The Core Premise of The Three Ancient Divine Moxibustion Arts
An ancient inheritance, a secret hidden in the navel. Medicine and martial arts share the same origin, and life itself sustains the meridians.
In the chaos at the end of the Song dynasty, the young Su Ren lay on the brink of death amid the ancient ruins of Kunlun. When he drove a golden needle into the Shenque acupoint below his navel, he accidentally awakened the long-lost inheritance of the Three Ancient Divine Moxibustion Arts.
The three ancient arts comprise ancient diagnostic methods, medieval moxibustion techniques, and recent-era medicinal texts. Their three lineages unite and converge in a single acupoint: Shenque.
Su Ren drifted to Qingdao City, where he worked at the Zhou family apothecary. With the power of divine moxibustion, he saved lives and earned a reputation. Ordinary doctors treated the symptoms but not the root cause. Divine moxibustion, however, used the navel as a gateway and qi as a guide, channeling medicinal power straight into the Thoroughfare Vessel and dispelling chronic illnesses in an instant. Su Ren mastered the three levels of cultivation: penetrating skin, penetrating meridians, and penetrating bone. He could gather qi in his palm to heal the sick, or seal an enemy's meridians.
Yet the Three Ancient Divine Moxibustion Arts possessed power that defied heaven, along with a curse that burned away the user's life. Each treatment consumed his own lifespan, leaving an irreversible trace of qi in his palm. Knowing he had little time left, Su Ren took the carpenter Zhong Kuang as his disciple. After passing on everything he knew, he closed his eyes in peace.
Four generations of successors followed, each carrying on the mission. Zhong Kuang kept the apothecary open through the turmoil, driving off bandits with his steady, precise acupoint technique. His son, Zhong Shouyi, traveled far to Wudang in search of medical texts and completed the sect's incomplete teachings. The fourth-generation successor, Lu Mingyuan, combined the arts with principles for strengthening the body, overcoming the life-shortening drawback of divine moxibustion and taking on many disciples. The final successor, Zhao Qinghe, carried the secret canon thousands of miles south. After surviving countless brushes with death, he finally concealed the Three Ancient Divine Moxibustion Arts on Mount Qingcheng.
Five generations, from Kunlun to Qingcheng, turned their own bodies into burning lamps, all so that this flame of ancient medicine could endure forever.
Key selling point:
· A unique golden finger: a long-lost art of divine moxibustion that uses the navel as its gateway, setting it apart from every other novel about acupuncture and medicine.
