Chapter Twenty-Three: Still in Time

  The Kuiyue Sect issued an emergency mission internally to find a modern inheritor of the Qigong technique, with the purpose of treating Su Mengxue's strange illness.

  According to Xue Tian'nan's diagnosis, even if Su Mengxue was carefully nurtured with precious medicinal materials, she would have a lifespan of less than ten years. Moreover, during this period, her condition would become increasingly severe, and her body's meridians would gradually convert to yin meridians, leading to atrophy and eventual extreme suffering.

  Xue Tiannan pointed out that the mysterious yin absolute pulse is not without a treatment method, and in ancient times, there were divine doctors who had treated this disease. However, those who treat this disease must have one condition, which is to understand the technique of distinguishing qi, because only with this ability can they clearly examine the symptoms of the mysterious yin absolute pulse and then conduct targeted treatment.

  Of course, Xue Tian Nang didn't mention that people who understand the art of Qi assessment themselves possess a considerable amount of true energy, commonly known as internal power.

  "True energy is a special kind of energy, used in martial arts to increase power, and used in medical treatment can greatly enhance the therapeutic effect. Traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture, many absolute skills actually require the use of true energy to achieve the expected effect."

  Unfortunately, with the development of the times, the inheritance in this aspect has gradually declined, and people who own true energy are scarce. Although Qingnang Sect invested a lot of human and material resources in this aspect, it also had little effect, and those who could possess true energy were few.

  Of course, not everyone with true energy is suitable to be a doctor, which also involves many aspects of things, such as personality, talent, and the strength and properties of true energy.

  Because of this, the development of Qingpao Sect has become increasingly difficult in recent years. In order to break through, they have begun to involve Western medicine and strive to develop a treatment plan that combines traditional Chinese and Western medicine.

  Unfortunately, Su Mengxue's extremely yin and absolute pulse was not something that Western medicine could handle.

  Western medicine has developed to the present, and even whether the human meridian exists or not is still not fully determined. Through high-tech medical nuclear magnetic imaging equipment, it is unable to observe the meridians in traditional Chinese medicine that have been passed down for thousands of years, but some devices that detect energy intensity have made some discoveries.

  Qianqi technique was not a common secret technique in the past, and few people knew about it. Let alone modern times, at least Qingnang Zong has long been lost, and Xue Tiannan had never seen anyone who could use Qianqi technique.

  He told Su Bingjun this message, just to give him an idea, so that he wouldn't be so desperate.

  Su Binglin, however, did not think so. He attached great importance to this news and immediately mobilized the power of Guiyue Sect to find any clues, no matter how small, for the sake of his precious granddaughter's life, even if it meant paying a huge price.

  He had thought it would be a long process, but before long, Hong Quan, one of the people in charge of Guiyue Sect in Xiaoxiang City, brought him good news.

  What kind of skill is the art of identifying gas, in fact, even Xuan Tian Nian knows very little about it, only knowing that after mastering this mysterious technique, one can directly "observe the gas phase and know the disease reason", besides, there is another relatively obvious function which is to easily see if a stone contains jade.

  This is what Xue Tiannan saw in the general internal classics, a senior of Qingnang Sect recorded a few sentences on the corner of a handwritten note, and Xue Tiannan happened to see it and remembered it very clearly.

  At first, Su Binglun had great hopes for this news, but under Xue Tian's constant blows, the expected value was quickly adjusted. By the time he saw that Hong Qin had brought in Xuan Qi, he actually didn't have any illusions in his heart anymore.

  However, in his heart, he still had a glimmer of luck. He was watching Hong Quan Zhang Da, this child had always been steady and reliable, if she thought Xuan Qi understood the art of divination, then it must be true.

  ……

  When Xuan Qi looked at Su Meng Xue, everyone's eyes focused on him, waiting for his answer.

  In fact, when Xuan Qi looked at Su Meng Xue, he had secretly used the Art of Aura Inspection. This was his first time using it on Su Meng Xue, and this one look really allowed him to discover something out of the ordinary.

  Everyone has their own "aura", which is a layer of light wrapped around the body, roughly in the shape of an egg, enveloping the entire person inside.

  However, each person's aura is different, and this difference is not only reflected in the color, but also sometimes there are relatively large differences in shape.

  For example, Su Binglun, in Xuan Qi's eyes, was a red gas cluster on his head. According to Xuan Qi's previous observation experience, people with red gas rushing to the sky are generally auspicious for great wealth and nobility.

  The aura displayed by Su Mingyue was quite special, the color of the aura was more motley, most of it was no different from ordinary people, mostly white, red and yellow, but in the gaps between these colors, you could see a lot of gray and black.

  And Su Mingxue's aura was extremely close to her body, as if there was an invisible layer of something tightly binding it, even the overall shape presented an irregular shape, like a balloon, surrounded by a tight seal-like thing, squeezing it into a distorted shape.

  Seeing such a state, Xuan Qi felt some heartache. He hadn't expected Su Mengxue to have contracted such an unusual illness. Thinking back to when she had burst onto the entertainment scene and quickly gained a huge reputation before suddenly disappearing from everyone's sight, he finally understood what had happened.

  "Is this Qiankun's little friend?"

  Xuan Qi seemed a bit dazed, and Su Binglun couldn't help but remind him.

  Xuan Qi snapped back to reality and finally nodded his head:

  "Hong Jie didn't get it wrong, I indeed know a bit of Qi detection technique, but I don't know if I can be of any help."

  "What?"

  Xue Tiannan was taken aback and immediately stood up, then said:

  "Impossible, how can you know qigong? Even your grandfather didn't."

  Xuan Qi smiled and said, "Mr. Xue, this matter has nothing to do with my grandfather. As for the reason, I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to disclose it. If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Xue, your lung function seems to be a bit problematic."

  Xue Tiannan's face was even more astonished when he heard his words.

  His lungs indeed had a problem, which was caused by improper practice in the past and had become his old illness. However, this situation wasn't something that people familiar with him wouldn't know about, so how did Xuan Qi notice it at a glance?

  Does he really understand the art of Qi assessment?

  Xue Tiannan was stunned by the news, in fact he had been searching for the Qián Qì Shù trail all along, and had studied all the classics thoroughly, but only found a few words. The greatest wish of his life was to find the Qián Qì Shù.

  Of course, the pulse diagnosis is also the foundation of Qing Dynasty. The classic book "Qing Dynasty" in the sect only has half left, and the other half is the key. Many medical techniques must be based on pulse diagnosis to work.

  At that time, Xue Tian Nan suddenly remembered the problem with his lungs. Xuanyi also knew about it, so it was not surprising that Xuanyi knew this point either.

  Xuan Qi saw Xue Tian Nan's aura fluctuating and knew he still had some doubts about himself, so he said again: "Also, your left knee joint seems to be a bit abnormal, as for what the specific problem is, I don't know."

  Xuan Qi's words directly became the last straw that crushed the camel, and Xue Tian Nan finally thoroughly believed he had mastered the technique of judging the air.

  The problem with his left knee joint, no one knows except himself.

  "Older brother, is what he said really true?" Su Binglun asked anxiously.

  Xue Tiannan nodded excitedly: "I didn't expect it, you actually really understand the art of Qi assessment! This..."

  He really couldn't find words to express his feelings at this moment.

  But overall, this is something that excites him very much!

  "That's great!" Su Binglun immediately walked to Xuán Qí's front, excitedly saying, "Xuán Qí little friend, no matter what conditions you propose, as long as you can cure Xuě'r's illness, I will agree to them, please must help me with this!"

  Xuan Qi hastily stood up and said, "Su Lao, since I've mentioned this matter, it means I'm willing to help. However, there's one thing I must clarify: I only understand a bit of qigong techniques, as for medical skills and the like, I'm completely ignorant. Whether or not I can be of assistance depends on the specific situation."

  Su Binglin was taken aback by his words and asked: "You don't understand medicine?"

  "Does someone who knows how to diagnose by feeling the pulse necessarily understand medicine?" asked Xuan Qi.

  Su Binglun and Xue Tiannan exchanged a glance, suddenly realizing they had made an a priori mistake.

  Xue Tiannan took the lead, according to his idea, Qigong itself is a kung fu tailored for Chinese medicine, with its assistance, treating patients is like adding wings to a tiger.

  Those who understand the art of Qi assessment basically have no threshold in learning medicine, and such people in the Xuanmen sect are usually already old and must have some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine. Like the Qingnangzong, they take the art of Qi assessment as the foundation of their sect, and all the patriarchs and elders strive for this goal.

  In fact, in the history of Qingnang Sect, apart from Huatuo Zushi, later generations have indeed supplemented the art of Qi observation. Within their sect, there is a set of exercises for cultivating the art of Qi observation. This set of exercises was created by one of the elders of the Qingnang Sect based on the records of the classics and borrowing from the exercises of other Xuanmen Taoist schools.

  Unfortunately, except for that elder who was a natural genius back then, no one else has successfully cultivated this technique.

  For various reasons, Xue Tiannan had such a mindset that anyone who understood the art of Qi diagnosis must be a master of traditional Chinese medicine and a divine doctor.

  This was also the reason why he didn't believe that Xuan Qi would be able to master the art of Qi detection earlier, as in his understanding, it was impossible to grasp the technique without decades of accumulation and cultivation.

  However, Xuan Qi's appearance broke this understanding of his.

  Is it the mysterious method of the Xuan family?

  Xue Tiannan found an excuse for herself.

  Xiangnan Xuanjia is said to be the orthodox heir of "Xuānmén zhèngzōng", if that's true, then it can also be explained.

  It is said that the orthodox school of Xuanmen is a legend in the Jianghu of Xuanmen.

  Unfortunately, this news is just a rumor. He and Xuan Qing are so familiar with each other, but he has never heard him mention anything about it before.

  Xiangnan Xuanjia is so famous within the Xuanmen sect simply because of Xuanqing and one person's reputation, and actually has little to do with the orthodox Xuanmen.

  Xue Tian Nan smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, you don't understand medicine, I do. Xue Er's illness still has time, you can learn temporarily and it will be fine."

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