I Can See Through All Things' Information-Chapter 525 - 341 Enlightenment, County Crisis_2
Now it was clearly a competition with the fellow villagers from before.
"Then, thank you very much for the generosity, Grandpa Lin."
Hearing this, Old Man Lin beamed with joy.
He then continued chatting with Lu Qing for a while before descending the mountain with Elder Zhang.
"Young Master, the villagers in your village are quite simple and honest."
After everyone had left, the voice of "Yan" resounded in Lu Qing’s mind.
It was aware of everything that had just happened.
"Everyone has always been very nice to me and Little Yan," Lu Qing said with a smile.
He remembered the events that had transpired when he first arrived in this world.
In another village, his and Little Yan’s experiences might have been very different.
"Yan" didn’t speak, but it somewhat understood why Lu Qing had expended so much effort to set up an Array in this village.
"Elder ’Yan’, before performing the ’Spirit Awakening Technique,’ is there anything special I should know?"
Lu Qing, carrying two types of seeds, asked.
"There’s nothing particular; your mastery of the ’Spirit Awakening Technique’ is already profound. Enriching a bit of Spirit Grain shouldn’t be a problem."
At this point, "Yan" remembered the process Lu Qing had gone through earlier to comprehend the ’Spirit Awakening Technique,’ and was still somewhat amazed.
The difficulty of the spell seemed non-existent for Lu Qing.
He had merely skimmed through it and was still able to almost completely master it.
His comprehension was terrifyingly strong.
Hearing "Yan’s" guidance, Lu Qing was reassured.
Carrying the Spirit Grain back inside, he made preparations and filled a wooden basin with clean water. After instructing Little Yan and Little Li not to disturb him, he entered the quiet room where his master usually practiced alchemy and closed off from the outside world.
Having entered the quiet room, Lu Qing placed the basin of water in front of him.
He then concentrated, gathered a bit of spiritual charm at his fingertips, and gently tapped it into the water.
As the mental method circulated, he attracted a large amount of wood-element Spiritual Energy from the surrounding nature, which merged into the clear water as vibrant spiritual charm.
Before long, the basin of water turned into a liquid with a faint green hue, filled with the life force of wood’s spiritual charm.
Then, Lu Qing slowly poured the selected rice seeds into the wooden basin...
While Lu Qing was concentrating on cultivating the Spirit Grain seeds, several figures appeared before the gates of Cang County.
"Cang County, according to the information we’ve recently gathered, a major event happened here over two years ago.
Elder Wang Cangyi of the Northern Border Sky Blue Sect, an expert in the Innate Realm, once led his disciples to besiege a minor noble family here, supposedly to seize a treasure.
In the end, however, they were repelled by a mysterious pair of mentor and disciple.
The young disciple, possessing Cultivation of the Muscle Bone Realm, defeated a disciple of Wang Cangyi, who was at the perfection of the Inner Organs Realm.
Furthermore, it’s rumored that a disciple from Tianji Building was also present in Cang County at that time, preventing a large-scale battle in the Innate Realm.
All indications suggest that this young man might be the one known as Lu Qing on the Hidden Dragon List."
The leading figure, looking at the county gates ahead, said solemnly.
"Indeed, and remember, the one who killed Xuanming and others in Holy City, also seemed to have a master.
Thus, this Lu Qing is very likely the person we are looking for," another figure added.
"Elder You, what should we do now, return to the secret realm and report?" a figure inquired.
"Not yet, these are still just our speculations; we need further confirmation."
The leading figure shook his head.
"How shall we confirm?"
"According to the intelligence we’ve obtained, there’s a minor noble family with the surname Wei in this county, seemingly having a close relationship with that pair of master and disciple.
After night falls, we shall enter and capture a couple of important figures from the Wei family for interrogation, and then everything will be crystal clear."
"That’s a good idea." The others immediately agreed.
After all, they had become quite adept at such operations over the past few days.
Thus, the group did not enter the city but quietly lurked outside, waiting for nightfall.
The people inside Cang County remained completely unaware that a group of terrifyingly powerful experts from the Innate Realm was lurking outside their town.
Time steadily passed and, as dusk approached and the city gates were about to close,
An old figure, dressed simply and carrying a bamboo basket, appeared outside the gates.
"Old man, it’s getting late, are you still going into the city?"
The city guard, spotting the elder, asked somewhat curiously.
The elderly gentleman showed a kind smile, "The old man is a doctor. I’ve been practicing medicine in the nearby villages these past few days and just ran out of medicinal materials, so I thought to enter the city to buy some."
The city guard, observing the medicine basket on the old man’s back and the medicine hoe hanging at his waist, had no doubts.
He said with some respect, "So it’s Old Doctor Chen, please come in quickly. We are about to close the city gates, and if you delay any further, you won’t be able to enter."
The old man nodded and slowly walked towards the city.
After crossing several streets, he arrived in front of a grand mansion.
The doorman, upon seeing the figure of the old man, first rubbed his eyes.
After confirming he was seeing correctly, he shuddered, immediately bent down, and ran over.
He said respectfully, "Old Doctor Chen, what brings you here?"
"I just happened to be passing by Cang County and had some business, so I came in to take a look. Is your family master home?"
Old Doctor Chen asked.
"Yes, yes, the family master and Mrs. Wei are both at home. Please come in quickly, Old Doctor Chen."
The doorman respectfully ushered Old Doctor Chen into the mansion, while another doorman had already run inside to report.
Thus, only after a little more than ten breaths, as Old Doctor Chen had just entered the Wei Family’s front courtyard, he saw Wei Xinghe come out from the back courtyard with a surprised look on his face.
"Old Doctor Chen, what brings you to visit us?"
Old Doctor Chen said with a chuckle, "I’ve been out on a charity medical tour recently, and these past few days I happened to be in some nearby villages, so I just came by to visit."
"That’s so, Old Doctor Chen truly embodies medical benevolence!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Xinghe felt even more respect for Old Doctor Chen.
He knew well that Old Doctor Chen’s cultivation was unfathomable,
having reached a profound realm that even he, being in the Innate Realm, found difficult to estimate.
Yet such an extraordinary expert was still willing to humble himself to provide free medical care to ordinary villagers in the countryside.
Such kindness was indeed commendable.
"It’s merely fulfilling the duty of a doctor," Old Doctor Chen said. "By the way, Wei Family Master, I have come here also to ask for your help with something."
"Please speak, Old Doctor Chen," Wei Xinghe quickly said.
"These past few days as I administered medical care in the nearby villages, today I encountered several rather difficult symptoms that needed urgent treatment.
Unfortunately, I’ve almost run out of medicinal materials during these days.
Now, if I go to gather herbs, I’m afraid it might be too late.
So I thought to come here and buy some."
Old Doctor Chen explained.
"Oh, Old Doctor Chen, you are too modest. It’s just some medicinal materials, no need to be so courteous.
Just tell us what materials you need, and I’ll immediately have someone fetch them," Wei Xinghe immediately said.
"I’ve written down the items on this list; see if you can gather them all."
Old Doctor Chen took out a prescription from his sleeve.
Wei Xinghe took it, glanced over it quickly, and immediately handed it to Housekeeper Wei.
"Ah Hai, go to the storeroom right away and get these medicinal materials for Old Doctor Chen."
Housekeeper Wei did not dare to delay and immediately took the list and went.
"Old Doctor Chen, is Young Master Lu not with you?" he lacked company this time." Old Doctor Chen replied.
"Ah Qing has other matters to attend to, so he didn’t come out with me this time," Old Doctor Chen said.
"Then perhaps Old Doctor Chen hasn’t had dinner yet? Would you like to join us?"
"That would be good."
Old Doctor Chen did not decline the invitation; these past few days, he had been busy with the charity medical tour and had been eating only simple meals.
Today, he had eaten only a bit of food in the morning.
Wei Xinghe immediately had the kitchen prepare a feast.
Soon, Mrs. Wei also received the news and came out from the back courtyard.
After seeing Old Doctor Chen, there was another round of warm greetings.
While Old Doctor Chen was waiting for dinner, the sky outside had completely darkened.
Outside the county, several figures quietly appeared.