Although Zhang Xiangyang and his gang were quickly driven away, they still caused considerable impact on the Lin family.

When Lin Weiming and his group got home, they were all in low spirits. They silently took hoes and smashed the things they had broken in the yard to make them even more solid.

Hu Jiuyuan first went to the pharmacy to take his young apprentice away, and then went to Lin Xiangwu to discuss, "General Lin, I know that you martial artists believe in accumulating strength before unleashing it, but now there are too few men in your Lin family, so it will be somewhat difficult to protect this family of women, children and the elderly."

"I have a method here to cleanse one's marrow and refine one's bones, but I don't know if you'd be willing to let your second brother try it?"

"Marrow cleansing and bone refining? Does that really exist?" Lin Zheyun asked before his grandfather, Lin Xiangwu, could answer, upon hearing Hu Jiuyuan's words.

When he was studying at the village school, he read a few cheap storybooks on the market with his classmates. Those storybooks described Taoist techniques that could cleanse the marrow and refine the bones, allowing people to cultivate immortality. They were incredibly powerful!

Who would have thought that one day he would have the chance to become an immortal!

How powerful must that be?

Is he even more amazing than his sister?

That way he can protect his whole family.

"Is there really such a thing?" Lin Xiangwu frowned and asked Hu Jiuyuan, "But how can one master kung fu without years of practice?"

Hu Jiuyuan chuckled and said to the grandfather and grandson, "You two have misunderstood."

"You two think I built my reputation in the martial arts world by treating their illnesses? You don't know that those people in the martial arts world are a bunch of reckless brutes, many of them are fearless. They not only wield knives to kill others, but they also show no mercy when cutting themselves. They're not afraid of death at all. But..."

Hu Jiuyuan kept everyone in suspense.

Lin Zheyun immediately looked at him expectantly, "Master Hu, what are they most afraid of?"

"What they fear most is not being as good as others! If I can help them quickly improve in a short period of time, unleash their greatest potential and talent, and become better than others, do you think they wouldn't have faith in me?" Hu Jiuyuan smiled smugly.

Lin Xiangwu looked at him and asked, "So you mean..."

"My prescription can only help people cleanse their marrow and refine their bones, not make them immortal. It only helps them unblock their meridians so that they can better unleash their talent and potential."

“He can lift a 200-pound stone block every day now. If he uses my medicine, he can lift a 400-pound stone block without any problem, and his body will be much lighter.” Hu Jiuyuan said, “You are also a martial artist yourself, so you naturally know what I mean.”

"..." Lin Xiangwu fell silent.

Although Master Hu's statement that he could not become an immortal disappointed Lin Zheyun slightly, his eyes lit up again when he heard that he could lift a 400-pound stone block.

It's a pity we couldn't catch Hu Jiuyuan, otherwise he would have already grabbed the man's beard and started begging.

"Master Hu, please help me! I'm willing to use your prescription. I want to become stronger as soon as possible and learn more kung fu so I can protect my parents, grandmother, and sister!" Lin Zheyun said pitifully.

However, Hu Jiuyuan would not administer any medication to Lin Xiangwu without his consent.

The reason is simple.

He can't beat him!

Hu Jiuyuan gestured to Lin Zheyun with his eyes to plead with his grandfather.

Unfortunately, Lin Zheyun wasn't as quick-witted as him and completely failed to understand the meaning behind Master Hu's eye twitching. Instead, she obediently said, "Master Hu, are your eyes sick? Should I go find my sister to treat you?"

Hu Jiuyuan: "..."

He was so angry he was fuming.

What's wrong with this kid's brain? Is it filled with nothing but muscle?!

"Master Hu, I'm begging you, please help me. Those bad guys were only driven away by my family, but what if they come back?"

“My grandmother is old, my younger sister is still young, and my father’s kung fu skills weren’t very good to begin with. He might not even be able to beat me now… How can he protect the whole family on his own?” Lin Zheyun continued to plead with Master Hu.

His words didn't move Hu Jiuyuan, but they did move Lin Xiangwu, who was pondering beside him.

Lin Xiangwu was worried that Hu Jiuyuan's reputation in the martial arts world was not good. He had some skills, but he also had some eccentricities. Even if his prescription could quickly improve Lin Zheyun's talent and martial arts, what if it would damage his lifespan?

However, what Lin Zheyun said made a lot of sense. Those people were driven away, not killed!

"Dr. Hu," Lin Xiangwu looked at Hu Jiuyuan and said with a serious expression, "Can you guarantee that your medicines are not poisonous and will not shorten Zheyun's lifespan?"

"Uh..." Hu Jiuyuan stammered a bit: "It's not poisonous, but it has a slight effect. But with me here, even if you can't live to be over a hundred like me, living to be seventy or eighty will definitely not be a problem!"

Lin Xiangwu himself was only in his thirties. After thinking about it, he realized that his grandson living to be seventy or eighty years old was already considered a long life.

He nodded reluctantly.

With his approval, Hu Jiuyuan immediately went to do it.

In the afternoon, a large vat was placed in the Lin family's courtyard, with a huge stove burning underneath, simmering a pot of medicinal herbs.

Many neighbors passing by smelled the medicinal herbs and wondered, "Is the Lin family sick? Or were they injured by that constable Zhang and his men?"

Liu Junlan was watering the vegetables in the garden when he heard their conversation. He explained, "No one in the family is sick. It's just that my wife wanted to try making some braised dishes, so she bought some medicinal herbs to stew."

"Oh~" The neighbors stopped being suspicious after hearing this, and instead became worried about Liu Junlan's family: "Speaking of which, your family has now offended Zhang Xiangyang. He is no good person. I'm afraid the better your business is, the more they will resent you and cause you trouble."

"There's nothing we can do. We can't just neglect our own business for their sake. We have so many children in our family, and they all need to eat," Liu Junlan sighed.

The neighbors then gathered together and whispered among themselves, cursing the people in the county government for being inhuman.

The ghosts of the Lin family, who were perched on the wall, overheard the neighbors' conversation and began plotting to find a time to cause trouble for those rascals.

…

But before they could take any action, Zhang Xiangyang had already rushed to the yamen to find Magistrate Liang.

"Lord Liang, you must do justice for your subordinates!" Zhang Xiangyang was in a sorry state, his clothes looked like they had been stepped on seventeen or eighteen times, his face was swollen like a pig's head, and his eyes were black and blue from being punched.

He looked utterly disheveled, a stark contrast to his usual imposing demeanor.

"?" Magistrate Liang Xin, who was watering the orchids, frowned when he saw Zhang Xiangyang's appearance. "You're supposed to be a yamen runner in our county, how did you end up like this?"