Chapter 39 - 29: Ten Thousand Spirits Pill
Xu Qing's recent work brought significant rewards, both from the silver taels and coins he earned from officiating funerals.
But the greatest reward was the information and gifts he acquired after delivering the old doctor.
This doctor, posthumously recognized by Master Li Si as a godfather, was no ordinary man.
His real name was Yang Chunfu. He was born into a wealthy family, and since childhood, he had a fondness for Daoist texts and medical classics. At thirteen, he set his ambitions, and at fifteen, he bade farewell to his parents and went to Henglu Mountain to seek knowledge and the Dao.
On Henglu Mountain, there was a Songyun Temple. The temple master Ge Hongwen was a Sage of profound skills; in the harsh winter, he could make withered branches bloom, and during severe droughts, he could keep the mountain streams flowing and the wells at the foothills filled.
After hearing about the various feats of Immortal Master Ge, Yang Chunfu was determined to become his disciple.
However, when he encountered Master Ge Hongwen on the mountain path, the latter said Yang was not destined for the Dao and advised him to return, lest he waste his youthful years pursuing the elusive immortality.
For, in this world, there were no so-called great masters, nor were there any divine power immortal techniques.
Despite saying this, when Ge Hongwen turned, he moved with the grace of a crane, effortlessly crossing a mountain chasm tens of feet wide and flew towards the temple halfway up the mountain.
Yang Chunfu was stunned; if this wasn't an immortal technique, what was?
Enthralled by these divine powers within reach, how could he easily give up?