Chapter 214 - Doctor Xue and Qi Gong (2/2)

Thinking of this, Xiao Hong felt a little guilty. He said regrettably, “I am sorry. I did not mean to get your heart hurt.”

“It does not matter. It has been decades.” Mr. Hu waved his hand. He sighed, and there was a trace of complexity in his eyes. “I do feel a little heart-broken. But I feel angry more. Xiao Hua’s death is due to the big mess in those days. He killed himself.”

“Big mess? Kill himself?” Hao Ning got goose bumps all over his body after hearing these words as if he had got an electric shock. “Mr. Hu, is what you said real? You mean that Xiao Hua killed himself because of the big mess in those days, right?”

“In that period, there was a thing which was very popular. We called it Qi Gong.” He recalled while looking at Zhang Dalong. “Do you know this?”

“Of course, I know.” Zhang Dalong nodded. “At that time, I was also young. Many people in Celestial Empire practiced Qi Gong at that time. In the early days, everything was normal. Those advocators only told us that Qi Gong was good for our health. And later, they began bragging. They bragged that Qi Gong was good medicine that could heal any diseases. They even said it was a kind of supernatural power. The worst part was that they claimed a lot of Qi Gong was related to traditional medicine of Celestial Empire…”

“Yes. There was such a group of people. They sold their products in the name of the traditional medicine of Celestial Empire for their own interest. And they even added their private materials into it. Traditional medicine of Celestial Empire was used to cure people. But it became a bad thing due to their packaging.” Mr. Hu clapped the table heavily. Zhang Dalong comforted him hurriedly to calm him down. Mr. Hu took a sip of tea and let out a long breath. Then he said, “I didn’t have any aversion to those who sold their own products in the name of others. After all, everybody had something in the mind, which he wanted to say, right? However, they disregard the truth to get rich with those private materials that harmed others to benefit themselves. It harmed not only the young people at that time but also some cultures of Celestial Empire, such as traditional medicine. That is the reason why many young people constantly overstate the role of traditional medicine of Celestial Empire nowadays. They think that they are saving the traditional medicine of Celestial Empire. In fact, they will do harm to it in the process of the overstatement. How hateful it is!”

“And what does Xue Muhua have to do with this thing?” Hao Ning asked when seeing Mr. Hu was so angry. Mr. Hu even began to criticize current affairs. He really did not expect that Mr. Hu would become such an angry youth at such an old age. Hao Ning wanted to pull him back to his points. Otherwise, Mr. Hu might fall in a faint out of anger since he was so old. Then things would be worse.

“Just since Xiao Hua used to learn the traditional medicine of Celestial Empire, at that time, he could not tell right from wrong in such a circumstance. Nobody noticed when he began to practice Qi Gong.” Mr. Hu continued to say, “But after all, he did not learn the medicine for a long time. And his major in university was physics. He had no complete medical knowledge. Besides, he was over-indulged in the mysterious part of traditional medicine of Celestial Empire. That was the reason why he began to practice Qi Gong. Finally, before he could finish the graduation of doctor, he became disordered and killed himself for no reason.”

Hao Ning took a glance at Zhang Dalong. Zhang Dalong shook his head and sighed. “Those people just wanted to get money in the name of others. Nobody knew that they would cause such a tragedy. Didn’t the man who first made tomb figures die without an heir? Those initiators of evil would suffer from their evil deeds ”

“Qi Gong, in nature, is good and reasonable.” Mr. Hu said, shaking his head as well. “But they overstated the function of Qi Gong. It was ivory-towered completely. They even related it to supernatural powers. It harmed so many people. This was no longer Qi Gong, but witchcraft.”

“Yes. Qi Gong was a normal thing originally. Yet it was overstated by desire to a height that did not belong to it.” Zhang Dalong continued to say, “I still remember that, later, many people would put a pot on their heads when practicing Qi Gong. Some of them even claimed that Qi Gong could intercept an atomic bomb or put out the fire in Daxinganling. Is this Qi Gong? It is simply a magic power. Outsiders may consider that this is a power which Avalokitesvara has.”

“His power is much stronger than Qi Gong…” Xiao Hong murmured. After saying this, he saw that Hao Ning and others were staring at him again. He quickly lowered his head and kept silent.

“Yes.” Mr. Hu continued to say, “After his death, I recalled a painful experience. I decided to give up those bad things. I must get to the root and should do something to stop the mystification of traditional medicine of Celestial Empire from being remained. We should embrace the science that is developed in our times and object to these superstitious things. By doing so, the traditional medicine of Celestial Empire will keep pace with our times. Or our great civilization will be stained by those bad things.”

“Good point!” Zhang Dalong said, clapping the table heavily. “Brother Hu, I admire you for this. Although you are in your seventies, you still have an open mind and always accept all the good changes. You are never complacent as well as conservative and keep pace with the times. I toast you with tea instead of wine.”

What Zhang Dalong said might be a little pretentious. Yet, facing a leading authority in traditional medicine of Celestial Empire, Mr. Hu was worthy of his words. Hao Ning and others picked up their cups and drank off.

“I have said too much.” Mr. Hu wiped his face and said, looking at Zhou Yuan’s phone. “When Xiao Hua passed away, he was the same as he is in the photo now. And there is a mole on his face at the same place. That is why just now I was in a daze. I just thought the man in the photo was him, but how could it be possible? Ho-ho! It is not impossible that there is someone like him in the world.”

Hao Ning turned back and looked at Zhou Yuan. Liu Shuai and Xiao Hong also looked at Zhou Yuan at the same time. They looked at each other and did not talk about this thing anymore.

“In this way…” Zhang Dalong shook his head. He did not expect that his original intention to tell them some strange things would result in such a sad story. “About King of Glory, it seems that there is no solution.”

“If we get in touch with Wang Jun…” Jienan speculated for a while and then said, “Will we get any clues?”

“You’d better not do that.” Hao Ning blurted out. He did not worry about Wang Jun, but that young man. He was just about to do harm to Jienan. If Jienan went there alone, he might be in trouble.

“I advise you not to contact them, especially that young man.” Mr. Hu said with a very serious look on his face at this time. “They do not have a good reputation in our circle.”

“In your circle?” Jienan said with doubt, “Grandpa Hu, you mean the young man is also a doctor, right?”

“A medical student, not a doctor.” Mr. Hu shook his head. “Everyone has his own ambition, and we can’t force them to do what they don’t want. His name is Yi Pingzhi. He is a genius of Yi Family. He has become one of the most talented young men in his family at such a young age. Yet, he uses his medical skills not to save people, but to do some bad things for the rich. I have no idea of what he has done concretely. These things are all rumors. But I still suggest that you try not to contact them.”

“Oh, I see.” Jienan thought for a while and then said, “What a pity! We lost another clue.”

Hearing the words of Jienan, Zhang Dalong and others all kept silent. It was no wonder. After Zhang Dalong met Hao Ning and others, he thought that they might have experienced some weird things and would have some solutions. However, they also had no idea in the end. So, he kept silent for a moment.

“Well…” There was also some guilt in the heart of Hao Ning. He did not know whether it was because he did not have any idea to help Zhang Dalong or because he killed a monster which looked exactly like the little nephew of Mr. Hu. Then he said with an obvious intention to make up, “Maybe not. We have a good relationship with another Mister of Wang Family. We may get some clues from him.”

“Another Mister? I seem to have never heard of it…” Zhang Dalong was about to say something. But he gave up after thinking for a second. “In this case, I should say thank you to my little brother, Hao Ning, in advance.”