Chapter 196 Water gives birth to all things
The clinic wasn't very busy tonight, and the rooms on the first floor weren't full.
Li Jinshuang was puzzled when she saw that Yu Sui had not left but had returned.
Yu Sui made a shushing gesture at her and released the Five Elements Light Core to check outside.
Ji Meng led Gu Gan up to the second floor, shouting as they went, "Which senior brother or sister is on duty tonight? There's a disciple here with disordered Five Elements, it's extremely urgent!"
He followed Gu Gan, sweating profusely with anxiety, blaming himself for not being strong enough and not having mastered the medical secrets of the Heavenly Secrets, so he couldn't solve the problem of the Five Elements being reversed.
The incident happened suddenly tonight, and Qian Ying was not at the academy. Since she was closest to the clinic, Gu Gan had no choice but to bring his men to the clinic.
Gu Gan kicked open the door to the second-floor cubicle, went in, and placed the blood-covered Xun Zhiya on the bed. Seeing her deathly pale face, his heart leaped into his throat. He turned around and angrily demanded, "Where are the guards?"
“Senior Sister Shi…” Ji Meng saw Shi Yuezhen coming out of the next room, wiped his sweat, and pointed the way for her, “This way, there’s the Five Elements Reversal, and the Legalist Judgment Technique…”
He stopped speaking midway through his sentence when he saw Mei Liangyu following behind Shi Yuezhen.
Mei Liangyu's expression was indifferent. He glanced at Ji Meng and Gu Gan and sneered, "What are you yelling about? Do you own the clinic?"
Gu Gan wasn't in the mood for arguing with Mei Liangyu right now; he just kept his eyes on Shi Yuezhen and told her to save the people first.
Shi Yuezhen offered a few words of comfort in a gentle voice, then went inside to check on Xun Zhiya's injuries.
She turned to close the cubicle door, but Gu Gan stopped her with a hand: "What are you doing?"
Gu Gan stared at Shi Yuezhen with a suspicious and dangerous look in his eyes.
Shi Yuezhen wasn't annoyed: "Treating injuries requires removing clothing. Do you want to just stand by and watch?"
Gu Gan then withdrew his hand.
His actions gave Mei Liangyu another opportunity to mock him, but Gu Gan took a deep breath, turned his head away, and ignored him.
Ji Meng said to Gu Gan, "You should also go and treat your injuries."
Gu Gan shook his head and waited outside Xun Zhiya's door without leaving.
Ji Meng knew that he was worried about Xun Zhiya, so he went downstairs to get the medicine himself. As a disciple of a medical family, he was capable of doing this.
Inside the house, Shi Yuezhen was regulating the five elements of Xun Zhiya's energy. Judging from her injuries, most of the attacks came from the Legalist Nine Schools of Arts.
The disorder of the Five Elements is not caused by one's own overdrawing of the Five Elements' energy, but by being reversed by human intervention.
The Legalist School's method of adjudication has five stages.
A high-level judgment technique that reverses the flow of the five elements in another person.
It appears to be an internal struggle among Legalist disciples.
Shi Yuezhen reached out and touched Xun Zhiya's brow. The golden energy gathered on her fingertip turned into specks of light that flew along Xun Zhiya's limbs and then into her meridians and soul.
Heart fire and kidney water also represent the two energies of yin and yang.
When the flow of Qi in the body reverses, the person suffers greatly, resulting in a slow heartbeat, dizziness and stabbing pain in the head, and difficulty moving the limbs.
If the "qi" cannot flow smoothly for a long time, it will exhaust its strength and die.
Shi Yuezhen stared at the unconscious Xun Zhiya. His right eye was completely white, with no pupil or blood vessels visible. It was eerie to look at alone, but after a while, it felt like being stared at by something, and he felt incredibly cold.
The five elements within Xun Zhiya's body resonated with it, allowing Shi Yuezhen to guide them.
Shi Yuezhen slowly moved her hand, which was on Xun Zhiya's brow, downwards, first calming the affected spirit and helping him survive.
Golden light condensed between Xun Zhiya's eyebrows, but after a moment, it could no longer enter her body.
There was a force within her that was resisting Shi Yuezhen's guidance.
Shi Yuezhen looked surprised, but Xun Zhiya woke up alertly. The power within her body was warning her of danger. Before Shi Yuezhen could withdraw her power, Xun Zhiya grabbed her hand, flung her away, and rolled over.
Because the five elements in his body were not flowing smoothly, Xun Zhiya was physically exhausted and swayed. Shi Yuezhen reached out to help him, but Xun Zhiya warily dodged away.
In the blink of an eye, Xun Zhiya fell to the ground, knocking over the table next to her where the medicine jars were placed, and a piercing cracking sound echoed in the room.
Gu Gan, who was outside, changed his expression and kicked the door open to go inside.
Shi Yuezhen reacted quickly, grabbing a thin blanket and covering Xun Zhiya with it. She then turned to Gu Gan, who had just entered, and said, "Get out."
Gu Gan spotted Xun Zhiya lying on the ground at a glance. Filled with both anxiety and anger, he quickly stepped forward, shouting, "Get out of the way! You're doing this to her..."
"Are you deaf?" Mei Liangyu's cold voice reached Gu Gan's ears, followed by Jin Lei blocking Gu Gan's way. "I told you to get lost."
The sound of flashing gold thunder made Gu Gan pause in his steps. He glanced at Mei Liangyu behind him, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
Divine Strategist.
The golden lightning that had blocked his way vanished instantly.
Mei Liangyu has been focused on Yu Sui lately and hasn't been thinking of causing trouble for Gu Gan. Today, he's delivered himself to his doorstep.
The Divine Mechanism Official once again weakened the sealing power within Mei Liangyu's body, causing fragments of memory to flash by and a large amount of information to return to the depths of his consciousness:
The sea of Taiyi and the sea of Yan meet in a place unseen by anyone.
"The Tai gave birth to water, and water gave birth to all things."
"Qi is associated with Yang, while fluids are associated with Yin."
"There is yin within yang, and yang within yin; there is qi within water, and qi arises from water."
The voices of a man and a woman intertwined, and two black and white dots in the deep blue sea grew larger and larger, eventually transforming into two giant fish, one black and one white.
"There is vapor in the water, but the vapor is formless."
"Water is contained within the air, yet it has no form."
He fell into the deep sea, saw the light and shadow on the water's surface, and heard a man's sigh in his ear as he asked, "Do you know what lies hidden in the deepest part of the ocean?"
Mei Liangyu's thoughts paused, and he did not continue to make a move.
Gu Gan took the opportunity to walk forward, bent down and picked up Xun Zhiya, while questioning Shi Yuezhen: "What did you do to her?"
"Just normal treatment," Shi Yuezhen said calmly. "She woke up midway through..."
"Gu Gan." Xun Zhiya leaned against Gu Gan, her brows furrowed, and spoke weakly, "Leave this place."
She didn't believe Shi Yuezhen.
Because she believed the warnings from the power within her.
Gu Gan looked at Shi Yuezhen with suspicion and wariness. After hearing Xun Zhiya's words, he could no longer believe Shi Yuezhen's story.
Ji Meng had just returned with the medicine and was somewhat bewildered by the state of the patient: "What... what happened?"
"Let's go." Gu Gan hugged Xun Zhiya tightly, making her face towards him so that outsiders wouldn't see her weak appearance, and walked downstairs.
Mei Liangyu glanced at Shi Yuezhen in the room and asked, "Should I go and beat him up?"
Shi Yuezhen shook her head, squatted down to clean up the debris on the ground, and said thoughtfully, "The energy in her body is a bit strange."
Mei Liangyu: "What's so strange about it?"
Shi Yuezhen asked, "Is she the Holy Maiden of the Southern Kingdom?"
Mei Liangyu said casually, "Is that so?"
“Her imbalance of the five elements wasn’t due to excessive consumption, but rather because someone used the Judgment Technique at level five,” Shi Yuezhen explained in a low voice. “However, I observed another power within her guiding the flow of qi. She is the Holy Maiden of the Southern Kingdom, and the Xun family is a prominent Legalist clan. I’ve heard that the Legalists have a technique called ‘Heavenly Punishment,’ which can stabilize the universe and change the rules. I was just thinking, could she be…”
"Have you ever met someone with the Legalist 'Heavenly Punishment' bloodline?" Mei Liangyu asked.
Shi Yuezhen shook her head: "I've only seen it in books."
Mei Liangyu added, "I remember this is a unique bloodline power of the Legalist Han clan, and she is from the Xun clan of Nanjing."
The two exchanged a glance, and Mei Liangyu raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure?"
Shi Yuezhen smiled and said, "I'm not sure, there's too little time."
After pondering for a moment, Mei Liangyu said, "This guess must not be known to others."
Shi Yuezhen nodded.
Yu Sui blinked as she learned of the conversation through the Five Elements Light Core.
She saw Gu Gan carrying Xun Zhiya to the stairwell. Just then, someone else entered the clinic. When Gu Gan saw the person, his expression changed instantly, revealing murderous intent.
"Oh." The young man who entered the clinic was neatly dressed, handsome, with his black hair tied up high and braided into a long braid that draped over his shoulder. Black incantations were engraved on the side of his neck that was exposed outside his clothes.
The young man's slender fingers hooked a red thread and twirled it around. A piece of gold and jade hung from the thread, with the ancient character "Xun" engraved on it.
Xia Feichen, a first-class disciple of the Legalist school.
"Luckily you didn't go far. Here's your stuff back."
Xia Feichen looked at Gu Gan with a mocking smile and threw the gold jade piece in his hand at him.
Li Jinshuang, who was in the cubicle, frowned when she heard the voice.
Gu Gan waved and took it.
Hearing the sound, Xun Zhiya, who was buried in his arms, raised her head with trembling hands and looked sideways at Xia Feichen, who was standing at the entrance of the clinic.
Xia Feichen moved his eyes and looked at the extremely weak Xun Zhiya, saying in a low voice, "Since you lost, don't use your status as the Holy Maiden to order me around anymore. I'm not that kid from the Li family. In Taiyi, you have to beat me first. In Nanjing..."
He looked Xun Zhiya up and down with a disdainful expression: "Make sure you can ascend the throne first, then talk to me about the difference between ruler and subject."
Yu Sui leaned against the door, turned to look at Li Jinshuang, and silently asked: "The boy from the Li family, are you the one they're talking about?"
Li Jinshuang understood her meaning and nodded silently.
"Xia Feichen." Gu Gan lowered his voice, his words full of warning. Xun Zhiya tightened her grip on his clothes, forcing herself to look at Xia Feichen. Her usually cold eyes were now full of stubbornness: "I lost today. I will remember your words."
"Remember this well," Xia Feichen mocked, "and don't forget it."
Just as he was about to turn and leave, Gu Gan could no longer hold back and made a move. Two black and white chess pieces flew out and attacked Xia Feichen.
Xia Feichen turned around alertly, ignited his protective aura, and crushed the two children with a wave of his hand. In the next instant, invisible wind blades swept in from all directions.
Legalist judgment method: death by a thousand cuts.
Xia Feichen frowned and simultaneously unleashed the Judgment Technique of Lingchi. The two Judgment Techniques collided, creating a sweeping shockwave. The wind blades annihilated each other's Five Elements Qi and also tore apart many of the curtains in the cubicles.
Yu Sui raised his hand and drew a spell, blocking the shockwave rushing in from outside.
Gu Gan stared at Xia Feichen: "Break all laws."
Xia Feichen felt a chill run down his spine. Centered on Gu Gan, all the Nine Stream Techniques within the Heavenly Official's control range were eliminated. Xia Feichen's Judgment Technique disappeared, and the wind blade instantly broke through his protective aura, knocking him back and sending him flying against the wall.
Yu Sui's curse was also removed, and the wind blades tore the curtain apart. When she looked up, she bumped into Ji Meng's surprised face.
Xia Feichen's hands and face were torn and blood splattered as the wind blades ripped through his skin. He crashed into the wall with a muffled groan, and when he looked up, he saw Shi Yuezhen and Mei Liangyu standing at the top of the stairs.
Shi Yuezhen's delicate hands flew, and silver needles shot out at a speed invisible to the naked eye, accurately hitting Gu Gan and Xia Feichen on the side of their necks, causing them to freeze and become unable to move.
The art of adjudication thus dissipated.
Shi Yuezhen's position was clever, just outside of Gu Gantian's range.
Gu Gan looked rather grim, and Xia Feichen wasn't much better off, his brows furrowed and his head covered in sweat.
Shi Yuezhen's voice was neither warm nor cold: "This is not the place for your private duel."
Mei Liangyu strolled downstairs with a detached, spectator's attitude, and arrived at the door of the cubicle where Yu Sui was. Gu Gan kept a wary eye on Mei Liangyu's movements, trying to prevent him from taking the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, but unexpectedly saw Yu Sui walking out of the cubicle.
Gu Gan was stunned.
The image of Mei Liangyu and Yu Sui standing together was reflected in Gu Gan's dark pupils, and Gu Gan's anger flared up. He used his internal energy to forcefully break through the Nine Needles Qi-Locking Technique of the medical school.
"What's going on?" Xing Chun's puzzled voice came from outside during the brief silence.
He carried the food box and walked into the clinic with Nian Qiuyan, looking at the people on the first floor in surprise.
Originally watching the wind-listening ruler, Nian Qiuyan subtly glanced at the people in front of her, her gaze lingering on Yu Suishi before pausing.
He wondered why the man wasn't replying to the message; it turned out he was watching a play at the clinic.
Right at Xing Chun's feet was Xia Feichen, who had been subjected to slow slicing. Xing Chun belatedly realized what was happening and was startled. He quickly took two steps back, asking, "How can someone be killing someone in the clinic?"
"Senior Sister Shi, no..." Ji Meng came to his senses and explained to Shi Yuezhen.
Gu Ganqiang broke through the nine needles that locked his Qi, and the silver needles on the side of his neck disappeared. He had just taken a step forward when he heard Yu Sui say, "Brother Gu, don't fight in the clinic."
Nian Qiuyan looked up and glanced at Gu Gan.
Gu Gan stopped in his tracks, suppressing the anger surging within him, and gave a slight smile: "Sui Sui, what are you doing here?"
"I..." Yu Sui was interrupted by Mei Liangyu before she could finish speaking, "Don't be holding one in your arms while thinking about another."
Yu Sui looked at Xun Zhiya, and Xun Zhiya, after hearing Mei Liangyu's words, also moved his head and met Yu Sui's gaze.
This scene seemed even more subtle to others.
Gu Gan glanced coldly at Mei Liangyu: "It's not my turn to talk to Sui Sui..."
Nian Qiuyan interrupted him gently: "I think the Fa family instructors are coming this way. Shouldn't you hurry up and wrap this up?"
Xing Chun had changed from carrying the food box to hugging it, and turned to ask Mei Liangyu, "Who are you hitting?"
"Let's go first. We can't let the instructor catch us tonight, or you'll all be in trouble." Ji Meng was at her wit's end, and while trying to persuade Gu Gan, she grabbed him and pulled him out.
Gu Gan was still seething with anger, but seeing the weak Xun Zhiya in his arms, he had no choice but to leave first.
Nian Qiuyan watched the two of them ride the wind away into the distance, then glanced down at the message that Shangyu Sui had just sent back using the Listening Wind Ruler: "Let him go."
Nangong Sui had no time to send out a message, nor did he seem to have the Listening Wind Ruler in his hand.
How was this message released?
With her back to the people in the room, Nian Qiuyan felt a chill run down her spine. For a moment, she didn't dare to turn around and look at Yu Sui. When she heard Yu Sui's soft voice calling her "Senior Brother," she felt that there was a lot of unseen killing intent hidden in those words.
[Author's Note]
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