Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 238 - 208: New Shoots from Dead Wood, Seven-Colored Pill Achieved

Chapter 238: Chapter 208: New Shoots from Dead Wood, Seven-Colored Pill Achieved

He quietly suppressed some thoughts.

Zhou Ping’an instructed Tang Lin’er, who had arrived not long ago, "After you return, arrange for reliable people to secretly investigate within Qingyang Territory to see if there have been any cases of children missing. Gather all the news from recent years..."

"Understood, I won’t alert anyone else."

Tang Lin’er was sharp and astute, especially sensitive to intelligence.

Upon hearing Zhou Ping’an’s tone, she immediately understood the importance of the matter, and even, that it could be quite dangerous.

She immediately agreed.

Then she turned and left.

Zhou Ping’an didn’t come down the mountain either.

Next, he waited with Lin Huaiyu and others on the mountain until it got dark.

According to the observations of "Golden Jade Hoe" Zhang Ye,

the blooming of the three Seven-leaf Tithonia flowers was imminent, possibly this evening or the next.

There was nothing else to do but wait.

Indeed, at the third watch of the evening, around ten o’clock, under the moonlight, the three Seven-leaf Tithonia flowers bloomed one after another.

Watching the petals of the Tithonia flowers bloom revealed their stunning beauty.

Lin Huaiyu, usually calm, suddenly stood up and instructed, "Minister Zhang, you pick one flower, I’ll pick two. You should know how to process and preserve the medicine."

"Third Miss, don’t worry, I won’t mess up."

When it came to his area of expertise, Zhang Ye was very confident.

...

At midnight.

Lin Huaiyu, beaming, pulled Zhou Ping’an to the Lin Residence’s Herbal Garden.

She knocked on the door of the white-haired old man.

"Grandfather Qing, wake up..."

She forcefully suppressed her excitement and called out softly.

"Cough cough... Jade Maiden, can’t you let this old fool live a couple more years? I had just fallen asleep."

An elderly voice responded.

He lit the oil lamp inside, rubbed his rheumy eyes, opened the door, and looked at Lin Huaiyu somewhat helplessly.

"With Grandfather Qing’s health so robust, I suspect, even if I die, you won’t."

"Pshaw, child’s talk, no harm meant."

The old man’s mood lightened considerably at Lin Huaiyu’s words, making his eyebrows and beard curl up with delight.

He suddenly sniffed, his expression changed, "Is it Seven-leaf Tithonia? Did you get some?"

"Can’t hide anything from your nose."

Lin Huaiyu opened the wooden box, took out three white porcelain vials, "They have been preliminarily processed. I’m worried I might not refine a good elixir, messing up the big plan, so we still need Grandfather Qing to personally take action."

"Such a fine thing. If I had found this twenty years ago, I would have had a chance..."

As he took the Jade Vial, the white-haired old man sighed and looked a bit more forlorn.

"Brother Zhou, Grandfather Qing was once an elder of Medicine King Valley. Back then, he protected my mother and escaped an assassination, suffering serious injuries.

He hasn’t recovered well over the years, and his martial arts are almost non-existent now."

"However, his skill in elixir refinement is extremely formidable; both mother and I learned from him.

Despite his aged appearance, his control over the flame surpasses mine by far.

To prevent any mishaps, we still ask him to personally take charge this time."

"Greetings to Elder Qing."

Zhou Ping’an stared in amazement at this white-haired old man.

When he thought about how this elderly gentleman always feigned deafness, he had assumed the old man couldn’t hear others speaking. But it turned out to be just a pretense.

"You are very good, young man."

Elder Qing smiled, revealing a gap-toothed grin, and greeted him warmly, "If it weren’t for you looking after the two girls, this family would have fallen apart long ago.

Alas, I’m already one foot in the grave and can’t help you much. In the future, however, if you need to refine some medicine, I can still lend a hand."

With that, he expressed a bit of regret, "Unfortunately, my body deteriorates daily. It’s such a waste of good medicine. If it were back in the day, I could have refined at least nine Seven-Colored Pills; now, being able to make three or four is already good."

Zhou Ping’an clearly understood the meaning of these words.

Like any skill, a healthy body is crucial.

This white-bearded old man appeared near death, his vitality dim...

What kind of tonic could possibly restore his essence?

Otherwise, as an elder of Medicine King Valley, how could he not have the ability to treat his own body?

"Were the injuries from earlier severe? Did they affect the meridians or the blood pool?"

"Oh!"

Elder Qing turned to look at Lin Huaiyu.

"I didn’t say it." Lin Huaiyu quickly shook her hand.

"Brother Zhou is very talented; he figured it out himself." Just as she said this, Lin Huaiyu’s eyes suddenly brightened, and she eagerly asked, "Brother Zhou, since you could see the injury, could the ’Life and Death Impermanence Needle’ possibly cure it?"

She remembered something.

It seemed that Zhou Ping’an had perfected the "Life and Death Impermanence Needle" from Baicao Hall’s Deng Yuanhua.

She had also heard Little Jiu’er chattering away about how Xiao Xue had suffered various severe injuries at such awkward places, and how easily Brother Ping’an had cured her.

Little Jiu’er narrated the story just for fun.

Lin Huaiyu hadn’t taken it seriously at first.

Now, seeing Elder Qing, she suddenly remembered this.

Perhaps Zhou Ping’an’s mastery of the "Life and Death Impermanence Needle Technique" might not be as nascent as she had imagined?

He had a history.

The Wave Subduing Blade Technique, a technique reputed to be extremely difficult to master, had been mastered by him to the realm of Nine Turns Soft Jing in a short period of time.

The Life and Death Impermanence Needle also didn’t seem much harder.

"We could give it a try."

Zhou Ping’an didn’t make any promises.

The injuries on the old man across from him had drained his lifespan, almost amounting to a natural end of life due to old age.

After all, he was already quite old.

Not like those younger sick people, whose bodies were full of vitality.

"No need to try, I’ve tried everything. Even the Revitalizing Pills, I managed to refine two and took them, but they had no effect long ago.

The Life and Death Impermanence Needle is indeed powerful, capable of reversing life and death under certain circumstances, unparalleled in treating injuries.

But unless refined to the Completion Realm, converting vitality and death qi, it’s of no use to my injuries."

Elder Qing shook his head.

During these days, he indeed saw that Zhou Ping’an’s martial arts advanced incredibly fast.

He even defeated Baicao Hall, a significant force within the city.

Perhaps he even got hold of the "Life and Death Impermanence Needle Technique" secret method from the Lishan Sect.

The young man and the Jade Maiden, perfectly temperamentally matched, acted without reservations...

Acquiring any family’s secret method, practicing it as soon as they could, even seizing it if possible, wasn’t strange at all.

However, to claim that the two of them could excel in this profoundly advanced Impermanence Needle Technique was something he refused to believe.

The Lishan Sect had passed down its legacy for hundreds of years, gathering countless talents, yet very few had mastered this needle technique to completion.

"Switching vitality and death qi..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ping’an suddenly laughed.

"Old sir, please don’t worry, sharpening the axe will not delay the chopping of firewood, let me first treat...

If I happen to succeed, not only will it be possible to produce a few more Seven-Colored Pills, but it will also restore cultivation levels.

Later on, we’ll need you to guard the residence, to prevent riffraff from behaving recklessly here."

"Right, there’s no harm in trying."

Upon hearing this, light shone in Lin Huaiyu’s eyes, sensing an opportunity.

She was already very familiar with Zhou Ping’an and knew that although he acted decisively and fiercely, his personality was extremely stable.

Sometimes, watching him make one move but plan ten steps ahead, meticulously and experienced like an old man who’s weathered many seasons, not a drop leaked.

This character, generally speaking, if he said they could try, it basically meant he was seventy to eighty percent certain.

"Alright, let’s not hold too much hope."

The old man, unable to outstubborn Lin Huaiyu, was forcibly seated by the Third Miss and said helplessly.

He extended his left wrist for Zhou Ping’an to take his pulse.

After a while, his previously calm expression suddenly changed, and he exclaimed, "How is this possible?"

As the silver needles that Zhou Ping’an had placed at the senior’s chest vibrated,

Elder Qing almost couldn’t help standing up in surprise.

Fortunately, he knew it was a time for healing and kept his body completely still, he took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

As the needle technique continued,

Elder Qing suddenly felt as if the dried and cracked riverbed deep inside his body was again rippling with fine waves...

A suddenly abrupt and yet natural powerful vitality emerged within him.

"Life-death conversion, this is life-death conversion."

He deeply looked at Zhou Ping’an, quickly closed his eyes, cooperating with the nourishing, never-ending powerful vitality.

Mobilizing the True Qi clusters scattered all over his body, which he couldn’t control.

"Boom..."

The meridian connections were restored.

The Yang Wei meridian also became unobstructed.

Before he could even feel joy,

The Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian and the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian were also connected simultaneously.

...

Lin Huaiyu stood by, unable to help but marvel.

She saw that the previously withering old man transformed before her eyes, seemingly reviving.

The wrinkles on his face smoothened out, and his previously dry, straw-like grey hair gradually became lustrous,

At the roots, even some blackness emerged.

Not only that, but his sagging arms and neck also gradually plumped up.

It all happened in the time it took to drink two cups of tea.

Zhou Ping’an suddenly removed the silver needles and took three steps back,

Responding thus.

A ripple appeared around Elder Qing’s body with a buzzing sound,

The air wave roared, blowing the tables and chairs away to all sides.

The window lattices clattered noisily.

"True Qi release."

Lin Huaiyu cheered.

This was it.

Even the True Qi was restored.

According to his mother, Elder Qing initially was at the Gang Qi Realm, a high-ranking Elder at the Eighth Level Mortal Refinement,

Later, his cultivation was shattered, and his life hung by a thread.

All these years, hanging on, struggling to live.

If it were...

"After all, I am old. If I met you twenty years earlier, I would have hoped to regain my original capabilities, and perhaps go further. Now, unfortunately, I still fall short,"

Elder Qing wiped the moisture at the corner of his eye.

Looking at Zhou Ping’an, he said repeatedly, "You are excellent, young man. With your miraculous healing abilities, this old bone of mine can live a few more years, and I can look after the Jade Maiden and the others.

If there is anything in the future, just order me, don’t be polite."

"Elder Qing, you flatter too much, family doesn’t speak of two homes."

Zhou Ping’an said with a smile.

"Exactly, it should indeed be so,"

Elder Qing laughed heartily, now looking like a dashing old man in his sixties, his features clear and refined.

Except for the two missing front teeth that weren’t replaced, no one would think he was a nearly ninety-year-old elderly man.

"No time to delay,"

he said solemnly, "You two go and rest a while. Come and collect the pills before dawn tomorrow.

This time, I estimate we can produce nine pills...

Remember, the Seven-Colored Pill can consolidate willpower, it’s extremely rare and valuable, necessary for condensing the Sword Pill and comprehending Martial Intent, and should not all be given to Cloud Water Sect."

"We understand,"

Lin Huaiyu quickly said, "Grandfather Qing, let me help you with the fire..."

"Go on, making a pill is a minor matter, you’d just be in the way staying here.

Go rest a while; we still have to visit Cloud Water Heavenly Sect tomorrow."

The old man said assertively, sending them both out.

...

Seeking monthly pass.