I Remembered It...

It truly was, "The tree craved stillness, yet the wind refused to cease"!

His personal martial servant, Gu Jiu, had been severely injured. Yue Shuo left the spirit field to meet him and hurriedly asked about finding a physician for treatment.

"Where on Hemu Island can we find a physician?"

Gu Jiu was still conscious. Seeing that his young master cared only about his injuries, his eyes grew slightly moist.

"Young Master! This servant is fine! A little rest will do!"

His voice was weaker than usual.

His breath lacked some strength.

Yue Shuo ignored him and looked at Tian Wan.

Zou Chongying's face was already full of fury. Of course, that anger was not directed at Yue Shuo.

Tian Wan was somewhat calmer than Zou Chongying.

He gestured for Yue Shuo to carry the man inside first. The three of them brought Gu Jiu into his little wooden house.

Tian Wan said softly:

"I have some Life Essence Powder there. It's a byproduct from refining Life Essence Pills, and it should help with his injuries! As for finding a physician..."

He looked at Gu Jiu.

Clutching something to his chest, Gu Jiu struggled to sit up.

He shook his head at Yue Shuo.

"Young Master, there's no need for a physician. I'm a martial man myself, so I know a few methods for treating injuries!"

As he spoke, he bowed again to Tian Wan and Zou Chongying.

"Thank you, Young Master Zou and Young Master Tian, for saving me this time. Otherwise, Gu Jiu might never have seen Young Master again!"

Zou Chongying and Tian Wan exchanged a glance.

Tian Wan said he would go back to fetch the Life Essence Powder and asked Zou Chongying to explain the situation to Yue Shuo.

After Tian Wan left.

Zou Chongying finally slammed his palm against the table in the room and said indignantly, "Those Lineage disciples are too vile!!"

The moment those words came out, Gu Jiu's expression changed drastically.

Yue Shuo's heart tightened slightly.

Still, although he liked to turn matters over in his mind several times and could not exactly be said to feel close to or trusting of Gu Jiu.

He still retained the moral values and worldview left over from his previous life.

Yue Shuo's expression remained unchanged. As his thoughts raced, he asked:

"What exactly happened?"

Several possibilities had already formed in his mind.

Had someone taken a fancy to the Gathering Spirit Grass or Spirit Carp and tried to snatch them?

Or had Gu Jiu carelessly offended some Lineage disciple with his words and been attacked in retaliation?

He had always felt that Spirit Carp were not particularly valuable.

His reason for exchanging for them had merely been an excuse for when he advanced to Qi Refining Level One and cultivated faster than his Spiritual Root aptitude should allow.

He had not wanted one Spirit Carp to stir up too much trouble.

Wasn't avoiding trouble only to create trouble an utterly superfluous move?

"It was a Lineage disciple. He spoke disrespectfully to Sister Yan in the shop and was thrown out. Holding a grudge, he found an excuse in the ferry area of the marketplace, claiming that Gu Jiu had disrespected him, and ordered his martial servants to attack..."

When Yue Shuo heard this: ???

His head was full of question marks.

"Gu Jiu threw him out?"

"Uh? How could that be! Gu Jiu stayed huddled in a corner from beginning to end, so quiet it was as if he didn't exist at all!"

Zou Chongying shook his head hard.

Yue Shuo: "..."

He looked at Gu Jiu with an odd expression.

Could this kid have some kind of protagonist physique, to be targeted as an outlet for someone's anger even like this?

Of course, Gu Jiu had come to harm while running errands for him.

Yue Shuo had no mood to joke.

He only asked Zou Chongying, "Who was that Lineage disciple? Can martial servants simply be harmed at will?"

Yue Shuo had actually wanted to ask whether anyone could deal with this matter.

But he noticed Gu Jiu's expression.

Clearly, Gu Jiu intended to endure it and let the matter end there.

"That person... don't ask!"

Zou Chongying came back to himself and shook his head at Yue Shuo.

Then he glanced at Gu Jiu several times.

"Even if your young master goes to confront him, it will accomplish nothing. I'll give you an explanation for this matter someday!"

With that, he turned and left.

Before Yue Shuo could call after him, he had already vanished with the speed of flight.

"Young Master! Please... don't take this matter to heart. This servant is only a martial servant... Young Master, here are the Spirit Carp and Grain-Repelling Pills. This servant has not failed his mission!"

Gu Jiu held up the bundle in his arms with both hands.

For no reason, Yue Shuo felt something stir within him. He reached out, accepted it, and set it aside without opening it to inspect its contents.

He studied Gu Jiu seriously once more.

The man looked very young, perhaps in his twenties or thirties.

His hair was tightly tied into a topknot, and he wore a slightly faded blue martial servant uniform, fitted tightly around his body.

Usually, he was full of vigor, looking shrewd and capable.

Now, though, his face was pale. His blue clothes were stained with dirt and blood, especially at the front of his robe, where there was a patch of blood.

The blue fabric at his shoulder was also slightly torn, and the smell of blood wafted from his back.

Not long after, Tian Wan arrived with his martial servant.

Tian Wan's martial servant cleaned Gu Jiu's wounds and changed his medicine, while Yue Shuo and Tian Wan walked slowly near the spirit field.

Tian Wan said:

"Chong Ying told you what happened, right?"

Yue Shuo gave a quiet hum.

After thinking for a moment, Tian Wan advised:

"This was a disaster falling from the sky. Lineage disciples are different from us, and besides, it was only a conflict between martial servants..."

Yue Shuo merely asked again.

"Who was that Lineage disciple?"

After a moment's thought, he added, "Once I know, I can avoid him. After all, we are still on Qin Clan territory."

Tian Wan hesitated slightly and looked Yue Shuo over a few times.

But then he remembered that Yue Shuo had a mild temperament and was not like Chong Ying, who was so fond of ruthlessness and violence.

Those with patience, and those skilled at planting.

Generally could not have tempers too bad.

After all, spirit plant masters usually found it easier to get started if their water and wood Spiritual Roots were strong. Spiritual Root leanings also affected a person's disposition.

This was already a widely accepted fact.

"It was Qin Feng!"

Yue Shuo raised a brow. "No generation name?"

There were distinctions among Qin Clan Lineage disciples as well.

Having spent more than a month on Hemu Island, Yue Shuo had gained some understanding of this.

There was an obvious difference between Qin Clan members who had generational names and those who did not.

The latter.

Were generally born to Qin Clan women married to guest disciples.

They were neither direct descendants nor branch lineage members.

They could only be considered Lineage disciples.

This distinction existed.

Because within the Qin Clan, direct descendants and branch lineages could not intermarry, though both could marry those without generational names.

In terms of treatment.

Aside from the gap between them and the direct descendants.

There was no obvious difference from the branch lineages. Resources were likewise distributed according to talent and potential.

Of course, even the lowest Lineage disciple was stronger than a guest disciple!

It was not only the Lineage disciples themselves who thought so.

Most likely, most guest disciples thought so as well.

Yue Shuo found Tian Wan's attitude perfectly normal. It was like an employee unwilling to offend the boss's relatives.

They were one of their own.

You were merely an employee.

"In this matter, once the other party has vented his anger, that should be the end of it. Avoid him for a while, and Qin Feng probably won't do anything more..."

Before Tian Wan left, he continued patiently advising Yue Shuo.

Yue Shuo replied mildly.

"I remembered it..."

After Tian Wan and his martial servant left.

Yue Shuo's expression showed no change. He went to look at Gu Jiu, who had fallen asleep after treatment.

He carried the bundle containing the Spirit Carp and Grain-Repelling Pills back to the small courtyard.

He did not let the injured Gu Jiu get up to cook. He circulated the Blazing Sun Art slightly within his body and naturally cast Flame Palm.

He lit the fire, cleaned the fish, and added water.

Then he set the Spirit Carp to stew.

At the same time, in the courtyard, he looked inward to examine the changes to the panel after activating the Flame Palm secret technique that came with the Blazing Sun Art.

[Flame Palm (Tier One): 1/100 (Beginner)]