The Great Medical Saint (Matthew) novel Chapter 890

Matthew was filled with anticipation when he heard Ansel asking him to smash the stone tablet open. He went to find a hammer. He soon came back with a small hammer made of stainless steel in his hand.

The small hammer had a really thin handle that was about the size of his little finger, and even the head of the hammer was only a little thicker than his thumb. It appeared small with an exquisite touch to it.

The moment Ansel saw the hammer, he waved his hand and said, "This one's too small. It'd be like using a toothpick to hunt animals if we used this hammer to smash the tablet open."

Matthew looked at the small hammer in his hand. It was indeed a little too small, but he was reluctant to switch it out. "The items inside the stone tablet are much too valuable, so I don't want to use a bigger hammer in case I damage the items."

After he said that, he lightly hammered at the corner of the stone tablet, producing a dull thud. A small piece of debris fell out, and more and more fell from the stone tablet the longer Matthew hammered at it.

Ansel shook his head as he watched Matthew treat the stone tablet with much care. It was as if he was crafting a statue instead. Then, he said, "What are you afraid of? The items inside the stone tablet would definitely be more solid than the stone tablet."

But Matthew continued to hammer at the stone tablet lightly as he replied, "I know that too, but I'm doing this just in case…"

He thought of the Vital Restorative Remedies as a sacred tome, and he didn't mind spending a longer time to get his hands on it. However, he couldn't let anything happen to the items the numerous historical doctors had left behind.

Hence, Matthew continued to hammer at the stone tablet lightly. After a few hours of labor, he finally got to his fruits. The hammer had clanged against another metal.

Matthew lifted the small hammer and reached his hands out to swipe the dust off the stone tablet. Then, he saw the surface of a golden plaque and exclaimed happily, "I got it! I got it!"

Matthew continued to tap on around the golden plaque with his small hammer until it was completely revealed. Then, he picked up the thin golden plaque and dusted it off. On it was written, "Acne Clearing Pill".

"I wonder if we've really made progress or if we're just going backward."

Ansel then sighed and said, "I'm afraid you haven't gotten the deeper idea of the Octolith. These formulas are stored inside this stone tablet because they weren't intended to be shared. If it weren't for the Octolith, these formulas would probably be abandoned and lost in history now."

Matthew picked up the small hammer and knocked on the stone tablet once again. This time, he increased his strength but still made sure to be careful with it. He was afraid that he would chip the golden plaques.

Exactly three hours later, he finally extracted all 800 golden plaques from the stone tablet. Every golden plaque was either engraved with formulas, acupuncture techniques, medicinal baths, medicated patches, pills, or home remedies.

It even included things such as laying on a rock to warm your back, eating chili to cure cold bodies, and even eating dried scorpions for detoxification.