Chapter Fifty-Nine: Family Elder

  "Hehe! This little guy is indeed interesting. It seems that this time I've made a profit by coming out!"

  Outside the Shunfu pharmacy, about sixty feet away, on the eaves of a house, an old man with white hair was stroking his long beard under his chin, looking at the room shining with a faint yellow light with great interest.

  "Yuan Jie is incompetent! He rashly disturbed Seventeenth Uncle's quiet cultivation, Yuan Jie really can't let it go!"

  Behind the old man, Yue Yongjie made a bow with a ashamed expression, his attitude was extremely respectful.

  "You're wrong to say that. If you still don't want to call me at this time, I'll really have to knock on your head! If only you were a bit more clever back then, my wife's family wouldn't be in such a passive situation."

  The old man's eyes rolled over, a dissatisfied cold hum. "Have you already investigated the reason why this kid wants to kill Hongfei?"

  "It seems there's already some clue! It's said to be related to the incident at Shunfu Pharmacy yesterday. That Hongfei was also involved and was humiliated by Yue Yu. This time, that little guy is suspicious of Hongfei suddenly proposing, thinking he has ulterior motives. As for the specific situation, I still need to investigate further."

  Yue Yunjie furrowed his brow, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.

  The old man heard the words and brushed off his sleeves, a hint of mockery flashing across his face. Although he didn't know the details, more than a hundred years had already seen through the world's emotions, and now looking at Yue Yunjie's embarrassed expression, he had roughly guessed the hidden situation.

  "Since you clearly know this, why did you still agree? Are you pretending to be deceived with a clear conscience or are you truly unaware of the situation?"

  Yue Yongjie remained silent, this matter although he was indeed unrelated to him, but he himself also had a guilty conscience. Fortunately, the old man in front of him seemed unwilling to dwell on this matter either. "Then what about his internal energy cultivation? A 13-year-old martial artist, famous throughout the continent, should be enough. Why does the clan's records say that his roots are inferior, his talent extremely poor, and his internal energy only has the second layer of Step Cloud True Method?"

  "This Wen Rui also didn't know! Only knew that the records should indeed be accurate——"

  Yue Yunjie also fell into deep thought, and he too found this matter strange. "Seventeenth Uncle, do you think he took some kind of spiritual pill?"

  "Hmph! In this world, even if it's a high-grade Spirit Pill or Spirit Elixir, it's impossible to achieve such mastery of internal energy control like he did! Never mind! You said he used the Great Chaos True Power earlier. Or perhaps his body is particularly suited for this technique, who knows? Such things aren't without precedent—"

  The old man shook his head, then turned around with a faint smile. "How he managed to cultivate his inner energy to the tenth level, I don't want to know. What's strange is that this little guy has such extraordinary talent, why does he still need to be so low-key?"

  Yue Rongjie's forehead was suddenly covered in a dense layer of cold sweat, but he didn't dare not answer this question. After a slight hesitation, he bowed again. "I had heard previously that some members of the Yue family were plotting against the fields and properties of the Yue Yu household. Even one of my four attendants, Jin Xu, might be involved. A year ago, Yue Yu almost lost his life..."

  "Can such a thing happen?" The old man slightly frowned. "Yue Yu's father, Yue Yunde, although his relationship with your brother is not good, after all, he has made efforts for our clan and our family. Are you going to let those evil spirits trample on your own sister and nephew?"

  "Seventeenth Uncle, would Yong Jie dare to harbor a personal grudge and vent his anger on his own nephew? In fact, the person who pushed Yue down the cliff that day had already been executed by Yong Jie. It's just that at the time, no concrete evidence was found, so he only used dereliction of duty as an excuse and didn't make it public. Your sister is also aware of this matter——"

  Yue Yunjie let out a bitter laugh, his face full of helplessness. "But what I can do is only to severely punish the clan members and then give them an explanation afterwards. It's not possible to cut off my own arm without any evidence, just because of a suspicion. Moreover, this kind of thing has happened before in the clan, it's not just Yue Yu's family. If we're too soft, people will become complacent, but if we're too hard, people will become disheartened. The real problem lies outside the valley, if we can open up another area, all the hidden dangers can be resolved..."

  "So you want to make amends with Tan Yun City?" The old man sneered. "I originally said that your personality is too soft, not suitable for the position of clan leader, but your third uncle insisted on not believing it!"

  "It's all my fault, I've let you down!" Yue Yunjie didn't make any excuses, his face full of remorse. "There's another matter on my side, please help me decide, Seventeen. The people from Dan Yun City have just offered to assist us in searching..."

  "This matter you have already made up your mind, why ask me again? With this little guy's means, let alone they only have so few people now, even if there were ten times more people, I'm afraid they still wouldn't be able to find him. This thing our family, after all, has to give others an explanation on the surface."

  The old man slightly swept his sleeve, then looked in the direction of the distant pharmacy with a moment of hesitation. "As for how to deal with this kid, let's wait and see! If we're really annoyed, what if we hand this kid over to the Hong family to handle it? Will the people of Dan Yun City treat it as if nothing had happened?"

  This time, Yue Yongjie just smiled. Although the old man's words were harsh, he never truly vetoed his arrangements from start to finish, and his fondness for this younger generation was still the same as before.

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  The scene that took place outside the window, Yue Yu was naturally unaware of. When he finished stitching his wound, it was already past three o'clock in the morning. Then he fell asleep in Huang Fan's room. At this time, Nancheng was still conducting a massive search, and even the door of their family's pharmacy was knocked open twice in the second half of the night. However, Yue Yu had experienced such situations many times in his past life, and he knew how to handle them with ease. This night passed without any danger.

  By the second day, his wound had not healed yet. However, his complexion was no longer as pale as it was when he returned yesterday, like a dead person. After carefully applying some powder and rouge, he looked almost the same as a normal person's complexion.

  Yang Yu's only concern was the meticulousness of Yang Zhangshi. Now, he could only hope that Yang Zhangshi was indeed as absent-minded as Huang Fan had said, and that a momentary lapse in attention would allow him to slip through safely.

  In addition, there were the clothes from yesterday, which Yue Yu specially stained with some mud and dust, and then added sweat stains. It looked as if they had been outdoors for a while. And when all this was done, Yue Yu finally let someone call Lin Zhuo back to his presence again.

  "How far have you thought it over, are you willing to be my slave?"

  Lin Zhuo's face turned a deep purple, his lips moved slightly, but not a single sound came out. In the end, he simply bowed down and made a deep bow to Yue Yu.

  Yue Yu saw the situation and smiled suddenly. Lin Zhuo's actions towards him were those of greeting a master, which clearly meant he had already agreed to enter his household as a servant. Moreover, his expression no longer showed yesterday's reluctance. However, given this person's proud temperament, it was basically impossible for him to utter words like "young master" at this moment.

  Actually, with Lin Zhuo's temperament, although it is somewhat similar to his previous life. But if he hadn't been in dire need of manpower by his side yesterday, he would not have bothered to pay attention to him at all. It was only after this person's subsequent behavior that he reluctantly spared a thought for him. As for whether or not he will help this person out, it depends on the situation in the future.

  However, although this matter has been settled, for now, Yue Yu is absolutely not possible to bring this person into the house. Causing suspicion is one aspect, and more importantly, Yue Zhangshi currently does not intend to invite another martial artist, besides Lin Zhuo himself seems to have other expectations for the clan gathering a few days later.

  So Yu Yue was sent off early by Lin Zhuo, and as for him and Ruan Li, they didn't leave until after the hour of Chen, wearing those disguises, pretending to have just returned from outside the city, heading towards the north of the city. Along the way, the two deliberately turned into a store selling tight-fitting clothes and took a look at Yu You Ning's blacksmith shop, and sure enough, both shops were still closed!