Chapter 41: Buying Chinese Medicine (Seeking Collection!)

  Duan Yue clearly said: To stand out from the crowd, one must be able to endure loneliness, only then can you see the moon through the clouds.

  To grasp one's own destiny in hand, sitting and waiting will yield no results; only by taking action step by step can one seize the pulse of fate.

  Having made up their minds, Duan Yue and Dingding didn't delay any longer and immediately took action.

  According to the prescription given by Dingdang, Duan Lei went to the century-old 'Ji Shantang' in the city center to buy various Chinese herbal medicines needed for physical tempering, and took the first step towards self-improvement.

  On the planet of Ma Ka, due to the abundance of spiritual energy, the people of Ma Ka can cultivate 'Lian Ti Quan' without relying on too many medicinal supports and achieve rapid progress. However, on Earth, because of the pollution caused by industrial civilization, the spiritual energy in cities is extremely low. If only relying on Duan Lei's own hard work, his 'Lian Ti Quan' will become slower and slower as he progresses further.

  In order to help Duan Yue progress faster, Ding Ding modified the tempering agent formula of the planet Maca based on the biological conditions of Earth and provided a suitable formula for Duan Yue's current stage. These days, Ding Ding had Duan Yue read some medical professional books from Earth in the library, allowing him to gain a good understanding of pharmacology on Earth. With Ding Ding's abilities, as long as she understood the differences in pharmaceutical knowledge between the two civilizations, she could quickly improve the tempering agent formulas that already existed on planet Maca.

  First took a bus, then transferred to the subway and arrived at the "Ji Shantang" flagship store in the old city center, ready to make a big purchase.

  Nowadays, the phenomenon of pharmacies outnumbering rice shops has spread across the country, as if people no longer eat and only buy medicine to take home. However, with traditional Chinese medicine declining and being suppressed by Western medicine, many pharmacies do not sell traditional Chinese medicine at all, and even if they do, the quality is often too poor to use.

  This time, buying Tempering medicine is a big deal. Dingdang detailed the efficacy of various medicines and the requirements for various indicators in the formula. The most basic ones all require wild Chinese herbal medicine, rather than those grass roots grown in greenhouses.

  To be on the safe side, Duan Yue could only go to the most famous 'Ji Shantang' flagship store in Haicheng, hoping to buy the various medicines specified by Dingding.

  Even before entering 'Jishantang', Duan Yue could feel a strong gust of ethnic wind blowing in his face.

  The building of "Ji Shantang" is a traditional Chinese architecture with flying eaves and carved dragons and phoenixes, which is out of place among the surrounding Western-style buildings made of steel, concrete, tiles and glass. On a street filled with steel and concrete buildings, "Ji Shantang" is like an alternative, a visual impact that cannot be forgotten at once.

  He glanced up at the horizontal inscribed board written in small regular script 'Ji Shantang', Duan Lei took a deep breath, and stepped into 'Ji Shantang'!

  As soon as Duan Yue entered 'Ji Shantang', he could smell a refreshing scent of grass and wood in the air, combined with the ancient wooden furniture, wooden counter and medicine cabinet around him, which suddenly made Duan Yue feel like he had returned to a rural herbal medicine shop.

  Duan Yue's grandfather was an old hunter, who often walked in the deep mountains and forests, so he naturally knew some knowledge of medicine. In addition to some secret recipes passed down from his ancestors, he had a small reputation in the surrounding villages. In the southwestern mountainous region, people lacked medical care and medicine, so barefoot doctors like Duan Yue's grandfather could play a certain role. In Duan Yue's ancestral home, there was also a very small herbal medicine shop, which gave Duan Yue a familiar feeling when he entered "Ji Shantang".

  When he was a child, Duan Lei followed his grandfather to live in the countryside and was forced by his grandfather to recite various Chinese medicine songs and memorize the properties of various herbs. At that time, he always felt very boring. Later, when he went to junior high school, high school, and university, the education he received was all Western-style education, and even traditional Chinese medicine was considered unscientific, which once caused great confusion in Duan Lei's heart.

  However, after having Dinger recently, Duan Yue learned from Dinger that there are actually many wonderful places in traditional Chinese medicine, but now people have abandoned many things and naturally think it is unscientific.

  On the planet of Makka, various medical knowledge also has many similarities with traditional Chinese medicine. Dindin said that in the future, they can learn from each other and maybe make traditional Chinese medicine shine again!

  "Hello, is there anything I can help you with?" Just as Duan Yue was immersed in some fanciful associations, a voice awakened him from his reverie.

  "Oh!?" Duan Yue was stunned for a moment before realizing he wasn't in the lab.

  The reception apprentice wore a silk open-collared shirt, with black thousand-layered cloth shoes on his feet. Unlike the Western-style suits and leather shoes or silk stockings and skirts in ordinary shops, 'Ji Shantang' exuded a strong Chinese flavor from top to bottom.

  Duan Yue calmed down and said: "I need three-year-old Wu Chuan Huang Qi, five-year-old Huai Di Huang, Cordyceps sinensis, Safflower...".

  These medicines have been deeply imprinted in Duan Lei's mind, and he can recite them at any time.

  The apprentice's brain was still quite useful, and his tongue was very quick. He quickly reported the various medicines that Duan Lei needed to the counter, and the counter apprentice began to grab the medicine.

  Standing in front of the counter, Duan Lei watched as his apprentice skillfully grabbed the medicine, feeling a bit sentimental.

  When I was young, I also had such an experience. Every time my grandfather was busy, I would help him beside the medicine cabinet. Because I was too short, some high-up medicines could only be reached by standing on a small stool.

  The apprentice grasped a handful of medicine and placed it on the counter, and Duan Lei would take a small amount to identify from aspects such as texture, taste, quality, color, etc. to determine if it was the medicine he needed. Of course, although Duan Lei had learned some knowledge of medicinal herbs when he was young, since he hadn't touched Chinese medicine for a long time, he basically returned all that knowledge to his grandfather, and now only had some vague feelings left.

  Duan Yue's biggest reliance is still Dingding. He is just an assistant to Dingding, pretending to be something he's not!

  It must be said that 'Ji Shantang' as the most famous old Chinese medicine hall in Haicheng, is well-stocked and mostly with the best wild herbs. The apprentices did not slack off because Duan Lei was a young man, nor did they use inferior medicines to deceive him, making Duan Lei have a good impression of 'Ji Shantang' and decide to buy Chinese medicine from here in the future.

  Carrying large and small bags of herbs, Duan Lei walked out of 'Ji Shantang' and returned to the laboratory. From now on, Duan Lei's main task was to use these traditional Chinese medicines to prepare a medicinal concoction that would temper his body.

  Only when you have become strong yourself can you do what you want to do!