Chapter 18

At noon, Dinfang City seemed to be enveloped in a furnace. It wasn't just people who were unwilling to move; even the dogs didn't want to bark.

As the largest pharmacy in Dinfang City, the Divine Medicine Hall had few customers. A few clerks were idly drinking tea and chatting.

"Yesterday's scene, tsk tsk, it was truly spectacular. Over three hundred men from the Tiger Martial Hall had their right arms broken," a young clerk said, gesturing with his hands and exclaiming loudly. "If I had that kind of skill, I would definitely give Liu Erniu in our alley a good beating."

"Enough with your talk. You're planning to beat up Liu Erniu, but do you know that his uncle is the manager of the Tiger Martial Hall!" someone said sarcastically in a low voice.

"So what if he's the manager? Their hall master didn't even dare to fart! By the way, the Tiger Martial Hall ordered three carts of medicine for injuries last night. Heh heh, you guys are going to be busy!"

The young clerk's gloating words made another clerk with a simple face very unhappy. He said sternly, "Xiao Zuo, don't stand there and talk without feeling the pain. I'll tell Manager Yu to have you help us prepare the medicine."

The young clerk knew they were joking, but he still put on a fearful face and said, "Big Brother Liu, you know me. I'm just a bit of a talker, but I'm not bad in other ways."

"Enough, stop pretending to be pitiful. Get to work!" the simple-faced clerk said sternly.

The young clerk smiled and said, "Thanks, Big Brother Liu."

After saying this, the young clerk hesitated and then said, "Big Brother Liu, give me some advice. I heard that the Fang family is hiring servants. What do you think if I go there?"

Big Brother Liu was taken aback and asked, "Which Fang family?"

"Which Fang family? The one where a single person beat up three hundred people yesterday." Xiao Zuo's eyes sparkled with excitement.

Big Brother Liu patted Xiao Zuo's shoulder and said, "Brother, although I also admire that Fang young master, it's best not to go to the Fang family. After all, things are complicated there right now. Who knows what might happen..."

Just then, the noisy surroundings suddenly became quiet. The two of them looked around and saw that their companions, who had been boasting with them just now, were now very serious.

Some were wrapping medicine, others were calculating accounts!

The two exchanged a glance and quickly stopped talking, focusing on their work.

"Ha ha, Manager Yu, whenever Young Master Fang needs any herbs, just come to our Divine Medicine Hall. We will definitely give your family the best discount!" The deep and shrewd voice of Manager Niu came from the inner room.

As he spoke, two people walked out.

The one in front was not the fat Manager Niu, but a young man as thin as a monkey.

"Thank you, Manager Niu. We will definitely come back to trouble you."

The young man's words were very polite, making Manager Niu feel very pleased. He patted the thin young man's shoulder and said, "Little Brother Yu, it's so hot today, why rush back? How about we find a place to have a drink first?"

"Speaking of drinks, it should be my treat, Manager Niu. But Young Master needs the medicine urgently. Let's do it next time," the thin young man said with a smile.

Manager Niu, who didn't seem to notice the refusal, took it as a sincere offer and said loudly, "Alright, it's a deal. I'll contact you in a couple of days."

As he spoke, Manager Niu called to a clerk who was using an abacus, "Zhenyuan, go get my carriage to send Manager Yu."

Xiao Zuo, though he was wrapping medicine, was carefully observing Manager Niu and the person next to him.

This person was very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before. But because his angle didn't allow him to see the person's face clearly, Xiao Zuo couldn't remember who he was.

Just as this person was about to leave the Divine Medicine Hall, Xiao Zuo suddenly remembered who he was. Wasn't this the skinny monkey who lived in the same alley as him? How did he become Manager Yu now?

"Manager Niu, who is that? He looks unfamiliar!" an old master who had been at the Divine Medicine Hall for a long time asked loudly.

Manager Niu was very polite to this old master and said with a smile, "Master Zhao, this is Manager Yu from the Fang family. Remember him, we will be dealing with him a lot in the future."

"The Fang family? Is there a Fang family in Dinfang City?" Master Zhao asked, a bit puzzled.

Manager Niu's face darkened and said, "Master Zhao, this can only be said once in our Divine Medicine Hall. No one is allowed to say it again."

"The Fang family is the residence of the young master who beat up the Tiger Martial Hall yesterday. Got it?"

Manager Niu, with his hands behind his back, slowly walked to his small room, saying as he walked, "In the future, in Dinfang City, this young master is like a lord. We can't afford to offend him."

Watching Manager Niu's fat figure, Xiao Zuo clenched his fist. At this moment, he made up his mind.

In the past, he was the envy of everyone in the alley. The skinny monkey couldn't compare to him at all. He couldn't let this situation reverse. He had to go to the Fang family and not stay as a clerk with no future at the Divine Medicine Hall.

After making up his mind, Xiao Zuo found an excuse to leave the Divine Medicine Hall. But when he arrived at the Fang family's gate, he realized he was too late.

Outside the Fang family's gate, there were already many young people around his age.

This situation made Xiao Zuo's heart sink...

...

"What did you say? Say it again!" Chen Zhenghua glared at the servant below, shouting fiercely.

The servant's heart was pounding. He knew Chen Zhenghua was on the verge of exploding. He stammered, "Young Master, ... now many people on the street are saying that the Fang family is about to rise again, and ... some are even saying that the Fang family will become the first family in Dinfang City again!"

"Bang!"

Chen Zhenghua kicked the servant hard, cursing, "First family? The first family in Dinfang City can only be our Chen family! What is the Fang family? They only have one brat, a brat who won't live long!"

The servant had no cultivation, and Chen Zhenghua's kick was without restraint. This single kick made the servant's mouth bleed.

Faced with the crazed Chen Zhenghua, the servant flattered him verbally but cursed in his heart: You damn fool, go find that Fang yourself, what's the point of taking it out on me!

After kicking the servant to the ground, Chen Zhenghua paced around the room in great agitation. He had been in a bad mood recently. Although his leg injury had healed thanks to the spirit medicine, the flames of hatred in his heart were growing stronger.

He wished he could send that Fang brat to hell right now!

Unfortunately, that Fang brat was living better and better.

Yesterday, he had the Tiger Martial Hall's Guan Wushang teach the skinny monkey a lesson for being too talkative, but he never expected that the Fang brat would beat up all three hundred disciples of the Tiger Martial Hall.

To others, this was a disgrace to Guan Wushang.

But to Chen Zhenghua, it was a slap in his face.

This can't go on! Every day this brat is arrogant is a day of suffering for him.

Stepping out of the room, he came to his father's study. Before he even entered, he heard laughter coming from inside.

The laughter was hearty and familiar, it was the laughter of the Chen family's patriarch, Chen Shengnan.

The door to the study was not closed. When Chen Zhenghua entered, he saw his father talking and laughing with a large, fat man in a red robe.

Seeing an outsider, Chen Zhenghua was about to leave, but Chen Shengnan said sternly, "Zhenghua, come and meet Uncle Yu."

Although he had been very brutal just now, Chen Zhenghua was very respectful in front of his father. He said to the large man, "Hello, Uncle Yu."

After greeting, he carefully observed the large man. The man had a red face and a very fierce appearance. His red shirt, which was open at the chest, revealed black chest hair that was at least an inch long.

What caught his attention the most was the large man's cultivation at the sixth level of Qi Practitioner.

"Ha ha ha, Big Brother Chen, this is Little Hua, not bad, not bad. To reach the fourth level of Qi Practitioner at such a young age, he might become a cultivator in the future," the large man patted his chest and said with a grin.

Chen Shengnan smiled faintly and said, "This boy is good in everything, but he's a bit impetuous. A bit of tempering will be good for him."

Saying this, Chen Shengnan looked at Chen Zhenghua and asked, "What brings you here?"

"Father, this... this is nothing..." Because there was an outsider, Chen Zhenghua hesitated about whether to mention the Fang family.

Chen Shengnan frowned and then said, "Are you here to talk about the Fang family?"

"Yes." Seeing Chen Shengnan bring it up, Chen Zhenghua confirmed it.

Chen Shengnan looked at Chen Zhenghua for a moment and then said, "Was it you who ordered the Tiger Martial Hall to teach the skinny monkey a lesson?"

Seeing his father's face darken, Chen Zhenghua felt uneasy. He finally gritted his teeth and said, "I had someone do it, but..."

"Hmph, more harm than good!" Chen Shengnan slapped the table, about to speak, but then heard the large man named Yu say, "Big Brother Chen, although Little Hua acted rashly, I think it was quite right."

"Isn't that brat arrogant? My saber loves to kill such people. Big Brother, tell me, what would it be like when he is cut into ten pieces by my Blood Soul Saber?"

As he spoke, a blood-red saber light, like a bolt of lightning, rose in the room. With the swing of the saber, a porcelain vase in the middle of the study, worth at least ten thousand gold, was cut into hundreds of equally sized pieces.

"Ha ha ha, Little Brother Yu, your Blood Soul Saber has improved, congratulations!" Chen Shengnan looked at the fragments and laughed heartily.

The large man named Yu said proudly, "Nephew, the person you hate, I guarantee he won't live through tonight."

Seeing the fragments on the ground and his father's smiling face, Chen Zhenghua also smiled. He felt that he still had a lot to learn from his father, like today, which gave him a lesson!

But more importantly, that brat won't live through tonight.

What are you being so arrogant for? With a top-notch sixth-level Qi Practitioner, what do you have to be arrogant about!