Chapter 00045: Taichuan Ancient Path
# Taichuan Ancient Path
Chapter 45
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 45: Taichuan Ancient Path
Lan Xiaobu made a bow, "Luo Caisi, thank you for saving me."
"You've always known I was saving you?" Luo Caisi looked at Lan Xiaobu in confusion. If not for these past few days, she would have suspected Lan Xiaobu was doing this intentionally.
Lan Xiaobu nodded, "Yes, I vaguely felt that you were saving me, but I couldn't do much. Helping you find medicinal herbs almost cost me my life."
Though he couldn't clear his mind, Lan Xiaobu still had a vague impression in his mind. It was because of this vague impression that he followed Luo Caisi away from the Taichuan Ancient Path, blocked the gray wolf, and temporarily left the cave to find fever-reducing herbs for Luo Caisi.
However, helping Luo Caisi find fever-reducing herbs indeed almost cost him his life. Initially, he was overwhelmed by a torrent of memory fragments while looking for herbs. After finding the herbs, he was washed unconscious by the memory fragments. Later, it was the gray wolf that saved him, even taking him to an open place in the mountain stream until Luo Caisi found him.
"What exactly happened to you?" Luo Caisi was relieved and spoke up, as Lan Xiaobu was safe, she could leave too.
Just as Lan Xiaobu was about to speak, a mournful howl came from a distance. Luo Caisi quickly said, "The gray wolf seems to be in trouble, we should hurry to help it. Without the gray wolf, we would have starved."
Lan Xiaobu and Luo Caisi reached the entrance and saw in the distance a gray wolf staggering towards them, carrying two wolf cubs in its mouth.
"The gray wolf gave birth." Luo Caisi immediately understood.
The gray wolf reached Luo Caisi and Lan Xiaobu, suddenly knelt down, placed the wolf cubs in front of them, and then growled mournfully.
"You're injured? Are you seeking refuge with us now?" Luo Caisi observed the gray wolf's battered body and spoke immediately.
The gray wolf shook its head and nudged the two wolf cubs on the ground with its snout.
Lan Xiaobu sighed and said, "It knows its time is limited, so it's seeking someone to care for its offspring. It wants us to help raise these two wolf cubs. No matter what, I will help it, it saved me once."
Hearing Lan Xiaobu, the gray wolf's eyes showed a glimmer of hope and gratitude.
Luo Caisi also quickly said, "Don't worry, I'll help raise these two wolf cubs. If it weren't for you, I might have starved by now."
Upon understanding Luo Caisi's response, the gray wolf whimpered softly, stood up, turned around slowly, and gradually disappeared into the distance in the mountain stream.
Watching the gray wolf's lonely back, Luo Caisi felt an indescribable sorrow in her heart. She recalled her state a few days ago. When she left the cave, wasn't she also prepared to die? Today the gray wolf was like she was a few days ago, a feeling she could very well understand.
From afar, a drone approached, causing Luo Caisi to sigh. She bent over to pick up the two wolf cubs, "Such adorable little wolf pups, with a golden streak on their backs..."
Lan Xiaobu's gaze fell on the two wolf cubs, and indeed, both had a golden streak on their backs.
"Doctor Lan, I have to leave here now..." Luo Caisi caressed the golden streak on the back of a wolf cub, her tone tinged with sadness. She kept thinking about the gray wolf, wondering where it would quietly wait for death.
Lan Xiaobu remained silent, knowing Luo Caisi was going to leave. He owed Luo Caisi, and he owed the gray wolf too. But he couldn't even take a wolf cub with him, as he knew where he was heading—a place that might well be a dead-end.
Luo Caisi looked at Lan Xiaobu with some concern and said, "Do you know Qianyin is looking for you? I hope you have good luck."
All she had to do was turn on her phone, and someone would come to pick her up.
Originally, she wanted to discuss medical issues with Lan Xiaobu, like Lancomycin and Frozen Silkworm Disease. But after experiencing the brink of life and death, she suddenly felt that perhaps these weren't so crucial.
Lan Xiaobu was staring blankly at Luo Caisi. Whether in the past or present life, Luo Caisi was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
If it weren't for that paper, he and Luo Caisi would just be two strangers among the vast sea of people. Yet now, he owed Luo Caisi a great deal.
"I'm leaving too..." Lan Xiaobu looked at the foggy sky outside. Despite knowing the reason the flying saucer returned to Earth, he still had to leave.
He had acquired an incredible amount of knowledge and knew numerous cosmic secrets, so he had to leave Earth. If he didn't leave Earth with the flying saucer, it might endanger the planet.
"I knew you were leaving, but you can't leave with me. Otherwise, you'll be in great danger..." Luo Caisi said.
Lan Xiaobu shook his head, looking once more at the vast sky and said slowly, "I am going to leave Earth... maybe never to return. I cannot repay your life-saving kindness right now, and will just have to owe it."
"Leaving Earth?" Luo Caisi looked at Lan Xiaobu in surprise. Wasn't he still not fully recovered? How could he be talking nonsense?
Lan Xiaobu didn't explain but said, "I will teach you something first, after which you should wait for me here for one night."
"What is it? A medical issue?" Luo Caisi grew even more puzzled.
"It's the Muscle-Tendon Altering Sutra, currently the most advanced martial art on Earth, and you must not mention to anyone that you have learned it in the future." Lan Xiaobu said.
Luo Caisi shook her head, "I'm not interested in that, you don't need to teach me."
She had heard that since the burst of Earth’s Spiritual Qi, martial arts had flourished, and many were fervent about learning various martial arts. But she only had an interest in medicine, and martial arts were not her thing.
Lan Xiaobu said earnestly, "With the burst of Earth’s Spiritual Qi, no one knows what might happen in the future. If one day you find yourself falling into this mountain stream again, with martial arts, you will not starve here and can even leave on your own."
Luo Caisi fell silent, knowing Lan Xiaobu was right. Without the gray wolf, could she have survived?
Seeing Luo Caisi's silence, Lan Xiaobu quickly said, "You must remember what I say, follow the first posture, then wait for me to return. The first posture: bend your arms, slowly lift to your chest as if holding a ball, bend the wrists, palm facing up, palms facing each other... The mantra says: The body should be upright, hands in front of the chest, Qi settled, spirit collected, with a sincere strong appearance..."
What is this? Luo Caisi was utterly confused, yet she followed Lan Xiaobu's instructions to memorize it.
After Lan Xiaobu finished the twelve postures and saw Luo Caisi practice the first, he quickly left the cave.
When Lan Xiaobu left, Luo Caisi began trying the first posture.
"The first posture: bend arms, slowly lift..."
To her surprise, as she performed the first posture, a faint warm current rose from her dantian and spread throughout her body. Her once weak body now seemed to have gained some strength.
Even if one were a fool, Luo Caisi would know this method was something great.
First posture, second posture...
When Luo Caisi reached the sixth posture, she could clearly feel herself absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and these energies naturally circulated within her body following her moves, allowing her to exhale the impure air.
Half a day passed, Luo Caisi exhaled, stopping her moves. At this point, she only felt hunger, but her energy had noticeably increased.
The cries of the wolf cubs awakened Luo Caisi. She hurriedly crushed some roasted meat to feed the cubs but had no thoughts of continuing her practice due to her unease in Lan Xiaobu's absence.
After a long, tormenting night, Lan Xiaobu returned the next day with a bag.
"Where did you get the bag?" Luo Caisi looked at Lan Xiaobu's bag in confusion.
Lan Xiaobu handed the bag to Luo Caisi, "Inside is my notebook, which contains many downloads that mustn't be seen by anyone else. Also, when you reach the Bone Tempering Stage, there's a prescription in the box inside. That prescription is what Qianyin wants; remember not to let it leak out. Additionally, there's a piece of Sheep Fat White Jade in the bag as a keepsake for you. If Su Cen gets married, there's a diamond in the bag... Sigh, just leave that part, you don't know her."
"Ah... I can't accept these." Hearing there was a diamond and Sheep Fat White Jade, Luo Caisi resolutely pushed the bag back to Lan Xiaobu.
Lan Xiaobu didn't take it back, instead, he said, "I am leaving Earth, keeping these things would be a waste."
"You're not talking nonsense?" Luo Caisi peered at Lan Xiaobu intently.
Lan Xiaobu smiled, "Look up my father, Lan Xiangchen, when you go back, and you'll know if I'm talking nonsense. Let's go, don't ask for help, I'll first take you to Taichuan Ancient Path. Once there, you can leave on your own."
If Luo Caisi were to return alone, she definitely wouldn't reach Taichuan Ancient Path. However, with Lan Xiaobu, it only took them half a day to return to the Taichuan Ancient Path.
"I will send you only this far, and I won't say goodbye. Lancomycin and Frozen Silkworm Disease are recorded in my computer, you can check them out but remember, do not tell anyone you can solve these issues, or you will be troubled. May you achieve great medical success and become a good doctor in the future.” Lan Xiaobu stood outside the Taichuan Ancient Path, waving farewell to Luo Caisi.
Luo Caisi stood with her mouth agape, not knowing what to say for a moment. It wasn't until Lan Xiaobu turned away that she suddenly cried out, "Lan Xiaobu, wait a moment..."
Seeing Lan Xiaobu stop, Luo Caisi took off the pearl necklace she wore, walked to the roadside and handed it to Lan Xiaobu along with a wolf cub, "This is for you, consider it a gesture of friendship. And this cub, I can't raise one alone, you should take one too. Mine is named Taichuan, yours must be named Ancient Path. That's it, goodbye."
Luo Caisi thought she didn't mind everything, but as she handed the necklace to Lan Xiaobu, she felt her face heat up and immediately turned to leave. In her mind, it was simply because she had nothing else to give, and Lan Xiaobu had given her so many things. She had no ulterior motives.
(Today's update ends here, goodnight friends!)
(End of chapter)