Hongyang’s prospects; both in medical skills and ethics, he was top-notch. Although a bit older than him, the years of studying medicine had laid a solid foundation for him. However, given that Xiao...Chapter 275: Returning to the Rock Cave

"Haha, I think a tumor has grown on his stomach. However, it's just a benign one. If he had consulted traditional Chinese medicine, taking some medication or getting acupuncture would have cured him. But since he sought treatment from Western medicine, even though the tumor is benign, there’s still a possibility of it becoming cancerous, so they choose to remove it! Especially when they consider this an early stage and believe that removing it as soon as possible is better, otherwise it might turn into a malignant tumor over time!"

Shao Yu chuckled and said.

"Sigh............. So he's not misdiagnosing, but rather hasn’t chosen the right approach!"

After Shao Yu finished speaking and glanced at Mr. Tang and others, he sighed again and continued to say.

"Sigh....... Yes, that’s true."

"Sigh......"

The old master of Mount Yue also sighed upon hearing Shao Yu's words.

Who knows if this is a patient's misfortune or the misfortune of traditional Chinese medicine As China's national treasure, it has thousands of years of history, but now it’s almost squeezed out by Western medicine with only several hundred years of history and left no room for survival.

In fact, people don't think about this: Traditional Chinese medicine has been studied by generations of masters for thousands of years. Could it be weaker than Western medicine that has a few hundred years of history

But because traditional Chinese medicine treats the root cause, the treatment takes longer time, and now people are impatient, unwilling to wait that long, so they think traditional Chinese medicine is ineffective. On the other hand, Western medicine can relieve symptoms immediately if you’re uncomfortable somewhere, showing results in just two days. Therefore, more and more people choose Western medicine, leading to a decline of traditional Chinese medicine.

Moreover, due to its theory of yin-yang, five elements, meridians, etc., traditional Chinese medicine has been regarded as superstition and severely destroyed during times of chaos, so now people are gradually forgetting about it.

Another main reason is that traditional Chinese medicine has many schools with each keeping their own practices. This results in very few top masters in traditional Chinese medicine, while everyone can learn Western medicine within a few years, making it widely spread.

"Come on, let's not talk about this anymore and go eat!"

Shao Yu saw the heavy looks on these masters of traditional Chinese medicine, so he stood up and said.

"Haha. Yes, let’s go have a meal."

The old master of Mount Yue also stood up and said.

The two hosts, Mr. Shao Yu and the old master of Mount Yue, seeing everyone with heavy looks, got up to join them for their meal.

Shao Yu and the old master of Mount Yue stood up, leading Mr. Tang and others towards the door.

When they finished eating, it was already past eight at night. These masters of traditional Chinese medicine went home after dinner while the old master of Mount Yue went to Renhe Hall with Qin Master although he had returned to Beijing, Renhe Hall still arranged accommodation for him during this visit.

Shao Yu and Xiao Hongyang returned to the Ten Thousand Lives Hall. The hall was already closed, and Liu Erxi had gone home. Shao Yu also asked Xiao Hongyang to go back and rest.

After everyone left, Shao Yu opened the door and entered the Ten Thousand Lives Hall. He went to the resting room and began meditating.

At ten o'clock at night, Shao Yu picked up the document and drove away from the Ten Thousand Lives Hall. Before Zhang Dahan and his team arrived, he wanted to put the document back!

Shao Yu drove the car to where he had parked last time, changed into the same set of clothes for nighttime activities, and approached the stone cave. At this point, Zhang Dahan's people hadn't yet come, so Shao Yu pushed aside a peculiar rock and entered the cave, placing the document in his bag before laying it next to the decomposing corpse.

After looking around inside the cave and finding nothing amiss, Shao Yu exited the stone cave, returned the rock to its original position, and left.

Shao Yu found a tall tree at a distance from the scene. He quickly climbed it and sat on a branch.

Around midnight, an array of car noises came from the highway; two military trucks approached in reverse from afar and parked by the roadside.

Moments later, over twenty soldiers leaped down from the vehicles, with Zhang Dahan, Xiao San, and Wang Fusheng stepping out of the cab.

This time, all the soldiers were fully equipped; each wore a miner's headlamp on their helmets and carried an automatic rifle on their backs.

Zhang Dahan walked to stand in front of the lined-up troops. He cast his eyes over them and said, "Zhang Qiang, Er Bao, you two stay behind to monitor passing vehicles; make sure they pass quickly without stopping. The rest, follow me!"

"Yes, Captain Zhang!" Upon hearing Zhang Dahan's command, all the soldiers responded in unison.

"Let's go! Move out!" After saying this, Zhang Dahan led the way by leaping down from the highway embankment to reach the green belt below it.

"Xiao San, Master Wang, please take care of things for us," Zhang Dahan said once everyone had arrived at their destination.

“Yes! Rest assured, Director Zhang. We won't let it escape again today!”

Wang Fusheng nodded in agreement after hearing Zhang Dahan's words and then began his search along with Xiao San using methods peculiar to each of them.

The night before, after returning home, he had studied the documents. As the 13th Bureau dealt with special cases, the government had invested considerable resources in collecting unique materials. After a full day's research, Wang Fusheng concluded that the black cat was likely to be the mythical Corpse Cat.

Furthermore, there were some rudimentary methods for finding corpse cats mentioned in the documents, so upon separating ways, they began searching using their respective techniques.

"Guys, work in groups of three and start looking. Don't miss any clues. I feel that this Corpse Cat has been lingering here all along; it can’t have gone far, probably still nearby. Everyone needs to search carefully!"

Zhang Dahai and his team had spent a day researching and believed that there should be a den nearby, so they decided to search for the den of the corpse cat with full force, alongside Wang Fusheng and Xiao San using unconventional methods.

"Captain, look here!" The soldiers were divided into groups of three, searching everywhere. Suddenly, one group turned around and shouted at Zhang Dahai.

"Hm"

Hearing the shout, Zhang Dahai and his team paused for a moment before quickly gathering over there.

Xiao Yu watched from up in a tree; that place was where the corpse cat had been burned to death by talisman fire.

After reaching there, Zhang Dahai looked at the spot pointed out by the soldier. There were ashes on the ground forming an animal shape.

Zhang Dahai picked up some ash from the ground with his fingers and felt it before sniffing it. He said, "This is the ashes of a creature that was burned to death, and it looks very much like that corpse cat!"

"Xiao San, Master Wang, come over here!" Zhang Dahai frowned and called out to Xiao San and Wang Fusheng who were still searching using divination methods.

Hearing Zhang Dahai's call, the two of them walked over.

Wang Fusheng approached Zhang Dahai and asked, "Deputy Chief Zhang, is there anything"

"Yeah, Captain, what’s going on" Xiao San also asked when he saw everyone gather here.

"Take a look at this!" Zhang Dahai pointed to the ashes on the ground as he spoke.

"Hm What is this" Both of them frowned upon seeing the ashes on the ground.

"What Talisman fire" Wang Fusheng squatted down, examining the ashes and picking up some with his fingers. After smelling it, he exclaimed in surprise.

"What Talisman fire" Xiao San was also startled when he heard Wang Fusheng's exclamation, squatting down to examine the ashes closely as well.

"It really is... It’s talisman fire!"

After a while, Xiao San stood up and muttered.

"What happened" Zhang Dahai asked Wang Fusheng and Xiao San.

"This should be the ashes left by that corpse cat after being burned to death with talisman fire," Wang Fusheng said thoughtfully.

"Yes, and it should have been killed by a master directly using talisman fire right after we left last night!"

Little Three接過Wang Fusheng的話說道，隻是在說這些的時候心裡有一絲沉重。這麼多人昨晚來圍剿屍貓卻讓它逃掉了，而對方隻用符籙就能滅掉它，這明顯顯示出他們與那個人之間的差距。

Hearing Little Three and Wang Fusheng's words, Zhang Dahan and the others fell into silence. They had come to剿殺兩次，第一次可以說是傷亡慘重，第二次更是被對方逃走。然而冇想到他們剛離開，這隻屍貓就被輕易滅掉了。這讓他如何不驚？

Ever since he learned martial arts from his master, Zhang Dahan always considered himself a master. Even when facing people like Little Three and Wang Fusheng, he was not afraid. However, seeing the burnt corpse of the屍貓on the ground made him feel as if he had been slapped.

"What smell is this Why does it stink so much"

Zhang Dahan and his team stood around the屍cat陷入沉默。突然，他們身後不遠處傳來一個打斷了他們的沉默的聲音。

"Dabao, what are you shouting about" Zhang Dahan yelled at the speaker upon hearing the voice.

Feeling upset inside, when he heard someone talking, his anger was directed towards him.

"C...Captain, I just smelled a foul odor here!" The soldier named Dabao nervously said after hearing Zhang Dahan's roar.

"Can't you even handle a little smell What’s strange about finding human waste on the ground"

Zhang Dahan realized his attitude wasn’t very good and lowered his voice, saying in an unhappy tone to him.

"Captain, it's not...it's not that kind of stench. It smells like something is rotting! But I can only smell a hint of it now!" The soldier named Dabao said apologetically.

"Mm... mm... Now I smell it again. It should be coming from this direction."

Just as Dabao finished speaking, another wave of stench wafted over, and he turned around with his nose to point towards the embankment.

Zhang Dahan looked at him but then turned away without paying attention to him.

"Captain, Dabao’s sense of smell is very keen. You just joined recently so you may not know this – he has a nickname called Dog Nose!"

At this moment, one of the soldiers noticed Zhang Dahan turning away and spoke up to him.

"Oh Really Then let’s go take a look!" Knowing that these people wouldn’t deceive him, Zhang Dahan instructed the other soldiers.(To be continued...)re, the more they thought about it, the more shocked they became by how unfathomable Xiao Yu was.After finishing up, Xiao Yu took one last glance at the door before turning and going back inside.The t...