Chapter 58: Avoiding Disaster
The carriage rumbled out of the county town, passed the bumpiest road, and got on the official road. The driver whipped the horse repeatedly to speed up.
Mr. Qian couldn't help but stick his head out of the car window to look around. The sun was shining brightly today, and there were only some water stains on the ground left over from the heavy rain of the previous two days. Everything was fine, and there was no sign of anything going to happen.
Mr. Qian breathed a sigh of relief, put his head back and sat down, and said to the driver in front, "Go faster."
The coachman responded, patted the horse's butt, and asked the carriage to speed up.
With a "snap", Mr. Qian felt something hit his face. He immediately covered his face and looked down to see a thumb-sized stone falling into his arms...
He subconsciously looked out the window and it seemed that the stone had just flown in from the window.
As soon as the thought flashed through his mind, Mr. Qian suddenly widened his eyes, rushed to the door of the car and shouted, "Stop now——"
At the same time, with a loud bang, a huge rock rolled down from the mountain with an unstoppable force. With a bang, the sky was spinning and the earth was spinning. Mr. Qian was thrown out and flew into the air. He only had time to see a burst of white light, and before he could react, he fell to the ground with a thud.
He quickly got up and looked at his carriage with trembling lips, and saw that a huge rock had pushed the carriage down the cliff, and the driver and the horse had barely stopped at the edge of the cliff.
The frame of the carriage had fallen apart. The horse neighed in fear, kicked its legs, shook off the rope in the driver's hand, and ran away, disappearing from sight in a flash.
Mr. Qian also wanted to leave the place where the rocks fell, so he supported himself on the ground and tried to stand up. However, his hands and feet were too weak to use any strength, so he could only reach out to the driver, "Come and help me..."
Before he finished speaking, there was another rumbling sound from the mountain. They both looked up and saw several large rocks rolling down from above Mr. Qian...
Mr. Qian was so depressed that he could not stand up, so he crawled to the foot of the mountain, hoping to stand close to the mountain to avoid the falling rocks.
He thought he moved, but in fact he didn't move at all. In the eyes of the coachman, the master was frightened and sat there motionless.
The driver burst into tears and rushed towards Master Qian, "Master, Master..."
He staggered, stood up and ran two steps before falling down, landing right in front of Master Qian.
The boulder arrived in a flash.
The master and the servant looked at each other, burst into tears, and hugged each other, waiting to die.
The fallen rocks rolled down, rolling past the right rear of the two people, and rolling past the left front of them. The broken small stones hit people, and the rumbling sound lasted for a long time before it stopped.
The two people with their eyes closed did not feel the pain. They opened their eyes in fear and found that there were huge rocks rolling in front and behind them, but there was no stone at their location. There were only small stones that broke down and fell on the driver.
Mr. Qian's mouth trembled and he was speechless for a long time. Then he remembered something and quickly touched the purse around his waist.
When he opened the purse, he saw two amulets inside. One was glowing and very hot, while the other was dull in color and even the lines on it were blurred.
Mr. Qian immediately tied up his purse tightly in his hand and bowed repeatedly, "God bless you, God bless you."
"Master, let's go quickly, in case there's another rockfall..."
Mr. Qian was also afraid and quickly got up. Knowing that the amulet was useful, he felt full of strength and stood up immediately.
The master and the servant supported each other and walked back.
After they walked out of the section of the mountain road where the rocks had fallen, the two men collapsed to the ground.
After surviving the disaster, the two finally felt relieved and burst into tears.
How could Mr. Qian have the mood to think about his good friend and brother-in-law? His mind was now full of Pan Yun. He and the coachman supported him back home. He didn't care about the embarrassment and immediately called the housekeeper and said, "Quick, seal a big red envelope of 100 taels and send it to Sanqing Mountain to give it to Taoist Master Pan."
"Master, the city gate is about to close. Leaving the city now..."
Master Qian: "Close it quickly. It's not closed yet. Go quickly. Don't delay."
When the housekeeper was about to leave, Master Qian stopped him again, "No, I have to go there in person. She saved my life, so I have to go and burn incense to the Three Pure Ones. Send someone to deliver the money first, and don't say anything else. I'll go to the Three Pure Ones Mountain tomorrow and I'll tell you."
The housekeeper reluctantly agreed and was about to leave when another servant came running in, "Master, the Sun family's cousin is here."
The Sun family came to announce the death of a man. Mr. Sun never waited for his wife's younger brother to come and passed away at 3:15 pm today.
At that time, Mr. Qian had just gone out to Sunjiazhuang.
Mr. Qian burst into tears upon hearing this. It was almost time for their family to have two funerals in a row.
Mr. Qian couldn't go to Sanqing Mountain, and still had to go to Sunjiazhuang to attend the funeral. He changed the order again, asking the housekeeper to go to Sanqing Mountain in person to deliver the money early tomorrow morning, and "tell Taoist Master Pan that I will go to the mountain to pay a visit after I am done with this busy period. Tell her to wait for me, to wait for me."
The butler was sweating profusely and agreed repeatedly.
The city gates are closed and no one can go out. We have to wait until tomorrow to attend the funeral.
The Qian family invited a doctor to examine Mr. Qian's injuries, but after a thorough examination, it was found that apart from a few scrapes on the back of his hands and bruises on his knees, there were no other injuries on his body.
Even the face that was hit by the stone at the beginning only had a small bruise and did not swell up.
The driver was in a miserable state. He not only had many abrasions on his body, a fractured hip bone, but also two broken ribs. Fortunately, his internal organs were not damaged and he would recover after some rest.
Mr. Qian was very grateful that he did not run away but came to help him. Not only did he cover all the medical expenses and give him a lot of rewards, he also appointed him as his exclusive coachman.
Pan Yun knew nothing about this. It was dark, but they were still climbing the mountain. They returned to Sanqing Mountain in the dark. There was no time for any entertainment activities. Everyone just washed up and went to bed.
The next morning, Wang Feiyin picked out the herbs they brought back and mixed them with the herbs from the mountain to make three sets of herbs.
He handed the medicine to Xuan Miao and said, "Boil it and give it to them."
Xuanmiao agreed and called the three people to the alchemy room.
Half of the herbs in the alchemy room had been sold, and the room was now much emptier.
Tao Ji brought them medicine barrels and placed them in three rows, with four alchemy furnaces next to them.
Xuanmiao put the medicine bags into the three alchemy furnaces and asked them to fetch water, carry firewood and make a fire.
"Today I will teach you how to make medicine for strengthening the body, as well as the things to pay attention to when taking a medicinal bath, and the exercises you can practice while taking a medicinal bath."
Because of different physical conditions, each person's medicinal bath is different, and the meridians to be opened are also different.
"Fifth Junior Sister has already looked inside. She can easily find the meridians that need to be opened and expanded, and guide the medicinal power to impact them. So for you, the most difficult thing is to endure the pain. As long as you can endure the pain in your body and meridians, the medicinal bath will be of the greatest benefit to you."
Xuanmiao turned to Miaozhen Miaohe and said, "For you, the most difficult thing is to guide the medicinal power into your body, and follow the method I told you to stimulate the meridians and exercise your body's muscles."
The three of them swallowed together and asked, "Does it hurt?"
Xuan Miao nodded seriously, "It hurts, but it's twice the result with half the effort."
Otherwise, why would they spend so much money to buy medicine for them?
Pan Yun boiled his own herbs. He opened the medicine bag and followed Xuanmiao's instructions to wash it in water first and then soak it.
After soaking for fifteen minutes, take out and drain, then put the soaked herbs into the large stove.
There is everything missing on Mount Sanqing except alchemy furnaces of various sizes.
They had a special house where they placed alchemy furnaces of various sizes, and that room was called the Alchemy Furnace Room.
It is said that every pot in there was made to order by her nephew whom she had never met, and then brought back one by one.
So even though Pan Yun was new here and was determined to major in talismans from the beginning, all the stoves and pots that were provided to her were fully equipped.
There are three types: large, medium and small. She can refine any kind of pill she wants.
Wang Feiyin was even considerate enough to engrave her name on the alchemy furnace.
In Wang Feiyin's words, "I hope that one day, the alchemy furnaces of our disciples of Sanqing Mountain can be hung high in front of the Taoist deities in various Taoist temples."
Pan Jun nodded seriously, "Don't worry, Senior Brother, I will definitely work hard."
Wang Feiyin didn't rely on her, but on Tao Ji and Miaohe.
Now, Pan Yun uses his largest pot to cook medicine.
According to Xuanmiao, boil two buckets of water into one and a half buckets, then pour it into the bathtub, and let it cool to a certain temperature before putting it in.
The three of them stood in front of their bathtubs, looking at the rising hot steam and swallowing nervously.
Xuanmiao stood behind them and asked, "Have you memorized the exercises I taught you just now?"
The three of them nodded together.
"Then go in."
Pan Jun exhaled, closed and opened her eyes, gritted her teeth, took off her clothes and stepped in. Well, apart from being a little hot, there was no other problem.
Pan Jun sat on the small bamboo stool inside, crossed her legs, and involuntarily patted the water: "Fourth Senior Sister, it's not uncomfortable."
Xuanmiao glanced at her, and after seeing the three of them sitting in, he smiled slightly, "It's good that you don't feel uncomfortable. Now start practicing the exercises I just taught you."
Pan Jun adjusted her breathing and practiced her skills. Only then did she feel the abundant medicinal power around her body.
The medicinal power was attracted by the technique and entered her body, causing her skin to sting. When she used the medicinal power to impact her meridians, the vigorous medicinal power rushed into her body, squeezing out all the garbage that blocked their way, and the narrow meridians were stretched open...
Pan Jun couldn't help but let out a hiss, sweat broke out on his forehead, and he continued despite the pain.
Xuanmiao was satisfied after seeing this, and then looked at the other two. They couldn't see inside their bodies, but were also practicing their skills and could already feel the pain.
But unlike Pan Yun who can see the changes in his own meridians, they cannot see the changes in their bodies, so after feeling pain they will slow down the circulation to relieve the pain.
As for Pan Jun, because she could see, the sense of accomplishment brought by flushing her meridians made her endurance of pain increase sharply, so the speed of movement not only did not slow down, but accelerated instead.
Pan Yun also saw the process of the medicine beating the muscles after impacting the meridians. She felt that her weak muscles gradually became soft and strong under the impact and soothing of the medicine...
The lucky number for this chapter is the number ending in 9, as shown in the screenshot
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