Chapter 234: 173: Leaving and Reluctance_2

Chapter 234: Chapter 173: Leaving and Reluctance_2

“Did you see the old man’s face?” Yan Canghai hastily asked.

“I didn’t see it,” his confidant answered. “The old man wore a wide-brimmed hat that hid his face, and I could only hear his voice, which was quite elderly and made it impossible to see his face clearly.”

“He’s still hiding his identity,” Yan Canghai felt disappointed and waved his hand, “Alright, you may leave.”

After his confidant left, Yan Canghai sat there, pondered for a while, then suddenly stood up and went to the small building where the cloth-clothed youth lived.

Just as he was about to knock on the door, he heard a faint voice from the side, “What is it?”

Turning his head, he saw his good friend standing in a nearby pavilion, holding a scroll in his hand.

Yan Canghai smiled and walked over. “I just received news that Young Master Lu and his master have already left the county.”

“Hmm.” The cloth-clothed youth nodded, showing no sign of surprise on his face.

“Zhi Rui, since they’ve left, can you now tell me who that mysterious Innate Realm master of Young Master Lu is?”

Ever since the cloth-clothed youth mentioned that the sudden emergence of an Innate Realm figure was someone he knew, Yan Canghai had immediately started an investigation.

However, after checking all the martial arts experts he knew, he still had no clue.

None of their identities matched that of the mysterious Innate.

Later, he tried to start from Lu Qing, but it was equally baffling.

Because this one was even more mysterious.

Nobody knew Lu Qing’s background.

It was as if he had appeared out of thin air before coming to the county, not a single rumor about this youth existing in the world before that.

Thus, Yan Canghai was extremely curious about the identities of these two.

The cloth-clothed youth remained silent, just quietly looking at him.

Yan Canghai felt a catch in his heart and forced himself to calm down. “Earlier you talked about that millennium change being so terrifying that I couldn’t inquire, but surely I can know the identity of this mysterious Innate, since you said I know him.”

The cloth-clothed youth looked at Yan Canghai for a while, knowing he would not rest until he resolved this matter.

So, he sighed helplessly and said, “It wouldn’t hurt to tell you. The Innate Realm master, indeed you know him very well, he is Old Doctor Chen, Chen Songqing whom you once hosted.”

“What?!”

Yan Canghai’s eyes suddenly widened, his whole person completely stunned by this answer.

It took him a long while to come back to his senses.

“Zhi Rui, are you sure that the Innate Realm master is Elder Doctor Chen Songqing?” Yan Canghai asked with some difficulty.

The cloth-clothed youth glanced at him sideways, seemingly disdainful to answer that question.

“But how is that possible?” Yan Canghai swallowed, still unable to believe it.

“Elder Doctor Chen, though his martial arts cultivation is decent, having achieved Great Success in the Internal Organ Realm,

his age has already passed the peak of Qi-Blood; maintaining his realm without regression is already difficult.

How could he possibly have achieved consecutive breakthroughs and entered the Innate Realm in such a short period of time?”

Moreover, to be so powerful that even Wang Cangyi, an old Innate Realm expert, didn’t dare to cross him.

The more Yan Canghai thought about it, the more unbelievable it seemed.

“Speaking of which, I was surprised too,” the cloth-clothed youth sighed.

“This Elder Doctor Chen, indeed is no ordinary person. According to the information I’ve gathered, he has spent his life doing good deeds, treating and salvaging lives, and can truly be described as a doctor with medical benevolence, a great benevolent man.

Years of good deeds, it seems, have allowed him to accumulate Merit Light around him.

If I’m not mistaken, it is precisely with that Merit Light that

even when his Qi-Blood was declining in his old age, he was still able to defy nature, continuously break through, and step into the Innate Realm that countless martial artists dream of.

One can say, all these results are from his vast accumulated potential, albeit his path of accumulation differed somewhat from the typical martial arts path.”

“Merit Light obtained through good deeds?”

At this, Yan Canghai was thoroughly dumbstruck.

Because he simply couldn’t understand what that meant.

Unfortunately, this time the cloth-clothed youth did not further explain.

He shook his clothes lightly, placing the scroll on the stone table inside the pavilion.

“Alright, since Young Master Lu and the others have left, I should leave too. Canghai, thank you for your hospitality over these days.”

“You’re leaving too?” Yan Canghai was caught off guard, quite shocked.

“Yes, I have stayed in Cang County long enough and it’s time to go. However, before I leave, there are a few words I want to say to you.”

The cloth-clothed youth’s face turned serious.

This made Yan Canghai, who had intended to ask him to stay, unable to speak and could only listen quietly.

“Hai Yue, to be honest, this time coming to Cang County, I am disappointed.

I initially thought that during these years in Cang County, you were laying low, biding your time, honing yourself.

But what I see is that you are not only wasting time but also regressing, far from the person you once were.

I don’t mean to be rude, but as of now, you simply aren’t qualified to compete with your brothers any longer.

Therefore, I advise you to give up that notion in your heart and just honestly remain here as the Lord County Master.

As long as you behave, I don’t think the royal capital will pay any attention to this place.

That way, your mother won’t have to worry every day, fearful that you will stray from the right path.”

The words of the cloth-clothed youth rendered Yan Hai Yue utterly silent, unable to speak for a long time.

“Alright, think it over yourself, I’m leaving.”

The cloth-clothed youth didn’t wait for him, vanishing from the pavilion immediately after saying what he wanted to say.

“Zhi Rui…”, Yan Hai Yue gasped in surprise.

“Lastly, there’s one more thing, remember, don’t provoke Young Master Lu.”

The voice gradually faded away, leaving only Yan Hai Yue in the pavilion, deeply melancholic.

…

“Brother, brother, that flower is so beautiful, and that one over there too, really pretty!”

The ox-cart travelled forward, with the scenery shifting around them.

Little Yan, who was initially a bit sad from parting with Mrs. Wei, instantly cast aside her worries.

Pointing at the wildflowers and weeds along the road, she kept calling out to Lu Qing.

Even though she had seen them once already on the journey here, the little one still found them fresh.

“Mmm, they are beautiful.”

Seeing her happy, Lu Qing also relaxed.

Children truly, their sorrow comes fast and goes fast.

As for Little Li, it was already joyfully hopping around the ox-cart, darting in and out of sight, bursting with excitement.

During the stay at Wei Mansion, Little Li always remembered Lu Qing’s instructions not to display its Talent Skill arbitrarily.

Hence all this while, other than showing great spiritual nature, it never did anything else out of the ordinary.

Every day, it was harmless, held by Little Yan.

Accompanying her in reading, writing, eating, and playing.

Other than being very spirited, to others at the Wei Mansion, it was just like any other ordinary pet.

Even Mrs. Wei, who guessed that Little Li was extraordinary, had never seen its true abilities.

This was exactly why Little Li was somewhat stifled.

Now that they had finally left the Wei Mansion, it couldn’t wait to frolic to its heart’s content.

Owing to an early departure and no delays on the road.

This time, Lu Qing and his group didn’t have to spend the night on the road.

But instead hurried along, arriving back at Jiuli Village just before dusk.

“We’re almost home!”

Seeing the increasingly familiar surroundings, Little Yan’s expression turned excited.

Having been away so long, she too missed everyone back in the village.

Little Li was also standing on Lu Qing’s shoulder, its eyes shining as it gazed in the direction of Jiuli Village.

Everything was great at Wei Mansion, where it could eat its fill of fish every day.

But somehow, it still preferred its days in Jiuli Village.

“We are finally back.”

Elder Doctor Chen had already taken off his conical hat at this point, looking ahead and sighing deeply.

Having lived so many years in Jiuli Village, he had grown quite fond of it.

“Master, I’ll go take down the Red Rope.”

As the ox-cart approached the village entrance, Lu Qing leapt off.

After removing the red rope from the tree and placing it back under the stone slab,

the villagers finally noticed the ox-cart.

Quickly, the entire village started to stir.