Chapter 45: Five Steps to Soul Chasing

Xu Chunliang shook his head, he never thought about it, and he never even thought of becoming a doctor who treats diseases and saves people, the reason why he agreed to follow his grandfather to study medicine is mainly to better cover up his past.

"Didn't your grandfather plan to let you inherit the Rejuvenation Hall?"

"He thought about it, but I wasn't interested in practicing medicine."

Gu Houyi misinterpreted Xu Chunliang's meaning: "I like administrative work, or if you like administrative work, all roads lead to Rome." ”

Xu Chunliang did not deny that he is currently adapting and exploring this era, and he has not yet thought about where he will go next? His current life and work are still satisfactory to him, and he needs to lie dormant in the short term.

In the past, he was obsessed with the Poison Sutra and martial arts, all because it was an era when there were many masters of the sect, and now the world looks like a song and dance on the surface, like the legendary prosperous years, but for some reason, there is still a sense of crisis in his heart, and it seems that there are still some invisible enemies who are secretly peeping at him in the dark, and this possibility should not exist.

Although Xu Chunliang said that he could drink, Gu Houyi didn't dare to drink more, after all, today's sudden illness made him palpitate.

Xu Chunliang came to the door for the first time, and the wine is not suitable for drinking at present.

After all, there is a difference in status between him and Gu Houyi, both of them have reservations, and after staying at Gu Houyi's house for more than an hour, Xu Chunliang said goodbye and left.

Before leaving, Gu Houyi took the initiative to add his contact information, according to the usual practice, it was the subordinates and juniors who took the initiative to add his contact information, but Xu Chunliang did not have such a request, Gu Houyi became the active party, and this young man gave him a very special feeling.

As soon as Xu Chunliang returned home, he received a video call from his grandfather, and the old man was not worried that he was alone, so he called to see if he was at home.

Xu Chunliang told his grandfather that he was honestly reading at home, and asked the old man about the situation over there, and Xu Changshan told him that everything was going well, and he would go home the day after tomorrow.

Hung up the phone, found out the rubbings of the oracle bone inscriptions before my grandfather, studied them under the lamp for a while, and almost concluded that these oracle bone inscriptions should be the "Tianyang" chapter in the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing".

According to Grandpa, these oracles should be in the Dongzhou Museum now, and they will be off work tomorrow, so they can go over and have a look.

As for Bai Mushan, an expert in paleographies, it is estimated that he should not have succeeded in deciphering the text above, if he deciphers and discovers the secret, this academic achievement will definitely cause a sensation in the world.

The Internet is a good thing, and it is easy to find out Bai Mushan's main academic achievements over the years, which do not mention any news about the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing".

Every day before going to bed, Xu Chunliang will routinely meditate and retake the "Tongtian Treasure Book", although he has practiced hard for more than a month, but the progress is minimal, it should be after the crossing, the body has changed, the meridians and acupoints are also different from the past, and the climate change in the environment of the world today is greater, and the air is far less pure than in the past, which is also a great negative factor for cultivation.

Everything needs to start from scratch, although the "Tongtian Treasure Book" is a supreme secret book, but it does not have much help in refining the foundation, Xu Chunliang, who recognizes the reality, began to have a mentality of going with the flow, but he cultivated and built the foundation every day, and never fell behind.

The indoor lights were all turned off, Xu Chunliang sat cross-legged on the big bed, quietly breathing, perceiving the world around him, and gradually adapting to everything around him, the first step of his cultivation must be to integrate his body and mind with the world.

When I entered the self-forgetfulness, I suddenly smelled a fishy smell, and immediately judged from the smell that there was a five-step snake nearby.

Perception followed the fishy qi to spread in the void, forming an invisible lead, helping him quickly lock on to the target, a five-step snake, quietly swimming along the corner of the wall, to the bed, climbing up along the leg of the bed, and quietly came to the bed.

The five-step snake that was getting closer and closer had already entered the attack state.

Although Xu Chunliang had his eyes closed, he could clearly perceive its location. I felt a little strange in my heart, how could such a poisonous thing sneak into the Rejuvenation Hall?

Dongzhou is located in the north of the Yangtze River, there are not many snakes and insects, such a poisonous thing, it is no accident to sneak into the Rejuvenation Hall, Xu Chunliang has specially observed the surrounding environment before moving here, and there are no poisonous snakes living nearby.

Xu Chunliang opened his eyes, and in the darkness he saw the black and yellow cords standing up from the bed, and spitting out bright red letters from his mouth, like flames jumping.

The five-step snake locked onto the target, but did not make the next attack. It felt an invisible coercive force, and this powerful momentum came from Xu Chunliang, who was close at hand, and instantly gave up the intention of attacking, and just wanted to surrender to the other party's feet.

Xu Chunliang looked at the five-step snake, this snake is also known as the snake, the sharp-nosed pit pither, is one of the most common poisonous snakes in the land of China.

The five-step snake in front of him was three feet long, Xu Chunliang had seen a bigger one, with a body length of up to seven feet, a triangular head, and a pair of oval cheek sockets between the nostrils and eyes.

Xu Chunliang stretched out his right hand, the triangular head of the five-step snake stepped back, and then lowered it, approaching Xu Chunliang's right hand, the bright red letter gently licked his fingertips, at first glance, it seemed that Xu Chunliang's fingertips were beating with a flame.

Suddenly, Xu Chunliang's body fell limply, and then convulsed non-stop.

A dark shadow rolled in through the open window, and the moonlight cast on the man's face, and he could be seen wearing black stockings over his head. The man reached out with great agility and jumped off the windowsill like an autumn leaf falling to the ground.

Looking at Xu Chunliang, who was twitching on the bed, the man in black shook his head proudly, and lightly tapped the thin bamboo stick in his hand on the ground twice.

The five-step snake swam away from Xu Chunliang's side, slid silently to the ground, came to the man in black, and climbed up his arm along the bamboo pole.

The man in black was obviously a master of snake control, glanced at Xu Chunliang, who was still struggling on the bed, and had no intention of rescuing, he looked around the room, convinced that there was no monitoring in the room, and then planned to leave.

As soon as he turned around, the five-step snake that was honestly lying on his shoulder actually attacked him, biting him in the face.

The man in black was in severe pain, and angrily reprimanded: "Xiaohua, let go of ......" and forgot to stop his voice in fright.

Xiaohua is the nickname he gave to the pet snake, Xiaohua is willing to let go, biting his right cheek and not letting go, the thin stockings can't stop Xiaohua's fangs at all, two long tusks pierce the flesh of his face, injecting venom into it.

The toxin of the barramundi is a hemolytic toxin composed of proteins, which is strongly hemorrhagic in nature.

Usually the victim will experience immediate wound pain and bleeding, followed by swelling, blistering, tissue gangrene, and ulceration.

The man in black was already feeling dizzy and his heart was beating faster, he secretly screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly took out the antivenom he was carrying, if he didn't inject it in time, I was afraid that his life would be lost here today.

As soon as he took out the medicine bottle for injection, a figure rushed up and kicked him in the hand holding the medicine bottle, and the medicine bottle suddenly flew out of his hand, fell on the floor and rolled far away.

The man in black was frightened, and when he looked up, Xu Chunliang, who was still struggling on the bed just now, was already standing in front of him.

The man in black didn't care about dealing with Xu Chunliang, he crawled forward with his hands and feet, he had to snatch back the serum in time, and his life was all tied to that medicine bottle.

The body of the five-step snake wrapped around the neck of the man in black, and at this time it had completely lost control, and there was only one thought, which was to get rid of its owner.

Xu Chunliang picked up the bamboo cane used by the man in black to control the snake from the ground, and aimed it at the ninth thoracic vertebra behind the man in black and pointed it fiercely.

This is the tendon contraction acupoint, belongs to the Du Mai, the name of the tendon contraction means that the heavenly water and damp wind of the Du Pulse is dissipated and condensed here, and this acupoint is pointed in with a heavy hand, which can make the muscles and fascia of the whole body stiff, as if making the fixation method.

The man in black was first hit by the snake venom, and then he hit the acupoint, and the whole person froze in place as if petrified.

The lights were bright, Xu Chunliang walked in front of him with slippers, picked up the bottle of snake venom from the ground, looked at it in his hand, and then his eyes fell on the man's face, because he was covered with a layer of black stockings on his head, so he couldn't see his face at this time.

The five-step snake wrapped its body around the neck of the man in black several times, and the tighter it became, and if it continued like this, the man in black would be strangled to death by it before he died of poison.

Xu Chunliang lightly tapped the ground with a bamboo cane, and the five-step snake gave up the continued attack on the old master and climbed on top of the bamboo cane.

The man in black couldn't believe his eyes, this five-step snake was raised by him since it hatched to this day, and he spent a lot of effort to domesticate this snake, but he didn't expect to be controlled by Xu Chunliang without much effort.

Now he fully understood that Xu Chunliang's poisoning just now was just a disguise, in order to make him believe it.

Xu Chunliang stretched out his hand to take off the stockings on the face of the man in black, and at this moment, the right cheek of the man in black was already swollen and blistered, and blood gushed out from the two blood holes that had been bitten by the five-step snake, which was miserable.

The man in black looked at the tube of snake venom in Xu Chunliang's hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Hurry up...... Fast...... Give me...... Give me ......."

Xu Chunliang smiled and said, "Before you hurt me, did you ever think that you would have such an end." He didn't know the man in black in front of him, and he didn't know why this man would kill him? Judging from the means just now, this person is innocent.

"Boy, acquaintance, give me the serum right away...... If something happens to me, none of you in the Rejuvenation Hall will be spared......"

Xu Chunliang sighed and said, "When death is imminent, you still dare to threaten me." He raised the glass bottle in his hand and made a gesture to fall to the ground.

The man in black wailed in fright: "Don't ...... I...... I was wrong...... It's because I have eyes and don't know Tarzan...... You spare me, spare me this time, I swear, I will never go against you again. ”

Xu Chunliang reached out and touched the head of the snake on the bamboo cane, the five-step snake was as docile as a lamb in front of him, and the bright red letter licked Xu Chunliang's fingers as a response to him, the man in black realized that he had met a master who controlled the snake, and the other party's means were many times stronger than his own.

"What's your name? Why poison me? ”

The man in black was bitten by a five-step snake, and he was getting closer and closer to the onset of poison, he didn't dare to delay any longer, and replied honestly: "My name is Han Tianchi." ”

Xu Chunliang suddenly remembered that when he designed to expose Fan Yajun of the Forestry Bureau, he took the initiative to confess that the mastermind of the mobile phone theft case was called Han Tianchi, and it seemed that this was the reason why Han Tianchi came to take revenge on him.

Han Tianchi begged: "Mr. Xu's life, everything is my fault, give me the serum quickly, it's too late......" He felt chills all over his body, and his face was numb and itchy.

After being bitten by a five-step snake, although it is not as exaggerated as the five-step death, if you do not receive timely treatment in a short period of time, the risk of death is very high.

Xu Chunliang had already judged from the reaction of Han Tianchi's wound that the poison of this snake was not too violent, and Han Tianchi should be fine within an hour.

Now is not the era of killing people at every turn, Xu Chunliang decided to follow the customs of the villagers and handed over the goods to the police, he called Lu Qi and told him that he had caught Han Tianchi.

Han Tianchi knew that Xu Chunliang called the police, and he was helpless, with his current condition, even if he was caught by the police, it was better than being poisoned to death.

While waiting for the arrival of the police, Xu Chunliang went to get a disposable syringe and injected Han Tianchi with antivenom, although his life and death did not matter to him, but it was not lucky to die in the Rejuvenation Hall.

When the police came to the Huichun Hall, Han Tianchi's condition had stabilized, Lu Qi handcuffed Han Tianchi, and asked briefly about the situation, Xu Chunliang only said that he thought there were thieves in the house, and after he was caught, he asked Han Tianchi, the main culprit who used cauliflower snakes to steal.

Han Tianchi had half of his face swollen, his head drooped and he didn't say a word, he was also considered to have been mixed in society for half his life, and today he was actually planted in the hands of a hairy young man, and he almost lost his life.

Xu Chunliang did not mention that he used the five-step snake to murder his own life, of course Han Tianchi would not say, if he said this, it was an attempted murder, and the crime was added to the first degree, and he didn't know where his pet snake went, and he worked hard for three years, and in the end he actually left with someone else, and it didn't feel good to be betrayed by the snake.

After the police left, Xu Chunliang found the bamboo cane that Han Tianchi used to control the snake, this bamboo cane was some years old, studied it carefully, and carved a poor character in a small seal font at the head of the cane.

Xu Chunliang looked at the poor word, and couldn't help frowning, could it be that this Han Tianchi was born in a poor family?

Even when the Five Poisons Sect was at its peak, he would not take the initiative to provoke the beggars, because the beggar gang had many disciples and a large number of masters, if he really offended the beggar gang, it would cause endless trouble.

In today's era, it is rare to see beggars, Xu Chunliang thought that the poor sect would also disappear with the changes of the times, but he didn't expect to find traces of the poor disciples here.

This bamboo cane is a typical poor dog stick, poor disciples hold bamboo canes, one can beat dogs, and the other can control snakes. In the past, beggars had almost one in their hands, but in today's era, it is rare, and the symbolism is greater than the actual meaning.

Thinking of what Han Tianchi said when he threatened him, if behind this guy is a huge poor family, then he does have some confidence, it seems that this peaceful and prosperous world is not without rivers and lakes, and he needs to be more vigilant in the future.

Xu Chunliang slept very late, woke up the next morning, and found that the snake was still crouching under the bed, after the accident last night, this five-step snake had regarded Xu Chunliang as the new owner, silently guarding by his side.

Xu Chunliang had already planned to let it go, but it refused to leave. After thinking about it, he still helped it find a temporary place in the backyard, fortunately his grandfather was not at home, if he saw this five-step snake, he didn't know how to explain it, everything has spirituality, and this five-step snake has its own way of concealment, and it will not bring any trouble to Xu Chunliang.