552 Treatmen (2/2)
”You, you talk nonsense and slander others.” Fang Wenshireplied flushed, not seeming tohave lost his fighting spirit.
”Is that it?” Old man Mureplied. Hewas someone who remembered wrongs and used other strategies to seek vengeance even though swearing not to kill. He continued,”There are a few women fromthe North Courtwith pregnant bellies who said they kept harboring descendants of the Dragon King. Were they spreading rumours and slandering?”
Fang Wenshi even more flushed answered, ”You, you, you...”
Small matter.” interrupted Gu Shenwei, not wanting tohaggleover suchsmall matters. ”Go be busy, military counselor.” He continued.
Fang Wenshi had not wanted to let Dragon King and old man Mu talk in private but wished to leave. After walking several times, he turned around and said sternly, correcting, ”just one, and not several”.
”Then continue working hard. The expansion of the Dragon Army depends on you.” saidold man Mu, his logic unparalleled. This time, he was prepared and every word hit its target.
Fang Wenshi was brimming with hatred but did not dare speak and started to escape.
Old man Mu was over the moon until he realised that the Dragon King had been staring at him, then he said humbly, ”Dragon King, do you have anything else? I shall go if there is nothing else.”
”You seem to like digging out other people's secrets.” The Dragon king said.
Old man Mu was shocked. He did not expectthis reaction of the Dragon King, heaping suspicion on himinstead of venting his anger on the lecherous military counselor like the rest. Hereplied quickly,”No no, it was just a coincidence. White Fat Man was not conscientious. He did not wipe up after himself. Many people in the North Courtknow this.”
Gu Shenwei thought about whetherto use old man Mu togather intelligence, Long Fanyun and Shangguan Fei were clearlynot qualified. But this idea was aborted the moment it was birthed, old man Muwas ofgreater use. It was not good to put him atrisk.
”Follow me.” He commanded them without any emotion as usual.
”For what? I am busy. There is not many people that a good girl can use, it's just me...,” Old man Mu reacted.
Gu Shenwei did not care about Old man Mu's ranting and walked out of the tent, old man Mu only followed at the back. The Dragon King was not easily duped like Shangguan Ru, he would rather leave as far as he could.
The two people walked, front and back, into a neighboring tent.
Old man Mu saw theLotus womanand held his breath immediately, his vigilance increased and then realised someone lying on the bed.
”Isn't that Shangguan Fei? Why is he like that now?” he asked.
It was indeed Shangguan Fei. He looked very strange, his face reddened like charcoal and perspiration formed on his forehead. His body shook violently and he gritted his teeth as if lying on ice.
”He went wayward in his Qigong Deviation.” She said.Gu Shenwei had realised Shangguan Fei's abberation for half an hour already as the Lotus maidkept on observing silently at the side.
The two had not gained the teaching of the good master. They had dependedand encouragedeach other whilepractising ”Death Scripture” and the Wayless Qigong. The three-in-one qigong was something that no one had tried before and there were too many loopholes they couldn't solve.
On the way to the royal court along with the Lotus maid, Gu Shenweisought help rather circuitously from Old Man Mu andthey did not reveal information about howhe looked like. After guessing for a bit andseeing Shangguan Fei, they immediately understood the most part.
”That he can surviveuntil now is a miracle,” he said.
Gu Shenwei had no means of concealing anddid not care about Shangguan Fei's life, but the person who was to be tested was about to die. This meant that the three-in-one qigong had failed thoroughly andalso hadno means of extract the poison in his body.
The needle piercing pain had only come once every three months, and Gu Shenwei'sendurance had only grown. He was not incapacitated but knew that this did not mean that the Qigong Deviation was decreasing yetthe poison seeped into his body and he did not have more time to defend himself against this.
Shangguan Fei had to live.
Gu Shenwei introduced his plans to reconcile the Wayless Qigong, Yin and Yang Strength and the Sumeru Mustard Wayless Qigong divine kung fu.
Although old man Mu had prepared long ago, he gaped in astonishment for almost half a day upon listening and said, ”Good strategy! Dragon King, I absolutely...admire you. In comparison to you, my ways of tormenting people in the past were like a joke. Haha, indeedit will befeared when you are gone. I do not deservebeing labelled the Ferocious Old Devil.”
It would be sarcasm if it were someone else, however old man Mu was sincere. Looking at Shangguan Fei in agony felt like appreciating a sophisticated work of art.
”I want you to revive him?” The king asked.
”Why?” Old Man Mu askedraising his head and looking up at the Dragon King, feeling as if he had turned over a new leaf. He took a deep breath and exhaled saying, ”Yes, I promised the good lady to be a good person. Not killing is a first step and Saving people the second. Moreover, he is the good lady's brother... yes, let me try.”
Old Man Mu's experiment only lasted for a second. After keen observation and pulse gas transmission, he rose and nodded his head saying, ”The Dragon King had inadvertently opened a new frontier of martial arts. Even if Shangguan Fei were dead, it'llbe worth it.”
Shangguan Fei heard his name vaguely linked with ”dead” thushis mind suddenly cleared for a momentas he stretched out his arms towards Gu Shenwei, saying, ”Dragon King, save me.”
Old man Mu pressed down Shangguan Fei's arm replying,”Rest assured, you are saved,” and then turned towardsthe Dragon King and continued, ”The person who can save him is not me, it is myyounger brother, Taoist Yu. Let us go find him.”