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"Here, take this sturdy wooden stick as a crutch. Walk by yourself; you smell too bad. Don't come near me again until you've showered and changed clothes tomorrow morning." The Moon Goddess tossed a wooden stick to Rek.
"What! Fine! You're ruthless!" After confirming that the Moon Goddess wouldn't come to help him, Rek grasped the stick and slowly made his way out of the Moon Goddess's room, heading toward his own. The distance of over ten meters in the courtyard took Rek more than ten minutes to cover, feeling like a journey of life and death.
Rek couldn't be sure if he would wake up the next day after collapsing in the courtyard and freezing overnight with his body still recovering from illness.
Finally, using the crutch, Rek returned to his small wooden room. Lying on the bed, he tightly covered himself with the blanket. He was exhausted from the day's ordeal and quickly fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.
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In the following thirteen days, Rek was forced by the War God System to control his body every afternoon, undergoing the inhumane Devil Muscle Tearer training. Fortunately, during these days, the Moon Goddess lived up to her title as a goddess healer from a previous life. Her acupuncture skills improved significantly with Rek serving as a "living corpse" practice dummy, pulling him back from the brink of death each time.
Rek began to question his life during these days. No wonder the mortality rate for War God System hosts was so high; there was a reason for it. He regretted snatching this demonic War God System Feather from Alice, the tragic girl who should have become its host.
By the tenth day, the Moon Goddess finally managed to stabilize Rek's injuries with thirty-six needles. By the fifteenth day, her Deadly Thirty-Six Needles had shown results, activated early by Rek. To perfect the Deadly Thirty-Six Needles further, it was now up to the Moon Goddess to contemplate.
"Why don't you try training again tomorrow? I feel that if you come close to death a few more times, my thirty-six needles could improve even more," she advised Rek, who was in a medicinal barrel on the fifteenth day. Her obsession with ancient acupuncture techniques had temporarily made her forget why she initially decided to help treat Rek.
"Let's save it for later; you'll have plenty of opportunities to save people in the future. We only have three doses left, and several of these medicines were exchanged from Hua Tuo Medical Center's herbs at other pharmacies.
If we run out of all the herbs needed for the entire Ancient Capital medicinal bath, your grandfather might need medicine one day and send you to gather herbs. If you can't find any in Ancient Capital, you'll be exposed.
Most importantly, my current treatment regimen has successfully concluded. I feel that my body's flexibility and muscle strength have improved enough; I won't undergo this kind of death training again for a while," Rek said firmly.
Moon Goddess became worried when she heard Rek mention that her grandfather would discover the excessive use of medicinal materials.
"It's all your fault! In these fifteen days, I've prepared fifteen barrels of medicinal baths for you, plus a bunch of herbal soups I've concocted. The value of these herbs is something you couldn't repay even if you worked as a doctor at Hua Tuo Medical Center for ten years! Grandpa will find out sooner or later!" Moon Goddess said, a bit flustered, pointing at Rek.
"I'll be leaving in half a month. I'll give you that time. If you want to leave, I have a way to take you with me after half a month, though it's a bit dangerous for both of us. Just think it over and let me know your answer in half a month," Rek said.
After the last medicinal bath, Rek had already recovered quickly. With Moon Goddess's nearly perfected Deadly Thirty-Six Needles, Rek was able to climb out of the medicinal bath on his own.
Rek didn't pay attention to Moon Goddess, who was lost in thought in her room, and turned to leave her room.
"Young master, I finally survived fifteen days! Wahahaha!" Rek laughed loudly in the courtyard, waking up Hua Tuo, who had been napping. When Hua Tuo realized it was Rek making all the noise outside, he didn't get up and went back to sleep.
On the sixteenth day after arriving at Ancient Capital, Rek directly asked Hua Tuo for a day off to rest and slept soundly in his room all day.
In the evening, after finishing dinner, Rek sat on a stone bench in the courtyard, gazing at the gray sky. Due to the excessive exploitation of Earth's resources by the Star Alliance and the Glorious Empire, coupled with the wars between the two empires over the past few years, the air above Earth had become consistently poor. Even in this mountainous resort of Ancient Capital, it was often hard to see blue skies; gray days had become the norm.
"Rek, I heard while buying groceries this afternoon that in half a month, Sword God and Blade Demon will have their decisive battle at the city tower of Ancient Capital. This is a showdown between two top-tier experts! Will you stay to watch?" Moon Goddess asked as she sat beside Rek.
"Of course! Whether I can take you away depends on their battle!"
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In the remaining fourteen days, Rek learned Ancient Medicine from both Moon Goddess and Hua Tuo. Every morning, he accompanied Hua Tuo on medical visits, and in the afternoons, he strolled around Ancient Capital with Moon Goddess. Time passed quickly.
On the afternoon of the fifteenth day, the Moon Goddess summoned Rek and went to her room.
"I've made up my mind; I want to go out with you!" the Moon Goddess said firmly to Rek.
"Alright, then you'll accompany me to watch the duel between the Blade Demon and the Sword God. Remember, no matter what happens later, you must not reveal your Acupuncture skills, nor show any reactions that are different from those of the Indigenous people of the Ancient Capital," Rek said seriously to the Moon Goddess.
"How do you plan to take me out? What will happen?" the Moon Goddess asked curiously.
"You'll find out soon enough. Don't you want to see the duel? Let's go find a good spot near the city tower," Rek replied.
Rek took the Moon Goddess by the hand and walked through the streets of the Ancient Capital. Near the city tower, many people had already gathered; more than half were Indigenous Robots, while the rest were vacationing humans.
People were discussing the duel between the two great warriors and speculating on who would win.
Following his memory, Rek led the Moon Goddess to a large wooden tea pavilion where they settled down.
Rek ordered a pot of tea, and together with the Moon Goddess, they waited for the duel between the Blade Demon and the Sword God. This duel was part of a recent storyline arranged by the Lanstor Foundation's Research Institution to attract attention to the Ancient Capital.
In his previous life, Rek had seen promotional videos released by the Lanstor Foundation. At that time, before the outbreak of Alien Species, these videos featuring a pinnacle showdown between two ancient warriors had generated significant foot traffic for the Ancient Capital in the following year.
In his previous life, after watching the duel between the two great warriors, Rek had felt an urge to vacation in the Ancient Capital. Unfortunately, during his first year in medical school, traveling to the Ancient Capital was too expensive for him.
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