I Became a Medical Genius in the 80s

Chapter 1004: Chapter 1003: Beisitian Cried

”It failed?” Beisitian’s face was full of shock. ”What do you mean, ’failed’?”

Luo Yirui was startled; he rarely saw his mom look this surprised. His heart gave a jolt. Had he taught it wrong? That would be bad!

Luo Yirui hurriedly told Beisitian the whole process of Jing Changle’s talisman making. Jing Changle added details from the side. Because he had personally experienced it, even though he wasn’t as precise and professional as Luo Yirui, it was enough for Beisitian to understand the process.

All the more reason she was shocked!

She looked at Jing Changle and did not see any serious problem with his spirit—there wasn’t even a minor issue. Yet according to the two kids’ description, Jing Changle had indeed failed at talisman making, and more than once!

Spiritual Talisman was not without risk, especially at the time of breakthrough: either you fail, or you succeed.

If you succeed, you naturally become a true Mystic Doctor; but if you fail, the mild result is a loss of spirit, requiring years or even decades of slow nurturing to recover. If the loss is severe, you end up like Jiang Mingzhong, with spiritual power exhausted, having no more fate with the Mystic Doctor path in this lifetime, and your spirit will only decline year by year.

Besides that, there’s another situation—like Wei Zhongyuan, who nearly died. No matter which it is, it should be impossible to experiment over and over again like Jing Changle.

Moreover, once you perform Spiritual Talisman, basically you won’t get talisman making failures. After all, it’s the release of long-accumulated foundation and experience; the only difference is that the talismans produced vary in quality.

But as for Jing Changle, sometimes he succeeded, sometimes he failed...

It was simply against all common sense!

”Auntie, how about I try one more time?” Jing Changle said.

He very much wanted to figure out what was going on. He had been trying again and again anyway; if Beisitian had time and he could do it once in front of her, that would be ideal.

Because Jing Changle didn’t understand the danger, he felt no pressure saying this. But Beisitian did. After hearing him, she pondered for quite a while before finally nodding.

Jing Changle immediately took out a Yellow Talisman and a brush, and quickly drew on the paper. Whether his state was simply good this time or not, he actually succeeded!

”Uh... it worked.” Jing Changle scratched his head. Like this, could Aunt Bei still tell anything?

He looked up and saw Beisitian staring at him, deep in thought, so he asked carefully, ”Aunt Bei, how is it? Should I do it again? I basically never succeed twice in a row.”

Beisitian couldn’t help but be a little amused and exasperated. It seemed she really needed to give this kid a proper lesson in Mystic Doctor knowledge. This kind of thing cannot be tried carelessly.

Just now, Beisitian had watched the entire process of Jing Changle’s Spiritual Talisman. It clearly carried Luo Yirui’s style, which naturally came from the influence of Luo Yirui’s teaching these past ten-odd days.

But...

”Who taught you Spiritual Talisman in the very beginning?” Beisitian asked.

Luo Yirui answered from the side, ”No one taught him. One day he was staring at the bead his mom left him and suddenly fell into a daze, and his spirit rapidly dried up. I made an Essence Qi Talisman to save him. After that, he started talisman making together with me without even meaning to.”

The process sounded rather strange when described.

Beisitian listened, looking utterly incredulous. ”Mom doesn’t quite understand what you mean. Start from the beginning and tell Mom.”

At this moment, Jing Changle took his treasured bead from inside his clothes and handed it to Beisitian, then told the whole story from start to finish.

He’d been conscious during that dazed period, so he could describe it clearly.

Beisitian turned the bead over in her hand, examining it. ”There’s a figure inside demonstrating Spiritual Talisman?”

Jing Changle nodded. ”At first it was the pretty auntie herself doing Spiritual Talisman in there. Later, for a while, she suddenly turned into Luo Yirui, then after a bit it went back to the pretty auntie again.”

When he was alone, he called the pretty auntie inside ”Mom.” He would imagine that his mom looked like that. But when other people were around, he felt too shy to call her that.

After hearing this, Beisitian fell silent. Holding this smooth yet utterly ordinary-looking bead, her eyes were filled with deep shock and admiration.

She already knew what it was.

After a long while, a glimmer of tears rose at the corners of her eyes, and tear drops slid down her cheeks.

Luo Yirui and Jing Changle both stared blankly. The always calm and unruffled mom (Aunt Bei)—why was she crying?

The moment Luo Yirui saw his mom’s tears, his little mouth puckered as if he was about to cry too. He stepped forward and hugged her, but didn’t know how to comfort her, because he didn’t know why she was crying.

Beisitian quickly patted Luo Yirui’s head. His gesture warmed her heart. In a soft voice, she said, ”Baby, I’m fine~”

Seeing the smile return to his mom’s face, Luo Yirui half believed, half doubted. He let go of her, but still stayed at her side.

Beisitian beckoned to Jing Changle and said, ”Child, come here.”

Jing Changle hurried over.

”Your mom loves you. She loves you very, very much. You must remember that. The person you saw in the bead—that is your mom!” Beisitian said with deep feeling.

This bead is called an Inheritance Pearl. As the name suggests, an Inheritance Pearl is indeed used for inheritance, but it’s not like in fantasy novels where it’s instant enlightenment.

For a Mystic Doctor, every Inheritance Pearl represents a life passing away. Only by using one’s life can an Inheritance Pearl be condensed, and the price paid during the condensation is not merely one’s life. The process is unspeakably painful.

As far as Beisitian knew, Inheritance Pearls circulating in the world were extremely rare, because to condense a single Inheritance Pearl, one must endure inhuman torture—most people simply cannot bear it.

During this process, the spirit is rapidly drained, and the blood in the entire body flows in reverse...

Just thinking about it made Beisitian shudder.

If Jing Changle’s mother hadn’t loved him to the extreme, she certainly could not have held out!

It wasn’t that no one had ever wanted to try; after all, this method could easily create a master of Spiritual Talisman. However, very, very few could persist to the end. In the end, the vast majority chose to simply die.

Looking at Beisitian’s expression and listening to her words, Jing Changle’s eyes glistened with tears. That really was his mom!

Although Beisitian hadn’t told him exactly what the process entailed, Jing Changle knew that leaving behind this Inheritance Pearl must not have been easy. His mom did love him!

Of course, Beisitian wouldn’t choose this moment to tell him the whole truth. His mindset was not yet fully formed; if he learned what was behind it all now, it would certainly inflict a severe psychological shadow on him, and that was not something his mother would want to see.

As long as he set foot on the Mystic Doctor path, one day he would understand. By then, his mind would be mature, and it would be time for him to know just how much his mother had paid for him.

In the past, Jing Changle had envied that Luo Yirui had someone who loved him. Now he knew his own mom also cherished and protected him just as much; even after her soul was scattered and her spirit destroyed, she had still left him the very foundation on which he could stand in the future.