Gu Sui Han finally completed the rest of the medicinal bath treatment alone. Shen Qingmang looked at the wooden bracelet on his wrist from time to time, guarding against any special circumstances. Fortunately, everything went well.
As for the diet therapy, starting from the second day, Shen Qingmang found that the medicinal food was gradually returning to its normal taste. This method was like boiling a frog in warm water, gradually transforming Gu Suihan's taste buds and allowing him to gradually taste what normal taste was.
His illness was almost cured. Shen Qingmang quietly found Huichun Zhenren and asked him to help diagnose the condition of her spiritual palace. When she ended her retreat, there were still some unassembled memory fragments in her spiritual palace, with traces of burns, forming scars. She wanted to know how to deal with it.
True Person Huichun set up a formation and asked Shen Qingmang to sit with her at the center of the formation, slowly exploring the other party's spiritual palace.
After a while, she opened her eyes and asked in surprise, "You said there are cracks in your spiritual palace? But your spiritual palace is clearly intact."
"Huh?" Shen Qingmang was also surprised. It had clearly been there before. She had checked it before entering the Love Test Stage in Chaohua Palace and asked if Su Miaoran's unstable spirit palace would affect her entry into the Love Test Stage.
Has it resolved itself now?
She concentrated her mind and explored her own soul, and found that it was a place of beautiful mountains and clear waters, with birds singing and flowers blooming, full of vitality. There were no ugly cracks or burn marks. The fragments of memories that tormented her disappeared like a drop of water dropped into the ocean.
"How did you disappear without a warning?" Shen Qingmang left the Spiritual Palace and looked at Huichun Zhenren with an embarrassed smile. "I'm sorry to have wasted so much energy on you, only to end up reporting false military intelligence."
"Don't apologize," Huichun Zhenren said gently, "Being healthy and free from calamity is the most joyful thing. Although I enjoy diagnosing and treating patients, my goal is to eliminate illness and pain. Seeing you safe and sound is an even greater joy."
"Yeah, I was just a little surprised."
"The damage to the soul palace is mostly due to the restlessness of the soul. Perhaps the real person has untied the knot in his heart, and the injury has naturally healed without treatment."
"The knot in my heart has been untied..." Shen Qingmang murmured softly.
She thought of the past when she was betrayed and abandoned, of the fears and confusions that had once hurt her deeply, but now they had become a dull past that was neither painful nor itchy when she recalled them.
Maybe it's because... in this strange world, she found someone who was willing to cherish her. His feelings belonged to her completely. She would not be anyone's substitute and did not need to bear the debt of favor imposed on her by others based on their identity.
She thought she would never have such a sense of security in her life, but she didn't expect that she already had it, but because of the darkness under the lamp, she didn't notice it at all.
Shen Qingmang's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and she thanked Huichun Zhenren again. He also returned the gift.
"One more thing..." Shen Qingmang said thoughtfully, "Qiong Ju felt a very strong spiritual energy in the Qihuang Sect. May I ask how the Sect Master attracted this spiritual energy? Is it because there are so many cultivators in the Qihuang Sect?"
"This... spiritual energy is a gift from heaven and earth. Perhaps it is because Qihuang Valley is a blessed place that it gathers abundant spiritual energy. How dare we ordinary people take credit for it?" Huichun Zhenren showed awe.
Shen Qingmang was a little surprised. After saying a few polite words, he said goodbye to Master Huichun and went back to find Gu Suihan.
"Let's go back to Taichu Sect right away. I can't keep Anyanxiang locked up for too long. He might have already escaped and started causing trouble."
"Okay." Gu Suihan said, "Master, don't worry. If he escapes, we can catch him back. I won't necessarily lose in a fight with him."
"Why does it sound like 'Seven Captures of Meng Huo'?" Shen Qingmang muttered softly.
After leaving Qihuangmen, she repeated Huichun Zhenren's words and asked him, "Do you think she is hiding something, or does she really think so?"
"Master, do you think the Qihuang Sect's practice is in accordance with heaven's will or against it?" Gu Sui Han asked her.
"Hmm... healing the wounded and extending the patient's life span is a race against fate. Isn't that going against the will of heaven?"
"On the contrary. In my previous life, I had dealings with the Qihuang Sect for a long time, during the time when they came to the Taichu Sect to heal the injuries of our cultivators. From their words and actions, I can sense that they have a deep reverence for heaven and earth."
"Competing with the heavens for longevity is actually a form of reverence?"
"They believe that plants and trees have spirits, and that nature and human destiny are interconnected and inextricably linked. Healing herbs are gifts from heaven and earth to humans. By curing illnesses and saving lives, they are simply passing on the blessings and benevolence of heaven and earth to people."
"But in addition to medicinal herbs that can cure diseases, there are also many poisonous plants that can cause death. How can this be explained? Is this also a blessing from heaven and earth?" Shen Qingmang found it illogical. "People identify herbs, formulate prescriptions, and cure diseases through their own efforts. Why should we give credit to heaven and earth?"
"I also feel that their ideas don't stand up to scrutiny." Gu Suihan echoed, "I just don't know how to refute them."
"There is no need to refute the other party. Even if you don't agree, you should respect other people's opinions." Shen Qingmang said.
"Master, why don't you feel reverence when you mention 'Heaven and Earth'? In a world a thousand years from now, have humans already conquered Heaven and Earth?" Gu Suihan asked.
Shen Qingmang was stunned for a moment, then looked helpless. "Not really. In fact, thousands of years from now, we'll still have to endure much of what nature has to offer. For example, fires, floods, earthquakes... Humans are ultimately insignificant in the face of nature."
"But it's not hopeless, is it?"
"Yes. We have overcome many difficulties brought by nature. We can open roads on the plateau and build bridges across the vast ocean. Humanity has always been utilizing and transforming nature, and is also exploring how to coexist harmoniously with it."
"We can do that now." Gu Suihan held her hand. "Use the heaven and earth, transform them, and coexist with them."
Shen Qingmang arched his brows. "Well said, you are worthy of being my most proud disciple. I still remember in the first class, when I asked you about your belief in cultivation, you said, 'Destiny is in my hands.'"
"It happened so long ago, Master, do you still remember?" Gu Suihan's face flushed slightly. "I felt at the time that the world was unfair, forcing those who deserved to live to die while those who deserved to die endured. So I didn't want to be manipulated by the world anymore. And I was halfway successful, at least returning the Taichu Sect to a time before the disaster."
Shen Qingmang, who saw half of his plan fail, touched his nose.
After a while, she said, "If... fate is not the will of heaven and earth, but is controlled by one person, what would you do? Would you resist her, or try to please her?"
Gu Suihan turned to look at her: "Are you talking about Yang Zhidu?"
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