Chapter 88 Teenage Medicine Master (1/2)
The hall of the Shi family household.
Before entering, Shi Yu had been wondering which teenager had not only injured their Shi disciples guarding the door and barged into their home, and even dared to wait for them to arrive in the hall. Now, as he walked in and saw the man sitting arrogantly on the head seat in the hall, his expression darkened immediately.
“It’s you!”
When the old man beside Shi Yu saw the young man in white sitting in the hall, his brows furrowed and his face darkened slightly too. He could not fathom why this young man was here.
This was the man who had not only injured the few disciples guarding the door and broke into their home, but even called for them to meet him in the hall? The old man could not help but curse the disciples guarding the door for being so useless that they could not even defend their home against a sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenager.
Entering the hall alongside Shi Yu was one of the top ten medicine masters in Chu royal city, Xiao Chen. He was also one of the most reputable persons in the city recently as he had managed to detoxify a poison that the other top medicine masters in the city could not treat, and had taken only a few short days. These few days, Xiao Chen’s pharmacy was overflowing with business from customers looking to buy poison antidotes.
After news that Xiao Chen had joined the Shi family had spread, the Shi family pharmacies also enjoyed great business, as if they were giving the medicine for free. This was all because Yang Yunji, the chief of the grand Yang family, had announced that his poison had been treated by Xiao Chen.
These days, Xiao Chen looked especially radiant, as if his life had been renewed.
“Zhou Donghuang, you were the one who hurt our Shi family disciples and barged into our home?” Shi Yu demanded as he glared at the young man dressed in white, sitting in the middle of the hall.
Now, he was not even interested in the two beautiful young ladies standing behind the young man. Because, if it was indeed Zhou Donghuang who had broken into their house. That meant that Zhou Donghuang was at least as powerful as he was.
Xiao Chen may not have understood the formidability of the disciples guarding the door, but as the first young master of the family, Shi Yu was well aware.
If it was indeed him, he must be at least a level-four adept, and not just an average one! Shi Yu thought to himself, perplexed. This Zhou Donghuang, isn’t he just a bum from the inferior Yunfeng prefecture? How could an inferior prefecture produce someone like that? Or maybe… his background was just a bunch of lies. Actually, he is from… the Valley of Medicine Masters!!
Despite his young age, Shi Yu was much more mature and meticulous in his thinking than most others his age. Otherwise, he would not have come up with the conspiracy that made Xiao Chen join the Shi family.
As the thought crossed his mind, a fog seemed to settle over Shi Yu’s heart.
Impossible… simply impossible…Shi Yu comforted himself quietly.
“Xiao Chen!” Yang Zixi, who was standing behind Zhou Donghuang, shouted as she saw the man, her eyes gleaming coldly. “As one of the top ten medicine masters in Chu royal city, I never would have thought that you were so thick-skinned to claim that you were the one who treated the poison when it was actually Brother Zhou’s work… even I feel ashamed for you!”
“Your words don’t mean anything,” said Xiao Chen, grinning. “Even if you say it on the streets, nobody will believe you. Everyone will only trust the words of Yang Yunji himself. If he says it was me who treated him, then it has to be me!” As he spoke, his smile widened.
Hearing this, Yang Zixi was so furious that her body trembled. She could not believe that someone could be so shameless.
“Shameless!” Even Ren Jiapei, standing at Yang Zixi’s side, could no longer keep quiet. She scolded, “You old man, with hardly any more years left, aren’t you afraid of going to hell for doing such despicable things?”
“And you are…?” Xiao Chen recognized Yang Zixi, but not Ren Jiapei. But hearing Ren Jiapei curse him, his eyes flashed murderously.
“Medicine Master Xiao, she is the first lady of the grand Ren family, Ren Jiapei,” Shi Yu reminded him.
“So it is the Ren first lady.” Xiao Chen looked at Ren Jiapei with a look of realization. He laughed and smirked. “Lady Ren, I heard you took in this Yang Zixi? I advise you to stay out of this… if not, the Ren family will incur even more losses!” With that, his eyes glinted as the smile on his old face turned even more twisted and evil. Although he was smiling, it looked even more horrible than if he were crying.
Just then, two sets of heavy footsteps echoed from outside the hall. As Shi Yu and Xiao Chen turned to look, they saw two figures enter. The one leading the way was an old man, followed by a middle-aged man. Both of them had dominating figures with similar faces; their noses looked almost identical.
“Grandfather! Father!” Shi Yu called. This was none other than the former Shi family chief, Shi Ji, and the current chief, Shi Hao.
“Shi Hao!” As the man walked in, Yang Zixi glared at him with eyes filled with hatred. This was the man who had killed her third uncle, Yang Yunchong.