Urban Super Medical Saint

Chapter 174 I Just Want to Live the Life I Want

"Dad, what's this..." Seeing her father suddenly stand up, bursting with vigor as if his previous frailty had vanished, Feng Jiahui's eyes widened, she didn't even seem to hear her father's angry threat to break her legs.

After a while, Feng Jiahui suddenly realized what was happening and hurriedly turned to look at Ge Dongxu.

Upon looking, she noticed that Ge Dongxu's face was very pale, devoid of the prior sun-kissed glow. Remembering her father's words and seeing his vigorous state, Feng Jiahui finally understood that she had truly made a terrible mistake.

Someone young like Ge Dongxu was actually a miraculous healer. For ordinary people, having him offer treatment was not even a certainty, let alone him expending such cultivation power as he had just done!

It was ridiculous that she had even blamed him.

"I'm sorry, Dongxu, it was my fault just now…" Realizing her mistake, Feng Jiahui bowed apologetically to Ge Dongxu with genuine sincerity, finally acknowledging him as her uncle in her heart, though she still addressed him by his name verbally.

"It's all right, all right, you were only concerned for your father," Ge Dongxu hastily interjected with a wave of his hand.

"Hmph, lucky for you Dongxu doesn't hold grudges, otherwise what would you have done!" Seeing this, Elder Feng's anger gradually subsided, he coldly said.

"Yes, yes, it was my fault!" Feng Jiahui, no longer defiant, quickly nodded in acknowledgment.

A person who could get her father on his feet so quickly and restore his health, regardless of his youth, commanded her respect.

Moreover, being a clever person, Feng Jiahui was acutely aware that the younger Ge Dongxu was, the more it proved his remarkable abilities!

"The cold energy within my brother's body, my cultivation power is limited, I still can't completely eliminate it. He will need at least two more treatments. So during this period, he better avoid cold exposure. If our master were here, he could have cured you in one go," Ge Dongxu explained.

"It's already very good, very good! Dongxu, you're only eighteen, yet to possess such cultivation power is truly amazing! And I know, you were worried about my old body not handling your full force, which is why you were restrained; otherwise, you might have cured it in one go," Elder Feng said, his eyes filled with admiration.

Ge Dongxu smiled noncommittally.

Elder Feng's words were somewhat speculative. Strictly speaking, he wasn't yet a Daoist practitioner, merely hovering at the threshold of Daoism. These praises were aimed at commending Ge Dongxu, and unexpectedly, he had guessed correctly, which left him momentarily at a loss for words and staring at Ge Dongxu as if looking at a creature from another world.

Because Ge Dongxu was only turning eighteen this year and was just a high school senior!

After a long moment, Elder Feng regarded Ge Dongxu with a stern expression and asked, "Dongxu, with your skills, have you ever considered serving the nation?"

Ge Dongxu had anticipated this issue ever since he had started treating Elder Feng. His master had also advised him not to reveal his Qimen Dunjia in front of others, partly due to this concern. But Elder Feng was an object of admiration in his childhood, and he also had a deep connection with his master; Ge Dongxu couldn't just ignore him. Moreover, the times had changed compared to the past, which led him to reveal his true capabilities.

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Now that Elder Feng had indeed brought up the question, Ge Dongxu's face gradually became serious. He looked at Elder Feng and said solemnly, "The rise and fall of a nation is the responsibility of every citizen, and if the nation truly needs me, I certainly cannot shirk my duty. But I am a cultivator; unless it is necessary, I just want to live the life I desire."

Ge Dongxu had made his thoughts very clear with those words. Elder Feng, being a wise man, nodded and said, "Since ancient times, there has always been a government department responsible for dealing with extraordinary individuals from the martial community, and it is no different today. These individuals, once they disrupt society, have a far greater destructive power than ordinary citizens, and some supernatural events also require their intervention. My intention is for you to be attached to this department in name, but I respect your choice. If in the future someone from this department discovers you and wants to invite you or trouble you, have their leader contact me. After all, you are my junior fellow disciple, and they should at least..."

At this point, Elder Feng seemed to suddenly recall something. An odd expression appeared on his face, which then turned into a bitter smile as he said, "Heh, I seem to have forgotten that you can already control True Qi to help me dispel the cold. Moreover, back in the day, I saw the elder using Techniques to kill people. You certainly have inherited this, and with your current Cultivation Power, coupled with those incredible Techniques, not troubling them is already giving them face, unless they directly use modern weapons."

"Could it be that none of them possess such Cultivation Power?" Ge Dongxu asked with a puzzled look. Not only had he inherited his master's Techniques, but he had also taken on Ge Hong's mantle. When it comes to the inheritance of Techniques, in this declining age of Daoist cultivation, probably no one could compare with him; only his Cultivation Power might be comparable since he was still young, only eighteen years old. This was why Ge Dongxu raised the question.

However, no sooner had he spoken than he realized how foolish his question was. If there were anyone among them capable of doing such a thing, Elder Feng's condition wouldn't have dragged on till now.

"No! Partly it's a matter of medical skills, and partly, it's a matter of Cultivation Power. If you're interested, I can call and have them send an expert over to spar with you, then you'll know what level you're at now," Elder Feng said, a hint of expectation in his eyes.

He still hoped that Ge Dongxu would join this special department.

"Thank you, senior brother, but there's no need. I cultivate for wellbeing, not to fight with others," Ge Dongxu declined without a second thought. He just wanted to cultivate in peace, live his simple life as a commoner, avoiding any contact with those people, and attracting their attention.

Besides, those people didn't even have the ability to expel the cold penetrating Elder Feng's bones; their fighting skills could probably at best take on a dozen people, merely possessing some Low-Level Techniques. Ge Dongxu, who had now reached the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer, really felt disdainful about sparring with them.

"That's probably for the best!" Seeing that Ge Dongxu was unmoved, Elder Feng nodded his head and did not press the issue.

Afterwards, the two of them stopped discussing these matters and switched to talking about Ren Yao.

When Ge Dongxu brought up that Ren Yao had suffered amnesia due to an injury, Elder Feng couldn't help but shed tears, feeling somewhat guilty.

Now that he knew the benefactor's name and that he had once suffered an injury that caused amnesia, Elder Feng intended to investigate the matter, but Ge Dongxu vetoed it.

Although Ge Dongxu also wanted to know all about his master's past, his mentor had reached the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer in his lifetime, which suggested that such great masters probably still existed in the world. Ge Dongxu was currently only at the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer, and thanks to inadvertently inheriting Ge Hong's mantle, his strength was rapidly improving daily. If things went smoothly, it was possible for him to advance to the legendary Dragon Tiger Realm in the coming years; hence, he wasn't in a hurry to inquire into his master's affairs just yet.

If he truly encountered someone with skills like his master and couldn't defeat them, dying before his abilities were fully recognized would be very unwise!