A Mortal’s Medicinal Elixirs

Chapter 30 Iron Sand Palm

William didn’t head home Instead, he remained at the square to open up the second meridians on his arms because the place was spacious and there wasn’t anyone else.

And it wasn’t until 5.00AM the next day when the sun had just begun to rise that he returned home.

Melisenna had already awoken at this point and was making breakfast.

Meanwhile, William was brushing his teeth when he found Gwendolyn coming out of her room to answer

a call. However, she turned grim very quickly. “Where? Alright, I’m coming over now!”

At that, William’s heart skipped a beat. “What’s wrong?”

“Grandpa’s seriously injured,” the young woman bawled.

“Where is he at?” William asked, to which Gwendolyn said, “At Kreim. My dad’s already on his way.”

“Get your things. We’re going as well,” he said.

“But my dad won’t let me go,” said the young woman while wiping her tears away. “He said to wait until it’s

William narrowed his eyes at that. Looks like things are much crazier than I thought. At that, he reassured her. It’s fine. I’ll go with you. Come on!”

With that, they headed off to Kreim in Gwendolyn’s Audi S5.

“So, what happened? Are you really clueless about it?” he asked.

“Now that you mention it,” Gwendolyn revealed after a moment of pondering. “I think I remember something. We would move from time to time when I was little, and Grandpa changed his name a few times. Even my dad changed his name twice.”

“So, they’ve been running away from someone?” William asked, to which Gwendolyn shook her head in response. I’m not sure. All I remember is that Grandpa would force me to practice martial arts when I was little. I actually didn’t like it in the beginning, but with time, I got used to it.

Then, William fell silent for a moment before turning to the young woman.

Give your dad a call. Find out what injury exactly it is your grandfather’s suffering from. Tell him I can treat it.”

Gwendolyn nodded firmly at that and dialed a number. Instantly, an authoritative–sounding middle–aged man’s voice came from the speaker. “Don’t worry about it, Gwen. I’m already looking after your grandpa.”

“Dad,” the young woman interjected. “How serious is Grandpa’s injury?”

“He was struck down by a palm,” said the middle–aged man. Tm thinking of a way to treat him now.”

“What palm are we talking about?” Gwen asked at once.

“The Iron Sand Palm. The man sighed after a moment’s silence.

William heard the conversation loud and clear, so he gave a prescription right then, then told the man to note it down and get the faedication ready at once.

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“Who’s this?” asked the man on the other end of the line.

Gwendolyn said at once. “He’s

is that really you?” asked the middle–aged man. “I have heard a lot about you. Can your prescription

Kreim in another two hours. You have to find all the medicinal herbs I mentioned in half an hour, muddle them into a paste, and apply it to Old Mr. Zuch’s chest. Wait for me to get there before you do anything else,” William instructed, and the

I’ve heard about this Iron Sand Palm,

but a kind of terrifying Qi energy with intense penetrating power. One gentle palm strike is enough to crush the heart. Your grandfather’s injury

rolled down the young woman’s cheeks like a never–ending waterfall after she

He’ll be fine,” William reassured her. “I happen to know the moves of this Iron Sand Palm, and I’m actually preparing to learn the technique as of late.

you think the person who injured my grandpa is a Qi State

must be,” William affirmed. “A person can’t master the Iron Sand Palm without

at 110 miles per hour. This was only

originally two–hour drive ended up becoming half an hour, and they pulled

wide open, and two middle–aged men approached the pair as soon as the latter entered. One of them, the one who looked authoritative, shook William’s hand at once. “I’m Cooper Zuch, Mr.

cut to the chase after a quick greeting

hurriedly led William to Walter, who was lying on the couch in the middle of the room. Though the elder was wide awake, he was frail, and his face

said, “I hadn’t wanted to trouble you, Mr. Barrett. Alas, you

anymore, William lifted Walter’s shirt to find a black–green bruise in the shape of a palm slightly beneath his chest. On top of the bruise was a layer of medicinal

check the elder’s internal injuries. It was then that

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life using Qi coupled with the medicinal herbs, he’d

save him, Mr. Barrett? Cooper asked

in response. It’s difficult but not impossible. It’ll

his golden needles out and pierced them around Walter’s heart. Very quickly, the elder’s beanbeat slowed down, pumping about a dozen times

to prepare at once while he asked Cooper to follow him out. “His cardiac muscles are torn. The

“Please do whatever

asked, leading Cooper to smile wryly. “I shall

loved martial arts when he was younger and would ask masters of various martial arts to teach him. Just like that, he became a

went to Walter and asked to spar. Young and full of beans, Walter wounded Aurelius severely using concealed bursts of energy. In the end, Aurelius died

the Iron Sand Palm from a master. As he was gifted in

away from his hometown since then. While Walter had been hiding and running away, Kyle’s fame only grew by the day. Now, thirty–plus years later, Kyle became a Qi State master who took in many disciples. But he never stopped

and the assassin incident was Kyle’s attempt to learn about Walter’s abilities

wounded Walter gravely. Not only that, he even vowed to annihilate the entire Zuch

help frowning in response. “This man is too merciless. Why wipe out an entire

Gwen to be here. I don’t want her to get dragged into this. I’m also done running away, having been doing it for decades. It’s time we put an end to this.

way of sorting this out peacefully.”

death”

no turning back now. We

if we

Iron

down in the dumps, encouraged William. “We don’t know for certain

“Word is that Kyle also asked a few masters to join his league. This will be a bloody battle that I don’t think

wrongs when it came to such

he even used the Ultimate Resurrection Needle, which was very Qi–consuming, Couplerl

and meditated. By the time he opened his eyes again, the

he had returned to reality, she offered some assistance. “I’ll get you some food.”

at that. He was indeed feeling a little