Chapter 398 An Eye for an Eye (1/2)

A few seconds later.

“This is impossible!” Chen Pingdao was starting to lose control of his emotions.

Ning Tao smiled gently. “Then take it that I was joking.”

“You’re definitely joking!” Chen Pingdao said, “Do you know what an internal elixir is and what is its significance?”

Ning Tao shook his head.

Chen Pingdao said, “The internal elixir is the symbol of a practitioner’s harmony with nature. The size of an internal elixir also signifies the degree of combination with nature, which also signifies the speed of cultivating spiritual power. The bigger the internal elixir of a demon or practitioner, the faster they’re able to cultivate spiritual power.”

Ning Tao thought of a modern term—engine.

The more efficient the engine, the more powerful the vehicle and the faster it would go. It was the same theory. The bigger the internal elixir of the practitioner or demon, the faster their speed of cultivating spiritual power. He had been not been able to figure out why his own rate of cultivating spiritual power was so rapid. Now he had finally found the reason.

However, he did not bother proving anything to Chen Pingdao. Chen Pingdao could not see his internal elixir anyway.

However, Chen Pingdao did not know what Ning Tao was thinking at the moment. He said in a singsong tone, “Don’t tell me your internal elixir is as big as what you had gestured! I, Cheng Pingdao have lived for over 2,000 years, the practitioners and demons I’ve met are more than the dogs you’ve met. I’ve never seen anybody whose internal elixir was the size of a fist. Even my internal elixir in the past belonged to the ranks of geniuses!”

Ning Tao said nonchalantly, “Alright, alright. It was just a mindless remark, you don’t have to be this agitated. I have another question for you. How much does the core have to be formed for the Nascent Soul to happen?”

“The Nascent Soul will be born when the core is open. Different people will have their cores open differently.”

“I know a bit of this, but I am different from ordinary practitioners and demons so what happens to us will definitely differ. How did your core open the last time?”

Chen Pingdao chuckled. “It happened really smoothly for me. I vaguely remember it was the day when Emperor Wu of Han sent troops on the conquest of the Xiongnu. My dog and I were sleeping in a bed of straw and then it opened very naturally.”

Ning Tao stared at Chen Pingdao with question marks appearing in his eyes.

Chen Pingdao furrowed his brows. “I love my dog like my life. Otherwise, how would I be named the Taoist Heavenly Hound? Why are you looking at me like that?”

Ning Tao snickered. “Don’t be mistaken. I was purely curious. Then, after your core opened and the Nascent Soul appeared, what did it look like?”

Chen Pingdao said, “Whatever you look like, it’s what my Nascent Soul looked like. It would keep on growing until a certain stage then you can try to let it leave its body. So to some extent, it’s also your own primordial spirit. However, to be like me, being able to enter a dog’s body as and how you like, you have to attain a greater realization of your Nascent Soul and enter the Out-of-Body state. But of course, not all practitioners and demons in the Out-of-Body stage are able to do it. To be able to do it, you still need a secret formula to aid you.”

Ning Tao’s heart skipped a beat. “What secret formula?”

Chen Pingdao stroked his white beard. “I won’t tell you for now. Look for me again when you’ve achieved the Out-of-Body state, I’ll definitely teach you.”

Ning Tao knew Chen Pingdao was withholding information intentionally, but he did not continue pursuing it. Based on his own judgment, once he had achieved that state, he could definitely gain the relevant formula from the good-evil tripod. Who cared about Chen Pingdao’s secret formula?

After pondering, Ning Tao thought there was no longer any point in asking about the Sky Clinic. When Chen Pingdao was managing the clinic, the monthly rent was only the most fundamental of 200 points of treatment fee and it also did not upgrade until every 2,000 years. With him managing the clinic currently, it had upgraded to 4,000 points of rent a month in a short duration of a few months. He had even opened two storeroom doors. Chen Pingdao actually knew even lesser than what he did. So what was the point of asking?

If he had any more questions, it would probably be Chen Pingdao asking him instead.

Indeed, when Ning Tao was thinking of that, Chen Pingdao asked, “You said the clinic had already upgraded to 4,000 a month, then what have you gotten from the good-evil tripod? What are the cultivation methods after the ABC of the elementary cultivation method?”

Ning Tao said, “You’re no longer the owner of the clinic, you won’t be able to cultivate your spiritual power beside the good-evil tripod anymore. So what’s the point of me telling you these?”

Chen Pingdao smiled sheepishly. “That’s right too. I’m not intending to cultivate to the stage of undergoing the celestial trial anyway. I just want to live comfortably. It’s okay even if you don’t tell me. Even if I know, I can’t cultivate anyway. I’m currently focused on wellness cultivation, which is also an art of its own. If you have anything to ask about it, go ahead. There is nothing I don’t know.”

Ning Tao was somewhat speechless. “I’m just 20. Why do I need to care about body wellness yet?”

Chen Pingdao said, “Then you should be no problem. Take your leave. I won’t be sending you off. If you have nothing important in the future, don’t come here again.”

However, Ning Tao did not move from his seat. “I still have a question.”

Chen Pingdao frowned. “You have so many questions. What else do you want to know?”

Ning Tao said, “Do you know who Zhu Hongyu is?”

Chen Pingdao stayed silent before asking, “Why are you asking this?”

Ning Tao said, “It’s very important to me.”

Chen Pingdao shook his head. “I don’t know. You may leave.”

Ning Tao did not leave. He took down the small medicine chest which was slung across his body and placed it on the stone table.

There was a sense of disdain on Chen Pingdao’s face. “You actually use such a shabby box as your medicine chest? Back then, I only used boxes made from narra wood. You should still mind your image even as a doctor. Who would seek after your service with such an image of yours?”

Ning Tao said calmly, “I can earn 4,000 points of treatment fee with this shabby medicine chest. Can you?”

Chen Pingdao’s lips moved but he had swallowed his words back. For someone like him who already had difficulty earning 200 monthly to mock someone who earned 4,000 monthly, he felt ashamed for himself.