Chapter 167: A Worry
Yue Huai's expression was grave. He took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, Your Highness. However, I will avenge this personally."
Upon hearing this, the crown prince opened his mouth, about to speak, when he heard the person in front of him say something else.
“Your Highness, you cannot get involved. Prince Hui is still eyeing you covetously from behind, and you will find it difficult to move forward in the court. I can handle the Yue family's affairs myself.”
Yue Huai looked at the person in front of him and said seriously.
With the Empress and the Crown Prince present, the Han family will remain, and Father and Mother can recuperate in peace with a sense of security.
As for those two people, he will definitely take revenge himself!
The crown prince thought what he said made sense, sighed deeply, and didn't say much more. He just offered a few words of comfort and then went to attend to official business.
As he was leaving, he looked up and saw the girl standing not far away, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
This figure looks so familiar, like I've seen it somewhere before?
Oh, right, he remembered now, she was Master Jingwu, wasn't she? She had once come to the Crown Prince's residence and helped him resolve a matter.
The prince glanced at her from head to toe. She was wearing a green dress, her black hair was casually tied up, and she only had a jade hairpin in her hair. She was as simple as when they first met.
However, the clothes he was wearing were much better now.
Did she come back with Ah Huai? Could it be that the two of them...
Thinking of this, the Crown Prince withdrew his gaze. Although he was very curious, he knew that this was not the time to ask, so he suppressed his questions and hurriedly turned to deal with official business.
All three temples in the capital have been found to have the mark of Prince Hui. Now only the evidence for the Guanyin Temple is missing. Once all the evidence is collected, he will report to his father, the Emperor, and make sure to bring him down in one fell swoop!
Yue Huai stood outside for a long time until the imperial physician finished treating the wound and came out, bowed to him, and said...
“Young Master Yue, your father’s external injuries are not very serious. He has already been treated with medicine.”
Hearing the sound, Yue Huai turned around and forced a smile at him: "Thank you, Imperial Physician, for your trouble."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a bag of silver and handed it over: "I'm sorry you missed lunch, consider this silver as my treat for your afternoon tea."
The imperial physician's eyes lit up when he saw the silver, but after declining several times, he finally put the silver into his pocket and turned to leave.
Yue Huai watched his back as he walked out of the courtyard, then immediately went inside to see his father.
Upon entering, one could see that the stains on Father's face had been cleaned, and his blood-soaked clothes had been replaced with clean ones.
He lay on the bed, fast asleep with his eyes closed, his face deathly pale and his lips devoid of any color.
Seeing that he was resting, Yue Huai did not go any further inside, but just stood at the door and watched him for a long time.
A moment later, he left and closed the door.
Yue Huai was in a state of utter confusion. He wanted to find those two people and take revenge, but he didn't even know where they were now.
We can only ask him carefully after he wakes up.
He remembered that his uncle should have many top-quality treasures. He went to see if there were any high-grade soul-nourishing jades, and went to find two for his father and mother to take with them.
Thinking this, he immediately teleported away.
Jingwu watched him disappear from the spot without giving chase.
She stood there, looking at the tree in the yard, lost in thought.
In an instant, a thought flashed through her mind: there were many spiritual herbs on the back mountain of Shuangcheng Temple. She could go and pick some and ask her master how to repair her meridians.
Thinking this, Jingwu didn't hesitate and immediately used a hand seal to teleport back to Shuangcheng Temple.
She landed at the entrance of the temple, skillfully pushed open the gate, and went inside.
She hadn't taken two steps when a cleaning girl spotted her and immediately stepped forward, exclaiming with delight, "Master, what brings you back today?!"
Jingwu looked up and saw the person in front of him wearing light-colored clothes, with a face full of surprise on her pretty face.
She felt that the person in front of her looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.
“Master, I am Ma Yuxi. You recommended me to Shuangcheng Temple!” Ma Yuxi was not annoyed that she couldn’t remember, and still spoke with a smile on her face.
Jingwu suddenly remembered; it was the daughter of the inn where they stayed when they entered the capital, a girl with some talent.
A smile appeared on her face as she looked at the jade pendant of a Shuangcheng Temple disciple hanging from her waist and said with a smile, "So it's you. I remember Master wrote a letter saying that you have become a disciple of the eldest brother."
"Yes, we have to thank the master for this." Ma Yuxi smiled broadly. "If it weren't for you, I would only be able to stay at home and help my parents take care of my younger brother."
Jingwu smiled, exchanged a few pleasantries, and seeing that it was getting late, said, "I came back today to see my master about something. I'll chat with you later."
“Okay.” Upon hearing this, Ma Yuxi immediately stepped aside: “I just heard the abbot say that he was a little tired and went back to his room to rest.”
Jingwu nodded without further hesitation and quickly walked towards his master's room. He arrived at his master's bedroom in no time.
She knocked on the door and said, "Master, are you inside?"
No sooner had the words been spoken than the door opened, and a dignified voice rang out: "Come in."
Seeing that there was no one behind the door, Jingwu pushed it open and went inside.
Upon entering the room, I saw the master sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat, meditating with his eyes closed.
"Master, I want some spiritual herbs from the back mountain..."
"Little Awu, how long has it been since you returned to the temple?" Master Qi Qiyun opened his eyes and looked at his little disciple in front of him.
She had grown quite a bit; she was taller, her features had matured, and even her complexion had improved considerably—she no longer looked sallow. It seemed she was doing quite well after coming down the mountain.
He smiled and was about to say something when he noticed something was wrong with her.
His gaze fell on the girl, and in that instant, he saw the karma surrounding his little apprentice. He reached out and cast a divination, and his expression immediately changed.
"You've gotten involved in the karma of the Xuanmen sect?"
Jingwu pursed his lips, lowered his head, and said softly, "Master, I can't just stand by and watch someone die."
Master is indeed master; how could he recognize it at a glance?
Qi Qiyun looked at the girl with her head down, but still couldn't bring himself to say anything harsh, and sighed deeply.
"Very well, the Yue family ancestors were one of the founders of the Xuanmen. The Yue family has a clean family tradition and is full of merit. The few who are still alive are among the few good people in the Xuanmen. Let's save them if we can."
Besides, Yue Huai is the reincarnation of that person, so it's good to let Xiao A Wu make a good connection now.
Upon hearing this, Jingwu knew that his master was no longer angry. His eyes lit up and he immediately said, "Master, I'll go to the back mountain to get some spiritual herbs and brew a meridian-clearing soup."
Upon hearing this, Qi Qiyun knew who the medicine was for, and she pursed her lips, feeling somewhat displeased.
But without showing any expression, he nodded and said, "Go."
Jingwu turned to leave, but then he remembered something and turned back to ask, "Master, do you know how to repair meridians?"
"Drink the Meridian-Clearing Soup, wear the Soul-Nourishing Jade, and take good care of yourself; perhaps you can recover." Qi Qiyun had told her the method before, but the injuries of the Yue family couple would probably be difficult to heal.
Hearing this, Jingwu nodded. This was the same method he knew, so he had no choice but to give it a try.
So she looked up, smiled, and said, "Then, Master, I'll head to the back mountain first."
After speaking, he bowed, turned around, and left.
Qi Qiyun watched the figure walk away, her heart filled with worry.
The divination he just performed revealed other things, and the result wasn't good. It seems that A-Wu's tribulation is about to come sooner than expected.
He had previously foreseen that A-Wu would face a tribulation in a few years; if she could overcome it, her future would be smooth sailing, and she would cultivate to become an immortal. If she couldn't...
After calculating this divination, Qi Qiyun considered countless paths, only to find that he could not avoid any of them.
After much deliberation, I realized that only by going down the mountain and accumulating merit could I have a glimmer of hope.
Just then, the Jing family sent someone to pick her up, so he let her go down the mountain.
Qi Qiyun sighed deeply, a rare hint of agitation appearing on his face.
What a troublesome girl!
He scratched his head in frustration, about to pour himself a cup of tea to calm himself down, when he heard the voice of his eldest disciple, Yan Chi, coming from outside.
"master."
"Come in." Qi Qiyun took a sip of tea, watched the young man enter, and bowed to him. "What is it?"
Yan Chi handed over the letter with both hands: "Elder Liu Lishan from the Xuanmen has written a letter."
Qi Qiyun thought for a moment about who this person was, then took the letter, removed the magic seal on it, opened it, glanced at it, and then sneered.
"Master, what does it say on it?"
"Hmph, this old guy wants me to go to Xuanmen to attend his succession ceremony as sect leader." Qi Qiyun burned the letter with disdain, then said to the person in front of him, "This is definitely not as simple as succession. Go and tell him for me. Say I'm seriously injured or in seclusion, whatever you want to say."
Yan Chi responded to these words, then looked at his master as he took out a pot of wine, and helplessly tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Master, Xiao Awu is still inside the temple. If she catches you drinking again..."
"Oh, I forgot." Qi Qiyun immediately put the wine down and sat up straight. "Here's what you'd say, let me know when she leaves."
Yan Chi gave a helpless twitch of his lips, then asked, "Master, I saw Xiao A Wu go to the back mountain to gather spiritual herbs. Is she injured somewhere?"
“She’s fine, it’s the Yue family couple who are injured.” Qi Qiyun rubbed his temples and recalled the divination he had just performed. “The internal strife within the Xuanmen sect has seriously injured these two. Whether they can recover in the future is another matter.”
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered that when Yue Huai entered the Xuanmen sect, he took Zhao Xuanzhou as his master, and he also remembered that Yun Zhaohui was his fellow disciple. How come there's been no news of these two now that the Yue family is in trouble?
"Yan Chi, go and find out where Elder Zhao Xuanzhou and Yun Zhaohui from the Xuanmen Sect went."
"Yes." Yan Chi agreed and quickly went out to take care of it.
Jingwu went to the back mountain, greeted the senior brother guarding the back mountain, and then went in to collect spiritual herbs.
Looking at the vast back mountain, densely planted with spiritual herbs, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Her master was indeed the most attentive to spiritual herbs; there were at least a dozen kinds of rare spiritual herbs in this area.
Jingwu went inside, took out his storage bag, and began collecting medicinal herbs. He wanted to gather as many as possible, as they might come in handy later.
She walked and picked as she went, and soon she had a whole bag full.
A moment later, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and left, satisfied.
The senior brother guarding the back mountain walked in and saw that a small patch of each kind of spiritual herb had been harvested, and his lips twitched violently.
What kind of injury did it suffer that requires so many spiritual herbs to nourish it?
Luckily it was my junior sister; if it had been anyone else, Master would have kicked them out.
Jingwu put the Qiankun bag away with satisfaction, and then went to say goodbye to his master.
She walked to the outside of her master's room and saw a figure sitting in the corridor.
She walked over and said with a smile, "Master, I've finished picking them."
Qi Qiyun nodded, reached out and took out a pill-refining furnace, and handed it to her: "You used to study pill refining, so I'll give you this pill-refining furnace. You'll definitely need it in the future."
Jingwu looked at the brand-new alchemy furnace and immediately accepted it with a smile: "I'm so sorry to have troubled you, Master, to spend so much money to buy an alchemy furnace."
Qi Qiyun watched her little actions, a smile playing on his lips, his eyes full of doting affection, but his words were disdainful: "How old are you? Can't you even tell the age of a pill-refining furnace?"
Upon hearing this, Jingwu took a serious look at the alchemy furnace. After a closer look, he realized that although it looked brand new, it was actually an old thing that was a hundred years old.
She twitched the corner of her mouth, thinking the craftsman had bought her a new one, but it turned out to be an old one...
Wait, this alchemy furnace looks increasingly familiar.
Jingwu looked at the brown alchemy furnace, then focused his gaze on the lid. He noticed a small piece missing from the far right and twitched the corner of his mouth.
Could this be that top-grade alchemy furnace from Master's storeroom...?
She only remembered being naughty as a child, going into the storeroom with her senior brother, knocking over the alchemy furnace, breaking a small piece, and being severely beaten by their master.
Thinking of this, Jingwu frantically dug her toes into the ground. If she had known that this furnace would belong to her in the future, she would never, ever have broken it...
Now, every time I see this furnace, I'm reminded of the beating my master gave me.
Qi Qiyun looked at his little apprentice's appearance, the corners of his mouth curled up, he covered his mouth with his hand and coughed lightly.
"Awu, what's wrong? Don't you like it?"
"I like it..." How could Jingwu say he didn't like it? If he did, he'd get another beating. "Well, Master, I have to go back now. I'll come see you again later."
She immediately put the alchemy furnace into her Qiankun bag, a smile plastered on her face.
Qi Qiyun nodded, then reminded him, "Have you ever met Yue Huai's senior brother, Yun Zhaohui?"
"I've seen you twice, what's wrong, Master?"
"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered that there was such a person." Qi Qiyun stood up, walked back to the room, and said as she walked, "I'm tired, you can go back."
Jingwu watched his retreating figure and felt something was off; his master wouldn't have brought up this person for no reason.
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