Chapter 25

As the sky net fell and the earth net rose, six beams of sword light sealed Chen Ang from all directions. The disciples of Songshan Mountain, with their swords crossing in a well-ordered and harmonious manner, displayed a level of coordination that was truly exquisite. This alone was worthy of the title of the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance of Songshan.

Chen Ang was surrounded by dozens of fierce attacks from all sides, including hidden weapons and swords, none of which interfered with each other. Even if he had three heads and six arms, it would be impossible for him to defend against so many experts' attacks simultaneously. Not to mention, there were dozens of other experts standing by, ready to activate the formation at any moment, creating a continuous wave of sword formations.

At this moment, Chen Ang lightly tapped the silver box in his right hand, and ten thousand cold stars suddenly exploded, like a galaxy pouring down, scattering a vast silver glow. With Chen Ang's body as the center, they rotated and shot out.

The surrounding Songshan disciples screamed, covering their faces, and fell heavily to the ground...

Zuo Lengchan, caught off guard, only managed to wave his palm to deflect the silver stars aimed at him, protecting the surrounding bodyguards. Looking around, he saw the Songshan disciples lying on the ground, their faces covered in blood, groaning in pain. Even the disciples holding shields were not spared, as the trajectory of the hidden weapons was unpredictable, and many had bypassed the shields.

What somewhat relieved him was that although the Songshan disciples' faces were bloody and mangled, their groans were still full of vigor, indicating that they were not in mortal danger. As for disfigurement, he could only say that as a man, such a minor matter was not worth mentioning. He hoped the Songshan disciples would appreciate this consolation.

"Chen Ang, you are so despicable!" Zuo Lengchan, his beard fluttering in anger, roared.

Chen Ang casually threw the used silver box on the ground and said indifferently, "Science and technology are the primary productive forces. I defeated you with my intellect, which is the most straightforward and fair thing to do! Zuo Lengchan, you kill with power, harm with plots, and lead so many people to besiege me. You really have the nerve to call me despicable."

"If I had a box of three thousand silver needles, each toxic and deadly, piercing through the heart and bones, would you still have the chance to speak so arrogantly?"

Zuo Lengchan picked up a silver star and stared intently at its intricate structure. He secretly used his internal strength to press it, but felt the silver star was incredibly hard, causing his fingers to ache. He suddenly threw it, and the silver star zigzagged, tracing a highly distorted curve, and nailed itself into a tree trunk.

"What a finely crafted hidden weapon, and what a generous fortune!" Zuo Lengchan looked up, his eyes full of seriousness. "Sir, you and I have never had any conflict. This was just a misunderstanding, but unfortunately, you are too formidable, and I cannot let you go!"

Who knew what Zuo Lengchan had misunderstood, but Chen Ang was too lazy to explain. He carefully tied his horse to an ancient tree and then stood before Zuo Lengchan and the others with empty hands. His martial arts knowledge was already profound, and he needed an opportunity to integrate it. Having Zuo Lengchan and the others as pressure was perfect.

"Ya!" Le Hou, unable to hold back, took a deep breath and shouted, transforming into a shadow as he pounced at Chen Ang. His body was inverted, head down and feet up, and he struck Chen Ang's crown with a palm.

Before the palm force reached Chen Ang, he felt a cold and chilling aura enveloping him. Le Hou's right palm, carrying a scorching palm wind, followed closely. The two palm forces, one yin and one yang, were like a millstone and a pair of scissors, connected head to tail, with immense power.

Unfortunately, Chen Ang's understanding of yin and yang was far superior. He subtly moved his internal strength, maintaining the positive energy in his internal organs, and sought the convergence of the six meridians, supporting his internal energy to counteract the attack. The movement of the defensive energy immediately resolved the cold and heat, using medical techniques to support his martial arts.

Le Hou's palm force hit Chen Ang's body like a stone sinking into the sea, disappearing without a trace. Chen Ang felt his entire body's essence and energy become much more abundant. This was the principle of traditional Chinese medicine, harmonizing yin and yang, and guiding the energy to the meridians, making Le Hou's palm force feel like a full-body massage.

"Absorbing Star Technique!" Le Hou's face turned pale, and he was terrified. Just as he tried to retreat, he did not feel the strange suction force.

Chen Ang moved forward, lightly pressing a palm on Le Hou's body. Le Hou felt a versatile yin-yang palm force suddenly penetrate his body, but it did not trigger his internal strength to resist, leaving him stunned.

Zuo Lengchan and the others, their eyes bloodshot, were about to rush forward to help, but they saw Le Hou retreat as if nothing had happened, which surprised them even more.

"It's not... not the Absorbing Star Technique!" Le Hou said woodenly.

Zuo Lengchan's eyes flickered, and he suddenly said, "This is clearly a remnant of Ren Woxing, probably a simplified version of the Absorbing Power Technique. The devilish sect is cunning, so don't be deceived, Brother!"

Whether it was the Absorbing Power Technique or the Absorbing Star Technique, the root was in the word "absorb." However, Chen Ang's protective martial arts were skilled in neutralizing internal strength, more like the Shaolin Temple's Indestructible Body Technique. But since Le Hou had followed Zuo Lengchan for a long time and shared a deep understanding, he immediately coldly snorted.

"You're right! It's indeed a remnant of the devilish sect!"

Chen Ang, seeing their distortion of facts, was not angry but instead said loudly, "To treat the illnesses of the ruler and parents, to save the poor and the lowly, to preserve life and health, and to nourish the body."

This was a passage from the preface of the "Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases" by the Han Dynasty medical sage Zhang Zhongjing. Zuo Lengchan, well-versed in classics, knew some of it but did not understand why Chen Ang was reciting it here.

"This is my unique martial art, the 'Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber,' the most balanced and harmonious method for nourishing the body and mind, extending life, protecting life, and preventing diseases. It follows the changes in the human body's yin and yang and the rise and fall of the four seasons, making it the most harmonious and grand martial art."

"The world is ignorant, thinking that internal cultivation for health, harmonizing yin and yang, and preventing diseases cannot protect life. They mock it as an old man's art. I thought that as a leader, you would see through this, but you are just as foolish!"

The "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber" is indeed just a health-preserving qigong, the most harmless true energy in the world. It is neutral and harmonious, good at regulating the five qi and yin-yang, and its nature is gentle and warm, making it excellent for healing and treating diseases. However, in terms of destructive power, it is far inferior to those extreme internal strengths.

Or, it is even less effective than direct physical combat.

However, Chen Ang created this martial art to promote human evolution and regulate bodily balance, not to engage in violence and pursue destructive power. Therefore, the nature of the "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber" suited his intentions.

But, any wisdom at its highest level can achieve almost anything. Chen Ang, starting from medicine and accumulating nearly ten thousand years of medical knowledge, could transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, pushing the "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber" to an unprecedented level, making it a world-class internal strength.

Comparable to the "Nine Yin Manual" accumulated over a thousand years of Daoist studies, the "Tai Chi" that integrates all, and the "Sinew Changing Classic" and "Bone Marrow Washing Classic" accumulated over a thousand years of Buddhist studies, the "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber" is a medical treasure that has accumulated over a thousand years, a new pinnacle in martial arts.

The medical treasure, the "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber," is sufficient to establish a martial arts and medical sanctuary on par with Wudang and Shaolin.

Chen Ang ignored the uncertain and sinister looks of Zuo Lengchan and the others and said loudly, "When the five qi in the human body are disordered, and yin and yang are out of balance, diseases arise. The causes can be internal or external, but they can be resolved by guiding the qi to support the body and harmonizing yin and yang. People are blinded by a single leaf, not realizing that external internal strength is also an external evil. Supporting the body's qi can naturally neutralize it. If you view the opposing force as a disease, then there is nothing that cannot be treated. This is the way of treating diseases in my martial arts."

Seeing Zuo Lengchan's thoughtful expression, Chen Ang smiled. This genius who could create the nameless internal strength and the Ice Palm, if he devoted himself to the path of medical martial arts and had his widely spread medical techniques as guidance, what new realm could he reach?

I hope to see his martial wisdom when I attack Songshan in the future.

At this moment, Le Hou suddenly felt a rumble in his abdomen, and a foul smell emanated from his lower body. Zuo Lengchan quickly stepped back several steps, looking at Le Hou, who was unconscious in a pool of feces, with disbelief.

"The 'Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber'—the Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases Technique!" Chen Ang said with a smile.

"By supporting the body's qi, one can control external evils. I disrupted his yin-yang balance and the five qi, causing his defensive yang to be suppressed and his defensive energy to stagnate. He is now suffering from my Cold Damage Divine Fist. If you do not know my unique techniques, he will die from the cold damage."

Zuo Lengchan roared in anger, his hair and beard standing on end like an angry lion. Ding Mian, eager to save Le Hou, rushed forward, and the bodyguards surrounded and attacked, the situation about to erupt.

Suddenly, Chen Ang's foot touched the ground, and his body soared like a great bird spreading its wings, leaping several dozen feet. His figure was as agile as a dragon, roaming the four seas. To the others, he seemed like a celestial being. When Chen Ang's figure turned and dived, it was like a dragon emerging from the sea, creating countless illusions. In just a few breaths, the bodyguards felt either cold or heat throughout their bodies.

Ding Mian could not hold on and fell to the ground, his body trembling like a sieve, his mind dazed, half-sitting on the ground. Lu Bai's face was twisted, and he was paralyzed, unable to move a finger.

The bodyguards were either feverish, thirsty, and dazed, or had already lost consciousness and were lying on the ground. Even Zuo Lengchan was struggling with a cold-like dizziness, barely holding on.

"The person is affected by warm evil, with internal heat and fluid damage, which is a warm disease. The person's defensive and nutritive qi are out of balance, with the defensive qi losing its ability to protect the body, causing the muscles to relax, which is a wind disease. The evil qi enters the bladder, affecting the bladder's function, causing fluid retention and difficulty urinating, which is a water retention disease. Heat in the lower abdomen causes blood stasis, leading to madness and spontaneous urination, which is a blood retention disease."

Chen Ang counted the symptoms of the people on the ground one by one, laughing loudly, "You can't even handle the symptoms of the Sun Meridian and the Sun Organ. My Cold Damage Divine Technique has six changes: Sun, Ming, Shao, Taiyin, Jueyin, and Shaoyin, as well as combined diseases and concurrent diseases, and the six meridians all at once. Where do you get the confidence to besiege me?"

Cold sweat poured down Zuo Lengchan's forehead, and a cold aura emanated from his head. He was already using his nameless internal strength to resist, and he pleaded, "Divine Doctor, Young Master Chen, I am blind and have offended you. If you want to punish me, I will take full responsibility. Please release my junior brothers!"

"You still have some sense of responsibility as a leader," Chen Ang said coldly. "I don't care if your intentions are genuine or not; you are just a pawn."

"Do you know that the higher the medical skills, the more powerful the 'Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber'? An ordinary doctor in the martial world, even using the Cold Damage Divine Technique, cannot break your internal strength. A simple yin-yang imbalance can be adjusted with your internal strength. But my 'Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber' will cause a rapid and fatal illness unless the medical skills are higher than mine."

"I am not boasting, but to find someone with higher medical skills than me in this world, ha ha!"

Chen Ang looked at him with interest and said with a smile, "Your internal strength is extreme, making you the most vulnerable to the 'Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber.' For someone like you or Ren Woxing, who has practiced internal strength haphazardly, with a fragile yin-yang balance, I only need to reach one-third of your strength to easily defeat you. Now, your life is in my hands. What will you do?"

PS: This chapter is quite long and took a lot of time. I apologize to everyone who has been waiting for the update.

Finally, the first intelligence-enhancing martial art in the book has appeared. The intelligence-enhancing martial art, the "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber," requires eight years of hard work to practice, and without sufficient funds, it is difficult to succeed.

A martial art exclusive to medical doctors, you deserve to have it.

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