[Hu Zhongxuan told you that when Bai Chen was captured]
[He immediately ratted you out]
[Bai Chen wailed dramatically that your medical skills were better than his]
[Claiming you were like Hua Tuo reborn]
[Though he didn't actually know who Hua Tuo was]
[Bai Chen begged the army to arrest you instead of him]
[Bai Chen said he knew nothing]
[Admitted he'd accidentally killed patients before]
[Throwing all kinds of dirt at himself]
[But none of it worked]
[The army had even drafted veterinarians - clearly unfazed by Bai Chen's track record]
[The next day]
[Bai Chen was indeed assigned to the medical corps]
[Seeing you, he acted like meeting a long-lost relative]
[Passionately describing how much he'd missed you these past two years]
[Bai Chen claimed he'd never betrayed you when captured]
[Never imagined you'd been conscripted earlier]
[You asked: "Then how come I heard someone compared me to Hua Tuo reborn?"]
[Bai Chen's expression stiffened: "Senior brother, who has such good taste?"]
[You kicked him directly: "Get to work."]
[Bai Chen was placed under your supervision]
[You put him in charge of pill refining]
[Bai Chen actually had decent talent for pill refining]
[Even though he fooled around constantly, frequenting brothels]
[He could produce six second-grade pills per batch, reaching minor mastery]
[Not quite a second-grade pill refiner yet, but close]
[As the war intensified]
[The medical corps' workload grew heavier]
[Sometimes you even treated Jin Yue Nation's wounded]
[After treatment, senior officers like Hu Zhongxuan would interrogate them]
[You noticed they used a third-grade pill called Confusion Heart Pill during interrogations]
[The Confusion Heart Pill muddled the mind]
[Paired with specific martial techniques, it could force information disclosure]
[Though the effects weren't very stable]
[You obtained the Confusion Heart Pill recipe from Hu Zhongxuan]
[And began researching it]
[After six months, you improved the formula]
[The enhanced version stabilized the effects]
[No longer requiring supporting martial techniques]
[Just administering the new pill]
[Would make interrogated subjects answer any question truthfully]
[With remarkably effective results]
[You named the improved version Truth-Seeking Pill]
[Upgraded from third-grade to fourth-grade]
[This breakthrough inspired you]
[You immediately gathered materials for internal spirit pills and started refining]
[Two hours later, opening the furnace]
[Eight gleaming internal spirit pills shone brilliantly]
[You officially became a fourth-grade pill refiner]
[You presented the Truth-Seeking Pill to Hu Zhongxuan]
[After verification, he was thrilled]
[Rushing over excitedly with endless praise]
[He said your Truth-Seeking Pill would be adopted army-wide]
[Then took you to meet Commander-in-Chief Ding Hanfei]
[Ding Hanfei, an Ultimate Grandmaster, commanded all forces at Yajiangkou]
[Ding Hanfei was equally pleased]
[Patting your shoulder: "Zhao Tiezhu, right? Excellent, excellent."]
[Then turning to Hu Zhongxuan with a chuckle: "Your Danxia Sect truly produces talent!"]
[You froze, hesitating: "Commander Hu is also from Danxia Sect?"]
[Ding Hanfei looked surprised: "Tiezhu, you didn't know?"]
[You wanted to say you knew jackshit - Hu Zhongxuan had never mentioned it]
["Tiezhu, I am indeed from Danxia Sect," Hu Zhongxuan admitted]
[Before you could inquire further, Ding Hanfei interrupted]
["Tiezhu, save the family reunion for later. You improved the Confusion Heart Pill - what reward do you want?"]
[You considered: "Martial techniques?"]
["Granted!"]
["Combat skills?"]
["Those too!"]
["Can I return to Danxia Sect?"]
["That's a no."]
[You rolled your eyes - what was the point then?]
[Ultimately you requested large quantities of internal spirit pill materials]
[All resulting pills would belong to you]
[Returning to the medical corps with Hu Zhongxuan]
[The two of you sat facing each other]
[You asked: "Commander Hu... you're my martial uncle?"]
[Hu Zhongxuan nodded: "Yes."]
[Everything suddenly made sense]
[No wonder Hu Zhongxuan had treated you favorably]
[Providing internal spirit pill materials]
[Allowing you to focus on pill refining]
[There had been this connection all along]
[You asked: "Martial uncle, what's the full story? Why are you in the army?"]
[Hu Zhongxuan hesitated, then explained]
[It turned out Hu Zhongxuan and Xie Huide were martial brothers]
[Both trained at Danxia Sect in their youth]
[They had a junior martial sister]
[Predictably, both fell for her]
[Predictably, she loved them both]
[Then came an accident during a training excursion - they encountered a master]
[Who severely wounded all three]
[They barely escaped]
[But the junior sister never regained consciousness]
[Not dead - just completely paralyzed]
[Like Snow White after the poisoned apple]
[Though Hu and Xie eventually avenged her]
[She never woke up]
[Countless pills and treatments failed]
[Even the previous Danxia Sect leader couldn't help]
[Gradually Hu Zhongxuan and Xie Huide diverged]
[Hu Zhongxuan believed medicine couldn't save... well... couldn't save her]
[So he left Danxia Sect]
[Dedicated himself wholly to martial arts, aiming for the pinnacle]
[To awaken her with ultimate martial power]
[While Xie Huide kept faith in medical solutions]
[Remaining at Danxia Sect, obsessively researching theories]
[Studying human anatomy, especially female physiology...]
[You suddenly recalled catching Xie Huide leaving a brothel]
[You sighed: "Misjudged shifu - he really was conducting academic research!"]
["I also go for academic research," Bai Chen chimed in]
[You turned: "When the fuck did you get here?"]
["Right after 'both fell for her'," Bai Chen recalled]
[You nodded: "Then I don't need to recap."]
[Hu Zhongxuan: "Could you show some respect?"]
[Bai Chen asked: "Martial uncle, how exactly are you planning to wake her?"]
[You answered passionately: "Martial uncle aims for martial arts' summit! To surpass Ultimate Grandmaster! To reach uncharted realms where life and death can be reversed!!"]
[Bai Chen turned to Hu Zhongxuan: "So... succeeded yet?"]
[Veins bulged on Hu Zhongxuan's forehead]
[Still just a Grandmaster - not even Ultimate Grandmaster - of course he hadn't]
[Seeing Hu Zhongxuan's distress, you smacked Bai Chen's head: "Stop face-to-face provoking!"]
[Bai Chen shut up sulkily]
[You soothed Hu Zhongxuan: "Martial uncle, Bai Chen's just a forty-something brothel-haunting child - ignore him."]
[Hu Zhongxuan waved dismissively]
[You asked the key question: "Martial uncle, how's my martial aunt... who's also my martial uncle's wife?"]
[Before Hu Zhongxuan could respond]
[BOOM—]
[A massive explosion rocked the medical corps]
[Screams and shouts erupted outside]
["Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"]
["Assemble! Defensive positions!!"]
[Hu Zhongxuan shot out instantly]
[You teleported outside using movement techniques to assess the situation]