"Can."
The moment these two words came out of his mouth, the old man was stunned.
He raised his head blankly, looking at the extremely young and immature girl, but there was no ripple on her face. It seemed that the promise he just made was just something he did effortlessly, which almost gave him the illusion that he could really cure her.
But it's just an illusion.
"It's up to you. When I get better, I'll let my youngest take you out." The old man looked away, not wanting to give himself any hope, so he closed his eyes as if he had fallen into a deep sleep, but the sweat that kept oozing from his forehead revealed some of the pain he was experiencing at the moment.
"Wu Heng." Ye Lan called the young man.
The latter reacted immediately, stepped forward, squatted in front of the old man, and put his hand on his chest.
Ye Lan then continued in a faint voice: "Store energy in the Dantian, draw the energy into the body, and slide it upward into the middle courtyard. The energy follows your heart. It is a part of you, and you are its master..."
As the technique was explained slowly and clearly, Wu Heng, who had only just begun to master the basics of Qi, began to try to control the power generated in his Dantian. In practice, he released the Qi to the old man's tendons and meridians throughout his body, helping him to drive away the cold and dampness that had accumulated over the years.
"You, you guys..." The old man was stunned the moment Ye Lan opened his mouth. He was especially shocked when he felt the pain in his limbs gradually disappear. It took him a while to utter the obscure words that he had not said in years. "May I ask which sect or school in the ancient martial arts world are you two from?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Lan lowered his eyes to glance at him and replied, "Xuan Zong."
"Xuan Zong..." The old man couldn't help but look dazed again, and said in disbelief: "I didn't expect to see someone from the number one ancient martial arts sect here."
In terms of both military strength and logic, Xuanzong's people should live in the villa area of the mysterious island instead of appearing in the cave.
However, the ancient martial arts skills that the other party said could not be fake. If it were not the world's number one sect, how could it cultivate such a talented disciple who could teach others martial arts at such a young age...
The old man sighed with emotion, coughed twice, and said modestly: "I come from a small sect. I wonder if the young lady has heard of the 'Beidou Sect'?"
Ye Lan: “…”
Seeing her subtle expression, the old man couldn't help but feel worried, "But what happened to my Beidou Sect? Or... was it destroyed?"
His voice almost trembled when he uttered the last three words.
Ye Lan was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I'm still here. When you get better, I'll take you back."
"It's still there, that's good." The old man was completely relieved after hearing this. He didn't really care whether he could get out or not, so after the pain was slightly relieved, he was grateful to the two people. When he heard that Wu Heng had only been practicing for two days, he was amazed. "It's true that heroes emerge from youth. You can actually control your internal energy to heal people in such a short time. I'm sure your doctor will be very pleased."
This time, the taciturn Wu Heng spoke.
He said with a dull face, "Master always says I'm stupid and worthless."
"What?" The old man immediately and forcefully refuted, "Nonsense! Your master must have mistaken a pearl for a fish eye. If someone like you were in Beidou Sect, you would be worshipped."
"Really?" Wu Heng had never heard of the outside world. He frowned and thought for a moment before asking seriously, "Then can I switch to the Beidou Sect?"
"Eh? Of course..."
Before the old man finished speaking, Ye Lan quickly took the boy away. If they continued talking, she was afraid that the disciple the old man had trained for ten years and made an exception to accept would run away.
After leaving the compartment and walking back, Ye Lan asked, "Don't you like your current master?"
Wu Heng seemed a little unhappy. Hearing this, he said in a muffled voice, "Well, he treats me badly."
Ye Lan: “…”
Wu Heng continued to complain, "Besides, it's boring in the mountains."
Ye Lan: “…”
She had no objection to either of these points.
After all, after she had learned a lot and finally broke through the maze of the fairy mountain, she did not go back for several years, hoping that the old man would not catch her.
but……
"He's not a bad person." Ye Lan lowered his eyes and chuckled, then said calmly, "He's just been bored for too long, so he wants someone to play with."
Although the way he played with her was a bit too cruel, she once thought that the old man was cold-hearted and unkind.
But over the next ten years, whenever she was injured or Emperor Xuanzong was in trouble, the old man would travel thousands of miles out of the fairy mountain to come and help.
Every time he came, the old man looked disgusted and said, "You can't even do this little thing, are you a waste?"
While mocking her, he used all kinds of rare treasures on her, even though those were medicinal herbs that he had spent decades cultivating.
I guess he went to the sect war as well. He looked increasingly thin and haggard on the top floor of the Doudou Building. I'm afraid he must have seen the wreckage of his own body that exploded and died...
Just as my thoughts were drifting away, the young man beside me spoke again.
"You are Xuanzong, Beidouzong must be closer to you than Xianshan."
Ye Lan paused, looked up at the young man, and was slightly surprised. "You want to join Beidou Sect, is it because of me?"
Wu Heng also stopped, turned around, stared at her, and nodded seriously, "Yeah."
She was the first person to show him kindness, so he wanted to be with her.
The young man was tall and slender, and his bronze skin made him look like a wolf in the dimly lit cave. However, his pupils were pitch black, and his eyes were exceptionally clear and innocent, allowing people to see through his thoughts at a glance.
Ye Lan realized that he had misunderstood the other party's meaning, and could not help but smile and remind him: "Beidou Sect is in the north, Xuan Sect is in the south, the two sides are very far away."
ah?
Wu Heng hadn't expected this to happen. His innocent face immediately became frowned, his eyebrows knitted together. After a while, he said in a more muffled voice, "Then I won't go."
Seeing him dejected, Ye Lan couldn't think of a way to get him to join another sect, so he could only say, "If you want, you can go home after you get out."
"Home?"
When Wu Heng heard this word, he looked confused and seemed to feel very unfamiliar with it.
Ye Lan thought about what happened to the Wu family and sighed silently in his heart, "Let's talk about it after we get out."
Saying more now will only cause more trouble.
Because they relieved the old cripple's pain and gained his trust, the other people in the cave became more enthusiastic towards them.
Some old men and women also took the opportunity to come and see the doctor.
Because they have lived in dark and damp caves for many years, many people suffer from rheumatism, the same disease as Lao Guaizi, so Ye Lan uses these people to practice for Wu Heng.
After two days, the gifted young man had broken through the second level of ancient martial arts and could control his qi freely.
Seeing this, Ye Lan also decided to give Lao Guaizi formal treatment.
The youngest was very anxious, but he didn't dare to rush them. When he learned that they were about to take action, he quickly invited them into the compartment and took out a set of silver needles that he had found with great difficulty over the past two days.
"Can you take a look at this?" He didn't dare to take it out beforehand, and only now did he show the thing next to the brazier.
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