When An Moxue walked out of the forest and stood on the back mountain of her house, she had already emerged from her slump. Looking at her small courtyard, she told herself that if such people came again in the future, she should still handle it in the same way without alerting anyone. Firstly, it would help her improve her combat skills. If she was lucky, her cultivation technique would advance to a higher level. If she was unlucky, she could simply take out the modern weapons stored in her spatial storage, blast them with one shot, and then destroy the evidence. There was nothing to blame herself for; after all, they had come.

Their arrival means they are not innocent. If we're talking about innocence, who could be more innocent than oneself?

Smoke was already rising from the village chimneys, and she thought that Uncle Ma and Uncle Guo must be getting impatient.

But with so many wounds on my body, I dared not walk fast!

She chuckled to herself. She could have easily dealt with that person, but in order to test his strength, she fought hand-to-hand. In the end, in order to improve her own martial arts skills, she risked her life. Fortunately, the final result was good. Her skills improved by one level. From today onwards, she could be considered a martial arts master!

It should be considered worth it, right?

Let's say that.

An Moxue paused in front of Old Ma's house. Before she could push the door open and go in, Old Ma, who was sitting in the yard, looked up and saw her.

He jumped up and jogged towards An Moxue.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Old man, slow down, I'm fine." An Moxue called out as she walked inside.

Just then, Aunt Ma, who had heard the voice, arrived before she did: "Is that Mo Xue girl back?"

Old Ma didn't slow down, and without turning his head, he replied to Aunt Ma, "Yes, old woman."

An Moxue walked to the middle of the courtyard, where Old Ma was already waiting to greet her, and Aunt Ma also came out of the house.

The three of them sat down under the eaves in Old Ma's yard. The two old men watched as An Moxue walked slowly and limped, her face covered in bruises.

Aunt Ma couldn't hold back her tears, her eyes red and swollen, and kept asking, "Where are you hurt? How did it get so bad?"

Old Ma asked anxiously, "Is there any serious injury?"

An Moxue's heart pounded, and she spoke words of comfort: "Auntie, I'm fine. I only have superficial injuries, really."

After saying that, he reached out and carefully wiped away Aunt Ma's tears, then looked at Old Ma and gestured to him with his eyes, "You should help me comfort her!"

Old Ma didn't care about them. His wife was just crying a little to vent her frustrations; it wasn't a big deal. He looked at An Moxue and asked, "Are you hurt in any bones or muscles? Any internal injuries?"

He knew that ordinary people couldn't hurt An Moxue, but the fact that she was injured like this meant that her bones were broken and she might have internal injuries.

An Moxue said uncertainly, "It should be fine, right?" The main problem was that her leg was kicked too hard by that man, and she still walks with a limp. She didn't know how she was doing.

“It looks like your leg is in a bit of a serious condition. Putting everything else aside, I’ll go find the village doctor to take a look at you. If it doesn’t work, we’ll go to the county hospital.”

"Uncle Ma, please go and tell Uncle Guo again. I'm afraid he'll worry."

"Okay." After Old Ma agreed to An Moxue, he said to Aunt Ma, "Old woman, look at Moxue, she hasn't eaten for a long time. Why don't you go and make her something to eat?" After saying that, he left the yard quickly without looking at anyone.

"Yes, yes, Auntie, I ate the same thing yesterday morning, and I'm starving. Can you go and cook some food, okay?"

Aunt Ma wiped away her tears and looked at An Moxue, asking, "Haven't you eaten for two days?"

"Hmm, I didn't have time. Auntie, what are you going to make for me to eat?" An Moxue coaxed Aunt Ma with a giggle.

Aunt Ma glared at her, her eyes filled with heartache, and said, "Still laughing? Look at you, you're in this state, don't you feel any pain!"

"Ouch! Auntie, you shouldn't have said that, now that you mention it, I feel pain all over!" Seeing her funny expression, Aunt Ma completely lost her temper, stood up, and went into the kitchen to cook.

When Old Ma led the village doctor in, An Moxue was eating a cucumber.

When An Moxue saw people come in, she slowly stood up and said, "Uncle Ma, Uncle Fu."

The village doctor, seeing An Moxue's pitiful state, said, "Let's go inside and take a look!"

An Moxue said, "Thank you for your help, Uncle Fu."

Upon entering the house, the village doctor first took her pulse, then glanced at her injured calf. When her pants were rolled up, a dark purple patch was visible on her calf. The village doctor gently pressed on her calf a few times, causing An Moxue to grimace in pain. He then examined her other injuries.

After examining her, he said to An Moxue, "I suspect your bones are cracked. You have too many injuries, and I haven't been able to diagnose any internal injuries. My medical skills are only so-so. You're not short of money, so go to the county to get a checkup. First, there's medicine available, and you'll recover faster. Second, I'm afraid there might be something I haven't noticed that might delay your recovery."

An Moxue said, "Thank you, Uncle Fu."

The village doctor waved his hand and said, "As long as you don't mind that I'm an old man, you can go to the county to spend money."

An Moxue smiled and said, "Uncle Fu, you're doing this for my own good. I know. I'll have Uncle Ma take me there after dinner."

The village doctor said, "I don't have any good medicine, just painkillers and some herbs. If you go to the county, I won't prescribe any for you."

An Moxue said to Old Ma, "Uncle Ma, please pay Uncle Fu's consultation fee for me first, so that he doesn't go through all that trouble for nothing."

Old Ma said, "I understand."

After saying that, the village doctor picked up his medical kit and left the house with Old Ma.

"Mo Xue, hurry, the food is ready. Let's eat, and then we'll go to the county."

Aunt Ma was busy inside and outside the house when Old Ma asked, "Now tell me, what happened?"

“Uncle Ma, this time it was a person, a master of ancient martial arts. I suspect he has been monitoring me for several days. Yesterday, when he saw me enter the mountains, he followed me in. When we got deep into the forest, he fought with me. He is from the Nakagawa Tang family.”

"This group of people is never going to stop, so where are they now?" Old Ma said angrily.

“I also got some injuries, and then I encountered a herd of wild boars, but I managed to escape.” An Moxue winked at him.

Old Ma understood and asked, "You didn't leave any evidence, did you?"

"Uncle Ma, what does it have to do with me that people were attacked by wild boars? I barely escaped with my life! But, Uncle Ma, I have good news for you." An Moxue said with a smug look on her face.

"They almost lost their lives, what good could possibly come of it!" Old Ma asked irritably.

"My internal energy cultivation technique has finally broken through to the fourth level!" An Moxue blinked her big eyes at Old Ma, looking at him with a "Praise me, praise me" expression.

Old Ma was amused by her appearance and said, "You'll be better able to protect yourself in the future, which is why you were so badly injured?"

"That's worth it. My internal energy cultivation technique has been stuck at the third level for more than half a year, and I haven't made any progress. If it weren't for this life-or-death moment, I might not have been able to break through! Moreover, I suspect that in the future, in addition to cultivating to the perfection of this level, I will also have to be in a life-or-death moment. My ancestors, they really ruined their descendants!"

"It's a good thing your ancestors aren't around anymore, or they would have been driven crazy by you!" Old Ma laughed and scolded as he watched her act silly.

An Moxue thought to herself, "Who said that? I have ancestors too! And more than one, they're quite formidable!"