Chapter 913: Betraying One’s Ancestry for Personal Gain
"Prescription?"
Zhao Xuefeng’s eyes widened even more.
It’s important to know that the people at Luoyan Dock respect ancient medicine practitioners because they can help develop new prescriptions.
This relationship has lasted for hundreds of years.
The contributions of ancient medicine have also been considerable.
Lin Tian nodded with a smile. "There are also some pill formulas. If you need them, teacher, I can give you some of the pills that I’ve made."
Zhao Xuefeng was initially taken aback, then waved his hand repeatedly, shaking his head. "No need, no need. Those pills are considered lifesaving by those cultivators, I’d feel like they’re burning in my hands."
Lin Tian laughed and said, "What’s there to burn? If I give you something, can they really snatch it away?"
Zhao Xuefeng was once again surprised. His student became more and more unpredictable.
"Qingcheng, bring the tea we prepared for our teacher," Lin Tian said softly.
Liou Qingcheng sweetly smiled and placed the red gift box on the table, saying, "Teacher, this is the tea Lin Tian specially brought for you. We won’t reveal what it is just yet, keeping it a surprise. You should try it first."
"What else is there to try? Lin Tian knows I love tea, so he must have brought good tea," Zhao Xuefeng said hospitably, standing up and picking up the bag of tea. "Let’s go, so many people, we can chat and drink tea in the living room."
Zhao Xuefeng loves ancient medicine, so he has a huge study filled with all kinds of ancient medicine books.
He also loves tea, but only has one tea set. It’s called ’Qiushuang.’
Originating from Jingdezhen a century ago, painted by the famous artist Mr. Qiu Hong, with an autumn frost painting.
White like jade, bright as a mirror, thin like paper, resonant like a chime.
This tea set is worth at least five million.
Of course, Zhao didn’t buy this set himself; it was a gift from a former student.
In the eyes of a tea lover, this tea set is priceless, not to be evaluated in monetary terms.
Zhao Xuefeng opened the bag of tea leaves, and before he could get a closer smell, a delicate fragrance filled the air.
"This tea is quite unique," Zhao Xuefeng said, as he placed the tea leaves in the pot, then picked up the copper kettle and poured boiling water into the cups.
After a complicated yet artistic process, the tea was finally poured into cups, placed in front of everyone.
One sip of tea is like drinking like a cow, two sips like a donkey.
The word ’sip’ has three letter ’口’, so savoring tea requires three sips to finish. If not finished in three, then drink it in six, savoring again.
After finishing a cup of tea, the surprise on Zhao Xuefeng’s face grew more pronounced.
"This tea is..."
Zhao Qingtang answered, "Cloud Tea from Five Pure Mountains. This tea is never sold nor given to anyone, only offered to guests. How did you manage to bring it down from the mountain?"
Lin Tian laughed, "I have some affinity with Five Pure Mountains."
"..."
The word affinity is hard to explain.
If affinity alone allowed someone to bring a large bag of Buddhist tea down from Five Pure Mountains, then anyone who visits would claim to have affinity with Buddha!
This young man is truly inscrutable.
"If you like it, teacher, I’ll bring you more next time I visit," Lin Tian said with a smile.
"No need," Zhao Xuefeng put down the teacup, saying, "Scarcity makes it precious. This tea is excellent and a special product of Five Pure Mountains. If you bring me too much, I’d feel embarrassed to visit the mountains to offer incense and pray."
"Hahaha..."
After the group laughed heartily, Lin Tian grew serious and asked, "Teacher, earlier in the study, you seemed troubled. Is it because of Liu Mang?"
At the mention of this, Zhao Xuefeng’s smile gradually faded, and he nodded, sighing.
"Wasn’t Liu Mang exposed for numerous scandals and already resigned from his position as the school’s principal? Where has he gone?" Liou Qingcheng asked curiously.
That incident was quite the uproar. Prepared to compete with Lin Tian in medical skills, but Lin Tian’s patients had diabetes or were vegetative, whereas his were just fevers, colds, and diarrhea.
He nearly got criticized to death.
"Oh, that old scoundrel ran off to Longmen Continent."
"What’s he doing there?"
"Doing what he’s skilled at."
"Being a principal?" Lin Tian asked.
"How could he be a principal after causing such a scandal on Celestial Dragon Continent? But his medical skills are decent, and he’s been hired by a school in Longmen Continent at a high salary," Zhao Qingtang said.
Liu Qingcheng looked confused, "That school must be pretty foolish to hire someone like him. But since he’s gone to a Longmen school, why are you worried, teacher? A scoundrel causing trouble in Longmen is a good thing, isn’t it?"
"Heh..." Zhao Xuefeng sneered coldly, "That old jerk has gone to Longmen Continent to be a traitor."
"What do you mean?"
"He’s seeking glory by selling out. You all know that Longmen Continent shamelessly claims everything good as theirs. Why they behave this way is beyond me, and what’s even more infuriating is that we have people like Liu Mang on the Celestial Dragon Continent!"
Zhao Xuefeng raised his voice, indignantly saying, "He’s gone to Longmen Continent school to belittle our ancient medicine, sucking up to their Han medicine, saying our ancient medicine copied theirs!"
"Pa!"
Zhao Xuefeng slapped the tea table, cursing, "That’s complete nonsense!"
Lin Tian and Liou Qingcheng exchanged glances, seeing that Zhao was truly angry, which explained why there was no friendly face earlier.
"How’s he doing now?"
"What’s he doing? He got beaten, there are students from Celestial Dragon Continent studying in Longmen, how could he not get beaten for saying such things?"
Zhao Qingtang added, "Though the beating wasn’t severe, he was just in the hospital for a week."
"Pfft..." Liou Qingcheng covered her mouth, giggling. This outcome was indeed amusing.
"Given the situation, why are you still angry, teacher?" Lin Tian asked, knowing Zhao Xuefeng wasn’t someone who wouldn’t let things go after getting justice.
"In a while, he’ll be bringing people from the Longmen school to our school. How can I not be upset?" Zhao Xuefeng said with a darkened face.
"What for? To make trouble?"
Zhao Qingtang replied, "They say it’s for cultural exchange. If they weren’t prepared, would they come? It’s similar to causing trouble, isn’t it?"
Lin Tian listened and realized it made sense.
"Can’t we refuse? Seeing such a person makes me sick."
Lin Tian asked, knowing quite a bit about Liu Mang’s personality, more or less. Someone like him, regardless of the outcome, seeing that face would make anyone feel disgusted.
"We can’t; it’s academic exchange. Our school and theirs have had cultural exchanges before, it’s impossible to refuse," Zhao Xuefeng said.