荒墟牧神 - 第141章 藥迷御醫殿 - 簡牘書房

These past days the Imperial Academy had first been blockaded at its gates by the Daoist heir, and then by the Buddha's Son of Great Thunderclap Monastery, and many had been wounded—which made the Academy's scholars realize the importance of the Imperial Physician Hall. Now that the Hall was holding lessons, naturally they came to listen. All the scholars saw was that these physicians' techniques were unfathomable and transcendent, and they praised without end, admiration filling their hearts.

Physician Yu and the others moved their feet ceaselessly around the stone furnace, their forms crossing and weaving like a few old butterflies fluttering about a fire—truly of Daoist bone and immortal air, at a glance masters who had attained the Way. Suddenly the old men halted, each withdrawing his hands, adjusting his breath, waiting for the stone furnace to cool.

At this step the old physicians all hesitated. Physician Qu laid his hand on the stone furnace. "It seems it was this technique—his hand just pressed like this. . .

" Physician Yu smiled. "So what if it fails? At worst we refine another furnace. Open it!

" Physician You stepped up and lifted the lid; at once a fragrance struck his nose, and he laughed aloud: "How fra—huh—ng—grant—ah—ah—ah.

. .

" Thud.

Physician You hit the ground, a strange smile still hanging on his face—a smile like a flower half-bloomed, one that had only managed to laugh halfway. Thud, thud, thud.

Physician Yu, Physician You, and the rest also fell on their backs, smiles on their faces.

The many scholars watching nearby cried out in alarm; some moved to rescue them, some to flee—and suddenly all the scholars felt as if their limbs had vanished, and one after another they toppled with a thud, thud. Not only did they feel their limbs had flown away—even their eyes, noses, ears, and their very heads had "vanished without a trace"!

Even their spirit embryos were suddenly numbed, unable to move, and their vital qi frozen stiff!