Chapter Fourteen: The Turning Point

  "What!?" The crowd in the great hall exclaimed in surprise, "This man has come back to life, could it be that Zhan Huwei (Zhan Zhao) didn't die after all?!"

  Gongsun Ce cupped his hands, "Mr. Zhuge, may I ask, how did you come to be inside the Kaifeng Prefecture government office?"

  Zhuge Xingli's eyes slowly swept across the crowd, and he smiled, "I have been in seclusion on Mount Longhu for over 20 years, and I wanted to return home once. On my way through Bianliang City, I saw this place, where thousands of people were gathered. After careful examination, I found something amiss, so I came up to this public hall!"

  "Two hundred years!?" Everyone exclaimed in unison, two hundred years, isn't that one hundred and twenty years!?

  Training for 120 years!?!

  Looking at this person's appearance, although his hair and beard are all white, but looking at his face, he is still a crane with a youthful complexion. How can it be seen that this person has already passed more than 120 winters? Moreover, this person has retreated from the world to cultivate himself, so before retreating from the world to cultivate himself, how old was this person? Could it be that this person has really set foot on the path of immortality?

  Gongsun Zan came back to his senses and asked, "Master Zhuge, what's wrong?"

  Upon learning of this person's age, Gong Sun Ce changed his form of address from "you" to "sir".

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  "The governor's mansion is a place of heavy energy, where the aura of death pierces the sky. And yet, within this aura of death, there lies an endless sense of justice!" Zhuge Xingli smiled and said, "However, I have discovered that above the high walls of this mansion, there is a faint golden light, which is an omen of immortals. But what's strange is that within this golden light, there is also a hint of ghostly energy, leaving one perplexed!"

  "After entering, I found that the so-called strange phenomenon was actually emitted from the coffin! Zhuge Xinglei smiled and hesitated for a moment before saying, 'I opened the coffin earlier to take a closer look, thinking it was a case of borrowing a corpse to return a soul, or that there was some kind of ferocious evil spirit. Who would have thought that it wouldn't be afraid of the yin energy in the public hall?'"

  "But I found that the person in the coffin, although his soul is distant, yet he is unexpectedly of the same ancestry and origin as me, not some kind of borrowed corpse or accumulated spirit from two lifetimes!" Zhuge Xingli said.

  "Wait!" Gong Sun Ce interrupted Zhuge Xingli's words and asked, "What is the accumulated gathering of two lifetimes' guests?"

  Zhuge Xinglei burst out laughing, "To put it bluntly, it's just a case of borrowing a corpse to revive the soul. One body, one life, if the soul leaves and enters another, that's two lifetimes accumulated together!" Zhuge Xinglei explained with a smile, continuing, "The person in the coffin, although their souls haven't completely merged, but the connection between the soul and the flesh is originally from the same root. This point surprises me, perhaps this person's soul has undergone some kind of variation!"

  Zhuge Xinglei explained, unaware that he had almost guessed the truth. Zhang Zhao's body was now inhabited by Zhang Zhao, another soul! As for why they shared the same ancestry, it wouldn't be explained for now!

  "What Mr. said just now, when this person wakes up, isn't it that Bao Huwei didn't die after all?" Lord Bao hastily asked.

  Zhuge Xingli nodded, "This person has martial arts skills and his internal energy is not bad. According to the principle of entering the Tao through martial arts, this person has already reached the critical point of Sanhua Jutou. And according to my previous examination, this person's life energy is still present!"

  "What?!?" The crowd was stunned. This thinking leap is too big, what does the existence of internal force and life breath have to do with each other?

  As if seeing everyone's doubts, Zhuge Xinglei smiled and said, "Don't worry, just listen to me explain!"

  "This person's soul is detached, so there will be some hindrance in controlling the body." Zhuge Xinglei explained.

  Suddenly a voice came, "Soul estrangement, physical control is hindered!?" A white-clothed handsome young man walked in, it was Bai Yutang!

  Only then did Bai Yutang walk in, his figure somewhat staggering. Lu Fang and the others hastily supported him, but Bai Yutang didn't mind, directly saying to the four mice, "If this is true, then... Cat can't use internal... it's explained!"

  Lu Fang and others flashed a sharp light in their eyes, nodded suddenly, and Bai Yutang pointed at Zhuge Xingli, asking, "Big brother, who is this person!? I heard a commotion on the public platform just now, so I came out to take a look. Unexpectedly, I heard what was said earlier!"

  "Fourth brother, you can't be rude!" Jiang Ping hastily shouted, "This person's name is Zhuge Xingli, he is a descendant of Zhuge Wuhou!"

  "Ah!" Bai Yutang nodded and suddenly raised his voice, "What? A descendant of Zhuge Liang?"

  Lu Fang and others all nodded!

  Zhuge Xingli carefully looked at Bai Yutang and burst out laughing, "You've been poisoned severely, yet you can still barely walk! What a character!"

  Then, Zhuge Xingli's foot stepped lightly on the ground and before the four mice could react, he had already arrived in front of Bai Yutang, grabbing his wrist and saying with a furrowed brow, "So that's how it is, the toxin has already been drawn out by more than half..."

  Zhuge Xinglei's hand suddenly appeared with a small jade bottle, which he handed to Bai Yutang. "Take the dan medicine inside, and circulate your internal energy twelve times every day. After two days, the toxins will be completely cleared."

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  Bai Yutang and others were stunned, Jiang Ping was the first to come back to his senses, "Thank you, sir!"

  Bai Yutang furrowed his brow and remained silent, staring at the jade bottle in his hand. He opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Zhuge, can you give a few more grains of the medicine? There are three others in Kaifeng Prefecture who have been poisoned by the same toxin as I!"

  Zhuge Xinglei smiled and another jade bottle appeared in his hand, which he handed to Bai Yutang. Bai Yutang hastily bowed his hands in gratitude, but Zhuge Xinglei waved his hand, "No need for that, we cultivators value compassion and kindness, no need to thank me!"

  Lu Fang and others looked at Bai Yutang with surprise and uncertainty, secretly admiring him in their hearts. It seemed that this fifth brother had really grown up and could even think of getting medicine for others.

  If Bai Yutang knew what Lu Fang and others were thinking, he would probably be sweating profusely...

  Zhuge Xingli turned his head to look at the coffin and continued, "This person's internal skills are not bad, because there is a hindrance between the body and the soul, so it will lead to the current situation!"

  "This person suffered almost fatal injuries, so under instinct, he chose to hibernate for treatment. The reason you think he's dead is because he has entered a deep state of dormancy!" Zhuge Xinglei smiled and reached out to unbutton the official robe on Zhang Zhao's chest, revealing a two-inch wound that went through his front and back!

  Above was a layer of dark scab, Zhuge Xingli stretched out his hand and directly grasped the scab, tearing it off. The crowd gathered around to take a look, under the scab, the wound had already healed, revealing a layer of pink tender flesh!

  "This person has also been poisoned!" Zhuge Xinglei smiled, "However, internal and external injuries have almost recovered, it's just because of the toxin problem that he hasn't woken up from his coma yet!"

  Zhuge Xinglei suddenly pulled up Yu Mao Zhaoyang, reached out and grasped the three acupoints on Zhaoyang's neck, Zhaoyang's mouth opened, and Zhuge Xinglei somehow produced a pill from somewhere and stuffed it into Zhaoyang's mouth!

  "Alright, you four!" Zhuge Xingli turned his head to the four mice and said, "One of you come here, use your skills to stimulate the medicine's power, once the medicine's effect spreads throughout his body, he should be able to wake up from his torpor on his own!"

  Lu Fang and others heard that Han Zhang hurriedly rushed forward, "Now that Wu Di can't use his skills, among the four of us, only I have the highest internal strength, I'll do it!"

  Han Zhang stretched out his hand to press the Dahui acupoint on Zhan Zhao's back, and a white smoke rose from the top of his head. Zhan Zhao's face changed from red to pale, and then from pale to red again!

  "Could it be that he doesn't know martial arts? Why did Second Brother have to save him?"

  "Little guy, my cultivation is Daoist technique, different from internal energy. Although it can also stimulate the medicinal power, however, it will conflict with your internal energy. This person's body toxin has almost entered his heart meridian. If I were to stimulate the medicinal power, I would have to suppress his self-running internal energy first. By then, the medicinal power wouldn't even have time to take effect, and the toxin might already invade his heart meridian. That would be a disaster!"

  Bai Yutang was taken aback, thinking to himself, what kind of ears does he have, able to hear even the faintest sound!

  "Good job, young man!" Zhuge Xinglei smiled and said, "You've also reached the bottleneck of Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, keep working hard!"

  Bai Yutang was taken aback, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion!