So It Was a Small Fry

Lu Jun was led into the side hall.

"Sir, please take a seat." The servant then addressed everyone else. "Gentlemen, please wait a moment. Master will be here shortly."

Five or six people were already seated in the side hall.

Most of them were middle-aged men in their forties or fifties. Quite a few even carried medicine chests, and their bodies gave off a strong mingled odor of earth and medicinal herbs.

It was not hard to see that these physicians had come as candidates to treat the so-called young lady of the Li Mansion.

When everyone saw how young Lu Jun was—and that he did not even have the medicine chest physicians usually carried—they could not help shaking their heads.

In truth, these physicians simply had not seen enough of the world. They lacked the sharp eye of the steward outside and instinctively took Lu Jun for a swindler.

Lu Jun paid no attention to the others. Instead, his eyes lit up when he spotted the pastries and tea laid out on the table.

Perfect. I hadn't eaten yet.

Lu Jun tossed one pastry after another into his mouth, his eyes faintly lighting up.

Over the past month or so, the flavorless meals he had eaten in Huang Family Village had nearly ruined his sense of taste.

Several physicians also sized Lu Jun up as he swept through the pastries beside him.

Some shook their heads, some looked disgusted, and others sighed softly.

After a while, a physician with a snow-white beard gently picked up the pastries beside him, sat down next to Lu Jun, and quietly held them out to him.

"I haven't eaten this portion yet. You may as well eat it too."

Lu Jun did not refuse.

Law Seekers consumed a great deal of energy and naturally had large appetites.

After finishing his own portion, Lu Jun was still not full, so he accepted the pastries offered by the physician beside him without the slightest courtesy.

Seeing this, the white-bearded physician sighed. "Times have been hard lately."

"They certainly have." Lu Jun nodded lightly.

He thought of the demons and monsters that existed in this world, beings ordinary people could not resist. It was only natural for life to be a struggle at every step.

"Young man, you're not a physician, are you?"

"No." Lu Jun answered.

"Mm. Everyone has difficulties, but pretending to be a physician and swindling people is truly—"

"Fake doctors really do harm people." Lu Jun nodded.

"Everyone here is a physician. When they see someone posing as one to cheat people, they naturally feel that person has tarnished the physician's name. Of course they won't be pleased."

"Child, leave as soon as you've finished eating."

Seeing Lu Jun's attitude, the white-bearded physician could not help thinking that the boy was teachable after all.

"Mm, thank you, Grandpa. You should leave quickly later too." Lu Jun spoke with a hint of sincerity.

"Huh? Why should I leave? I still have to treat the patient..."

"No, you—young man..."

The white-bearded physician had not finished speaking when—

Two sets of footsteps came from the doorway.

Soon, two figures appeared there.

One was a somewhat portly, bearded middle-aged man dressed in expensive silk robes, his face plastered with a fawning smile.

The other was a slender young man in blue-and-white robes. He had delicate features, but his expression carried a hint of arrogance.

The many physicians rose as one and bowed toward the middle-aged man. "Master Li."

Lu Jun sat in the corner. When everyone stood, they happened to block him, and no one noticed him.

Master Li smiled courteously before saying, "Gentlemen, please sit."

"Heh, Master Li, you've found a new physician, have you? Looks like it's time for this wandering doctor to leave as well." The young man beside him let out a cold laugh.

Master Li's expression instantly grew tense. "Ah, Mr. Ye Chen, please don't say that. This past year, it was all thanks to you that my daughter's life was kept hanging on. I haven't even had the chance to thank you—how could I drive you away?"

The young man's gaze swept over the many physicians in the hall, and a mocking smile flickered across his face. "Then why has Master Li summoned this crowd of physicians? Could it be that you don't trust my abilities?"

Master Li hurriedly said, "Mr. Ye Chen, please don't be angry. Naturally, I trust your abilities. But for such a difficult and strange illness, it is still better for everyone to put their heads together..."

The young man said coldly, "Master Li, I'll make this clear right now. I, Ye Chen, am the only one who can cure the illness of your daughter. If this bunch of fools rashly treats her, they'll only destroy the results of my treatment over the past year. They may even worsen her condition. When her illness becomes impossible to cure, I will no longer lift a finger!"

The physicians in the hall looked grim.

Master Li's face suddenly turned ugly. He raised his head and looked at everyone with guilt in his eyes. "My apologies, gentlemen. Please return home... I've prepared travel expenses for all of you..."

Creak—

A chair scraped sharply across the floor as someone stood up.

Lu Jun rose from his chair, then used the silk handkerchief beside him to wipe his mouth and hands before casually tossing it onto the nearby table.

His expression was indifferent, and his steps were steady.

Thud, thud, thud—

He soon reached Master Li and the young man surnamed Ye.

Lu Jun stood nearly six feet two inches tall—six foot one, or 1.88 meters—and was a full head taller than the young man.

Ye Chen raised his head to look up at Lu Jun, feeling as though he were being gazed down upon from above.

A nameless irritation flared in his heart. He demanded, "You got a problem?"

Lu Jun smiled, the expression filled with disdain and cruelty.

"What, you're playing some kind of secret code here?"

Without any warning, Lu Jun raised his hand and viciously slapped Ye Chen across the face.

Lu Jun was now a Zhou Tian Realm Law Seeker. Coupled with the physical enhancement from the River Lord Subdues the Flood Dragon Art, his strength was astonishing.

Ye Chen was sent flying by that single slap, smashing hard into the wall.

"Hiss!"

Everyone sucked in a cold breath.

Damn, this young man is that fierce?

But damn, that felt good!

Ye Chen had been arrogant as hell the moment he entered, and the first thing he did was belittle everyone present.

Besides, even a clay Buddha had three parts temper.

Now that they were watching an even fiercer young man teach Ye Chen a lesson, naturally they were delighted.

"You dared to hit me!" Ye Chen cried, his face full of disbelief.

"Mm. What else?"

Lu Jun once again came before Ye Chen, raised his foot, and stamped viciously on his fingers, grinding them hard against the floor.

"Ah!" Ye Chen let out a shriek.

"Do you know who I am?" Ye Chen roared at Lu Jun.

"You're yelling about some secret code again! Why are you shouting so loudly?"

"I don't give a damn who you are!"

Lu Jun seized one of Ye Chen's wrists and violently yanked.

The next moment, amid a shrill scream and the scalp-prickling sound of flesh tearing, one of Ye Chen's arms was ripped cleanly from his body by Lu Jun.

"Madman!"

"Madman!"

Ye Chen was terrified. Tears and snot streamed down his face as he hurriedly shouted at Master Li, "Master Li, are you really going to stand by and watch him kill me? If he kills me, who will treat your daughter's illness?"

Master Li gritted his teeth, then gently waved toward the guards behind him and ordered, "Rescue Mr. Ye Chen..."

Lu Jun slowly turned his head, his indifferent gaze sweeping over everyone. His tone was cold.

"The Demon Slaying Division is exterminating demons!"

"Strike first and report afterward. Imperial authority grants permission."

"Those who interfere will be killed without exception. You would all do well not to bring death upon yourselves."

"The Demon Slaying Division!"

Lu Jun was, in the end, borrowing the tiger's hide to make himself a banner.

He had come with Old Man Yun and the others, so he could count as half a member of the Demon Slaying Division anyway.

Everyone's pupils shook violently. Their bodies stiffened where they stood, and none dared move.

Lu Jun slowly turned back toward Ye Chen before him, a ferocious grin spreading across his face. "What about you? Demon, are you still going to keep hiding?"

Ye Chen's face was full of terror as he stared at Lu Jun. "The Demon Slaying Division! How could you be from the Demon Slaying Division? I clearly hid myself perfectly!"

By the end, Ye Chen's voice had begun to turn low and hoarse.

His features started to change. Soon, he had a blue-green face and fangs, while his pupils became corpse-fish white. The exposed skin across his body turned green, and black smoke continuously poured from the stump of the arm Lu Jun had broken off.

"Heh. So it was a Green Zombie after all..." Lu Jun sneered.