Chapter 1324: The Way of Medicine (Fourth Update!)
Qin Mu lowered his head, took out a few more pieces of Grand Simplicity Divine Stones, and hastened to refine them, comprehending the Grand Simplicity Way within.
The Medicine Master didn't pay it much mind either. Instead, he cheerfully opened a furnace on the boat to refine spirit pills. Every time he finished a batch, he would open his mouth and swallow them himself.
Qin Mu and he did not interfere with each other. You cultivate your own, I cultivate mine. After two days passed, suddenly, the Medicine Master's Medical Way Heavenly Palace manifested behind him. His primordial spirit actually passed through the Southern Heavenly Gate and cultivated to become a True God.
Qin Mu glanced over but didn't pay attention.
The Medicine Master also made no fuss at all. He continued refining and eating pills. After another three to five days, the Medicine Master's Medical Way Heavenly Palace appeared behind him again. His primordial spirit had actually arrived at the edge of the Jade Pool and ascended the Jade Terrace!
Qin Mu was finally startled by this. He stared wide-eyed at the scene, dumbfounded.
The Medicine Master withdrew his Heavenly Palace and continued focusing intently on refining spirit pills. After another six or seven days, Qin Mu was horrified to discover that the Medicine Master's primordial spirit's cultivation, realm, and strength had skyrocketed, actually arriving at the God-Slaying Platform of the Heavenly Palace!
Under Qin Mu's tense and pounding gaze, the Medicine Master's primordial spirit actually stood upon the God-Slaying Platform, enduring the tempering of two streams of baleful energy, and survived!
This was something nearly impossible to accomplish, yet it happened right before his eyes!
In a short span of time, the Medicine Master had consecutively crossed the three realms of True God, Jade Pool, and God-Slaying Platform!
One must know that currently, the highest cultivation realms in the Village of Elderly Disabled were Village Chief and Butcher, but even they might not have cultivated to the God-Slaying Platform realm!
And as the existence with the lowest cultivation realm in the Village of Elderly Disabled, the Medicine Master had always been known for his terrible cultivation, a figure with the most vicious methods who was also the easiest to kill.
But now, his cultivation realm had likely leaped to become the number one in the Village of Elderly Disabled!
After the Medicine Master cultivated to the God-Slaying Platform realm, he didn't continue refining spirit pills. Instead, he calmed his mind and pondered for a moment, then said, "Boy, how many types of Imperial Throne techniques do you know?"
Qin Mu, not bothering to refine the Grand Simplicity Primordial Liquid anymore, immediately manifested his eighteen Heavenly Palaces and explained each one to him. The Medicine Master sat in the cabin, listening intently.
Qin Mu was a great expert in cultivation. He had extraordinary insights into the various Imperial Throne techniques he cultivated. He personally demonstrated the techniques, which was equivalent to a Heavenly Sovereign personally explaining his own insights and realizations to the Medicine Master. Naturally, it was a splendid and rare event!
The Medicine Master continuously asked questions, voicing the doubts in his heart, and Qin Mu answered them one by one.
After a long while, the Medicine Master understood the Sword Heavenly Palace. He asked Qin Mu to describe the divine patterns and the structure of the Sword Heavenly Palace in detail. Qin Mu explained meticulously.
The Medicine Master pondered for a long time, then buried himself in refining spirit pills again. Just as the pills were about to be completed, he took a strand of Grand Simplicity Primordial Liquid and threw it into the furnace.
When the furnace was opened, a spirit pill flew out. The Medicine Master gently rotated his palm, and the pill fell into his hand.
The Medicine Master's fingertip lightly touched the spirit pill. Suddenly, a sword cry rang out, and tens of thousands of sword lights burst forth from the spirit pill. The sword lights formed a Sword Heavenly Palace around him, covering the entire fast boat!
Then, the medicinal power converged, and the Sword Heavenly Palace submerged back into the spirit pill.
Qin Mu watched this scene, a surreal feeling arising in his heart. He assumed the posture of a disciple and asked, "Grandpa Medicine Master, why does the Medical Way manifest like this? What is the Medical Way?"
The Medicine Master put away the spirit pill and said joyfully, "I only comprehended the Medical Way Heavenly Palace after arriving at the Ancestral Court. And not long ago, thanks to your Grand Simplicity Primordial Liquid, I finally understood the Medical Way clearly. Mute said, 'The way of man is to diminish the insufficient to serve the excessive; the way of heaven is to diminish the excessive to supplement the insufficient.' This saying has its truth, but the Medical Way is different."
His eyes grew brighter and brighter, and he continued, "The Way of Medicine is also the way of man, diminishing the excessive to supplement the insufficient. Humans experience birth, aging, sickness, death, injury, and pain. When a person cannot be born, the Medical Way assists birth. When a person ages, the Medical Way delays aging. When a person is sick, the Medical Way cures the sickness. When a person is dying, the Medical Way saves them from death. When a person is injured, the Medical Way heals the injury. When a person is in pain, the Medical Way alleviates the pain. Birth, aging, sickness, and death are nature, but humans are meant to go against nature, to find a path against nature from within the various principles of nature. Boy, this is the Medical Way."
He manifested his Medical Way Heavenly Palace and said with a smile, "My cultivation was insufficient, so I used the Medical Way to treat it, using miraculous pills and medicines to elevate my own cultivation realm. I am not versed in swordsmanship, do not understand sword techniques, and do not comprehend the Sword Way. So, I used the Medical Way to refine pills of the Sword Heavenly Palace. In this way, by taking the pill, I can temporarily possess a Sword Heavenly Palace and greatly increase my strength."
"As the saying goes, 'When one method is understood, a hundred methods are understood; when one Way is achieved, a hundred Ways are achieved.' The Medical Way is the same. Boy, although you surpass me immeasurably in cultivation and strength, and far exceed me in intelligence and wisdom, I still have two things that surpass you."
He raised two fingers: "First, my appearance. Second, the Medical Way. Your Medical Way is only at the entry level; you still need to continue cultivating!"
Qin Mu bowed and said, "Grandpa Medicine Master, I naturally agree with the second point, but as for the first point, I don't quite agree."
The two of them laughed heartily.
"So, Grandpa Medicine Master, what are your chances of curing Moon Venerable now?" Qin Mu asked again.
"Thirty percent."
The Medicine Master raised another finger and said calmly, "I cannot comprehend the Great Way of a Heavenly Sovereign. I lack the Dao conduct of a Heavenly Sovereign. If you can see the Dao injury of Moon Venerable, then I will have a one hundred percent chance! Although I will be the one performing the treatment to cure Moon Venerable, the key still lies in your eyesight!"
Qin Mu's brow lifted.
The fast boat arrived outside the Ancestral Court and entered the Spirit Energy Reciprocal Bridge.
Not long after, the fast boat arrived at Eternal Peace, passed over the Primordial Realm's sky, and headed towards the Peach Grove beside the Dao Sect.
It would take a few days for the fast boat to reach there. Qin Mu continued to diligently teach and impart other Imperial Throne techniques to the Medicine Master. Although the Medicine Master couldn't learn them, he memorized the runes and the divine patterns formed by those runes of these Imperial Throne techniques. He used various spiritual herbs collected from the Ancestral Court to construct the divine patterns within the spirit pills, using the divine patterns to refine Heavenly Palaces.
He refined a few more spirit pills. At that moment, the fast boat arrived beside the Dao Sect.
Qin Mu stopped the fast boat. The two jumped down from the boat. Qin Mu waved his hand, putting the fast boat away and storing it within the Qin Continent.
The Medicine Master slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi, bowed towards the Peach Grove, and said, "The idle Medicine Master of Eternal Peace, accompanying Mu Heavenly Sovereign, pays respects to the master of the Peach Grove!"
His current cultivation was immeasurably stronger than before. His voice traveled far into the deepest part of the Peach Grove. After a long while, a purple-clad girl walked out of the Peach Grove with small, quick steps, gently saluted, and said softly, "Two distinguished guests, please follow me."
Qin Mu and the Medicine Master followed the girl into the Peach Grove. They saw that after just a few steps, the Peach Grove experienced the changes of the four seasons. Some peach blossoms were in full bloom, some peaches were green and unripe, some peach fragrance was rich and alluring, some peach leaves were withered and red, and there was even snow hanging on the peach branches, which was truly astonishing.
Qin Mu, however, knew that this Peach Grove was not a real peach grove but a peculiar place formed by piecing together peach groves from who knows how many celestial realms.
When they took a step, it seemed they hadn't walked far, but in reality, they might have moved from one celestial realm world into another.
The Peach Grove represented the supreme achievement in the Way of Space!
This Peach Grove was precisely the work of Moon Venerable!
They arrived before the palace deep within the Peach Grove and followed the girl inside. In the hall, the girl withdrew, leaving only Qin Mu and the Medicine Master.
Qin Mu looked at the figure behind the screen and said in a deep voice, "Moon Venerable, I have brought the strongest physician of this era, the Medicine King who founded the Medical Way Heavenly Palace. Are you ready?"
The woman behind the screen trembled. After a moment, she said in a low voice, "I am ready. Come in."
Qin Mu and the Medicine Master stepped forward together, walking behind the screen. The Medicine Master said in a deep voice, "Boy, remember? Thirty percent for me, seventy percent for you! Your eyesight must not make a mistake!"
Qin Mu's vertical eye on his forehead opened, and his blood boiled with fervor!