But of course, both Zhu Su and Zhu Youdun did not expect that Zhu Youxun was aiming for them right now. No, it was not that they did not expect it, more precisely to say, they did not want to care about him anymore. Zhu Youxun was wrong if he perceived that his father and brother would not expect that he were not doing harmful things towards them. A bitter experience of being betrayed by his son had really given a harsh lesson for Zhu Su, and he would never forget it forever. Moreover, he knew that Zhu Youxun had become an arbitrary leader in Kaifeng, he would not be surprised if Zhu Youxun dared to send troops to attack him. Not knowing had a different meaning from not willing to know. He chose to ignore his anger towards his son and focused on the plan they were implementing. Just wait until this is all over, I will definitely give you a lesson as it should be, apostate son! That was Zhu Su thought.
"Too many patients we have to take care of," Li Heng said, he indeed appeared so tired. "Far more than ten years ago. This is the greatest in account, the most various in diverse, and the most energy-draining patients I have ever experienced all the time."
It was at the end of the afternoon in late autumn. Although Yunnan was more southern than Kaifeng, some locations were no less cold than the Central Plain. The cold wind sometimes would blow and made the blood run cold. Zhu Su was staring at a large tree that had lost all of its leaves in front of him. Like Li Heng, he was also exhausted. Zhu Su indeed had gotten dozens of assistants right now. But the health cases they had to handle were up to hundreds every day. During this time they were able to resist their fatigue and work hard, but apparently their body had reached its limit at this moment. Even Li Heng's famous medicinal tea "Hongzao Huangqi Cha" (Jujube Huangqi Decoction) which used to be effective to boost body energy was ineffective to boost their energy this time.
"Is there no other way to boost our energy?..." Zhu Su asked, his eyes were extremely heavy and they almost closed if he did not force to hold them back.
"There is a myth from the alchemy necromancers said that Manduoluohua can make our energy increase uncontrollably because our brains have been numbed from fatigue," answered Li Heng.
"And after that we will be like those who have been hypnotized by Fa Ha, getting angry easily and becoming barbarous? No way!" Zhu Su replied quickly. The other Team of Wellbeing members quickly shook their heads as well. "There are many fake myths spread everywhere. For instance, the myth saying that drinking a deer's fresh blood directly from the deer's body will strengthen male stamina, even including virility in bed. And that uncertain myth is even followed blindly by many emperors and princes, who should be a group of educated people, just to satisfy their momentary lust. Those who are weak will end up dying fast."
"Human energy, whether it is for work, thinking, or sexual intercourse - whatever it is, it's all the same. It can't be pushed beyond the limits of our abilities," Li Heng made his conclusion.
"You're right, Physician Li. But now we need energy not for satisfying worldly desires. We are forced by the situation."
"Can we copy the pathway of the mountain ascetics?"
"Mountain ascetics?"
"Yes. The mountain ascetics are so wonderful. They even often fast. Some of them, do not eat and drink during the day and only eat when the sunset arrives. Some of them, only eat white rice and water, and there are those who even only drink water without eating anything else. Whatever the form of fasting they do, it should weaken their bodies and make them die quickly, right? But the fact is, they can live longer lives, even longer than the average ages of the nobles."
"There are two reasons why those mountain ascetics can live long even though they often fast. First, they do not follow worldly desires. Okay, we can copy this part. And the second, they have moved away from all the hardships and sufferings of this worldly life, living alone in seclusion in the mountains. This is what makes them different from us. Not only we still live in society, we even have many problems we must strive for and then have to deal with the stress caused by them."
"My Lord, have you heard this proverb; The small hides in the wild, the great hides in the city? Practicing on a mountain, although gives us an enchanting sensation and will make us think about the wandering vigilante, it's not great training anyway, it's just small training. And the great training, is by keeping within the crowd of the world. That is what makes us great. So! We are apparently greater than those mountain ascetics, my Lord!"
"And that's the problem. Because we do great training, our energy will be drained faster than those mountain ascetics who only do "small training"."
"As human beings, we should not immediately do "great training". Our training should start with the small first."
"You mean? Hey, can it be!..."
"First, we practice seclusion and meditation, imitating mountain ascetics!"
The light inside Zhu Su's mind lit up. "That's right, meditation! Contemplating the mind is indeed the best way to restore our energy! However... we will need pretty much time to meditate. So many patients we have to heal, it's coincidental we can have time to relax today, but not every day we can do the same."
"There is a saying that states, if we follow our demand to work then we'll be ended up being workaholics, we will work non stop until we die. It's the same with following desire. So, the demand of working and the demand of desires is actually the same, my Lord. It's just that the demand of desires give negative perception, while the demand of working leads to positive perception. But now let us look from a neutral view. Then we will find, if we are attached and addicted to them, then both of them can be equally harmful to our health. So, whatever happens, we must let go of our attachment to the demands of our works. There is time to work, and there is time to stop and relax - it is the lesson we have learned from the Principles of Yin Yang. Let us make our meditation the moment to relax, to restore our energy."
"Then, how about the patients?"