"Xuanling Yao Family?"
The moment Zhao Wuji mentioned the name Xuanling Yao Family, the room fell completely silent.
Everyone present knew about the Yao Family.
Because they knew, they also understood how high the Yao Family's status was.
Currently, there were two main medical systems on Earth: Western medicine and Great Xia's traditional Chinese medicine.
Unlike Western medicine, which only began to rise in the last century, Great Xia's traditional Chinese medicine had flourished since Great Xia's founding—thousands of years ago.
Even with Western medicine's rise, many people's first thought at the mention of "doctor" was Western medicine's era.
Yet the status of Chinese medicine remained unshakable.
The reason was simple.
There were countless incurable diseases—Western medicine might temporarily treat symptoms but not the root cause; even if cured, survival was often short-lived.
Young patients cured by Western medicine might only live ten more years, but those treated by Chinese medicine could survive decades.
Even some incurable diseases that Western medicine could not treat could be healed by master Chinese physicians from the Yao Family, or at least their life prolonged by several years.
Chinese medicine originated from the Yao Family.
They possessed countless precious medicinal formulas.
Among all national-level Chinese medicine masters in Great Xia, eight out of ten came from or were related to the Yao Family.
With so many Medical Martial Masters, the Yao Family controlled the health of countless people.
Therefore, the Yao Family was one of the most formidable families in Great Xia and the entire Earth—one no one wished to offend.
If it were any other power, even a strong Aristocratic Family, after Old Master Zhao's life-extension, Zhao Family would dare to confront them, showing their resources were not to be taken lightly.
But if it was the Yao Family, Zhao Family had to send resources.
If not, the Yao Family's influence could cause countless enemies for Zhao Family.
Zhao Family might even be forced out of Aristocratic Family status or perish.
"Wait, big brother, does Yao Family really have the ability to extend Father's life?"
"Didn't we previously have a national-level master from Yao Family stationed in the capital come to treat Father?"
"That master said Father's lifespan had run out, and no method could cure him anymore."
"Because of that, we brought in top Western doctors from around the world, hoping for a miracle."
"Could that master have lied to us—that they actually have a method to extend Father's life but demand thirty percent of Zhao Family's assets as the price?"
Zhao Xuankun's eyes turned cold as he looked at Zhao Wuji and said.
"He did not lie. Father is truly at the end of his lifespan."
Zhao Wuji shook his head.
"If he's at the end, why could Yao Family extend Father's life?"
Zhao Xuankun frowned.
"Yao Family has a five-thousand-year legacy and deep hidden strength."
"Their life-extension method is a divine herb preserved for countless years, with the power to prolong life."
"After taking it, even a dying person can be forcibly sustained for three to ten years."
Zhao Wuji explained.
"Yao Family wouldn't lie to us with such an excuse. How could such a divine herb exist?"
Zhao Xuankun asked.
"I also thought it was Yao Family's deception—how could a single herb extend life?"
"This world isn't a supernatural realm. Such divine herbs shouldn't exist."
"Yes, it's ridiculous to say a single herb can extend life by years or decades. Must be an excuse; Yao Family could treat Father but say he is beyond help."
"Not necessarily. Who knows what secrets the world holds? This herb might be one."
"That's impossible. At Zhao Family's level, there are hardly any secrets left. Yao Family must be bluffing."
The younger Zhao Family members supported Zhao Xuankun's views.
"At first, I thought the same—Yao Family was bluffing."
"But I made some calls and confirmed that Yao Family's claims are true."
Zhao Wuji said.
"Yao Family's connections are everywhere. Maybe they had the people I contacted lie to me?"
Zhao Xuankun said.
"Maybe, but the evidence is right before us. We must believe."
"Yao Family sent a single leaf of the herb, as a sign of goodwill to convince Zhao Family."
"If I place this leaf in Father's mouth, he will revive for three days."
"In those three days, his condition will be like when he was in his sixties—able to walk and run on his own."
"But if we don't purchase the whole herb within those three days, Father will immediately die."
"Moreover, Yao Family showed great sincerity—they let Father take the herb first, promising to collect payment only after Father lived for at least one year."
"What kind of herb can make a nearly hundred-year-old man regain the vigor of his sixties? And guarantee this recovery will last? And allow payment only after a year?"
"All these signs prove the Yao Family's herb is a true life-extension divine herb."
"There are indeed secrets in this world unknown to us—at least we know nothing about this medical family with thousands of years of history."
Zhao Wuji said solemnly to the group.
"Big brother, where is that leaf?"
Zhao Xuankun asked, taking a deep breath as he looked at Zhao Wuji.
"It's with me."
Zhao Wuji took out an exquisitely crafted transparent crystal box from his chest pocket.
Inside lay a pink leaf about the size of a fingertip.
The leaf was moist and glossy as if alive, showing no sign of withering as normally happens when a leaf is plucked.
...
"Hm? This is a leaf of the top-grade Spiritual Herb Life-Extending Flower?"
At the moment Zhao Wuji revealed the crystal box, a young man outside the Zhao Family mansion suddenly opened his eyes.
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