Chapter 2755 — Xinyan's Parents Arrive
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With the buffer of the school term ahead, she believed Wei Zhao would only grow stronger. He already dared to stand up to Kang Jingming now, and the Xuan Dan Sect had made no aggressive moves in response, so Wang Xinyan was full of confidence in Wei Zhao's future—and in her own.
"Xiao Yi, this pill formula..." Elder Bai turned to look at Wei Zhao.
Only Wei Zhao, Wang Xinyan, and Elder Bai remained in the office. Wei Zhao did not hold anything back, since they were all on the same side. "I modified that pill formula to tier four. Actually, the original formula was tier four as well. I blended it with the recipe for the Life-Extending Detox Pill and worked it into a tier-three formula, but I didn't expect it to have that sort of bug, so I refined it further—yet I still couldn't get around the refining method for tier-four pills."
"You... can modify pill formulas?" Elder Bai's eyes went wide, and he stared at Wei Zhao as though he were looking at a monster. If Wei Zhao could rework a medicinal recipe, that he could believe—but a pill formula is far more complex than a medicinal recipe, involving layer upon layer of intricate shifts in pharmacology and medicinal properties. Even Elder Bai himself could not alter a pill formula at will.
"That's right. Isn't it about the same as modifying a medicinal recipe? There's nothing difficult about it!" Wei Zhao nodded. "I think Jingjing can do it too."
"..." Elder Bai drew in a sharp breath and shook his head with a bitter smile. "All right, I'll be honest. I can't!"
"Uh..." Wei Zhao was taken aback, but then said, "No matter. It's quite simple. When the time comes, we'll look into it together..."
While Wei Zhao and Elder Bai were talking, Wang Xinyan had slipped back into a deep sleep. The matters Wei Zhao had been discussing with Kang Jingming and Kang Jinglong concerned her, so she had forced herself to stay awake; but once things were settled, she drifted off with peace of mind.
So Wei Zhao hurried to brew medicine for Wang Xinyan in Elder Bai's office, using the herbs Kang Jingming had brought.
That evening, when Wang Xinyan woke, Wei Zhao gave her the medicine and planned to check its effects the next day.
To Wei Zhao's disappointment, however, Elder Bai's potion seemed to have some effect, but only slightly better than his own. Wang Xinyan still slept and slept; it did nothing to improve the weakness of her body.
This left Wei Zhao at a loss. With no other choice, he could only dial Old Man Wei's number.
He had intended to handle it himself. After all, this sort of bodily weakness was something Old Man Wei could treat, and so could he—he had already received the true transmission of Old Man Wei's medical skill. If Old Man Wei mixed a prescription, he would only produce the same potion as Wei Zhao unless he used higher-grade herbs, the way Elder Bai had. But such herbs were generally precious and hard to come by, and even if a potion were brewed, it would be useless.
Now there was truly no other way. Wei Zhao could only treat a dead horse as though it were alive, and see whether Old Man Wei had some ingenious alternative.
But when the call went through, a recorded voice came back: "The number you have dialed is out of the service area or has been switched off. Please try again later."
Wei Zhao was briefly stunned. In theory, Old Man Wei's phone was never off—he kept it on twenty-four hours a day, and when the battery died he simply turned it on while charging! So Wei Zhao was puzzled and worried. What had happened to Old Man Wei?
With no other option, Wei Zhao dialed the number for Widow Wang's grocery store at the head of the village.
"Auntie Wang, this is Xiao Yi!" Wei Zhao said.
"Xiao Yi? Ha, it's you! It's been a long time since you called. What is it—is something the matter?" Auntie Wang asked with a chuckle.
"Auntie Wang, I can't reach my grandpa. Could you send Ergoudan to my house to check whether he's there? If he is, have him call me back?" Wei Zhao said.