Realms In The Firmament

”My name is Han.” Han Bingxue wouldn’t say his full name. He just told them his family name, then he changed the topic, ”I felt familiar to Brother Ye when I saw him. Some people are always distant even after the time of a whole life, while some others become good friends within seconds. We became good friends for the first sight. It felt like three days when we couldn’t see each other for one day. When I knew he was coming here, I had free time, so I decided to accompany him. About protection or the other things, they are all responsibilities of a friend, which are not worth mentioning. Haha…”

Ye Xiao was surprised to hear it.

He didn’t expect Han Bingxue could act so decently when he intended to.

The formulae that came out from his mouth was so fluent…

”Please come in.” Ye Nantian amicably invited.

No matter what, the man had protected his son, so he was unquestionably a nice man.

The four of them went to Gramp Ye’s place together.

The news about Ye Nantian’s son spread in the entire Ye Clan like a wild fire.

”What? Ye Nantian’s son has come?” Ye Clan’s Chief, Ye Shuxin raised his eyebrows when he spoke.

”Yes.”

”Really?”

”Confirmed.”

”Hmm. Off you go.”

”Aye.”

Looking at the guard’s back who was leaving after the report, Ye Shuxin rubbed his beard, glaring with a pair of eyes which were full of coldness and changing lights. After a while, he shouted, ”Guards!”

…

At the moment, in Gramp Ye’s backyard, it was full of joy and laughter.

The old lady had been ill for many years until Ye Nantian returned. She was finally better. As she saw her grandson, she felt elated, and the illness was mostly gone.

When they were eating at the table, she kept grabbing Ye Xiao’s hand and wouldn’t let go.

Her eyes were staring at Ye Xiao’s face all the time as if she never felt enough to look at her grandson. Her eyes were full of love and comfort.

Ye Xiao enjoyed it at the beginning. After all, he had longed for such a feeling for two lives. However, he couldn’t endure for so long, so he gave a hint to Han Bingxue with a blink.

Han Bingxue understood it immediately. He raised up a glass and casually said, ”Well, as it appears, the old lady is sick. May I hold your wrist to check?”

”Oh? Brother Han knows leechcraft?” Ye Nantian was surprised. ”My mother is suffering from the old illness. I appreciate that Brother Han would like to diagnose it.”

That was what he said, but he never had hope in the heart.

His mother’s illness had been there for many years. It was not that simple to cure! When illness came, it came like a landslide. When illness left, it left like reeling off raw silk. People in old age were physically weak. The only way to make them better was to let them recover slowly. That was why even though he had a lot of supreme dan beads, he didn’t dare to use them on the old lady.

Since Han Bingxue had nicely asked about it, Ye Nantian figured it would be impolite to turn it down.

After pretentiously holding her wrist for a few seconds, Han Bingxue showed a confident expression and said, ”Nothing serious. I have a few dan beads that our ancestors passed to us. Just take some, and you will be alright.”

Ye Xiao twisted his lips.

[Holy hell. I must have mistaken this prick. I thought he was good at pretending, yet he was full of flaws pretending to be a doctor!]

[It takes four steps to make a diagnosis. You held her wrist for just a few seconds and then pretended to be confident about it. Really? At least you should pretend to be lost in thoughts for a few minutes, and ask some questions before you promise her the dan beads!]

[And you said those dan beads are from your ancestors? How ridiculous!]

[Do you think you are a barefoot doctor who earns money from selling patrimonial medicines?]

[Why don’t you make it more dramatic? Why don’t you shout that your dan beads could cure all diseases?]

Ye Nantian and Ye Shuqing were both a bit annoyed by Han Bingxue’s levity. [This guy is fallacious. It is a favor to us if you can cure her, and it is reasonable that you can’t. How could you misinform us… That is unacceptable…]

However, Han Bingxue turned over his right hand, and a bottle of dan beads appeared in his hand. He opened the bottle and the glow brimmed with a pleasant scent. ”Here are ten dan beads which stabilize the physical condition. Take one bead a day… It will cure all the old lady’s illnesses and make her look younger. My patrimonial dan beads are…”

”Ahem…” Ye Xiao coughed.

[Bastard! Do you think you are a barefoot doctor again? How could you say it cures all the illnesses? How dare you say she will look younger? How come I never know Pei-Yuan Dan can make people younger… Listen to you, you are vividly a swindler.]

However, Ye Shuqing and Ye Nantian both thrust up. Apparently, they were both shocked by the dan beads!

However, Gramp Ye was not quite experienced. He knew those must be some valuable dan beads, but he didn’t expect supreme dan beads!

Ye Nantian knew it! He secretly glanced at Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao had given him several supreme level Pei-Yuan Dan beads in the Land of Han-Yang. He even had many supreme dan beads at the moment. When he saw the dan beads, he knew that his son must have hired somebody to do this for him…

However, he didn’t think it was a meaningful thing to do so. Everything was alright when nobody saw supreme dan beads, but if supreme dan beads showed up in the world, it might bring troubles along with the blessing. [The kid is smart, but maybe takes it too simple!]

However, he felt lucky that only his own people saw the dan beads. Han Bingxue was the only outsider. He figured Han Bingxue must be a trustworthy guy since Ye Xiao would give him the valuable dan beads!

Unlike Ye Nantian, Gramp Ye was excited when he saw the dan beads.

He didn’t recognize the supreme dan bead, but he knew those must be at least some dan beads with dan glow.

With those dan beads, his wife might be cured.

”Thank you so much… But… How can we accept such valuable things… They are your patrimonial objects… How could we…” Gramp Ye nagged. He talked mannerly, yet his eyes never moved away from the bottle, as if he didn’t want Han Bingxue to take it back.

”Just a small favor. Nothing worth mentioning.” Han Bingxue was acting more and more politely, ”Besides, this is the first time I visited your place. It is reasonable that I bring you some gifts. There are just a few dan beads. Please accept… Heh, heh. Don’t keep it in mind.”

Afterward, he reached one hand into his clothes again, ”Oh, right. Here are a few Beautifying Dan beads… I guess they are useful to the old lady… Oh, and the Prolongation dan… for both of you… The Bone Ablutionary Dan too…”

Under the watch of the stunned people, Han Bingxue kept taking out bottles of dan beads, like he was worried that he didn’t play well.

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