My Entry In Troubled Times Is Infinitely Synthesized

Chapter 2: Cold Wind

Suddenly, Li Yun felt a warm current flowing through his body, moisturizing his bones and making him extremely comfortable.

Li Yun looked at the panel in front of him, shimmering with white light, unable to express his excitement.

It wasn't until Xiao Rou's puzzled call that Li Yun snapped back to reality.

"Uncle, uncle, what's wrong with you?"

Li Yun regained his senses and looked at the petite girl sitting across from him. Suppressing the urge to burst into laughter, he picked up a large piece of bird meat for her. "Xiao Rou, you are truly my lucky star!"

"Huh?" Xiao Rou looked puzzled, giving Li Yun a strange look. Did Uncle suddenly go crazy?

Ignoring Xiao Rou's confusion, Li Yun quickly finished his meal and stood up, throwing a few punches with much more strength than before!

And the biggest effect of this attribute is to increase martial arts talent by 20%, equivalent to a 20% improvement.

A promising future awaits!

"I mean, we will definitely live well and thrive," Li Yun said seriously, sitting back down and suppressing his excited emotions. Li Yun continued, "Xiao Rou, let's play a game. If I win, you wash the dishes. If I lose, I wash the dishes. How about that?"

Xiao Rou looked at him with a hint of confusion. "Isn't it usually me who washes the dishes?"

"It's about adding fun to our lives. Come on, listen to Uncle," Li Yun said.

"Our game is called Rock, Paper, Scissors," Li Yun explained with a smile.

Xiao Rou was clever and instantly understood the rules. Although she was puzzled by Uncle's seemingly crazy behavior, she still played a few rounds with him.

Li Yun had good luck and won three rounds in a row, taunting Xiao Rou after each victory. Xiao Rou didn't say anything, but her already dark face seemed even darker.

"Xiao Rou, this game is not just about luck. Sometimes it requires courage and keen eyesight. You're still too young, keep trying," Li Yun chuckled, looking at the new attribute he had gained, his face almost breaking into a smile.

He suddenly played Rock, Paper, Scissors with Xiao Rou not because he was acting foolishly, but to test the humiliation rule of the panel. Now it seems that achieving Low Level humiliation is extremely simple.

"Xiao Rou, take your time washing the dishes. I'll go to the bathroom," Li Yun stood up and casually lied before heading to the outhouse.

Inside the outhouse, Li Yun checked the new attributes he had gained, but frowned.

He had won against Xiao Rou three times and humiliated her three times, so he should have gained three new attributes. But at this moment, he only received two attributes.

One attribute was grayed out: [Insufficient Qi and Blood].

The other attribute was also of gray quality: [Afflicted by Cold Wind].

Li Yun pondered for a moment and guessed that each person's attributes were limited. The quality of the attributes obtained from Low Level humiliation was mostly low. Through his humiliation of Xiao Rou, he had already obtained all the attributes of a High Grade Low Level.

[Insufficient Qi and Blood] was easy to understand. It wasn't just Xiao Rou, even he had this attribute, indicating a sub-healthy state. They hadn't eaten any meat for half a month. If it were Abundant Qi and Blood, that would be strange.

But the attribute [Afflicted by Cold Wind] immediately dampened Li Yun's excitement.

[Afflicted by Cold Wind]: Weak body, fever, hot to the touch, the condition will worsen in a few days.

Cold wind, fever, coughing, in simple terms, it's a fever and cold.

This illness is minor in modern times and can be easily cured. However, in ancient society, a slight negligence could cause a series of symptoms and even death.

Li Yun's expression turned ugly. It turned out that Xiao Rou had already contracted a cold. It wasn't noticeable on normal days, most likely because she was enduring it.

Upon careful thought, Xiao Rou had probably been holding on for many days. Li Yun faintly heard her coughing last night.

"I need to buy medicine to treat the illness!" Li Yun took a deep breath, crushed the attribute [Afflicted by Cold Wind], and walked out of the outhouse with big strides.

In front of the stove, Xiao Rou had finished eating and was washing the dishes, seemingly without any problems.

Li Yun withdrew his gaze and entered the room, taking all of their belongings with him.

After leaving the room, he picked up his bow and arrows and softly said to Xiao Rou, "Xiao Rou, I'm going out to buy rice. Rest well and don't wash the clothes for now."

"Mm, I understand."

Xiao Rou continued washing the dishes without turning around.

Li Yun sighed, lowered his hat, and walked out of the house.

Xiao Rou didn't like to trouble herself. She was a strong-willed girl, but also very guarded.

In her memory, Xiao Rou had never troubled the original owner with anything. She quietly took care of everything at home.

Li Yun knew that if he asked Xiao Rou to go with him to see a doctor, she wouldn't agree because she would feel like she was causing trouble. Li Yun was well aware that Xiao Rou had always been wary of him. She didn't want to trouble him too much or owe him too much.

Li Yun understood this. Most strong-willed people were like this, especially considering Xiao Rou's experiences. So Li Yun gave up on the idea of taking her to see a doctor.

Besides, whether she saw a doctor or not, it would be the same.

In Chunyang Town, there was a medical clinic run by a skilled doctor. Even in heavy snow, anyone infected with a cold would be cured after seeing him. The original owner had caught a cold half a month ago and went to see the doctor. The doctor didn't do much, just took a look and gave him a packet of medicine to cure the cold.

The only downside was that it was expensive...

Walking through the shantytown, Li Yun could faintly hear the sounds of fighting, women crying, and hungry babies crying from the dilapidated houses around him.

In this snowy weather, it was difficult just to survive.

Shaking his head, Li Yun quickly left and arrived in town. He went to the medical clinic first to buy medicine.

The doctor in charge was an old man with white hair. He gave Li Yun three days' worth of medicine, which cost a total of one or two silver coins.

It was expensive, unreasonably so.

One or two silver coins would be enough for a family of three to eat and drink for over a month in normal times, but now it could only buy three packets of medicine. However, despite the high price, many people still came to buy it.

After buying the medicine, Li Yun went to the grain shop and exchanged all his money for over 150 catties of rice.

The price had gone up compared to the previous few days, and the quality of this rice was average at best. It was called rice, but most of it was actually corn, mixed with bran.

Even so, the quality here in this grain shop was considered average. Most people bought the lowest grade of grain, where one or two silver coins could buy two to three hundred catties of "rice."

After buying everything, Li Yun had spent almost all of his silver coins.

Without lingering on the street, Li Yun used the small cart provided by the rice shop, tied it to his shoulders with a rope, and almost dragged the rice back to the shantytown.

Over a hundred catties was very tiring, even with a cart. In the snowy weather, it didn't take long for Li Yun to start panting and feeling dizzy.

This was a manifestation of insufficient qi and blood.

When he was about to reach his doorstep, Li Yun, who was already exhausted and about to collapse, suddenly stopped in his tracks, his face turning ice-cold.

At the entrance of his house, two men, one tall and one short, were loitering. The shorter young man was repeatedly kicking the door with force.

Li Yun exerted all his strength to draw his longbow, his gaze as sharp as an eagle, aimed at the tall and most threatening young man.

"Who's there!"

The young man suddenly turned around and looked at Li Yun.

They were only about ten meters apart. The short young man turned around upon hearing the voice and his eyes lit up when he saw Li Yun. "Li Yun, you're really here!"

"You are... Yang Biao?" Li Yun glanced at the short young man, his expression unpleasant.

(End of this chapter)