Chapter 397: Chapter 363: Rejuvenation Skill
"Did your master never tell you?" Dongguo Sun looked at Lin Miao with a hint of disbelief and asked.
"Tell me what?"
"About our sect, our medical skills can’t possibly come from thin air," Dongguo Sun said strangely.
"When I was young, he did mention briefly that his medical skills are inherited from an ancient lineage. His master was an unknown old physician, and he studied under him for seven or eight years, but his medical skills didn’t even match a fraction of his master’s." Lin Miao replied.
"He was stubborn himself. If only he was willing to learn master’s Alchemy Dao, it wouldn’t be like this..."
"Alchemy Dao!"
"Our master wasn’t particularly outstanding in medicine, just decent, better than ordinary physicians, but his Alchemy Dao was exceptionally powerful, inheriting the legacy of the Dan Sage."
Lin Miao’s heart stirred with turbulent waves. His master actually had such an impressive lineage, yet why did he seem so mediocre and even get bullied to death by the Huang Family?
"The legacy of the Dan Sage has two branches: one in the Elixir Alliance and another in Huichun Valley. Our branch belongs to Huichun Valley. Due to the impact of Xiaoyao San and Wuyou Elixir, we were almost wiped out, and not much of the legacy remains. By the time it reached me, it’s feared to end," Dongguo Sun sighed.
Lin Miao knew Xiaoyao San; he had witnessed its power. It was basically an enhanced version of Five Stone Powder, something he could also concoct.
But since it’s harmful, he wouldn’t make it.
The Dan Sage almost became a saint, but Xiaoyao San ruined him, leading to the downfall of the Elixir Alliance he founded and condemnation worldwide, making it even more hated than the Moon Worship Sect.
As for Wuyou Elixir, this was Lin Miao’s first time hearing about it.
It’s likely another addictive substance.
Since he didn’t know, to avoid exposing his ignorance, he chose to remain silent.
"Although Xiaoyao San is harmful, taking it in small amounts can indeed relieve pain, as long as one doesn’t overconsume, they remain normal. However, once someone starts taking Wuyou Elixir, they can’t escape, becoming its puppet, ultimately becoming estranged from loved ones, with a miserable end!" Dongguo Sun explained.
This is...
Lin Miao thought inwardly, but having never experienced Wuyou Elixir, he was unaware of its actual power.
"Actually, Xiaoyao San was accidentally created by the Dan Sage, not realizing its severe side effects until it had spread widely. Wuyou Elixir wasn’t made by him but by his senior disciple, Ye Chen. No one knows its exact formula. Just Xiaoyao San wouldn’t have ruined the Dan Sage; Wuyou Elixir was the real culprit. But Ye Chen, being the Dan Sage’s disciple, didn’t confess to creating Wuyou Elixir. Who would believe it wasn’t done by the Dan Sage?" Dongguo Sun narrated.
"So, Ye Chen, the senior disciple, betrayed his master. Didn’t he come forward to explain?"
"Explain? At the time, he was already the Elixir Alliance Hierarch; it was impossible for him to admit, instead he tacitly accepted the notion, leading to the Dan Sage’s downfall under public condemnation, ultimately getting attacked to death!"
"Attacked?"
"Those people wanted the Wuyou Elixir formula, naturally seeking out the Dan Sage."
Lin Miao nodded, even though Wuyou Elixir was harmful, there were always those with ambitions wanting to grasp it.
That’s all too normal.
"What happened to the Elixir Alliance then?"
"Those people failed to get the formula from the Dan Sage, naturally they wouldn’t spare the Elixir Alliance, leading to its disbandment. Yet, Ye Chen the senior disciple and some others disappeared beforehand. Later, news of Wuyou Elixir kept resurfacing intermittently..."
"Tell me about Huichun Valley then; what’s the story?" Lin Miao asked.
"Huichun Valley’s founder was Ding Yi, also a disciple of the Dan Sage, but he was the second disciple. He originally sought the Dan Sage for treatment, then became his disciple. He was crippled in the legs; the Dan Sage helped him reconnect bones and muscles and taught him an Inner Cultivation Heart Method. Though it wasn’t a complete cure, he could walk like a normal person afterward. He didn’t get along with Ye Chen, thus leaving the Elixir Alliance. After the Dan Sage’s death, he founded Huichun Valley and devoted himself to studying a remedy for Wuyou Elixir addiction. Few knew his identity, but those seeking Ye Chen, unable to find him, ultimately targeted Ding Yi, destroyed Huichun Valley, and forced Ding Yi to reveal the Wuyou Elixir formula and remedy. Ding Yi didn’t have the Wuyou Elixir formula, nor had a remedy been discovered, so he had nothing. They tortured him until death, killing most of Huichun Valley’s members, only a few escaped, living under false names, never daring to speak of the past. Our branch was passed down from Ding Yi’s third disciple, Yuan Xueqi; each generation teaches two persons, focusing solely on medicine, not alchemy; we are the fourth generation from Yuan Xueqi. You are considered the fifth generation," Dongguo Sun explained.
"So, senior is indeed my senior uncle,"
"Certainly, I even have something that can prove my identity," Dongguo Sun said, taking a small booklet from the bottom of the box.
The handwritten lineage of "Huichun Valley" was on it.
"You’ll understand once you look,"
Lin Miao reached out, opened the first page, and saw the introduction matching Dongguo Sun’s tale, with little discrepancy.
Then he flipped through, seeing the first generation founder Ding Yi, followed by his biography, then Ding Yi’s disciples. Ding Yi took quite a few disciples, both male and female, some even older than him; the third disciple was Yuan Xueqi. The paper and handwriting were quite old, estimated to be a century old.
Other disciples have their inheritance too, but it generally doesn’t last beyond three generations. Once they’re dead, naturally there’s no inheritance.
Some haven’t died but went missing, making it impossible to record, which can be inferred from the handwriting; some were added later.
Only Yuan Xueqi’s lineage continues to this day. This sect’s genealogy book seems like every disciple originally had one, and the one in his hand belonged to Yuan Xueqi, giving future generations the chance to add their names.
He also saw his master Sun Simiao’s name, which seemed to still be in his own handwriting, and both he and Sun Youwei were also listed.
Only his name was there, not a single word of biography.
If this were forged, it would be too realistic, his eye still couldn’t detect any trace of forgery.
"May I transcribe a copy of this sect’s genealogy book?" Lin Miao asked.
"Of course you can, anyway, my lineage doesn’t have any descendants, eventually, it will all be handed to you." Dongguo Sun replied.
"Master Uncle has no descendants?"
"Looking like this, who would want to learn from me?" Dongguo Sun indeed appeared rather unsightly now, not to mention that he specialized in treating such illnesses, a dignified disciple of the Alchemy Dao is holed up here, which is truly a pity.
"Master Uncle’s fortune-telling inheritance..."
"Learned from a wandering Daoist." Dongguo Sun chuckled awkwardly, "I cured his syphilitic disease, and he passed down all his exceptional skills to me."
Lin Miao raised his thumb.
"You’re too kind, nephew." Dongguo Sun smiled shyly.
"Master Uncle called me here not just to let me know about my master’s past, but for a kind of recognizing one’s ancestry, right?" Lin Miao’s primary concern was the medical decree of his master Sun Simiao, the lineage of his master was not important to him.
More so, if this lineage truly traced back, it might actually cause him significant trouble, he was in between accepting and not accepting it.
Anyway, he had never heard his master mention it before.
"Your master’s medical decree, I’ve always been looking into it, I attend every Heaven-Dominating Tower auction, but it seems this medical decree has likely been collected by someone, making it quite difficult to find." Dongguo Sun could tell Lin Miao came for Sun Simiao’s medical decree.
"I lost this medical decree under my hand, I must retrieve it for him." Lin Miao said, "Since Master Uncle has no info on it, then I’ll be on my way, farewell."
"Wait, hold on, don’t rush off. Actually, I brought you here for the Purple Gold Spirit Pill at the upcoming auction, but since you’ve said my niece is fully recovered, that Spirit Pill is unnecessary." Dongguo Sun said, "But the inheritance from Huichun Valley cannot be interrupted. My younger brother is stubborn and unwilling to pass down the Alchemy Dao, and I’m too impatient, there must be a continuation for this Alchemy Dao, right?"
"Are you saying, Master Uncle, about passing down Huichun Valley’s Alchemy Dao to me?"
"Yes, indeed. Now, you’re the sole successor of Huichun Valley. If not passed to you, then whom?" Dongguo Sun said.
"Why only one? Isn’t there also my senior sister?"
"Both of you are a couple; passing it to you is like passing it to her, isn’t it the same?"
What a stroke of luck?
Lin Miao instinctively became cautious; in truth, he still harbored doubts regarding Dongguo Sun’s identity, but for now, he couldn’t pinpoint anything suspicious.
Everything appeared genuine; he needed to return and ask his senior sister thoroughly. If his master really had a senior brother, and such a sect indeed existed, she must know something.
It’s impossible for the master to conceal it even from his own daughter; this inheritance isn’t much of a secret, and he wrote letters to Dongguo Sun, it’s unlikely to be taken to the grave, right?
"Master Uncle, the matter of inheritance can wait, I need to go back and share this good news with my senior sister; we have a kinship with you in this world, wouldn’t you say?" Lin Miao hurriedly said.
Dongguo Sun nodded in agreement, "Indeed, rightly so, I was too impatient about this; anyway, the person is found."
"Then, Master Uncle, I’ll take my leave first and will visit you again later." Lin Miao collected the box containing the letters and genealogy, preparing to leave.
"I can see you’re also quite accomplished in cultivation, in Huichun Valley’s lineage we practice the Rejuvenation Skill handed down from the ancestor Ding Yi, how many layers have you reached, nephew?"
"Rejuvenation Skill?" Lin Miao was stunned. His master indeed taught him an Inner Cultivation Heart Method, but his previous aptitude was truly poor; thus, apart from being physically strong, he didn’t accomplish much in cultivation. Later, after coming here, he mostly abandoned this Inner Cultivation Heart Method.
Could it be that he misjudged, and the seemingly ordinary Inner Cultivation Heart Method he practiced was actually a powerful ultimate technique?
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