a herbal medicine store and bought some common plants with the few coins the two of them had gotten before. They then walked towards a small lake in a public forest.

Chu Qing Han took water from the lake in a container before mixing the herbs into the water along with some of his energy. This would be the quickest way to glue the bones together. 

"Well… brother Feng, can you take your shirt off so we can start treatment?" Chu Qing Han asked with a smile, expecting Ling Feng's shock at knowing who would treat him.

Just as he thought, shock really showed on his face! But it wasn't for the reason he expected...

"T-Take off my clothes ? Like... get naked in front of you?" Ling Feng blushed heavily. He didn't even have time to think about who would give him the treatment.

"What's up, is there a problem? You can just take the part off your shoulder if it bothers you!" Chu Qing Han figured that Ling Feng might have some birthmark or bruise that he wouldn't want other people to know about, so he didn't force it.

"Sigh!"

"If so, that's fine! Thank you, brother Qin!" Ling Feng sighed in relief. But he still had two red clouds on his face. Even so, he detached his shirt from his shoulder and sat down in front of Chu Qing Han.

"Hmm??" Looking at Ling Feng's pale white shoulder, Chu Qing Han was once again surprised by the young man's fair and glowing skin.

"What is it, brother Qin? Is it too hard to fix?" Ling Feng asked as he noticed Chu Qing Han staring at him.

"Ah! It's nothing. I was just thinking your skin is lighter than a girl's! Is that due to some technique maybe?" Chu Qing Han laughed as he looked at the broken shoulder in front of him.

"…."

"Hmm." — Ling Feng didn't answer yes or no. It just made a suppressed sound that Chu Qing Han didn't know its exact meaning.

"Alright. Brother Feng, this is going to hurt a little so try to bear it, I'll be as soon as possible!" Chu Qing Han said. He then put his hand on Ling Feng's shoulder and held the torso of his body with the other.

Suddenly, with a quick movement of the hands; "Crack! Crack!" — "Argh!"

Two snaps came from Ling Feng's shoulder followed by his high-pitched scream before he could respond.

"…."

"See, it didn't hurt that bad! Now we just need to use the energy to keep the bone in the right place, and medicine to heal the bones faster!" Chu Qing Han said. But an evil glint shone in his eyes as he said that.

"I-brother Qin! You're bad. You didn't even give me time to prepare!" Ling Feng hurriedly pulled his shirt back up, before turning to Chu Qing Han with a face full of complaints.

"Come on! We're both men, you don't need all that!" Chu Qing Han said as he passed the medicine to Ling Feng.

"Take it all at once! It will help glue your bones together in a few days. Don't move it too much for today, but tomorrow there's no problem with normal movements!"

"Humph!" Ling Feng snorted, but still took the cup from Chu Qing Han's hands. The medicine smelled sweet, and it was a vibrant red like blood.

'Looks good!' He thought. Then, with a single sip, all the liquid entered his stomach.

"Wow! This tastes better than most foods I've ever eaten!"

"Brother Qin! Why don't you give me two or three more?" Ling Feng licked his now red lips before looking into Chu Qing Han's eyes expectantly.

"Han? Two or three my ass! Do you have more money to buy more medicine!? Besides, you can't take this medicine more than once a week." Chu Qing Han said.

This was originally a medication to take before big fights, as it would continue to feed the body all the nutrients it needed for an entire week. But only one can be taken a week, or it won't do the body any good if you take more.

Hearing this, Ling Feng blushed in embarrassment before saying with a smile:

"Hehe! I don't have any more money. All my savings were spent to buy the herbs!"

"You don't have to worry about that now, at the right time the money will come to us. But it's not the right time yet! First we just need money to be able to stay alive until next month. And there's a way to do it. that, and still train our bodies for the exam a month from now!" Chu Qing Han said.

"Is what you said true? Can we really do this?" Ling Feng asked excitedly.

Chu Qing Han smiled and did not respond.

The easiest method of earning money when you are an orphan is to look for medicinal materials and sell them to alchemists or stores that specialize in this subject. There was also the way to kill demon beasts and sell their body parts to the merchants, but apart from being too dangerous for the two of them currently, they weren't allowed to go into the forest to get that.

Chu Qing Han knew the places where some medicinal plants would grow, only the time to look for the places and harvest the herbs would take a while, so he would research the places in advance before starting with his harvest.

Stopping his thoughts, he then started walking deeper towards the west of the forest.

...

Arriving there, the two faced a large mountain! In front of the mountain wall there were several weeds stuck together.

"It's been a long time!" Chu Qing Han muttered looking at this.

"Hm? Did you say something, brother Qin?" Ling Feng asked as he heard Qing Han saying something.

Chu Qing Han shook his head and walked to the center where the weeds were climbing up the mountain. Reaching out to touch them, his hand passed through the plants before a dimly lit passage showed itself inside the mountain.