The dysentery in Guanzhong was as relentless as Huwa's bedwetting nights. At Qingniu Medical Hall, three massive bronze cauldrons bubbled away with Coptis and Pueraria decoction. Floating on the surface of the broth were the "Dysentery, Begone!" talismans drawn by Huwa, and with every boil, they puffed out a sweet mist of golden quotes from Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold. Huwa leaned over the rim of the cauldron and muttered, "Master Protagonist! Why does this soup taste more and more like my 'bedwetting sweet porridge'?"
"Shut up!" The Protagonist rapped him on the head with a sugar ladle. "One more word and I'll force-feed you three bowls!" No sooner had the words left his mouth than an old man rushed in, clutching his backside with a pair of Huwa's specially crafted "leak-proof sweet paper" stuck right to his crotch. The paper turned blue upon contact with dysentery, and at that moment, it was as blue as Huwa's bedwetting bedsheets. Huwa's eyes lit up as he whipped out a "dysentery-bacterium developing candy." The candy ball struck the old man right in the stomach, puffing out a cloud of mist that projected an animation of dysentery bacteria doing a spicy dance. Furious, Huwa stuffed "exploding chili crystals" into the candy, and the bacteria instantly scampered off in all directions, clutching their heads in agony from the burning heat.
During this miraculous soup-brewing operation, Huwa took advantage of the Protagonist's momentary distraction to dump th…
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