Chapter 2102 Responsibilities of the Headmaster of Chongyang Palace
"I'll let you see why the acupuncture method is ineffective. You don't care whether my acupuncture method is rubbish or not!"
Zhang Mingtuo glared at Xia Tian angrily, and then defended: "Even if the acupuncture method is rubbish, it's none of your business. It's the ancient [Sky Burning Moon] acupuncture method."
Xia Tian took two steps forward and took a look at the person lying on the bed. He was a thin old man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties. He looked kind-hearted and restrained. He should be a cultivator of immortality.
At this time, the thin old man closed his eyes tightly, and his breath was also closed for a long time, but he did not die. It must be that Zhang Mingtuo's acupuncture technique kept him alive.
"Hey, Master, didn't you go down the mountain to find one of your hundred old lovers? Why are you here?"
Xia Tian asked with some confusion: "Is this old man one of your old lovers?"
"roll!"
Zhang Mingtuo glared at Xia Tian and said, "Don't talk nonsense here. This is Ren Daofang, the current headmaster of Chongyang Palace. Please pay attention to the occasion when you speak."
Xia Tian looked disapproving, and then joked: "Hey, Master, I just met an old lover of yours outside. She has been looking for you for twenty or thirty years, and you are hiding here without telling her.
?
Do you feel guilty?"
"You mean that Liu Xihua?"
Zhang Mingtuo shook his head subconsciously and said with emotion: "This woman is not in her right mind. I don't have that kind of relationship with her, and I don't want to have anything to do with her."
Xia Tian smiled and said: "That's a pity. In fact, that old woman is quite nice and she matches you very well."
"You know what a perfect match."
Zhang Mingtuo glared at Xia Tian angrily, "Stop talking about what's there and what's not, hurry up and help with the business, see what's wrong with this acupuncture method and why it has no effect."
Xia Tian casually glanced at all the silver needles on Ren Zhenren's body, and said lightly: "Master, I have told you before, this acupuncture technique is too rubbish."
"What's the meaning?"
Zhang Mingtuo was stunned for a moment, a little confused.
"This has been stated clearly enough, but you haven't understood it yet."
Xia Tian shook his head speechlessly, "Master, have your medical skills deteriorated since you came down the mountain, or your understanding ability has declined."
Zhang Mingtuo said dissatisfiedly: "I think you are becoming less and less able to speak human words."
"Okay, who made you my master? Let me put it more simply."
Xia Tian reached over and directly took out a small half of the silver needles on Ren Zhenren's body and threw them aside, "This set of acupuncture techniques is too old, so the forms are complicated and repetitive, the method of moving Qi is old, and many needle positions are on
It’s so mysterious that it can no longer keep up with the times.”
"Um?"
Zhang Mingtuo was about to retort a word or two, but he was shocked to find that Zhenren Ren, who had been in a state of living dead for a long time, had recovered his breathing. He couldn't help but said in shock: "You are really good, kid."
Xia Tian chuckled: "Of course I can do it. I am the number one miracle doctor in the world. This little thing won't trouble me."
"Okay, okay."
Zhang Mingtuo saw that Zhenren Ren was breathing again, and gave him two more injections to maintain his condition. Then he winked at Xia Tian, turned around and sat down at the table: "Come here, let's talk."
Then he greeted Ning Ruirui and Shi Chun: "You two little girls, don't be too formal. We are all our own people, so just sit down and sit down."
While they were talking, the four of them sat down around the table.
"There is no tea or cakes here. I really neglect the two girls."
Zhang Mingtuo looked at the small room, smiled awkwardly and explained.
Ning Ruirui waved her hand quickly: "You're welcome, it's us who have taken the liberty of disturbing you."
"Are you my brother-in-law's master, the legendary ghost doctor Zhang Mingtuo?"
Shi Chun looked at Zhang Mingtuo with some curiosity, and found that although this man now had a lot of hair and beard, he had a decent appearance. He should have been a handsome guy when he was young, at least better than her, who always claimed to be the most handsome guy in the world.
My brother-in-law is more handsome.
Zhang Mingtuo stroked his beard and nodded with a smile: "Yes, I am Zhang Mingtuo, the master of Xia Tian.
I wonder which wife you two are of my apprentice?"
"I'm not..." Ning Ruirui didn't expect Zhang Mingtuo to ask such a direct question. She couldn't help but blush, and subconsciously wanted to defend herself, but unfortunately she didn't know what to say.
"You don't have to be shy, and you don't have to rush to deny it."
Zhang Mingtuo grinned, stroking his hands and said: "As a master, I still don't know the nature of my apprentice. He is not only lustful but also very demanding.
Since he takes you with him, you definitely can't escape."
Ning Ruirui was speechless for a moment.
Shi Chun was straightforward and answered directly: "Uncle Zhang, my name is Shi Chun. I am the future wife of my brother-in-law, but she is still free now."
"Well, you have good qualifications, but it looks like you suffered from a serious illness when you were young."
Zhang Mingtuo's eyes were extremely bright, but he said with a smile: "But it doesn't matter, my apprentice must have helped you get rid of the root cause of the disease. Seeing that your cultivation level is not low now, he should love you very much."
"whee."
Shi Chun laughed and said to Zhang Mingtuo: "Uncle Zhang, your medical skills are really amazing, you can see it all."
Zhang Mingtuo said proudly: "Nonsense, this guy's medical skills were taught by me. How could he be called a miracle doctor if he didn't have some real knowledge from me?"
"Hey, Master, can you stop blowing?"
Xia Tian curled his lips, "My medical skills surpassed yours when I was six years old. Since then, I have been teaching myself the eight anti-heaven acupuncture techniques, okay?"
Zhang Mingtuo felt bored for a moment and said calmly: "I know how to carry out the eight heaven-defying needles. You must have learned the eighth needle. Otherwise, my apprentice wives will not be able to come back."
Xia Tian was a little strange: "Hey, Master, do you know about this?"
"Can't I know?"
Zhang Mingtuo asked rhetorically.
Xia Tian asked casually: "That idiot with thick eyebrows just now said clearly that you were imprisoned here ten years ago. How did you know that?"
"Listen carefully."
Zhang Mingtuo explained seriously: "First of all, I was not imprisoned here, but came in on my own initiative; secondly, I can learn about the world's affairs by staying here; finally, I asked Chongyang Palace to send your invitation to the Hidden Immortal Conference.
.”
When Ning Ruirui heard this, she couldn't help but be startled: "Did you also send my invitation letter to me, sir?"
"Don't call me Mr. Old, I'm not old yet."
Zhang Mingtuo waved his hand, "Either call me master like this boy, or uncle like this little girl, or you can call me whatever you want, just don't call me so old."
"oh.
Then I’ll call you uncle.”
Ning Ruirui said calmly, "What about the invitation letter?"
Zhang Mingtuo smiled and said: "Xia Tian's invitation was sent by me. I don't know about yours, but most of them were sent by your acquaintances."
"It's just that among my acquaintances, there doesn't seem to be anyone who is a practitioner, nor does he have anything to do with Zhongnan Mountain."
Ning Ruirui was puzzled.
"Little long-legged girl, in fact, you don't need to think about this kind of thing at all."
Xia Tian said with a smile: "This person will appear on his own when the time comes, just wait and see."
Ning Ruirui thought so.
"Okay, Xia Tian, I'm going to talk about something serious next. You'd better listen honestly and don't think I'm joking with you."
Zhang Mingtuo looked solemn and looked at Xia Tian very seriously.
Xia Tian yawned lazily: "If you have anything to do, just say it. There's no need to show off like this. Don't you know who I am?"
"It's a very important matter, and I can't take it lightly."
There was a trace of hesitation in Zhang Mingtuo's eyes, "Actually, I wanted to come over to you ten years ago, but I was hesitant in my heart and felt that I shouldn't involve you. But after ten years of struggle, I feel that maybe there is only one person in the world.
You can solve this problem."
Xia Tian said with some dissatisfaction: "Master, if you just tell me what is going on, why should we take any detours?"
"It's a long story, and I don't even know where to start."
Zhang Mingtuo nodded, then fell into deep thought again, and then said after a while: "You should know that a big event happened in Zhongnan Mountain about a hundred and twenty years ago."
"Of course I've heard of the so-called catastrophe in the world of immortality, and I've heard it several times."
Xia Tian curled her lips, "However, I heard it from my personal maid Gu Hanshuang at first, and I only believed what she said.
Master, you’re not going to make a new version again, are you?”
"This so-called catastrophe in the world of immortality is, to put it bluntly, an internal fight among a group of immortality cultivators. There is nothing to say."
Zhang Mingtuo did not intend to tell a long story, but just mentioned a few words casually, and then got to the point, "The purpose of some of them was to obtain the underground spiritual veins of Zhongnan Mountain, so Chongyang Palace also had a big battle with those people underground. As a result,
It caused the rupture of the underground spiritual veins, so Chongyang Palace had no time to take care of the so-called catastrophe."
"What will happen if the underground spiritual veins rupture?"
Shi Chun's face was full of curiosity and he subconsciously asked.
Zhang Mingtuo sighed and said slowly: "The underground spiritual veins, also called dragon veins in Feng Shui, are the foundation of all things in the mountains and rivers.
If there is abundant spiritual energy, then this place will naturally have lush vegetation and outstanding people.
Once the spiritual veins are broken, the spiritual energy will leak out, which will not only endanger the lives of humans on the ground, but over time will also cause this land to lose all vitality and become a dead place like Lop Nur."
With this said, Ning Ruirui and Shi Chun understood.
"What happened next?"
Ning Ruirui couldn't help but ask.
"Chongyang Palace is a Taoist temple in Zhongnan Mountain, so it naturally has the responsibility to protect the spiritual veins."
Zhang Mingtuo paused for a few seconds and then said: "At that time, Headmaster Chen sacrificed his life to block the hole where the spiritual veins were broken, and he was the one who took the first pill cauldron on your side."
Ning Ruirui and Shi Chun looked back at the first cauldron in the spiritual vein, and there was indeed an old man with white hair and beard sitting cross-legged inside.
Zhang Mingtuo pointed to the other two alchemy cauldrons: "The result is that the two subsequent masters of Chongyang Palace, Qin Zhenren and Lu Zhenren, also chose to sacrifice their lives to block the cracks in the spiritual veins on the day when the golden elixir was formed, in order to keep the
Spiritual veins, otherwise humans, animals, vegetation and trees thousands of miles above the ground will all be unable to escape the fate of withering away."
At this time, Xia Tian suddenly said: "They are really stupid, but once the spiritual vein is broken, blindly blocking it will not solve the problem."