Faming stepped into the scarred city amidst the admiration of the crowd, looking dignified and compassionate.
At the sa ti, in a luxurious mansion within the city, a young man lying on a rocking chair and resting with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes.
His face was pale, and he looked extrely weak. Beside him was a delicate maid, attentively fanning him to dispel the sumr’s heat.
Seeing the young man suddenly open his eyes, the maid asked with a smile, "Young Master, why aren’t you resting? The physician said you need to think less and stay still, so you can recover your health sooner."
"If you ask , you should go see that Doctor Ding. He’s the famous doctor in our city now, you know. I’ve lost count of how many complex diseases he’s cured with his hands."
The young man, upon hearing the maid’s words, let a barely perceptible trace of ferocity flicker in his eyes, but he concealed it well and instead, his face bead with a smile as he said, "You, always fussing like an old woman—you’d better be careful, or you might not get married."
The maid blushed slightly at his words and said coquettishly, "Young Master, you’re joking about that again with this servant."
"Didn’t you say I should think less and stay still? Why not invite Doctor Ding to our mansion?" the young man asked with a smile.
"You don’t understand, Doctor Ding is quite temperantal. He’s amiable to the common folk, but he never shows any courtesy to wealthy families like ours, and he certainly doesn’t want to make house calls for treatnt."
Curiosity appeared on the young man’s face as he heard this, "Quite an eccentric character, then. Once my illness gets a bit better, I must go and see this Doctor Ding myself."
"Alright, you can leave now, I need to rest properly!" The young man waved his hand, dismissing the maid.
The maid hesitated and said, "But the master and mistress instructed to keep an eye on you."
The young man glanced at her coldly and said, "Get out!"
For so reason, the maid always felt that ever since the young master fell ill, he had beco a stranger to her; he never used to treat her this way.
But when she saw his icy eyes, the maid couldn’t help but feel a chill in her heart and retreated respectfully, leaving the young man alone.
Once the maid had slowly left, the young man reclined against the rocking chair, gazing at the blue sky, and a cold smirk spread across his lips, "That dead baldy never changes!"
As Faming entered the city, he frowned slightly at the thick air of ’The mundane world filled with desires and distractions’.
The pervasive atmosphere of worldly desires completely masked the track of the Demon Qi, making it impossible for him to find the Flood Dragon’s trail. Seeing that night was falling, Faming had no choice but to find refuge in a rundown temple.
The night gradually descended, shrouding the land in darkness, while a silver moon rose slowly into the sky, casting a silvery glow.
People accustod to rising at sunrise and resting at sunset had already entered their dreams, except for the watchn, who would strike their wooden clappers intermittently.
At this mont, a group of people took advantage of the night to gradually make their way toward Cangwu Courtyard.
These stealthy individuals arrived outside of Cangwu Courtyard and one of them whispered, "Big Brother, are we really going to do this? Doctor Ding is such a good man."
From his tone, it seed he was feeling a little uneasy about their actions.
But the leader of the group said, "Since when did you beco so soft-hearted, kid? Besides, we’re not after their lives, we just want to drive them away."
"This ti those people have been unusually generous. Tomorrow, I’ll take the brothers for a good ti at Yihong Courtyard." the leader said with a laugh.
Upon hearing this, everyone’s breath quickened and they all called out, vowing to complete the mission.
Little did they know that as soon as they had arrived, the couple inside the house had opened their eyes, and their conversation had not missed a word to the ears of Lady Wu, who revealed a hint of a smile.
Physician Ding, however, said, "Go easy, after all, we still have to live here."
"Don’t worry, you know ," Lady Wu replied softly.
While they were talking, the uninvited guests had already climbed into the yard, quietly moving towards the pharmacy, where the herbs were kept.
A cloud slowly drifted over, obscuring the silver moon in the sky, casting everything into darkness.
Using the cover of darkness, the intruders moved forward, quietly opened the door, and saw a room filled with various herbs, their faces revealing a smug delight. They slowly pulled out the prepared poison from their garnts, intending to sprinkle it among the herbs when a rustling sound suddenly reached their ears.
The leader spoke in displeasure, "Who’s that? Don’t they know to keep it down? What if we wake the couple up?"
The rest of the group looked at each other because the noise hadn’t co from any of them.
"Big Brother, we didn’t say anything!"
The group felt a chill suddenly spread from the soles of their feet, and shivers uncontrollably ran down their spines.
They turned in horror, only to see two eyes, the size of bells, glowing with a ghostly green light in the darkness.
Upon closer examination, they were scared out of their wits to see a giant green python staring at them coldly.
At that mont, the neighborhood ruffians, used to bullying n and dominating won, were so frightened that they lost all sense of control, letting out a scream before scattering in every direction—so even wetting themselves in fear, and the air beca filled with an unpleasant odor.
Once these cowardly intruders had fled the courtyard, the ferocious green python began to shrink until it turned into a green bamboo pole.
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