Under One Person: Please Call Me Golden Flash

Chapter 333 Master, is there any hope for him?
"The situation of the war down the mountain is becoming increasingly clear."

"I'm afraid this war, which concerns the fate of the nation, will soon be over, won't it?"

"Perhaps, I don't actually know much about the course of the war."

Zhao Zhen smiled modestly and didn't reveal anything further.

This year is 1948, and it hasn't been long since the outbreak of the three major battles.

Now our army has launched a full-scale offensive. Once the three major campaigns are completed, this war will be practically over.

"Is it……"

Zhang Jingqing nodded and did not ask any further questions.

"After the war ends, this world of supernatural beings will surely have a completely new look, right?"
It's a pity that my old bones probably won't be able to see it.

"Heavenly Master..."

Zhao Zhen glanced at Zhang Jingqing with a complicated expression. He felt an indescribable sadness for this old hero in his twilight years.

But birth, aging, sickness, and death are inevitable for everyone; even a celestial master is ultimately just a mortal.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. I'm getting old after all. As people get older, they can't help but have more sentimental things to say."

As she spoke, Zhang Jingqing laughed heartily, as if she had returned to that carefree age.

Zhao Zhen simply watched silently.

Others may not know why Zhang Jingqing acted this way, but he knew it all too well.

The succession of the Celestial Master's title not only symbolizes the inheritance of the Celestial Master's position, but also signifies the death of the previous Celestial Master!

Even someone as magnanimous as Zhang Jingqing, the Celestial Master, would not be without any thoughts when facing his own death, no matter how open-minded he was about life and death.

"Chairman Zhao, since you're already here, if you're not too busy, please stay for a vegetarian meal."

"Since it is the Celestial Master who has invited me, I naturally dare not refuse."

"To be honest, it's been many years since I've had a vegetarian meal at the Celestial Master's Mansion. I really miss it."

Zhao Zhen nodded. There was nothing going on at Na Du Tong right now, so he decided to stay at Longhu Mountain and wait for news from Zhang Zhiwei.

Zhang Jingqing chuckled, then turned and led Zhao Zhen toward the kitchen.
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An hour later, in the kitchen of the Celestial Master's Mansion.

Zhao Zhen put down his chopsticks and said with a sigh, "Master, it's been so many years since I've tasted the vegetarian food from the Celestial Master's Mansion, but it still tastes as delicious as before!"

"If Chairman Zhao likes it, he can stay for a couple more days."

"If I could, I would really like to come up the mountain every year and bother the Celestial Master for a few days."

Unfortunately, the world is too chaotic these days, and sometimes I really can't be in two places at once..."

Just as Zhang Jingqing was about to speak again, a panicked voice suddenly rang out from outside the kitchen.

"Master, something terrible has happened! Uncle Tian, ​​he..."

"What happened to your Uncle Tian?!"

Zhang Jingqing abruptly sat up in her seat, her originally kind face instantly turning ashen.

Zhao Zhen turned his head and saw a young Taoist priest rushing in, his eyes filled with fear.

Upon seeing this scene, Zhao Zhen felt a bad premonition.

"Uncle Tian... he's been crippled!"

"What?!!"

Upon hearing these words, Zhang Jingqing did not hesitate for a moment and immediately stepped outside.

……

The quiet room of the Celestial Master's Mansion was filled with the gentle fragrance of sandalwood incense, yet it couldn't suppress the pervasive sense of suffocation.

Zhang Zhiwei carefully placed Tian Jinzhong on the bed. His eyes were closed, his face was ashen, and his breath was so weak that he was almost breathless.

What was most shocking was his limbs; his wrists and ankles were unnaturally twisted, his tendons were severed, his bones were shattered like dust, and his simple bandages were soaked with blood.

Worse still, the location of his dantian (energy center) seemed to have been completely shattered by a sinister and vicious force, leaving no trace of true qi circulation.

"hiss……"

When the elderly Taoist priests who rushed over saw Tian Jinzhong's injuries, they all gasped in shock, their eyes filled with horror and heartache.

"His dantian... is shattered?"

An elderly Taoist priest with white hair spoke in a trembling voice.

"Who...who could be so ruthless? This is going to completely destroy Jinzhong!"

“The tendons and bones of the limbs are all broken…” Another Taoist priest was filled with grief and indignation.

"What kind of deep-seated hatred is this? This is meant to make him wish he were dead!"

Zhang Zhiwei knelt by the couch, his face, which usually wore a lazy and even somewhat "punchable" expression, now looked terrifyingly gloomy.

He held Tian Jinzhong's only remaining intact hand tightly, carefully and continuously channeling his own pure and gentle innate Qi into his body, trying to revive his junior brother's last glimmer of hope.

At this moment, Zhang Zhiwei clenched his teeth and remained silent, but the extremely suppressed and violent aura emanating from his body made the temperature in the entire quiet room seem to drop to freezing point.

boom!
The door to the quiet room was suddenly pushed open, and Zhang Jingqing stepped in with a gloomy face.

"master."

Zhang Jingqing stood at the head of the bed, looking down at her beloved disciple's miserable state. The wrinkles on her face seemed to have deepened, and her eyes, which had seen the world, were now churning with an unprecedented storm.

Anger, regret, self-blame... all eventually turned into a deep, cold silence.

The 64th Celestial Master stood ramrod straight, as if bearing an immense burden.

He reached out, his withered fingers gently touching Tian Jinzhong's forehead, feeling the faint, almost extinguished breath.

"It's the bone-shaving and tendon-removing technique."

Zhang Jingqing's voice was low and hoarse, each word sounding as if it were filled with ice.

"And then there's the Corrosion Qi Yin Needle, which is specifically designed to destroy the foundation of the dantian and is extremely vicious."

"master!"

Zhang Zhiwei suddenly looked up, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Zhang Jingqing.

"who is it?!!"

"The methods used are some of the more unorthodox techniques in the martial arts world, but to be able to use them to such an extent, and to dare to lay such a vicious hand on my Celestial Master's Mansion disciples..."

Zhang Jingqing's eyes flashed with a cold light.

"Full sex..."

Behind Zhang Jingqing, Zhao Zhen, who had remained silent throughout, suddenly spoke up to add to the discussion.

"Son of a bitch!!!"

Zhang Zhiwei gritted his teeth. When he found Tian Jinzhong on the way down the mountain, the man was being dumped on the roadside like a dead dog.

If he hadn't arrived in time, Tian Jinzhong would probably be dead by now!
"The person who attacked Jinzhong must be coveting my Celestial Master's Mansion, or rather... coveting some secrets that Jinzhong might know."

As she spoke, Zhang Jingqing glanced at Zhao Zhen beside her, her gaze suggestive.

Zhao Zhen's heart skipped a beat, and she instantly understood Zhang Jingqing's implication.

This is very likely related to Wugensheng, Zhang Huaiyi, and the secret enlightenment that led to the birth of the Eight Extraordinary Skills!
Some people are resorting to any means necessary to find a breakthrough through Tian Jinzhong!
"Master, is there any hope for Jinzhong...?"

Zhang Zhiwei asked in a deep voice, his gaze falling on Tian Jinzhong's broken body.

(End of this chapter)