Published at 9th of February 2020 10:12:19 PM
Chapter 64
ch 64 – An Injured In the Deep Mountain (3)
“Kui, how’s Mei coming along on the task that I had assigned to him?” After drumming a few times on the table with his fingers, Ling Juechen asked Yin Kui, who had been standing behind him quietly this entire time .
“Hallmaster, Mei had already taken off with the sage apothecary a few days ago . They should be inside of Dongling by now . ” Yin Kui’s fair face showed no emotions whatsoever . It was almost like he was wearing a mask .
“Mmm!” Chilling cold light flashed passed Ling Juechen’s eyes . His full lips stretched into a thin line and he said, “After he arrived at the destination with the sage apothecary, have Yin Ba and Yin Mei return right away . I can’t stall the Second Prince for much longer… . ”
“Yes, Sir!” Yin Kui’s face still showing no emotions at all .
“It looks like… I will need to light some fire under it and speed up the escalation of the situation!” Ling Juechen’s mind was where the little figure was; that made him lost the interest as a cat toying with a mouse . The Second Prince had been happily active lately; one just didn’t know how much longer he remain being so active .
At this same time, the little girl that had been occupying his mind was reaping all the generous gifts from the mountain . Her little back basket has already been covered by all sorts of herbs .
“Owwww… Owwwww… . ” As she was squatting down and digging up a wild gastrodia plant, Gu Ye heard an almost inaudible faint groaning . Did some villager accidentally wander too far into the woods and was injured by a beast?
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She turned her attention away from the gastrodia plant and followed the sound . She walked about 2-3 li 1of mountain road and found an injured person leaning against a rock in the middle of a pile of rocks .
It was an old man that she had never seen before . His beard was all white but there weren’t a lot of wrinkles on his face . The fabric of his clothes were of good quality and a tipped over medicine basket could be seen lying next to his hand and some freshly collected herb scattered all over the ground . He was gripping his ankle with both hands and moaning loudly .
Aer hearing some noises, the old man opened his eyes and, with a painful look, weakly called out to her, “Help me… please help me… . ”
Gu Ye frowned a little and her instinct told her immediately that something was off . An old man his age appearing all alone in this beast infested deep mountain? Something was not right about it!
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“Little girl, I… I twisted my ankle . Please come and help me!” Seeing that the little girl stopped a distance away from him and looked at him dubiously, the sage apothecary’s interest was piqued . Looked like the disciple that the Hall Master of Hall of Hidden Soul had found him was, indeed, extraordinary!
Gu Ye didn’t bite . She pointed at his medicine basket and said, “Aren’t you a doctor? Why would you need help just for a twisted ankle?”
“Who said only doctors can collect herbs? Can’t I just be an apothecary who collect herbs in the mountains for a living . ” The safe apothecary, sitting on the cold and hard rocks, the chilliness was getting into his bones . There was a hint of impatience in his voice .
“Apothecarys collecting herbs from the mountain would wear an outfit that cost upward of 2 taels?” Gu Ye crossed her arms in front of her and said, “You need to try ahead . Even a kid won’t buy your story!”
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“Well, doctors make the worst patient! Besides, I really am an apothecary, not a doctor!” The sage apothecary found it both aggravating and funny at the same time . He was already quite fond of this little girl who acted just like an adult .
“Apothecary? You know how to make drugs?” Gu Ye’s eyes beamed . She took a few steps forward and smelled an unmistakable smell of herbs coming from him . She then looked at his hands . He has prominent knuckles and the lines in his palms were colors of herbs that would not wash off . She felt more confident about his words .
“Hey! Not only do I know how to make drugs, my apothecary skills was top of this world!” said the safe apothecary full of pride . He glanced at the herbs inside the back basket of the little girl and said, “Oh mi! You are able to recognize some herbs . That’s quite good! If you save me and take me back, I’ll take you as my disciple . What do you say?”