Urban Martial Saint

Hou Yuewen naturally didn’t know that Ning Qianshu still held three Divine Doctor’s Orders, and upon hearing this, his heart couldn’t help but be shocked again. He had only heard of the Divine Doctor’s Order, but had no idea that his master actually possessed three of them!

Bai Li Xi calmly said, ”Tell your master that the agreed time is almost here, and make sure he doesn’t miss the deadline. Otherwise, the plans he’s been plotting for nearly fifty years will truly be ruined overnight!”

Hou Yuewen took a deep breath, nodded slowly, and said, ”Great Master Uncle, rest assured, my master will definitely arrive in person by then!”

”Alright, I’ll prepare goat milk and wait for him!” Bai Li Xi laughed.

Hou Yuewen was at a loss for words; Bai Li Xi’s personality was somewhat childish, never missing a chance to tease others. No wonder Ning Qianshu always looked so frustrated when he mentioned him.

Hou Yuewen paused in silence, then asked, ”The agreed time is quickly approaching, Great Master Uncle. You’re not preparing for that matter but rather disguising yourself here. Could it be that you’re here to see those patients too?”

”You came here too, didn’t you?” Bai Li Xi replied.

”I’m different from you. I came here with a purpose.” Hou Yuewen said.

”Of course, it’s different. You’re here to kill Ye Qing while I’m here to save Ye Qing. Our goals are completely opposite.” Bai Li Xi paused and said, ”Ye Qing is my lifesaver, so I don’t want to see him in any trouble. Go back and tell Old Ghost Ning, if anything happens to Ye Qing, he shouldn’t even think about getting a single hair from the Divine Medicine Sect’s treasure!”

”What?” Hou Yuewen was startled and said, ”Great Master Uncle, Ye Qing has so many enemies outside. Even if we don’t kill him, others want to deal with him. Aren’t you deliberately making things difficult for us by saying this?”

”I don’t care about that.” Bai Li Xi said, ”Regardless, I’ve said what I needed to. Even if Ye Qing accidentally runs into a lamppost outside, I’ll consider it a deliberate act by you all. So, don’t push me to the limit. Otherwise, if we break up, nobody will get anything from the Divine Medicine Sect!”

Faced with Bai Li Xi’s unreasonable words, Hou Yuewen almost spat blood. Wasn’t this deliberately pushing them? If it were just about not dealing with Ye Qing, that would be simple, just wait for this period to pass. But Bai Li Xi saying this makes things difficult. Do they have to find a way to protect Ye Qing?

”Kid, your courage falls far short of Old Ghost Ning’s in his days!” Bai Li Xi chuckled and said, ”Alright, I won’t waste your time anymore. Remember, from now on, if Ye Qing loses even one strand of hair, Old Ghost Ning will have to come to me and explain clearly, understand?”

After Bai Li Xi finished speaking, he sauntered off. Hou Yuewen stood there dumbfounded for quite a while, scratching his head vigorously, feeling deeply frustrated.

He is Ning Qianshu’s eldest disciple, just hidden under a pseudonym for years, assuming no one would recognize him. Originally, he came intending to kill Ye Qing secretly. Unexpectedly, upon arrival, he encountered Bai Li Xi, who not only prevented him from gaining any advantage but also threatened him.

Ye Qing can now be said to have enemies everywhere. Not to mention the Twelve Green Halls, Prince Wan Yan and Northern Martial Zen have set him as a target to kill. Moreover, after Ye Qing’s marriage proposal last time at Shen Family Manor, he has offended many people, some of whom are certainly eager to deal with Ye Qing. Plus, the Toxic Eel Mercenary Corps have arrived, clearly intending to target Ye Qing. With so many uncertainties, is Ning Qianshu really going to send people to protect Ye Qing? This…where do you go to reason this out?

After a long silence, Hou Yuewen reluctantly turned and quietly snuck out of the dorm building, walking to the deserted wasteland to call Ning Qianshu to report the situation here. Of course, he also emphasized the matter concerning Ye Qing, asking Ning Qianshu what to do.

After listening to Hou Yuewen, Ning Qianshu clearly fell silent for a while and said, ”It seems that you’ve truly met your Great Master Uncle. His style is exactly the same, equally shameless!”

”Master, what should we do now?” Hou Yuewen asked, ”I received news that Prince Wan Yan is fully pursuing Ye Qing. Also, Northern Martial Zen is heading south, and I suspect he’s targeting Ye Qing too. Plus, the Toxic Eel Mercenary Corps are lurking, possibly ready to ambush at any time. If anything happens to Ye Qing, will the Great Master Uncle… make things difficult for us?”

”If anything really happens to Ye Qing, your Great Master Uncle will surely make things difficult for us!” Ning Qianshu replied, ”So, he cannot have any accident now. Inform all your junior disciples in Huaxia to protect Ye Qing as best as they can.”

”Master, relying on just us might not be enough, right?” Hou Yuewen whispered, ”Prince Wan Yan and Northern Martial Zen are formidable; we might not be their match!”

Ning Qianshu said, ”Don’t worry about these two; I have my own arrangements. You just need to pay attention to those pests.”

”Oh.” Hou Yuewen responded, feeling deeply frustrated. Previously, they were all contemplating how to kill Ye Qing, and now they have to consider how to protect Ye Qing, the ups and downs of life are truly hard to fathom.

After hanging up the phone, Hou Yuewen cast a resentful glance at the dorm building, extremely unhappy with the outcome. But now that things have developed this far, he could only grudgingly swallow this frustration. Not only can they not deal with Ye Qing, but now they have to find ways to protect him, which is more troublesome. Protecting someone is undoubtedly much harder than killing them. Moreover, the key is that they have to protect Ye Qing without him knowing, which increases the difficulty significantly.

Over at the dormitory, Ye Qing and Lin Tianyou were still in the room discussing the patient’s condition. Hou Yuewen had left a lot of poison here, but Bai Li Xi had neutralized all of it. Moreover, before Bai Li Xi left, he specifically opened all the windows in the room, allowing the poison to be blown away, ensuring it wouldn’t harm anyone.

Ye Qing and Lin Tianyou certainly didn’t know that the two doctors earlier had such identities. However, since both Bai Li Xi and Hou Yuewen were gone, Ye Qing didn’t pay much attention either. After discussing the medication for the next day with Lin Tianyou, he was about to head back to his own room for rest.

Just as Ye Qing stood up to leave, his eyes unintentionally caught sight of something like a red wedding invitation under the corner of the table, with one edge exposed.

”What’s this?” Ye Qing asked in surprise, reaching to pick it up and examining it closely. It turned out to be a card.

However, this card was different from others. General invitations are made of hard paper; finer ones might be laced with gold and silver to show prestige. But this invitation was different. It felt somewhat heavy, yet it wasn’t metallic. Instead, it seemed to be wooden. Holding it, there was a faint fragrance, resembling medicinal herbs, quite unusual.

Ye Qing had never seen such an invitation and found it rather peculiar, so he asked Lin Tianyou, ”Brother Lin, is this yours?”

”What?” Lin Tianyou took the invitation and looked at it, shaking his head, ”No, what’s this?”

”It should be an invitation.” Ye Qing replied.

”Where did you find it? I don’t have anything like this.” Lin Tianyou said in wonder.

”Under your table. Isn’t it yours?” Ye Qing casually pointed to the table corner.

”Really?” Lin Tianyou glanced there, suddenly curious, ”Hey, how come there’s another one?”

”Really?” Ye Qing followed Lin Tianyou’s gaze and saw another identical invitation under the table corner by Lin Tianyou’s side, which was invisible from Ye Qing’s position unless standing where Lin Tianyou was.

”Could it be that someone left it here?” Lin Tianyou picked up the invitation, and Ye Qing examined it. This invitation indeed matched the one in Ye Qing’s hand exactly.

”Really?” Ye Qing frowned slightly, finding this matter rather strange.

The army is the place that values rules and discipline most; rooms are usually kept very clean and tidy, so it’s unlikely to be something left behind by previous occupants. This means these items must have been left by someone who came later. The later entrants were Ye Qing, Lin Tianyou, and the two previous doctors. By deduction, these invitations must have been left by those two doctors.

Moreover, upon a closer look at the materials of these two invitations, it’s clear they are not ordinary items. Ye Qing, having experienced so much, understood a pattern—the more unusual an item is, the more complex its background tends to be. The curious materials of these invitations imply their origin might not be simple. Furthermore, the crucial point is how these mysterious invitations appeared in their room—they might have been intentionally left for them by someone.

”Open it and we’ll know whose item it is.” Ye Qing suggested.

”Is it appropriate?” Lin Tianyou hesitated, saying, ”It’s best not to open other people’s things.”

”For letters and such, it’s indeed not convenient to open. But this is just an invitation; it shouldn’t contain anything too crucial. Opening it isn’t an issue. Most importantly, once it’s opened, we can find out whose item it is, which is better than just holding onto it.” As Ye Qing finished speaking, he opened the invitation in his hand before Lin Tianyou could stop him.

Lin Tianyou couldn’t stop him and, intrigued, leaned closer, asking softly, ”What does it say inside? Whose invitation is it?”

Ye Qing stared at the invitation with a face full of surprise and confusion, unable to speak for a long time.

Not knowing what was going on with Ye Qing, Lin Tianyou looked closely at the opened invitation.

The invitation was inscribed with three engraved characters—Divine Doctor Invitation!