Task Details: Treat three patients within ten days (Completed)
Task Reward: Complete the task to receive Points: 300, Silver: 50, a set of silver needles, several medical prescriptions, and a gift package for completing the task for the first time.
Task Penalty: Failure deducts 100 points.
Task Progress Bar: 100%
Task Completion: 6/3
Current Patients Treated: 6
Accept task reward: Yes/No
Su Ci quickly clicked "Yes" to claim the reward.
Then, she opened the check-in button to check her gains: Points: 740, Copper: 0, Silver: 240, Gold: 14, Inanition Pill: 4, Silver Needles: 2 sets, Prescriptions: 6, Grand Gift Packages: 2.
Looking at the doubled rewards, Su Ci was overjoyed, though she also felt a bit puzzled—why had the rewards doubled?
At that moment, the system let out a "ding" sound, prompting that a message had arrived.
Su Ci exited the check-in page and opened the message tab.
It read: "Congratulations to the host for exceeding the task requirements, rewards are doubled. The rewards have now been issued, and we hope the host will continue to keep up the good work."
At this, Su Ci grew excited. Since exceeding the task requirements this time doubled the rewards, did that mean such wonderful things would happen in the future too?
Happily, she bounced around her room a few times.
Once her excitement subsided, Su Ci opened the six medical prescriptions.
Jiuhua Yulu Pill: Prepared using rare medicinal herbs and morning dew gathered from nine types of petals. Vermilion in color and exuding a refreshing fragrance. Consuming it not only invigorates the spirit and strengthens the body, but also prolongs life.
Baicao Detoxification Pill: Made by gathering the stems and leaves of flora from all directions at specific times. Capable of neutralizing all sorts of poisons, and exceptionally effective against snake venom and Gu poison.
Jieyou Dan: Made from over a dozen medicinal herbs including spirit fragrant grass, dragon bone, albizia flower, and ganoderma. Brown in color with a faint, refreshing fragrance. Consuming it calms the mind and spirit, quickly plunging the user into a state of self-forgetfulness and absolute tranquility, which aids in the cultivation of internal energy.
Tianqi Shark Gall Powder: Made from precious medicinal herbs such as tianqi and shark gall bladder juice. Brownish-yellow in color, it has superb efficacy in treating external injuries.
Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill: Made from over thirty rare medicinal herbs including thousand-year ginseng, Millennium Snow Lotus Seed, dragon blood grass, and phoenix tail grass. Taking it can bring the dead back to life.
Five Poisons Powder: Formed by mixing the venom of five poisonous creatures (centipede, scorpion, snake, spider, and toad). Highly toxic. If the poisoned person does not take the antidote within half an hour, their intestines and stomach will rot through, leading to death.
Each of these six prescriptions was extraordinarily precious, especially the prescription for the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill. If it leaked out, it would likely set off a storm of blood and slaughter.
However, for Su Ci, while the first five prescriptions were valuable, she didn't care about them all that much. Heavenly treasures like thousand-year ginseng and Tianshan snow lotus were things of serendipity, impossible to seek out deliberately, and besides, she had no use for them at her current stage.
Yet, upon seeing the final prescription, Su Ci's breathing involuntarily grew rapid.
With this prescription, she would have a means of self-preservation. How could she not care, constantly worrying about her personal safety as she was?
Su Ci immediately memorized the prescription, deciding that once she went to the medical clinic tomorrow, she would brew it and prepare some anesthetic to carry with her at all times.
Should she truly encounter villains harboring malicious intentions, it would let them know she was no soft persimmon to be kneaded at will.
After reviewing the prescriptions, Su Ci carefully put them away, returning them to the System Space, and turned her attention to the other rewards.
She took out the two sets of silver needles rewarded by the system and inspected them closely.
Depending on the material, needles were divided into iron needles, silver needles, and gold needles. They differed in material, characteristics, and application.
The silver needles Father Su used were actually iron needles. With common materials and low cost, they were the preferred choice for physicians.
Yet compared to silver and gold needles, their drawbacks were also obvious: iron needles were not durable and carried the risk of rusting.
Of the sets rewarded by the system, one was made of silver, and the other of gold.
However, the silver needles were not made of pure silver, but rather a silver-based alloy.
The thermal conductivity of silver is superior to iron, making silver needles suitable for warm needle moxibustion. They possess good disinfectant and bactericidal properties, and puncture sites are less prone to inflammation.
The gold needles were likewise not made of pure gold, but crafted with gold as the primary component combined with other metals.
Gold needles boasted numerous advantages, including being non-toxic, soft and easy to pierce the skin, and resistant to breaking.
Gold needles adapted well to human body temperature, caused almost no pain upon insertion, did not cause inflammation at the puncture sites, and provided rapid therapeutic responses with high efficacy.
Still, gold needles were not something just anyone could use; they placed heavy demands on a physician's acupuncture skills, so generally only highly skilled doctors dared to use them.
Looking at these two sets of pricey needles in her hands, Su Ci immediately resolved not to take them out for use until she possessed the ability to protect herself, lest she draw disaster upon her head.
Having examined the needles, Su Ci opened the grand gift package she had been anticipating the most.
Opening the first gift package revealed a book. The characters "Compendium of Spirit Flora" were inscribed across the cover in powerful, vigorous strokes, looking quite extraordinary.
Curiously, Su Ci flipped the book open.
It not only contained detailed descriptions of various spirit flora—such as their functions, growing conditions, and processing methods—but was also illustrated with lifelike, exquisite drawings.
She had truly struck gold! With this Compendium of Spirit Flora, would she ever have to worry about not recognizing those spirit plants?
After putting away the Compendium of Spirit Flora, Su Ci impatiently opened the second gift package.
The second gift package contained Traditional Chinese Medicine skills, divided into beginner, intermediate, advanced, and mastery levels.
It had strict requirements: one had to study and pass assessments before unlocking the knowledge of the next stage.
Traditional Chinese Medicine skills included, but were not limited to, theoretical knowledge, diagnostic skills, pharmacology, acupuncture, and even included wondrous subjects like Gu poison.
One could say that the TCM skills encompassed everything; as long as it was related to traditional Chinese medicine, it was included within.
These TCM skills were precisely what Su Ci urgently needed. Once she mastered this knowledge, wanting to become a miraculous doctor was merely a matter of time.
This task reward left Su Ci immensely satisfied, and her previously fluttering heart finally steadied.
After reviewing the rewards, Su Ci clicked on the points tab and spent 300 points to upgrade the system.
Shortly after, she received a system notification: System upgrade requires six hours; the system will be unavailable during the upgrade.
Su Ci panted slightly, pulling out the medical books she had been reading earlier and flipping through them.
Originally, Su Ci had intended to start learning the beginner TCM skills tonight.
Studying from scratch with the system would not only deepen her memory and integrate her knowledge, but also allow her to fill in any gaps.
Alas, since the system was currently upgrading and unavailable, she had no choice but to first read the medical books left behind by Father Su.
Everything Su Ci currently knew consisted of the knowledge the original owner had previously studied, but she was not yet able to thoroughly integrate and apply it.
Therefore, she had to seize the time to study diligently, striving to master the TCM skills rewarded by the system as soon as possible. Only then could she better treat illnesses and save lives in the future.
Possessing the original owner's memories, coupled with taking the Marrow Cleansing Pill which thoroughly cleansed her tendons and marrow, Su Ci's memory had drastically improved, essentially allowing her to achieve photographic memory.
Her comprehension was even more remarkable—she understood things instantly upon learning them and grasped concepts with a single hint. Learning these beginner TCM basics was a breeze for her.
Su Ci buried her head in her studies, reading with intense concentration and occasionally jotting down her own understandings and insights.
Late into the night, the surroundings were utterly silent, broken only by the occasional sound of turning pages, the rustle of writing, and the barking of dogs in the distance.
Time slipped away unnoticed as she remained immersed in the ocean of knowledge.
Until her eyelids grew heavy and she yawned repeatedly, Su Ci finally put down the medical book with lingering reluctance.
Stowing away her medical books and pen, she stood up, stretched lazily, and walked toward the bed, preparing to rest well and welcome the arrival of a new day.