Horizontal Comparison: Lin Heng's Speculation

There were nine yellow sheets in all. Zhao Wanqing and Xin Shao spread them flat across the table and studied them closely.

Even Liu Feng and Qing Ya, standing nearby, leaned over to take a look.

The four of them looked them over one after another... Only after about the time it took to burn an incense stick did Xin Shao slowly speak.

"The general meaning on these nine sheets is the same. They all admonish later generations to preserve the heart of a sage of goodness—that is, 'Only Benevolence.' But why do they also involve people from fields such as the Literary Path, Chess Path, and Formation Path? What was the Medical Ancestor trying to convey?"

Stroking his chin, Liu Feng said with a grave expression, "So this was never some so-called inheritance to begin with—or rather, there was no inheritance at all?! Then why did the Medical Ancestor insist on creating this mystery and leave behind the White Tiger Still Jade as a Secret Key?"

He had voiced everyone's doubts. If there was no inheritance, what were the descendants of Medicine King Valley guarding for? And why had the great Medical Clans gone to every possible length to enter the secret realm?

Was it merely so everyone could receive these slips of paper, then be lectured by someone who had come before them and told to preserve 'benevolence'?

It made no sense. Not one bit.

"That still isn't the greatest question. If there was no inheritance, then how had the Medical Path, from its beginning to its end, continued onward?"

"In other words, the Literary Path relies on writing as its vessel. Then the Medical Path must likewise have something that carries it. Otherwise, the Path will collapse!"

"Exactly. Mother, you are absolutely right. It seems Medicine King