Seeing that everyone had dispersed, He Chong led Murong Yu to the only alchemy pharmacy in the valley. The location of the alchemy is slightly away from the residential area, and it follows a narrow and winding path up the mountain, clinging to the mountain and hiding within it. Outside the alchemy pharmacy, there are many strange rocks, strange flowers and plants.

Pushing open a huge wooden door, you will see a cave in front of you, and the cave will suddenly open up to the sky. The cave is about 40 meters high, about 50 meters long, about 30 meters wide, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, although it is not very spacious, but it is not small. The top of the cave is inlaid with seven large night pearls according to the pattern of the Big Dipper, supplemented by the sun, moon and stars, which makes people can't help but give birth to an illusion, as if they are in the daytime.

The two sides of the mountain wall are artificially excavated to be extremely smooth, like flat ground, the cave is full of all kinds of wooden shelves, the shelves reach the top of the cave, some shelves are densely filled with all kinds of books, and some shelves are densely packed with all kinds of bottles and cans. It's hard to imagine where this amazing masterpiece came from.

In the center of the cave, there is a high platform, the ground of the high platform is clearly depicted with the gossip of the Nine Palaces, and a bronze Dan Ding stands on the top, which also adds a bit of strangeness, and it can't help but make people feel surprised, if it wasn't for the senior brother who brought him here, Murong Yu almost thought that he had gone to the wrong place, and even felt as if he had come to the place where a Taoist magician made alchemy.

Murong Yu looked around, his face full of curiosity, and his mood was nervous and extremely excited.

is either affected by his emotions, or remembers the various things that the brothers and sisters learned together in the past, or remembers that he was just like the little junior brother at the moment.

He Chong smiled and said, "Junior Brother don't be surprised, this place is originally a place for a sorcerer to cultivate himself. In the early years, when the master walked the rivers and lakes, he saved the life of the monk, and later the heroes were divided and the rivers and lakes were turbulent, so the monk gave this place to the master for escape from the world, so it is not surprising that there are some remnants of Taoism. In the future, you will come here and learn from me how to recognize medicine and use medicine. Then he said, "The so-called doctor must know how to distinguish the disease and recognize the medicine, and must first understand the source of the disease, know what it has committed, and treat it with food, and then order medicine." Whoever heals the sick must be calm and determined, without desire or desire. Little junior brother, do you understand these truths?"

"Please also ask the senior brother to teach. ”

He Chong didn't reply to Murong Yu directly, but just paced to the side of the shelf, which was full of bottles and cans, and saw that each jar was labeled with "White Peony", "Cane Grass", "Five Flavors", "Chuanxiong", "Renjiao"... The names of various traditional Chinese medicines, as well as various poisons such as "arsenic" and "wolf venom" that everyone fears.

"All things in the world are mutually reinforcing, there is no top, there is no low, there is no high, and there is no sweetness if there is no bitterness. The so-called 'poison' is everywhere, and the so-called 'medicine' is born with the poison. Therefore, sulfur is afraid of simple nitrate, ginseng is afraid of five fats, Guan Gui is afraid of stone fat, and mercury is afraid of arsenic, which is for mutual growth. Look at this room full of medicines, how can they not be mutually reinforcing, endless, and interdependent. Therefore, medical skills and alchemy are in the same vein and complement each other. ”

"Mentor and disciple are taught. ”

"Little junior brother, you have been copying books for more than five years, and the records in the book have been memorized, and now the only thing that is lacking is how to identify acupoints and apply needles, treat according to the disease, and administer medicine to the symptoms. It has been recorded in the chapter of "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing Lingshu" that those who are in the meridians can decide life and death, deal with all kinds of diseases, and adjust the truth and reality, which is indispensable. Later, after the study of martial arts, there is the current technique of acupoints. From now on, my brother will teach you how to identify acupuncture points and apply medicine to cure diseases. After speaking, I didn't know where to move out of a bronze statue of acupuncture and moxibustion.

Acupuncture bronze man was founded in the fourth year of Song Tiansheng (1026 AD). It is shaped with copper, the body surface is engraved with the names of meridians and acupoints, and the pleural cavity has organs and is hollow. It is the only one in the Northern Song Dynasty who summarized the experience of his predecessors and presided over the design and manufacture in order to improve the teaching effect of acupuncture and moxibustion. It is not only a teaching aid for acupuncture teaching, but also a model for assessing acupuncture doctors. During the test, wax is applied to the surface of the copper human body, and mercury is injected into the body, so that the subject can take the acupoint into the needle, and if the acupoint is taken accurately, the needle will then come out of the mercury. If the acupuncture point is taken incorrectly, the needle cannot be entered.

"Yes, brother. ”

Murong Yu carefully looked at the bronze figure in front of him, from the appearance, this acupuncture bronze figure is made of bronze, one meter six tall, the appearance of the bronze figure is connected by meridians painted with black lacquer, and various acupuncture points are distributed on the meridian lines, and each acupuncture point is marked by a small hole that I don't know what to chise. While looking, I couldn't help but think of the book "Bronze Man Picture Sutra" that I had copied, which recorded in detail the 354 acupuncture points of the human body, as well as the location of the acupuncture points, which was almost the same as the bronze man in front of me.

"Scabies all over the body is painful and itchy, how to diagnose and treat it?" He Chong asked, handing over a pack of silver needles.

"There is a saying in the medical book, all sores and itching belong to the heart, Yu Gu tried it, and the special diarrhea of the heart envelope of the Xingxue Lao Palace, and the re-borrowing of Quchi. It should be acupuncture and the pond should be poured out three times each. ”

"Tell me what you want. ”

Murong Yu spread out the sheepskin scroll and took out the longest silver needle inside. Taking a deep breath, this was his first time applying needles, and the previous theories were all in the book, and he couldn't help but feel worried, without a little bottom, and his hands couldn't help but tremble. He held the silver and pierced it into the Lao Gong acupoint, and as soon as he took his hand away, the silver needle fell directly to the ground.

"Re-tie it. ”

Murong Yu picked up the fallen silver needle, this time with enough strength, the silver needle went straight into the bronze man's body, leaving less than half an inch left outside, for fear that the silver needle would fall again. Immediately after that, he vigorously pierced the second needle in the Quchi point.

"Senior brother, is this right?"

"I'm afraid how many patients have been stabbed to death by you. ”

Murong Yu couldn't help blushing.

"Do you know what you're doing wrong?"

"Please also ask the senior brother for advice. ”

"The so-called acupuncture is mainly achieved through the compatibility of meridians and acupuncture points, and the use of acupuncture techniques such as twisting and insertion to stimulate specific parts of the human body, so as to achieve the purpose of treating diseases. Remember, you must not shake your hands during the needle application, and the speed must be fast, accurate and ruthless. Where the puncture is shallow and deep, the needle will stop. The needle is expensive and fast, both into the Xu, the needle is expensive and slow, and the urgency is more injured. There are words in "Su Wen: The Essentials of Thorns", there are ups and downs in illness, and there are shallow and deep thorns. If it is too much, it will be injured internally, and if it is not enough, it will be born externally, and if it is bad, it will be evil. It is not allowed to be shallow and deep, but it is a big thief, and the five internal organs are moved, and a serious illness is born later. Therefore, the first thing to do is to choose a good needle before pricking the needle, and you must not blindly apply the needle. ”

After that, He Chong picked up the silver needle, his fingers trembled, and he quickly pricked out the first needle, followed by the second needle. The technique was exquisite, and Murong Yu, who was looking at it, couldn't help but straighten his eyes.

"Little junior brother, you understand. ”

"Understood, thank you, brother. ”

"Now that you see it, let's practice on your own. When you have a practice session and think there is no problem, come back to me. ”

"Yes, brother. ”

The next few days passed peacefully.

Li Ningxiang came over on time every day to bring him food and chatted with him for a while.

The rest of the time, he kept trying and trying to learn the method of acupuncture, and when he was tired, he sat on the ground and flipped through the books in the alchemy room.

From time to time, I ran to ask the senior brother for acupuncture techniques, looking at such a smart and studious junior brother, He Chong also poured out what he had learned without hiding his selfishness, and he also learned seven or eight points in a short time.