Chapter 566 My Face Hurts, Fu Xi: The Xu Family? [2 Updates]

Ye Heng's expression grew even more terrified: "What...what do you want to do?"

"If you like it, have some." Ying Zijing bent down and picked up the amulet.

Without any expression, she slowly stuffed the amulet into Ye Heng's mouth, forcing him to swallow it.

Ye Heng tried to struggle, but his resistance was futile, and blood kept flowing down the corner of his mouth.

His eyes widened: "You actually..."

And he also possesses a considerable level of ancient martial arts cultivation?!

Is Ying Zijin really a practitioner of both ancient medicine and ancient martial arts?

Ye Heng's mind was buzzing, and his face was burning with pain.

In his mind, only Lin Qingjia could do this; no one else could.

"You tricked Ye Ling out of here, let me think—" Ying Zijin said calmly, "It's related to the Xu family, although I don't know what benefits they promised you."

Before Ye Heng could speak, a guard rushed in from outside to report.

"Patriarch, the Xu family has kidnapped Miss Ye Ling, saying they want Miss Ying to come over to refine medicine, or they'll just kill her."

Now the whole story is completely clear.

"Ye Heng!" The Ye family head was furious, but even more so, he was incredulous. "Xiao Ling is your own sister!"

The Ye family was small, so there were few disputes, and they were always happy together, even when they were so poor that they had little food.

The only branch of the family with disloyal intentions, including Uncle Ye's second uncle, has had its internal energy stripped away and has been completely expelled from the family.

The Ye family head had no intention of expanding the family, and that was precisely why things were good as they were.

With a large family comes many troublesome matters.

The Ye family head never expected that Ye Heng would sell Ye Ling just for a sachet.

Ye Heng couldn't breathe at all; the taste of blood kept rising in his throat. He spoke with difficulty, "Who...who made her stupid? She deserved it, she deserved to be fooled by me!"

"She trusts you because you're family! And you still call her stupid?" The Ye family head couldn't take it anymore, raised his hand and slapped Ye Heng across the face. "You're foolish, betraying your family and you still blame her?"

The Ye family head didn't hold back, and Ye Heng was slapped so hard that he spat out blood.

Ying Zijing raised her hand and pressed a golden needle into Ye Heng's shoulder.

Ye Heng's body trembled, and he spat out another mouthful of blood. He screamed, "Internal energy! My internal energy!"

He could feel his internal energy constantly draining away.

how so?!

Ying Zijing released her grip, and Ye Heng fell to the ground.

He survived, but was completely ruined.

The head of the Ye family did not stop him. He clenched his fists, unable to suppress his anger and disappointment: "Lock him in the ancestral hall and never let him out."

Ying Zijing changed her outer clothes: "I'm going to the Xu family. You all wait here."

"Miss Ying, absolutely not!" Patriarch Ye said anxiously, "If you really go into the Xu family, you might never come out!"

Even though the Xu family is only a medium-sized family in the ancient martial arts world, it is still far from being a large family.

However, they also held a dominant position, controlling a considerable territory, with several small families relying on the Xu family for survival.

"It's alright." Ying Zijin rolled up her sleeves. "We just need to change the head of the Xu family."

After saying that, she walked out.

Ye Changkong was still standing there, unable to come to his senses.

What do you mean... just changing the head of the family will solve everything?!

**

The Xu family.

Upon seeing the girl, the butler showed no surprise and even greeted her respectfully, "Miss Ying, you've arrived."

On the other side, Madam Xu sat by the bed, wiping the sweat from the Xu family head's brow without glancing at him.

Ying Zijing's eyes turned cold, her voice calm and without the slightest fluctuation: "Release them, and I'll make medicine for you."

"We will definitely release the person, but there's a condition." The butler raised his hand. "Miss Ying, this is the alchemy room, which is already prepared for you."

He gave a signal, and the two middle-aged men followed.

The two middle-aged guard captains were both around 70 years old in cultivation, which was more than enough to keep an ancient doctor under control.

Nobody even considered the possibility of practicing both ancient medicine and martial arts.

Firstly, there are too few geniuses like this; apart from Lin Qingjia, the others are all mediocre.

Secondly, if Ying Zijin knew ancient martial arts, she would have been able to come so obediently long ago.

Moreover, they couldn't sense any fluctuation of internal energy from her.

No one would believe that a girl who is not even twenty years old has eighty years of ancient martial arts cultivation.

"Miss Ying, these are the medicinal herbs." The butler entered the alchemy room, his voice carrying a hint of threat. "You can focus on making the medicine. The Xu family guarantees that your friend will be safe."

If they release Ye Ling now, who knows if Ying Zijin will still make medicine for them?

Ying Zijing had a serene expression and slightly drooping eyelashes as she picked up the medicinal herbs beside her.

Seeing that the girl was obedient, the housekeeper left and locked the door.

Inside the alchemy room, Ying Zijin placed the medicinal herbs into the furnace.

Compared to her medical skills, she has always preferred playing with poisons.

**

At this time, the Fu family...

Fu Chen secretly slipped out of the alchemy room, ran to the lotus pond behind the mountain, and lay down on a deck chair to sleep.

The sunlight was blinding, so he picked a leaf to cover his face.

Fu Chen didn't know how long he had been asleep until someone kicked him to the ground, instantly waking him up.

The woman stood in front of him with her hands behind her back, looking indifferent: "Have you slept enough?"

When he saw the woman's face clearly, Fu Chen was so shocked he almost fell into the river: "Grand-Grand Ancestor?"

He was caught slacking off by Fu Xi.

"What a lazy brat," Fu Xi said with a laugh. "If you had the same interest in sleeping as you were in studying medicine, you would already be the best among the younger generation, wouldn't you?"

Fu Chen choked for a moment, then immediately changed the subject: "Ancestor, speaking of medical skills, I met a genius alchemist at the Pill Alliance a few days ago."

"On her first attempt at refining the Heart-Protecting Pill, she produced a batch of four pills with an 80% utilization rate without any explanation. She's a genius, don't you think?"

"Enough with the nonsense, let me tell you, you—" Fu Xi suddenly paused, her expression changing abruptly, "One batch of four 80%? You mean every single one is 80%?"

Fu Chen paused for a moment, then said, "Yes."

It was only after Fu Xi said that he suddenly realized a problem.

Which ancient physician could ensure that every pill had the same utilization rate during the alchemy process?

"What a genius." Fu Chen stroked his chin and exclaimed. "Ancestor, just treat her as your successor. I can't do it, I really can't. I want to sleep more."

As soon as he said those words, he was prepared to be beaten by Fu Xi.

The expected thing did not happen.

Fu Xi stared blankly ahead, tears streaming down her face.

A few seconds later, tears were streaming down her face.

"Ancestor?" Fu Chen was startled and hurriedly took out a handkerchief. "Ancestor, please don't be so agitated. Although you look younger than my mother, you are really as old as a tortoise. Don't scare me."

Fu Xi suppressed the turmoil in her heart and barely managed to keep her voice steady: "Where is my master... I want to go see her."

Fu Chen was slightly startled: "Ancestor?"

In fact, few people in the Fu family and the Tianyi Sect know that Fu Xi is a practitioner of both ancient medicine and ancient martial arts.

Fu Xi would occasionally come out to guide him, so Fu Chen knew this secret.

Fu Chen estimated that Fu Xi's ancient martial arts cultivation was definitely no less than two hundred years old.

However, the ancient martial arts world was completely unaware of this matter.

Even the elders and patriarchs of the Lin, Xie, and Yue families are absolutely not worth Fu Xi meeting in person.

“I’m going to see her,” Fu Xi said again, kicking Fu Chen. “Right now.”

Fu Chen hissed, "Go, go, go, Ancestor, she's in the Ye family. I'll take you to the ancient martial arts world."

I really don't know who their ancestors took after for their temperament. They seem quite indifferent, but they can be incredibly violent when they want to be.

**

After Ye Ling got into trouble, Ying Zijing went to the Xu family again.

The entire Ye family had no appetite for dinner and waited at the door.

Half an hour later, Fu Chen and Fu Xi arrived.

"Hello, hello, I am Fu Chen, and this is..." Fu Chen didn't know how to introduce himself for a moment, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "This is my aunt."

Given the Ye family's status and size, let alone the Fu family, even the smallest ancient medical family wouldn't be qualified to contact them.

Patriarch Ye was startled and quickly bowed: "Young Master Fu Chen, Miss Fu, may I ask what brings you here?"

“Well, that Miss Ying, my aunt admires her a lot, I—” Fu Chen’s face suddenly twitched, and he gasped, “Where is she?”

Fu Chen felt somewhat aggrieved.

What's wrong with what he said?

Why did our ancestors beat him?

The Ye family head naturally couldn't see Fu Xi's actions.

"Miss Ying went to the Xu family." The Ye family head recounted what had happened that day. His eyes were red, and he sighed, "It's really... my fault. I failed to raise my daughter properly."

Fu Chen frowned: "The Xu family? Which Xu family? I've never heard of them."

There are twenty or thirty large families in the ancient martial arts world, and hundreds of medium-sized families.

Fu Chen couldn't even remember all the large families, let alone a medium-sized one.

The head of the Ye family hurriedly informed him of the Xu family's location.

Fu Xi nodded slowly and smiled, "The Xu family, right? I understand."

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Rank the overall martial arts strength in the ancient martial arts world

Small families (Ye family) are ubiquitous – medium-sized families (Xu, Ling) – large families – the highest level: the Lin, Xie, and Yue families, and the Martial Arts Alliance.

Let me explain: Earth is not a place for cultivating immortality. Ancient martial artists only pushed the limits of humanity, like alchemy, by changing the speed of cell division, etc. It's not about cultivating immortality. So their lifespan is at most five hundred years, and their cultivation level also caps at that age. Cultivating for thousands of years is something for urban immortality cultivation.

(End of this chapter)