Chapter 163: The Medicine Sect's Calamitous Root

Along with the use and control of one's own power, it also rose with the water, reaching a whole new level!

This isn't just a simple increase in strength; it's a fundamental improvement and transformation, worth far more and far more powerful than merely gaining some internal energy cultivation!

Both were immersed in this sudden, profoundly mysterious baptism, their bodies motionless, yet the aura on their bodies quietly changed, evolving toward a more rounded and profound direction.

However, just as this baptism reached its most critical moment——

The cross-legged figure sitting on the futon, who knows how many years of dry sitting the remains of True Person Shouyi, in the depths of those hollow eye sockets, without any sign, suddenly flashed a trace of extremely faint yet extraordinarily clear strange light!

That light flashed and then vanished, like a ghost fire in the night, exuding an indescribable eeriness.

That strange light was not some evil spirit causing trouble; it was more like a mark that had lain dormant for countless years, reignited by something.

Almost at the instant that light flashed, the seated remains stayed motionless, but a venerable, weary yet boundlessly majestic thought, using that 'Medical Heart Origin' light sphere as a bridge, directly transmitted into the deep minds of Zhang Jun and Lin Xue.

This thought was far clearer and more coherent than the fragmentary information previously received through the jade pendant.

"Junior…… you all…… have finally come……"

The thought came in fragments, but the emotions it contained were complex: there was relief, sorrow, and a deep worry.

Zhang Jun and Lin Xue's hearts jolted, instantly snapping out of that mysterious baptism state; their focus sharpened instantly as they carefully sensed this sudden thought exchange.

"Senior?" Zhang Jun tried to respond with his thoughts.

"No need for many words…… listen to me…… speak……"

That venerable thought carried an indisputable majesty, continuing to transmit the message.

"The decline of the Medicine Sect…… is not heaven's will…… but human calamity……"

"Back then…… within the sect…… it was not a struggle for power and position…… but a debate over the Dao lineage……"

As the thought transmitted, one blurry yet heart‑shocking scene after another flashed in their minds.

That was long ago, when the Medicine Sect was still flourishing; inside the sect, a prohibited research matter caused a huge rift.

"The Defying Fate Reincarnation Technique……"

In the thoughts of True Person Shouyi, there was deep anguish and helplessness.

"This technique…… attempts to reverse the cycle of life and death, to control the creation of heaven and earth…… it goes against heavenly harmony and will surely incur heavenly punishment……"

"But…… human hearts are never satisfied…… there always arise…… delusive thoughts……"

In the vision, some senior members of the Medicine Sect felt this was too evil and firmly opposed continuing it.

But another part were bewitched by the supreme temptation of controlling life and death, becoming obsessive and mad.

"In the end…… the divergence turned into…… betrayal……"

The hatred and sorrow revealed in the thought were etched into the bone.

"Yaomo……"

A vague designation, yet filled with the flavor of evil and madness, was deeply imprinted in the minds of Zhang Jun and Lin Xue.

As for who this 'Yaomo' specifically is, what they look like, the thoughts are just a blur, as if some force deliberately erased or interfered with it.

"It was he…… who led the forbidden art…… bewitched people's hearts…… ultimately…… invited the wolf into the house…… inside and outside colluded…… causing…… the sect to split…… the lineage to be cut off……"

"That medicine field outside……" the thoughts of True Person Shouyi turned to that previous underground medicine garden.

"Within the garden…… countless heavenly treasures and earthly riches…… myriad‑year spiritual roots…… were all…… by demons and their followers…… through evil law…… forcibly extracting essence…… to support…… the preliminary trial of that defying‑fate heretical art……"

No wonder that medicine field is dead and lifeless; it turns out it was destroyed by our own people using such overbearing and vicious methods!

Zhang Jun and Lin Xue both felt a sinking in their hearts, and toward that never‑met 'Yaomo' they generated a strong feeling of hatred.

"The Qin family……" the thoughts again mentioned the Qin family.

"The Qin clan ancestors…… once were outer‑disciples of my Medicine Sect…… loyal and reliable…… during the turmoil…… entrusted to guard the Shennong Cauldron (Medicine Cauldron)…… they fled far to escape disaster…… I granted them…… some superficial inheritance…… so as…… to fulfill the duty of protection……"

As it turns out, the Qin family does have such a connection with the Medicine Sect!

The medicine cauldron they have guarded generation after generation is actually the Medicine Sect's supreme treasure, the Shennong Cauldron!

No wonder Qin Yueyao cares so much about Medicine Sect affairs.

"This 'Medical Heart Origin'…… is the core of the orthodox power of my Medicine Sect…… the key to maintaining an unbroken inheritance……"

True Person Shouyi's thoughts grew somewhat weak.

"But…… after the turmoil of those years…… and after enduring endless ages…… the power of the origin…… has already…… become utterly feeble……"

"The union of the Yin Yang Jade Pendant…… is merely…… the key to unlocking the inheritance……"

"If one truly wishes to revive the Medicine Sect…… one must first…… pass the origin trial…… obtain…… its recognition……"

By the time the thoughts reached this point, they had become extremely feeble, like a candle about to gutter in the wind.

"My lingering thoughts…… will also…… be exhausted……"

"The future of the Medicine Sect…… is entrusted…… to you……"

When the words faded, that venerable thought receded like a tide and vanished completely.

The remains of True Person Shouyi, seated cross‑legged on the futon, facing Zhang Jun and Lin Xue, its desiccated skull seemed to tremble ever so slightly, symbolically nodding.

Immediately, a soft 'puff' sound.

The whole remains, like losing its final support, turned into the finest flying ash before their eyes, drifting down softly, completely dissipating into the air without leaving a trace.

A generation's Medicine Sect Sect Leader, in order to safeguard the inheritance, sat here desiccated for myriad ages, and in the end could not even preserve the corpse.

Zhang Jun and Lin Xue felt a mix of emotions, and once again bowed deeply toward the spot where the remains had dissipated.

And just at the instant when True Person Shouyi's lingering thoughts completely dissipated——

"Hum——!"

The 'Medical Heart Origin' light sphere hovering in mid‑air suddenly burst forth with unprecedented brilliant light!

The light was so intense that it instantly illuminated the entire stone chamber as bright as daylight, even brighter than daylight!

The round stone chamber began to shake violently; the formerly dim ancient runes on the walls, at this moment seemed to be fully activated, lighting up one after another, emanating a vast and mighty aura!

An indescribable surge, like the vast will of heaven and earth when they first opened, suddenly descended from within the 'Medical Heart Origin', instantly enveloping the entire stone chamber and also Zhang Jun and Lin Xue!

The test, begins!