Long Xiao looked at the stone door, then at Old Daoist Xiao, feeling that Old Daoist Xiao knew a lot about the stone chamber but hadn't revealed it.
Long Xiao carefully examined the patterns on the stone door. He felt some of them were very familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere before.
While Long Xiao was observing the stone door, others were also observing it.
Xiao Ming and Mei Ling looked for a while, saw nothing, and stopped looking.
Lin Wei kept staring, he discovered that the patterns on the stone door were too profound. They not only contained the Bagua, Jiugong, and the Yellow Path, but also the changes of the Eight Stars of the Heavenly Path.
Old Daoist Xiao glanced at it a few times and stopped looking. He had already memorized the patterns on this stone door. Every day, besides cultivating, he had been pondering these patterns, but he hadn't figured anything out yet.
Long Xiao pretended to be tired and sat aside with his eyes closed to rest. He opened the "Dragon Scripture" and began to check the covers of the unread ancient texts. Soon, on the cover of one ancient text, he saw a pattern identical to the one on the stone door.
The characters used for the title of this ancient text were very strange, and Long Xiao didn't recognize them. To understand the content of this ancient text, he would have to open it and read it.
As Long Xiao thought about opening this ancient text, it transformed into a white light and disappeared. The content of the ancient text appeared in Long Xiao's memory.
When he opened his eyes again and looked at the content on the stone door, Long Xiao understood everything after just one glance. This was not a stone door at all, but a stone wall. The patterns on it were the cultivation methods and inheritances that Old Daoist Xiao was looking for.
There were a total of three cultivation methods and two sets of medical skills. With the "Dragon Scripture," Long Xiao was not interested in the cultivation method inheritances; he was interested in the medical skill inheritances.
Long Xiao first opened the two sets of medical skills. One was "Nine Yang Divine Needles," and the other was "Heavenly Yang Body Reading."
After opening them for reading, Long Xiao stood in front of the stone wall, placed his hand on the pattern, closed his eyes, and began to study the "Nine Yang Divine Needles."
After an unknown amount of time, after Long Xiao had completely mastered the "Nine Yang Divine Needles," he realized that Zhou Sihai had indeed used the "Nine Yang Divine Needles," but he seemed to have only understood a small part of it.
The "Nine Yang Divine Needles" consisted of nine types of needling techniques, each of which could rapidly expel evil and reinforce righteousness. Because each needling technique had a different focus and was used on different meridians, each technique was suitable for different illnesses.
Having completely learned the "Nine Yang Divine Needles," Long Xiao opened his eyes and saw Old Daoist Xiao looking at him curiously.
"Why are you looking at me?" Long Xiao asked in surprise.
"You've been touching the stone door for an hour, have you discovered anything?" Old Daoist Xiao asked.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "I have indeed made some discoveries, but I am still far from opening this stone door."
Learning medical skill inheritances consumed a lot of physical strength. Long Xiao opened the bag on the ground, ate some food, and then stood in front of the stone wall again, placing his hand on it, and began to learn "Heavenly Yang Body Reading."
"Heavenly Yang Body Reading" was a method of diagnosing illnesses, similar to the method of examining the body using vital energy that Long Xiao had learned in the "Dragon Scripture."
It didn't take Long Xiao long to completely master "Heavenly Yang Body Reading."
After learning the method of vital energy diagnosis in the "Dragon Scripture," one could only examine the body using vital energy.
After learning "Heavenly Yang Body Reading," Long Xiao could use any vital energy within his body, or even borrow vital energy from outside, to examine the patient's body.
Both medical skill inheritances were very practical. Long Xiao took less than ten minutes to learn "Heavenly Yang Body Reading." He moved his right hand and placed it on another pattern, beginning to learn the cultivation method inheritances.
After learning all three sets of cultivation method inheritances, Long Xiao felt somewhat disappointed. These inheritances were a level below the cultivation method inheritances in the "Dragon Scripture."
After another hour, Long Xiao withdrew his right hand, put on a show of sighing and shaking his head, and said, "I can't open this stone door."
Seeing Long Xiao's disappointed expression, Old Daoist Xiao was also very disappointed. He had thought Long Xiao had the ability to open the stone door, but he didn't expect Long Xiao couldn't either.
While waiting for Long Xiao, Xiao Ming and Mei Ling had explored the surroundings thoroughly. Soon, they returned with a pile of items. These items were found near the remains of the skeletons left in the cave.
Looking at the pile of scrap metal, Long Xiao asked curiously, "Mei Ling, why do you want these?"
Mei Ling looked at Xiao Ming and said, "Brother Xiao Ming said these are all antiques and can be sold for money."
Looking at Mei Ling's money-grubbing appearance, Long Xiao looked at Xiao Ming and said, "Xiao Ming, are you still short of money? Collecting a pile of scrap metal, this won't sell for much, will it?"
Xiao Ming sighed and said, "Brother Long, all my money is invested in the Huo Group's bank. I'm broke right now. I have to earn even small amounts of money, otherwise, I won't have any to spend when we get back."
Long Xiao shook his head helplessly and turned to look at Lin Wei. Lin Wei had been standing next to Long Xiao, staring intently at the patterns on the stone door for hours without moving.
Long Xiao knew that if one looked at these patterns without understanding the principles, they would eventually go mad.
"Grandpa, we should go."
Long Xiao called out to Lin Wei. Lin Wei's gaze was vacant, as if he hadn't heard.
Old Daoist Xiao said, "This is bad, Old Lin has become obsessed."
Long Xiao was a little anxious. Once a person becomes obsessed, it is very difficult to bring them back to their senses.
"Daoist Xiao, what should we do? I don't understand this, I've never seen this kind of illness before," Long Xiao asked urgently.
"Let's take him away first. It's definitely impossible to bring him back to his senses here," Old Daoist Xiao said.
Long Xiao reached out to pull Lin Wei. Old Daoist Xiao quickly shouted, "Don't pull him."
Just as Long Xiao's hand was about to touch Lin Wei, a powerful force suddenly erupted from Lin Wei's body. With a loud bang, Long Xiao was sent flying backward, his back hitting a stalagmite more than ten meters away.
The stalagmite cracked, and a mouthful of blood spurted from Long Xiao's mouth.
Old Daoist Xiao rushed over to check on Long Xiao. A hint of a smile appeared on Long Xiao's pale face, then he tilted his head and closed his eyes.
Mei Ling ran over and saw Long Xiao's eyes closed. She screamed in fear, "Xiao Ming, come quickly, Brother Long is not going to make it."
Xiao Ming quickly reached Long Xiao's side, looked at him, and asked, "Daoist Xiao, is my Brother Long dead?"
Old Daoist Xiao grabbed Long Xiao's wrist and took his pulse. He said, "He's not dead, but his internal organs are severely injured. He's close to death."
Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that he's not dead. Let's go and see my grandpa."
Old Daoist Xiao looked at Long Xiao and then at Xiao Ming strangely. "Xiao Ming, Long Xiao is in great danger right now. I don't understand medicine. Do you? If you don't save him quickly, he won't survive."
"Daoist Xiao, I just saw you take my Brother Long's pulse. You said you don't understand medicine?" Xiao Ming seemed to disbelieve Old Daoist Xiao.
"Taking a pulse is the basic of medicine. I learned it for a few years after becoming a disciple, but I gave it up after leaving my master. I can only take a simple pulse; I know nothing about saving people."
"My Brother Long is a doctor. If he's injured, he'll treat himself. You don't need to worry about him," Xiao Ming said.
Mei Ling glared at Xiao Ming and said, "You don't understand medicine either?"
Xiao Ming had bragged to Mei Ling in the past few days about how skilled he was in medicine. Now that Mei Ling said he didn't understand medicine, he was unhappy.
"Who says I don't understand medicine? You two step back, I'll save my Brother Long first," Xiao Ming said.
Old Daoist Xiao and Mei Ling stepped back. Xiao Ming then took out a pill for internal injuries from his pocket and put it into Long Xiao's mouth.
Although Long Xiao's vital energy would automatically heal him after he was injured, the internal injury pill still had an effect on him.
Soon, Long Xiao's complexion became ruddy. Xiao Ming said, "Do you believe my medical skills now?"
Old Daoist Xiao stepped forward again and took Long Xiao's pulse. He found that Long Xiao's injuries were already showing significant improvement. This speed was too fast.
"Xiao Ming, did you refine this pill yourself? Can you sell me some?" Old Daoist Xiao asked.
Xiao Ming shook his head and said, "Not now. I don't have many with me. We'll talk about it when we get back to Donghai."
Xiao Ming did not refuse, and Old Daoist Xiao was very happy. He quickly followed Xiao Ming to see Lin Wei.