Chapter 909: Life is not eternal (Part )

"Huaying, he...he is..."

Watching Huang Yangming go from being full of life to being on the verge of death, no matter how calm Mei Zichuan tried, he couldn't help but feel flustered and at a loss.

In an instant, Mei Zichuan's face turned pale, his eyes trembled, his throat tightened, his tongue tied, his legs couldn't help but weaken, his feet staggered repeatedly, and he stared blankly as if in a trance as Huang Yangming was being helped to bed by Granny Taohua, and for a moment he even forgot to go forward to help.

At this moment, Granny Taohua didn't care about Mei Zichuan's emotions at all, and was concentrating on checking Huang Yangming's condition.

She looked at his shape, observed his spirit, felt his pulse... From his eyebrows, eyes, mouth and tongue to his chest, abdomen and limbs, Granny Taohua became more and more frightened and smacked her lips more and more. She frowned deeply, looked solemn, and sighed subconsciously.

Seeing this, Mei Zichuan, who had always been proud and arrogant, could no longer bear the inner depression. His legs went soft and he collapsed to the ground with a plop, tears streaming down his dull face.

"Hua...huayang, he...he..."

"Just now, he forced his Qi to flow back to his Qi Sea. Instead, the internal force in his Dantian rushed out. At this moment, it has already broken the Yinjiao, Qi Sea, Shimen, and Guanyuan acupoints. Decades of internal force are like a wild horse that has broken free from its reins, all floating freely among the internal organs and meridians, and it is difficult to control it." Granny Taohua said worriedly, "Without the breathing of Dantian Qi Sea, let alone a young man of his age... he would never be able to withstand such a strong internal force."

"What do you mean by unbearable..."

"Internal force is a double-edged sword. If it is properly controlled, it can overturn mountains and seas, break metal and shatter stones. If it is not properly controlled... it can also shatter one's internal organs into dust, and turn meridians and bones into decay. Therefore, the deeper the internal force, the stronger the control. The key to controlling internal force is to breathe freely, and the source of breathing freely is the Dantian Qi Sea." Granny Taohua understood Mei Zichuan's feelings, but couldn't bear to stimulate her directly, so she patiently explained, "A person's Dantian can gradually expand through continuous practice, so as to breathe in and out more powerful internal force, which is also the internal strength method often mentioned by people in the martial arts world. However, people are born, grow old, get sick and die, this is fate. It is limited and cannot be changed by anyone. Therefore, when people grow to a certain age, their bodies will inevitably age, not only will they become old and faded, their eyesight and hearing will be blurred, but also their internal organs will fail and their bones will become loose. The Dantian Qi Sea is no exception. The older you are, the slower it expands until it slowly stagnates, and some people will even wither and decline. At this point, no matter how advanced your internal skills are, your Dantian Qi Sea can no longer bear it. Because of this, the best age to practice martial arts is adolescence. Most people will reach their own balance after they are in their forties or fifties. If they continue to practice, their progress will be very slow and they cannot be compared with young people at all. It will only get slower and slower until... It is difficult to make any progress. Of course, people have different physiques and talents, so when to reach the peak and when to reach balance varies from person to person. However, no matter how different the physique and talent are, they cannot escape the law of birth, aging, illness and death. In other words, people with mediocre talents may have reached balance in their thirties or forties, some people reach the peak in their sixties or seventies, and some people with extraordinary talents still have room for improvement in their eighties or nineties. Obviously, although Huang Yangming is extremely talented, he still does not belong to the latter. He was over seventy years old, but he insisted on practicing the highest realm of Qiankun Jiuji Gong in seclusion. Unexpectedly, water overflows when it is full, and the moon wanes when it is full. His Dantian Qi Sea could not withstand any more. The internal force was lost, so part of the true qi could not be integrated and could only float freely in the meridians. Fortunately, this part of the internal force was not much and was still within the tolerance range of his body, so he did not vomit blood and die suddenly. However, due to his carelessness, he did not notice it in time and carefully adjust it. Instead, he was eager to achieve success and practiced it recklessly, which became what you call "going astray". Today, he practiced it again on his own and forced the outflowing true qi into Dantian. As a result, he was too hasty and damaged Dantian and the sea of ​​qi was destroyed. It was like a jar of water with a hole in it... Not only can it not hold more water, but even the water originally stored in the jar will...dissipate completely."

"This..." Mei Zichuan was frightened by Granny Taohua's explanation. His face turned pale and he asked impatiently, "I don't understand what you are saying. Just tell me whether the old man...will be okay?"

Hearing this, Granny Taohua's eyes flashed with a trace of entanglement. After hesitating for a while, she finally answered truthfully: "If it cannot be resolved in time, Huang Yangming's internal organs, blood vessels and bones will be devoured by the internal force. I'm afraid... he won't survive for more than three days."

"hiss!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a bolt from the blue, causing Mei Zichuan to tremble and become stunned like a wooden sculpture.

"Cough cough..."

When Granny Taohua and Mei Zichuan looked at each other in silence with heavy hearts, Huang Yangming, who was lying on the bed, suddenly coughed violently, spit out a large mouthful of blood, and said with difficulty: "I can't die... Huaying, you are the best doctor in the world... You must have a way to save me..."

"I'm not belittling myself. If you want to recover, I'm afraid... I can't do anything." Granny Taohua hesitated, "After all, you're old and your dantian is broken. Even if a Daluo Jinxian descended to the mortal world, it might not help. But... if I just want to save your life, I do have some ways, but..."

"But what?" Huang Yangming and Mei Zichuan asked in unison.

"But you will...become a useless person."

"Useless man...Puff!" Huang Yangming was shocked and pus and blood spurted out of his mouth again.

"What does 'wasteful' mean?" Mei Zichuan stepped forward quickly, calming the agitated Huang Yangming while asking Granny Taohua who was evasive, "Will he become a paraplegic?"

"It's possible." Granny Taohua said frankly, "The only way I can think of... is to disperse his internal energy. Dispersing his internal energy is equivalent to abolishing his martial arts. Since his Dantian Qi Sea is completely destroyed, after losing his internal energy... his body will be worse than that of a weak scholar who can't even tie a chicken, and he may even be paralyzed in bed." "This..."

"No!" Before Mei Zichuan could recover from the shock, Huang Yangming had already firmly objected, "Instead of becoming a useless person, it's better to kill me directly, ahem..."

"Huaying, is there really no other way?" Mei Zichuan asked absentmindedly, "Are there any medicinal herbs..."

"Zichuan, I have just explained Huang Yangming's condition very clearly. Natural resources and treasures may help him recover, but they cannot repair his damaged dantian. Sigh! What to do next... you decide for yourself."

"This……"

Granny Taohua's blunt words made Huang Yangming and Mei Zichuan look ashen and speechless.

"No! Absolutely not!" Huang Yangming shook his head unwillingly, "I would rather die than become a cripple..."

"If you die, what will happen to Baoer and I?" Mei Zichuan was filled with grief and anger, and scolded, "If you weren't so eager for quick success, how could you have fallen into such a situation? You only want to make yourself happy in everything, and never consider Baoer and me. It was like this when you were young, it was like this when you were old, and it is still like this now. You practice martial arts to break through for yourself, and you seek death to free yourself. In your heart...what do Baoer and I mean to you?"

"Old woman, I..." Huang Yangming's restless heart seemed to be poured with a basin of cold water after being scolded by Mei Zichuan. He immediately lost all his arrogance and was speechless.

"You and I are already this old, a cripple is a cripple, a cripple is better than a dead person!" Mei Zichuan wiped the tears from his face with his sleeves, then said in an unquestionable tone, "Huaying, just save his life. As for what means you use... I don't care."

"Old woman..."

"You have reaped all the consequences of your own actions. You can't blame anyone else." Mei Zichuan interrupted Huang Yangming's defense sternly, "If you want us mother and daughter to suffer for you, give up the idea as soon as possible!"

"Huang Yangming, what do you think?" Granny Taohua sighed and turned her serious gaze to the hesitant Huang Yangming.

"I..." Huang Yangming, exhausted physically and mentally, was in a dilemma. He looked at Mei Zichuan's resolute attitude, and then at Bao'er who was sleeping quietly. He finally made up his mind and nodded bitterly, "Forget it! At this age, I no longer seek fame and fortune. To me, nothing is more important than them. Decades of skills... let it go to waste! Although it's a pity... but I have no choice to save my life."

"Actually... you don't have no choice."

Seeing Huang Yangming reluctantly agree, Granny Taohua suddenly had an idea and said thoughtfully, "As a top master, it would be a great regret in life if there is no successor. To be honest, when my husband Ye Tong learned that he was going to die, he was not thinking about how long he could live, but... how to pass on his martial arts. Now, your situation is quite similar to my husband's back then. I have a way... It can be regarded as an unwelcome request. Maybe it can help you solve a problem and avoid regrets in your life. I just don't know... Are you willing?"

"Inheritance?" Huang Yangming frowned slightly, not quite understanding, "You mean..."

"Liu Xunyi!" Granny Taohua's eyes narrowed and she went straight to the point, "Given his current injuries, even if I can save his life, he will most likely become a cripple. But if..."

Having said that, Granny Taohua carefully watched the reactions of Huang Yangming and Mei Zichuan. Seeing that they were only suspicious but not annoyed, she finally felt relieved. She held her breath and concentrated, saying, "If you are willing to accept him as your disciple, and pass on all you have learned in your life to him, and let him use his strong inner strength to protect his lifeline, he can use the poison in the extremely poisonous 'Dragon Burial Pond' to replenish his body, and use the poison that has been deposited for thousands of years to thoroughly quench his severely injured and difficult-to-treat body, so that he can be reborn from the ashes, and stand up again after being broken... In this way, Liu Xunyi will not only have a chance to recover, but also be able to break out of his cocoon and become a butterfly, soaring into the sky."

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(End of this chapter)