Qi Ba did not expect Wenshan to have such sharp eyes, so he was in a dilemma.
"To tell you the truth, Wenshan, this bronze mirror is an heirloom of my family. I always carry it with me and never leave it. It is said that this treasure has the effect of repelling evil spirits and can also illuminate the appearance of ghosts and evil spirits. It was created by a genius of the Qi family a hundred years ago. That person combined the two major schools of thought, the Book of Changes, and algebra, to form a school of his own. He also dabbled in many Xuan Dao studies. He was the famous Master Diviner of the Jianghu at that time. However, the successor was not virtuous, and there was basically nothing left for Eighth Brother. All that was left was this bronze mirror. Eighth Brother could not bear to part with it.”Qi Ba said as he pretended to be pitiful to Wenshan.
Wenshan was speechless. He said to him,""You don't have any magic power on you, so this magic tool can only be used as a protective talisman for you.”
"The amulet is also good. A few years ago, when I was with the Fourth Family's organization to capture lamas, I encountered something dirty. A few of my fellow workers had an accident, but I was the only one who didn't.”Qi Ba explained to Wenshan.
"In that case, I won't make things difficult for you.”Wenshan said helplessly.
"Sigh, just you wait. I still have a collection. You should be interested.”After saying that, Eighth Qi turned around and entered the inner room.
Wenshan thought to himself that, after all, it was a family that had been passed down for hundreds of years. Although Qi Ba was the only one left now, there must still be a collection of secret chambers in the house.
In the time it took to brew a cup of tea, Qi Ba came out with a wooden box in his arms. His face was filled with pain.
The box was placed on the table and slowly opened. Wenshan leaned over to take a look.
They were all ancient books.
Qi Ba carefully took it out and said to Wenshan,""These are all collected by the predecessors of the Qi family. They are books on metaphysics. I've read and studied them before, but I only learned some superficial knowledge about the Book of Changes, the Eight Trigrams, the basics of Feng Shui, and so on. I don't understand anything about cultivating mana and spells.”
Wenshan reached out to take it, but Qi Ba immediately put it away. Wenshan glared at him.
"Eh, I can give it to you, but you have to promise me that you will teach me Taoism.”Eighth Qi quickly said and made this unreasonable request.
"If your aptitude is too poor, I won't teach you." Wenshan immediately refused.
Eighth Qi immediately retorted," How am I lacking in talent? Eighth Brother, I'm the Book of Changes and the Eight Trigrams of the Qi Sect. No one can compare to me in Changsha."”As he spoke, he even gave himself a thumbs up.
"Those who can read and have a good memory can learn those.”Wenshan said mercilessly.
"Speaking of which, Wenshan, you're a master of the Celestial Sect of Wonders.”Eighth Qi narrowed his eyes in suspicion.
"..." Wenshan looked at him expressionlessly for a while. Then, he stood up and activated his Genuine Qi while silently chanting the Earth Spike Technique.
A stone awl suddenly popped out from the ground beside Qi Ba, scaring him into retreating. At this moment, Xiao Man ran in from outside the incense hall and shouted,""Master Eight, what happened?"
"Phew!" Eighth Qi looked at the smiling Wenshan." Brother Wenshan, why didn't you tell us before you attacked? If you scared Eighth Brother, he would have died."”
"Alright, there's no need to pretend to be pitiful." This Eighth Qi was like this all day long. He seemed to have no masculinity, but he was actually very masculine and righteous.
"Little Man, go out first. Don't say anything you see.”Qi Ba instructed Xiao Man.
Wenshan took the jade pendant that Qi Ba had taken off earlier and looked at it.""This is actually a jade talisman. It's from the Xuanmen Sect, but the mana on it has been lost, so it's useless.”With that said, he transferred Genuine Qi into the jade talisman to activate the seal inside. Wenshan had yet to learn the Xuanmen Seal, so he did not know much about it. However, he still knew a little about how to use mana to activate the seal patterns, just like how to activate the seal of the array.
Qi Ba saw that the jade talisman was no longer so obscure and had become somewhat translucent." What a magical Daoist zhenqi."
Wenshan returned the jade talisman to Qi Ba.”
Qi Ba put down the ancient book and took the jade talisman. He nodded and smiled as he said,"Okay, okay."
Wenshan no longer paid attention to the smug Qi Ba and focused his attention on the ancient books. He was also a little excited.
Wenshan sat down and picked up one of the ancient books to flip through. He realized that they were all incomplete chapters of the Book of Changes. Even the incomplete chapters were more detailed and complicated than the ones found on the Internet in the later generations. He then casually flipped through the other ancient books and found that they were about Daoism, the Eight Trigrams, Yin Yang, and the Five Elements. As expected, they did not disappoint him.
Wenshan put the ancient book back into the box and said,""I'll take these ancient books back to study first.”
"Alright, I'll go to your place to study it some other day.”Eighth Qi still hadn't given up on the idea of learning metaphysics.
"Rest well first." Wenshan picked up the box and left.
After seeing Wenshan leave, Qi Ba muttered to himself,""What an interesting person. Not bad, not bad. I can't tell anything about him from his appearance. He even knows the mysterious Mystic Gate spell.”He reached out and pushed the stone awl. It was very hard, and his magic power had not dissipated, so the spell was still maintained.
After Wenshan returned to the residence from the Small Fragrance Hall, he immediately went to the study room for closed-door cultivation and instructed outsiders not to disturb him.
"There are beauties in books, and there are houses of gold in books.”It was said that reading more books would allow one to learn a lot of useful knowledge, which was comparable to gold and jade. At this moment, Wenshan, who had been in seclusion for three days, was hugging the ancient book he had brought back from Qi Ba and sighing at the profoundness of Daoism.
Also, he had benefited greatly from the mysterious application of the five elements of Yin and Yang in the book. Wenshan, who had already reached the critical point of breaking through, felt that he could break through to the late-stage of Qi Refinement at any time.
It would be better to go out and rest so that he could prepare for a breakthrough. As soon as Wenshan left the study, Tan Yan, who was guarding outside, said to him,""Sir, Eighth Master Qi from the Little Fragrance Hall came to see you yesterday.”
"Oh, and then? He didn't make a fuss?" Wenshan obviously knew a little about Qi Ba's personality.
Tan Feiyan let out a rare laugh.”Then, he glanced at Wenshan. This Eighth Qi really had a loose tongue. He said that Sir had a mistress in his golden house. Although it was a compliment for their beauty, he could not say it carelessly.
"What's wrong?" Wenshan looked at her and asked curiously.
"Master Eight didn't make a fuss. He was just curious about the difference in temperature between the residence and the outside world. Then, he studied it and found the array that Sir had set up. He even wanted to destroy it, so he let Little Flower beat him up a few times.”
"Haha." Wenshan found it funny. Now, the girls in the residence were relying on medicinal dishes and medicinal baths. They had already mastered Wing Chun Fist, and their Internal Martial Arts had reached the initial stage of Bright Jin. Bullying Qi Ba, who did not know any martial arts, was a piece of cake.
"After that, he stayed in the residence for an entire afternoon before leaving, saying that he would come back another day.”Tan Feiyan added.
"Got it. I'll prepare some things before going into seclusion. This time, I might be in seclusion for a little longer. Remember not to be disturbed by anyone.”Wenshan instructed.
"Sir, you're too polite. It's what we should do.”Tan Fei wondered why his master was going into seclusion again after coming out.
Wenshan went into closed-door cultivation again. This time, he was preparing to break through to the later stage of Qi Refining. Therefore, he wanted to enter the Tenth Space to break through. Inside, he could use energy to replace Spiritual Qi to cultivate and break through. This time, he did not activate the flow of time in closed-door cultivation. He only replaced the Spiritual Qi needed for the breakthrough.
Time continued to pass, and it would be the Spring Festival in a few days after the cold. The farmers in the villages outside the city had to go to the city to buy New Year's goods. Some farmers even sent local specialties to Wenshan Residence to thank Wenshan for saving his life.
During this period, the name of the Divine Doctor Wenshan spread throughout Changsha City. Not only was his medical skills superb, but he could cure illnesses such as phthisis, stroke, rheumatism, and other incurable diseases in a short period of time. His medical ethics were even more noble. He could treat illnesses with medicine and even provide food and supplies. He was a living god in troubled times.
Some discerning merchants came to visit him with gifts, but unfortunately, Wenshan was in seclusion and had no chance to meet him. When the doctors in Changsha heard this, they became very jealous. Among them, the people from Shi Zhen Medical Hall were the most angry. Their family's Old Li had never been called a divine doctor, and you, a walking doctor, dared to call yourself a divine doctor.
The girls in Wenshan Residence were also very happy to see that their master had earned such a good reputation. Although he didn't take the initiative to announce it, there were busybodies who came to disturb him.
However, they were all blocked outside the main gate. With their strength at the early stage of Bright Jin, the girls could easily deal with four or five ordinary people. Moreover, Eighth Master Qi visited every other day and stayed for a day. Outsiders thought that Wenshan Residence and Eighth Master Qi had a good relationship, so no one dared to cause trouble again.
From then on, Wenshan's reputation in Changsha was second to none. At this time, Wenshan paid no attention to the outside world and focused on cultivating his Qi exercises.
Just like that, some people in Changsha were envious and jealous, while others were happy.
Baiqiao Stronghold also received news of Wenshan. After all, it was only 200 miles away from Changsha City.
"It's the New Year again. Wenshan, are you really not coming back?”Shi Huaichan leaned against the table and muttered with a dazed expression.
"Sigh." Shi Fang sighed and shook her head when she saw this scene outside the house.
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