Medical and Martial God

Upon hearing this, Qiu Hongtu almost couldn’t resist kicking Qiuchanyi out. He had been beating around the bush with Ye Daoxuan for over an hour, precisely to prevent him from asking for help in confronting the three Judicator Families. But then his foolish daughter blurted it out.

He hurriedly said, ”Senior, Qiuchanyi is just a child and doesn’t know any better. My grandparents, my parents... all fifty-three members of the Qiu Family died in the last Mist Chant Martial Meeting. Now, only Qiuchanyi and I are left. If we die, the Qiu Family line ends with us.”

Don’t even try to persuade me, Ye Daoxuan. The answer is no.

”Dad, all our family members died horrible deaths at the hands of the three Judicator Families! Don’t you want to avenge them?” Qiuchanyi demanded angrily.

”Shut up!” Qiu Hongtu scolded her before turning to Ye Daoxuan with an awkward smile. ”Senior, look, it’s already noon. A person of your status surely couldn’t stomach the simple fare we offer, so...” He chuckled nervously, clearly trying to show his guest the door.

Qiuchanyi’s cheeks instantly puffed up with anger.

Ye Daoxuan chuckled. ”Hongtu, you misunderstand. I would never allow an old friend’s family line to end. I didn’t come to ask you to fight the three Judicator Families. I came to ask for a different favor.”

Qiu Hongtu’s eyes lit up. ”As long as it doesn’t involve me confronting the three Judicator Families, we can discuss anything else.”

Coward... Qiuchanyi silently cursed in her heart.

”I would like you to help me concoct a Return to Origin Pill.” Ye Daoxuan took out a piece of paper and handed it to Qiu Hongtu. ”This is the prescription. See how confident you are about being able to make it. Don’t worry about the ingredients; I’ve prepared them myself.”

”A Return to Origin Pill?” Qiu Hongtu eagerly took the prescription and scrutinized it, but his face darkened as he read. ”Senior, let’s not beat around the bush. With my Medical Skills, I can’t concoct the Return to Origin Pill. I don’t even have a ten percent chance of success.”

Ye Daoxuan frowned. He hadn’t expected that Qiu Hongtu would be unable to concoct the pill.

”Let me see!” Qiuchanyi took the prescription, and after looking it over, she said, ”Senior, I know two people who should be able to concoct the Return to Origin Pill.”

Amidst his disappointment, Ye Daoxuan suddenly saw a glimmer of hope and asked, ”Who?”

Qiu Hongtu also looked over curiously.

Qiuchanyi replied, ”The Xuanse Medicine King, Ye Xiu, and Charles.”

”Right, right, right, how could I forget those two?” Qiu Hongtu quickly added. ”If even they can’t concoct the Return to Origin Pill, then no one in this world can.”

Seeing the confidence Qiu Hongtu and his daughter had in Ye Xiu and Charles, Ye Daoxuan asked with doubt, ”How is it that I’ve never heard of these people?”

At his words, Qiuchanyi and Qiu Hongtu stared at him as if he were some strange creature.

Qiu Hongtu said, ”Senior, it’s understandable if you haven’t heard of Charles; he isn’t very famous. But Ye Xiu claimed the title of Xuanse Medicine King at sixteen! His Medical Skills are unparalleled in the world, and everyone has heard his name. How could you not know of him?”

”COUGH, COUGH.” Ye Daoxuan coughed awkwardly. ”I went into seclusion after the last Mist Chant Martial Meeting ended. In these past sixty years, I only came out once, thirty years ago, so...”

That explained it. Qiuchanyi and Qiu Hongtu finally understood.

”Where are Ye Xiu and Charles?” Ye Daoxuan asked.

”A big shot like Ye Xiu would be difficult for us to approach. As for Charles, I just saw him this morning. I can ask my professor where he lives.” As she spoke, Qiuchanyi called Professor Joseph. After hanging up, she turned to Ye Daoxuan. ”Senior, I know where Charles lives now. Let me take you there.”

”Good!” Ye Daoxuan promptly stood up.

”I’m going too!” Qiu Hongtu was very eager to witness firsthand how ’Charles’ would concoct the Return to Origin Pill.

The trio drove to Ye Xiu’s residence in Tamwood City, a property named ”By the Water.”

Qiuchanyi was instantly stunned. It was a dream-like mansion with an ultra-modern design, featuring a huge private swimming pool, a vast parking lot, a helipad, a massive golf course, and floor-to-ceiling glass windows all around. To top it all off, it faced the sea!

”Who are you looking for?” Chloe approached, her expression impassive.

”We’re looking for Charles,” Qiuchanyi replied, astonished by Chloe’s beauty and figure.

”The young master is busy and is not receiving guests,” Chloe stated.

Ye Daoxuan was taken aback. Young Master? He turned to Qiuchanyi and asked, ”Is Charles very young?”

”Yes, he’s only a few years older than me,” Qiuchanyi replied.

Ye Daoxuan’s brow furrowed. ”He’s so young. How advanced could his Medical Skills possibly be?”

”You can’t say that, Senior,” Qiu Hongtu said. ”All the doctors in Tamwood City’s hospitals and all the medical professors in the schools are scrambling to become Charles’s students. He genuinely possesses profound knowledge and skills.”

Now Ye Daoxuan was genuinely curious about Charles. He said to Chloe, ”Please be so kind as to inform him that Ye Daoxuan has come with a request.”

Upon hearing the name ’Ye Daoxuan,’ Chloe’s pupils contracted sharply, and she was about to go report to Ye Xiu. Just then, Ye Xiu’s voice drifted from afar.

”Bring them here.”

The voice was ethereal, seeming to come from all directions at once, making it impossible to pinpoint the speaker’s location. Ye Daoxuan, Qiuchanyi, and Qiu Hongtu exchanged glances, each seeing the astonishment on the others’ faces. This ability to project one’s voice over a great distance was enough to prove Charles was a master. Qiuchanyi, in particular, suddenly felt awkward. She had assumed Charles was just a medical and business magnate, never expecting him to also be a powerful Martial Artist.

”Please, follow me,” Chloe said.

The three of them hurriedly followed. Qiuchanyi couldn’t resist asking Chloe, ”What is your relationship to Charles?”

”I am his servant,” Chloe replied.

Qiuchanyi’s expression was priceless. She was now absolutely certain that Charles had no intention of pursuing her; after all, even his servant’s looks, figure, and presence outshone her by a mile.

After walking for a while, the three followed Chloe to the edge of the golf course, near the sea. There, they saw Ye Xiu engaged in Alchemy, the intoxicating fragrance of herbs wafting through the air.

”Incredible. This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone master the Mysterious Ice Fiery Palm alone,” Ye Daoxuan remarked, astonished to see Ye Xiu using the technique for Alchemy.

Qiuchanyi and Qiu Hongtu were also greatly surprised. They both knew that the Mysterious Ice Fiery Palm required two people to practice in tandem and that it was rarely mastered. ’Charles’ had actually mastered it on his own! Instantly, Ye Xiu’s image grew immense in their minds.

”Should I be happy for a few seconds to receive praise from Ye Daoxuan, the Army Breaker of Po Lang?” Ye Xiu asked, his back still turned to them.

His tone betrayed no emotion, but inwardly, a murderous storm was raging. Not only was Ye Daoxuan alive, but he had delivered himself right to his doorstep.

Ye Daoxuan, Qiuchanyi, and Qiu Hongtu were profoundly shocked.

Ye Daoxuan asked, ”We’ve never met. You haven’t even turned your head, yet you knew who I was just from my voice. And you’re so young, too. How could you possibly know of me?”

Only then did Qiuchanyi and Qiu Hongtu realize this point. Suddenly, Ye Xiu’s image in their minds grew even larger and more mysterious, giving them the sense that he was completely unfathomable.