Chapter 1090

He pried open Miss Duanmu's mouth and flicked the pill in without a word.

The moment the pill entered Miss Duanmu's mouth, it dissolved at once.

Then the medicine took effect, and Miss Duanmu's breathing gradually began to show signs of color.

Later still, it grew even and steady.

Only she did not wake up.

"Senior… your medical skill is truly divine."

Seeing Miss Duanmu pull through the danger, Hearing Gai Nie was overjoyed, and for once began to flatter.

"Nonsense, this old man is known far and wide as the Divine Physician!"

The Divine Physician stroked his beard and glared, clearly quite pleased with Hearing Gai Nie's flattery.

Then he sighed again and said,

"However…"

"However what?"

Hearing Gai Nie lowered his head to look at Miss Duanmu, and saw a flush gradually rising on her face, her complexion no longer as it had been, and the great stone in his heart dropped to the ground.

But upon hearing the Divine Physician's words, he immediately raised his head and asked.

"This girl Rong's injuries are truly far too severe.

My one pill of Empty Promise can keep her life, but cannot make her wake."

The Divine Physician's face turned bitter; clearly, being unable to save Miss Duanmu even himself was a source of shame.

"What…"

Hearing Gai Nie never expected that he had rejoiced for nothing?

So the Divine Physician's so-called Empty Promise could only keep Miss Duanmu hanging on, but could not wake her?

If so, what difference was there between Miss and being dead?

Hearing Gai Nie's heart turned bitter again; giving hope only to plunge one into despair felt, to him, more despairing than anything.

"But…"

The Divine Physician's tone shifted once more.

"…"

Hearing Gai Nie raised his head, looking at him brimming with hope.

Although the Divine Physician's habit of pausing mid-speech was not a good one.

At this moment Hearing Gai Nie only wanted Miss Duanmu to wake; what did he care for anything else?

"There is a wondrous flower that can not only pull girl Rong back from the dead, but also add to her lifespan and cultivation."

The Divine Physician stroked his beard and said slowly.

875 Perhaps the Great Dragon Head could?

"Please, Senior, enlighten me!"

Hearing Gai Nie's gaze was firm; no matter how rare the wondrous flower the Divine Physician spoke of, he would obtain it at any cost.

"That wondrous flower is called…"

The Divine Physician's mischievous streak was, as expected, a little different from the norm.

Though he could plainly see the firmness and hope in Hearing Gai Nie's eyes, he still kept him dangling to the full.

After drawing out a long note, he suddenly said,

"I won't tell you!"

"…"

Hearing Gai Nie was once more at a loss for words.

He never expected this Divine Physician to be so utterly childish?

Yet judging by the situation just now, even if he tried to use force, he probably could not beat this Divine Physician.

Besides, Hearing Gai Nie was not the sort to bully the weak.

"Senior! Is there something you wish this junior to do?

If you have any instructions, even if it means a mountain of blades or a sea of flames, Hearing Gai Nie will certainly accomplish it for you."

Hearing Gai Nie's heart stirred, and he suddenly said.

"Good, I'll grant that you lad are clever."

The Divine Physician nodded in satisfaction and said proudly,

"If you had laid hands on me just now, even unto death I would not have saved girl Rong.

I didn't expect you lad to be decent, yet to do so much for girl Rong — it is girl Rong's good fortune!"

So this Divine Physician had just been testing him?

Hearing Gai Nie broke out in a cold sweat across his back; thank heavens he had not acted rashly just now!

"Enough! I won't keep you in suspense any longer."

The Divine Physician's face suddenly grew solemn, and he said in earnest,

"In truth I am not a man of Great Qin; I came to Great Qin to take refuge, having made an appointment with a friend."

The Divine Physician did not mention what the wondrous flower was called, but instead began to speak of his own experiences.

Hearing that the Divine Physician was not a man of Great Qin, Hearing Gai Nie actually found it only natural.

When he was at the Great Qin court, with his cultivation at the Earthly Immortal Realm, he had served for untold years as Qin Huang's chief swordsman.

It could be said his favor knew no bounds.

Hearing Ying Zheng trusted him greatly; whether it was the Black Ice Terrace or the Luo Web's secret intelligence, Hearing Gai Nie could access them all.

Although Hearing Gai Nie had no intention of spying for intelligence, he was thoroughly familiar with the human geography of Great Qin, the Hundred Schools of Thought, and the major and minor figures of the martial world.

He only knew that Miss Duanmu was the disciple of Nianduan, the last generation's sect leader of the Medical School.

Throughout all of Great Qin, Nianduan's medical skill was also the most outstanding.

After Nianduan passed away, only Miss Duanmu remained.

As for this "Divine Healer," there was no record of him at all.

Clearly, his origins were not that simple.

When the Divine Healer now said he was an outsider who had come to Great Qin to take refuge, Hearing Gai Nie thought to himself: just as expected.

At this point Hearing Gai Nie naturally would not say any more, and simply listened quietly to the Divine Healer's words.

The Divine Healer's speech was also somewhat jumbled and incoherent.

One moment he spoke of his origins, the next he spoke of what he had seen and heard in Great Qin.

Hearing Gai Nie restrained himself and listened.

In any case, Miss Duanmu's injuries had already stabilized; she simply could not wake up.

With Miss Duanmu out of mortal danger, that calm and capable Hearing Gai Nie had returned once more.

"Sigh, we had agreed to meet here in these Shenshan mountains, to live in seclusion and see out the rest of our broken lives.

Who would have thought that after I arrived here, I waited and waited for a very long time, and my friend never showed up.

At first I assumed my friend, like me, was half concealing his tracks to evade pursuit,

and half lingering to admire the scenery, having forgotten our appointment.

But later, when even the Tianxiahui Gang had been destroyed, my friend still had not appeared, and only then did I realize something was wrong."

In the Divine Healer's reminiscing eyes, a trace of fear flickered.

And when he mentioned the three words "Tianxiahui Gang," his expression became utterly wretched.

"Tianxiahui Gang? The ones hunting you were the Tianxiahui Gang?"

Hearing Gai Nie could hold back no longer and asked at once.

This Tianxiahui Gang had once been a transcendent power dominating Yunzhou.

Even the Yunzhou Imperial Court, which today was gradually rising into the ranks of the great powers, had remained hidden from the world while the Tianxiahui Gang still stood.

Others, such as the nameless swordsman of Tianshan, the Sword Saint of Lu Wushuang City, Dugu Jian, and the like, did not even dare to challenge the Tianxiahui Gang.

This could be called the Tianxiahui Gang's most glorious moment.

Who could have imagined that the Tianxiahui Gang would suddenly decline.

Not only did the Number One Tower Under Heaven, symbol of the Tianxiahui Gang's authority, collapse with a crash, but even the entire Tianxiahui Gang was wiped from the summit of Tianshan.

As for the Tianxiahui Gang's leader, Xiongba, no one knew where he had gone now—only that he had already become a demon.