Republic of China Era: Entering the Dao through Divine Strike.

Her eyes lit up as she spoke with unwavering certainty.

Clearly, he was very confident about the reform movement.

"Since it's so dangerous, perhaps Senior Sister shouldn't get involved in this matter."

Li Xin thought for a moment and then earnestly advised him.

"At this critical juncture of great change, although I am just a woman, I must do my part for the revitalization of the country and cannot stand idly by."

Cheng Feiyan shook her head and chuckled softly, "Senior sister has practiced martial arts since childhood and doesn't have much worldly experience. However, over the years, she has seen the world become increasingly incompetent."

Today they cede territory here, tomorrow they pay reparations there; it seems the imperial army has become a mere formality overnight.

In previous years, life was very difficult for ordinary people, but it wasn't like it is now. Now, it's almost impossible to survive.

This was the first time Li Xin had heard Cheng Feiyan reveal her true feelings like this.

Seeing the sorrow between her brows, I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine.

This must be the kind of "though of humble status, one should not forget one's duty to the country" described in the poem.

It's astonishing that a woman, an ordinary person, would be concerned with matters of national importance.

Moreover, it gives people a particularly sincere feeling.

It commands respect.

She continued, "I've heard from several gentlemen that in recent years, the imperial court has made a series of mistakes with its actions."

This is because the problems are deeply entrenched and difficult to change, corrupt officials and bureaucrats run rampant, and they are stuck in their ways.

If we don't learn from the world's advanced technologies and cultures, we will always lag behind others.

If you fall behind, you will be bullied.

If we continue to ignore the need for change, humiliating and loss-making events like those in the naval battles, Qingdao, and Jiaozhou will continue to occur.

Those humiliating wars will soon return.

"Losing sovereignty and humiliating the nation? Hah..."

Upon hearing this, Li Xin couldn't help but laugh.

"Whose rights are being lost? Whose country is being humiliated?"

He stopped circulating his qi and blood, stared into Cheng Feiyan's eyes, and said seriously, "Senior sister, tell me the truth, what right do you have after all these years?"

Is it tariff power, fiscal power, military power, or human rights?

Let's not talk about you, but about the ordinary people around us. In the past, when they saw officials or foreigners, they had to kneel down.

They are never full, work themselves to the bone, and live only a short time.

Now that the imperial court has been defeated, the common people still have to kowtow to officials and foreigners.

For many people, there is actually no difference.

No, there is a difference. Nowadays in Beijing, a large number of people are more friendly to foreigners than to government officials, wealthy merchants, and other important figures.

Even you, who went to the embassy district every day, lost your guard against foreigners.

I didn't even think about those Japanese and Westerners. They should actually be enemies, not friends.

Li Xin sighed as he finished speaking: "We've already repelled the wolves in front, but the tigers are coming from behind. This reform looks very good, but the road ahead is uncertain."

"Is that so?" Cheng Feiyan was slightly confused.

Upon closer reflection, it is indeed true.

During this period, she was inspired by the passionate reforms and theories of modernization advocated by some gentlemen.

However, upon closer examination, it turns out that they are simply copying some of the systems and cultures of Westerners and Japanese.

Learning from advanced culture cannot be considered wrong.

But really, it seems that no one is prejudiced against foreigners anymore.

They even call them mentors and regard them as guiding lights in life.

How can we possibly defend against this?

How can one catch up with others and reclaim lost power by governing using their methods and culture?

"And then there's the matter of insulting the nation..."

Li Xin's voice drifted over again.

"Senior sister, do you believe it or not, after a while, as the image of foreigners gets better and better..."

If anything changes, the people of the capital will spontaneously move ladders and transport grain.

They worked tirelessly for foreigners, all to overturn the mountain that was weighing down on them.

Do you think they did the right thing or the wrong thing? Shouldn't they have fought to the death for their master?

Or is it that, in their hearts, it was never their country that was being humiliated?

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Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Secrets of the Inner Canon, the Mysteries of the Three Leaves

"This……"

Cheng Feiyan didn't know how to answer.

Although my junior brother's words were somewhat unorthodox, they seemed to make a lot of sense.

She clenched her fist:

"Some things just have to be done. Doing them is better than doing them."

Li Xin nodded and smiled, then said no more.

Being half a step ahead is genius; being a full step ahead is madness.

Having foreseen the final outcome of events and revealed it beforehand, Cheng Feiyan naturally wouldn't understand.

In fact, in this era, no one can understand it.

Therefore, she remained optimistic: "Junior brother, you are still young, so don't worry about these national affairs."

Let the learned gentlemen keep busy.

My senior sister just wanted to do something, but there were some things she didn't quite understand.

After all, I only learned martial arts; I didn't study literature or medicine...

By the way, I heard last time that you brought your cousin who studies medicine to your home. I even went to see her yesterday to see her, and she really is a talented young woman.

Let her study hard. In the future, if we have a headache or fever, or need to prepare medicine for body cultivation, we can ask her for help.

That way, I won't get ripped off by those quack doctors anymore.

"Then you'll have to wait a while. Xiao Wan is still young and can't graduate yet."

Li Xin watched Cheng Feiyan leave.

My senior sister moved with light steps, like a swallow, as she flew out of the courtyard.

We headed straight for the embassy district.

I wonder what kind of light she saw?

……

My cousin, Li Xiaowan, is a diligent student studying medicine.

That was really hard work.

I don't know if she was trying to show that she was also a useful person who could do things for Brother Xin.

Or perhaps they genuinely love this subject and find unparalleled enjoyment in it.

He kept medical books close at hand during the day and kept the oil lamp burning until midnight at night.

As a result, Xiaoyue has been too embarrassed to jump around like that these past few days.

The time spent practicing martial arts and doing chores increased several times over.

In her words, since her older siblings are working so hard, she also wants to share the burden of the family as soon as possible.

She had to work more and eat less. Otherwise, her brother wouldn't want her anymore.

Look what we've done to this little girl!

It rolled up completely.

……

I just stepped into my own yard.

Li Xin's good mood lasted only a few seconds before he saw Li Xiaowan running over.

He sighed inwardly.

He knew that his cousin was going to ask him to verify her knowledge of human anatomy again.

Ever since I casually mentioned the distribution of bodily organs and meridians to her last time, she has taken it to heart.

The various theories in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic are combined with the human body.

And naturally, some reasonable explanations can be found.

Li Xin was completely bewildered by the concepts of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.

"Xiao Wan, um, I just remembered, I still need to brew medicine for my cultivation, or else..."

"Brother Xiaoxin, it's not this, it's the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic. I've made a new discovery."

Li Xiaowan hurriedly said.

His words contained joy, yet concealed a deep sadness.

'Could it be that you've found out why your second uncle hasn't returned?'

With this thought in mind, Li Xin stopped in his tracks.

Li Xiaowan held the yellowed ancient book, secretly glancing around as if she were a thief, and whispered, "It's like this, when I was re-studying the [Suwen, Yin-Yang Theory], I found that some physician's annotations here are quite strange."

Not only are the annotations inconsistent in meaning and contradictory, but the handwriting is also disordered, seemingly intentionally so.

I started to doze off while watching it...

And guess what happened?

"You were taught by an immortal while you were asleep, and suddenly you understood everything?"

"No, my right eye was just stuck shut with eye boogers, so I only opened my left eye."

Then, it seemed as if those messy annotations had somehow formed a diagram…

Li Xiaowan rolled her eyes and pointed to the handwriting in the book, "Look here, close one eye and look at it halfway, isn't there something different?"

"That's true."

Li Xin tried it and then discovered that the characters were arranged in groups of three or five, like soldiers in battle formation.

If you ignore the handwriting and only look at the ink marks, you'll discover over time that this is a strange drawing.

The drawing is very simple.

At first glance, it looks like a clover, with its leaves pointing upwards and growing on the ground.

Upon closer inspection, the clover was actually composed of countless twisted and contorted strokes.

The horizontal line at the bottom gives a sense of weight and vigor.

"Is this bronze script, oracle bone script, or some other ancient script?"

Li Xin's heart stirred slightly, and his psychic vision was activated.

A beam of white light shot towards him, and his head snapped back hard.

The handwriting seemed to shine brightly.

It made it so that he could barely see anything.