Sun Shijie pondered for a moment and said, "To solve her growth and development issues at once, unless you find the 'Eternal Darkness Flower'."

"Eternal Darkness Flower?" Zhao Guo'an frowned slightly, quickly pondering over the information regarding these four words in his mind, but couldn't recall any book that recorded it.

"Don't think about it. This flower hasn't appeared in any books, I only heard about it from my elders," Sun Shijie said, stopping Zhao Guo'an from wasting any more effort.

The little girl interjected, "Don't mind him, go on and tell us, where can we find the Eternal Darkness Flower."

Sun Shijie continued, "The condition for the Eternal Darkness Flower's growth is completely different from most plants. Other plants need water and sunshine, but the Eternal Darkness Flower is the exact opposite; it withers when it touches water and dies when exposed to light.

Based on this condition, the scope is quite vast, such as pitch-black underground caves, subterranean dark rivers, or even sewers, theoretically, anywhere could possibly grow the Eternal Darkness Flower."

The scene suddenly fell silent, and at the same time, everyone understood why Sun Shijie would say that this method is virtually futile.

Because according to this logic, the problem is essentially unsolvable.

The Eternal Darkness Flower dies when exposed to light, and yet to find it, people inevitably need to use light, essentially creating an endless loop.

However, at this moment, Xiao Feng questioned, "Isn't that wrong? If it dies when exposed to light, then how did the first person who discovered the Eternal Darkness Flower manage to ingest it?

Or is it that a withered Eternal Darkness Flower can still retain some degree of medicinal efficacy?"

"Right, huh!" The little girl's eyes lit up, "It seems Brother Xiao Feng is smart, to discover the flaw so quickly!"

Everyone was speechless, but they had to admit that Xiao Feng's thinking was once again a few steps ahead of theirs.

After a short while, Sun Shijie explained, "Another characteristic of the Eternal Darkness Flower is that it emits a glow in the dark, and in a place without light, it's no exaggeration to say that it's difficult to move even a step and they would definitely create torches or use flashlights for illumination.

So, unless by a stroke of luck, by the time you discover the Eternal Darkness Flower, it will be when it is withered."

Once again, the whole place fell into silence as the question circled back to its origin.

After all was said and done, it remained an almost unsolvable problem, reliant on luck, with the odds of winning arguably lower than hitting a jackpot in the lottery.

After a while, Zhao Guo'an, with a furrowed brow, asked, "What's the purpose of the Eternal Darkness Flower? And why isn't it recorded in any books?"

Sun Shijie said, "The Eternal Darkness Flower serves only one purpose, upon ingestion, it causes the muscles to tear and bones to fracture, equating to severe injury throughout the body. Without tremendous willpower, one couldn't possibly endure.

My grandfather's master, in his youth, traveled far and made many like-minded friends. They aspired to find medicines unrecorded in books, choosing only remote and extreme environments to search.

The Eternal Darkness Flower was one of their achievements..."

Hearing this, Xiao Feng and the others' expressions became solemn, though Sun Shijie's grandfather's master's generation might have somewhat had a death wish.

But thinking about it from another perspective, if Shennong hadn't tasted a hundred herbs back then, medicine wouldn't have progressed; achieving significant breakthroughs always requires people to make sacrifices.

"And then?" Zhao Guo'an continued to ask.

"The elders present were essentially already quite renowned, with people excelling in various fields, hence one daringly swallowed the Eternal Darkness Flower.

According to my grandfather's notes, that elder, during the agony, repeatedly begged those present to end his life, his throat hoarse, and even his mental state showed signs of collapse.

However, the people present tried many ways but never managed to alleviate that elder's pain, even those specializing in anesthesia found themselves at wits' end, everyone was helpless.

After a pause, Sun Shijie continued, "Fortunately, that elder, with extraordinary willpower and the collective efforts of everyone present, finally managed to hang onto life.

Perhaps due to the dual nature of all things, after recovering, the elder who consumed the Eternal Darkness Flower possessed an astonishingly increased resistance to pain and self-healing ability.

For example, if an ordinary person cuts their hand, it takes three to seven days to fully heal, but that elder only needed half a day, exceeding ordinary people several times over!"

"I see!" Xiao Feng and the others nodded slowly.

Sun Shijie concluded, "The immense destructive power of the Eternal Darkness Flower on bones and meridians is precisely the key point of breakdown before building; the more thorough the destruction, the more perfect the reconstruction, the difficulty lies in the exceptional difficulty of finding it, and also in not ensuring that those who ingest it can endure the pain."

He then looked at Zhao Guo'an and said, "As for why it isn't recorded in books, think about the medical books you've read, the most recent ones were written how many years ago?"

Zhao Guo'an suddenly understood and lamented, "This is one of the reasons why our traditional Chinese medicine hasn't progressed as quickly as Western medicine. They can publish a paper for global discussion in a year or so, but we have too little mutual communication."

Sun Shijie agreed profoundly, "I think so too, but breaking this situation isn't something you and I can achieve alone, most people must get involved."

As the topic veered further, Xiao Feng shook his head and walked toward the door.

"Brother Xiao Feng, where are you going?" the little girl hurriedly asked.

"To cheer on the person lying in bed."

The little girl's face darkened, "Are you sure it's to cheer, not to provoke her with words?"

...

Arriving at Lin Jiaxuan's room, Xiao Feng pushed the door open and entered directly.

"I don't want to see you." Lin Jiaxuan turned her head away, speaking coldly.

Xiao Feng shrugged indifferently and walked straight to Lin Jiaxuan, "You don't seem to have changed much, tsk tsk, taking a free beating, it's really joyous, oh no, heartbreaking, deeply distressing!"

"Just laugh if you want to, there's no need to pretend to be compassionate like a cat crying over a mouse," Lin Jiaxuan retorted irritably, thinking how there could be a person like this in the world?

Always rubbing salt in others' wounds, basing happiness on others' pain, isn't the conscience condemned?

However, Xiao Feng's next sentence immediately made her furious...

"Take off your clothes, let me see."

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