Chapter 1

Su Yu slowly woke up, and what met his eyes was an ancient-style pharmacy.

Small drawers filled with the names of herbs were densely hung on the walls.

As a jumble of memories flooded his mind, Su Yu quickly understood that he had been transported to another world...

The Great Gan Dynasty, Qinghe County, a small pharmacy called Yixin Hall.

His predecessor, who shared his name, Su Yu, was also eighteen years old and had lost both parents.

After a long while,

Su Yu slowly got up from the ground, looking at the oil lamp on the counter that was about to burn out.

He touched his still aching back of the head and, relying on his memory, took out a bottle of lamp oil from under the counter, scooped out a spoonful, and added it to the oil lamp.

"It's the third watch of the night, all is well."

The cry of the night watchman outside the shop reached his ears.

Only then did Su Yu realize it was already midnight.

It was still raining outside, drizzling.

Since he was here, he might as well settle in. Since the fact of being transported was already a reality, he could only accept it.

Picking up the door panels to close the shop, Su Yu subconsciously glanced at the yellowed and whitened talisman on the door panel.

The talisman was adorned with many strange patterns, many of which had faded and become unclear.

Only then did he remember that in this world, ghosts existed.

Thinking of this, Su Yu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and quickly sealed the shop from the inside.

Although his predecessor had never really encountered any ghosts or monsters, it was undeniable that they existed in this world.

Otherwise, the county government wouldn't be selling these talismans specifically for warding off evil spirits.

Returning to the counter, Su Yu pulled open a small drawer, which was empty.

Not a single copper coin had been earned today.

Since the death of his predecessor's father, the shop had no doctor to diagnose and prescribe, and business had been getting worse day by day.

Although Su Yu had been an apprentice since childhood and knew many prescriptions, the people did not recognize his medical skills. After all, he was young and had never treated any patients. Who would come to him?

Su Yu propped his chin on his hand, staring blankly at the counter, completely unable to sleep.

After all, he had just been transported. If he could sleep, he must have a very strong heart.

After a while of aimless thoughts, he turned around and, with the help of the dim light from the oil lamp, looked at the large row of medicine cabinets behind him.

Relying on the memory of his predecessor, Su Yu clearly remembered the location of each herb and their effects.

The medicine cabinets were arranged in a grid, with each small drawer divided into three sections, each containing three herbs that were often used together in prescriptions.

Su Yu casually pulled open a drawer labeled with Goji berries, Four-leaf Ginseng, and White Tribulus, and picked up a few Goji berries.

The Goji berries here seemed larger and fuller than those he had seen in his previous life.

They say that when you reach middle age, you have no choice but to put Goji berries in your thermos. Does this really work for that aspect?

Thinking this, Su Yu was about to eat a few to try them out, thinking that maintaining health should start from a young age.

Suddenly, a mechanical voice sounded in his mind:

"Detected residual spiritual energy, absorb?"

Is this... a system?

Su Yu immediately perked up.

In the novels he had read in his previous life, the main characters' systems were varied, but without exception, they all helped the main character reach the pinnacle of life.

"Absorb!"

Su Yu made his choice without hesitation.

A thin thread of light separated from the Goji berries in his hand and drilled into Su Yu's chest.

In an instant, Su Yu felt much lighter all over.

His eyes seemed to work much better, and he could now see the dark corners that the oil lamp couldn't reach.

He could even hear the chirping of crickets in the backyard.

"It's really amazing!"

Looking at the few Goji berries in his palm, they now seemed to have been drained of their essence, shrunk to the size of grains of rice, and turned black.

"Is this the effect of just a few?"

"There's still a full drawer left."

"Since they can't be sold, it's better to absorb them all than to let them mold in the shop."

Thinking this, Su Yu grabbed a handful and placed them in front of him.

"Detected residual spiritual energy, absorb?"

"Absorb!"

Strands of spiritual energy drilled into Su Yu's body, a warm current circulating through his body, filling every meridian and acupoint.

The feeling was like a gentle woman softly massaging every inch of his skin, incredibly comfortable.

In a short while, the drawer of Goji berries was completely absorbed.

He stood behind the counter, his eyes roving around the shop, his face full of disbelief.

He could now see every corner of the room clearly.

Where there were spider webs, where there were ant nests, every tiny detail escaped his eyes.

He could even judge how many people had recently entered the shop from the footprints on the ground.

The feeling was really great.

"But... it seems a bit useless? Only improved eyesight and hearing?"

Thinking this, Su Yu turned around and stared at the open drawer.

He grabbed a handful of Four-leaf Ginseng, and the system didn't react...

He grabbed a handful of White Tribulus, and it still didn't react...

"So... among these three herbs, only the Goji berries have residual spiritual energy?"

Su Yu pondered for a moment, then pulled open all the drawers and tried them one by one.

Among hundreds of herbs, only a palm-sized Lingzhi mushroom detected residual spiritual energy.

But in the small drawer containing the Lingzhi mushrooms, there were three, and only one could be detected.

"This is a rare herb. Such a large Lingzhi mushroom would cost at least four or five taels of silver. I only have about fifty taels of silver in savings now."

Thinking of his current difficult situation, Su Yu suddenly felt reluctant.

"Never mind, absorb it. There are still two left, consider it a gift to myself for being transported."

"Absorb!"

With a thought, a thick purple light from the Lingzhi mushroom drilled into Su Yu's body.

"Obtained spell: Qi Divination."

In addition to a warm current entering his body, a dense text appeared in Su Yu's mind:

"Qi Divination: Can discern Yin and Yang, can observe the terrain, can understand the principles of wind and water, can observe a person's aura."

"Bright aura indicates prosperity, dark aura indicates decline. Red aura indicates wealth and nobility, black aura indicates misfortune, purple aura indicates great nobility."

...

When Su Yu finished reading the annotation, this knowledge seemed to become clear in his mind.

"From this, I can become a feng shui master, earning money by examining houses and graves?"

"No! This would deviate from my original profession. Since Qi Divination can observe a person's aura, isn't this the 'observation' in the four diagnostic methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine: observation, auscultation and olfaction, inquiry, and palpation?"

"Maybe with this spell, I can instantly see a patient's condition?"

Regardless, Su Yu was very satisfied with learning Qi Divination.

As long as he used it properly, he could definitely earn money.

At this moment, Su Yu's ears twitched, and he heard a very faint sound of footsteps on the street outside.

The footsteps were very light, as if only the toes were touching the ground.

"Really strange!"

As the footsteps grew closer, Su Yu couldn't help but frown.

"That person... seems to have reached the steps in front of my door..."

"At this late hour, who would come to get medicine?"