Chapter 565
The middle-aged man is over a hundred years old this year, and although he is still in his prime in terms of the lifespan of an ancient martial artist, he has certainly lived a long time.
He does not like to see the arrogance of today’s youngsters who have some talent.
Do they no longer know how to respect the inferior and the elder?
They are all blinded by the world’s lights and greenery.
In the ancient martial world, the larger the family, the more they hate and reject the secular world.
This is because these families have lived in the ancient martial world for a long time and have never gone out.
Ying Zigui was faint: “Old man, remember to prepare a coffin, you won’t even know when you’re gone one day.”
The middle-aged man’s face sank: “What did you say?!”
“Gentlemen, since Miss Qingxue and Duke Fu Shen are able to refine it, why do you have to come to Miss Ying?” Ye Ling couldn’t help but speak up, “Disliking her and still looking for her, you have ……”
The middle-aged man swept his cold eyes, aggressively, “Is this something you can talk about?”
The internal energy in his body surged up and his aura pressed towards Ye Ling.
Ye Ling’s face instantly turned white and her body swayed.
Because she also had the talent of ancient medicine, as a “waste” of ancient medicine and ancient martial arts, her ancient martial arts cultivation was not high, not even ten years old.
Even if the middle-aged man only used his aura to deliberately press Ye Ling, he could have seriously injured her.
Ying Ziji pressed Ye Ling’s shoulder and spoke once more, “No refining, go away.”
The middle-aged man finally changed his face, and he sneered, “You say you won’t refine? You can do that?”
As he said that, he stretched out his hand and grabbed it directly towards the girl’s shoulder.
“Seek death!”
An angry shout suddenly rang out, and there was internal energy striking across the air.
Before the middle-aged man’s hand could touch Ying’s clothes, he was swept up by the wind and smashed his face on the ground with a bang.
Ye Changkong was standing in front of him, his beard fluttering.
The middle-aged man spat out a mouthful of blood and barely raised his head, his expression changed at once: “Ancient Martial Grandmaster?!”
For such a small family as the Ye Family, there was still an Ancient Martial Grandmaster?
Since there was an Ancient Martial Grandmaster, why did they still stay in such a small place?
According to the rules, after a family had produced an Ancient Martial Grandmaster, they could go to the Hall of Justice and report to them, and then they could be allocated a certain amount of resources.
When the Ye family produced an Ancient Martial Arts Patriarch, they would be able to have a larger territory.
No one has specifically counted how big the Ancient Martial World is.
A conservative estimate is that it is at least above 6 million square kilometres, which is two-thirds of the country of China.
However, the population of the Ancient Martial World is less than 100 million.
The Xu family has many ancient martial arts masters, and excluding the ancestors who have gone into hiding, there are at least ten of them.
The five elders of the Xu family are all ancient martial arts masters.
But the bad thing is that only two of the elders support the current Xu family head.
The other two, support another faction.
There was also one neutral.
This resulted in them being unable to field Ancient Martial Arts Patriarchs.
With a population of thousands, the Xu Family had an extremely high level of infighting.
This time when the Xu family head suddenly fell ill, it was also the Xu family people who had secretly moved in.
With several other groups of people around, they really could not invite Fu Shen and Meng Qingxue.
They could only retreat and come here to look for Ying Zigui.
Ye Changkong sneered: “Didn’t you hear from Miss Ying? She doesn’t refine!”
This shout also brought with it internal energy.
The middle-aged man’s ears were shaken out of their blood and buzzed.
Ye Changkong raised another slap, his internal energy on display, and slapped the middle-aged man straight out.
The middle-aged man’s cultivation level was only in the early 60s, and the slap from the Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster caused him to be seriously injured instantly.
He spat out a mouthful of blood, mixed with pieces of internal organs, and could not even utter a word as he pa*sed out.
The other guards who had followed him didn’t react and were all slapped out one after another by Ye Changkong as well.
“Miss Ying saved my Ye family, so naturally the Ye family must stand by Miss Ying’s side.” Ye Changkong clasped his fist, ashamed, “I’ve really made Miss Ying laugh, people in the ancient martial world are quite unreasonable.”
“It’s really dangerous now that you’ve shown your abilities, or else you’d like to take shelter outside?”
No one was willing to offend ancient doctors, but it was also based on having a strong background.
For example, Meng Qingxue, like Fu Shen, or the young master of the Dan Alliance.
Some families in the ancient martial world that acted ruthlessly would even imprison ancient doctors to refine medicine specifically for them.
The Xie family had done such a thing, only there was no complete proof.
After a moment of thought, Ying Zigui took out dozens of imperial guards and distributed them to the Ye family, “Take them.”
Smelling the faint fragrance, Ye Ling finally took a breath: “Miss Ying, is this?”
“Imperial guards.” Ying Ziji said, “Keeps you safe and protects your heart, carry it with you and don’t take it off.”
“Big sister! Big sister!” The little dumpling jumped and pointed at her round, almost invisible neck, “Bring it around your neck, around your neck, okay?”
Ying Ziji poked the little dumpling’s face.
By the feel of it, she could tell that it was the child who had given her the candy last time.
She squatted down and patiently took out a long red rope, pa*sed it over to the imperial guard and put it on the little dumpling.
The little dumpling jumped for joy, “Mother, look, it looks good.”
“Miss Ying, I’ve caused you trouble again.” The woman hastily picked up the little dumpling, “There’s really no need for you to do such things.”
Ying Ziji poked the little lump’s face again, “It’s alright, it’s just a casual thing.”
“Miss Ying, this is a really nice pattern hey.” House Master Ye put the imperial guard back together and started blowing rainbow farts, “I can’t believe your embroidery work is so good too.”
The women in the ancient martial world didn’t embroider either, practicing martial arts just like the men.
It’s the ancient doctors in the ancient medicine world who also do embroidery.
Ying Ziji: “…… The shells were bought on Taobao.”
Only the one for Fu Yunshen was made by her.
These ma*s-produced imperial guards, not to mention the shells, are filled with herbs that she crushed into powder with a machine.
The Ye family head was a little confused: “Taobao?”
Ye Ling was busy explaining, “Father, it’s a trading website, much like the trading clubs in our ancient martial world, but more convenient and able to deliver to your door.”
“Oh oh.” The Ye family head was very excited, “Can it be delivered here?”
Ying Ziji: “…… I’m afraid not.”
Even the Shunfeng courier boy couldn’t find where the door to the Ancient Martial World was.
“Ugh.” The Ye family head was sorry, “Thank you Miss Ying, I’ll make sure to keep it.”
Ye Heng opened his mouth, wanting to ask why everyone in the Ye family had it, but not him.
But in the end, when he thought of his earlier attitude towards Ying Zigui, he did not speak.
Ye Heng clenched his fist.
If he didn’t give it, he wouldn’t give it, when he was scarce.
**
Xu family.
The middle-aged man and a group of guards were carried in, badly injured.
Even if they could still wake up, their entire cultivation was ruined.
The Xu family head was pale, sitting on the bed and coughed, “Send someone else, this time to sneak in.”
The butler led the way.
But a few hours later, once again, he failed and returned.
With Ye Changkong in charge, there was nothing that could be done as long as no Ancient Martial Grandmaster was sent.
Lady Xu pounded the back for the Xu family head and was sad: “What can we do.”
If the Xu family head really couldn’t recover, this family head position would have to be done by someone else.
There was an unwritten rule in medium to large families that when they lost a struggle, they had to abolish their internal energy and expel them from the family.
This was the case with the Xu family, and also with the Ling family.
To prevent a scourge from happening.
“Madam, we have just checked again and the Ye family are all towards Ying Zigui, except for one, Ye Heng, who adores Miss Qingjia almost to the point of madness.” The housekeeper spoke up, “Madam, didn’t you buy an incense bag made by Miss Qingjia herself?”
“Why don’t you give that incense bag to this Ye Heng and then ask him to trick the Ye family out, there’s no fear that Ying Zigui won’t come.”
Madam Xu pondered for a long time, somewhat reluctant: “It has to be a fragrant bag made by Miss Qingjia?”
She had also had a hard time getting just one.
“Madam, that Ye Heng’s cultivation level is not very high, it’s only a decade out.” The housekeeper smiled, “When the matter is completed and the master’s illness is cured, that incense bag will naturally still be able to return to your hand.”
The Ye family?
A small family that the Xu Family could strangle at the drop of a hat, daring to run roughshod over them?
As long as the Xu family head recovered and lasted until the change of family head, he would be fine.
After thinking about it, Lady Xu still handed over the incense bag, “Alright, then this matter will be in your hands.”
**
Ye Family.
Ye Ling was studying a few prescriptions that Ying Ziji had given her in her study, when she looked at Ye Heng who barged in, she frowned: “Ye Heng, what is it?”
“Ye Ling, I came back from outside and found an injured person in the broken house over there, who was involved in a struggle, very serious.” Ye Heng bowed his head and didn’t look at Ye Ling, “It seems to be dying, can you go over and take a look?”
“The wounded?” Ye Ling stood up, “Where is it, you take me there.”
Ye Heng’s lifted breath let go and squeezed the incense bag he had got in his pocket, “It’s over there.”
Ye Ling was kind enough to save even animals.
He knew that such a lie was clumsy and simple, but it would surely fool Ye Ling out.
Ye Ling lifted the medicine box and followed Ye Heng outside.
It was not until they reached a river that Ye Heng, quick-eyed and quick-witted, suddenly pushed Ye Ling.
Ye Ling was caught off guard and was pushed to the ground.
Before she could react, Ye Heng took the iron rope he had prepared and tied her up.
Ye Ling’s expression changed: “Ye Heng, what are you doing?!”
“Not doing anything, the Xu family asked Ying Ziji to refine medicine, use you to invite her out.” Ye Heng stood up.
He looked at it and took off the imperial guard that Ying Zidian had given Ye Ling and put it in his pocket.
Ye Ling lost her voice: “Ye Heng! You are crazy!”
“Ye Ling, you are not Ying Zidian, they won’t hurt you,” Ye Heng shouted as he ran, “and they only asked her to make medicine, not to kill her.”
“Strange, Miss Qingjia has been famous for so long, she doesn’t even have such a big stance, doesn’t she have to save patients if she wants to formally establish herself in the ancient medicine world? What’s the point of deliberately putting up a front, it’s really being and standing up.”
Ye Ling’s heart instantly cooled down.
How could she have not expected that Ye Heng would actually do such a thing?
Without any heart burden, Ye Heng ran to the stage in one breath.
“Kid, very good, good tactics.” The steward smiled, “If the Ye family falls, are you interested in joining the Xu family?”
Ye Heng was stunned, “Add, join the Xu family?”
In terms of combined force, fifty Ye families were no match for one Xu family.
Such medium-sized clans solicited their disciples with harsh conditions, and they had to start with fifty years of ancient martial cultivation.
But if one could enter, cultivation resources, money and power would all be available.
Ye Heng hesitated for a moment and shook his head.
He had no intention of hurting Ye Ling.
No matter what, the Ye family was his family.
But hurting Ying Zigui, he had no mental burden at all.
**
When Ye Heng returned home, dinner was being prepared.
By the time Ying Zidian returned from the Dan League, dinner had officially begun.
Ying Ziyi looked at the information Fu Yunshen had sent him about the Xu family and pondered slightly.
“Where’s Little Spirit?” House Master Ye waited for a while longer and finally noticed something was wrong, “Didn’t she go out with you? How come you’re back and she’s not here?”
The last time Ye Heng was locked up in the family ancestral hall for three days, he had finally settled down quite a bit.
He also no longer clamoured to go to the Ancient Medical World to watch Lin Qingjia refine medicine, and went to the schoolyard every day to practice martial arts.
The Ye family head was finally relieved and thought to himself that Ye Heng was still saved.
“Who knows where she has run off to?” Ye Heng was a bit weak, but he was justified, “She must have gone to the Dan League, do I have to follow?”
Ying Ziji’s eyelashes dropped.
Although her divine calculation ability was blocked, she could not foresee dangers in advance.
But there were things that she could tell without using her divine calculation ability.
Ying Ziji raised her head and looked at Ye Heng’s face.
She could see every micro-expression clearly.
Ye Heng was annoyed by the look: “What are you looking at me for? I said she ran away on her own, you-”
He didn’t finish his words before his throat was locked, his feet directly left the ground and his whole body went airborne.
The next second, with a “bang”, Ye Heng crashed into the wall.
The force was so great that it smashed a shallow crater.
The pain was so intense that Ye Heng almost fainted.
But his head was also imprisoned by one of the girl’s hands, so he couldn’t even faint.
Ying Ziji looked down.
The imperial guard that had fallen to the ground was the one she had given to Ye Ling.
Ye Heng looked terrified and his body shook violently.
Ying Ziji raised her eyes: “Wanted, didn’t you?”
Chapter 566
Ye Heng’s expression became even more fearful: “You, what do you want?”
“If you like it, have some.” Ying Ziji bent down and picked up the imperial guard.
With little expression, she shoved the imperial guard into Ye Heng’s mouth bit by bit and forced him to swallow it.
Ye Heng tried to struggle, but his resistance was futile, and blood continued to flow down the corners of his mouth.
His eyes widened, “You actually ……”
There was still not a low level of ancient martial arts cultivation?
Ying Zigui was actually really a dual practitioner of ancient medicine and ancient martial arts?
Ye Heng’s brain buzzed and his face was on fire.
In his perception, only Lin Qingjia could do this, no one else definitely could.
“You tricked Ye Ling out, let’s see -” Ying Zigui was faint, “it’s related to the Xu family, although I don’t know what benefits they promised you.”
Before Ye Heng could say anything, a guard hurriedly reported from outside.
“Clan master, the Xu family has kidnapped Miss Ye Ling, saying that they will let Miss Ying go over to refine the medicine, or else they will just kill her.”
At this moment, the story was completely clear.
“Ye Heng!” The Ye family head was furious, and more than that, he was incredulous. “Little Spirit is your own sister!”
The Ye family had a small population, so there was little strife, and it had always been happy, even when it was poor and had little food.
The only dissenting member of Ye’s second uncle’s line had also had his internal energy abolished and been completely expelled from the family.
The Ye family head did not think of expanding the family, also because it would be good.
With a large family, there were still many troublesome things.
The Ye family head did not even think that Ye Heng would sell Ye Ling like that just for a scented bag.
Ye Heng couldn’t breathe at all, the blood in his throat kept coming up and he spoke with difficulty: ”Who, who made her stupid? Serves her right, deserved to be tricked by me!”
“She trusted you because you’re her family! And you call her stupid?” The Ye family head could not stand it anymore, he lifted a slap and slapped Ye Heng’s face, “You’re stupid, betraying your family and you’re blaming her for it?”
The Ye family head did not hold back, and Ye Heng was slapped and spat out blood.
Ying Ziji lifted her hand and pressed a golden needle at Ye Heng’s shoulder.
Ye Heng’s body trembled and another mouthful of blood spurted out, and he screamed miserably, “Inner energy! My internal energy!”
He could feel his internal energy draining away.
How could this happen?!
Ying Ziji let go of his hand and Ye Heng fell to the ground with it.
A life was left, but it was completely ruined.
The Ye family head did not stop, he clenched his fist, completely unable to contain his anger and disappointment: “Lock him up in the ancestral hall, and never let him out.”
Ying Ziji changed her outer clothes: “I’ll go to the Xu family, you wait.”
“Miss Ying, absolutely not!” House Master Ye spoke up, anxious, “If you do go into the Xu family, I’m afraid you won’t be able to get out!”
Even if the Xu Family was only a medium-sized family in the Ancient Martial World, it was still far from being a large family.
But it was still dominant in one place, controlling a considerable territory, and there were several small clans that depended on the Xu family.
“It’s alright.” Ying Ziji rolled up her sleeves, “Just get the Xu family to change their head.”
After saying that, she had already walked out.
Ye Changkong was still frozen in place, unable to return to his senses.
What do you mean by …… just change the head of the family?!
**
Xu family.
When he saw the girl, the housekeeper was not the least bit surprised, but even greeted her respectfully, “Miss Ying, you’re here.”
On the other side, Madam Xu was sitting on the edge of the bed, still wiping the sweat of the Xu family head, and not looking at him.
Ying Ziji’s eyes cooled and her voice was calm, without a hint of fluctuation: “Let the people go, and I will refine the medicine for you.”
“The person will definitely be released, but there is a prerequisite.” The butler raised his hand, “Miss Ying, over here is the pill refining room, it’s already prepared for you.”
He gave a wink and two middle-aged men followed.
These two middle-aged people were escort leaders, both with a cultivation level of around 70 years, definitely enough to keep an ancient doctor in check.
No one even thought about the aspect of ancient medicine and ancient martial arts dual cultivation.
Firstly, there are too few such geniuses, except for Lin Qingjia, who is very mediocre.
Secondly if Ying Zigui knew ancient martial arts, would she have been able to come so obediently?
Moreover, they hadn’t felt a single fluctuation of internal energy in her body.
No one would believe that a girl who was not yet twenty years old already had eighty years of ancient martial arts cultivation.
“Miss Ying, here are the herbs.” The butler walked into the pill refining room with a few threats, “You can refine the pills without worry, and the Xu family will guarantee that nothing will happen to your friend.”
If they let Ye Ling go now, who knew if Ying Zidian would still refine the medicine for them?
Ying Ziji’s eyebrows were muted, her eyelashes slightly drooping as she picked up the herbs next to her.
When the housekeeper saw that the girl was obedient, he withdrew and locked the door.
In the refining room, Ying Zidian put the herbs into the furnace.
She had always preferred to play with poison than with medicine.
**
At this time, the Fu family.
Fu Shen sneaks out of the refining room, runs to the lotus pond at the back of the hill, lies down on a lounger and starts to sleep.
The sun was blinding, and he even picked a leaf to cover his face.
Fu Shen did not know how long he slept until he was kicked to the ground and woke up instantly.
The woman stood in front of him with her hands behind her back, indifferently, “Had enough sleep?”
When he saw the woman’s face clearly, Fu Shen was so shocked that he almost fell off the river: “Old, old ancestor?”
He had been caught slacking off by Fushi?
“What a lazy boy.” Fu Shi scolded with a laugh, “If you had the interest to sleep in learning medicine, your medical skills would have been the first in the younger generation long ago, right?”
Fu Shen choked for a moment and immediately changed the subject, “Old Ancestor, speaking of medical skills, I met a pill refining genius when I went to the Dan League the other day.”
“The first time she refined the Heart Protecting Pill, she didn’t even need to explain it, she refined a pot of four pills with 80% utilization rate, too genius don’t you think?”
“Cut the crap, let me tell you, you-” Fu Shi’s words suddenly stopped, her expression suddenly changed, “Four 80% pills in one furnace, you mean every single one, is 80%?”
Fu Shen froze, “Yes.”
It was also when Fu Shi said this that he suddenly realised a problem.
Which ancient doctor was able to make the same utilisation rate for every single pill when refining pills.
“What a genius.” Fu Shen rubbed his chin and sighed. “Old Ancestor, just think of her as an heir, I can’t I really can’t, I want to sleep more.”
When he said this, he prepared himself to be beaten by Fushishen.
What was intended did not happen.
Fushi looked ahead in a daze and tears just fell from his eyes.
A few seconds later, it was already full of tears.
“Old Ancestor?” Fu Shen was startled and took out her handkerchief in a panic, “Old Ancestor, don’t be so excited, although you look younger than my mother on the outside, you are really as old as a tortoise, don’t scare me.”
Fu Shi restrained the shock in her heart, barely maintaining the smoothness of her voice: “My master …… where is she in person, I will go and meet her.”
Fu Shen was slightly startled, “The old ancestor?”
In fact, few people in the Fu family and the Heavenly Doctor Sect also knew that Fu Shi, was a dual practitioner of ancient medicine and ancient martial arts.
Fu Shi would occasionally come out to instruct him, so Fu Shen knew this secret.
Fu Shen estimated that Fu Shi’s ancient martial cultivation level was definitely not below two hundred years.
However, this matter was not clear to the ancient martial arts community at all.
Even the elder groups and family heads of the Lin, Xie and Yue families were definitely not worthy of being met by Fu Shi personally.
“I’m going to see her.” Fu Shi said again, and kicked Fu Shen, “Now.”
Fu Shen hissed, “Go go go, Old Ancestor, she is in the Ye family, I will take you to the Ancient Martial World.”
I really don’t know who their old ancestor followed in this nature, he seemed quite aloof, but he was also crazy when he was violent.
**
With Ye Ling out of the way, Ying followed her to the Xu family again.
The whole Ye family had no appetite for dinner, so they waited at the door.
Half an hour later, they waited for Fu Shen and Fu Shi.
“Hello hello, I’m Fu Shen, this is ……” Fu Shen didn’t know how to introduce himself for a moment, so he could only say stiffly, “This is my aunt.”
With the status and size of the Ye family, not to mention the Fu family, even the smallest ancient medical family was not qualified to be approached.
The Ye family head was startled and hurriedly paid his respects, “Lord Fu Shen, Miss Fu, I wonder what the two of you want?”
“Just, that Miss Ying, my aunt admires her, I-” Fu Shen’s face suddenly twitched and he drew a breath backwards, “Where is she?”
Fu Shen was a little aggravated.
What was wrong with his words?
Why did the old ancestor have to hit him?
Fu Shi’s movements were naturally invisible to the Ye family head.
“Ying, Miss Ying has gone to the Xu family.” The Ye family head recounted what had happened today, his eyes were red and he sighed, “It’s really …… my fault, I didn’t teach my son properly.”
Fu Shen frowned, “The Xu family? Which Xu family? Never heard of it.”
The ancient martial arts world has 20 to 30 large families and several hundred medium-sized families.
Fu Shen couldn’t even remember all the large families, let alone a medium-sized family.
The Ye family head was busy informing the directions of the Xu family.
Fu Shi nodded slowly and even smiled, “The Xu Family, right? I got it.”