Chapter 1: The Desolate Land of Nine Yin

  Daoguang reign, autumn.

  Half of the setting sun is connected to the mountain peak, reflecting a piece of crimson at the edge of the sky. In a deep mountain valley in Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, the autumn wind rolled up fallen leaves and flew around, drawing a few drifting shadows, except for the sound of the wind, it was silent, even the birdsong and insect sounds that could be seen everywhere were gone.

  In the central valley, there were over a dozen corpses lying around. Among them, two people fell together, their heads covered with scattered hair, making it impossible to see what they looked like. However, judging from their clothes, they seemed to be a couple. The man had many knife wounds on his body, and the woman's neck also had a lot of bloodstains.

  The rest of the bodies were all dressed in plain black clothes, with their faces covered, and from their last gaze, a kind of unbelievable horror was revealed, as if something incredibly shocking had happened to them before they died.

  The young woman still tightly held a baby in her arms. The baby's head suddenly moved, opened its eyes, and saw only a crimson scene.

  Then the entire valley emitted a mournful cry, filling the whole mountain forest, which was not at all the voice of a newborn baby. Moreover, on the baby's forehead, a bright red seam appeared silently and suddenly opened!

  It turned out to be the third eye.

  Inside the valley, a violent gust of wind suddenly arose, and strands of yin energy emerged from the ground to form a whirlpool, gathering together. The center of the whirlpool was precisely the infant's third eye, and the yin energy from beneath the earth seemed endless as it surged into that blood-red eye.

  Dark clouds appeared in the sky, with countless lightning flashing within, as if to forcibly destroy the entire valley.

  Evil spirits emerge, heaven and earth cannot tolerate!

  That couple was originally from Jiujiang, but because they had offended the authorities at home, they were asked to leave and were secretly pursued by assassins. The whole family had already been silenced, but the couple managed to escape because the wife was about to give birth and had invited a midwife to stay in a separate villa at the foot of the mountain to rest. However, the mastermind behind the scenes discovered that there was still one more member of the direct bloodline left in the mansion and immediately sent someone to search for them, finally learning last night that there was another villa at the foot of the mountain.

  But today, the woman happened to be giving birth and was informed by a friend that all her family members had been killed just after she gave birth to her son. The couple, overcome with grief, immediately took their newborn baby and escaped into the deep mountains. However, fate was not on their side, and they were pursued by black-clad men into the mountain valley in the afternoon. The woman was weak and helpless, still holding onto a child, while her husband, although somewhat skilled in martial arts, was no match for the dozens of fierce bandits who wielded sharp blades. He was hacked to death on the spot within seconds.

  And his wife, who was holding the baby, also followed her husband after dodging to the side for a moment. As she fell, she made an effort to turn her body around, as if afraid of pressing the child in her arms.

  Just as the bandits were about to lay hands on the infant, a man in black suddenly felt a wave of nausea, and when he looked at the others, he found that they were all staring at each other with terrified eyes, then one by one they convulsed and fell to the ground, silent.

  It was precisely because of this that the infant escaped the assassin's hand!

  The black clouds grew denser, and just as the lightning was about to strike the infant, a golden net of several hundred acres in size suddenly appeared from the valley below. In an instant, it shrank and enveloped the infant's third eye, and then a flash of golden light passed by. The blood-red eyes struggled ceaselessly before slowly healing and disappearing.

  The baby also stopped crying and fainted. The cloud seemed to have lost its target, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly dispersed.

  This valley is actually the so-called Nine Yin Absolute Land recorded in Taoist classics. The Nine Yin Absolute Land is a place where the most yin energy of heaven and earth converges, which can connect yin and yang. It is rarely seen in the world, and no one has ever seen it for many years, even people in the Taoist community think this is a legendary absolute land. Ordinary people or living beings entering the Nine Yin Absolute Land will undoubtedly die.

  And this baby was born in the year of Yin, month of Yin, day of Yin, and hour of Yin, with eyes that could see through the darkness. Only then would it be able to survive intact in this land of nine Yins. This land of nine Yins had been sealed by a Daoist master over a thousand years ago. Normally, nothing would happen here, but today it was invaded by the blood and energy of the dead couple. The resentment they felt at the time of their death was absorbed by this extremely Yin place, which coincided with the year of Yin, month of Yin, day of Yin. The seal was immediately broken, and those black-clad men were ordinary people who couldn't withstand such a strong Yin energy, so they died one after another in an instant, leaving behind a thread of life for the baby.

  And after the infant opened its extremely yin eyes, it absorbed all the extremely yin energy of the past thousand years in this land of extreme yin into its eyes. The thunderclouds in the sky were precisely targeting these extremely yin eyes, which were originally objects that defied heaven. Now, they had even absorbed over a thousand years' worth of extremely yin energy, and this was something that heaven could not tolerate.

  Before the thunderbolt struck, the seal of the formation laid down by the Taoist masters over a thousand years ago was lifted as the yin energy dissipated, and the Absolute Yin Eye was sealed as the Ninth Yin Territory. As a result, the thunderclouds in the sky could no longer sense the aura of the Absolute Yin Eye and naturally dispersed slowly, inadvertently creating an opportunity for this infant.

  At this time, an old man in a green robe walked into the valley, looking like he was over sixty years old, but when walking, he was much more agile than young people. Behind him, he carried a medicine basket, which seemed to be entering the mountain to collect medicine, but was led by the cry of the baby just now.

  At this time, he was puzzled in his heart. With his skills that had already entered the Xiantian realm, as soon as he entered this place, he felt an extremely dangerous aura underground, as if there was a fierce beast lurking inside. This feeling had saved his life countless times, so he didn't dare to take it lightly.

  It's just as he felt, the extremely yin energy that had accumulated in this Nine Yin Absolute Ground for a thousand years was indeed absorbed by that infant, but this place is still a gathering point of extremely yin energy. Although it lost its yin energy temporarily, it's not a place where ordinary people can stay for long.

  The old man couldn't find the reason and didn't bother to think about it, so he dug a hole outside the valley and buried the couple to prevent them from being hurt by wild beasts.

  After finishing, he took the baby down the mountain. He happened to have no children of his own, and thought that adopting a child wouldn't be bad either. Unfortunately, the child was a bit too young, but on second thought, it was better that way, so he could raise him from a young age. The only thing was that this child's life experience was a bit too miserable, and he didn't know how he would react when he found out about his past in the future.

  The old man thought: Alas, never mind! Let's take him back first and talk about it later. It can only be seen when the time comes to see his own choice.

  The old man took the baby back down the mountain and saw that he was wearing only a new outfit, with a jade pendant hanging from his neck, which should have been left by his parents when he was born. On it was engraved a small and delicate "Yu" character, so he named him Yu Feng.

  This old man had encountered countless storms in his life, but now he was worried about one thing. Because he had never taken care of a child, let alone a newborn baby. First of all, what this child eats is a difficult problem to solve.

  He has profound and unfathomable martial arts skills, and his medical skills are also admired by countless top-notch doctors, but he still can't squeeze out milk.

  No choice, at the beginning of a few months he held little Yu Feng to run around with families who had infants, borrowing some milk. His medical skills in the small town at the foot of the mountain also saved many people, and everyone knew this old man. The rural people were all kind-hearted, so even when several pregnant women didn't have enough milk, some slightly better-off families could take out some goat's milk or cow's milk, which allowed little Yu Feng to get through the most difficult few months of his life.

  Several months later, the old man began to feed some porridge and clear soup. Anyway, Yu Feng, who had just weaned off milk, was not picky about food and would eat whatever he could swallow, since he still didn't have teeth.

  This old man's original surname was Zhang, and his name was Deqing. In his youth, he had met a strange person who taught him the "Qing Xin Jue", and his martial arts skills had already entered the realm of innate abilities. When he was young, he married a wife, but she died of illness after only one year. He then also studied medicine, and for many years afterwards, he did not remarry again.

  At that time, his wife did not leave him any descendants. Zhang Deqing later left home and wandered the world to study medicine. It was more than a decade ago that he moved to the foot of this mountain to live in seclusion. Although he looks like he is only 60 or 70 years old, his actual age has exceeded 100.

  Xiao Yu Feng was born with a clear and unusual bone structure. Adding to this, his family had a miserable fate, both parents died young, and Zhang De Qing had no descendants, so he decided to take Xiao Yu Feng as his disciple. From the time Xiao Yu Feng was two years old, every day he would use external medicine to wash his bones and marrow, and internally use the "Clear Heart Secret" to nourish his physical body and meridians.

  During this period, he painted a portrait of Yu Feng's deceased parents, and then secretly inquired about Yu Feng's life story. After more than half a year of inquiry, he finally found his old home. However, the blood relatives of Little Yu Feng had all died mysteriously overnight, and their former residence, Yu Fu, had long been reduced to ashes, leaving only some broken walls and pillars.

  It can be seen that the mastermind behind this ethnic blood feud is ruthless and cruel. Therefore, Zhang Lao dared not to casually ask for news when investigating clues, fearing that he would startle the snake and cause the people behind the scenes to cut off all the clues. Heaven does not disappoint those who are determined, and he finally learned some clues from a mountain bandit leader, and then followed the trail to discover that this black hand actually came from an official in the imperial court.

  Everything was just discovered by the Yu family that the corrupt official colluded with the water bandits and had evidence of his numerous corrupt and unlawful activities. This corrupt official actually instructed the water bandits to kill off the entire family of over 80 people, sparing not even the elderly women and infants, truly deserving of the title of great sin and extreme evil, too heinous to be recorded in history.

  After Zhang Lao clarified the truth, he eliminated more than a dozen officials involved in this matter, including three water gang leaders and those who participated in it. He couldn't bear to think that his carefully cultivated successor would be trapped in hatred for life.

  From then on, Zhang Deqing taught Xiao Yufeng to recognize characters and practice martial arts every day, and also passed on all his medical skills to him. Xiao Yufeng never disappointed him either, he was young but knew what's right from wrong, and was extremely intelligent, although he couldn't memorize things at a glance, after Zhang explained it to him two or three times, he could remember it in his heart and apply it flexibly.

  After Xiao Yu Feng was nine years old, Zhang Lao took him on a tour of the country, mainly to let him know people's hearts and understand worldly affairs. Another reason was to further study medicine. Zhang Lao had diagnosed and saved countless people in his life, but he couldn't pass on all his medical skills and experience, so he thought of a way: while taking Xiao Yu Feng on a tour, he would also make house calls and let Xiao Yu Feng observe and learn by his side.

  Although those patients found it strange that the child could also take pulses and understand medicine, they didn't mind because of Zhang Lao's face. After all, it was still Zhang Lao who actually made the diagnosis. And Zhang Lao always let Xiao Yu Feng speak first about the cause of the disease, the condition, and the solution, and then pointed out the shortcomings.

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