Chapter Summaries

After declining Gao Yun, Su Yi left the banquet with his disciple Ye Xiaxuan, answered her questions about Bian Que’s medical canons, and decided he wanted an easy life rather than a medical career. Ye Xiaxuan suggested he open his own business, but doubted that his thirty thousand yuan would be enough to start one in Qingzhou City.

• Gao Yun accepted Su Yi’s refusal and said they could have a drink again if fate allowed.
• Ye Xiaxuan joined Su Yi and asked him about Bian Que’s Inner Canon and Outer Canon, and Su Yi answered her questions with ease.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan that the two canons were simple introductory texts and promised to teach her more after she mastered them.
• Su Yi said he wanted a relaxed life of reading, painting, and playing the zither, and Ye Xiaxuan told him he lacked the wage slave spirit.
• Ye Xiaxuan suggested Su Yi become his own boss, then questioned whether his thirty thousand yuan could fund a business in Qingzhou City.

Su Yi took Ye Xiaxuan to the antiques street, intending to turn his thirty thousand yuan into enough money to buy a storefront. After exposing a vendor’s fake porcelain and refusing to be intimidated, he faced a gang of thugs demanding compensation.

• Su Yi declined Ye Xiaxuan’s offer to ask her grandfather for money and took her to the antiques street.
• Ye Xiaxuan drove Su Yi to the market and questioned whether he knew enough about antiques to find a valuable one.
• A vendor tried to sell Ye Xiaxuan a bowl as Ming dynasty blue-and-white porcelain for 128,000 yuan, but Su Yi identified it as a Republican-era imitation worth at most 2,000 yuan.
• The vendor deliberately dropped the bowl, then accused Su Yi of breaking it and demanded compensation.
• A tattooed thug confronted Su Yi, and Ye Xiaxuan stepped in front of her master to challenge the gang.

Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan dealt with Qian Ranhu’s extortion attempt on Antique Street, then continued browsing the stalls. Su Yi spotted a bead among Ni Laojiu’s wares and offered to buy it, interrupting Zhang Qibei’s negotiation.

• Qian Ranhu demanded compensation from Ye Xiaxuan and Su Yi for the broken porcelain, but Su Yi tried to call the police.
• Ye Xiaxuan knocked down Qian Ranhu’s men and made him back off, then declined to give them compensation.
• Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan continued down Antique Street, where Ye Xiaxuan asked whether Su Yi knew martial arts.
• At Ni Laojiu’s stall, Zhang Qibei agreed to pay seven hundred thousand for the displayed antiques and asked to see the better goods.
• Ni Laojiu brought out a bead, and Su Yi offered him thirty thousand for it.

Su Yi warned tomb robber Ni Laojiu that a Hidden Dragon Pearl would kill him, but Ni Laojiu sold it to Zhang Qibei for ten million yuan instead of accepting Su Yi’s offer. Afterward, Su Yi took Ye Xiaxuan to the Longevity Workshop and told her to sell one of his teacups for ten million.

• Su Yi identified Ni Laojiu’s pearl as Li Chunfeng’s Hidden Dragon Pearl, said it had belonged to Li Shimin, and warned that it was bringing Ni Laojiu close to death.
• Ni Laojiu ignored Su Yi’s warning and sold the pearl to Zhang Qibei for ten million yuan.
• Su Yi left with Ye Xiaxuan, who questioned whether his claims about the pearl were true.
• After finding no suitable bargains, Su Yi entered the Longevity Workshop with Ye Xiaxuan and handed her a teacup to sell for ten million yuan.

Ye Xiaxuan brought Su Yi’s Song dynasty Jun porcelain cup to Zhang Qibei’s Longevity Workshop, where he valued it at a hundred million. Su Yi agreed to sell it but gave up the remaining eighty million, leaving Zhang Qibei with the cup for only twenty million.

• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan to ask ten million for the cup he had given her.
• Zhang Qibei examined the cup and offered a hundred million, with twenty million paid immediately and the remaining eighty million within ten days.
• Ye Xiaxuan agreed to sell the cup for Zhang Qibei’s offer.
• Su Yi told Zhang Qibei to keep the cup and said he would take only twenty million, giving up the remaining eighty million.
• Ye Xiaxuan accepted Su Yi’s decision, and Zhang Qibei celebrated the unexpected bargain.

Su Yi sold Zhang Qibei a teacup for twenty million and let Ye Xiaxuan handle the transfer, while Zhang secured the Hidden Dragon Pearl. When a rude cultivator damaged Su Yi’s book and threatened him, Su Yi destroyed the young man’s consciousness, leaving Lin Feng an idiot.

• Su Yi sold Zhang Qibei a teacup for twenty million and told Ye Xiaxuan to manage the transfer and his finances.
• Zhang Qibei locked the Hidden Dragon Pearl and the teacup in his safe before going to the bank with Ye Xiaxuan.
• A young man in black arrived at the Longevity Workshop seeking the pearl and waited for Zhang Qibei to return.
• The young man snatched Su Yi’s book, soaked it with tea, and threatened him, so Su Yi silently destroyed his consciousness with a stare.
• Elder Lin found his grandson unresponsive, and another cultivator determined that Lin Feng had become an idiot.

Lin Hongtu confronted Su Yi over Lin Feng’s sudden mental impairment, but Su Yi stopped his attack and left with Ye Xiaxuan. On their way out, Su Yi confirmed that cultivators had come seeking the Hidden Dragon Pearl and told Ye Xiaxuan he could teach her more after she mastered Bian Que’s medical scrolls.

• Lin Hongtu questioned Su Yi about Lin Feng, then threatened him when Su Yi refused to answer deferentially.
• Lin Hongtu lunged at Su Yi, but an invisible barrier stopped his hand, and Su Yi warned him that he might lose it.
• Ye Xiaxuan and Zhang Qibei returned, and Ye Xiaxuan greeted Lin Hongtu and Tang Yue as acquaintances.
• Su Yi left the Longevity Workshop with Ye Xiaxuan, who asked whether the cultivators had come for the Hidden Dragon Pearl.
• Su Yi said the cultivators were likely drawn by the pearl’s aura and told Ye Xiaxuan he could teach her further lessons after she understood Bian Que’s two medical scrolls.

After Su Yi left the Longevity Workshop, Lin Hongtu feared he was a Nascent Soul cultivator and abandoned the treasure hunt. Tang Yue examined Zhang Qibei’s two treasures, and Zhang demanded three hundred million for the Hidden Dragon Pearl.

• Lin Hongtu warned Tang Yue not to ask about Su Yi, then concluded that Su Yi was likely a Nascent Soul cultivator and had crippled Lin Feng.
• Lin Hongtu ordered his people to take Lin Feng away and gave up pursuing the treasure, while Tang Yue decided to investigate Su Yi later.
• Tang Yue asked Zhang Qibei about the treasures, and Zhang brought out the Hidden Dragon Pearl and a Jun porcelain teacup.
• Zhang claimed the Hidden Dragon Pearl had been given to Li Shimin by Li Chunfeng and that it contained a sealed true dragon.
• Tang Yue asked Zhang to name his price, and Zhang demanded three hundred million for the pearl.

Tang Yue agreed to buy the Hidden Dragon Pearl for three hundred million, while Su Yi planned to open a bookstore and told Ye Xiaxuan not to visit the next day. Ye Xiaxuan worried Su Yi might be meeting Bai Miaomiao, then arranged to come over for a meal and asked what she should call him.

• Tang Yue agreed to buy Zhang Qibei's Hidden Dragon Pearl for three hundred million, but Zhang Qibei would wait for the transfer to clear before handing it over.
• Tang Yue ordered his subordinate to complete the paperwork and threatened Zhang Qibei if the pearl went missing before he returned in three days.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan to find an existing bookstore in an out-of-the-way location for him to take over.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan not to visit the next day because he was having a friend over, and Ye Xiaxuan wondered if he meant Bai Miaomiao.
• After Su Yi denied inviting Bai Miaomiao, Ye Xiaxuan asked to come over for a meal and asked what she should call him.

Su Yi went to the Tang Family estate to confront Tang Wenyao after learning that the old patriarch was still alive and had been involved in the pressure placed on Jiang Changfeng. He left Zhang Luolin kneeling in submission after Zhang Daoling recognized Su Yi as a senior.

• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan to arrange for Lin Yiyun to ask about working at the bookstore, then sent Ye Xiaxuan home.
• Su Yi appeared at the Tang Family estate and killed Tang Wenyao’s bodyguard with a single step.
• Su Yi confronted Tang Wenyao, who admitted that fifty years had passed and claimed they no longer had anything to do with each other.
• Zhang Luolin arrived to protect Tang Wenyao and attacked Su Yi with a lightning talisman, but the lightning struck Zhang Luolin instead.
• Zhang Daoling appeared to Zhang Luolin and ordered him to kneel before Su Yi, whom he called a senior.
• Zhang Luolin apologized and asked Su Yi to punish him, while Su Yi told him to take the others away.

Su Yi spared Tang Wenyao after confronting him about his betrayal, then waited near the bar for Lin Yiyun. When Zhao Yin arrived with a group of young men, Su Yi injured one with a barbecue skewer and drove them away.

• Su Yi questioned Tang Wenyao about how he had treated him, then left without harming him and cut ties with the Tang Family.
• Su Yi went to a barbecue stall near the bar to wait for Lin Yiyun, after secretly placing a lottery ticket in He Liao's wallet.
• Zhao Yin arrived with a group of young men and ordered them to attack Su Yi.
• Su Yi pierced a white-haired young man's thigh with a bamboo skewer and warned Zhao Yin not to bother Lin Yiyun.
• Su Yi ordered Zhao Yin and the others to leave, and the barbecue stall's owner washed the blood from the ground.

Yu Guoan tried to keep Yu Xinghe from provoking Su Yi again by ordering him to withdraw from school and remain at home. Yu Huiyin went out to ask Su Yi to spare her brother, while Su Yi continued waiting for Lin Yiyun, unaware of the Yu family's turmoil.

• Yu Guoan ordered Yu Huiyin to arrange Yu Xinghe's withdrawal from school and said he would supervise Yu Xinghe's studies at home.
• Yu Guoan explained that he feared what Su Yi might do after hearing from Tang Wenyao that Zhang Luolin had knelt before him.
• Yu Huiyin offered to ask Su Yi to forgive Yu Xinghe, and Yu Guoan told her not to reveal that he had sent her.
• Yu Huiyin left the house near midnight to find Su Yi, who had spent two hours eating and drinking at a barbecue stall while waiting for Lin Yiyun.
• The barbecue stall owner grew frightened by Su Yi's quiet, refined manner and suspected he might be an assassin.

After police questioned Su Yi at a barbecue stall, he met Yu Huiyin at a bar and agreed not to pursue her brother Yu Xinghe’s offense. The chapter ended as Su Yi noticed Xu Chuan pressuring Lin Yiyun to drink with customers and went toward their booth.

• The police arrived at the barbecue stall, where the owner fainted after Su Yi used a trick to make him sleep.
• Yu Huiyin arrived in her Maserati and took Su Yi to a quiet booth at the bar.
• Yu Huiyin apologized for Yu Xinghe, and Su Yi told her he would not make things difficult for him if she explained their relationship and told him to stop bothering Su Yi.
• Yu Huiyin asked why Yu Guoan looked after Su Yi, and Su Yi claimed he was a cultivator and nodded when she guessed Jiang Changfeng was his master.
• Su Yi left Yu Huiyin and saw Xu Chuan making Lin Yiyun drink with a group of customers.

Su Yi intervened when Fan Jia and Xu Chuan pressured Lin Yiyun to drink, but Fan Jia turned the confrontation into a fight after Su Yi shoved him. The bar’s security gathered as Su Yi lifted an attacker by the throat, and Fan Jia threatened him while Yu Huiyin arrived.

• Xu Chuan introduced Lin Yiyun to shareholder Fan Jia, who pressured her to drink and tried to put his arm around her.
• Su Yi came to take Lin Yiyun away, but Xu Chuan and Fan Jia mocked him and warned him to leave.
• Su Yi refused to drink for Fan Jia, shoved him aside, and took Lin Yiyun by the wrist.
• Fan Jia ordered his men to attack Su Yi and threatened Lin Yiyun, who tried to stop the fight.
• Su Yi lifted the first attacker by the throat, and Yu Huiyin arrived as Fan Jia called for the bar’s security and threatened Su Yi.

Yu Huiyin confronted Fan Jia at the bar and used her strength and family status to secure Su Yi and Lin Yiyun's release. Su Yi returned instead of leaving her alone, and after Fan Jia learned who she was, Su Yi suggested a punishment for him.

• Yu Huiyin demanded that Xu Chuan let Su Yi and Lin Yiyun go, but Fan Jia refused and insulted her.
• Yu Huiyin seized Fan Jia and escorted him toward the entrance while Xu Chuan ordered the security guards not to interfere.
• Su Yi sent Lin Yiyun away in a taxi, then stayed behind as she called the police and got out nearby.
• Xu Chuan revealed that Yu Huiyin was Yu Xinghe's older sister, and Fan Jia realized she was Yu Guoan's daughter and apologized.
• Yu Huiyin released Fan Jia, and Su Yi told him to strip naked and run to the other end of the street.

Su Yi forced Fan Jia to run naked through the street after Fan Jia provoked Yu Huiyin, then left with Lin Yiyun and invited her and her grandfather to dinner. The next morning, Ye Xiaxuan brought groceries and told Su Yi she had found a bookstore location near the university district.

• Yu Huiyin ordered Fan Jia to strip and run down the street, and Su Yi insisted he remove everything.
• Police returned to the bar, arrested Fan Jia, and made him put his underpants back on.
• Su Yi met Lin Yiyun, learned Yu Huiyin had gone home, and arranged to work at a friend's bookstore with Lin Yiyun.
• Su Yi rode home with Lin Yiyun and invited her and her grandfather to dinner the next day.
• Ye Xiaxuan arrived at Su Yi's home with groceries and asked when they should inspect the bookstore location she had found.

Su Yi gave Ye Xiaxuan thirteen secret medical prescriptions, which she memorized and understood after reading them once, and she became convinced that he was a remarkable master. After inviting Old Lin to lunch, Su Yi found Ye Xiaxuan had made a mess of the groceries and sent her out of the kitchen.

• Su Yi gave Ye Xiaxuan his handwritten secret medical prescriptions and told her to memorize them, then burn them and prepare the ingredients for lunch.
• Ye Xiaxuan read the prescriptions once, memorized them, and grasped their pharmacological principles.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan to burn the papers and wash the vegetables, and she obediently followed his instructions, now convinced he was extraordinary.
• Su Yi invited Old Lin to lunch, and Old Lin agreed to bring a jar of aged liquor.
• Ye Xiaxuan chopped chicken so badly that much of it ended up on the floor, then hid the scraps in the trash before Su Yi came into the kitchen.
• Su Yi saw the overwashed vegetables and butchered chicken, then told Ye Xiaxuan to stand aside and took over.

Su Yi taught Ye Xiaoxuan cooking and offered to teach her the five arts of metaphysics, while she teased him about Old Lin’s granddaughter. As dinner preparations ended, Ye Xiaoxuan asked whether the pearl vendor and the owner of the Longevity Workshop would die, and Su Yi showed little interest in saving either man.

• Su Yi instructed Ye Xiaoxuan in cooking and offered to teach her basic immortal arts, but told her to focus on medicine first.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaoxuan that Old Lin and his granddaughter were coming to dinner, and Ye Xiaoxuan teased him about courting the granddaughter.
• Su Yi said Old Lin’s granddaughter might become his wife and bluntly told Ye Xiaoxuan that she was prettier than her.
• Ye Xiaoxuan asked whether the pearl vendor would die, and Su Yi said the man had chosen his fate and did not need saving.
• Ye Xiaoxuan asked about the owner of the Longevity Workshop, and Su Yi said he did not know and would not care if the man died fighting him for the Hidden Dragon Pearl.

Su Yi invited Old Lin and Lin Yiyun to lunch, then offered to teach Old Lin health-preserving boxing after realizing the old man’s organs were failing. Old Lin accepted and challenged Su Yi to a drinking game, unaware that Su Yi’s special liquor could cure him.

• Ye Xiaxuan planned to secretly visit the Longevity Workshop owner and save the tomb robber if she encountered him, then helped Su Yi prepare lunch.
• Su Yi invited Old Lin and Lin Yiyun to eat, and Old Lin brought a jar of liquor.
• Old Lin privately asked whether Su Yi had moved in for Lin Yiyun, but changed his mind after seeing Ye Xiaxuan at Su Yi’s house.
• Su Yi recognized that Old Lin’s internal organs were failing and offered to teach him health-preserving boxing the next day.
• Old Lin, who believed he had only three months to live, eagerly accepted the lessons and challenged Su Yi to drink that afternoon.
• Su Yi decided not to serve his five-hundred-year-old medicinal liquor yet, reasoning that Old Lin could live for a few more months without it.

Ye Xiaxuan pretended to be Su Yi’s older cousin at a meal with Lin Yiyun and her grandfather, teasing Su Yi and making him seem interested in Lin Yiyun. After the guests left, Su Yi confronted his rebellious disciple and punished her for her meddling.

• Ye Xiaxuan introduced herself to Old Lin as Su Yi’s older cousin and told him she hoped Su Yi would find a girlfriend.
• Ye Xiaxuan teased Su Yi in front of Lin Yiyun, saying he often talked about her and that he had cooked all the dishes.
• Lin Yiyun and Old Lin praised Su Yi’s cooking, and Su Yi arranged to play mahjong with Old Lin that afternoon.
• After Lin Yiyun took Old Lin home, Su Yi confronted Ye Xiaxuan about pretending to be his cousin and giving Lin Yiyun misleading hints.
• Ye Xiaxuan defended her scheme and asked to keep eating at Su Yi’s home, so Su Yi ordered her to copy two assignments on Bian Que a thousand times by the next day.