Chapter 240 (1/2)

Chapter 240: Back Home

Translator: GravityTales Editor: GravityTales

Tang Xiu rejected Su Lingyun’s proposition. What he needed to find were medicinal herbs and silver needles. Because he came in a hurry and didn’t know what exactly happened to his grandmother, he didn’t bring anything to treat her injuries.

“Big Brother Ben, are you sleepy?” asked Tang Xiu.

Su Ben shook his head, “I’m not.”

“Alright, then come with me! I need to find some things as fast as possible and then come back to treat grandma’s injuries.”

“Alright!” Su Ben nodded.

Tang Xiu knew Su Ben very well. He was simple and honest ever since he was small until he grew up. Usually, he rarely spoke. But no matter which family faced hardships in the village, he would lend them a hand. This trait was inherited from his father, the honest and considerate Second Uncle who died young. A typical peasant who was resigned to his plot of land and toiled over it with his back to the sky.

In fact, even though Tang Xiu lived his childhood in Su family village for ten years, he didn’t have the same family name. It was reasonable to say that he should address Chen Huiying as maternal Second Aunt and address the elders in the village as maternal uncles and aunts. Yet, in order to prevent Tang Xiu feel he didn’t belong, Su Lingyun made him address them in accordance with the Su family members’ names, and address everyone as paternal uncles and aunts, or paternal grandfather or grandmother. [1]

Apart from this, all of his relatives had the same surname as his maternal grandparents and maternal uncles.

Tang Xiu led Su Ben back to the car and quickly drove out of the village. To the north of the Su family village were the Yuzhou Ridge and a tens of meters wide large river. The land was considered to be located on a mountain on one side and water on the other. A typical fertile land.

Seeing Tang Xiu not going into the town nor taking the county road, instead of moving toward the mountain north of the village, Su Ben was confused and suddenly asked, “Tang Xiu, why are we going there?”

Tang Xiu smiled, “Do you remember when you took us to the mountains to pick wild fruits when we were small? I saw a lot of wild medicinal herbs in the mountains before. But at that time, I didn’t know about them and thought they were weeds. Now, since I have studied medicine, I can accurately pick them out. So we’ll go the mountains to get some herbs and then come back.”

Su Ben understood in a flash. He raised his thumb and said, “You’re really good, Tang Xiu. Haven’t you gone to study in Star City for just six years? But not only did you came back driving a Land Rover SUV, you have also learned medical skills. If I knew, I would have gone to Star City earlier.”

Tang Xiu smiled faintly and no longer spoke. It was a fact that he studied in Star City. But his abilities, if not for the car accident and great fortuitous events, he’d perhaps still be an ignorant student now, studying step by step every day and waiting for his CET’s results.

Fate was truly mysterious sometimes.

After Tang Xiu became a Supreme in the Immortal World, he never believed in fate again, because he thought that he could control his destiny and the heavenly law. But fate and the heavenly law did have supreme influence and power over ordinary people.

The night was pitch black.

Feeling the cool breeze of the late summer night, Tang Xiu felt that his foul mood had faded lot. He would investigate the beating of his grandmother. No matter what background the other party had, he would never forgive them, for they had hurt the people he cared about.

“I’ll park the car, and then we’ll go uphill!”

At the foot of the hill, after calming down, Tang Xiu opened the car’s door and calmly said.

Su Ben hesitated, “Tang Xiu, you’re not afraid of someone stealing the car?”

With a pale smile, Tang Xiu said, “It’s the middle of the night. Who in their right mind would run up to the mountain at this time? Besides, who would have the ability to steal it anyway! Alright, finding medicinal herbs is more important, we don’t need to think about other things.”

Su Ben nodded. It was, after all, Tang Xiu’s car. Only, he was now very curious about him. From where he had the money to buy such a luxurious car as well as curious about how good his medical skills were.

The winding, rugged mountain pathways were as though flat land to Tang Xiu and Su Ben as they shuttled back and forth in the wooded mountain. After 20 minutes, they had already hiked halfway up the mountain.

“Tang Xiu, careful now! You also know about this wooded mountain. There are a lot of wild animals appearing, especially at night. If we bump into wolves and bears, it will be troublesome.” Sun Ben was simple and honest, but he was also a meticulous and cautious person.

“Don’t worry!” Tang Xiu nodded casually. If it was before, he would be more cautious than Su Ben. But the present him was no longer weak. He could easily get rid of ordinary wild animals with his fists and legs.

“Tang Xiu, I know that you’re smart since you were small. But now, is different from the past. A few days ago a very ferocious leopard appeared on this mountain. Genzi’s father came to this mountain to hunt game, but he died here. At that time, the villagers organized tens of people to go looking for him in the mountain and only found his clothes and his remnant gnawed bones. Furthermore, we also bumped into that cow-sized leopard. If not for me carrying a gun, perhaps dozens of our people would have died.”

Tang Xiu was astonished, “The leopard is cow-sized? Are you kidding me? If there’s really such a big leopard, wouldn’t it have successfully become a spirit?”

Su Ben forced a smile, “I suppose so. That leopard might have really become a spirit. It was at least two times faster than that tiger we saw when we were young. Furthermore, Genzi and I sneaked back in the mountain and saw that leopard easily killing a few wolves. And you must know, there were dozens of wolves besieging it!”

Tang Xiu’s eyes turned bright. Through Su Ben’s description, he was certain that the leopard was surely a fierce beast that had spiritual wisdom. Although he had no shortage of fierce beasts’ bones materials, hunting and killing it was a good thing. All in all, the more of them the better!