Humans are strange creatures; they do not entirely follow instincts like animals do. Instead, they are influenced by their environnt, particularly by the opinions of others.
The saying "three n make a tiger" implies that a person who grows up in an environnt full of belittlent and discrimination will inevitably feel inferior and sensitive.
Conversely, if one grows up in an environnt full of admiration and encouragent, even soone with average talents will inexplicably feel confident, believing they are unique and remarkable.
This superficial characteristic of humans is applied in various fields, one part of which is the praise of ordinary people for doctors.
Phrases like "a healer with parental compassion" and "a benevolent heart with miraculous hands" are mostly encouragents rather than facts. The purpose is to elevate the status of doctors so they have a moral benchmark when practicing.
To be precise, Xiehe’s respect for doctors is about placing them on this standard.
Why?
The reason is simple. If doctors completely act according to human nature, then it becos terrifying.
If you think carefully about the process of treating a disease, you’ll find it resembles robbery in many ways.
If you are robbed, you are no match for the robber; they threaten you to hand over your money, refusing to do so ans risking your life, so you can only trade money for your life;
When you are sick and want to live, you go to a clinic for treatnt. After the diagnosis, they prescribe dicine, requiring money to buy the dicine. If you don’t take the dicine, the illness will worsen, and in a few years, it might threaten your life. Given the desire to live, you buy the dicine to sustain your life.
The reason the three robbers in Xiehe are no match for one dicine seller is that for many ordinary people, the cost of a serious illness is equivalent to encountering highwayn on the road.
The difference, however, is encountering a robber and having your money taken away. You feel angry, gnash your teeth, rember the robber’s face and build, and want revenge, even if it takes ten years.
But encountering a serious illness and spending money on dicine, losing all your wealth, you still manage to survive and rember the doctor’s face and build with gratitude.
Such situations arise due to information inequality, just like highwayn having superior force, doctors also possess dical skills, making you willingly part with your money.
But on reflection, the essence of herbs is akin to food, and what makes dicine harder than martial arts?
This situation arises because of human beings’ inherent survival instinct, willingly giving up bargaining power and surrendering oneself to others.
Things were better within Unparalleled City because when the Xiling flood happened, Sun Jinfang, along with other doctors, rged into Red Cloud Mountain and later established Jinfang Pharmacy within the inner city, including doctors like Lu Xuening who were concealed among the populace in the fort.
But Lingjiang Central Region was less fortunate. With masses flocking in, coupled with the recently excavated Xiling’s damp and sweltering environnt, the ground was full of waste, breeding insects and rodents. The fragile human body easily fell ill, and they could only turn to Xiling’s clinics for help.
Most of these clinics were controlled by clans or Comrce Alliances, and the treatnt prices were exorbitantly unaffordable.
They made a fortune, caring little for those without ans. After all, in the view of these ’people,’ patients who can’t afford to pay are basically ant to die.
But this is the logic of rchants, not the perspective of Unparalleled City. The Xiling Central Hospital, spearheaded by Mi Bai, aid to cut off the profits of all clinics at the source.
However, cutting off people’s financial resources is akin to killing their parents, so the clinics in Lingjiang Central Region reacted like ants on a hot pot upon hearing the movent.
It’s a lie to say there’s no anxiety because anyone with insight can see Mi Bai’s intentions.
Unparalleled City not only wants to take the most lucrative advantage in Xiling but also aims to redefine the standards.
The forr can be tolerated by the clans and Comrce Alliances, but the latter makes it difficult for them to withstand.
In another place, they would definitely find every ans to disrupt, but this is Xiling.
This is Unparalleled City’s Xiling; this is the dean’s Xiling. No matter how much dissatisfaction they harbor, they can only put on a smiling face.
Watching the most precious land in Xiling beco the largest clinic in Lingjiang Central Region and even the entire Longzhou.
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In the year 1797 of the Dragon Continent Calendar, on the nineteenth day of the first month
The new year for the Tang Clan was spent on a large ship. For the land they were about to return to, the emotions of the Tang Clan mbers were very complicated.
Ti can dilute many things, including hatred. If enough ti passes, even the faces you think you’ll never forget will slowly blur.
If this is the case for personal experiences, even more so for children born later.
Take for example Tang Ziqi and Tang Zilin, the sons of the head instructor of the Marshal Star Pavilion.
The children born in eighty-five are now twelve years old, inheriting their mother’s looks and their father’s stature, the two sons appear exceptionally dashing.
On the ship filled with hosickness, the two half-brothers sat on the deck, with the introverted and quiet Tang Zilin captivated by the sea, while his brother, full of gestures and words, made grand promises alongside him.
"Xiling is our ancestral land, North Mountain is where the Tang Family ancestors are buried, this ti we go back to reclaim the Tang Clan’s honor!"
"Everything the previous generations lost, I, Tang Zilin, will retrieve for them one by one!"
When he got into character, Tang Ziqi grabbed the deck railing with one hand, clenched his fist to his heart with the other, his eyes shining as if piercing through the sky.
Tang Zilin, resting his chin on one hand, turned to look at his brother’s dramatic posture and mumbled, "Father said that this ti we go back mainly to recuperate, not for fighting."
This answer displeased Tang Ziqi, who patted the head-shorter Tang Zilin, saying, "Recuperating is for better fighting later. We’re the sons of the head instructor; we’ll surely charge the front in the future. Co, let test if your martial arts have regressed!"
"Right now?"
Tang Zilin, with a bitter face, clung to stay put, "We’re on a ship, isn’t it inappropriate?"
"We are martial artists, there’s no reason to stop training just because we’re on a ship, co on, let’s go!"
As Tang Ziqi loudly called out while heading to the open area in the middle of the deck, he caught the attention of many clan mbers onboard.
Watching the dejected Tang Zilin walk toward the middle, many clan mbers who knew the circumstances covered their mouths, chuckling silently.
The son of the Tang Xingzong instructor’s concubine might be getting beaten again today.
...
Unparalleled City, Yunluo Garden
The quietly closed door, the periodic cries of pain, and Tang Luo’s tense expression all indicated that today was a significant day.
And the Unparalleled City’s expert, who originally intercepted Lu Xuening for peace of mind, heard devastating news.
"The lady is a Fierce Realm martial artist with an extraordinary physique, but during childbirth, this isn’t much of an advantage."
Lu Xuening frowned, "Childbirth among Fierce Realrs is rare, and the survival rate is extrely low. Firstly, because the mother’s body is strong, making natural delivery difficult, and secondly, because the baby is very fragile. Should the mother be even slightly careless, with any exertions of skill or Spiritual Power, the child’s life would be at risk. Thus, the lady must not only endure the pain but also control the skill and Spiritual Energy, refraining from any reaction. The dean must be ntally prepared."
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