Chapter 42

"If he is still alive, I promise you that I will do all that I can to figure out what is wrong with Jacob's father. You told him that there was a possibility of you finding a cure, but I will also make it my responsibility to council you on what to purchase to turn into the proper medicine." Master Shi told Timothy since he could not prepare him fully for what he was about to walk into since not even he could make a judgement of if he was dead or not until they found out together.

Luckily, it seemed that Timothy and his master were worrying for no reason since Jacob was sitting outside of his home with several neighbors. There was no sadness in his face, and it seemed that everyone including himself were actually smiling. As Timothy continued to walk over, Jacob noticed him in the corner of his eye and gestured for him to approach the group of youths.

"Since you were all at the tournament, you are all able to recognize my brother Timothy!" Jacob told those around him. They all looked somewhat similar to Jacob, so Timothy guessed that these were other members of his clan. And so every youth introduced themselves to Timothy respectfully while some of them even had a bright light shining in their eyes since they were able to be connected to such a strong youth that was in their generation and definitely had a fruitful future.

"Jacob, I think it is time for me to do what I told you about earlier. What do you say, can I come in?" Timothy asked Jacob in front of the youths. Although they were all confused, Jacob could not help but to seem eager as he told everyone besides Timothy that he would catch up with them later on before pulling Timothy inside of his home.

It could be said that Jacob's home looked very ordinary and it had very little furniture inside of it. Since he was in a clan, living in a house was much better than living in a shack like home, but it seemed that they did not have any extra income to spend on more things to liven up the place.

The door to his father's room was open, so Jacob without wasting any time grabbed Timothy's arm as he pulled him inside announcing that he was there to help his father and his illness. "Son, I love you, but don't you think that making such a statement about your little friend is a little much?" his father replied as his mother sat him up in the bed with several pillows to help hold him up.

Like Jacob, his father appeared to look very muscular, but unlike Jacob, Timothy was unable to sense even a hint of energy coming from him. Just from how big his muscles were, Jacob's father seemed to be around Martin's cultivation level, so why was it that he was unable to sense anything from him?

After hearing some instructions from Master Shi, Timothy began to give a similar explanation to Jacob's parents as he did to their son earlier. "Ah so it is like this, then feel free to examine me." hearing that Timothy was not guaranteeing that he would have a cure, but would at the very least potentially have a diagnosis made Jacob's father feel slightly better.

To him, it would be rather strange for a kid that was his son's age to be able to know how to cure something that not even the other doctors in the village were able to even diagnose. However, it made quite a bit of sense that even if Timothy could have a potential diagnosis, at the very least they would have a new lead to explore.

Hearing that Jacob's father was willing for him to examine him in order to find a diagnosis, Timothy began by following his master's instructions. The two continued to have a conversation mentally with one another as Timothy continued listening and doing exactly what was asked of him. He felt that it would have been easier for his master to take over his body, but that was unfortunately not an option, so they had to work with what they had.

After ten or so minutes, Timothy was given a diagnosis by his master as well as a recipe for the medicine that would take three months, but would allow Jacob's father to not just move again, but also to cultivate along with his son. Hearing all of this, Timothy let out a smile on his face as he looked at Jacob's parents in a way that hinted that he knew what was going on.

Withdrawing a piece of paper and writing tool from his storage ring, Timothy began writing a list of ingredients before handing it over to Jacob's mother. "Not only do I know the diagnosis, but I actually memorized the cure to this illness as well. Here is a list of ingredients you will need to use throughout the recovery process, it will just take me a moment to write the recipe for you to use. However, please do not celebrate yet." Timothy explained with a finger on his nose to signify for no one to speak for a moment and to quiet down.

"I do not want to scare anyone, but one of his vessels on his arm has clogged up. From this, eventually all of the energy within his body would no longer have a path to take and would eventually disappear if it could not flow properly. Since the particular vessel is near one of your blood veins, it has also damaged it causing all of the strength to disappear from your body. This may have been from you cultivating an incomplete method, or someone who has ill intentions towards you could have secretly done this." Timothy explained to them while looking at Jacob's father.