Chapter 12: The Kish
After living in the Qi Shi Mansion, Chen Nan began to refine his family's Xuan Gong, now that his six senses were sharp, his spiritual awareness was restored, and he had regained the confidence he had before he was sixteen years old, he was confident that he would become a supreme powerhouse in the shortest amount of time.
After the light yellow colorless true qi that Immortal Tantai had placed inside his body was broken, his cultivation had been growing by leaps and bounds in the past few days.
Under Chen Nan's internal vision, he discovered that the true qi in his body had undergone a qualitative change, with a brighter color and smoother flow, while the aura emanating from outside his body was getting weaker and weaker, and was almost unnoticeable. This made him extremely happy, even if a supreme expert did not pay attention, it would be difficult for him to discover that he was harboring a great skill.
Chen Nan used his energy on his fingers, dots of millimeters of light appeared between his fingers, he was excited, he was able to transform his true qi into sword qi and spread it densely on the surface of his body, his family's Xuan Gong had finally stepped into the Mahayana realm of the second heaven once again.
The golden color of the light set off his fingers as crystal as jade, he stretched out his two fingers and gently pinched at a long sword, and with a boom, the steel-made long sword even broke into two and fell to the ground.
Chen Nan was ecstatic, his power had finally returned to its peak state when he had not been assassinated by Tantai Xuan, and at any time, he might make another breakthrough and step into the third heaven of his family's Xuan Gong.
The restoration of his self-confidence caused the blood in his body to boil, and in time, if he was able to catalyze a brilliant blade several zhang long, he would be able to traverse the world.
"Cultivators and magicians I'll show you the cultivation of a martial artist when he cultivates to a high level."
A loud explosion rang out in the Qi Shi Mansion, the entire mansion shook with it, Chen Nan ran to the courtyard at the first opportunity. The next door to him was surrounded by an aquamarine colored light screen, the explosion sound came from exactly there, without that aquamarine colored magic shield, his compound would not have been spared.
"No way, I'm actually neighbors with that destructive maniac who loves magic, oh my god."
At this time, the magic shielding gradually faded away, the compound had already turned into a ruin, a scorched black, skinny and dry old crone floated in the air, emitting an unpleasant laughter: "Gahhhh although it failed again, it's only one step away from success, gahhhh"
Chen Nan secretly sighed: "Dang, this is simply an old hag ah"
"Gaga, how come I haven't seen you before, you're new," the old hag came to Chen Nan's courtyard using the floating technique of wind magic.
"I'm new here." Chen Nan replied with a hard head.
It was at this moment that a loud shout came from the courtyard on the other side of Chen Nan, "Little Flower, don't run."
A water bucket thick brocade scale python appeared on the wall of Chen Nan's compound, then an old man with white hair and beard leaped onto the wall, patted the python's head and said, "Little Flower don't be afraid, don't run around, quickly return to the compound."
The python seemed to understand the old man's words and slowly crawled back.
Chen Nan looked dumbfounded and wailed in his heart: "No way, he and I are also neighbors sky ah"
The old man looked at the old hag in the air, angrily said: "dead old woman, you're doing damage again, scared my little flower running around, you day and night how not a moment to be able to keep quiet ah"
"Gah old witch, I didn't run into your yard, I'm doing magic research in my own yard, it's none of your business."
"You're disturbing my little flower, my little green, my little gold. You're a crazy bitch who does nothing but wreak havoc all day long."
"You insulted my character, old junkie, and tarnished my great magical research. I'll punish you. Ah how dare you poison me Lightning Wave."
The old hag fell down from the air, Chen Nan felt a pang of heartache, to the extent that it wasn't the old hag, but the patch of flowers and grass underneath her.
At the same time, the old man standing on the courtyard wall was struck by a bolt of lightning, and his beard and hair were all spread out, his roots fell down, and he fell headfirst into Tatsunami's courtyard. His body was scorched black, wisps of green smoke were emitting, and the faint aroma of meat was coming out.
"Old Poison Monster quickly give me the antidote, or else I'll thoroughly electrocute you and eat roasted ribs tonight."
"Dead old woman, the antidote has been electrocuted by you, how can I give it to you, you quickly restore me, I'll hurry to prepare the antidote for you."
Cinnan stood in the courtyard, looking left and right, not knowing what to do.
The old witch was foaming at the mouth and rolling her eyes, the old poison monster was in even more pain, grimacing and grunting.
Cinnan said, "Let each of the two seniors take a step aside, if this continues, you will both die."
The old hag panted heavily and said, "Alright, old Poison Monster, I'll first turn half of your roasted ribs into raw ribs, and the remaining half will wait until you've prepared the antidote for me."
"Then why don't you hurry up."
A soft white light surrounded the old Poison Monster's body, and in just a few moments, half of his injuries were healed, and he stood up shakily.
Chen Nan said, "Old man, I'll open the door for you, slow down."
"No, you can't walk through the door, that's too slow, if you delay for another half a moment, that dead old woman will be gagging. Quickly help me up the wall, and also go back through the wall."
Chen Nan quickly walked over and helped the old man climb up the wall, and then he pretended that he didn't know martial arts and climbed up as well. After coming to the wall, Chen Nan looked down and almost fainted.
The old man's courtyard dug a dozen pits, large and small, centipede pits, scorpion pits, toad pits, poisonous snake pits each pit was densely packed, full of pits wriggling in the crawl. In addition, there is no pit in the yard where planted some miscellaneous medicinal herbs, some of the more unusual snakes and insects in those herbs crawling around, such as more than a foot long golden centipede, bucket-thick brocade python!
The old man said, "You go down first, little brother, and catch me at the bottom."
"No, no, no," Chen Nan's head shook like a rattle drum, jokingly, he would not go down even if he died.
Finally, Chen Nan held the old man's wrist with both hands and released him towards the compound.
A turquoise, palm-sized spider suddenly appeared on the wall, and at a glance, it was highly poisonous. Cinnan was so nervous that he let go of his hands, and the old man fell down with a thud.
"Oh my god," the old man exclaimed in shock.
Chen Nan asked nervously, "Are you alright, old man?"
"Oh my god."
"What happened? Where did you fall?"
Underneath the old man was an exuberant patch of medicinal herbs, and after he lifted it up, he revealed a toad the size of a millstone.
"Oh, my God, my little green has been knocked unconscious."
"Fainted actually hearting that toad" Tatsunami jumped back from the wall to his courtyard in a flash.
"It's horrible, the toad can actually grow to the size of a fat pig."
After about half a tea time, the old poisonous monster threw over a palm-sized porcelain bottle through the wall and said, "Pour what's inside into that dead hag's mouth."
Chen Nan pulled out the cork of the bottle, almost fainted, the smell was unbearable, he really doubted that this was the antidote, even if it was, the old man had also mixed some "ingredients".
When the fishy and smelly potion was poured into the old hag's mouth, she rolled her eyes and sat up, but then started to vomit again.
"Vomit god damn it, what the hell did this damned old man give me to drink?"
It was at this moment that the old poisonous monster pushed open the door to Chen Nan's courtyard and limped in.
The old hag immediately floated into the air and had protected herself with magic shielding.
"Old Poison Monster you even took such a stinky potion for me to drink, and now you dare to send it to my door, gah," the old hag's fingers splintered between them and electric sparks began to flash.
The old poisonous monster shivered in fear, now the old hag's whole body is hidden in the magic shield, his poisonous techniques are useless.
"Hey, you're not being reasonable, don't you know that bitter medicine is better for the disease?" "Bullshit, the antidote is that bad."
"Fart, the antidote has so fishy smell, vomit," said here, the old witch vomited again, at the same time a small lightning struck the old poisonous monster.
The old man's white hair once again stood straight up, just like a lion's mane, and although he was still able to barely stand, his limbs were twitching.
"Dead old woman you are unreasonable, words are not faith, I saved you well, but you will revenge."
"If you hadn't attacked me first, how could I have been poisoned, you deserved it."
"Nonsense, even if I hadn't attacked first, you would have cast a spell on me, I just struck first."
The two of them had the momentum to fight again, but the old poisonous monster was obviously weak, he knew that under normal circumstances, he would never be able to compete with that old hag.
Chen Nan could not stand to watch from the sidelines and spoke up, "This two seniors, I think peace is the best thing to do, don't hurt the peace."
The old poisonous monster said, "I don't have a problem with it, as long as the burns on my body are cured."
Chen Nan also said, "Senior, you'd better hurry up and heal this old man's injuries, or else people will still think we're eating barbecue in the courtyard."
''Gah gah,'' the old hag laughed out loud and said, ''Alright, for your sake, I'll spare him this time. By the way, what's your name, kid?
"The name of my junior is Chen Nan."
"Gah I remember."
Afterwards, the old hag recited a long string of incantations, and a piece of holy light condensed on the old poisonous monster's body, and the skin that had originally suffered severe burns gradually regained its vitality. When the light converged, the old man regained his lively appearance, no longer having a trace of a shriveled look.
Chen Nan secretly marveled, magic was indeed unique.
After casting this Advanced Recovery Technique, the old hag's face showed some fatigue, she said to Chen Nan, "You're not bad for a kid, if anyone dares to bully you, you can come to me by all means, I'll help you out." Saying that, she glared fiercely at Old Poison Monster.
Old Poison Monster also said: ''Young man, I also think you are not bad, don't worry, with me here, no one dares to bully you. It's that bastard he's even stronger, he has to eat and he has to drink right hehehe, I just don't believe that he can escape my poison every time." Saying that, the old man also glared demonstratively at the old hag.
"Hmph."
The old hag snorted coldly and flew off into the distance.
Chen Nan said, "The compound of this senior who studies magic has been destroyed, she shouldn't continue to live here, right?"
The old poisonous monster explained, ''Of course, this dead old woman will enjoy herself to the fullest, how could she stay here any longer.''
Chen Nan was simply overjoyed, the old hag, this horrible destructive maniac was finally far away from him, if this old poisonous monster also left this place, his personal safety would be even more secure.
"Oh, where did that senior move to?"
"In your backyard."
"Puff."
"Hey, young man, why are you sitting on the ground?"
"Old man, your snakes and bugs won't crawl into my yard, will they?"
"Usually not."
Tatsuya asked with an open mind, "Then what does "generally" mean?"
The old poisonous monster thought seriously and said, "Well, if there isn't too much rattling, those babies of mine won't run around. Generally speaking, as long as that dead old woman doesn't conduct magical research."
"So how often does she do her magic research?"
"About once a day."
"Punch."
"Hey, young man, are you really not feeling well? Why are you lying on the ground again? I'll see if I have some elixirs with me. Uh, corpse poison, cranesbill red, broken intestines, oops, none of these will do. It's okay, I still have them here. Bone-crushing elixir, seven-step soul-breaking powder."
"Whoosh!"
In the blink of an eye, Chen Nan disappeared from the courtyard and returned to his house.
"Young people are so impatient, there's always a medicine here that suits you, right? Otherwise, I'll find it for you next time." The old Poison Monster leaped over the wall and returned to his own courtyard.
Chen Nan sighed: It was really worthy of being the Qi Shi Mansion, the two people he met were simply 'strange' to the extreme.
On the fifth day after he stayed in the Qi Shi Mansion, a young woman came to visit, although this woman did not have the color of the city and the country like Chu Yue, she was also exceptionally clear and beautiful, exuding a light dusty temperament, giving off a feeling of serenity.
"Hello, Mr. Chen."
"Hello, you are."
"My name is Nalan Ruoshui, I'm also a member of the Qi Shi House."
"Hello Ms. Nalan, welcome to the house, please come inside."
After coming to the house, Nalan Ruoshui said, "I heard from the Princess that you have lost all your power, I have some research on medical skills, I would like to start from this aspect, to see if I can restore your power for you."
Chen Nan was surprised, he didn't expect this beautiful woman in front of him to be a medical expert, in his impression, those famous doctors were all old men with gray hair, while this woman in front of him was so young.
"You have to restore my power."
Nalan Ruoshui was very calm and said, "Yes."
"But my power has been taken away, it's not something that can be solved by medical skills."
"I can try, using acupuncture to stimulate the acupuncture points throughout your body, stimulating your body's potential, theoretically, it can help you recover your power."
Chen Nan decided to hide the fact that his power had been restored to the end, he smiled and said, "Then I would like to thank Ms. Nalan."
Nalan Ruoshui faintly said, "You are welcome."
She took out a jade box from her sleeve, which was filled with gold needles, the jade box and gold needles mirrored each other.
"Mr. Chen please take off your outer clothes."
Chen Nan complied and took off his wide outerwear, revealing a tight outfit.
"Please remove all the clothes above the waist and abdomen."
"This," an exceptionally beautiful woman looked at him as if she was scrutinizing an object, causing Chen Nan to feel a little embarrassed. But in the end, he did as he was told and removed all of his upper body's clothes.
Nalan Ruoruo gently walked over with the jade box in her hands, a faint fragrance drifted into Chen Nan's nose, causing his heart to swirl.
"In these days, does Mr. Chen feel any discomfort in his body?"
"Apart from losing his power, there is no discomfort."
"Oh, that's good."
Feeling the intoxicating fragrance close at hand, Chen Nan was intoxicated. Nalan Ruoshui seemed to be able to see the strange color in his eyes, her delicate jade finger picked up a golden needle and quickly inserted it into one of the major acupoints on his chest.
"Ah" Chen Nan let out a miserable scream.
Nalan Ruoshui's face was calm, as if nothing had happened, she took out a second golden needle and quickly and accurately inserted it into another one of his major points.
Chen Nan let out another scream, his heart muttered: acupuncture should not be very painful ah, she could not have deliberately increased the force, right?
Sure enough, after the third needle it didn't hurt like the first two.
Chen Nan said in his heart: "The temper of the beautiful famous doctor is so big!
Within a few moments, Chen Nan's upper body was filled with golden needles, at this time, the true qi in his body was moving stupidly, but he forced it to disperse in the various meridians.
Nalan Ruoshui opened her delicate jade fingers and began to massage the area near the inserted needles, and a stream of heat was transmitted into Chen Nan's body from between her fingers.
Chen Nan realized that Nalan Ruoshui had a remarkable power, the real qi coming out from her fingers continuously stimulated his acupuncture points, making him feel that the dormant real qi in his body was once again active.
"Calm down, calm down," he kept reminding himself, making the active true qi calm down again.
After half an hour of treatment, Chen Nan was already sweating profusely, and Nalan Ruoshui's face was also blushing, and her breathing was a bit rapid.
Looking at the exquisite body with undulating mountains in front of him, Chen Nan's mouth was dry for a while. Nalan Ruoshui seemed to have sensed the fire in Chen Nan's eyes, a hint of anger flashed in her eyes, and she faintly said, "If Mr. Chen wants to recover his power, now please immediately meditate and concentrate, and run your previous gongfu."
Chen Nan closed his eyes and slowly regulated his true qi, making it run slowly. He could already feel that the meridians and acupoints throughout his body were soothed beyond measure after the acupuncture, and he certainly wouldn't let go of this opportunity to condense his family's Xuan Gong. However, he could only run his true qi slowly, not daring to make larger movements for fear of being detected by Nalan Ruoshui.
After half an hour of slow toning, he felt that the true qi in his body seemed to have grown a bit, and his gong power was slightly refined. When he opened his eyes, Nalan Ruoshui was gazing at him with a calm face.
"How is it, do you feel any flow of true qi in your meridians?"
"No."
"Not at all?"
Chen Nan shook his head.
Nalan Ruoshui thought for a moment and said, "In that case well, maybe the delay is a bit too long, it's okay, we'll continue tomorrow, I'm sure that after some time of treatment, your powers will recover."
"Then thank you Ms. Nalan."
Nalan Ruoshui pulled off the golden needles from his body one by one and put them back into the jade box.
Watching that beautiful back gradually disappear, Chen Nan returned to his courtyard.
Although Nalan Ruoshui was not a stunning beauty, she had a light and dusty temperament, that kind of quiet and dusty temperament gave people a different kind of temptation.
Chen Nan sighed: "Beautiful famous doctor light and dusty if every day this close contact, is not a test of my determination, but really let a person look forward to ah"
"What are you laughing at, kid?" the old poisonous monster poked his white head out from the courtyard wall, with a big turquoise spider crawling on his shoulder.
"Nothing."
"You're still saying no, your mouth is watering."
"You're wrong."
"What do you mean by wrong, tell me the truth, are you hitting on other girls' bad ideas?" The old poisonous monster looked as if he had no respect for the old man.
"Uncle, have you been peeping there?"
"What peeping, I was just a little curious, I accidentally heard and saw it".
"Accidentally" Chen Nan was simply speechless.
"Yes. By the way, kid, how did you lose all your powers, and what do you know, and why do you live in the Qi Shi Mansion?"
"This."
Old Poison Monster said: "Don't worry, there are no secrets between the Qi Shi Mansion's Qi Shi, otherwise the Princess wouldn't have been so relieved to leave you here, all the people here are loyal to the Chu Kingdom, no one will divulge the secrets of this place.
Chen Nan thought about it for a while, it was indeed true, so he answered truthfully, "I am able to pull back Hou Yi's bow."
"What? Aigoo," the old poisonous monster fell off the wall in shock, but in the next second he reappeared in Chen Nan's courtyard.
"I heard it right, you can pull open the sealed Hou Yi bow, I xxxx, no wonder you live here at such a young age, you're really a national treasure," the old man exclaimed, a burst of amazement.
Looking at the old poisonous monster jumping and jumping, Chen Nan crowed and laughed.
After a while, the old man calmed down and asked, "Kid, how did you lose that body strength?"
"This is a long story, I'll tell you more when I have time."
"That's fine, tell me briefly, I'm very curious to know." The old poisonous monster looked like a curious baby.
"The short version is that uh, it was wasted by a demon."
Old Poison Monster said, "It's over."
Tatsunami said, "It's over."
"This is too simple, isn't it?"
"You asked me to put it simply."
Old Poison Monster said, "Then tell me in a complicated way."
Tatsunami: ""
While this was happening, a large explosion came from Tatsunami's backyard, and Old Poison Monster screamed miserably, ", this destructive maniac my baby must have been scared again." With that, he hurriedly jumped back into his own courtyard.
Chen Nan let out a long breath and immediately meditated after returning to his house, the true qi in his entire body began to surge wildly, dazzling golden light filled out from within his body, causing his entire body to be shrouded in a golden glow.
After about half an hour, the golden light on Chen Nan's body slowly converged and disappeared from his body surface. He leapt up, his body's true qi surging, and he wanted to shout to the sky.
Nalan Ruoshui was indeed a highly skilled doctor, after Chen Nan had been acupuncture by her, coupled with the crazy stimulation of the true qi in his body just now, at this moment, he was refreshed, and his power had been refined by a large margin.
He suppressed the urge to shout to the sky, ran to the courtyard, and struck the ground with one fist.
"Rumble!"
The entire courtyard shook, the bamboo forest in the courtyard swung wildly, falling leaves all over the ground, and with him as the center, a huge crack appeared on the ground.
The old poisonous monster next door screamed: "God damn this dead old woman is not finished, next time I will definitely poison her so much that she can't get out of bed for three months, Xiao Bai don't run".
Chen Nan's hands inspired a brilliant sword qi, the golden sharpness struck the ground with dust and sand, in a short while the ground was back to its original state. He was excited abnormally, his family heirloom Xuan Gong had finally broken through the limitations of the second heaven and stepped into the third heaven, his heart surged with ten thousand feelings of grandeur.
