Qin Dynasty: Starting with clinging to Zhao Ji's thigh

Chapter 255 Starting Over

Chapter 255 Starting Over

As Ying Jing finished speaking.

The moon goddess's soft hands, overlapping at her lower abdomen, swiftly changed into hand seals.

A light seemed to shine in Duanmu Rong's eyes, who was looking dazed beside her. Her fair hand transformed into a blade and slashed towards Nian Duan.

"and many more!"

Nian Duan hastily dodged his disciple's attack and couldn't help but mutter a low shout.

"Let's stop for now."

Ying Jing waved his hand, remaining seated at the wooden table, and said calmly with a smile, "Has Master Nian Duan changed his mind?"

Looking at the young man in his fine clothes, with a calm expression and even the leisure to tease the beauty in his arms, Nian Duan's hands tightened even more.

I only refused you briefly and you immediately took action. How can you recruit people like that!

Shouldn't the normal approach be to first offer kind words of advice?

After Ying Jing revealed that he came from the Qin state, Nian Duan had already realized his purpose.

That's why she explicitly refused.

Many people tried to recruit her, but none of them actually used force.

After all, a doctor can kill someone silently by slightly altering the medication prescribed; coercion is ineffective unless the person is genuinely submissive.

Moreover, although the medical school is not the strongest among the various schools of thought, its reputation is extremely high. Forcing a master-level figure from the medical school would not only completely offend the medical school, but would also alienate the other schools of thought.

But unfortunately... Ying Jing is not someone who plays by the rules.

Kind advice?

I don't have the time or inclination for that.

Whether it's sincere or not, it doesn't matter.

If someone acts recklessly while saving a life, it will damage the reputation of the medical profession.

As for the Hundred Schools of Thought...

There weren't many people who were truly loyal to Qin to begin with, so at worst they could just start over from scratch, which might even make things easier to manage in the future.

"It seems that Master Nian Duan has not changed his mind."

Seeing that Nian Duan remained silent for a long time, Ying Jing shook his head and looked at the Moon Goddess again.

The latter immediately understood and, without needing to say a word, gently raised her slender fingers.

"and many more!"

Nian Duan finally couldn't hold back any longer.

She wasn't afraid of death, but for Duanmu Rong to be manipulated into killing her... that was far too cruel.

Once the puppetry is broken, how heartbroken this girl, barely a teenager, will be.

The people of Qin were indeed a bunch of brutal barbarians!

The Yin-Yang School is no good either; they have no humanity whatsoever!

Ying Jing gently shook his head: "Master Nian Duan, you have already disgraced me by making my relative kneel. I will only give you one last chance."

"Family member, kneel down?"

Nian Duan was a little slow to react.

He still forced himself to say, "Since Bian Que died in Qin, physicians have come to understand the fate of doctors not being able to heal themselves. They have no intention of getting involved in the conflicts and grudges between states. They only want to pass on the knowledge of saving the world. Your Excellency of Qin... why force me to do something I don't want to do?"

She emphasized the words "Qin State".

Bian Que died in Qin because of Li Xi's jealousy, and since then, physicians have lived in seclusion. Now, it is the people of Qin who want to win over physicians.

"A reclusive path to passing on the art of saving the world..."

Ying Jing repeated the sentence, then suddenly laughed: "Master Nian Duan, don't you think this is contradictory? It's like the three things you didn't do at the foot of the mountain."

Nian Duan frowned: "What contradiction is there?"

Ying Jing glanced at Duanmu Rong and said calmly, "One of Master Nian Duan's three rules for not saving people is that he will not save anyone with the surname Duanmu."

“I don’t know what kind of grudges and entanglements led Master Nian Duan to establish such a rule, but I am curious.”

"If this little girl were to have only one breath left, I wonder if Master Nian Duan would be willing to break the rules and save her?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Madam Xiang had already gathered water vapor in her hand, and it looked like she was about to strike Duanmu Rong with a palm.

"No need to try anymore, I will save them!"

Nian Duan spoke hastily.

The Yin-Yang School's martial arts are known for their unpredictable and ruthless nature. She dared not gamble that Duanmu Rong could actually survive, nor did she dare gamble that her medical skills would be able to cure her.

Ying Jing smiled brightly: "It seems that the rule of not saving these three types of people isn't so important after all."

But just after he laughed, his expression suddenly turned cold.

"Since rules aren't that important, why did Master Nian Duan refuse to see my brother-in-law and his son when they came to seek medical treatment?"

Nian Duan was suddenly taken aback. His wife's younger brother had brought his son to the door?

She finally realized something and unconsciously looked towards the doorway. The man was still unconscious; he had been swept in through the doorway by Shao Siming's "Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flowers" technique.

The Moon Goddess's pupils contracted slightly, and Lady Xiang looked somewhat indignant; they were both somewhat provoked.

Yan Lingji's gentle eyes were now filled with intense emotions, her soft body pressed even closer, and her slender waist swayed restlessly.

Aside from using different terms of address on the couch, she always called him "master," but it was clear that Lord Nagatoshi did not only regard her as a subordinate or servant.

"Don't make trouble!"

Ying Jing patted Yan Lingji's shapely buttocks, but turned his face towards Nian Duan.

"The inheritance of medical knowledge is indeed very important, but it cannot be called a science of saving the world. It is a science of saving lives."

"But if one is like Master Nian Duan, who avoids the world and refuses to help those in need, what use is the transmission of this knowledge?"

Ying Jing tapped his knuckles lightly on the wooden table, his tone suddenly turning somewhat sinister.

"Why not... start all over again!"

"Clean up all of you who live in seclusion, take the classic texts, and let a new group of people study them. I think we can still reap the rewards a hundred years from now."

Nian Duan suddenly felt her body stiffen. She just stared at the young man's cold face in front of her, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

Nian Duan has met many important figures, including the leaders of various schools of thought and even the rulers of a country.

But she had never seen such a terrifying and peculiar person as the cold and aloof man in front of her!

He can be embracing a beautiful woman and laughing with her, yet he can issue the coldest commands without hesitation.

Let's start from scratch!

Nian Duan had no doubt about the truth of this statement.

First, they sent someone to their home for treatment, who refused. Then, they brought in a skilled doctor to exert pressure, even using a teenage girl as a hostage...

These guys are deep-thinking, ruthless, and treacherous; there's nothing they wouldn't do!

The doctor may have a reputation, but that's all he has; he lacks the power to protect himself.

The Qin state was already incredibly powerful, and now with the addition of the Yin-Yang School... the medical profession appears far too fragile in the face of such a behemoth.

"Medicine practitioners withdraw from the world simply to protect themselves..."

Nian Duan hesitated for a long time before speaking, but before she could finish her sentence, Ying Jing interrupted her.

"Are you doctors or Taoists?"

“I am Ying Jing, Lord Changxin of Qin. You do not need to protect yourselves. I will protect my people.”

“Even though Master Nian Duan has been living in seclusion for a long time, he must have heard of Hanoi’s paper and Hanoi newspaper.”

"If medical classics are carried and disseminated in this way, and one day everyone in the world understands medicine, what is there to fear about losing the tradition?"

Nian Duan's heart trembled slightly.

She didn't really know much about it.

Having lived in seclusion for too long, few people visit this place anymore, and news has become somewhat scarce.

But from Ying Jing's words, she could roughly guess something...

However, precisely because of the lack of information, Nian Duan was still somewhat hesitant at this time.

In Nian Duan's memory, the reputation of the Qin state was still that of a ruthless and cunning nation...

"As Changxin Jun just said, medicine is merely a science of saving lives, not a science of saving the world."

"Then, may I ask, Lord Changxin... what is the meaning of the Hundred Schools of Thought, the philosophy of saving the world?"

This was her last question.

Physicians have always considered themselves to be practitioners of medicine that can save the world, and perhaps it is precisely because they have seen through the fact that medicine cannot save people that they choose to live in seclusion.

Ying Jing could roughly discern Nian Duan's thoughts.

This time, he finally released the beauty in his arms and slowly got up.

With his hands behind his back, Ying Jing stood tall and straight, his expression indifferent: "None of the schools of thought are the way to save the world."

"In this world, nothing can be established without destruction."

"Only by tearing things down and starting over can we save the world."