Chapter 1064: Chapter Three Hundred and Fifty-Eight: Insight into the First Stage Chapter 1064: Chapter Three Hundred and Fifty-Eight: Insight into the First Stage “Exactly, exactly!” the martial artist with a reddened face chid in, “What kind of person is the young master? How could he co to a place like this? Second Brother, you must have seen wrong!”
Already slightly tipsy and having caught only a fleeting glimpse, the clan martial artist who saw Brother Tian carrying Tang Luo into the house was not entirely sure. Now, hearing the words of his two brothers, he beca even more doubtful and tried to recall the scene ticulously.
The man who erged from the dead-end alleyway was fair and clean-looking; even though his clothes were simple, his deanor was extraordinary, making him unforgettable at a glance.
However, the man who bore a striking resemblance to the young master looked like a consumptive ghost, with cheeks sowhat sunken, a stark contrast to the young master’s towering and robust build, with arms that extended past his knees.
With that thought in mind, the martial artist felt sowhat certain; it could just be a matter of similar looks, “You are right, that person was as thin as kindling, looking sickly, nothing like our invincible young master. It must have been my mistake!”
“In this vast world, it’s not unusual for two people to look alike. Second Brother, it is a good thing you are so observant.”
After comforting with these words, the man called Big Brother waved his hand, “The big ship is about to set sail; there’s no ti to delay. Let’s head to the dock!”
After discussing among themselves, the three n left Chaochang, while Tang Luo, who was unwittingly almost discovered by the clan martial artist, was thus shouldered by Brother Tian into his modest courtyard, and then disdainfully plopped onto a lounge chair in the yard.
“Alright, this is your new ho from now on!” Brother Tian declared with a grand wave of his hand, pointing to the small courtyard, “How do you like it? Aren’t you happy, excited?”
In the past two days, Tang Luo had combined the Innate Qi generated by his internal organs with Yanshan’s Cihang Treasure Light to relentlessly heal the organs above his neck. Although he couldn’t move, his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose were no longer obstructed, and he had at least shed the terrifying appearance of being covered in web-like cracks, instead exuding a frail and delicate charm.
The delicate young master lying on the chair rolled his eyes and looked out from the gazebo in the courtyard. In one corner of the yard was a pile of haphazardly stacked grains, the eaves of the house were draped with corn and cured ats, opposite the bamboo gazebo was an entrance that seed to lead to a cellar, and nearby was a small dicinal garden planted with unnad herbs.
While everything that one could need was present, the chaos was hard to ignore. Tang Luo, a bit of a clean freak, found it difficult to say, “Do you actually live here?”
Expecting plenty of praise, Brother Tian was infuriated by such a comnt, “What’s that? Do you have a problem with it!?”
“No problem per se, but don’t you find your yard a bit too well-ordered, doesn’t it seem ssy?” Tang Luo sighed and said, “dicinal herbs and cured ats drying together, won’t they mix scents? If the dicinal garden collapses on top of the cellar, then what? And grains piled up outside like that, if it rains and they get damp, they will quickly mold and beco inedible. And those corn cobs!”
Tang Luo pointed toward the corn cobs hanging from the eaves, “Putting up corn on the walls takes up so much space. If you shuck the dry cobs and put them in bags, you can use the leftover stalks for firewood or fodder. Hanging them like this doesn’t store much and takes up space.”
The oblivious Tang Luo went on and on, not noticing that Brother Tian’s face was turning as dark as the bottom of a pot.
To think that the small courtyard he had carefully arranged was peppered with so many faults in the eyes of the other, Brother Tian felt not only embarrassed but also irritated, yet he retorted stubbornly, “Such simple things, do I need you to tell ? I’ve been aning to do them already! It’s all because of you, I’ve been drying and grinding dicine these days, and had no ti to tidy up the yard!”
“Is that so… my apologies, then!”
Hearing Brother Tian’s words, Tang Luo earnestly replied, “Once I am able to walk, I will co and tidy up the yard.”
“Hmph, by the ti you can move, all my grains will have been eaten by bugs!”
Brother Tian snorted and turned around, picking up a small jar from the corner and started pouring dicine into Tang Luo’s mouth.
Tang Luo wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Brother Tian’s manner of administering the dicine was especially rough this ti, causing his mouth to ache.
If he had the ability to read minds, Tang Luo would surely hear an irate voice roaring in Brother Tian’s mind while he was feeding him the dicine, “You think you can handle it, you think you can! Still babbling even like this, I’ll fill you up until you die, fill you up until you die!”
After struggling to finish the dicine, Tang Luo then asked Brother Tian, “By the way, where will I be staying? I just had a look, and although you have three rooms here, only one looks habitable. Are you planning to make your roommate?”
“What… roommate!” Brother Tian said with a mix of embarrassnt and annoyance, “Who would want to share a room with you!”
Pointing towards the firewood shed, Brother Tian said, “I’ll tidy up that place today. From now on, you’ll live there—it’s closer to the dicine room!”
To tell the truth, Brother Tian himself felt uneasy when he said this. Although Tang Luo was down on his luck, he was still a genuine descendant of the sacred land.
To have him stay in a firewood shed was tantamount to humiliation. He was already prepared for Tang Luo’s resistance and had an excuse ready, saying that he would arrange for him to stay temporarily in the bamboo pavilion for a couple of days.
After all, the weather was getting hotter. With a mat laid out, it should be livable, right?
While Brother Tian had thought through his retreat and advance, Tang Luo, on the other hand, was quite agreeable and did not show any sign of resistance. He actually nodded and accepted the offer, “Then I’ll trouble you. Other things can be as you wish, but please make sure the bed is clean—that’s all I ask!”
“Uhmm…” All the excuses he had prepared were rendered useless, and Brother Tian coughed awkwardly, struggling for a mont before dropping, “What a hassle!”
Leaving a face full of unease, Tang Luo entered the firewood shed and began to tidy up.
He moved the firewood out of the shed to the pavilion and then took a long plank, fitted it with wooden legs to make a simple wooden bed. For a martial artist with cultivation, this was but an easy task.
By noon, all the arrangents were in place, and he settled Tang Luo into the firewood shed.
Having done all this, Brother Tian left the courtyard. It was not until the next morning that he returned to the firewood shed to find Tang Luo looking pale and feeble, which gave him quite a fright.
He hurriedly went inside to get a jug of Spirit Wine and carefully poured it into Tang Luo’s mouth, which sowhat alleviated the situation.
“Why are you so weak?”
After resealing the Spirit Wine, an incredulous Brother Tian asked, “You were a warrior of the Fierce Realm. Even if your divine soul has perished and your energy core is shattered, the foundation of your physical body should still be there. How could you have beco so emaciated in just a few days?”
After drinking the Spirit Wine, Tang Luo gave a wry smile, as he had his own difficulties to speak of.
His physical strength was all linked to Spiritual Power, and the Void Stomach ability could only be activated after the Divine Array was restarted.
Since he was injured, he hadn’t drunk a drop of water or eaten a grain of rice. At Fuyun Temple, Yanshan’s Cihang Treasure Light supplented his vitality, but it was rely a stopgap and didn’t address the root cause. His body was now no different from that of a common person from the Mortal Realm, still needing at and water to maintain the will to live. However, he wondered how he could bring this up with Yanshan.
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