I couldn't help but marvel at this revelation, Senior Brother was actually quite a prankster, the middle aged man in front of me had a thin body as if not getting enough nourishment, his eyes also carried a hint of tiredness into them and around his eyes, the skin was black, signalling that the guy was not getting enough sleep .
I couldn't help but pity the guy who had a short black hair and was wearing a long hat, seeing that he might have went to sleep out of being tired all day, but that wasn't the case after I heard what he said .
What did he mean by wanting to kill the injured person, if he wasn't actually dead, isn't that a complete opposite to what the Doctors actually do, or was there also a difference between how Doctors were treating their patients here too .
Oh, it's young master Fu, sorry, sorry, what exactly did you wake me up for ? .
It seemed that he and my senior brother had some resentment towards one another, the guy was speaking without any shred of respect in his tone, even though his words sounded quite polite, which to me was very weird .
Senior Brother :
Well, I'm here to pay the fees for you helping my junior brother earlier, so how much do I owe you ? .
My Senior Brother said this and I couldn't help but wonder how much will having his help would cost, I couldn't help but wonder about how much was I injured to begin with, the doctor raised an eyebrow at these words, then looked at me up and down for a few seconds then said :
You owe me a lif.... .
~Slap~
Just as he was about to finish saying this while acting all high and mighty, he got slapped by my senior brother and as if this slap was enough to trigger something in his mind, I saw that his attitude completely changed as he said :
Sorry, sorry, it seem that I'm still asleep, 2 silver taels should be the fees .
Senior Brother :
Here, let's get out of here Senior Brother and leave this lazy doctor to go back to his sleep .
Senior Brother handed the man two silver taels then began walking towards the exit, I was a bit speechless after seeing this scene unfolding and almost cursed out loud at this weird development, but then I saw that my Senior Brother had already went out and I still cupped my fist towards the doctor that was trying to soothe the pain in his cheek, using the two taels he had only gotten .
I directly get out of the Hall and saw that Senior Brother was waiting for me outside with a smile on his face, which made me even more bewildered at what was the relationship between the two and what exactly was going on here .
Are you wondering why I did that, the answer is quite simple, that guy is quite lazy and he would even charge quite heavily to treat someone, just for them to leave him alone, but his medical skills are unparalleled, but it's not worth mentioning when all that he do all day was to sleep as you had seen earlier .
I understood where his thoughts were coming from, but I still couldn't help but wonder, saying :
" But was it really necessary for you to agitate him like this .
That bum like guy won't be moving otherwise, you see the black around his eyes and probably get fooled by their looks, thinking that he might have been overworking himself, but the reason to his sickly complexion was actually because his night activities in the Red Light District .
As I heard what Senior Brother said, all the good feelings I had for that doctor in heart were swept away in an instant, I might have tried to talk to Senior Brother about it a bit more, but after hearing this, I began feeling that Senior Brother should have given him a few kicks instead of two silver taels .
" So senior brother, I wonder how much was I injured when I came back .
Why, do you feel that anything wrong with your body ? .
" Other than my body currently being a bit stiff, I don't believe so, no, but I was just wondering if it was necessary to pay him two silver taels for that .
That guy wouldn't have shut up if I hadn't pay him, you see that wretched guy also charged money for just staying in the Hall or for consultation, he is quite greedy for money, but he isn't a bad guy, just a bit not right in the mind, his Master was the doctor responsible for the Garden and this Hall before, but he had to go back and we ended up with that guy .
After hearing Senior Brother's words, I somewhat began to agree with him, that guy seemed to have a few screws loose in his mind, but as Senior Brother said, he didn't really seemed like a bad guy, at least not by this world standards .
Good and Evil were coexisting here, both were entangled with each other as well, to the point that you can't tell which is which from the first sight, you will need to decide for yourself once you go through the whole situation and understand all of it .
At the mention of Evil, I couldn't help but ask Senior Brother about my sword, I said :
" Senior BrotherI should have had a sword on me when Old Ma fetched me, does senior brother know about where I can find it ? .
Oh that sword was quite something, I heard master talking about it, but when I actually got a chance to see it, I couldn't help but be quite shocked .
Even that Old Man Ma said that he wasn't able to pull that sword from your hand, without removing it, he said that he might haven't been able to actually move you even an inch, so he retorted to store it in your pouch, here take it .
Senior Brother said this and tossed me my Beast Pouch and seeing the familiar bulge in it, I was able to tell that the sword was indeed resting inside, I wasn't surprised at the old man inability to get hold of the sword .
I don't know if even stronger people can be able to hold it, the only way to use it was through the Secret Martial Skill, I also have no clue about what its grade was, all I know was that the sword might be a high ranking treasure, but it being in the hand of that Deacon Lu, made me a little bit doubtful of that .
You should make sure to keep this sword hidden, I don't know what grade it was, but it seemed that he is a High-grade one, even Old Ma seemed to be interested in studying it more to try and find why he wasn't able to pull it even slightly .
I understood what he was warning me about and I nodded my head signalling that I had understood what exactly was he talking about, having a treasure in hand without being able to protect yourself from others who might be coveting it was nothing short of suicide, I need to be more careful from now on .
~GRRRRRRR~ .
As I was thinking about this, my stomach suddenly made a strange sound and I instantly recognized what kind of message these were weird noises trying to tell me, I was dying of hunger, this was the second time feeling this hungry .
The first time was when I initially made a breakthrough to the first layer, now that I had not only achieved a breakthrough, but two simultaneously, I was quite famished .
Haha, how about we go and grab a bite at the Dining Hall, then after that we can continue our tour, what do you think ? .
I nodded embarrassingly at him suggesting this, I can tell that he was in a quite of a hurry to finish this tour up, having other matters to attend to, but he was still adjusting the plan in consideration of me .
Don't show such an expression on your face, you had achieved double breakthroughs, so your body should be screaming at you from hunger, not to mention that I too wanted to grab a bite of the Ferocious Beast'meat, let's go .
At this we began changing direction and head back from the way we came through and arrived at the Dining Hall, it was already late noon or maybe near sunset, it was quite difficult to tell, but there was no one training in the courtyard, remembering that at time like this yesterday, they were all training in the main Training Hall .
At this thought, I had some that I very much needed an answer for, but the question had slipped away from my mind earlier, I saw a good opportunity to get an answer for it now, I said :
"Senior Brother, I would like to ask you something ? .
He at my question clutched his head and said, well you gave me enough headaches today, so I don't think another one would do that much of a difference, ask away .
" Well, it's like this Mu Lu mentioned that there were some private training rooms that could be rented and you can practice in it as you like without someone interfering with your training, I wonder if senior brother can point me to where should I go, if I were to want to practice there and how much will I need to pay ? .
Your destination if you wanted to gain access to these rooms would be Senior Brother Gu Chu, these rooms are part of the Main Training Hall, he is the one responsible in handling the matters regarding these rooms, but don't worry, he shouldn't create any more troubles for you anymore .
As for what you needed to pay, well we are free to use these rooms as we want to and it's completely free of charge, not only that but unlike with the other Disciples, you can stay as much as you want and even take a few items if you want with you inside .
I do remember Second Senior Brother Bai Ming staying inside one of these rooms for 3 days and night, but after he came out, he had already comprehended Sword Energy and almost cut a precious portrait of Master that was hanged on the wall there by accident of course .
Just be remembering the expression on Master's face that time, I always almost die of laughter, his face that time was ugly and dark like the bottom of the pot, so yeah I believe that you would be able to enjoy your stay there, who knows maybe you will be able to come out a different person like second senior brother .
I didn't know what the Sword Energy, he talked about even meant, all I know was the fact that the second senior brother was someone that was quite a brilliant person, senior brother Fu took about him with a tone that was filled with admiration, so his character too should be quite good .
I couldn't help but frown internally at the fact that Gu Chu was the one assigned to manage these rooms, so Mu Lu was talking about this, that Eldest Senior Brother was the one who was opening the backdoor for those guys who were exploiting others .
Sensing the displeased tone in Senior Brother's tone as he mentioned him, I wondered about whether should I tell him about this, but was afraid of two possibilities .
The first was senior brother Fu going out of his way to deal directly with Gu Chu or worse tell Master directly about it, which would end up with either him being punished severely and his reputation tarnished maybe even Master would expell him directly as a result to this and that would be no good for me .
After all I might be seen as someone with a black heart and was here to sow discord between them, the second possibility would be my senior brother already aware of this and I would like to do everything in my power to evade this kind of scenario, so just to be on the safe side, I still wanted to go with my plan of rehabilitating him first, or at least try to .
He was a senior brother, that word alone carried much weight in my heart, if not for having Master's feelings into consideration, I might have really report him to senior brother directly .
But due to this and the fact that I still believe that his Martial Path shouldn't end here because of me and he getting a second chance to redeem himself, I was still willing to talk to him about it .
Well, let's go in .
As I was engrossed in thinking, I arrived at the Dining Hall, it was a big building that was actually right behind the library, but I just hadn't noticed it being there before, at least didn't expect it to be the Dining Hall .
I nodded my head and followed Senior Brother in, we found a table for ourselves, at least I found a table for ourselves, he said that he will get us some food, the place was empty, lunch should have have been presented not so long ago, so it was understandable .
Minutes later, senior brother came back and said that our food should be here in a few minutes and it did .
The staff here was quite polite and diligent as well, maybe because it was us who were being served the food, but I no longer see a problem with that kind of hierarchy world and system, the dish we will be eating as Senior Brother introduced me was called Red Pangolin Tender Meat and eggs of the Azure Silver Winged Bird, in addition to the core of the meal, 2 big bowls of Steamed Corn Rice .
Seeing the meal in front of me, I looked at senior brother and just by smelling the scent of the food in front of me, I was able to tell that the meal in front of me costed quite the sum of money, so I couldn't help but stare at him and he just shook his head and shook the Pouch on his waist, this shook was him telling me to not worry much about it .
The food was a feast to my eyes and I don't know what got into me all of a sudden, but after getting his confirmation, I directly began to devour the food in front of me .
Don't be hasty with the meat, it's the meat of a grade 2 Ferocious Beast, the beast in front of you when he was alive was compared to an Organ Quenching Martial Realm expert, so the nutritional value of it on us should be quite great, take a few bites at a time, don't worry I will get them to wrap the rest for you .
The best thing about those beast meat is that they able to nurture the body and warm the Blood Qi inside the Martial Practitioner's body, the meat is so Red because it had some faint Blood Qi remaining into it, making the meat itself get preserved for quite some time without getting rotten, but these advantages made it quite pricy too .
Even I would be able to enjoy a luxurious meal like this once a month, so you better to prepare yourself to cough all your money if you wanted to keep eating this good, don't forget to treat me then .
He said this just as I pulled a mouthful of the very tender meat like a savage who never saw food in his life with my hand, well I could be considered as such, but it seemed that there was no need to worry much about my way of eating, I saw him pulling a piece of meat in a similar fashion, but there were chopsticks for the rice .
I dropped some of the meat on my plate again and completely discarded the thought of asking him about how were the Beasts and Monsters graded the second that tender meat taste exploded in my mouth and throat .
I instantly jumped off my seat involuntarily, I didn't know what exactly was that taste that I had on my tongue, but whatever it was, it was heavenly, I felt my whole body and soul being warmed up and my heart was beating strongly yet was at a scary level of peace and felt myself sink in pleasure .
One bite was all it take to realize why this meat was so expensive, my heart might get hooked up on this kind of meat, I can continue to eat like this forever .
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