Urban Super Medical Saint

"You're right! It is indeed my lack of contentment as an elder brother." Yang Yinhou said as he helped Ge Dongxu up and looked at him with a smile, "Just now when you broke free from the wood force restraint of your elder brother, not even the green grass I personally sowed and cultivated could be stimulated anymore. My heart was still in shock, wondering when Qimen had produced someone so skilled at wood system techniques. It turns out it was you, younger brother, so it's no wonder."

"I was presumptuous just now towards elder brother!" Ge Dongxu said with an uncomfortable expression.

"Haha, how could you be? If I had not deployed this unique technique, you probably would not dare to lightly acknowledge your brother," Yang Yinhou replied.

Ge Dongxu smiled, just about to speak, when Yang Yinhou's expression suddenly became stern, "Did Master pass on the Life and Death Dual Aspects Sword to you?"

At these words, Ge Dongxu's expression also became solemn, and he nodded, then reached out to take the Peach Wood Sword pendant from around his neck.

The moment Yang Yinhou saw Ge Dongxu take off the Peach Wood Sword pendant from his neck, his body visibly shook, and a look of reverence appeared in his eyes.

He pressed down hard on the handles of the wheelchair, seemingly trying to rise from it.

"Elder brother, what are you doing?" Ge Dongxu asked in a haste, pressing him back into the wheelchair.

"To see the sword is like seeing the Sect Leader. Since you possess this sword, you are the Sect Leader of Pill Talisman Sect, and I rightfully should pay my respects," Yang Yinhou said with a solemn demeanor.

"Elder brother, you're not well; let's dispense with this formality, especially since times are different now," Ge Dongxu said.

"Rituals should not be abandoned! Besides, it is only my legs that cannot walk. I can still kneel," Yang Yinhou said, preparing to kneel again.

"No, elder brother, please spare me. Look how young I am; how could I deserve such a gesture of respect from you?" Ge Dongxu quickly said.

"Did you not just say that in learning, there is no order; the excelled one should come first? You are the Sect Leader; this has nothing to do with age. Furthermore, this is our first meeting, so this ritual is absolutely indispensable. You will allow me this time, and hereafter, we can be informal and not stick to formalities," Yang Yinhou said.

Seeing Yang Yinhou's insistence, Ge Dongxu, also aware of the traditions of disciple succession in Qimen, could only help Yang Yinhou up, allowing him to kneel on the grass and bow three times to him before helping him back into the wheelchair and returning the three bows, saying, "An elder brother is like a father. Since you are the eldest disciple brother, you should accept my gesture of respect."

"Good, good! Master has taken a fine disciple indeed!" Yang Yinhou said, feeling gratified to see Ge Dongxu so open-minded without the slightest hint of young pride, and he nodded repeatedly with satisfaction.

"It's all thanks to Master's excellent guidance," Ge Dongxu said modestly.

Yang Yinhou chuckled, then his tone shifted and became serious, "The Five Poisons Descent is deployed with a Blood Curse, immensely formidable. In my judgment, the caster must be at least at the Third Layer, or even the Fourth Layer of Qi Cultivation. If one attempts to break it without being at the Sixth Layer of Qi Cultivation, the child's life will be at risk. I know you have received Master's true teachings and have the Magical Treasure, the Life and Death Dual Aspects Sword. Using your techniques, even I must admit inferiority, but when it comes to cultivation depth, I am ultimately not surpassed by you. You must not think just because you've broken my technique earlier that you are more formidable than your elder brother. It is because you have the Life and Death Dual Aspects Sword. This sword governs life on one side, capable of stimulating flowers and trees, and death on the other, able to annihilate all beings. It's indeed formidable, and I also did not go all out at the beginning. When you activated the sword, I was caught off guard and thus lost the initiative."

Upon hearing this, Ge Dongxu's face revealed a look of astonishment, and then after a while, he said somewhat embarrassedly, "Elder brother, you've misunderstood. I did not use the Life and Death Dual Aspects Sword just now."

"What? You hadn't used the Life and Death Dual Aspects Sword just now?" Yang Yinhou said, his body shaking vehemently in disbelief as he looked at Ge Dongxu.

"Yes, my cultivation has reached the Sixth Layer of Qi Cultivation," Ge Dongxu nodded in response.

He was reluctant to say that he was already at the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, afraid of frightening this newly-met eldest disciple brother.

Of course, saying he had reached the Sixth Layer of Qi Cultivation was also true.

This could be considered a clever use of words on Ge Dongxu's part.

"What!" Yang Yinhou was shocked once again.

Although his legs were injured, rendering it difficult for True Qi to flow to his lower limbs and consequently stalling his Cultivation, he had remained at the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer until now.

Even when he was chosen and taken in as a disciple by Ren Yao due to his exceptional talent, he only managed to break through to the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer at the age of forty. Afterwards, if no accidents occurred, he should have been expected to reach the Sixth Layer of Qi Cultivation around the age of sixty or seventy. As for progressing beyond that, it was uncertain whether he would ever achieve it in his lifetime. Cultivation naturally becomes more challenging the further one progresses, especially in an era where Spirit Qi is sparse; the later stages of cultivation require higher levels of Spirit Qi.

However, his Cultivation had permanently stalled at the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer due to his leg injuries.

But now, Ge Dongxu was telling him he had reached the Sixth Layer of Qi Cultivation!

How could this not utterly astonish Yang Yinhou?

"How old are you this year?" After a long while, Yang Yinhou managed to suppress the shock in his heart and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Eighteen years old, almost nineteen in about three months," replied Ge Dongxu.

Hearing this, Yang Yinhou stared blankly at Ge Dongxu for a long time before shaking his head and saying, "I used to think I was quite talented, but compared to you..."

"Elder brother should not speak like this. If it weren't for the injury to your legs, your Cultivation would definitely not have stopped here," Ge Dongxu said with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

As someone who he was, it was apparent to him that Yang Yinhou's legs were not congenitally defective but had been injured by someone.

"Heh, stop flattering me, junior brother. Even without this leg injury, I couldn't hope to keep up with you. Besides, you are the Sect Leader—if you weren't skilled, wouldn't that mean our teacher was lacking in judgment?" Yang Yinhou said with a cheerful smile.

On one hand, Ge Dongxu comforting him warmed his heart, and on the other hand, he felt genuinely happy that his junior disciple brother was so outstanding.

"What happened to your leg injury, elder brother?" Ge Dongxu asked, his eyes flashing with a colder light.

Ren Yao had been like a mountain of grace to him, and now that Ren Yao had passed away, Yang Yinhou was his closest kin in the sect. If his legs were injured, as the Sect Leader and junior brother, how could Ge Dongxu simply let it go?

"It's an old story from before the liberation, let's not bring it up again. Let's talk about the matter of Gu Yezeng's son instead," said Yang Yinhou, touching his legs with a sigh.

"Alright, I have many things to ask you, elder brother; it cannot all be said in a moment or two." Since it was a matter from before the liberation, Ge Dongxu temporarily put the issue aside without hurry.

"Mhm." Yang Yinhou nodded, then said, "Given that you have reached the Realm of the Sixth Layer of Qi Cultivation, and coupled with having the Life and Death Dual Aspects Sword in hand, you should have no problem resolving the Five Poisons Descent enacted by the Blood Curse. My only worry is that the child is still very young, like a small sapling, so you have to be cautious and not be careless."

"Elder brother, rest assured, I will be careful," Ge Dongxu nodded in response.

In fact, he had attained the Realm of Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer. Had it not been for his concern about harming the child due to his youth, he could have easily dispelled the Blood Curse earlier.

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