I Have Medicine

Chapter 524 - Seeing One’s Relatives Again

After a long while, the Blood Transformation Palace Master picked up one pill, and swallowed it. Shortly thereafter, he sat cross-legged in meditation to digest the medicinal power.

It took a little more than an hour before the medicinal power of this pill was fully absorbed. The palace master stood up, and felt that the strength he had accumulated in this bit of time was equivalent to that of the past month of hard work. Moreover, there was no trace of impurities left in his body. He helplessly revealed a smiling expression.

It seemed that he had to go see his father as soon as possible — This round of his father’s secluded cultivation ought to conclude in approximately two or three days.

After the member of the Iron Ox race departed, Gongyi Tianheng and Gu Zuo took their things and headed to the Gongyi Clan’s residence in the manor.

Currently, the development of the Gongyi Clan was becoming more prosperous with each passing day. The younger generations of the clan were doing their best to train and cultivate. The Gongyi Clan’s martial arts dojo was also bustling with activity.

When the two arrived, there was a lot of noise coming from the dojo.

Gu Zuo couldn’t help but feel a little curious: “Big brother, what’s going on here?”

Tianheng pondered for a moment, and smilingly said: “Every month, the dojo holds a small martial arts competition. The top ten rankings are determined, and the rewards from the dojo are allocated. If my calculations are right, we’re just in time for this ranking competition.”

Gu Zuo understood in a flash, and smiled with piqued interest: “Then, why don’t we go and have a look?”

Tianheng ruffled his hair: “Okay.”

The two of them restrained their qi emissions.

What’s more, Gu Zuo directly utilized his psychic power to cover them with a screen. In this way, although they weren’t invisible, it could make people ignore their traces — To put it simply, it reduced their sense of existence to a minimum.

Not long after, they walked into the martial arts dojo and stood in the crowd.

In the dojo, a large and expansive raised platform was set up. And on that platform, two people were in the middle of competing.

At one end of the platform was Gongyi Yan, the current clan head of the Gongyi Clan. Currently, he was already at the peak of the Xiantian Realm. One would assume that it wouldn’t take much time for him to smoothly advance to the Immortal Realm.

As for Tianheng’s grandfather, Gongyi Zhuoyue, his strength was originally quite powerful. However, with the origin pearl in his possession, he was already a low Immortal Realm martial artist. At this moment, he was concealed somewhere in the dojo and was responsible for ensuring the safety of everyone in the building.

Surrounding the four sides of the raised platform, except for those who were having breakthroughs in seclusion, all of the younger generations of the Gongyi Clan were watching the battle. There were also several with unusual appearances. They were the children of the servile races who were likewise sent to the martial arts dojo to learn. Some of them got together on their own, and some of them were like sworn brothers with the Gongyi Clan’s younger generations. It could be seen that the relationship between both sides was pretty good.

There were even a few from the Gongyi Clan who had successfully converted the younger generations of the servile races. As for the ranks of these Gongyi Clan children, they could often defend their positions on the leaderboard.

Seeing these scenes, Tianheng faintly nodded. He was quite satisfied.

Gu Zuo smiled and said: “Big brother, if this continues, the Gongyi Clan will definitely be able to develop quickly. At that time, it will be able to assist big brother.”

Tianheng replied: “Now, they’re just cultivating in seclusion and haven’t tempered themselves through blood and fire on the Central Continent. In a while, I will discuss this with my father later. Once anyone training in the dojo breaks through to the Xiantian Realm, they can apply to go out adventuring.”

Gu Zuo furrowed his brows: “But with their strength, if they go out now, I’m afraid only a small handful of them will survive… This wouldn’t be a learning experience. It would be throwing away their lives.”

Tianheng smiled: “After this time, I will also issue missions to the battle slaves and Tianlong Guards. They have been raising troops for many days, and they can’t be sitting idly by. They should contribute to the manor and go out to search for resources. If they aren’t confident enough at that time, they can just bring a few dojo disciples who have applied for training to reduce the mission difficulty. This can train the disciples at the same time.”

Gu Zuo considered things, and nodded his head: “This can work. But you still have to make it clear to the battle slaves and Tianlong Guards that they can only take action in advance when the disciples encounter dangers of vast differences in strength. Otherwise, unless the dojo disciple is about to die, they’re not allowed to intervene and rescue them. After the dojo disciples reach the Immortal Realm, protectors won’t be dispatched when they go out adventuring. By then, if they fall during their adventures, then they’ll really perish. Big brother, what do you think about that?”

Tianheng nodded: “This is how it should be.” Then, he praised, “Ah Zuo’s way of thinking is really considerate and thorough now.”

Gu Zuo returned this with a smile. His heart was blossoming with joy.

On the raised platform, the two dojo disciples were fighting fiercely like the surge of a gathering storm. The martial skills the two used were rather brilliant, and every strike stirred up wind and thunder. Before long, one of them suddenly launched an attack, but the other was overwhelmed and had no choice but to sadly admit defeat.

Shortly thereafter, the two people’s ranks were reversed.

Gu Zuo raised his head and saw a special signboard with names on the other side. There were thirty names densely packed on it, and the names of the 13th and 19th places were switched around.

As it turned out, the 19th place had made great strides in progress. After challenging the 13th place, he occupied the opponent’s ranking. Following this, if the new 13th place felt that he was strong enough, he could challenge the top ten.

Amid the discussions and voices of many martial artists, Gu Zuo gained an understanding. Although only the top ten in the martial arts dojo could receive the allocated resources as rewards, the 11th place to 30th place would also get “consolation prizes” prepared by the dojo… In any case, something was better than nothing.

However, it was clear that the top ten places were much more attractive.

The subsequent performances of numerous dojo disciples were quite outstanding.

The ones sent by the servile races were the younger generations with incredible aptitudes in their respective races. As a result, their strengths were all out of the ordinary. The younger generations of the Gongyi Clan also had pretty good potential, and they greatly cherished this opportunity. They were particularly hardworking when it came to training, so their strengths were likewise commendable.

There was a healthy competition between both sides. The top ten names and rankings changed almost every month. If one slacked off even a little bit in their cultivation, or their luck was slightly bad, or they were stuck at a certain bottleneck for a day or two, they would be squeezed down the rankings by the others. This time was no exception. Only three of the top ten people who were originally high in the rankings had kept their names on the leaderboard. But even if they kept their placements, only one managed to rise even further in the rankings.

From this, it could be seen that the strengths of these dojo disciples were quite close, and the competition was extremely fierce.

After this time’s ten people were determined, there were four from the servile races and six from the Gongyi Clan. A gratified smile couldn’t help but appear on Gongyi Yan’s face.

The ambient qi on the Central Continent was many times more abundant than on the Peripheral Continents. Naturally, the physiques and aptitudes of martial artists who lived on the Central Continent since childhood were much stronger. What’s more, because the servile races were nonhuman, and the majority of nonhuman races possessed special abilities and remarkable methods, they made great progress in the initial stages. As a result, in the beginning, there were only one or two younger generations from the Gongyi Clan among the top ten. Sometimes, there were even none. One could imagine how frustrating it was for the Gongyi Clan children who were brought here.

However, things changed later on. From the next few times onward, quite a few geniuses suddenly emerged among the younger generations of the Gongyi Clan, and gradually climbed up into the top ten. After that, although they were suppressed by the children of the servile races several times, they quickly rose up…until both sides had five people on the leaderboard.

The present outcome of six people was the best achievement of the Gongyi Clan to date. And this kind of achievement was the result of many younger generations working tirelessly and cultivating with everything they had.

It was also because the younger generations of the Gongyi Clan practiced martial arts so crazily that the children of the servile races quickly acknowledged them and felt that they were worthy of being the young master’s clan members.

Once the competition was over and everyone received their rewards, Gongyi Yan’s gaze swept over the numerous dojo disciples with great satisfaction. All of a sudden, his line of sight came to a halt at one place. After another careful look, he revealed a joyful smile: “Tianheng, what are you doing here?”

As it turned out, when the competition concluded and the crowd was about to disperse, Gu Zuo withdrew his psychic power. Originally, they were standing in a remote place and wouldn’t attract too much attention. Who would’ve imagined that Gongyi Yan happened to be looking in their direction at this moment and saw them.

When Gongyi Yan uttered these words, many dojo disciples who were about to scatter were stunned, and paused their departure.

Nothing else had to be mentioned. They were still quite clear about who built this martial arts dojo and the relationship between that person and the head of the Gongyi Clan… Tianheng, Gongyi Tianheng. Wasn’t that their young clan leader / young master whom they followed? He actually came here?!

Very quickly, everyone tracked Gongyi Yan’s gaze, and saw two people standing off to the side.

The preeminently handsome one in sapphire-blue brocade robes was naturally Tianheng, and the one standing beside him with a sense of peace and purity ought to have been his personal pharmacist.

Hence, the numerous dojo disciples hurriedly paid their respects:

“We greet the young master, we greet Pharmacist Gu!”

“We greet the young clan leader, we greet Pharmacist Gu!”

Tianheng had a smile on his face, and said: “I’m very pleased that all of you are diligently practicing martial arts, so there’s no need to be too polite.”

Meanwhile, Gu Zuo flicked a finger with a smile. Thirty rays of brilliant light burst forth, and scattered throughout the venue.

At the same time, the dojo disciples ranked in the top thirty suddenly discovered that a ray of light was shooting towards them with incomparable precision!

Gu Zuo said: “Since big brother is satisfied, consider this little thing as an extra reward from me.”

When the dojo disciples heard this, they immediately felt overjoyed in their hearts.

Currently, who in the manor didn’t know that Gu Zuo, the personal pharmacist of the manor’s owner, Gongyi Tianheng, possessed an extremely miraculous ability to refine medicine? Practically all of the medicinal pills he brought out were flawless pills. As for the benefits of flawless pills, did anyone need to say it?

The dojo disciples couldn’t wait to look at the medicinal pills they received. What the top ten obtained was a bottle containing a dozen or so Qi Linking Pills. This was the best type of qi-replenishing medicinal pill from Houtian stage six up to the Xiantian Realm. When cultivating, it was the most indispensable resource. Besides this, there were three Rejuvenation Pills, which was a life-saving medicament. As for the others in the top thirty, they received three Qi Linking Pills and one Rejuvenation Pill. Although the amount didn’t seem like much, given their realms, these things were useful enough.

Following this, the crowd of dojo disciples all said: “Many thanks, Pharmacist Gu! Many thanks, young lord / young master!”

Gu Zuo also smiled: “Don’t rush to break through. Lay a good foundation. If you guys can break through as quickly as possible under these conditions, the first ten martial artists who reach the Xiantian Realm can receive a batch of medicinal pills from me… Rest assured, none of you will be disappointed.”

The numerous dojo disciples were naturally happy, and said: “Many thanks, Pharmacist Gu!”

They believed that Gu Zuo certainly wouldn’t skimp on them, and they couldn’t help but start looking forward to it. At the same time, they were also determined to work hard and accumulate strength in order to make a breakthrough!

After everyone observed the proper etiquette, Tianheng and Gu Zuo stayed behind while those dojo disciples each went their own ways with some reluctance.

Tianheng smiled at Gongyi Yan. Then, he raised his head and looked at a corner on the upper floor, and spoke in a a slightly louder voice: “Grandfather, it’s time for you to come down, right?”

In the upper corner, Gongyi Zhuoyue’s figure suddenly appeared. In a flash, he stood in front of Tianheng. His face had a healthy, ruddy glow. Looking at Tianheng, he twirled his mustache, and smilingly said: “Tianheng, I already can’t see through your current strength. I wonder, what realm are you at?”

Tianheng responded with his own smile: “Low Ascendant Realm.”

A hint of radiance appeared in Gongyi Zhuoyue and Gongyi Yan’s eyes, and uproariously laughed: “Good, good, good! Tianheng’s breakthroughs are so fast. It’s really a good thing!”

Shortly thereafter, Gongyi Zhuoyue continued: “It’s just that your foundation…” Speaking up to here, he paused and ruefully smiled, “There’s no need to remind you about this matter. My grandson should have a grasp of the situation.”

Just a while ago, Gu Zuo had mentioned this same point to many disciples of the martial arts dojo. How could his grandson not know this principle? It was him who was nagging right now.

As expected, Tianheng said: “Grandfather, rest assured. This grandson knows what he’s doing and won’t rush in.”

Gongyi Zhuoyue was naturally satisfied.

At this moment, Gongyi Yan spoke up: “Tianheng, did you come over this time because of an urgent matter?”

As the saying went, one didn’t visit the temple without a cause. Martial artists mostly cultivated on their own. If nothing happened, even close relatives wouldn’t meet too frequently.

Tianheng nodded slightly: “There really is a reason for this visit.”

Soon after, Gu Zuo said: “Would these two elders please invite Tianyang, Tianteng, Mingxia, and aunty to come over?”

Upon hearing this, Gongyi Yan looked at Tianheng: “You need the whole family to gather together?”

Meanwhile, Gongyi Zhuoyue had a pensive expression. His way of thinking was clear. If there were benefits, it was worth gathering everyone.

Tianheng answered: “After mother arrives, father will naturally know.”

Having heard what was said, Gongyi Yan and Gongyi Zhuoyue didn’t ask anything else.

Gu Zuo couldn’t help inwardly chuckling: It’s rare for big brother to hold others in suspense. This is interesting, too…

After that, Gongyi Yan ordered someone to invite several people. However, the meeting place wasn’t in the martial arts dojo. Instead, it was a ten-person courtyard.

The Gongyi Clan lived together in a thousand-person large courtyard, and this ten-person courtyard was a small courtyard that had been opened up from the larger compound. This was where Tianheng’s immediate bloodline relatives usually resided. Although they shared a profound relationship with Tianheng, because they carried the heavy responsibility of the revitalization of the Gongyi Clan, they chose a common place to stay without any special privileges.

It was also because of this that the servile races and the Gongyi Clan’s younger generations deeply respected them.

Liu Suyan was a traditionally beautiful and sweet-tempered woman. Although the cultivation environment was much better now, she didn’t have too many aspirations as a martial artist, and normally stayed in the courtyard. Currently, she was watering a thicket of extremely beautiful, wondrous flowers on the side. Suddenly, she sensed familiar qi emissions. Standing up, she went over to warmly greet them.

At the entrance, Liu Suyan’s gaze immediately fell onto Tianheng. Her features blossomed with a gentle and beautiful smile: “Heng’er!”

Tianheng promptly stepped forward and paid his respects: “Mother.”

Liu Suyan was filled with joy: “Heng’er, why have you come? Quickly, come over and let your mother get a good look at you!”

Tianheng straightened his back, and allowed Liu Suyan to inspect him.

After looking for a short while, Liu Suyan breathed a gentle sigh of relief: “My son is still handsome without compare. This mother’s heart can rest assured.”

Tianheng warmly said: “Mothers should to take proper care of themselves while their children work hard outside, so they can have no worries in the home.”

There was a tender relationship between mother and son. Then, Liu Suyan pulled Tianheng into the courtyard. Meanwhile, Gongyi Yan shook his head, and followed them as usual — Every time the eldest son returned, the madam’s eyes wouldn’t notice her husband at all…

After entering the building, Gu Zuo also stepped forward to meet her.

Liu Suyan looked at Tianheng before peering at Gu Zuo. Then, she showed Gu Zuo a warm and kindly smile.

At this time, the doors burst open, and a robust young man briskly walked inside. His upper body was bare, his skin had already turned a bronze color, and his muscles bulged with strength. It could be seen that his body had been tempered many times with a firm demeanor and staunched willpower.

Gu Zuo got a clear view of his appearance, and was slightly surprised.

This young man was Gongyi Tianyang!

When he previously saw Gongyi Tianyang, the other hadn’t undergone such huge changes. But now, it seemed that he was no longer the stubborn teenager from before. Rather, he had grown into a young man. As for the look of youthful inexperience, it had disappeared without a trace.

It was said that a girl changed eighteen times between childhood and womanhood, but this teenager was also particularly different after growing up.

One could say that today’s Gongyi Tianyang had shed his former immaturity and now had the beginnings of a powerhouse!

It was only natural that Gu Zuo was happy. His big brother was destined to become a dragon who soared across the highest heavens. If there was no one among his relatives who could keep up with him, how lonely would his big brother be after so many years? Moreover, if the Gongyi Clan wanted to be completely stronger, it wouldn’t work if Tianheng was strong by himself. Now that Gongyi Tianyang inherited the legacy of Great General Huo Zhan, and once he married Ling Ziwei who possessed the Moon Siren Body, he could become another pillar holding up the sky over the Gongyi Clan!

Gongyi Tianyang was very happy to see the two of them: “Big brother, Brother Ah Zuo!”

Gu Zuo waved at him, and stuffed a bottle into his hands: “A meeting gift.”

Gongyi Tianyang was much more open and clear now. He rested the large saber he carried on his shoulder, and scratched the back of his head: “You’re giving another meeting gift? Isn’t this something you give only the first time?”

Gu Zuo patted his shoulder: “Just take it. Don’t dither around!”

Gongyi Tianyang took it, and said: “Okay. In any case, Brother Ah Zuo’s skills are strong, so I won’t stand on ceremony.”

Gu Zuo made a show of earnestly nodding his head: “This child can be taught.”

After that, Gongyi Tianyang also smiled, and hurriedly paid his respects to Tianheng.

Tianheng also patted his shoulder: “Pretty good. You’re about to reach the Immortal Realm!”

That’s right. Since arriving here, Gongyi Tianyang’s strength had grown by leaps and bounds, making breakthroughs all the way like a hot knife through butter. Currently, he was already a Xiantian stage nine martial artist.

Although he was somewhat inferior to Gongyi Yan’s peak Xiantian Realm, he was young and strong. After accumulating for a while and successfully advancing to the Immortal Realm, he would quickly become one of the most powerful members of the Gongyi Clan!

Soon after, a gust of wind blew outside the doors. What appeared in front of several people was a girl with an exquisite figure. Her face was beautiful, her skin was as radiant as freshly-fallen snow, and her smile was as resplendent as rose-tinted clouds. This was precisely Gongyi Mingxia.

This girl’s temperament also had a special difference. Compared to ordinary girls, she was much more straightforward and candid. On the contrary, it wasn’t this girl’s bright and beautiful looks but her bearing that caused others to have an extremely good impression of her and want to take a second glance.

This girl rushed over, sent a salute to Tianheng and Gu Zuo, and opened her palms towards Gu Zuo: “Brother Ah Zuo, a meeting gift!”

Gongyi Tianyang placed his hand on his forehead.

Gu Zuo lightly coughed, and tossed over a case: “It’s good that I prepared this earlier.”

Gongyi Mingxia’s smile immediately became even more glittering. She put away the case at once.

The last person to enter was a young boy who was out of breath from running. He was still a little chubby, and his facial expressions were still a tad serious. After passing through the doors, he walked over with measured footsteps and bowed to Tianheng. Then, he arrived in front of Gu Zuo, opened his arms, and hugged Gu Zuo’s knees — He had grown a bit taller.

Gongyi Tianteng slowly said: “Big Bro Ah Zuo.”

Gu Zuo: “…”

He reached out and ruffled Gongyi Tianteng’s hair, and gave him a present of his own.

Soon after, Tianheng extended a hand, picked up Gongyi Tianteng by his shirt collar, and placed the young boy behind himself.

Without any extra trouble, Gongyi Tianteng released his hands, and slowly said: “Thank you, Big Bro Ah Zuo.”

Gu Zuo couldn’t help chuckling.

Everyone chatted and laughed for a while. Finally, Tianheng talked about the purpose of coming here this time: “When I was out adventuring, I obtained some good refining materials. Thinking of you all, I asked the experts among my master’s subordinates to refine them for everyone’s protection and usage.”

Gongyi Zhuoyue said: “If my grandson has any good things, he should focus on his own cultivation first. There’s no need to take us into consideration.”

Tianheng responded with a smile: “Don’t worry, grandfather. I’m keeping the most useful ones. Currently, I have a lot of these things left over. There will be enough even if there are dozens or hundreds of more people. If your strengths improve, I still have better ones I can give you guys as replacements. For now, let’s make do and use these first.”

After hearing what he said, Gongyi Zhuoyue and the others became curious.

It stood to reason that the standards of their family’s eldest son and legitimate grandson weren’t low. If anything was worthy of him specially taking out, it definitely wasn’t something that would simply “make do and use” as he said, right?

Hence, Tianheng first took out a wooden box, and presented it to Liu Suyan with both hands: “Mother, you’ve worked hard. Please accept this.”

Liu Suyan was moved. She reached out to accept the wooden box, and placed it on the stone table. Then, she opened the box’s lid.

In an instant, a beam of light burst forth with a chaotic color and luster. At the same time, there was a terrifying imposing aura that caused Liu Suyan’s heart to palpitate.

At this moment, the gazes of Gongyi Yan and the others fell onto the wooden box, and they saw the contents inside.

It was a piece of snow-white inner armor, which radiated a faint-blue brilliance. The imposing aura came from this piece of inner armor, and the inner armor’s qi emissions perfectly matched with Liu Suyan. All of a sudden, she felt like she wanted to put it on immediately, and her heartbeat quickened.

Tianheng abruptly said: “Mother, drip your blood so it can recognize its owner!”

Liu Suyan’s mind moved. Before she could react, she had already forced a drop of blood from her fingertip, which landed onto that inner armor. The inner armor instantly absorbed the blood, and the entire piece shined with a red light. Once the red light faded away, the inner armor transformed into a ray of white light and swiftly entered Liu Suyan’s body.

An instant later, Liu Suyan was wearing the inner armor. At this moment, her qi emissions had become dozens of times stronger!

Her face revealed a joyous expression: “W-what powerful defense!”

Gongyi Yan and the others couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise, and there was still something else in the box.

T/N: The author tends to forget the ages of Gongyi Tianheng’s siblings. Poor Tianteng is still so short.

Thanks for the corrections, Charysa.

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