Chapter: Healing stall of the Chonglu Market

"Tsk, what a waste of coppers coming out here to sit around and not sell anything." One person said as they were waiting for the goods to be loaded into their cart.

"He just showed up today," the person loading the cart said.

"Some people don't' want to put the work into earning money," Another agreed.

Erik heard this but he didn't care, instead he was looking around his stall with distaste. If this was back on Earth he would have fired himself for offering health services out of this stall, There was food, animal feed, animals themselves, all kinds of possible infections just waiting around. Though with magic, the risk of infection? Gone with a simple spell. Antibiotics? What was that? a health potion? Some healers even used the same bloodied tools on different patients, not needing to wash them as their healing spells cleared out any infections automatically. SOme of the patients might even be stronger against different infections as their body, following the body cultivation path had defeated it and become stronger.

Erikk sighed to himself as he sat there,

He pulled out his guidebook and started reading as the day continued, it was starting to look like his idea hadn't worked.

Knowing that few people could read Erik didn't think it would be a problem if he read the guidebook.

Erik heard a yell as someone started screaming. His lazy demeanor vanished as his book disappeared and he was ready to pull out his rifle as he looked over in the direction of the noise.

People around Erik felt the pressure, looking at him in a slight shock.

Most of them weren't that high of a level, the pressure Erik was giving off didn't match with his laid back appearance, the dangerous and cold atmosphere made some of those that were from a higher level look at one another in shock.

A man has been loading barrels of drink onto a cart and one of the planks had moved the barrel coming back on him and crushing his leg.

Erik saw that people were looking over but few were looking to help him.

The people at the store came out with sour expressions.

The injured man was barely twenty years old with a crushed leg.

Erik quickly moved over, scowling as people were looking at one another.

The owner was frowning but it was clear he didn't know what to do, in this kind of society there was no such thing as workers comp.

"Give me some room," Erik said, he didn't move the barrel that was on the man's leg his hand rested on the leg and he used his organic scan.

His face turned serious, not only had the barrel shattered the man's leg, it had sent bone shards into the main artery that ran through his leg. He was bleeding internally.

Erik Stood up and grabbed the barrel, with a yell and a grunt he picked it up and tossed it away.

"This is gonna fucking hurt," Erik said, looking into the Man's eyes as he held his shoulder and his other hand grabbed his leg.

There was a grinding sensation in his hand as the boy cried out, the others around all winced and moved away.

"Hold him down!" Erik said, looking to one of the strong men nearby.

"What are you doing to him?" The man demanded.

"Healing him, now hold him down or else watch him die!" Erik barked.

The man gritted his teeth and held the screaming man to the ground by his shoulders.

"You get his other leg," Erik barked.

The clear command in his voice made the other man move to help.

Erik held down the top of the injured man's leg, he used a healing spell to stabilize the man, a magical circle appearing around hisleft hand, his right hand moved down the injured man's leg, pushing and twisting the four different sections of bone back into place.

The man passed out from the pain as Erik worked quickly and efficiently.

The bone was all lined up as he cast a healing spell with both of his hands. the man's leg started to straighten out as the artery was sealed up, the blood was pulled back into the man's body, the bruising and swelling started to fade as the man's pasty and clammy appearance started to reverse. Veins were reconnected and the bones fused back together.

Erik looked over the man's leg once more and checked the man's body.

He used his healing spell to clear up some bruising on the man's brain before he released his hands.

The people who had been watching had seen the boy's leg coming back together in shock.

"He must be from the healing house," Someone said as Erik leaned back, clearly drained as the two strong men released the man on the ground, their faces pale from shock, they had seen the changes from up close.

"Healing house? Have you seen them ever work on someone before they asked for money?" Another person chided.

The man woke up screaming, making many jump away in alarm. The man seemed to discover himself and where he was as his screams died down to be replaced with heavy breathing and a look of confusion.

He looked down at his leg that had stopped hurting, his whole body shaking as he looked at the tired man who was slowly getting up.

"You probably feel hungry as hell, go have a big meal and you'll be fine. Check the plank next time before you try to roll a barrel up it," Erik advised.

"Y-yes," The man said, looking at Erik with wide eyes.

Erik patted the boy on the shoulder and stood up, he returned to his seat and pulled out some jerky he had, feeling hungry after everything.

As he was eating he checked his notifications that had popped up.

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9,180/23,000 EXP till you reach level 7

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Skill: Healer

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Level: 18 (Novice)

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No bonuses at this time. You must prove your skills first.

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Erik nodded to himself, one's skill level was not only based on the amount of times they performed an action related to a skill. If one showed advanced knowledge then the skill would increase rapidly. If not then no one would care to learn anything simply repeating the same process over and over again to become masters.

People continued talking to one another as the boy was pulled to his feet and walked away by his friends, shock still on his face.

They grilled him as more than a few curious gazes were shot over to Erik' and his stall.

Sometime later a middle aged man walked over holding his hat in his hands.

"Mister, are you able to heal others?" The man asked.

"Depends what it is, minor problems two coppers, major problems, it depends on the resources needed, I won't charge you unless the person leaves my stall healed," Erik raised his voice a bit so that others could hear before quieting his words. "What is the issue?":

"My father, he had a bad case of cough, but now all the strength has left him. He made me take him out to the market, but he can't walk more than five minutes without wheezing," The man said.

"Is he nearby?" Erik asked.

"I can bring you to him!" The man said.

"I'm young and my legs work fine, is he in the market still?" Erik asked.

"Yes, yes!" The man said his hands shaking in excitement.

"Lead on," Erik said, this was the first real business he had and no one had shown up at his stall yet. If he was correct then the old man had some kind of cold or infection.

They walked through the different stalls before reaching an old man that was sitting at a tea shop, he was coughing heavily till his face turned red, when he stopped he leaned back in the chair, all of the energy gone from him.

"Dad, this man here is a healer, I brought him here to take a look at you," The man said.

"There's no need to waste a healer's time on this," The older man said hurriedly standing before another coughing fit shook him again.

He dropped into the seat as Erik put his hand on the man's back and used his organic scan.

"Your father has liquid in his lungs and a nasty infection. It's only a minor affliction," Erik said.

"Two coppers was it sir?" The man asked, trembling.

"That's right. I'll heal him first," Erik said.

The old man was wheezing trying to get his breathing back.

Erik cast his healing spell on the man and watched what happened inside of his body.

He wasn't directly healing the problem, instead it was like he was rapidly increasing the rate that the old man's body healed and his immune system worked.

He watched as the infected tissues weren't magically replaced but the healing spell increased the rate that the immune system functioned. In just a few moments the old man's immune system had created an immunity to the infection and overpowered it, the man's body clearing it out of his system.

Hidden injuries within the man's body that hadn't healed were revitalized. Small break's in the man's hands were healed. Unlike how when someone usually broke their bone, the bones didn't simply fuse and leave a weakness there, instead the bone was regrown completely and the break became stronger.

Erik had seen this in the man with the broken leg, but after seeing two patients he could confirm his original thoughts.

The old man's wheezing was cleared up as he looked tired but there was a glow to his eyes as his normal complexion returned.

Erik pulled his hands away from the old man a small smile on his face as he was thinking on what he had seen.

I need to get more healing spell books!