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There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, so long that Ye Chen thought the signal had been lost.

Just as Ye Chen was about to hang up and start over, his master Su Qinghan's voice rang out again.

The woman's cool voice carried an unusually solemn tone, each word spoken as if carefully considered: "Twenty years ago, your martial uncle Su Youdao went down the mountain to investigate something. At that time, there was a legend in the martial arts world that there was an ancient tomb from the Ming Dynasty hidden in a mountain between Jiangcheng and the provincial capital. The tomb's owner was a remarkable person who was proficient in medicine and martial arts. It is said that before his death, he carved all his knowledge on the stone wall of the tomb, including a set of long-lost martial arts techniques called the Heavenly Physician Creation Technique. This technique is said to be able to reverse meridians, bring the dead back to life, and, when cultivated to its peak, even extend one's lifespan by sixty years."

Ye Chen unconsciously tightened his grip on the phone; perhaps this was the root of their competition.

Ye Chen had seen the name "Heavenly Physician's Creation Technique" once before in the Medicine King Valley's collection of books, not in the main text, but in a marginal note of an ancient book.

Beside him was his master, Su Qinghan, with three words written in the notes: "Unattainable".

Ye Chen initially thought it was some kind of legend or forbidden technique and didn't pay much attention to it. He never expected that his uncle's descent from the mountain twenty years ago was related to this technique.

Moreover, he never returned to the mountain and lost his life.

"The news of that tomb was leaked by someone, causing quite a stir in the martial arts world. At that time, several forces were eyeing the tomb, the most powerful of which was the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce. Their leader was Wei Qing, an ambitious man who wanted to find the Heavenly Physician Creation Manual before anyone else and take it for himself."

Su Qinghan recounted the scene to Ye Chen.

"Such a good thing, there must be a lot of people who want it. Why is my uncle involved? Why didn't he tell me about this before?"

"Your martial uncle doesn't want this cultivation technique to fall into the hands of villains. More importantly, your martial uncle obtained a note left by a senior from Medicine King Valley, which mentions that the last tomb door of that tomb has a sentence inscribed on it: 'Only descendants of Medicine King may open this tomb.' This means that the tomb owner has a connection with our Medicine King Valley, and may even be a senior from Medicine King Valley. If the people from Qingyun Chamber of Commerce forcibly break down the door, not only will they destroy the cultivation technique in the tomb, but they will also defile the resting place of the senior."

"Your martial uncle's best friend at the time was Jiang Ruoxi's father, Jiang Yuanshan. He wasn't a member of the martial arts world, but he understood geological exploration and was able to find the exact location of that ancient tomb thanks to his professional knowledge. Your martial uncle asked him to help locate the entrance to the tomb, and the two of them stayed in the deep mountains for a whole month before finally finding the ancient tomb."

Ye Chen leaned against the windowsill, his gaze piercing through the glass as he looked out at the pitch-black night.

He imagined two young people from twenty years ago: one a child prodigy from Medicine King Valley, and the other a young geologist.

For a common goal, the two stood side by side in front of an ancient tomb that had been sealed for hundreds of years.

Faced with unknown dangers and a legendary tale, he resolutely decided to venture into it.

"What happened after they entered the ancient tomb was not detailed by either of them after they returned. However, one thing can be confirmed: the Heavenly Physician Creation Technique was indeed in the tomb, but there was also an even more dangerous force, a restriction set by the tomb owner before his death. Ordinary people who break in will definitely not be able to come back."

Ye Chen listened carefully to his master Su Qinghan's account, as he was also eager to know what had happened back then.

The owner of such an ancient tomb would certainly have designed traps to prevent people from easily digging open the tomb and taking out the burial goods.

The clever tomb owner had asked a senior from Medicine King Valley to leave a "gate of life and death" in the tomb before his death, a design that was extremely ingenious.

Legend has it that only the blood of a descendant of Medicine King Valley can open the final tomb door. If anyone else tries to force their way in, they will trigger the tomb's mechanisms and poisonous fog, facing a near-death experience.

"Later, your uncle did obtain a rubbing of the Heavenly Physician Creation Technique, but he did something. He divided the rubbing into three parts: he kept one for himself, gave one to Yuanshan, and hid the last one in a place that no one would expect. He said that this technique was too dangerous. If it were obtained by someone with evil intentions, the consequences would be unimaginable. Rather than letting it spread, it would be better to let it disappear from the world forever."

"But your uncle brought out more than just that rubbing. He also brought out something else from the tomb, the jade pendant you gave to Ruoxi. That jade pendant was a personal item of the tomb's owner, and it is said to have the effect of protecting the body and warding off evil spirits. But its true value is far more than that. It is the key to opening the deepest secret chamber in the tomb. The tomb has three layers. Your uncle and Yuanshan only went into the first two layers. They did not open the third layer because they did not know at the time that this jade pendant was the key to opening it."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen gasped. Luckily, he hadn't gone in, otherwise he really didn't know what dangers the third floor might hold.

Ye Chen looked down at his right palm, where a dark red palm print was faintly visible under the dim yellow lamplight.

A small jade pendant has unearthed so many stories: the predecessors of Medicine King Valley, lost martial arts techniques, Qingyun Chamber of Commerce, three tomb gates, and a life-and-death friendship sealed for twenty years.

"Master, so that's why the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce wants this jade pendant? Du Qiansui said the jade pendant is worth more than ten Jiang Groups, meaning it can open the third level of the tomb?"

Ye Chen asked, puzzled.

"Not only that, legend has it that the tomb owner not only left behind cultivation techniques on the third level, but also a batch of treasures enough to buy half a dynasty. But most importantly, it is said that a kind of spiritual medicine is sealed in the third level, which can bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded. Your uncle suspects that what the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce really wants is not the cultivation techniques or the treasures, but this kind of spiritual medicine, because Wei Qing has a son suffering from a terminal illness, and no conventional treatment can save him. He is willing to pay any price to save his son."

From ancient times to the present, for thousands of years, there has been no elixir of immortality, nor any art of bringing the dead back to life. Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the natural laws that no one can change.

The Qingyun Chamber of Commerce is simply pursuing the elixir of immortality to cure terminal illnesses, and such an idea is understandable.

Ye Chen fell silent.

The grudges from twenty years ago have finally been pieced together with a crucial piece of the puzzle.

The reason why my uncle Su Youdao divided the rubbing into three parts is that after he came out, he asked someone to hand over the jade pendant to me for safekeeping.

Another jade pendant with the character "福" (fortune) was given to Grandpa Qiao for safekeeping.

Your uncle's purpose was to prevent the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce from obtaining the complete Heavenly Physician Creation Technique and the method to enter the third level.

"Master, is Uncle Yuanshan's car accident related to the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce?"