"Squeak--" The door opened from the outside, and at the same time, the lights in the room went out.
"Young masters and ladies, please follow me." The voice was too faint to detect, but several people also recognized that this was the old housekeeper who received them at noon.
Qi Guanyu and the other three did not hesitate, and followed quietly, leaving the small courtyard, entering the east courtyard, walking north, and then west. Just when Yan Feiyue was about to faint, the old housekeeper who led the way finally stopped. When he came down, he did not speak, but stretched out his hand towards the closed door, gesturing for them to go in.
Qi Guanyu stood in front of the door and thought for a moment, then stretched out his hand and pushed open the door. Yan Feiyue and Tong Yi followed quietly and entered. The door was closed, and the old housekeeper outside the door blended into the night. He was the Xiahou family The most loyal guard.
The house was dark, and although Yan Feiyue and Tong Yi could see at night, they were inevitably a little confused in a completely enclosed and unfamiliar environment.
"Go down here -" Qi Guanyu stood in the corner and said.
Yan Feiyue looked in the direction of the sound and saw a faint light in the gap between the floor tiles in the corner.
Qi Guanyu removed the floor tiles, let A Yue and Tong Yi go down first, and then he covered the floor tiles.
This secret passage is not very long. Seeing the lights under my feet becoming brighter and brighter, the whole view of the secret room is revealed one by one.
There are wooden boxes stacked in layers, bookshelves arranged neatly, jade slips lying or standing on them, and a jade bed placed against the wall.
"A Yu, cough cough cough - you are finally here - cough cough cough -" The person who spoke was the person on the bed. It would not be an exaggeration to describe him as withered, thin, and terminally ill.
It wasn't until Qi Guanyu heard the voice of the person on the bed that he recognized that this person was his uncle, the current head of the Xiahou family. He quickly stepped forward and called softly:
"uncle--"
This frightened Yan Feiyue and Tong Yi. After all, they were the head of one of the twenty middle schools and a Yuanying monk. How could they be persecuted like this?
"Let me take a look!" Tong Yi interrupted, looking at the silent head of the Xiahou family and Qi Guanyu.
Qi Guanyu stood up and left the seat beside the bed to Tong Yi. Yan Feiyue stepped forward and took her officer's hand.
The head of the Xiahou family smiled and nodded at Tong Yi, and then looked at the two people holding hands with a good look. What he thought in his heart was that his aunt finally no longer had to worry that A Yu would grow old alone in the long years.
Tong Yi put her four fingers together, pressed on Xia Hourong's left wrist, and began to spread the spiritual energy into Xia Hourong's body. However, the spiritual energy that entered Xia Hourong's body was like mud flowing into the sea, and there was no sound.
Tong Yi switched to the right wrist of the Xiahou family, with the same result. She had never encountered such a situation before, so she calmed down and thought about it carefully.
"A Yu, tell uncle about your companions!" Xia Hourong knew his situation well, but he also knew the kindness and unyielding character of these young people, so he only asked about the current situation.
"After I fell from the secret realm, I fell into a modern continent. It was Ah Yue who saved me, the girl next to me, her name is Yan Feiyue;
Then we met A Yue's cousin Tong Yi, the inheritor of the 'Three Extinct Grasses'. The three spiritual grasses helped me restore my spiritual roots, and helped Tong Yi and Wei Sheng Suwen, a Taoist couple, awaken their spiritual roots;
Later, I met A Yue’s other cousin, Long Xin, and her partner Shen Tu Qi, who claimed the formation book in my space ring;
We obtained the formation map of the Heaven and Earth Dissection Formation and began to prepare for our return. About two hundred and seventy days ago, the six of us arrived at the Mortal Continent in the world of cultivation;
Coming to the outer continent as a branch of the Xiahou family and a branch of the Song family, Tong Yi helped the Wen family treat their illnesses and changed into three absolutely safe permanent identities. Then the three of us came to the Xiahou family ——" Qi Guanyu said.
"..." Yan Feiyue didn't know that the ten years of experience of the six of them could be explained in such simple words. This expression really made Yan Feiyue a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, Xia Hourong didn't pay attention. Instead, he heard the fun in it and sighed: "Extinct Sancao, you are really lucky! The journey was really exciting!"
All right! Yan Feiyue felt that her worries were in vain. This uncle could actually hear the essence of the official's words. He was indeed a capable person!
At this time, Tong Yi also thought of the method of sealing the meridians with golden needles and said, "I will seal the meridians and try again."
"But -" Xia Hourong's attitude was not so negative this time, perhaps because of the saying that he was the successor of the "Three Extinct Grasses".
Tong Yi took out the gold needle from the storage ring. Qi Guanyu and Yan Feiyue consciously went over and helped Xia Hourong, who was lying on the bed, up so that Tong Yi could administer the needle.
Males belong to Yang, so Tong Yi should seal both ends of all Yin meridians and observe the operation of Yang meridians when Ren and Du meridians are normal.
Tong Yi first used needles to seal the two ends of the Jueyin Liver Meridian of the foot, namely the Qimen acupoint under the chest and the Dadun acupoint on the toes; then she sealed both ends of the Taiyin Lung Meridian of the hand, the Zhongfu acupoint on the chest, and The Shaoshang acupoint seen on the thumb.
Then there are the two ends of the Spleen Meridian of Foot Taiyin, the Dabao acupoint under the armpit, and the Yinbai acupoint on the toe; the two ends of the Heart Meridian of Hand Shaoyin, the Jiquan under the armpit and Shaochong between the little toe; the Kidney of Foot Shaoyin The two ends of the meridian are the Yufu on the chest and the Yongquan on the soles of the feet.
Finally, the two ends of the pericardial meridian of Jueyin on the hand, the Tianchi at the heart and the middle finger between the middle fingers. After all the yin meridians were sealed, Tong Yi started to feel the pulse again, and this time there was a reaction.
Tong Yi's spiritual power advanced through the yang meridians, but all the yin meridians as far as the eye could see were blocked;
All the way to Dantian, she remembered a word, there are two layers of yin and yang in the sky. Normally, the sky should be yang and the earth should be yin, but now it is just the other way around. Xia Hourong's dantian is exactly where the sky is yin and the earth is yang;
The ground in the dantian can see the extinguishing flames, but the sky above the dantian is filled with thin and dense raindrops. This is extremely rare, at least she knows nothing about this situation now.
Tong Yi took back the golden needle, frowned deeply, looked at Qi Guanyu and Yan Feiyue, shook her head and said:
"I only know that severe yin and yang reconciliation is just one of the symptoms. As for what caused it, why it developed like this, what will happen next, and how to treat it, I have no clue now."
Tong Yi's words made Qi Guanyu and Yan Feiyue even more silent. After a long time, Qi Guanyu asked:
"Uncle, how did you get this injury? Although Tong Yi is only a fifth-level alchemist, her family heritage is profound. Don't hide it. Maybe there will be a solution."
"Ten years ago, after searching for you all over the Inner Continent to no avail, I received an assignment from the Qi family to look for you in the Outer Continent and the Mortal Continent. At the beginning, the reason for your disappearance was not yet known, and the search for you was a bit too grand. With its vastness, the Qi family was already an eyesore to certain families, and soon began to suffer a series of hardships. Coupled with the pressing pressure from certain forces in the Central Continent, the Qi family could only retreat step by step until they retreated to the third level. Only those outside the top ten families can be considered safe.
And after the Qi family completely retired, I was ambushed on a secret search for you. That battle was strange. It was just a slap in the face, and the man no longer wanted to fight and left. However, I felt no physical discomfort, so I had no doubts. After I came back, I gradually began to notice that my spiritual power was stagnant, and my cultivation soon stagnated.
I was also careless. After studying medicine for so many years, I never found out that I had been poisoned at home. The boy who was serving me was accidentally exposed. Only then did I find out. Now that I think about it, the poison should be the same as the slap I received. Out of one source.
However, I discovered it too late. All my Yin meridians had been blocked. As the meridians became more blocked, my cultivation level also declined more and more. It is not easy to maintain the first level of Nascent Soul now, but I can't. Use spiritual power again. "Xia Hourong looked at several people and said intermittently with great effort.
"..." Yan Feiyue and others were silent after listening. They didn't expect that Qi Guanyu had been away for ten years, so many things had happened to the Qi family in the inner continent and the Xiahou family in the outer continent.
"When I go back, I will look through the family inheritance and see if I can find some clues." Tong Yi said.
"I'm sorry to bother you, little friend. If you need any of the books in my collection room, take them back and read them!" Xia Hourong actually didn't have much hope. He just saw that the young man was quite talented and couldn't bear the inheritance of the family head. buried.
"Then this junior is being disrespectful -" Tong Yi did not refuse, this was one of the purposes of their trip.
"You just practice well in the courtyard. If you have anything or need any resources, just ask the old housekeeper. He recognizes you, but he just doesn't dare to expose you." Xia Hourong's long-cherished wish was fulfilled, and he became more and more energetic the more he talked about it. .
"Okay, uncle, you can hide things at home like this, but who else are you hiding from?" Yan Feiyue couldn't help but ask.
"There are spies in the family. The third-ranked Ling family should have some relationship with the forces on the Zhongda Road. I am just wary that you might go back through the Xiahou family. Fortunately, your identity this time is perfect -" Xia Hourong was thankful. road.
Yan Feiyue also had to admire their good luck along the way. They always turned around when encountering difficulties, and everything went smoothly in the end.
"The people of the Ling family must be busy so that they don't have time to pay attention to the affairs of the Xiahou family. When the Xiahou family stabilizes, it will be time to bring back the six Xiahou branches of the Song family and train them." Qi Guanyu thought.
"This matter needs to be considered in the long term. The Ling family, ranked third in the outer continent, is not comparable to the Wang family in the mainland. If we want to do it, we must make it seamless." Tong Yi was more cautious.
"It's not urgent. You can select some useful cultivation resources in this collection room. Go back and practice hard first. If you want to come in again, contact the old housekeeper and ask him to check it for you. Take the passage today." Xiahou Rong really talked a lot today and is very tired now.
"Okay, uncle, take a rest first. Let's pick some resources and go up -" Qi Guan Yu agreed on behalf of Yan Feiyue and Tong Yi.
All Tong Yi chose were books. One book, "Common Sense of Alchemy Refining", was about some common sense that she needed to know when getting started, which was exactly her current blind spot. The other book, "Rule of Alchemy Refining", talked about things to pay attention to when refining elixirs. Risks that need to be avoided; there is also a "Basic Alchemy Technique" that records techniques for processing spiritual medicinal materials.
