The man wished for a miracle to happen.

Eventually, he saw a young man walking from the hill towards the clinic. After the young man had arrived at the clinic, he unlocked the door.

He's here!

The man turned off the engine, then opened the door of his car. Suddenly he felt so cold.

“Gee, so cold!” said the man.

“Hmmm?” w.a.n.g Yao turned his head and saw the man getting out of the car. The man was wearing a down jacket.

It's him!

w.a.n.g Yao remembered this man, who was in his 30's. He remembered that the man was as weak as a woman who just gave birth to a baby.

As w.a.n.g Yao walked closer, he found that the man's face was so pale. He was s.h.i.+vering with cold. It seemed that his condition had gotten worse.

What happened to him?

“h.e.l.lo, Dr. w.a.n.g,” said the man.

“h.e.l.lo,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

“I…” The man didn't know what to say.

“Your condition has gotten worse?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.

“Yes,” said the man.

“Please come in,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

After they both had settled in the clinic, w.a.n.g Yao had a good look at the man.

“Hmmm, strange!” said w.a.n.g Yao.

He found that the man's damaged vital energy had started to affect his fundamental health.

“Have you taken the formula I prescribed?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.

“Yes, I followed your instructions without any problems,” said the man certainly.

“Have you eaten anything you are not supposed to eat?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.

“No, definitely not. You told me not to eat cold and uncooked food. So I have only been eating warm and well-cooked food,” said the man.

“Where have you been lately?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.

“Nowhere. I just stayed at home watching TV, taking the medication, and sleeping,” said the man after thinking for a while. “It's so cold outside, so I haven't gone out. The only place I go is the grocery shop downstairs. I needed to buy vegetables and meat.”

w.a.n.g Yao didn't know what to say. The man followed all his instructions, and his formula had no problems. How come he had been getting worse?

According to the man, he had started to be extremely sensitive to coldness since autumn. Then it got worse. He had to leave the heater on all the time in winter. He still felt cold, even with thick quilts covering his body. w.a.n.g Yao was pretty sure that the man's vital energy had a ma.s.sive deficiency. If the man's condition got worse, he would be like Yang Haichuan's mother, whose fundamental health had been damaged.

“Well, I'll prescribe you a different formula this time. Please try it.” After thinking for a while, w.a.n.g Yao prescribed him Sanyang Powder, which he had prescribed for Yang Haichuan's mother before.

“Another prescription?” said the man.

“Yes?” said w.a.n.g Yao with surprise. The man was fed up with medications.

“Tell you the truth. I've seen at least 10 doctors due to my condition. Every doctor prescribed different medications for me, but none of those medications worked,” said the man.

“What medications have you taken?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.

The man was prepared. He took out a list out of his pocket, on which he wrote all the medications he had taken.

“Wow, you really pay attention to details,” said w.a.n.g Yao, smiling.

He took over the list to and read it thoroughly.

Most of the medications were chemical drugs, which w.a.n.g Yao was not familiar with. He had never heard of most of the medications, let alone their effect and nature.

The man's condition is caused by external factors. What damaged his vital energy so badly? thought w.a.n.g Yao.

“Have you had any serious injuries before?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.

“No,” said the man.

“Hmmm.” Sometimes w.a.n.g Yao had difficulty figuring out the cause of a disease.

He had a look at the man again.

What is this?!

He found something different this time.

Such as strong Yin energy! There was a weird cold energy inside the man's body, which was completely different to the energy he found in Yang Haichuan's mother's body. This weird cold energy was not easy to detect.

Inhale, exhale.

w.a.n.g Yao suddenly thought about a way. He transferred some Qi into the man's body, and as he did, he felt a slice of weak Qi coming from the man. If w.a.n.g Yao's Qi was a burning flame, the man's Qi was a candle in the wind.

The man's Qi was weak and in disorder.

“Doctor?” asked the man.

“Just one second.” w.a.n.g Yao was still thinking.

“Let's go.” He suddenly stood up.

“Where are we going?” asked the man.

“Your house,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

“My house? Why?” asked the man.

“I can't explain it,” said w.a.n.g Yao. “Is it okay with you?”

“Yes, let's go,” said the man.

w.a.n.g Yao stuck a sign on the door, indicating he was not in the clinic before he left.

“This way, please,” said the man.

“I'll drive my own car. Can you lead the way? I'll follow your car,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

w.a.n.g Yao drove behind the man slowly.

Zhu City was located next to Lianshan. The road between two places was very wide, and it was the only main road. There were a lot of cars on the road.

w.a.n.g Yao and the man arrived at the man's house about one hour later. The man's name was Lun Hengran.

The heater was on when they entered the house. It was very warm.

“Please take a seat, Dr. w.a.n.g.” The man went to the kitchen to make w.a.n.g Yao a cup of tea.

“You don't need to worry about me, I won't stay long,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

After entering the room, w.a.n.g Yao had a strange feeling on top of the warm feeling.

He felt cold!

It was a coldness. Not like a usual coldness, but a strange gloomy and cold feeling. As if w.a.n.g Yao was standing in the shadow on a warm winter day. It was a spooky feeling.

The aura in the room was weird. It was in disorder. Normally the aura in a room in winter should be stable because people kept the window closed most of the time. w.a.n.g Yao tried to release some of his Qi to have a stronger sense of the coldness.

He walked around the living room and noticed there were a lot of indoor plants. He could see over 20 different plants. The edge of the walls were filled with flower pots.

“You like flowers?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.

“Yes, I like flowers. Every time I find a nice pot of flowers, I will bring it home,” said Lun Hengran.

w.a.n.g Yao had a close look at those flowers.

“Some of them are not suitable to be put indoors,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

“Oh, why?” asked Lun Hengran.

“Flowers like lily, tuberose, and mimosa will release some special substances that could your health. And this one, pine, and cypress bonsai. I can see you have least five of them in the living room,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

“Yes, six actually. Evergreen plants. I really like them,” said Lun Hengran.

“They are actually worse. Pine and cypress releases a special aroma, which some people are allergic to. In addition, Pine and cypress are evergreen plants, which has a strong Yin energy. They are often planted next to cemeteries,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

“Oh my! I never thought about it!” said Lun Hengran.

“Most of the plants here have to be moved out of your house, otherwise they'll have a very negative impact on your health,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

He didn't expect that Lun Hengran was so keen to collect bonsai. If he had placed these bonsai in a garden or greenhouse, the impact on his health wouldn't be that profound. However, he placed them all inside his house. The damage was huge.

However, the bonsai was not the biggest problem Lun Hengran had in his house.

w.a.n.g Yao stopped in front of the TV cabinet.

“What's wrong, Dr. w.a.n.g?” asked Lun Hengran.

“Where is this stone from?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.

He noticed a bluish yellow stone placed on the TV cabinet. The stone was an irregular disc-shape, and there was a line on it.

“Oh, I bought it,” said Lun Hengran.

“What did you buy it for?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.

“Oh, because it is such a unique shape. I thought it looks pretty, so I spent 300 yuan buying it,” said Lun Hengran.

“300 yuan? Do you know what it is?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.

“One of my friends told me the stone seems to be from Yellow River. He said 300 is a good price,” said Lun Hengran.

“A Yellow River Stone? No, this is wors.h.i.+p stone,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

“What is wors.h.i.+p stone?” asked Lun Hengran.

“A wors.h.i.+p stone is something you put in front of a grave to wors.h.i.+p your dead family members,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

w.a.n.g Yao could sense a unique Yin energy when he stood in front of the TV cabinet. The Yin energy was strong and disturbed the aura of the house. It shocked w.a.n.g Yao. He took a good look, and found this stone, which was used to wors.h.i.+p the dead. He was astonished to see it in a living person's house.

“Wait, the stone is really used to wors.h.i.+p the dead?” asked Lun Hengran.

“Yes, guaranteed,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

The reason why w.a.n.g Yao recognized the stone immediately was because that he had seen its description in The Treatise on Miscellaneous Diseases. The stone could be used as herb, and his Qi couldn't steer him wrong as to the nature.

“I see. I actually have another stone in my bedroom. Can you have a look?” said Lun Hengran.

“Another one?” said w.a.n.g Yao.

Following Lun Hengran into his bedroom, w.a.n.g Yao saw a second wors.h.i.+p stone, which was smaller than the one in the living room.

“That one,” said Lun Hengran.

“Same thing,” said w.a.n.g Yao.

He was really surprised to see two wors.h.i.+p stones in someone's house.

No matter if you looked at it from Feng Shui or just sheer superst.i.tion, it was not a good thing to place items related to the dead in one's house. In addition, the stones had strong Yin energy. Not to mention they were taken from the grave, which made the Yin energy even stronger.

A large amount of bonsai trees and two wors.h.i.+p stones turned a living person's house into a grave, especially there considering the two pine and cypress bonsai next to the wors.h.i.+p stone in the living room.