Chapter 151: There Is Providence In The Dark
Lu Qiaoge patted its turtle shell and said mildly, “Actually, what you said that day made sense, and I’m already very grateful that you can cure Xiao Si. Besides, it’s already heaven-defying enough to have white water bamboo at the bottom of Hongxing Lake; we can’t insist.”
The old turtle looked at Lu Qiaoge eagerly.
Lu Qiaoge asked it, “What do you want to talk to me about?”
The old turtle said: 【I heard Hua Hua say that your Fourth Aunt is paralyzed in bed, right?】
Lu Qiaoge was stunned for a moment.
The research institute side was fully tackling it, and she hadn’t even used the temporary pass that Director He had arranged, because the security level there had now been raised to the highest.
To avoid troubling Fourth Uncle, she hadn’t gone there either.
As for Fourth Uncle’s house, although it was in a compound, she had never been there.
But whenever Fourth Uncle had time, he would come over to see Old Mrs. Lu, never empty-handed—either rice or flour or other food.
He was very filial to Grandmother.
Grandmother and the others had been to Fourth Uncle’s house a few times, and it was said that Fourth Aunt had now come to terms with it, and her condition was much better than before.
Lu Qiaoge nodded: “That’s right.”
Lu Qiaoge didn’t ask if it had any methods; actually, even if the old turtle had lived for several hundred years, compared to complex humans, it was simple, without human cunning and treachery, and without all those deceptions.
The old turtle hesitated for a moment and said: 【There is no magical medicinal herb; such a condition can’t be cured just by taking medicine, but I know a doctor who can treat it with acupuncture and massage, plus two medicinal materials from Yuanbao Mountain. As long as it’s not completely paralyzed, generally, within a year, the patient can stand up again. Although they can’t do heavy work or run, they will have self-care ability. Moreover, that old doctor is very skilled, proficient in both Western and Chinese medicine. Hua Hua also told me about old Gu Tou from the research institute; perhaps that doctor can also cure it with acupuncture.】
The old turtle said so much in one breath, and Lu Qiaoge listened carefully.
After the old turtle finished speaking, Lu Qiaoge blinked her eyes and patiently asked it, “So who is this doctor and where is he?”
The old turtle: 【His name is Sun Ziliang; if he’s still alive, he would be sixty-five this year. He lives in Beidu and once traveled all over the land with his master. Oh, right, his master and the old Daoist were good friends. The last time he came was forty years ago; Sun Ziliang was twenty-five then and could already practice medicine independently. His medical skill is very good; the old Daoist said he is a born healer.】
A healer recognized by someone like Lingxu Old Daoist must have remarkable medical skills.
Because Daoists in Taoism basically all know medical skills.
Lu Qiaoge asked curiously, “What about Lingxu Old Daoist who raised you?”
The old turtle: 【He left me here and departed, not long after Sun Ziliang and his master had come. After that, he never returned.】
Lu Qiaoge asked half-seriously, half-jokingly, “He didn’t achieve the Dao and become an immortal, did he?”
The old turtle shook its head: 【Impossible. The old Daoist said there is no spiritual energy here; cultivating the mind is enough, and not to think too much about other things.】
Lu Qiaoge: ……
She had initially seen the old turtle with that profound and mysterious look and really thought the old Daoist had become an immortal.
After all, she could traverse worlds and understand the inner voices of living beings; what else was impossible?
Suddenly, the old turtle lying motionless on the stones stared at Lu Qiaoge: 【Not necessarily; look, Little Fairy, you can understand our inner voices, so maybe the old Daoist really ascended to immortality.】
Then it sighed: 【After becoming an immortal, he would be in a different world from us; otherwise, he wouldn’t have not come to see me for so many years.】
Was there a possibility that he had simply forgotten about you?
After all, forty years had passed; not everyone could remember the little cat, little dog, or little turtle they had raised forty years ago.
Of course, Lu Qiaoge wouldn’t say such a blow to the old turtle.
Then the old turtle told Lu Qiaoge about Sun Ziliang’s physical features.
As for who was in his family, the old turtle didn’t know.
It only knew he lived in Beidu and was a native Beidu person.
It also didn’t know the name of Sun Ziliang’s master, but the old Daoist called him Brother Jiang.
He was a famous divine doctor in the Jiangbei area.
Lu Qiaoge thanked the old turtle.
The old turtle finally breathed a sigh of relief and said to Lu Qiaoge: 【When you have time, you can go to Yuanbao Mountain, preferably in autumn, because there is a hot spring on Yuanbao Mountain. Near the hot spring, there is a cave; going out from the cave leads to a small valley where those two medicinal materials are—one is called Ge Ge Ci and the other bone-regenerating grass. Autumn is just the harvest season.】
Lu Qiaoge noted it down, thought for a moment, and seemed to have heard of bone-regenerating grass before, but not Ge Ge Ci. She looked at the old turtle warmly, placed her hand on its turtle shell: “I really have to thank you.”
A vague energy that made the old turtle’s whole body feel comfortable flowed slowly from Lu Qiaoge’s palm into its body.
The old turtle was the most sensitive to these things.
Although the old Daoist was mystical and mumbling, he did have real skill.
Before leaving back then, he said that although the world was in chaos, vitality had emerged amid the chaos.
He wanted to go out and travel, but it was inconvenient to take it along, so the old Daoist went through several cities and then found this Hongxing Lake, which was then called Immortal Lake.
This place was indeed different from other lakes and rivers.
It had safely lived until now.
It was just that the speed of human territorial expansion was really too fast.
The former Hongxing Lake was in the wilderness.
Now Hongxing Lake had been surrounded by humans.
They built a dam and a military factory; fortunately, it was a military factory. If it had been another factory, it would have been made into soup long ago.
Fortunately, it had met Lu Qiaoge, this mysterious human; Hongxing Lake would be safe for the next five years.
As for the future, take it one step at a time.
The old turtle said somewhat regretfully: 【Unfortunately, I don’t know where the hot spring is, but I know it’s on Yuanbao Mountain; where there is a hot spring, there is a cave.】
Lu Qiaoge didn’t hide it from the old turtle and said with a beaming smile, “Maybe this is fate. A few days ago, I learned from Xiao Cangcang that there is a hot spring on Yuanbao Mountain. The place you mentioned should be the same as the one Xiao Cangcang prepared for hibernation.”
The old turtle was happy now.
【Those two medicinal materials are definitely still there; they are not as precious as white water bamboo.】
Lu Qiaoge thanked the old turtle again.
The old turtle instead thanked her for the spiritual energy; they kept thanking each other until Hua Hua got annoyed with the thanking.
【Old Turtle, didn’t you say there was something else? My little master has to go to work soon.】
Hua Hua meowed impatiently.
Only then did the old turtle say again: 【Last night, the pike told me that because the two iron boxes had big iron locks, they couldn’t open them to get the things inside for you, but we found a method to get the boxes out for you.】
The old turtle and the others were sincerely trying to give all the gold and silver jewelry to Lu Qiaoge.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t act coy and accepted what she should.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t dive, and it was in the center of the lake, unless she teamed up with Qin Hengzhi.
But for now, she didn’t want him to know too much.
