Chapter 539
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Suddenly, Ye Qiu yanked out the oxygen tube of General Bai！
His action scared everyone badly.
“Not good! General Bai is currently relying entirely on oxygen to hold on. If the oxygen tube is pulled out, can he still survive？”
Tang Fei’s face turned pale with fright.
“General Bai is being too bold in doing this.” Long Ye was also very worried.
Bai Bing was a doctor and knew General Bai’s condition better than them. Seeing Ye Qiu’s action, her expression was panicked, but she didn’t dare to disturb Ye Qiu and could only tightly hold the corner of her clothes with both hands.
Old Tang could no longer hold back and shouted loudly： “Ye Qiu, stop quickly——”
“Old Tang, let’s wait and see！”
Zhang Jiuling’s expression was solemn.
He was also very worried about General Bai’s safety, but after seeing Ye Qiu exert so many excellent acupuncture techniques. he now had a strange sense of trust in Ye Qiu in his heart.
Old Tang said in a deep voice, “The treatment can’t continue. In case General Bai dies, Ye Qiu will have to pay with his life！”
General Bai is a founding father and a hero of the country. If there is an accident in Ye Qiu’s treatment, he will be in big trouble.
At that time, not only will Ye Qiu have to pay with his life, but all of us present will also have to bear the responsibility.
”Tang Fei, go and pull Ye Qiu back. We must stop him.” said Old Tang.
Tang Fei hesitated for a moment. “Grandpa, Ye Qiu previously told us not to disturb him when he is treating.”
”This is not disturbing him, but saving his life. If anything happens to General Bai, even if the Military God comes forward, he won’t be able to save Ye Qiu.”
”This…”
Tang Fei didn’t know what to do for a while.
”Quickly pull him back. This is an order.” Old Tang shouted with a straight face.
”Then… all right！”
Tang Fei looked at Ye Qiu with a complicated expression and took a step forward.
Just then, a sudden change occurred.
I saw forty-nine lanterns slowly leave the ground, float into the air, and then light up in an instant.
Then, the forty-nine lanterns slowly moved and lined up in the sky. Every seven lanterns formed a group in the shape of the Big Dipper.
Each occupying one side.
Looking from the ground, all seven groups are in the shape of the Big Dipper. If these seven groups are combined together, they form a huge Big Dipper.
Moreover, these lanterns remained motionless at a height of thirty-three meters above the rooftop, as if they had been immobilized by a spell.
It was extremely eerie.
Zhang Jiuling’s eyes were fixed on the forty-nine lanterns in the sky. After looking for a while, he suddenly remembered something and exclaimed：
”This is… lighting the sky lantern！”
”None of you should disturb Ye Qiu！”
“He has already begun to perform the life-prolonging technique!”
Tang Fei immediately stopped in his tracks.
”Old Zhang, what is lighting the sky lantern？” Long Ye asked curiously.
Zhang Jiuling replied, “Lighting the sky lantern is an ancient life-prolonging technique, also known as the Seven-Star Lamp.”
”I don’t understand. Old Zhang, can you explain it more clearly？” Long Ye said.
”The life-prolonging technique has always been mysterious and unpredictable. It involves medicine, Taoism, and even witchcraft. I can’t explain it clearly to you in a few words. Have you read “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”？”
Zhang Jiuling suddenly mentioned “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”.
”Of course I have read it.” Long Ye smiled and said, “Who hasn’t read the Four Great Classical Novels.”
”Then you should know what Zhuge Wu Hou did before he died, right？”
”He left his last words.”
Zhang Jiuling was completely speechless.
Tang Lao said, “Zhuge Wu Hou has always been resourceful and ingenious.” Unfortunately, he died of illness at the age of fifty-four in Wuzhangyuan.”
“It is said that before his death, Zhuge Wu Hou had already calculated that his life was coming to an end, but he was not reconciled because the great cause of the Shu State had not been completed.”
“Therefore, he attempted to borrow life from the sky by lighting the Seven Star Lamp, but in the end, he still failed and was unable to defy the will of heaven and change his fate.”
“It seems that Old Tang has seriously read Romance of the Three Kingdoms,” Zhang Jiuling said. “When Zhuge Wu Hou launched the fifth Northern Expedition against the Wei State, due to exhaustion and overwork, seeing that he didn’t have much time left, he wanted to borrow life from the sky with the help of the Seven Star Lamp.”
“So, Zhuge Wu Hou placed seven large lamps, forty-nine small lamps, and one life lamp in his tent. If the main lamp didn’t go out within seven days, Zhuge Wu Hou’s lifespan could be extended by twelve years.”
“As the old saying goes, wealth and honor are in the hands of heaven, and life and death are determined by fate.”
“Although Zhuge Wu Hou knew astronomy and geography and had the ability to predict the future, he didn’t expect that when he was lighting the Seven Star Lamp to prolong his life, Wei Yan accidentally barged in, causing his life-prolonging lamp to go out.”
“Zhuge Wu Hou spat out blood on the spot, became completely ill, and passed away soon after.”
Old Tang looked up at the forty-nine lanterns in the sky and suddenly thought of something. He asked in shock, “Could it be that the life-prolonging method Ye Qiu is using now is Zhuge Wu Hou’s Seven Star Lamp？”
Zhang Jiuling nodded： “It seems so.”
“Didn’t you just say that Zhuge Wuhou lit seven main lamps, forty-nine small lamps, and one life lamp? Why did Ye Qiu only use forty-nine lanterns?” asked Old Tang.
“I don’t know about that…”
Before Zhang Jiuling could finish speaking, he saw Ye Qiu take out a stack of yellow paper from his pocket and wave his right hand.
Shua shua shua！
Eight pieces of yellow paper surrounded General Bai’s body.
Strangely, each piece of yellow paper hung in the air, about one foot away from General Bai’s body. Like the forty-nine lanterns, it seemed to be immobilized by a body-fixing spell and didn’t move at all.
The first piece of yellow paper hung above General Bai’s head.
The other seven pieces of yellow paper were distributed in different positions, but upon closer inspection, they also formed the Big Dipper.
Youdaoplaceholder0, Ye Qiu muttered something in his mouth, and his right index finger and middle finger were together like a sword pointing in the air.
Huo！
The eight pieces of yellow paper burned simultaneously, like eight lamps.
As we all know, once ordinary paper is lit, it burns very quickly and will turn into ashes in tens of seconds to one or two minutes.
However, the burning speed of these eight pieces of yellow paper was extremely slow, like candles, with a faint blue flame.
Zhang Jiuling said excitedly, “One life lamp, seven main lamps, plus forty-nine lanterns, all match. Ye Qiu is using Zhuge Wu Hou’s Seven Star Lamp.”
In contrast to his excitement, Old Tang’s face was solemn.
Even Zhuge Wu Hou failed to prolong his life. Can Ye Qiu succeed？
Old Tang was very uneasy in his heart.
If it were an ordinary person, Old Tang wouldn’t be so worried, but the identity of General Bai was really extraordinary. If Ye Qiu failed, the consequences would be disastrous.
However, Old Tang didn’t stop him anymore.
Things had come to this point, and it was useless to stop. He could only wait for Ye Qiu to finish the treatment.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, it was 11:59.
Everyone found that Ye Qiu’s face became more serious than ever at this moment.
Thirty seconds, twenty seconds, ten seconds, five seconds…
Three seconds.
Two seconds.
When there was only one second left before 12 o’clock.
Ye Qiu suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky.
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