Chapter 6 The Formidable Zhao San (1/2)
Just as Zhou Donghuang finished speaking, Zhao San had already risen from his seat and was staring intently at Zhou Donghuang.
”You are Guild Master Lin's son, Zhou Donghuang, the one who is unable to manifest his qi, right?”
Zhao San had deduced Zhou Donghuang's identity earlier when Granny Lian had greeted him with the title of ”Young Master”.
”So, what do you say? Have you ever wished to regain level-three of the Qi-gathering…? Well… I should be asking, have you ever wished to recover to level-four of Qi-gathering?” Zhou Donghuang asked unhurriedly, gazing profoundly at Zhao San.
”Do you have a solution?”
Zhao San's eyes were round with anticipation. Although there was still a hint of doubt in his eyes, he looked at Zhou Donghuang incredulously.
”From what I know… You are unable to even manifest your qi, how are you going to help me?”
”What? Aren't you even interested in giving it a try?” Zhou Donghuang asked calmly, a serene expression on his face.
”If you are indeed able to help me regain level-four of the Qi-gathering… No! If you are able to help me regain just the level three of the Qi-gathering, you can keep all the money I have loaned to the Magnolia Guild. Besides, I will even give you Yunxuan Restaurant!” Zhao San solemnly swore.
”Yunxuan Restaurant?”
Zhou Donghuang had never imagined that Zhao San would swear something of this magnitude.
Yunxuan Restaurant was the largest and best restaurant in Qingshan Town and had an uninterrupted flow of customers every day. It was the most profitable business in Qingshan Town.
It was the fortune Zhao San had earned from Yunxuan Restaurant that made him the wealthiest man in Qingshan Town. His other sources of income were a mere trickle in comparison.
The money that Zhao San had loaned to the Magnolia Guild was nothing compared to the value of Yunxuan Restaurant.
”Young Master.”
Hearing Zhao San's words, Granny Lian took a deep breath and looked at Zhou Donghuang with an expression full of emotion.
If the young master of her house could cure Zhao San, that would solve everything!
In the past, if Zhou Donghuang had claimed that he could have cured Zhao San's chronic ailment caused by his overexertion, she would have chided him for spouting nonsense.
However, after witnessing Zhou Donghuang, who had not yet manifested his qi, defeat Guild Master Hong Yue of the Sunset Guild and produce a formula for a blood-staunching elixir superior to the one formulated by the Lin family's intermediate-level medicine master, she did not dare doubt Zhou Donghuang's abilities.
Eh?
Zhao San had assumed that by making such a solemn promise, Zhou Donghuang would be so excited that he would lose his composure. He never imagined Zhou Donghuang would remain unruffled, as though he could remain indifferent in the face of a landslide.
Zhao San's esteem for Zhou Donghuang increased several notches in that moment.
This son of Guild Master Lin has more to him than meets the eye.
”Granny Lian, please prepare a quiet room for us,” Zhou Donghuang instructed Granny Lian.
Granny Lian left to arrange it at once, and when it was ready, she personally escorted Zhou Donghuang and Zhao San into the quiet room.
Granny Lian herself stood watch outside the door, preventing anyone from approaching and disturbing Zhou Donghuang and Zhao San.
As she stood watch outside the door, Granny Lian's face betrayed her uneasiness. She could not be completely sure that Zhou Donghuang could really cure Zhao San's chronic ailment.
If he could not, Zhao San might be shamed and that shame might turn into fury, and he might insist that the money he had loaned to the Magnolia Guild be returned to him.
”Hahahaha… hahahahaha…”
Roughly an hour later, Granny Lian heard Zhao San's hearty laughter coming from the quiet room, as though the cloud hanging over his heart had been swept away in an instant.
”It succeeded?”
Granny Lian's eyes lit up.
In the quiet room, it was only after Zhao San's laughter had died down that he calmed his raging emotions and bowed in salute to Zhou Donghuang, who was drenched in sweat from head to toe.
”Esteemed Master Zhou, till my dying day, I will never forget this service!” he said earnestly.
”I have already cleared the meridians in your body that had been blocked by your overexertion… go home and practice for two to three days, you should be able to properly attain level-four of Qi-gathering stage.”
Zhou Donghuang's eyes were closing, and his body was swaying. He said in a weakening voice, ”If nothing goes wrong, you…”
Before he could finish, Zhou Donghuang collapsed into unconsciousness due to his exertion.
”Esteemed Master Zhou!”
Zhao San's expression changed, and only after he was assured that Zhou Donghuang was unharmed and had only fainted from the exertion did he let out a sigh of relief.
”Young Master!”
Granny Lian burst into the room, realizing by now that something was wrong.
”Don't worry. Esteemed Master Zhou fainted from overexerting himself in the process of clearing the flow of my meridians. He should be fine after resting… when he awakes, may I trouble you to tell him that I, Zhao San, will return another day to express my gratitude!”
After relaying his message to Granny Lian, Zhao San left.
Zhao San now walked with a swagger in his step.