The roads in the forest were winding and sometimes forked. Chi Danmei said softly: "The island is covered with an array of eighteen stars. The roads spread out like meridians. If you take the wrong forked road, you won't be able to get out at all."
The deeper they went, the clearer the sound of the piano and flute became. After following Chi Danmei for a while, the road suddenly opened up, and a patch of flowers appeared in front of them, with different shapes and clusters of flowers. Qining thought to himself: The scenery on the island is really beautiful, and there are even gardens. I was about to continue moving forward when I suddenly noticed a figure standing up from the flowers. It was very abrupt. Under the moonlight, the figure had a stooped figure and a rather short stature. After the man stood up, They happened to meet Qi Ning face to face. Under the moonlight, Qi Ning was startled when he saw that face, and then a cold light appeared in his eyes.
The figure turned out to be an old woman, at least sixty years old, with shriveled skin and an old and ugly face.
The old woman was surprised when she saw the two of them. She held a basket in her hand and turned around suddenly to run away. However, Qining had already jumped on him, very fast, and kicked the old woman on the back. She yelled "Ouch" and fell into a bunch of flowers. Qining stepped forward and stepped on her back, lowered his body slightly and sneered: "Mr. Miao, hello, we haven't seen each other for a while. .”
This old woman turned out to be Miao Wuji.
When Qi Ning was on a mission to Dong Qi, Chi Danmei entered the palace for an assassination but was injured. She was rescued by Qi Ning. She went to the Ghost Bamboo Forest to find Mr. Miao for treatment. Who knew that she fell into a trap and was almost killed by Mr. Miao. Later, the island owner and Beigong Liancheng appeared one after another to save the day, and Mr. Miao was brought back to Baiyun Island.
This old woman was ugly in appearance and vicious in heart. She had killed many people for her own personal gain.
Chi Danmei saw the old woman, her pretty face was frosty, she stepped forward and sneered: "You are indeed on Baiyun Island. I have looked for you several times but you haven't seen me. What are you doing here sneaking around?"
The old woman was trampled among the flowers, and she said pitifully: "Girl, please forgive me, I have changed my ways and become a new person. I am different from before. You adults have more, please spare the old woman this time."
Qi Ning sneered and said: "You didn't seem to spare us back then. A lot of people died at your hands over the years. Are you going to write it off just by reforming your past?"
Although Mr. Miao's medical skills are excellent, his martial arts are mediocre. When she saw Qi Ning and Chi Danmei, she recognized them immediately. She was horrified and knew that she almost killed these two people in the first place. Today, she fell into their hands. What a disaster. Young Master, begged: "No wonder the old lady, the old lady... the old lady also acted under orders...!"
"oh?"
"You go ask the island owner." Mr. Miao said in a tearful tone: "The old woman dare not disobey the island owner's order even if she takes the courage of a leopard."
Qi Ning had doubts about the island owner bringing Miao Wuji back to Baiyun Island. He guessed that Miao Wuji was under the instruction of the island owner, but he couldn't be sure. Now when he heard Mr. Miao admit it, he glanced at Chi Danmei and took back his feet. The husband then turned around and crawled to sit up, looked up at Qi Ning, and said with a sad look on his face: "Everything the old woman said is true, I don't dare to lie."
Chi Danmei looked at her coldly and asked: "You said you were ordered by the island owner? There is a saying in the world, called Dong Miao Xili. You Miao Wuji and Xichuan Li Xigong are equally famous miracle doctors. They should be rescuers. Common people, but you are relying on your own medical skills to kill innocent people indiscriminately. Is this all ordered by the island owner?"
"This...!" Miao Wuji's eyes flickered, not daring to look at Chi Danmei.
Qining said "Yes", and Miao Wuji hurriedly said: "The girl is right, the island owner... The island owner did not let the old woman kill innocent people indiscriminately, but... But to find out the pathology, there is only... that is the only way."
"What do you mean?"
Miao Wuji hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The island owner found the old woman many years ago, and the old woman was flattered, but... the disease the island owner suffered from was unusual, and the old woman had never seen it before. Later... later I found out that the island owner suffered from it. Attacked by foreign qi in the body. People who eat whole grains are always bound to suffer from three disasters and six diseases. Therefore, if you want to live a long life, you must cultivate your body and nourish your qi. The so-called sound of essence and qi indicates your destiny. Nourishing essence and accumulating qi is the best way to maintain good health. And the island owner... The island owner just has a big problem with his breath."
Chi Danmei said: "What harm does the island owner's aura do?"
"If a person's aura is too weak, it will be like a lamp gossamer, which is naturally not good." Miao Wuji said: "But if the aura is too strong, the flesh and blood body will also be unbearable. The island owner... The island owner is a great master, and the aura is naturally different from that of humans. , the meridians are also extraordinary, just like...like those with heavenly veins!"
"When you say Tianmai people, do you mean that the meridians in the body are different from ordinary people?" Qining asked.
Miao Wuji hurriedly said: "That's right. What the young master said is absolutely true. People with heavenly veins have abnormal veins when they come out of the mother's womb. The meridians of such people are thicker than ordinary people, so the breath they can bear is difficult." It is not something that ordinary people can compare with. They can practice martial arts much faster than ordinary people, and their aura is abundant, and their life span is naturally longer than ordinary people. However, there have been very few people with heavenly veins throughout the ages. Even if some people are born with heavenly veins, Not knowing how to use it is like sitting on a treasure mountain without knowing it.”
Chi Danmei asked: "Are all the great masters Heavenly Meridians?"
"This...?" Mr. Miao hesitated slightly.
Qi Ning sneered and said: "If you keep talking while you are still alive, I will take your life immediately. Do you believe it or not?" A fierce light appeared in his eyes. How could Mr. Miao not believe it? He hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, great master." The meridians of the island owner are naturally the same as those of those with heavenly veins, or even more than those of those with heavenly veins, but... the island owner's heavenly veins are not born with them. When the old woman first saw the island owner, she knew that the heavenly veins were caused by changes, but how did they change? The old woman doesn’t know.”
"You said you were treating the island owner, but why did you then kill innocent people indiscriminately?"
Mr. Miao said with a bitter face: "The island owner was suffering from a disease that the old lady was really unable to do at the time. I was just afraid... I was afraid that the island owner would be angry and kill him, so I promised the island owner that I would find a cure at all costs." . The island owner agreed at that time. He told the old woman to work hard to find a cure. If... if he could really cure his illness, he would reward the old woman greatly. He also said that it would be easy for the old woman to live for decades longer. , the old woman... The old woman naturally believes what the island owner said, so...!"
"So you have been looking for people close to the island master's meridians, and want to use them as experimental subjects to find the cause of the disease and then find a way to treat it?" Qining said lightly. This is actually no different from what he originally thought.
Mr. Miao nodded and said: "Exactly. To cure the island owner's disease, it is natural to find the cause. The old woman can't keep looking at the island owner. She can only secretly look for those who practice martial arts to see if the cause can be found secretly. . After practicing martial arts, although the meridians of a martial artist are far inferior to those of a great master, they are still better than ordinary people. The old lady has no choice but to find someone with heavenly veins, so she can only settle for the next best thing." He looked at Qining carefully. After taking a look, he said: "That time I discovered that the young master's meridians are similar to those of the heavenly veins. It took me how many years to wait. Naturally, I was overjoyed. In order to find a way to save the island owner, I was confused at the time, so... The young master and the lady came together in large quantities. , the old lady already knows that she was wrong, you... please spare me this time."
"Why are you treating the island owner? You are just worried that the island owner will kill you, and you also want the island owner to let you live for a few more decades." Chi Danmei sneered and said: "Let me ask you, if the island owner's illness persists If it cannot be cured, will there be danger for life?"
Mr. Miao said: "Foreign energy invades the body. Ordinary people would naturally be unable to withstand it. However, the Grand Master's cultivation is profound. Although foreign energy will be painful when it attacks the body, if the Grand Master can control it, it will be very harmful to life." There’s no threat, it’s just that I have to endure that pain all the time.”
"control?"
Mr. Miao nodded and said: "The deeper they practice martial arts, the bigger their meridians will become. Although their strength will become more and more terrifying, the external energy that invades the body will also increase. It's like a fire. You add it to a fire." The more firewood, the more prosperous it will burn. If you don't add more firewood, although the flame will not go out, it will not become stronger. On the contrary, you will be cultivating yourself, having no desires or desires, and even... or even no longer practicing martial arts, so the pain you will endure will be too much. It’s getting smaller and smaller.”
Qi Ning said: "You mean if they stop practicing Qigong, the pain can be eliminated?"
Mr. Miao shook his head and said: "It is not that it will be eliminated, but that the intervals between attacks will become longer and longer, and the pain will become lighter and lighter."
Qi Ning and Chi Danmei looked at each other and thought that it seemed that the Grand Master did not necessarily need to obtain the Xuanwu Pill. If he just cultivated his body and nourished his energy and stopped practicing kung fu, the pain he endured would gradually diminish.
"When you came to the island, were you still looking for a cure?"
Mr. Miao said: "Although the old lady can't help the island owner cure the disease, she can prepare some medicines. After taking them, the invasion of external air can be slightly reduced, which is better than nothing." But he immediately said: "But the island owner has been taking the medicine prepared by the old lady. If the old lady dies and the medicine is gone, the island owner...!"
She didn't dare to say anything else, lest Qining and Qi Ning feel threatened.
"I will let you go today, but from now on, you will stay on this island." Qining said coldly: "The day you leave this island is the day to kill you, do you remember? "
"Old lady, remember it, remember it!" Miao Wuji agreed repeatedly and left in embarrassment.
Chi Danmei sighed: "It turns out that if the Grand Master stops practicing Kung Fu, the pain can be reduced. What you said before is right. The deeper the Kung Fu, the deeper the suffering. Beitang Huanye and Zhuri Dharma King must have no restraint. They have been I'm practicing martial arts, so...that's why I suffered the most."
"They will not be willing to lose everything they have now." Qi Ning said lightly: "Becoming a grand master, possessing supreme magical power, and being able to control the lives of people in the world in their own hands, they like this feeling very much, of course they will not Give up. Although their martial arts cultivation is at its peak, they are not without desires and are still greedy for everything they have."