Published: March 8, 2025
Hearing the sound of horse hooves rushing over, both uncle and nephew knew that the person was coming for the Chu Divine Doctor. However, both maintained their composure.
"Did you secure the Amethyst?" Chu Feiyan asked.
"Rest assured, it's much safer with me than with you!" Chu Yang Xuan smiled: "Of course, it still needs to be spent from your hands. So, if someone comes looking for me to provide treatment, I can go alone. You should set off from here to post the mission!"
"You alone?" Chu Feiyan looked at him uncertainly: "Is that alright?"
Chu Yang smiled calmly, gesturing to his mouth and then to his hands: "With the Hand-Spinning Medical Technique, life and death can be determined, and my words are sharper than a hundred thousand soldiers! Fourth Uncle, I am the Chu King of Hell, after all."
Chu Feiyan laughed heartily: "I believe you! The Chu King of Hell truly has this capability!"
Footsteps were quickly approaching the door, hurried but steady, revealing the person's composure despite their urgency.
Chu Feiyan listened to the footsteps and smiled: "Your father is here."
Sure enough, before he finished speaking, Chu Feiling's voice rang out: "Yangyang, where are you?"
Chu Yang replied, "I'm here!" and curiously asked, "Fourth Uncle, you can tell just from the footsteps?"
Chu Feiyan chuckled: "Your father has always walked like this, unaffected by the eight winds. When I was young, I bet with your third uncle, lying at the door listening to the sounds of our brothers' footsteps; I could never mistake them."
Chu Yang responded with an "oh," feeling a wave of emotion within.
To be able to recognize someone just by their footsteps showed how deeply bonded the family was.
Chu Feiyan sighed: "Actually, your second uncle... was once quite adorable..."
Before he could finish, Chu Feiling burst in: "Yangyang, come back with me. Many in the family have been injured..."
"No wonder our family members only came now; it turns out Second Uncle went to fetch help," Chu Yang smiled.
"That's not exactly it," Chu Feiling said: "Your second uncle isn't at home and we don't know where he went. After those people were brought home, they alarmed the Ancestral Patriarch, who tended to their injuries all night with no effect. Then we heard that you could treat them. But by then, you were busy, and if we had brought them here, there would have been a violent conflict... So the Ancestral Patriarch ordered to wait a little longer until you were done."
Chu Yang frowned: "But that means they have to endure another night of pain."
"If they don't suffer an extra night, once the conflict starts, it could cost countless lives. What's more important?" Chu Feiling replied: "Besides, the Chu family is unstable right now; it's not wise to create conflict at this moment."
Chu Yang thought for a moment: "That makes sense."
Then he said: "I'll quickly discuss some matters with Fourth Uncle and return home with you." Chu Feiling readily agreed.
Chu Yang took Chu Feiyan to his room, reached under the bed, and pulled out a large package: "Fourth Uncle, go quickly."
Chu Feiyan was nearly exasperated: "You said it was foolproof... and you just left it lying under the bed like this?"
Chu Yang widened his eyes: "What's wrong with that?"
Chu Feiyan was furious, snatched the package, changed clothes, donned a mask, and then jumped out of the wall. Just then, the sound of horse hooves erupted outside, fading away like thunder.
Of course, Chu Yang hadn't really left it under the bed; that was merely a gesture. In fact, it was retrieved from the nine calamity space, but he could not explain this.
Seeing Chu Feiyan leave, Chu Yang smiled and stepped out with Chu Feiling.
Chu Feiling cursed angrily, exasperated: "That bastard! He took my horse! Doesn’t he know there are still so many people at home waiting for your help? He’s getting less sensible as he ages!"
Chu Yang was astonished. It turned out the horse that Chu Feiyan had taken was Chu Feiling's...
In the next moment, Chu Yang felt his body shake as he was lifted off the ground; the scenery around him flew backward rapidly—he had been thrown over Chu Feiling's shoulder, sprinting forward...