"I didn't expect this bandit to have some martial arts skills. I'm afraid I'm no match for him," Chen Shiyu said after watching for a while, showing a good understanding of his own abilities.
"Not necessarily. If you take this, you can easily defeat him within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. However, you know the consequences." The man in black robes held a small, dark-colored pill the size of a soybean in his hand.
"Being exhausted for two hours and then taking down a bandit in the street isn't worth it," Chen Shiyu raised an eyebrow. "However, this is Xiao Yi's business. He should be allowed to take down the bandit himself. Thank you, Your Highness, for the medicine."
Chen Shiyu bowed first, then took the pills from the man in black robes, and then calmly went downstairs to Chen Xiaoyi's side.
"Brother, what brings you here? Brother, please help me catch this despicable bandit. I'm going to beat him to a pulp today!" Chen Xiaoyi habitually pulled Chen Shiyu for help.
"Alright, then you go and beat him up yourself. I'll watch you fight from here," Chen Shiyu said with a faint smile.
"Brother, what... cough, what did you give me to eat?" Chen Xiaoyi put his hands on his neck, looking puzzled.
Chen Shiyu maintained his enigmatic smile and remained silent.
After swallowing the pill, Chen Xiao felt a surge of heat spreading from his stomach to his limbs and bones. It gave him an immense sense of power, making him feel that he would be invincible as long as he started fighting.
"Ah—get out of the way, I'm going to beat him to a pulp myself!"
Chen Xiaoyi suddenly roared, his voice like thunder, no longer the weak, powerless bastard he had been before.
What did this thing eat to suddenly turn from a weakling into a raging bear?
Ji Fengming had a bad feeling; his eyes darted around, as if he were quite frightened.
From the moment Chen Shiyu appeared, he felt a pair of sinister, ghostly eyes staring at him, yet he couldn't sense the person's presence, which meant that the person's martial arts skills far surpassed his own.
Bandits aren't heroes or good men; they won't suffer losses they shouldn't.
If you can't beat them, run!
"You're using numbers to bully the few, are you trying to take turns? You wait, I'm going to get my brother-in-law to call for reinforcements!" Ji Fengming shouted as he retreated, his voice still loud and defiant: "Don't run away if you have the guts, just wait here and see how my brother-in-law deals with you little bastards!"
Seeing that Ji Fengming was about to run away, Chen Xiaoyi was unwilling to let him go and chased after him with all his might.
Ji Fengming, despite his martial arts skills, couldn't easily reveal them, and was thoroughly exhausted by this relentless pursuit.
The two barely maintained a distance of two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) between them.
It seemed that if Chen Xiaoyi put in a little more effort, he could reach the hem of Ji Fengming's clothes, but he still couldn't reach it.
He ran for several blocks, attracting the attention of almost half of Kyoto.
Ji Fengming finally reached the intersection of Beizheng Street, panting as he shouted to Chen Xiaoyi, who was still chasing after him, "Second Master, if you're so capable, why don't you come in with the Master to the Ninth Prince's Mansion for tea!"
"Aaaaaahhhhhh—!" Chen Xiaoyi was so angry that he couldn't catch up even after all this and roared to the sky.
Then, with a "thud," he fell to the ground.
"Second Young Master!"
"Second Young Master, what's wrong with you!"
The Chen family's guards also caught up, panting heavily, and hurriedly tried to help Chen Xiaoyi, who was slumped on the ground like a lump of mud.
"Every medicine has some toxicity. Do you think medicine is so easy to take? You brought this on yourself, tch!" Ji Fengming sneered coldly.
Then he casually turned around and swaggered into the Ninth Prince's mansion with his sash swaying in a roguish manner.
His extremely arrogant voice echoed from inside the palace gates: "Take my second master back and wait here. I'll be bringing men to your residence to demand an explanation!"
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