First, find the secret room, then finding the entrance will be very easy.

The secret room mechanisms are just a few basic types; since no one is disturbing, you can slowly try them all.

Not long after, Lu Xingzhou twisted a vase and turned it around, and the back of the bookshelf cracked open, revealing a downward staircase.

“Truly uncreative.” Lu Xingzhou looked helplessly at the stairs. His wheelchair was inconvenient here; even his own house had to have the threshold removed, not to mention stairs.

A Nuo showed a neat row of eight white teeth: “It doesn’t matter, at least this passage is still wide enough…”

The next second, with one hand, she lifted the wheelchair, carrying her master and rushing down the stairs.

Upon reaching the secret room and putting down the wheelchair, A Nuo rushed toward a potted plant, took out a water control talisman, and splashed it to save the flower’s life.

The flower’s cry for help just now was too pathetic…

Lu Xingzhou felt along the shelves in the secret room. The secret room was not small, but most of the shelves were empty. This was indeed where the Huo family’s cultivation classics and treasures were kept, but they had been taken away long ago.

Looking at these emptied shelves, there were indeed many classics… With so many classics, it’s no wonder later generations couldn’t fully understand them. Lu Xingzhou dared to bet that there must be records about the terrain of this place within them, but it’s a pity that the later generations of the Huo family were unfilial and likely didn’t notice.

The things left behind and not taken away, Lu Xingzhou flipped through them a bit, basically some relatively low-end sword scriptures and techniques obtained by exploiting factors like the countryside and so on. Their grade was not high and they were miscellaneous, so there was no need to bring them to the capital.

His hand stopped on an arrow technique secret method… Hatred flickered in his eyes.

This was his family’s.

Something that others had searched for after breaking down doors and exterminating families was casually thrown on the secret classics shelf by the Huo family. They were even too lazy to take away these useless things and probably didn’t even flip through them.

Lu Xingzhou silently opened it, looking at the methods that were familiar from childhood but were now simply impossible to use, his expression complex.

Among them were also quite a few small notes and insights written by this body’s father. Although looking at them with his current knowledge, the understanding was relatively elementary, Lu Xingzhou still read very seriously.

Flipping to the last few pages, these words appeared: “Our methods are ultimately low. In the future, Qing’er should not be trapped by this. Our surname is Huo and we have lived in Danxia for generations. We should have been one family with the Huo Grand Master family very early on. Our cultivation methods should be remnant fragments or side branches of the Huo family. If we can obtain the main lineage cultivation of the Huo family, that will be Qing’er’s path in the future. I don’t know if there will be an opportunity later…”

“Actually, if we can walk out of the mountains and join a large immortal sect outside, that would be best… But the ancestral Dragon Tiger Ring embraces, the mountain shape is like a furnace, the sun rises from within, like a dan becoming a nine-turn image, creation is also accomplished… Creation, who knows if it will turn to us, perhaps just in Qing’er?”

Lu Xingzhou’s fingers stroked this sentence, pondering for a long time.

Unexpectedly, the records the Huo family couldn’t find were actually seen in his own family’s classics, but only vaguely. This vagueness should not be related to his father; it was the ancestral line that was like this, so it seemed the Huo family should also know these few sentences, at least the previous generations definitely knew, but were unable to solve something, and finally gave up trying.

This mountain shape, not described as Taiji, but as a furnace…

The sun rises from within, like a dan becoming a nine-turn image, creation is also accomplished.

On the surface, unlocking the secret of this place seems to be related to time, specifically at sunrise, when the sun rises from the gap in the mountain, just like a dan medicine rising from a furnace.

But in what position should this phenomenon be observed? Standing at different angles to look at the mountain and the sun, the observed scene will definitely be different. Unlocking this secret is mostly related to the observation position.

If it were that simple, the Huo family should have solved it long ago… They could send countless people to observe from different positions and choose the most appropriate point.

Then what conditions are still missing?

Furthermore… Could this secret already have been accounted for at the time the dan furnace appeared that year, and subsequent investigation also not necessarily have any meaning? That’s why the Huo family left so decisively.

Lu Xingzhou pondered for a long time, temporarily coming to no conclusion. He closed the book and put it in his embrace. Finally, he searched the secret room again but still obtained nothing.

A Nuo also searched by the side for a long time with no harvest, looking at Lu Xingzhou with some worry: “Master…”

“Ah?” Lu Xingzhou woke up, smiled and rubbed her little face: “I’m already very happy to have obtained something. The happiest thing is that this comes from my own family’s learning and has nothing to do with the Huo family. Let’s go, take these ordinary classics from here; the Tianxing Sword Sect will need them.”

As A Nuo packed, she asked with some small unease: “Master, will you cure your leg tonight? I fear I’m not very good…”

Lu Xingzhou sighed: “You have the best dan master talent, not me. Why are you so cowardly, like a bun?”

“Because… that’s curing Master’s leg.”

“Don’t be afraid. Even if A Nuo just blows on it, Master can be three points better.”

A Nuo became happy again, quickly packed everything, and carried the wheelchair out.

…………

Early the next morning, Lu Xingzhou went to change Shen Tang’s medicine as usual.

The capital city was bustling and noisy. It had been several days since he arrived to give feedback to Xia State, and the treatment had already reached the tenth day.

Theoretically, it was the last day.

Looking at Lu Xingzhou entering the door, Shen Tang’s expression couldn’t quite suppress her slight excitement.

Lu Xingzhou felt he didn’t know if her reaction was because she could stand up, or because she could finally wash herself.

Actually, Lu Xingzhou found it hard to understand why these women tangled over this. Shen Tang was a fourth-rank cultivation person. Even though she couldn’t fly and leave the ground yet, at least not getting dirty and staying cool and spotless was completely fine. Her body was still fragrant after all these days.

Moreover, it was early winter now, and it would snow in a few days; it wasn’t midsummer.

Lu Xingzhou sat down beside her to remove the medicine and casually asked: “Are the matters of the flying sword and the grand ceremony prepared?”

“Um, I’ve already instructed them. Everyone is looking forward to doing these things; they are more enthusiastic than they were about purifying the sword talisman before.”

“That’s natural, the style is different.”

“Then… how is your own treatment?”

“A Nuo is helping me dredge my meridians and apply medicine paste. Her level is very high.” Lu Xingzhou was a little depressed: “Originally, you could vaguely feel something on the first day, but on my first day, it was like I wasn’t cured; there was no reaction at all.”

Shen Tang was slightly stunned. Her first reaction in her heart was that since A Nuo’s level was very high, why didn’t she come to cure her, instead of him coming to touch her?

You stinky man, you’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?

But she didn’t ask it out after all, and still said: “Take it slow. Our conditions are better now; it will happen sooner or later.”

“Um.” After helping Shen Tang change the medicine and watching her take the last internal pill, Lu Xingzhou asked with some caution: “This pill is refined by me according to that fruit. It’s different from the previous nine pills. How do you feel after taking it?”

Shen Tang tried running her Qi pulse to her small leg and was very surprised: “The medicinal effect is similar, but your pill has higher quality than theirs… According to my own feeling, this leg is already much better. The Qi mechanism is smooth, and I no longer feel any obstruction.”

“Try lifting your leg yourself?”

Shen Tang slowly tried a bit, and her beautiful foot slightly lifted.

Du Gu Qingli watched from the side with wide eyes, feeling a little nervous in her heart as well.

That jade foot actually slowly lifted up, leaving the bed by several inches.

Shen Tang felt a little powerless, but she didn’t give up and gritted her teeth to continue lifting. As a result, a wave of sour softness came, she lost strength, and it smashed back down.

Lu Xingzhou quickly caught it.

Du Gu Qingli stretched her long neck and looked at the scene of the man hugging Shen Tang’s small leg, feeling as if the air was frozen.

Shen Tang’s face was red all the way to her neck: “Put, put me down.”

Her strength was insufficient, but perhaps her touch perception had really completely recovered. When his big hand caught her, her whole body felt numb as if it had been electric shocked.

Clearly, she had been touched every day for so many days, and she originally thought she would get used to it like touching her left hand with her right. She didn’t expect that after her perception was not exhausted, she would still be so shy.

Lu Xingzhou coughed dryly and put her down. He still had to ask properly: “How does it feel to be touched?”

Shen Tang was both shy and angry. Did he want her to say how electric shocked, how slightly itchy, how her heart beat?!

She suppressed it for a long time before saying sullenly: “Normal perception.”

Lu Xingzhou reached out and pressed inside her knee bend, helping her bend her leg and then straighten it repeatedly to assess the situation. Finally, he turned to Du Gu Qingli on the side: “You support her. Try walking a few steps slowly. Be careful.”

After saying that, he didn’t wait for a response and turned his wheelchair out the door himself.

The two women watched his back strangely. Shen Tang reached out and touched the knee bend where the man had pressed, and asked in a low voice: “Why does he seem to be avoiding me a bit today?”

Du Gu Qingli felt she somewhat knew, yet didn’t seem to know. She could only say with a stern face: “What does that have to do with me? Do you want to get up or not?”

“I do.”

Du Gu Qingli helped her up, put on her shoes, and tried to walk slowly.

Although most of her strength was pressing on Du Gu Qingli’s body, she really could walk very reluctantly now.

Shen Tang’s emotions and joy were truly hard to describe. It was a long time before she bit her lower lip and said: “Qingli… Thank you.”

Du Gu Qingli’s expression was blank: “I feel you don’t want to thank me.”

“No, no.” Shen Tang compensated with a smile: “If Qingli hadn’t always helped, I wouldn’t have held on until today.”

Du Gu Qingli felt these words were truly too fake and was too lazy to argue. She supported her slowly all the way into the courtyard.

Lu Xingzhou just sat outside and silently watched them walk out. Although there was some inexplicable retreat in his heart, his eyes were also gratified. Seeing her stand up, he often saw himself, as if so many years of expectations were half fulfilled.

Du Gu Qingli subconsciously supported Shen Tang and walked towards his direction. Mainly, she felt there was a thread between these two people’s eyes, and she felt a little guilty for not helping them get closer.

In reality, Shen Tang’s few steps were already very difficult. She was a bit stuck, but looking at Lu Xingzhou’s eyes, it seemed like she was saying “support me back” but couldn’t say it out, so she could only grit her teeth and persevere.

As a result, before she even walked in front of Lu Xingzhou, her two feet lost strength and she directly fell down.

Clearly, Du Gu Qingli was by her side and there was fundamentally no need to worry, but Lu Xingzhou still instinctively patted the armrest, and the wheelchair shot out electrically.

Du Gu Qingli originally wanted to support her steadily, but seeing this situation, she simply let go of her hand. Shen Tang turned her head to look at her unbelievably, and with a “plop” sound, she fell into Lu Xingzhou’s embrace.

White hair: Clearly it’s a three-person movie, but I’m just on the side playing an assist.

Soft jade and warm fragrance filled his embrace. Lu Xingzhou was confused for a moment, and Shen Tang’s mind was also a blank.

The north wind blew over, rolling up a few fallen leaves in the courtyard and lightly lifting the tips of their hair. The scene was still quite beautiful. Du Gu Qingli clapped her hands and turned her head to walk away.

Lu Xingzhou: “?”

This white hair, if you walk away, what am I going to do! I can’t just throw this person down, can I!