Great Doctor Without Borders

Chapter 1487 White Figure
Yuan Hongping smiled and said, "There is no Bodhi tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing at all, so where can dust gather?"

Xu Chunliang said: "There is nothing in the first place, so where can dust gather? But you clearly don't have anything, but others insist that you do. What should you do then?"

Yuan Hongping said: "Director Xu actually has a higher and longer-term vision than I do. The things that confuse you are not something I can answer."

At this time, the speedboat has arrived directly above the underwater sunken city. Although the moon is bright enough, the moonlight cannot illuminate the ancient city that has been sleeping under the water for more than two thousand years.

Xu Chunliang suddenly pointed underwater and said, "Look!"

Although Yuan Hongping guessed that Xu Chunliang was most likely cheating, he still couldn't suppress his curiosity. He looked in the direction Xu Chunliang pointed, but saw only the dark water surface. There was no new sight at all.

Yuan Hongping said: "I can't see anything."

Xu Chunliang said: "I clearly saw a team with blue light passing by under the water. There were infantry, cavalry and chariots. Look carefully."

Yuan Hongping smiled bitterly and said, "Director Xu, I don't have the same eyesight as you, and I lack imagination. I can neither see nor think of it." His meaning was obvious. Don't fool me, kid. I'm not a fool.

Xu Chunliang said: "I forgot, Mr. Yuan has never practiced martial arts, so his eyesight should be weaker."

Yuan Hongping said: "There are many nearsighted martial arts masters."

Xu Chunliang said: "But for masters who have reached the Xiantian realm, there is no such thing as myopia or presbyopia."

Yuan Hongping said: "If it's true, I have to find a master to learn from. My eyesight has been getting worse recently."

Xu Chunliang observed Yuan Hongping closely. Even the rhythm of his breathing and heartbeat could be perceived by Xu Chunliang. He had to admit that Yuan Hongping's mentality was strong enough and his heartbeat and breathing rhythm were always consistent. However, Yuan Hongping definitely had not entered the innate realm.

Xu Chunliang originally suspected that Yuan Hongping had some connection with the mysterious Jiang Yucheng, and even speculated that Yuan Hongping might be Jiang Yucheng himself. However, based on Mo Changqing's experience, it can be inferred that Jiang Yucheng should have also entered the Xiantian realm, so it should be said that the possibility that Yuan Hongping is Jiang Yucheng is very small.

Yuan Hongping asked: "Do you know Xue Anning's background?"

Xu Chunliang said: "Her father is Xue Renzhong."

Yuan Hongping said: "Xue in the south and Xie in the north were rivals at the time. When they were young, both of them stole and sold cultural relics, and both went to jail for their actions. That's why we think it's a miracle that Xue Anning was able to enter the system."

Xu Chunliang smiled and said, "Hasn't Xue Renzhong retired from criminal activities? Maybe he has changed his ways and made amends for his crimes."

Yuan Hongping said: "That's right. Unless he has made special contributions to the country, his daughter can enter the system."

Xu Chunliang said: "Then I don't know."

Yuan Hongping said: "Of course you don't know this. Few people know this. The reason why Xue Renzhong is safe now is because he betrayed some people, including his fellow apprentices and good friends."

Xu Chunliang was not aware of these things. He was not very interested in Xue Renzhong's affairs. The person he wanted to find most at the moment was Jiang Yucheng.

Xu Chunliang said: "I remember that Xue Renzhong's beloved son Xue Anliang died a few years ago. Did he die of revenge?"

Yuan Hongping said: "It's not impossible. So, if you don't want others to know, then don't do it. The worst thing a person in the martial arts world can do is betray his fellow disciples."

Xu Chunliang smiled and said, "Mr. Yuan is familiar with Xue Renzhong?"

Yuan Hongping said: "We have some friendship, but it's not deep."

"Mr. Yuan, do you know what Xue Renzhong did back then?"

Yuan Hongping asked, "You just said he was suffering from a cold poison. What kind of cold poison is it?"

Xu Chunliang said calmly: "According to my ancestral medical classics, he should have been infected with the Netherworld Cold Poison."

Yuan Hongping said: "The ancestral medical skills of Huichuntang are indeed extraordinary." After saying this, he stopped asking questions.

Xu Chunliang also fell silent. The two of them stared at the lake quietly. There was no unusual movement under the lake.

After a long while, Yuan Hongping was the first to break the silence and said, "Legend has it that in the past, this underwater city was often patrolled at night by ghost soldiers. They drove a horse-drawn carriage with a cold jade coffin on it. Inside the cold jade coffin lay a woman, who was called Madam Shui."

Xu Chunliang asked: "Mrs. Shui?"

Yuan Hongping nodded and said, "Madam Shui, whose original surname was Su, was a Korean noble like Zhang Liang, and her name was Shuzi. During the exile process when Qin destroyed Korea, the two met and fell in love. They both took it as their mission to restore the country, and they got together because of their common goal. Zhang Liang originally wanted to leave the court after assisting Emperor Gaozu to achieve his great cause, and retire with Madam Shui to live an ordinary life, but when he was about to retire, Madam Shui died mysteriously."

Xu Chunliang had never heard of this story, and said calmly, "Legend?"

Yuan Hongping said, "Who else can tell the truth from more than 2,000 years ago? Some say that Madam Shui died of illness, while others say that Madam Shui was drowned by someone sent by Lü Zhi. But what is certain is that she died before Zhang Liang was granted the title of Marquis of Liu, and it is very likely that she died in this Weishan Lake." Xu Chunliang said, "So Zhang Zifang originally wanted to live a simple life with Madam Shui after retirement, but he chose to cultivate immortality only because Madam Shui died?"

Yuan Hongping said: "This statement is logical."

Xu Chunliang asked, "You mean that after Zhang Zifang ascended to heaven, he left the underwater city to Madam Shui?"

Yuan Hongping nodded and said, "It can be said that originally the Yin and Yang worlds lived in peace, and there was no such thing as ghost generals patrolling the lake. But later, I heard that a group of tomb robbers sneaked into the underwater city, found Mrs. Shui's coffin, destroyed it, and stole many rare treasures. In the process, they broke the seal of the underwater city, and the ghosts of Mrs. Shui and those soldiers were awakened."

As Xu Chunliang listened to him talking in increasingly mysterious ways, he thought to himself that Yuan Hongping was intentionally drawing my attention to Xue Renzhong. According to him, Xue Renzhong and his men had once entered the underwater city.

Xue Renzhong once said that he was trapped in the Netherworld Cold Jade Coffin, so he was poisoned by the Netherworld Cold Poison. But since he had already entered the underwater city, why did he support his daughter Xue Anning to come here for archaeological research? This doesn't make sense? Could it be that Xue Renzhong did not achieve his goal back then?

Yuan Hongping said: "I always feel that it is better for the Yin and Yang worlds not to disturb each other. If the boundary is destroyed, the human world will inevitably fall into chaos."

Xu Chunliang said: "Mr. Yuan's story is very inspiring to me. I will talk to Cheng Yuwu later and try to include Mrs. Shui's story in the TV series."

Yuan Hongping said, "I also heard it from someone, there is no historical data to support it. As for Madam Shui leading the ghost army and ghost generals to patrol the lake, I have never seen it anyway. Just now when I heard you say there was movement below, I opened my eyes wide but didn't see anything."

Xu Chunliang said: "Even if Zhang Liang really had such a wife, when Madam Shui died, he should have let her rest in peace. Why was she buried under the water?"

Yuan Hongping said, "Director Xu forgot that although Zhang Liang's fief was not large at the beginning, it was all land. Later, the world changed dramatically, and the lake surface continued to expand, which submerged this place."

Xu Chunliang said: "Zhang Liang is the emperor's teacher, a great talent who can plan and win battles thousands of miles away. Since he can retire after achieving success, he will not leave too much treasure in his wife's tomb."

Yuan Hongping said: "It may not be gold or silver treasures, maybe it is the "Treasure Book of Tongtian" created by Zhang Liang based on "Jinbi Qiantong"."

Xu Chunliang asked: "Is there really a book in the world that can help one cultivate to become an immortal?"

Yuan Hongping said: "That is beyond my understanding."

The two stayed on the water for nearly an hour before returning to the yacht, and during this time no one from Jeju came to drive them away.

Back on the yacht, Wang Jinwu and Meng Lianqing were still drinking there. Liang Shangjun went to rest. Director Cheng Yuwu was already drunk and was dozing off nearby.

Seeing the two people coming back, Meng Lianqing asked, "What did you two gain?"

Xu Chunliang said: "I saw a few water ghosts."

When Cheng Yuwu heard the word "water ghost", he immediately became alert: "Where? Where?" He stood up and walked to the edge of the railing and looked at the lake.

Meng Lianqing said: "There are no ghosts under the water, only in the heart."

Xu Chunliang nodded and said, "Mr. Meng is right."

Wang Jinwu yawned and said, "No matter what, today's visit is not in vain. I had a great time drinking. Chunliang, you have to drink a few more glasses."

Xu Chunliang laughed loudly: "Okay, let's get drunk tonight." He had just sat down when he heard Cheng Yuwu scream in fear: "Ah! Water ghost, water ghost!"

Several people thought that Cheng Yuwu was drunk and talking nonsense, but when they looked in the direction of his finger towards the waters of the underwater city, they saw a white figure standing on the lake in the distance, with his clothes fluttering in the night wind.

Wang Jinwu shuddered, and without caring about drinking, he stood up to find his telescope, picked it up and looked at the lake, but saw the white figure still standing there, with his back facing the direction of the yacht. His long hair reached his waist, fluttering like silk in the night wind.

There were some people with sharp eyesight among them. Xu Chunliang saw clearly that the white figure was standing on a piece of driftwood. Even so, this person's martial arts skills were very terrifying.

Meng Lianqing stared at the figure on the water with wide eyes and shouted, "Who is playing tricks here?"

The person in white slowly turned her head, and the moonlight illuminated her extremely pale face. Suddenly, she let out a long, shrill howl, and it was impossible to tell whether she was crying or laughing.

"I died such a miserable death... I died such a miserable death..."

Liang Shangjun was also attracted to the bow. He grabbed the railing, as if he was afraid of being blown into the water by the night wind, and murmured: "Is she a human or a ghost..."

Xu Chunliang said: "That's easy, just drive over and take a look and you'll know."

Cheng Yuwu said in a trembling voice, "Don't... A single woman appears here in the middle of the night. If she is not a ghost, what could she be? We should turn back quickly and don't provoke her."

Wang Jinwu said: "It is obvious that she provoked us. There are so many of us, and we are all men. Are we afraid of a fake ghost?"

(End of this chapter)