Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Uncle Fengxiang is ill?”

“Yes, he fainted in his house this afternoon and went to the hospital. It’s a rapid disease,” Zhang Xiuying said.

“Oh,” Wang Yao responded.

Two days ago, he had seen the middle-aged man on the hill. He was physically fit and had a smile on his face. He looked pretty healthy. Of course, Wang Yao only saw him from afar and did not look closely.

“I’ll go take a look when he’s back.”

When Nanshan hill was on fire the other day, this man had helped to put out the fire. Wang Yao remembered his kindness.

“Alright.”

After dinner, Wang Yao went up to Nanshan hill again.

…

In the county hospital in Lianshan County.

He Xiuhua, who just came rushing from home, sat in the hallway and wept alone.

“You have to be mentally prepared. The patient’s condition is more serious.”

The doctor did not mention the specific extent to which the disease could be recovered. It was entirely dependent on a person’s exercise.

Her husband had cerebral thrombosis. He collapsed to the ground without a single symptom.

Nowadays, the population diagnosed with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases were increasing. Some young people in their twenties would even get this disease. This was almost impossible in the past. This disease happened to be difficult to treat, and the onset was rapid. Furthermore, most people these days did not have the awareness of visiting the hospital early when there was discomfort in their body. As a result, they had never noticed these symptoms. Therefore, once the disease showed itself, it was often an emergency.

A man in his forties was in the prime of his life and should be working hard. If the backbone of the family collapsed, the family would fall apart.

“What am I going to do?”

She could not cry in front of her husband. She also did not dare to tell him the truth. She was afraid that he would have some other thoughts.

At this time, there were also not many relatives who came forward to help. As the saying went, a friend in need is a friend indeed.

The hallway was very quiet at night. A woman was sobbing silently.

Instead, a family member of another patient in the same ward came to give her some advice and asked her to take it easy.

In the hospital, time passed very slowly, and it was torturing.

…

Early morning the next day, the weather was somewhat gloomy, and the air was a bit stuffy.

It was not felt on the hill.

In the herbal field, there was a jet-black colored vine with the thickness of a pencil tip. It coiled upwards along the trunk of the chestnut tree.

“The licorice roots and polygonum vine are growing quite well,” Wang Yao said with a smile.

After 10 o’clock in the morning, a car arrived at the mountain village and stopped at the south end of the village. Three people who got out of the car. There were two middle-aged men and an old man aged between 70 and 100 years old. The old man was wearing a pair of sunglasses and held a cane in his hand. He still needed someone to hold him while walking.

“Master, it’s in front.”

The man leading the way was He Qisheng.

The mountain road was a bit bumpy. After bypassing a mountain, Nanshan hill appeared in front of their eyes.

Yes!

The old man stood in the same spot, looking up at the mountain.

The vegetation on the mountain was not considered to be luxuriant, but there it was large. That area was where Wang Yao planed his trees to arrange the battle array earlier on. They had already grown now. Under the dual effects of the aura of the heaven and earth and the ancient spring water, they were green and luxuriant and were growing very well.

“This mountain has a soul!” The old man’s voice was hoarse like a dilapidated bellow.

“Master, should I go up and say a word first?” He Qisheng asked.

“It’s okay, we’ll go straight up,” the old man replied immediately.

After hearing this, He Qisheng frowned a little.

Three people slowly ascended the hill. There was a barking sound coming from the hill.

Was someone here?

Wang Yao walked out of the cottage.

After a while, three people appeared outside the herbal field. The first one was He Qisheng. Behind him, there was a middle-aged man holding an old man.

“Dr. Wang.”

“Hello.” Wang Yao looked at the two people behind him.

He Qisheng came a little abruptly. If this was in the past, he would give Wang Yao a call before coming.

“This is my teacher.” He pointed at the old man behind him.

Glancing at the tree saplings in front of him, which had already grown to the thickness of a baby’s wrist, the old man said, “Hallucinatory embattle?”

“Oh?!” Wang Yao was a little stunned.

The old man was actually a knowledgeable person. Why did He Qisheng bring him here?

“Young man, who’s your mentor?” the old man asked.

His breathing was not smooth, and his voice was not stable. His life was like a candle’s flame in the wind. This old man was dying.

Wang Yao had already reached a conclusion with just a sentence.

“I learned from the gods above,” Wang Yao said with a smile.

The old man laughed. Then, he took two steps forward, looking closely at the trees around him.

“This feeling is great! It’s the spirit gathering battle array!”

What the aura actually was could not be described accurately. However, it could be understood as a thing that could not be seen and touched but made people feel comfortable. It was also beneficial for the human body.

“Young man, may I go in and have a look?”

“Sorry,” Wang Yao directly rejected.

The old man was an expert with just one look. If he knew about herbs as well, then the licorice roots inside could be troublesome. The value of these things was inestimable to those who needed them!

After hearing Wang Yao’s words, the atmosphere was very awkward all of a sudden.

“Young man, I’m just going to take a look. You don’t have to be so nervous.”

“You can see it from the outside then.” Wang Yao pointed at the hill.

The old man did not say anything. He then turned around and walked around the hill in difficulty.

“Teacher, why don’t I speak to him again?” He Qisheng asked.

“It’s okay.” The old man’s tone was a bit stern.

The wind on the hill was cooler against the body. However, the dark clouds in the sky were pierced by the sun. It was still a bit hot, but the old man insisted on finishing walking instead.

“There’s already such a feeling outside. It’ll only be even richer in the battle array,” the old man murmured.

The small hill was just like the cave heaven and blessed land in novels. Residing here for a long time would absolutely have a positive impact on human health and could prolong one’s life.

This battle array must… No one knew the inner thoughts of the old man.

However, He Qisheng could roughly guess. He realized that he should not have brought the old man here. His original idea was to bring his teacher here to have a look. With his ability, he might be able to replicate it. However, he did not know about the mystery and anomaly of the knowledge of the battle array. It was unable to be understood with just a glance. Instead, it aroused the desire deep inside the old man’s heart.

The old man left, but He Qisheng stayed. He went up the hill quickly and explained the situation to Wang Yao.

It was not that he betrayed his own teacher. He was a rational person. His intention to bring his teacher was good, but the teacher had an evil idea. He knew about Wang Yao’s ability and the current connections that he had already accumulated. He was still like that now, but he would only grow stronger in the future.

Rather bully the old, don’t bully the poor who is young.

Most people understood this principle.

After hearing what He Qisheng said, Wang Yao’s face turned grave.

The identity of He Qisheng’s teacher was a bit special. He could say a few words in front of those powerful people in Jing City. Sometimes, just a word could cause big trouble.

Wang Yao hesitated for a bit and picked up the phone.

“You owe me something!”

It was a woman in full bloom on the other end of the phone. “It’s not me, it’s the Guo family. And also, it’s not just one, but two.”

Regarding the things that she had already promised, Guo Sirou would never fall out and go back on her words. This was the consciousness and confidence of the rich.

“Someone is eyeing this hill and wants the things on it.” Wang Yao explained the whole situation clearly with a few simple words.

On the other end of the phone, Guo Sirou’s face became a bit ghastly. She knew who the old man mentioned by Wang Yao was. In fact, the Guo family had some friendly relations with the old man. He once helped the Guo family to do something.

“I’ll deal with it immediately,” Guo Sirou replied truthfully.

Then, she first called her father and went to her grandfather’s place.

The old man’s body was getting worse and worse, but his mind was still clear.

“Huang Qifa?”

“Yes.”

“What else is a dying old man trying to do?”

Guo Sirou had the same doubt.

The old man said a few words to the middle-aged man beside him. He immediately went to handle the matter. The matter was considered to be half-solved.

“Communicate with the young man more.”

“Yes, Grandpa.”

The next day, there was a visitor in the old man’s small courtyard. It was also an old man who needed someone to hold him while walking. This person was the old man who had just been to Nanshan Hill the day before.

“Old Chief.”

“Qifa, did you go out yesterday?”

“Yes, I went out.”

“You’re already this old. Run about less,” the old man said.

“I saw a mountain and met a person,” Huang Qifa said. “If I live on that mountain, I can live for another two years.” His voice was hoarse.