Chapter 48: Fire Control, Holy Clan

"Oh," including Du Shiqing, everyone let out a long "oh," as if they understood everything. They then looked at Chu Yang with sympathetic eyes.

Such a case of snatching love is far too common. Especially among fellow disciples, there are some things that cannot be said.

Chu Yang cooperatively put on a look of extreme pain, holding his head with both hands, curling up, and tightly gripping his hair with ten fingers, even pulling out quite a few strands, showing just how much pain he was in.

"Alas," Du Shiqing sighed, heavily saying, "No one should mention this matter again in the future."

The eight knights all agreed.

Even the old man driving the carriage looked at Chu Yang with a much gentler expression. No wonder when he asked him that day, the little guy showed a desperate and helpless look, trying to hide it. It was like this.

"Thank you," Chu Yang, with his head deeply buried, said in a hoarse, grateful voice, then painfully said, "I will only wait until I fulfill my father's last wish and repay Mr. Du's great kindness. Then I will disappear from this world, hehe, and live alone in the mountains from now on."

"A man of honor, why worry about not having a wife?" Du Shiqing patted his shoulder, comforting him, "There's no need to be so upset."

Chu Yang heavily nodded, sighed, but didn't speak, showing just how much his heart was in turmoil, hard to resolve.

After this incident, the attitudes of several people in the team towards Chu Yang changed greatly. They subtly showed a sense of closeness. A young man who values emotions, is filial, passionate, and endures humiliation—how rare he is...

Chu Yang's performance completely won over these people. Even Chu Yang himself didn't know that in an instant, he had gained so many virtues.

The leading man even sighed and patted Chu Yang's shoulder, "Brother, there's no need to be like this. Look at it more broadly. Men should have a broader perspective. As long as you have money, there are plenty of beautiful women in the brothels."

Chu Yang "sadly" nodded, lifted his head, and "forced" a smile that was even uglier than crying.

Although no one spoke, the way they looked at Chu Yang became much gentler. The weak always evoke sympathy, no matter when.

Even the old man who had been by the horses, never mingling with the group, deeply sighed, lifted his shoe, and knocked off the ash. His eyes, which had seen through the world, seemed a bit misty.

Chu Yang sighed, but in his heart, he knew that he had completely passed the test with Du Shiqing.

What remained was the matter of going to the Iron Cloud Kingdom.

The old foxes of the Iron Cloud Kingdom were not as easy to fool as Du Shiqing.

Du Shiqing was a saintly doctor, and according to legend, no matter what difficult illness, it would be cured by his medicine. But he was just a doctor, and despite his high medical skills, his experience in dealing with people and the world was not necessarily much.

Chu Yang also knew that Du Shiqing's downfall and disgrace a few years later were due to the matter of the Iron Cloud Kingdom. Later, for some unknown reason, the illness of the Iron Cloud Kingdom's ruler was leaked, and it turned out that Du Shiqing had poisoned him years ago.

This incident caused a huge uproar throughout the Lower Three Realms.

Du Shiqing, due to this matter, faced the accusations of the heroes of the world, admitted to it, and then committed suicide in despair! A saintly doctor of the nation thus turned to dust.

Perhaps he was just a doctor, or perhaps he had no choice, but what was done was done.

Chu Yang did not feel any particular sorrow for him. He had deceived and used Du Shiqing, but did not feel any guilt. However, over these few days, he could see that this kind-hearted saintly doctor was not a bad person.

Perhaps, it was just a clash between two countries, each serving their own master.

After all, he was from the Great Zhao. In the end, he might just be a sacrifice, a tool used by Wu Qinger to pacify the people after conquering the Iron Cloud Kingdom...

As for these eight knights, after careful observation, Chu Yang finally confirmed that none of these eight people were from the Golden Horse Knight Hall!

It seemed that these eight people were all pure warriors, with no deep scheming. Their cultivation was not very high, probably around the level of a Warrior 5 or 6.

Such people should be more than enough to deal with ordinary petty thieves, but if they wanted to deal with experts, it would be impossible. It seemed that Du Shiqing was just putting up a front. The only true expert was the old man driving the carriage.

However, perhaps Du Shiqing himself was an expert, but in both his past and present life, he had never heard of this kind-hearted saintly doctor having high martial arts skills...

"Chu Yang, how old are you?" Just as Chu Yang was silent, the mysterious old man driving the carriage actually walked over with a large smoking pipe and asked this question.

"Sixteen." Chu Yang was now afraid of people talking to him, because his pain... it was all an act. If he talked too much, he might expose himself.

"Sixteen... It seems you know about men and women quite early." The old man showed a lecherous smile, his two rows of large yellow teeth shining. But his eyes flashed with a sharp light, making Chu Yang sensitive to the fact that this old man was not just making small talk.

"Um, this kind of thing is hard to explain. Even I am still confused about it myself." Chu Yang sighed, saying with a melancholy tone, "How many things in this world are always so calm, but once lost, they become deeply etched in one's heart, hehe."

"Very well said." The old man, after hearing this, fell silent for a long time, then faintly smiled, saying, "It is always in the calm that things become deeply etched. It's not early, go to sleep."

After saying this, he sat by the fire, staring blankly at the dancing flames, not saying another word. The flames flickered, reflecting in his yellowish eyes, making them momentarily misty.

This made Chu Yang a bit surprised. This old man was clearly trying to test him one last time, but why did he give up after just one sentence?

After careful thought, Chu Yang sighed. 'It is always in the calm that things become deeply etched.' This sentence was not just a casual remark.

Just like in his past life, he and Mo Qingwu had experienced many earth-shattering events together, but after Mo Qingwu's passing, what he involuntarily recalled, lingering in his heart for a long time, were those simple, warm moments, those calm, gentle times.

Not those so-called major events!

Who hasn't had their youth?

"People, who hasn't had their youth..." Just as Chu Yang was thinking this, he suddenly heard the old man mutter the same thing, making him look in surprise. The old man turned to look at him, his eyes showing a bit more of a smile.

"Old Gao, stop being young; it's already winter for you." The knight leader held a wine skin and laughed, raising it to drink deeply.

The other seven knights burst into laughter.

Old Gao grunted, suddenly flicked his pipe, and a spark flew out, landing directly into the wine skin the big man had just moved away from his mouth.

The wine skin still had more than half a bottle of wine. The tiny spark flew in and, with a bang, flames shot up several feet high. The knight leader, caught off guard, had half of his hair in front of his face burned off. For a moment, the smell of scorched pig hooves filled the air.

He couldn't help but shout in anger, "Old Gao, are you serious?"

Old Gao grunted, holding his pipe, and slowly walked away, hunched over.

The knight leader spat and looked at him walking away, but didn't dare to say anything more.

Chu Yang's eyes suddenly narrowed, looking at the hunched back of Old Gao as he walked away, a hint of wariness in his eyes.

Old Gao's move looked simple, but Chu Yang knew it was extremely difficult. A wine skin with more than half a bottle of wine, at least three to four pounds, would immediately extinguish even if a torch was thrown in. How much more so with just a tiny spark?

This required keen eyesight, precise timing, and strong power. These were not what Chu Yang was most wary of.

What he was most wary of was: there was clearly fire control ability involved! Without controlling the flame, it couldn't be done! But fire control ability... this was the absolute skill of the Three Stars Holy Clan!

Holy Clan?