AST 1998 - Qing Shui’s rage (1/2)

Qing Ci’s body trembled when she heard what the old man said, then she answered, “For the time being, I am only able to write out the way to cure Dantian. Zhang Miaoyun of the Zhang Clan hasn’t treated his meridians, hence, my master hasn’t taught me that yet.”

The old man looked at Qing Ci and knew that she was telling the truth. It was already unexpected to be able to force her to hand over the method of treating the Dantian. Actually, the old man never expected to get anything out of Qing Ci. It was just as Qing Ci said, she had only been following Qing Shui for days.

The old man was feeling very happy. Who would have expected that Qing Shui would teach Qing Ci something so significant within just a few days? It could be seen, just how much Qing Ci meant to Qing Shui. With that being the case, the plan he devised before would be sure to work.

By now, the old man had also found out that the physician of Imperial Cuisine Hall was Qing Shui, a young and powerful physician.

“Alright then, write out the section to treat the Dantian.” The old man said after thinking for a while.

“I will write it out for you. Please don’t hurt my son.” Qing Ci looked at the old man and said.

“Of course, I can assure you that.” The old man said with a serious tone.

Qing Ci took out a pen and started writing on a Beast Parchment. She was writing it out at a decent speed to avoid the old man’s suspicion. She managed to finish it after half an hour.

The old man was holding the Beast Parchment handed over by Qing Ci. Deep down, he was very excited. He was engrossed in looking through the Beast Parchment. It was mysterious, way too mysterious. He was only able to understand a part of it. It seemed like learning this might not be as easy as he thought. After that, he turned his gaze to Qing Ci.

“Explain it to me!” The old man said.

The old man had a rough idea of the content. Thus, he wanted to see if Qing Ci could explain it to him without making up any lies. If what she said didn’t add up with what he understood, it could only mean that she twisted a part of the theory while writing it.

Qing Ci would naturally know about that. Therefore, she had already expected that something like this would happen. Thus, she didn’t change anything when she was explaining to the old man. This was because she knew that even if the enemies knew about the theory, it would still be hard for them to perform the technique.

Excitements flashed across the old man’s eyes constantly. With his vast medical knowledge, he naturally knew that Qing Ci was telling the truth.

“Can you let my child go now!” Qing Ci looked at the old man and asked him.

“Now is not the time yet. As an exception, I will let you spend a night with your child. I will let you go, once you hand over the remaining meridians section.” The old man chuckled.

“You didn’t keep your promises.” Qing Ci looked very furious.

“Since when have I backed on my promises. Before this, I intended to chop off your child’s arm. But after you said it, as you can see, his arm is still intact. Could it be that you really want me to chop it off?” The old man looked at Qing Ci with cold eyes.

Qing Ci shivered. A lecherous look flashed across the old man’s eyes. By the time she handed over the things which he wanted, he was sure to play around with her first. He would definitely also kill her child.

“If you don’t agree to it, I will cut off the child’s hand now. If you continue to refuse even tomorrow, I will cut off another one of his hand. When both of his hands are gone, I will go for his legs. When his legs are gone, I will cut off his meat pieces by pieces every day until he dies. Don’t worry, he can at least live for one to two months.”

Qing Ci went silent. She didn’t scold him because she knew that it would be a futile effort. She didn't know what to do. Qing Shui was her master. She didn’t wish for his consummate skills to be leaked to the public. She felt that the crazy bastard would definitely not let her go even if she handed over what he wanted.

“Little Mo, mother has already let down her master. We are both saved by our master. I am very sorry… Mother cannot afford to let him down any further.” Qing Ci was crying as she embraced her child and kept on repeating the same words.

The old man’s expression immediately darkened. He never expected for things to take such a turn. At this moment, he said in a gloomy tone, “Alright, since that’s the case, watch me as I cut off the fingers of your son one by one.”

As the old man was speaking, he stood up and took up a pair of sharp scissors, “I will use this to cut off your son’s fingers one by one. Tell me, do you think it will hurt?”