Beipai Tomb Raiders Notes

Chapter 615 "Serious Illness"

People don't dream for no reason; dreams have deeper meanings. I've always valued this aspect, which is why I've avoided many misfortunes.

Humans are composed of essence, energy, and spirit. Dreams may be the "spirit" within you trying to convey some kind of message.

The Duke of Zhou's interpretation of dreams is divided into four categories.

The categories are: heaven and earth, sun, moon and stars; geography, mountains, rocks and trees; bodies, faces, ghosts and gods; and crowns, belts, clothes and miscellaneous items.

I dreamt of my deceased grandfather, Mr. Xia, and a beautiful female corpse. The worst part was that the female corpse bit my tongue. This dream belongs to the category of ghosts and spirits related to the body and face. As the saying goes, everyone has a different dream. A dream of being bitten on the tongue by a ghost is like a dream of teeth falling out on their own. It is a very bad dream. It corresponds to either your biological parents getting a serious illness or you getting a serious illness yourself.

My parents died long ago, so this dream must be an allusion to the latter.

Sure enough, I fell ill this time.

It wasn't a common cold; a common cold wouldn't make me feel this bad. That night, I was still able to move around and go to the toilet normally, but starting the next day, the situation became increasingly serious.

I took the medicine, but it didn't help. Instead, my whole body ached, my hands and feet were cold, and my chest felt like it was being branded with a hot iron. I suspected that the chronic poison Jiang Zhaoxue had given me earlier had taken effect, but Ba Tou said no, because Ba Tou's condition was improving, and... if it was poisoning, then why were Douya and Xiao Xuan okay? This doesn't make sense.

On the third day, my illness worsened. When I went to relieve myself, it felt like I was urinating lava, not water, and it burned with pain.

I looked terrible. Xiaoxuan was very worried about me, and in the afternoon she insisted on taking me to the town hospital. After the doctor examined me, he said I had nephritis and seasonal cold, and prescribed a bunch of medicine.

As soon as I left the hospital, I threw all the prescribed medication into the trash can.

Incompetent doctors harm people. You know your own body best. Is nephritis even an illness? I had it once before, and it got better on its own after drinking a few more glasses of water.

After that, I asked Xiaoxuan to accompany me to see Dr. Song.

Dr. Song took my pulse, and I noticed she frowned.

"How was it, Sister Song?"

"Your pulse is strange. It doesn't seem like a cold, dampness, or heat. Besides the symptoms you just mentioned, is there anything else that's bothering you?"

I mustered my strength and tried to describe it: "I feel uncomfortable everywhere, it's very uncomfortable. It feels like I'm wearing a garment made of ice, but my body is very hot. The ice garment is about to melt, it's wet, hot and cold all at once."

Xiao Xuan said angrily from the side, "Yunfeng hasn't eaten anything for the past two days. He keeps believing in those dreams, and he won't take the medicine the doctor prescribed for him."

"What dream?"

"Sister Song, it's like this..."

I described the nightmare I had that night.

After listening, Dr. Song stood up and said, "I don't understand the interpretation of dreams, but in traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that the spirit governs dreams. When the spirit is restless, one dreams a lot. Dreams are a comprehensive reflection of the functions of the internal organs, the circulation of qi and blood, and the seven emotions. When a person is overworked and has insufficient heart yin, he often dreams of traveling alone. When liver qi is stagnant, he often dreams of flying objects, such as flocks of birds or kites. When liver yang is hyperactive, he dreams of arguing and fighting with people. When phlegm and dampness trap the spleen, he dreams of mud and swamps. When kidney qi is weak, one's will is not firm, and one often dreams of ghosts and terrifying scenes. The kidney governs fear. This is also the reason why a person wets his pants when he is frightened. You dreamed of deceased people and female corpses. This is a fear dream, which means there is something wrong with your kidneys."

"That's right! The doctor said Yunfeng has nephritis!" Xiaoxuan hurriedly added.

"Get out of the way! Don't interrupt! What do you know?"

"Sister Song, that can't be! I'm usually sharp-witted, energetic, and have excellent kidney health. How could I have a kidney problem?"

"It's because you practiced that skill!" Xiaoxuan said, dissatisfied.

The physician Song then took my pulse.

This time, she took an unusually long time to take his pulse.

After a full five minutes, she said, "I understand. It's not that your kidney qi is too weak. On the contrary, it's because your kidney yang is too strong and has damaged your kidney yin. In addition, external pathogens have entered your body, which has led to this cold-heat syndrome."

"Coldness enveloping heat? What kind of illness is that? It's not a cold, is it? Is there a way to treat it? What medicine should I take?"

I remembered the rain that night; the mad Taoist priest seemed to have said it was some kind of overcast rain.

Dr. Song shook his head and said, "It's not a cold. Cold-induced fever is a difficult and complicated disease. According to what my master taught me, the best way is to use acupuncture and herbal fumigation as the main treatment, and then use medicine as an auxiliary treatment to unblock the meridians. To put it bluntly, Xiao Xiangzi, the skill you practice is a powerful double-edged sword. It can indeed greatly enhance Yang energy, but if Yang is too strong, it will lead to Yin weakness. It's like a pot drying out over a large fire. You made the right decision to come to me this time, otherwise you might already be dead."

"It's that serious!!"

Upon hearing that someone might die, Xiaoxuan was immediately terrified.

After hearing Dr. Song's conclusion, I actually felt relieved.

I believe my judgment is correct. There are too many strange diseases that hospitals can't understand. I saw the black light evil. Uncle Cha said I would have at least six months of bad luck. This strange disease may just be the beginning.

"Sister Song, where did Little Aunt and Shit Impermanence go? How is she? You were injured last time too, are you alright now?"

"I'm fine. My junior sister is recovering quite well, but she probably won't be able to fight anymore. The two of them have moved to a small house over at the forest farm."

“We sisters don’t need your concern. You should worry about yourself. This is the first time I’ve encountered a disease like yours, and I’m not entirely sure what to do.”

I endured the discomfort and said, "It's okay, Sister Song. Don't worry about treating them. If they die, it's not your fault. They've finally made it through."

"You kid..."

"Come here and take off your clothes."

"Take off your pants too?"

"Need not."

The forest farm is now Laoshan Forest Farm, located near the Xiaojinshan Island viewing platform. The scenery there is beautiful, and there is a secluded little wooden house. I am genuinely happy for them. It would be wonderful if they could live there and watch the sunrise and sunset.

Soon, Dr. Song prepared the acupuncture needles. She suddenly said, "There are two methods right now, one is fast and the other is slow. The former may be a bit uncomfortable. Which one do you want to choose?"

"I choose the faster one!" I said without hesitation, because this disease is so painful, every second is torture for me.

The treatment process was as follows: Sister Song first inserted the needles into my body, then lit three large handfuls of incense sticks. She neatly arranged the incense sticks in a basin, placed the basin on the ground, and buried the basin in soil.

Burning a basin of incense was like being in a sauna. She made me support myself on the ground with my hands, and placed the basin directly under my buttocks.

This position is very uncomfortable. If I can't hold on, the lit incense will burn my butt instantly, so I have to arch my back while maintaining stability.

I couldn't go on for more than five minutes. I asked how long it would take.

"The ceremony will end when the incense has burned out."

"I can't hold on that long!"

"You have to persevere even if you can't. If you give up halfway, all your previous efforts will be wasted. Who told you to choose the fast way?"

Judging from Xiaoxuan's expression, she was skeptical of Dr. Song's unique treatment, but because I firmly believed it would work, she dared not say anything.

"Don't sway! Be careful not to drop the needle! Keep your waist and hips in harmony! Stay stable!"

I took a deep breath and held it, arching my back.

"It's still early, keep an eye on him while I go get some medicine."

Xiao Xuan nodded to Dr. Song and said okay.

As soon as they left, I immediately relaxed.

"Hold on, Yunfeng, the incense is almost halfway burned."

I was covered in sweat, and my arms were so sore they were trembling. I had been burned at least a dozen times since then.

"I know, I'm trying, I have to get better as soon as possible."

To distract myself, I tried joking with Xiaoxuan, saying, "Do I look a bit like that pose in the movies right now?"

"what movie?"

"I don't know, I forgot the name. I watched it at a classmate's house when I was a kid. It was an old ghost movie. A guy had a stick of incense burning under his butt, and a female ghost sat on him. If he stopped, he would get burned."

"What? I didn't understand. I haven't seen the movie you mentioned."

"How about... we give it a try? Come up here."

Xiaoxuan then realized what was happening, and she angrily smacked me.

"No! You're really coming!"

"You're the one who told me to try it."

"I was just kidding! I can't take it anymore! I can't hold on any longer!"

Just then, Dr. Song returned carrying a medicine box, and Xiao Xuan immediately jumped off me.

Seeing that Xiaoxuan seemed flustered, Dr. Song tossed her hair and looked at Xiaoxuan, asking, "Young lady, how many years have you known each other?"

"It's been almost five years."

"Have you been together for the past five years?"

"Yeah, pretty much. We eat, live, and sleep together," Xiaoxuan replied truthfully, her head down.

Dr. Song turned and looked at me.

The next second, she suddenly let out a long sigh.