Urban Martial Saint

Bai Li Xi ignored Ye Qing’s astonishment, shouting from below, ”This kind of thing is like cutting off an arm. If an arm is severed, it can still be reattached within two or three days. Using my secret technique, it won’t be an issue even after ten days or half a month, and it can return to its original state. But if the arm has been severed for decades, think about it, can it still be reattached? The flesh around the wound has atrophied and cannot regenerate, so how can it be reattached?”

”Alright, stop blabbering!” The Wolf Monk took the rope from Ye Qing’s hand and threw it down, saying, ”Tie it around your waist, and I’ll pull you up!”

”Hey, how can you speak like that, what do you mean by ’pull’?” Bai Li Xi muttered indignantly, but nevertheless tied himself tightly with the rope obediently.

The Wolf Monk and Bai Li Xi had been trapped in Wan Yan Manor for so many years that they knew each other’s personalities very well. So when the Wolf Monk spoke to Bai Li Xi, he was quite casual, and Bai Li Xi didn’t take any offense to his words.

The Wolf Monk stood beside the cliff, exerted some strength, and in no time hoisted Bai Li Xi up.

Standing beside the cliff, Bai Li Xi looked down and said, ”Ah, back in the day, what was this height? After losing martial arts, even this distance is hard to climb, truly frustrating!”

”In places like this, you don’t have to climb often,” the Wolf Monk replied.

”That’s true.” Bai Li Xi nodded and, seeing Ning Qianshu and others in the small grove over there, chuckled, ”Everyone’s here fast. Well then, let’s enter the mountain.”

”Just like that... are we entering the mountain directly?” Huangfu Ziyu asked in surprise. Upon reaching this place, they didn’t dare to proceed lightly, not knowing the situation in Medicine King Mountain.

”Of course, we’re not entering the mountain just like that,” Bai Li Xi said. ”Back then, the old guy Wanyan Hongfeng captured me, trying to force me to open Medicine King Mountain for them. In the end, they couldn’t get the method to unlock Medicine King Mountain from me, so in his anger, Wanyan Hongfeng set up a great formation outside Medicine King Mountain. That way, he couldn’t get the things inside Medicine King Mountain and didn’t want others to get them either. So, where we are now is still within the great formation set by Wanyan Hongfeng, and we haven’t touched the mountain-sealing array left by my master back then.”

”Oh?” Ye Qing was taken aback, recalling the situation near Medicine King Mountain, asking curiously, ”Where is the edge of this great formation set by Wanyan Hongfeng?”

”Just in this small grove along the mountain,” Bai Li Xi said. ”Otherwise, why would so many villagers disappear inside Medicine King Mountain? The mountain-sealing array left by my master, although far more powerful than the one by Wanyan Hongfeng, has many surviving paths left in it by my master’s kind heart. People who accidentally enter will turn around a few times and eventually come out of the array. But Wanyan Hongfeng’s array is different; people who take a wrong step in it are very likely to fall into his traps and lose their lives. So over the years, people have been saying Medicine King Mountain is eerie, that you can only enter but not exit. Actually, that’s all thanks to Wanyan Hongfeng!”

”So that’s it!” Ye Qing suddenly understood; he had been puzzled. Knowing Divine Doctor An Shiping’s character, he would never harm people. It turns out there’s another great formation set by Wanyan Hongfeng outside, and it seems the people who went missing in Medicine King Mountain died in Wanyan Hongfeng’s formation.

At this moment, Ning Qianshu had already walked over with large strides. Seeing Bai Li Xi, he laughed heartily, ”Senior Brother, long time no see, hope you’re doing well!”

”No major issues, but you, still alive, surprises me,” Bai Li Xi said to Ning Qianshu casually, ”By the way, do you still wet the bed?”

This made Ning Qianshu a bit embarrassed. As an adult, who talks like that? But that’s just how Bai Li Xi is, and no one can do anything about it. Even though Ning Qianshu was furious, he could only be angry since he couldn’t control what Bai Li Xi said.

”Senior Brother, you sure know how to joke,” Ning Qianshu glossed over with a smile, ”Since everyone is here, let’s not waste time. I’ll trouble Senior Brother to open Medicine King Mountain for us, so we can help our master achieve his lifelong wish and find a successor for his legacy!”

”You seem to be in quite a hurry!” Bai Li Xi said, ”I just got up here, at least let me catch my breath. If you’re in such a rush, why don’t you go into the mountain first, and we’ll catch up later?”

This made Ning Qianshu grit his teeth; if he really could enter the mountain, would he have waited until now? Bai Li Xi’s words were basically taunting.

”Since Senior Brother is here, of course, I should accompany Senior Brother,” Ning Qianshu replied with a light laugh, saying no more, just standing beside Bai Li Xi. His posture clearly indicated that he was sticking to Bai Li Xi, planning to follow him into the mountain.

”If that’s the case, I’ll keep myself busy with other things first,” Bai Li Xi walked leisurely past Ning Qianshu, paying no attention to Ning Qianshu’s urgency, and went straight to the masked elder.

The masked elder was also waiting for him. When he saw Bai Li Xi approaching, the masked elder placed Shen Tianjun on the ground. Bai Li Xi walked over to take a look, grabbed Shen Tianjun’s wrist to check his pulse, and immediately frowned, saying, ”The situation is a bit troublesome.”

”How is it troublesome?” Huangfu Ziyu’s face changed instantly. If Bai Li Xi was saying such things, wouldn’t that mean Shen Tianjun was in danger?

”Mr. Bai Li, is there a way to save Uncle Shen?” Ye Qing asked anxiously.

”There is a way, but we can’t save him now!” Bai Li Xi looked up at the Medicine King Mountain in front of them and said, ”The herbs that can save him are all planted in the Medicine King Mountain. I must enter the mountain to find the herbs to awaken him.”

Hearing this, Huangfu Ziyu let out a long sigh of relief. As long as Shen Tianjun could be saved, nothing else mattered.

”Then what are we waiting for!” Ye Qing urged, ”Let’s hurry into the mountain! Otherwise, if we wait any longer and the Corpse Ghost Dragon arrives, that will be troublesome.”

”What’s the hurry!” Bai Li Xi glanced at Ye Qing and said, ”The Medicine King Mountain hasn’t opened yet. We can’t enter right now.”

”It hasn’t opened yet?” Ye Qing widened his eyes in surprise, looking at the Medicine King Mountain before him, and asked, ”When will it open?”

”Soon.” Bai Li Xi paused slightly, then took out a pill from his body and stuffed it into Shen Tianjun’s mouth. He said, ”However, when entering the Medicine King Mountain later, we’ll all have to act individually. So, we need to wake Old Shen first; otherwise, he won’t be able to enter the mountain later.”

It wasn’t long after the pill was ingested that Shen Tianjun’s eyelids twitched slightly, showing how effective the pill was.

Seeing this, Ye Qing was delighted and turned to glance at Bai Li Xi, unable to help saying, ”You had this pill, why didn’t you take it out earlier? Since it can wake Uncle Shen, what other medicine do we need?”

”Waking him is one thing; curing him is another!” Bai Li Xi said, ”This pill only temporarily suppresses the power inside him, closing off his meridians to prevent the power from controlling him. However, to completely resolve this situation, he must go to the mountain to take other herbs. This pill only allows him to function like an ordinary person, able to walk and think, but unable to exert any power. His injury is far from being cured!”

Ye Qing suddenly understood and felt a bit worried as he looked at the gradually awakening Shen Tianjun.

”Mr. Bai Li, you just said that entering the mountain requires individual action?” Ye Qing asked in astonishment, ”Why do we have to act individually?”

”Because when my master left the mountain-sealing great formation here, he also left eight gates. Each of these gates can only be entered by one person when they open; no second person can go through. So, if eight people are entering the mountain, they must separate and go through the Eight Fan Gates individually. Once inside, in each zone, they will act alone!” Bai Li Xi paused and said, ”As for who can find my master’s legacy on the mountain, that will depend on their fortune. Even I don’t know where my master’s legacy is left!”

”Eight Fan Gates, eight Divine Doctor’s Orders!” Ning Qianshu suddenly said, ”Did Master have a deeper meaning when he left the Divine Doctor’s Orders back then?”

”Of course!” Bai Li Xi said, ”The eight Divine Doctor’s Orders are the keys to the eight gates. Only those with the Divine Doctor’s Order can pass through the mountain gate; others cannot pass through at all.”

Ning Qianshu’s expression changed again. He looked coldly at Bai Li Xi and said in a deep voice, ”So, back then, when Master entrusted all eight Divine Doctor’s Orders to you, was it because he wanted to hand his legacy to you?”

”That’s not it!” Bai Li Xi shook his head and said, ”Ning Qianshu, you’ve always held a deep grudge against Master over the years, thinking Master wasn’t good enough to you. But in fact, you’ve misunderstood Master completely. Even if all eight Divine Doctor’s Orders are in my hands, I cannot guarantee that I would receive Master’s legacy. Because, when the Medicine King Mountain opens, all eight Divine Doctor’s Orders must enter the mountain for Master’s legacy to appear. If any single one is missing, Master’s legacy won’t appear at all. In other words, to receive Master’s legacy, eight people must enter the Medicine King Mountain together. Each of the eight people has an equal chance; even if I had all eight Divine Doctor’s Orders, I would only have a one-in-eight chance!”

Ning Qianshu furrowed his brows slightly, realizing he didn’t know about these matters. Now, hearing this from Bai Li Xi, he felt something indescribable. All these years, he had always believed that Divine Doctor An Shiping wanted to pass the legacy to Bai Li Xi and never saw him as a disciple, leading to his deep-seated resentment. Unexpectedly, Divine Doctor An Shiping didn’t intend to pass the legacy to Bai Li Xi at all. The setup of the eight gates clearly showed no favoritism toward anyone. To receive Divine Doctor An Shiping’s legacy, it indeed depended on each person’s luck!