I Have Medicine

Chapter 528 - An Opportunity for One’s Parents

After the matter was resolved, Yu Cheng, Gu Qi, and Zhao Ji consumed the medicinal pills given by Gu Zuo to heal their injuries. It didn’t take long for them to return to their peak conditions.

Gu Zuo glanced at Yu Cheng: “You forcefully broke through, and your foundation is a bit unstable. Before considering anything else, you should go back and quickly consolidate it. When the Yu Family is called into question, you will have to come with us.”

Yu Cheng knew that he hadn’t done his job well this time, so he didn’t dare to say anything else. After apologizing to Gu Qi and Zhao Ji again, he bade farewell to everyone.

After that, Gu Zuo looked at Zhao Ji: “Father, do you have something to tell us?”

Zhao Ji slowly nodded his head: “Yes, son.”

If one mentioned the Zhao Ji of the past, although his appearance was a valiant handsomeness of pure masculinity, which was quite attractive, he seemed dull and inarticulate due to some mental problems. He didn’t have any sense of existence. But now, it was different. His mental state was steadily improving, and the spirited light in his eyes was getting stronger and stronger. He was gradually regaining the charm and charisma of many men.

Gu Qi looked at Zhao Ji with satisfaction in his eyes.

After coming to this world, cultivation could strengthen his body, and his mentality was much more relaxed than before. Everything was getting better. He could vaguely see the scene of himself and Zhao Ji holding each other’s hands for hundreds or even thousands of years in the future. He felt happy and blessed.

Gu Zuo was overjoyed to see his family’s parents being so harmonious and understanding, so he said: “If father has any difficulties, just tell me.”

With an expressionless face, Zhao Ji extended a hand, and pointed in a certain direction: “En, over there.”

Gu Zuo blanked.

Gongyi Tianheng slightly pondered, and asked: “Did Uncle Zhao discover something?”

Zhao Ji nodded again: “Ah Qi and I found a fortuitous encounter.”

After that, Gu Qi recalled something, and immediately understood what Zhao Ji meant. He quickly told the story: “This isn’t the first time Ah Ji and I have come to White Woods Slope. The last time we came here to gain experience, we accidentally provoked a wild beast that was several times stronger than us. During the course of our escape, we unexpectedly fell into a deep pit and saw a stone cave.

“However, we weren’t strong enough, and didn’t have a way to overcome the stone guards surrounding that cave. At first, Ah Ji and I planned to simply use those stone guards to sharpen ourselves once we grew older, but after encountering such a mishap today, Ah Ji thinks that it would be better to open up that cave first. After all, a long night has many dreams. If there’s an opportunity in the cave, it’ll be perfect for improving our strength.”

This time around, this “our” naturally included Gu Zuo and Gongyi Tianheng.

After Gu Zuo finished listening, he didn’t expect to get a share of the action in the cave. In his opinion, whatever his father and dad found was of course theirs to keep. If he and his big brother went to help, it was just to lend a hand.

Tianheng knew Gu Zuo’s intentions, and naturally didn’t have any objections.

Gu Zuo said: “Okay, we’ll go and break through it.”

Now that he and big brother were present, they could take his parents on an adventure, which could minimize the danger and increase their experience. When all was said and done, once his parents grew up, they would go out adventuring on their own. At that time, having experience was better than not having any at all. Gu Zuo and Tianheng couldn’t do everything on their behalf…

Furthermore, there might be some ancient inheritance in the cave. He and big brother had long found their own paths. And since Gu Qi and Zhao Ji discovered the cave, perhaps this really was their chance.

After making a decision, Gu Zuo and Tianheng followed behind Zhao Ji and Gu Qi, who quickly guided the way… A little more than an hour later, they came to the exact location.

In this place, the mud was very soft and loose. There were also many plants in the vicinity with strange and monstrous appearances. These plants possessed a somewhat dangerous feeling about them. With fangs bared and claws brandished, they would make ordinary martial artists flinch and shrink back.

This wasn’t the first time Gu Qi had come. He casually threw out a medicinal pill, which smashed into the ground and released a gray mist.

In an instant, those vicious plants mellowed out and drooped down one after another like they were sinking into a deep sleep.

Gu Zuo could clearly see that the medicinal pill was one of the trick pills he had given to his dad. Once unleashed, it has a marvelous effect on plants. Judging from his dad’s proficiency, it seemed that he had been here many times.

En, speaking of which, this place was quite hidden. If it wasn’t for his parents taking a wrong turn while being chased by a wild beast, they wouldn’t have discovered that there was a mysterious cave in such a place.

Zhao Ji took a big wooden stick from somewhere, and inserted it into the soft mud. He stirred the mud in one spot before going to another spot. Then, it appeared that he found the correct location.

Following that, Zhao Ji took out several large wooden stakes, and tossed them towards that area — In the blink of an eye, those wooden stakes smoothly sunk into the ground. He grabbed Gu Qi, and jumped inside.

Gu Zuo: “…”

If they plunged straight in like this, wouldn’t they be covered in mud?

Soon after, Gu Zuo and Tianheng followed right behind as their bodies sank into the mud.

However, while they were in the mud, Gu Zuo didn’t feel any sensations like difficulty breathing or smelling horrible stenches. The surroundings seemed clean, and all they experienced was a somewhat refreshing feeling within the earth and mud.

Some time later, their feet were firmly planted on solid ground.

Gu Zuo lifted his eyes, and saw a wide, open space in front of him. At the back of the open space was a stone cave. There was a group of stone men at the doorway, standing rigidly in front of the cave entrance. In addition to this group of stone men, there were also two stone lions at the innermost layer.

At this moment, Tianheng was standing quietly on the side. In front of the cave, there were two stone men maneuvering their tall and sturdy bodies. Each one was sparring with Gu Qi and Zhao Ji.

Upon seeing Gu Zuo arrive, another stone man seemed to move, but it didn’t actually “revive” and come over. When Gu Zuo walked to Tianheng’s side, the stone man became calm and tranquil.

Gu Zuo and Tianheng were about thirty meters away from the stone men. Meanwhile, Gu Qi and Zhao Ji were nine meters away from the cave abode.

Tianheng said: “The fifteen meters in front of the cave are within attack range.”

Gu Zuo nodded his head, expressing his understanding.

Based on the stone men’s frequency of “unlocking” and style of work, the original owner of this cave shouldn’t have been a particularly strict personage. Otherwise, if the stone men swarmed up, so long as someone came here, they would be attacked by the stone men. He reckoned that his parents would’ve fallen at least once in this place.

Gu Zuo said: “With this kind of method, there certainly must be an inheritance.”

Tianheng smiled: “If it happens to be a suitable inheritance, the two uncles can improve their strength a little more.”

Gu Zuo was expectant of this as well.

It didn’t take long for Zhao Ji and Gu Qi to defeat those stone men.

The strength of the stone men was Xiantian stage two. After being turned into gravel under the two people’s attacks, another three stone men were released and took action. Gu Qi and Zhao Ji quickly moved forward and began fighting them. This time around, the two went through a difficult battle to eliminate the stone men.

Following this, there were four stone men.

Their realms were all at Xiantian stage two…

Gu Zuo seriously observed the skills of his parents. He was a little surprised to find that what his father, Zhao Ji, used was a broadsword. When taking action, the sharp sword light shined in all directions. His movements were steady, and the angle of his swings were rather subtle. As for his dad, Gu Qi, what he used was a type of narrow saber. With an open and wide range, his moves were like the wind, possessing a bold and imposing air.

After careful consideration, he felt that these spirit weapons and attack styles were quite consistent with his parents’ personalities.

In his past memories… Among the people of his family, dad was cheerful, carefree, and sunny, while father was staid, wise, and farsighted.

A short time later, the four stone men were resolved.

Gu Qi and Zhao Ji’s level of combat was out of the ordinary. Although the stone men were a little ungainly, this was a two versus four in the end. This was enough to see the two’s brilliance.

Subsequently, there were six stone men, eight stone men… Gu Qi and Zhao Ji were surrounded by danger quite a few times, but they were able to push through.

Then, the stone men became Xiantian stage three. Gu Qi and Zhao Ji barely managed to deal with one each. However, when the number of Xiantian stage three stone men increased to three combatants, the two were finally incapable of resisting.

At this point, Tianheng took action.

His figure flashed, and he stepped into the group of stone men. He smashed the three stone men to smithereens with a flick of his finger, and carried Gu Qi and Zhao Ji out. Immediately following which, Tianheng returned within range of the stone men. Soon after, the stone men that had been shattered by several people automatically assembled together one by one. With a shake of their bodies, their strength advanced to the low Ascendant Realm.

Gu Zuo was startled.

— These stone men could still transform according to the strength of the challenger?

What exactly was the principle…

On the other side, Tianheng didn’t rush at all, but he swiftly smashed a stone man to pieces. Then, he destroyed two stone men, three, four, eight… Finally, all of the stone men in the back stood up, reaching sixteen combatants.

But even though it was like this, Tianheng was still able to deal with these stone men with ease. Every time he took action, he rapidly shattered a stone man.

Gu Qi was watching on the side, and stated his surprise: “Ah Zuo, did Tianheng become stronger again?”

Gu Zuo nodded: “Big brother is at the Ascendant Realm. It can be said that he can sweep away the majority of people. Even among prodigies, big brother is outstanding.”

Gu Qi dipped his head in approval.

Back in the modern world, when hadn’t stepped onto the path of martial arts and started cultivating, Gu Qi only thought that Gongyi Tianheng was very powerful, his way of thinking was insightful, and his feelings for his son were deep. Of course, while it was true that he was fond of Tianheng, he didn’t understand the other person at all. Furthermore, all of his energy was focused on Zhao Ji at that time.

Now that he had come to this world, the more he witnessed, the more he understood how terrifying people like Tianheng were. Presently, when he looked at Tianheng’s strength, he just felt that the path ahead was obscured by a dense fog, mysterious and unrecognizable. No matter what, he couldn’t see through it clearly.

Seeing the calm expression on Gu Zuo’s face, Gu Qi felt somewhat reassured.

There had been many times Gu Qi had observed Gu Zuo “ordering around” Tianheng. Meanwhile, Tianheng acted like those orders were as sweet as syrup… In fact, nothing else mattered. So long as he treated his family’s silly son with sincerity, that was enough.

Off to the side, Tianheng swiftly settled the problem. Those stone men had reached 32 combatants.

If it was a single-person test, so long as a martial artist was able to deal with 16 stone men of the same realm, their aptitude was extraordinary and they were worthy of entering the cave. And if it was a multi-person test, then they would confront stone men that were stronger by a minor realm. The challengers would have to work together, and it would be more difficult to pass.

At this moment, once Tianheng took care of these stone men, what he faced during the second test were the two stone lions.

The instant he stood in front of the stone lions, the statues immediately came to life and their strength reached the mid Ascendant Realm. The stone lions attacked Tianheng in a concerted effort, and their movements seemed more agile than that of the stone men.

The difficulty of the second hurdle was much higher!

It was just that, as far as Tianheng was concerned, this was still a small appetizer…

Soon, the stone lions were eliminated.

The stone doors of the cave were right before their eyes.

Tianheng looked back with a smile on his face: “Ah Zuo, uncles. Come over here.”

After all of the stone men and stone lions were destroyed, even if someone passed the test, latecomers who intended to enter wouldn’t be blocked.

Gu Zuo couldn’t help saying: “If we didn’t come here, but someone tailed the one undergoing the test, wouldn’t this just be taking advantage at no cost?”

Gu Qi was a little amused when he heard his silly son’s question: “If all of the people ahead are capable of passing this kind of test, would there still be anyone tailing them?”

Gu Zuo thought about it, and agreed.

The corner of Tianheng’s lips curved up slightly. He didn’t refute this statement.

In actuality, he felt that this must also be about testing one’s luck. If the person who arrived didn’t have any luck, they would naturally be tailed by someone with evil intentions. If they were lucky, even if someone else came, this danger would eventually be averted.

An opportunity was only an opportunity for the right person to encounter it. If not, then it would be a missed chance.

Very quickly, the group of four arrived at the entrance of the cave.

Tianheng struck out with a palm, and the stone doors abruptly opened wide, revealing a pitch-black passageway.

The four people went inside. However, right at this moment, the stone doors behind the suddenly closed again!

Gu Zuo squeaked in surprise. Shortly thereafter, he sensed that this dark passageway was quickly brightening. The scenes on both sides appeared before everyone’s eyes!

Then, Gu Zuo and Gu Qi both gasped in amazement.

As it turned out, the passageway was very long, as much as 300 meters. Meanwhile, both sides of the passageway were stone walls, and etched on the stone walls were many different patterns. If anyone looked at it casually, they would immediately feel dizzy, but if they looked at it with rapt attention, they would feel as though a whirlpool had formed on the stone wall, pulling their consciousness into it.

Gu Zuo released his psychic power to resist this attractive force. Following this, he discovered that the patterns on the right seemed to have a sequence of regularity. They ranged from simple to complex, until they eventually formed one diagram after another. On the other hand, the ones on the left were complete designs from the beginning — In other words, they were pictures. And each picture possessed its own charm and grace.

This was truly too unusual!

At some point, Tianheng appeared next to Gu Zuo, and spoke in a warm voice: “It’s said that in ancient times, when a great and mighty powerhouse falls, they will record their own ultimate knowledge within runic diagrams. If any descendants come here and observe the runes, they will have the opportunity to realize the ultimate knowledge contained in them, causing one’s own strength to advance by leaps and bounds.”

Gu Zuo was astonished: “Big brother means that this is a runic diagram inheritance left behind from ancient times?”

Tianheng faintly nodded: “Perhaps, this is the case.”

Gu Zuo took a deep breath, and said: “The one on the right…”

Tianheng responded: “Since it’s from simple to complex, I reckon that it must be the inheritance of runes.”

Gu Zuo understood in a flash.

If one wanted to incorporate ultimate knowledge into runic diagrams, they needed to have a rune master to draw the runic diagrams. Since the picture wall on the left could hold ultimate knowledge inheritances, why couldn’t the right side be the inheritance of a rune master?

When one thought about it, this was very possible!

— This place was simply a treasure cave!

After coming back to his senses, Gu Zuo hurriedly looked at his parents.

This was their opportunity, so he could try and see whether they could… Eh?

Just when Gu Zuo looked over, he found that his father was already standing in front of the first pattern on the right stone wall, staring blankly at the monotonous rune. But when looking carefully, the spirited light in his eyes didn’t disappear. Instead, it seemed as though countless runes were constantly flickering within them.

This situation was clearly the process of enlightenment!

On the other side, Gu Qi didn’t know when he arrived in front of the seventh runic picture on the left stone wall. There was a lofty volcano that towered into the clouds with lava rolling and flames raging. And high in the sky was a pitch-black crack that slashed straight down. Judging from its shape… Was it a saber mark?

Gu Qi stood before that picture, and also stared in a daze. Two fiery lights kept dancing in his eyes. Obviously, he was comprehending the scene in the picture!

Right away, Gu Zuo was overjoyed.

How could he still not guess what was going on now?

His father, Zhao Ji, had a great chance of obtaining the rune master’s inheritance, while his dad, Gu Qi, was fated with the ultimate knowledge in the seventh picture.

An opportunity! Sure enough, this cave was his parents’ opportunity!

Tianheng reached out, and played with Gu Zuo’s cheek: “Are you happier now?”

Gu Zuo hurriedly nodded his head: “With an inheritance, father and dad’s paths will be even clearer.”

To be honest, although he didn’t know what rank the inheritance here was, since it was passed down from ancient times, it was probably wasn’t weak. This might be more suitable than going to Ten Ultimates Sect to choose their ultimate knowledge later.

Opportunities were a kind of unpredictable reaction. Cultivating along the opportunity could often improve one’s own luck. However, not everyone had an opportunity. Some people had it, but in fact, it only indirectly helped others.

Yet, although Gu Qi and Zhao Ji were once just ordinary people, they were already connected to the Tiandu Body through Gu Zuo. How lucky was the body envied by the heavens? Back then, even Huangfu Zhanghao, who only had an indirect, thread-like connection, suddenly transformed into someone favored by luck. Not to mention the people at the Tiandu Body’s side?

As the saying went, “When one person achieves the Dao, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.” In many cases, it didn’t mean that true immortality would bring along many people, but that so long as the person with the strongest luck didn’t die prematurely along the way, the people close to this individual would benefit from it.

What’s more, apart from the Tiandu Body, there was also Gu Zuo, who owned the Divine Medicine Great Palace.

Gu Zuo had received such a powerful inheritance from the very beginning. Later on, he directly saved the life of Gongyi Tianheng, who had the Tiandu Body. If he didn’t have enough terrifying luck, how could he have accomplished this? The strength of Tianheng’s luck resided in the fact that he was originally supposed to perish at age twenty. However, the heavens would never cut off all escape routes, and Gu Zuo had taken the initiative to come and knock on Tianheng’s door.

At that time, they came to an agreement and signed a contract to help boost one another. Now, the luck of both people had already intertwined. Just as they basked in each other’s glory, so too would they share the burden of each other’s losses.

As for Zhao Ji and Gu Qi, their relationship with Gu Zuo was even deeper…

As a result, Tianheng’s luck was extremely domineering and all encompassing, while Gu Zuo’s luck was silently enhancing and constantly nourishing. If it was only the former, fortuitous encounters would break out in succession, and one might not be able to seize them all. It was a case of narrow escapes with nine deaths while still alive. If it was only the latter, perhaps the real adventures would have to wait until the two were stronger. It would be smooth sailing, but it would take a lot more time.

But what about now? The two of them were certainly blessed with luck that was long and continuous, rich and powerful.

Presently, Zhao Ji and Gu Qi had fallen into a period of comprehension. Meanwhile, Gu Zuo and Tianheng were still awake and clear-headed.

Gu Zuo asked: “Big brother, there are many runic pictures on the left stone wall. Do you want to go and observe them, too?”

Tianheng faintly shook his head: “There’s no harm to take a brief look, but it’s not necessary to observe. Since the two uncles are in the middle of comprehending, I will follow you to watch over them.”

Gu Zuo couldn’t help but smile: “Okay. Let’s watch over them together!”

Subsequently, while Gu Zuo paid attention to his parents’ situation, he went with Tianheng to take a cursory look at the runic pictures on the left stone wall.

Among these runic pictures, many were related to heavenly phenomena and natural phenomena. Every line seemed to contain a mystery, some of them felt terrifying with just a quick glimpse.

While walking past certain pictures, Tianheng’s steps couldn’t help pausing.

Gu Zuo curiously asked: “Big brother, what’s wrong?”

Tianheng pointed with his finger: “Ah Zuo, take a look.”

Gu Zuo glanced over.

He only saw this runic picture depicting countless people struggling in blood. By each of these people’s sides, there was a blood shadow roaming about. The entire picture gave one an extremely malevolent feeling. The resentment of those struggling figures seemed like it was about to break through the runic picture and rush straight into their eyes!

Seeing such a scene, Gu Zuo was so frightening that he almost retreated.

Immediately following which, he suddenly said: “…Endless Blood of the Divine Body?”

Tianheng nodded slightly, then shook his head: “Not necessarily, but it’s remarkably similar.”

Gu Zuo slowly let out a sigh: “That’s the ultimate knowledge of the Blood Transformation Palace Hall.”

Tianheng dipped his head: “After comprehending this picture, I may be able to understand it.”

Of course, now wasn’t the time for enlightenment.

Next, the two of them looked at all of the runic pictures one by one.

Then, they discovered that, among the other runic pictures, there were some that leaked the aura of the Ardent Earth Palace Hall’s ultimate knowledge, some that held the breath of the Jade Ocean Palace Hall’s ultimate knowledge, some… In short, there appeared to be at least five or six pictures that shared similarities with the ultimate knowledge of the Ten Ultimates Palace Halls.

Did this mean the product ranks of the ultimate knowledge in these pictures weren’t necessarily lower than those of the ten pieces of ultimate knowledge? Even if they were inferior, the inferiority of such profound mysteries was limited.

At this moment, Gu Zuo suddenly felt like they had unearthed a hidden treasure: “Big brother, will the mysteries contained in these runes be helpful to your six paths techniques?”

Tianheng smiled and said: “Naturally, there are.”

Gu Zuo promptly became even happier.

Tianheng pointed to another picture and said: “Ah Zuo, this picture should be beneficial to you.”

Gu Zuo took a look, and saw that there were only gatherings of strange air currents in this picture. As it happened, these air currents seemed to be capable of arousing his psychic power, which was quite unusual… This should’ve been a method related to the cultivation of the path of spirituality!

Even though he already had an inheritance, he could comprehend it as well…

Gongyi Tianheng and Gu Zuo watched over Gu Qi and Zhao Ji. This period of guarding lasted as long as several hours.

Gu Qi suddenly opened his eyes. His whole body appeared to be burning with flames, his pupils instantly turned scarlet-red, and his qi emissions seemed somewhat frightening.

And when Zhao Ji opened his eyes, the spirited light in his eyes was clear and bright. When he looked at Gu Qi, there was an indescribable tenderness.

T/N: Thanks for the corrections, Charysa.

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