Hou Diankui felt extremely depressed when talking about this part of his past.
"I'm the kind of person who takes money to solve problems for others. I don't think I've ever harmed anyone, but I've been targeted by someone. It seems that the other party is also one of us, and they're quite strange. They actually broke my formation, so my things are completely useless in their eyes."
I'm wondering what they're up to. You said I had some hidden injuries, that's because I suffered a backlash after someone broke my formation. We fought before, but I was injured and had to run away.
That's why I hid here with you. Otherwise, what do you think? I would have gone to see my master long ago.
Chunming was dumbfounded. "Master, is there someone more powerful than you?"
Hou Diankui sighed, "There are always people more skilled than you, and there's always a higher level to reach. I'm just not good enough for them, so I can only accept my bad luck. But the key question is why they did this. I just can't figure it out. Maybe I ruined their plans?"
Jiang Qiao looked Hou Diankui up and down. She hadn't asked him about his background before, but now that things had come to this point, she had no choice but to speak up.
"Master Hou, may I ask what your sect's background is, and if you have anything that others would covet?"
When it comes to his lineage, Hou Diankui himself can't explain it clearly.
"Speaking of my master, he was a pitiful man. He had no children and never told me about his background. I was homeless on the streets when he took me in and taught me those things."
My master never mentioned any sect or lineage, but he did warn my junior brother and me that we must not use what we have learned to commit murder.
As for that thing you mentioned that people covet, I really don't think it's worth much. It's just a few books. I already gave you one of them, and the other two are books to improve your cultivation. Could it be that the other party is after that?
To be honest, even my master himself hasn't fully understood this book. He said it was given to him by his master, and that we should practice it if we could understand it, and pass it on if we couldn't. Could it be that the other party is after the two books I have?
"Master Hou, did you bring that book?"
Hou Diankui nodded. "I carry it with me at all times, just in case I leave it at home and lose it."
After saying that, he got up and took out his two books from his bag. The books looked quite old, but they were well preserved. At least, the person who read them had taken good care of them.
Jiang Qiao opened the book and read for a while. The contents of the book surprised her. "This, this is a cultivation technique?"
Hou Diankui nodded. "I guess so, but I didn't understand how to cultivate at all. I always felt that the book was a bit incoherent, and I didn't know how to cultivate correctly."
Jiang Qiao gave a wry smile. "Maybe your book is missing a part. The person chasing you might be after that. It seems your sect isn't simple either."
As far as I know, some reclusive masters specialize in cultivation techniques, all hoping to become gods or immortals. This thing of yours may be of little use to ordinary people, but to those people, it might be a priceless treasure.
Hou Diankui really didn't know much about his sect. "I'm also puzzled. Logically speaking, given my master's abilities, he shouldn't be living in poverty. But he is like this. Perhaps, just as you guessed, he has some unspeakable hardship behind him, or perhaps he is being hunted down and has no choice but to hide his identity."
Those people couldn't find him, so they had to come to me; after all, I have some reputation in the martial arts world.
"Well, maybe you've become famous, which has attracted their attention. Of course, there are quite a few sorcerers in the martial arts world, so they need to investigate. And after all that investigation, they've ended up investigating you. Sigh, I don't know if this is your good fortune or your misfortune."
Chunming chimed in from the side, "Master, are there really any people who have cultivated themselves into gods these days?"
"I can understand practicing martial arts, but becoming an immortal? Isn't that nonsense?"
Hou Diankui actually knew something about this. "Just like Jiang Qiao said, some reclusive people are indeed still studying this stuff. As far as I know, some have indeed achieved something, but I've never seen anyone become a god or anything like that."
Rumor has it that embarking on the path of cultivation relies not only on cultivation techniques, but also on elixirs made from spiritual plants and objects. Anyway, I've never cultivated, so I don't know if this is true.
Besides, those spiritual plants and beasts are just legendary things. In real life, have you seen them, or have I? They're just legends. Maybe they exist, but we mortals simply can't see them.
Jiang Qiao agreed with these words: "We are all ordinary people. Those things are too far removed from us. Besides, all we seek in cultivation is to strengthen our bodies and protect our families. As for anything else, don't think about it. Let everything take its course. Even if we live for a thousand or ten thousand years, we will still die sooner or later. We'll become old monsters and won't even have anyone to talk to. What's the point of living then?"
Chunming nodded. "That's true. Everyone has different pursuits. Anyway, I just want to learn some skills from my master so that I can give my mother a good life in the future. I haven't really thought about anything else."
Hou Diankui patted his young apprentice on the shoulder and said, "Chunming, remember this: no matter how well you learn, never forget the fundamentals of being a good person. You must not harm others, nor should you let others harm you. Just be a down-to-earth person."
Jiang Qiao casually flipped to the back of the book, and when she saw the last page, her heart began to churn.
She never dreamed that the book in her hand would be related to her sect. To put it bluntly, the author of the book was actually a disciple of the Heavenly Medicine Sect. As for who it was, there was no mention of the author's name, only a symbol similar to that on a jade tablet.
It's undeniable that the Heavenly Doctor Sect knows martial arts; she already knew this beforehand. Without martial arts skills, the Heavenly Doctor Sect's medical techniques cannot be fully utilized.
The problem is, why didn't that old master pass this down? Why did he only write medical books?
She didn't know what her grandmaster was thinking. Why didn't he pass on all the skills of those two disciples to the youngest disciple? Did he think that this thing was harmful? Or was it too late because his time had come?
However, Jiang Qiao was already very gratified to be able to see the things from her sect. At least, Hou Diankui and Chunming were people of good character.
After briefly glancing through the contents, she felt even more that the origin of the Heavenly Medicine Sect was too mysterious. She even wondered if their grandmaster was not from this earth, or perhaps a deity reincarnated.
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