Chapter 908: Life is not eternal (I)

"Bang, bang, bang!"

It was late at night and Granny Taohua, after giving Liu Xunyi acupuncture and medicine, dragged her exhausted body out of the hut. However, she did not return to her own residence to rest. Instead, she came to the house of Huang Yangming and Mei Zichuan.

"squeak!"

There was a slight sound, and the door opened. Under the candlelight, Mei Zichuan's wrinkled and worried face was revealed.

The strange thing is that compared with his indifference and arrogance during the day, Mei Zichuan now looked melancholy and depressed. Not only did he not have the slightest extraordinary aura of a hermit, but he was even worse than an ordinary 70-year-old man.

"I was just giving Liu Xunyi acupuncture, so I came a little late."

"What difference does it make whether it's early or late? Come in!"

Accompanied by a sigh from Mei Zichuan, Granny Taohua walked into the hut carrying a medicine box.

In the room, Baoer lay quietly on the inside of the bed. His rosy face and even breathing showed that he was fast asleep.

At this time, Huang Yangming sat cross-legged beside the bed, his face sometimes red as blood, sometimes pale as paper, looking very strange. Looking at his frowning eyebrows, tightly pursed lips and sweat flowing down his cheeks to his neck, it seems that his "meditation" was not going well.

"I have warned him not to use his power on his own." Seeing this, Granny Taohua was horrified, "What is happening tonight..."

"The old man seems easygoing, but he is actually very stubborn." Mei Zichuan said helplessly, "Tonight, he waited for you and waited for you, but you didn't come. He was so itchy that he couldn't help but practice his own power. No matter how many times I tried to dissuade him, he... didn't listen at all."

"It is extremely dangerous to practice Qi on your own. If you can't successfully guide the few strands of Qi running around in your body back to your Dantian Qi Sea, if you are not careful, it will cause huge damage to his meridians and even his internal organs." Facing Huang Yangming who acted on his own, Granny Taohua was angry and annoyed, "It's a matter of life and death, how dare you play it lightly?"

"You can survive if it's God's fault, but you can't if it's your own fault. Don't pay any attention to him!" Mei Zichuan looked at the miserable Huang Yangming with resentful eyes, and said in a deep voice, "If the old man wasn't so arrogant and eager for success, how could he have gone astray when practicing the 'Nine Extremes of Heaven and Earth'? He thought he was a young man, his vitality was not stable, the universe was not settled, and the yin and yang were not in harmony. He rashly came out of seclusion, thinking that he had mastered the magic skills and was invincible. He went everywhere to find people to fight and show off, but he ended up being too happy and sad, making one mistake after another. When he found out that something was wrong with his body... it was too late to regret."

Mei Zichuan had always been timid in appearance and heart when it came to Huang Yangming. Although his words were cold, he was extremely worried. At this point, Mei Zichuan's expression relaxed and he thanked Granny Taohua: "If you weren't here, I'm afraid the old man..."

"The world is unpredictable, and blessings and disasters are hard to predict." Granny Taohua comforted her, "Don't worry, I will do my best to help him..."

"puff!"

Before he finished speaking, Huang Yangming, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, suddenly groaned, and then a large amount of blood spurted out of his mouth, which caught Taohua Granny and Mei Zichuan off guard and frightened them so much that their faces changed.

"How are you?"

"Cough cough..."

Huang Yangming, who was sweating profusely, covered his chest with one hand and his mouth and nose with the other, and couldn't stop coughing violently. He didn't pay any attention to Grandma Taohua's questioning.

Only after he had vomited out all the chaos in his chest and the turbidity in his throat did his pale old face regain a trace of color.

"Failed again?"

Facing Mei Zichuan's questioning, Huang Yangming smiled bitterly and said aggrievedly: "Almost! Just almost! I will definitely be able to do it next time..."

"There will be a next time?" Granny Taohua's face darkened and she said unhappily, "I finally helped you recover a little, but you repeatedly used your power without authorization. You were lucky the last few times and saved your life in time. If you keep messing around, something bad will happen sooner or later..."

"Don't worry! My old bones won't die anytime soon." Huang Yangming grinned nonchalantly and said jokingly, "If you want to blame someone, blame the weak effect of the medicine you prescribed. It will probably take me ten or eight years to recover. How about... you help me prepare some strong medicine?"

"Strong medicine?" Granny Taohua looked at the cynical Huang Yangming, feeling both angry and amused. "As the saying goes, 'disease comes like a mountain falling, and goes away like pulling a thread.' It's not that the medicine I prescribed is too weak, but I deliberately lowered the potency of the medicine so that you wouldn't be unable to benefit from it. The next dose of strong medicine will not only fail to save you, but will kill you."

"I have earned a lot by living to this day, so why would I be afraid of death?"

"Have you ever thought about Zichuan and Baoer?" Granny Taohua asked, "If you pass away, you will be happy, but how will these orphans and widows live?"

"This……"

Huang Yangming's attitude was no longer as frivolous as before after being hit by Granny Taohua. He looked at Mei Zichuan, who was hunched over and old but still strong and energetic, and then looked at Bao'er, who was sleeping soundly with a childish face. His cloudy old eyes could not help but turn red slightly, revealing a deep sadness. As if he was worried that his emotions would be noticed, Huang Yangming winked and asked Mei Zichuan with a smile: "Old woman, you are so repulsive to Liu Xunyi and Xunzhen today, is it because of me?"

"You are being sentimental!" Mei Zichuan said coldly, "I am just worried about Bao'er. If you offend the heroes of the martial arts world because of Liu Xunyi, if you are retaliated against, you and I will not be afraid, but Bao'er..."

"I understand!" Huang Yangming was distressed, but he forced a smile on the surface. "If I hadn't gone crazy, you wouldn't be so worried. Right now, my vitality is seriously damaged, and my life and death are uncertain. If I encounter danger, not only will I not be able to help you, but I will become a burden to you. By then, you will have to take care of Bao'er and protect me... It will be difficult to take care of both."

Listening silently to the conversation between Huang Yangming and Mei Zichuan, Granny Taohua couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

In fact, her true intention was just as Xunzhen and Pan Yuyin said, helping the needy was a character ingrained in her. Therefore, from the first moment she saw Liu Xunyi, she had no intention of standing idly by.

However, Granny Taohua also felt deeply about the plight of Huang and Mei, and they did not want to be associated with Liu Xunyi and thus make enemies with the world. At least, before Huang Yangming recovered or Liu Xunyi cleared his grievances, they did not want to cause trouble and bring disaster to their family of three.

Originally, Granny Taohua could have followed Liu Xunyi and Xunzhen out of Tiger's Den and Dragon's Pond and cut off ties with Huang and Mei. But now, there is more than just Bao'er who needs her in Tiger's Den and Dragon's Pond. There is also Huang Yangming, who has gone crazy because of practicing martial arts and may burn his internal organs and break his meridians at any time.

This is also the fundamental reason why Mei Zichuan disagreed with Xunzhen taking Grandma Taohua away and insisted on leaving her in the tiger's den and dragon's den.

Because once Granny Taohua leaves, Baoer may be safe for a short time, but no one can guarantee Huang Yangming's life...

Because of this, Granny Taohua is deeply entangled and unable to extricate herself. She doesn't want to be hard-hearted and ignore Liu Xunyi's life and death, nor does she want to put Mei Zichuan's family in danger.

In the end, with Xunzhen's help, Granny Taohua had an excuse and a reason to follow her original intention of practicing medicine to save the dying and heal the wounded. On the surface, it was out of love for her beloved disciple, but in fact it was still a choice made by her heart.

In this way, it will be beneficial to Grandma Taohua, Liu Xunyi, Pan Yuyin and even Xunzhen, but it will be harmful to Huang Yangming, Mei Zichuan and Baoer.

After all, whether Liu Xunyi was loyal or treacherous, alive or dead, had nothing to do with them. The only thing that mattered was that Liu Xunyi needed Granny Taohua's treatment, and Granny Taohua was currently living in Tiger's Den Dragon's Pond.

Even so, Huang Yangming and Mei Zichuan did not complain to Granny Taohua at all. The more they did so, the more ashamed Granny Taohua felt towards Mei Zichuan's family.

"How is Liu Xunyi's injury?"

"This... isn't good." Being interrupted by Huang Yangming, Granny Taohua perked up and said helplessly, "Unlike your internal injuries, Liu Xunyi was stabbed in the chest by a sword, injuring his lungs. Not only are his internal injuries worrying, but his external injuries are also fatal. I can only try to save his life now. As for recovering him... I'm afraid it won't be easy."

"If you can't recover, won't you become a useless person in the future?" Mei Zichuan pondered, "No wonder they are trying their best to enter the tiger's den and dragon's pool to ask for help from you. It seems that they really have no other choice."

"Whether it's because of me or because of Yuyin, I hope your family won't be upset because of Liu Xunyi's matter..."

"Huaying, you underestimated us." Mei Zichuan waved his hand and said seriously, "In fact, although I didn't have much contact with Liu Xunyi, I was deeply impressed by him. He was a spy planted by the court next to Luo Tianjin, which was indeed beyond my expectation. Therefore, whether he killed Luo Tianjin personally, whether he was the traitor in the eyes of the martial arts heroes... I can't say. But from what I know about him, this boy's desire for fame and fortune is far less than that of ordinary people, and he should not do such despicable things as colluding with foreign countries and selling out his master for fame."

"That's right!" Granny Taohua nodded repeatedly. "In the past in Chenzhou, the Mongols set up a scheme to sow discord between the four great families and the six great sects. It was Liu Xunyi who stood up to turn the tide without fear of death and death, and single-handedly stopped the fighting in the Qin Mansion in Hexi. He became the target of public criticism, and even Luo Tianjin refused to come forward to protect him. I still remember his lofty ambitions at that time."

"That girl named Xunzhen... is not simple." Mei Zichuan thought, "But why is she so concerned about Liu Xunyi?"

"In the prime of life, young and full of youth, one is unmarried and the other is unmarried, the answer is self-evident." Huang Yangming teased, "As I expected, Huaying proposed that Liu Xunyi and Yuyin have their wedding night in the tiger's den and dragon's pool. She is probably worried that Yuyin will not be able to defeat Xunzhen and will be usurped by her in the future?"

Hearing this, Granny Taohua, Huang Yangming and Mei Zichuan looked at each other and smiled slyly at the same time.

"puff!"

However, before the smile on Huang Yangming's face could fully bloom, he suddenly felt an unbearable abdominal pain, chest tightness and shortness of breath, followed by dizziness, and his blood churning. A stream of fiery true qi broke through the confinement of the Dantian Qi Sea, rampaged through his internal organs, and finally turned into a ball of black and red pus and blood that gushed out of his mouth.

"Forehead……"

With a weak howl, Huang Yangming, who had just been chatting and laughing, suddenly stiffened and fell straight to the ground from the edge of the bed. No matter how Granny Taohua and Mei Zichuan shouted in fear, he was in a trance and could not make any response after struggling for a long time.

……

(End of this chapter)