A master of both medicine and martial arts, he picked up a beautiful CEO as his wife.

"Snap!"

The atmosphere in the side hall immediately quieted down.

Ye Feng glanced at Yun Shuo. The old man's eyes had never been so solemn before, even showing a sense of tension and fear, as if he wasn't asking about the name of the mountain, but rather about a taboo that shouldn't be touched.

"Oh? Why?" Ye Feng asked casually.

Yun Shuo's mouth suddenly twitched. Yun Xiao, who had just been looking at him with admiration, and Yun Zhi, who was studying medicine, also changed their expressions, their faces showing shock, awe, and inexplicable fear.

"Really...really..." Yun Shuo stammered, staggering a step before grabbing the table for support. His face was pale. "No wonder this true energy is so extremely powerful and incomprehensible...so, he's a successor of Nirvana Mountain..."

"You know Nirvana Mountain?" Ye Feng narrowed his eyes.

Master travels the world, his whereabouts are unpredictable, and Nirvana Mountain is a secluded place within a secluded world. Ordinary people would hardly have even heard of it, let alone seen it. Yet, the Yun family had such a strong reaction upon hearing the words "Nirvana Mountain".

"More than just knowing."

Yun Shuo exchanged glances with his daughter, seemingly unsure how much to tell her. After a long silence, he gritted his teeth and whispered, "Dr. Ye, you... really don't know?"

"What do you know?"

Yun Shuo and his daughter exchanged a glance, hesitating whether to tell Ye Feng about these things. After a moment, he lowered his head and spoke slowly and deliberately, "Nirvana Mountain, in our reclusive lineage, was once a revered mountain of immortals more than twenty years ago. Your side possessed unparalleled medical and martial arts skills, holding sway over the fortunes of a region within the reclusive world. They were highly respected and no one dared to offend them. Countless reclusive families hoped to receive a single word of guidance from them!"

"But twenty years ago," Yun Shuo's voice suddenly turned icy, "a cataclysmic event occurred at Nirvana Mountain. Overnight, the entire mountain sect was devastated, and your master's faction was almost... wiped out! From that time on, it became an absolute forbidden zone in the secluded world, and no one dared to mention it. Everyone thought that the family had been extinct."

Ye Feng's heart suddenly clenched.

More than twenty years.

It's been twenty years again!!!

The "change at the mountain gate" mentioned in the master's letter actually stems from that "major upheaval" twenty years ago? And could that upheaval be connected to Lin Yuqing's mother's "sudden illness" and Zhao Hui's "old grudge"?

"Who did this?" Ye Feng asked coldly.

"I don't know." Yun Shuo shook his head, his face serious. "This is the deepest and most taboo mystery in the hidden world. All I know is that the group that made the move was far too powerful and deeply entrenched. They turned the entire hidden world into a pile of rubble. And for the past twenty years, anyone who tried to touch this matter—everyone who was touched—has died!"

His gaze towards Ye Feng was incredibly complex! Respect? Pity? And a deep sense of fear! "Divine Doctor Ye, you are a successor of Nirvana Mountain... I dare to ask you a question—may you return to Nirvana Mountain now?"

These words made Ye Feng's heart pound.

Should we go back?

The master sent an urgent letter urging him to "return immediately," and the words "there has been a change at the mountain gate" were even said by this reclusive Yun family, whom they had never met before, to have "withered and died out" twenty years ago...

It turns out that the mountain he longed to return to, the home that nurtured him and taught him both medicine and martial arts, may no longer be the same as he remembered.

In my memory, the mountains were shrouded in mist, and the pines stood tall. In the early morning when the sun rose over the eastern mountains, my fellow disciples and I would gather herbs, study, and practice martial arts. Our master would stand with his hands behind his back on the edge of a cliff, talking about clouds and mist, but I didn't understand what he was saying at the time... This was the only place in my life that I could call "home"! But in the mouths of this reclusive Yun family, the mountain had long become a name that they dared not speak of or mention. It had become a place where anyone who spoke of it would be executed—a fairyland forced into becoming a tomb.

In an instant, he felt as if his chest was blocked.

When he was going down the mountain, his master only told him that he would face a death calamity in half a year and that he must seek the true Yin Crossing. His master did not mention a word about the situation of the mountain gate, his own background, or the changes that happened twenty years ago!

Ye Feng finally realized that beneath his master's perpetually enigmatic expression lay something far more dangerous than anything he knew.

"Whether I can go back or not, I'll see for myself!" After a moment of silence, Ye Feng said, his eyes filled with fighting spirit: "I'll go and see for myself."

Ye Feng's words, "Go and see for yourself," were spoken lightly, yet carried immense weight. The mountain was his home! Whether it became a majestic fairyland or ruins, he wanted to see it for himself.

That's just his temperament. No matter how big the problem is, he'd rather wade through it himself step by step than hand it over to someone else.

"Dr. Ye saved my son's life. The Yun family will remember this kindness!" Yun Shuo sighed, took out a beautiful jade bottle, and handed it to Ye Feng. "This 'Yin-Condensing Pill' is a secret medicine passed down through our Yun family. It is made from several of the purest Yin-evil ingredients and can slightly delay the interference of Yin-evil calamity energy. When I was treating my son just now, I also noticed that Dr. Ye, your complexion seemed to be faintly bearing a great deal of Yin-cold calamity energy... This medicine might be able to prolong your life a little longer."

Ye Feng took the jade bottle, a hint of surprise flashing across his face.

Can we stall them?

Can it really be delayed?

He poured out a pill and swallowed it. The cool, yin energy traveled along his meridians, gradually suppressing the death energy hidden deep within.

But soon, Ye Feng frowned. This thing could only delay for a while. After the strong suppression, there would inevitably be an even more violent rebound!

"Cough..." Ye Feng held the jade bottle in his hand, overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

The Yun family's intentions were genuine, but this elixir, which could only be used to "delay" things, was like a mirror, reflecting his most awkward and helpless state...

His exceptional medical and martial arts skills enable him to resolve other people's difficult and complicated illnesses, cure diseases that even reclusive families are helpless against, and even bring the dead back to life...

But he just couldn't get rid of his own tribulation, his own "tribulation"!

A doctor cannot heal himself.

This statement might be an exclamation for others, but for him it was a fatal blow... a rope.

He could drag it out for one day at a time, but everyone knew that dragging it out was not a long-term solution. His fatal flaw would eventually become unbearable!

The method to eradicate the calamity of death lies in Nirvana Mountain, which he has long since left.

Meanwhile, a 20-year-old cold case is unfolding at Nirvana Mountain...

And this 'twenty-year-old cold case'...

has already started.

Before leaving, Yun Shuo quietly gave Ye Feng some more instructions, saying, "That group of people will be searching for so-called 'twenty-year-old items' all over Dongyang. They are ruthless and of unknown origin, so be careful!"

Ye Feng kept these words in mind.

The water in Dongyang is probably much deeper than he imagined, and the 'thing' that is submerged in the deepest part of the water is about to surface!

"Items from 20 years ago"...

"A 20-year-old cold case"...

Could it be that something like this happened in Dongyang twenty years ago?

……

At this moment, Ye Feng had already made up his mind: he must go to that Nirvana Mountain that he could never return to, no matter what!