"I can give you time, but don't you dare try to fool me!"
"Although I, Zhou Xuan, am young, I am not someone to be easily bullied!"
After saying this, Zhou Xuan left the Tiandao Martial Arts Hall without looking back. He still had to rush back to treat Old Master Lu!
"Alas, this child, at such a young age, possesses such strength. The Zhou family is truly blessed!"
"If our Tiandao Martial Arts Hall had such a promising talent, perhaps we wouldn't be so thoroughly suppressed by that Tiansheng Martial Arts Hall at the next martial arts gathering!!"
Hearing his master's words, Xie Fengyi, who was beside him, could only roll his eyes in helplessness but offered no refutation.
After all, it was obvious to anyone that Zhou Xuan's strength was not just a little bit stronger than his!
Upon returning to the Lu family, Zhou Xuan did not alarm anyone. Lu Ling'er had not yet called him, indicating she was still boiling the medicinal ingredients.
Lying on the bed, Zhou Xuan's brow furrowed. Although Xie Feng had not provided him with any useful information today, it had given him a hint: the decline of the Zhou family back then clearly had significant hidden reasons.
Otherwise, with the strength of the Tiandao Martial Arts Hall, they would not have inexplicably advised him to let go of his hatred.
It was evident they knew something, and the people or forces involved were clearly such that even the Tiandao Martial Arts Hall was extremely wary.
Although Zhou Xuan's current strength far surpassed that of the Tiandao Martial Arts Hall, he still couldn't be too careless.
After all, the waters in Cangyun City might be much deeper than he imagined!
"Never mind, what will be, will be. If I can't figure it out, I won't dwell on it!"
"However, I will absolutely not let this matter rest. I will find those who harmed my Zhou family one by one. You'd better pray you don't catch my eye!"
After murmuring a few words to himself, Zhou Xuan began to rest his eyes.
The continuous events of today, while not physically taxing, were mentally draining.
After an unknown period, the tightly shut door of Zhou Xuan's room was suddenly pushed open. Zhou Xuan, who was resting with his eyes closed on the bed, also abruptly opened his eyes.
"Brother Xuan, the medicinal ingredients are ready. Did I disturb your rest!"
Seeing that it was Lu Ling'er who pushed the door open, Zhou Xuan's face finally broke into a smile.
"No, I was just taking a short break. Let's go, it's time to treat Old Master."
Reaching the door, Zhou Xuan dotingly stroked Lu Ling'er's small head before leading the way to Old Lu's room.
"I wonder what Brother Xuan has been through all these years. Those eyes just now were so terrifying!"
Lu Ling'er, standing behind Zhou Xuan, patted her very full chest with a hint of fear, sticking out her tongue adorably before quickly catching up to Zhou Xuan.
"Ling'er, bring the medicine and administer it to the Old Master. Then I will use acupuncture and qi circulation to treat him, and he will naturally wake up!"
"Okay!"
Hearing Zhou Xuan's confident words, Lu Ling'er was also overjoyed. Since Brother Xuan said he could cure him, he definitely could. He had never lied to her.
"No!"
Just as Lu Ling'er was about to follow Zhou Xuan's instructions to give the Old Master the medicine, Lu Tianming, who had appeared from somewhere, suddenly shouted, interrupting Lu Ling'er's actions.
"Lu Tianming, what are you doing?"
"Brother Xuan and I are treating Grandpa, why are you barging in and causing trouble again!"
Seeing Lu Tianming block her, Lu Ling'er, eager to save her grandfather, was immediately furious. She pointed at Lu Tianming and began to scold him.
"Hmph!"
"Treating illness?"
"Who knows what his intentions are!"
"I've had people inquire about the prescription he gave. I've never heard of such medicine!"
"Lu Ling'er, you are truly pitifully foolish. Aren't you afraid he's just randomly picked a poison to harm Grandpa?"
"If Grandpa dies from this kid's treatment, can you take responsibility?"
Hearing Lu Ling'er's accusation, Lu Tianming showed no panic. Instead, he slung a pail of dirty water towards the two of them.
"You're talking nonsense!"
"Brother Xuan's grandfather was a good friend of our Grandpa. The Zhou family and our Lu family have been friends for generations. How could he possibly harm Grandpa!"
"Zhou Tianming, stop stirring up trouble here. You clearly can't stand to see Grandpa get better!"
Hearing Zhou Tianming slandering Zhou Xuan like this, Lu Ling'er could not tolerate it. She immediately abandoned her ladylike demeanor, pointed at Lu Tianming's nose, and began to curse him!
"Heh heh, little sister, you're still too young!"
"You don't know how treacherous people's hearts are in this society!"
"Fine, since you say I'm wrongly accusing Zhou Xuan, then explain to me why no one else has ever seen the prescription he gave!"
"Also, why did he come back to Cangyun City precisely at this time, and not earlier or later?"
"He must have seen Grandpa on the verge of death and coveted our Lu family's property, so he came here pretending to be concerned, wanting to take the opportunity to kill Grandpa to achieve his ulterior motives!"
"You, nonsense!"
"Zhou Tianming, I won't allow you to slander Brother Xuan like this!"
Hearing Lu Tianming's words, Lu Ling'er's little face turned red with anger. If one looked closely, even her eyes were glistening at this moment!
"Alright, Ling'er, let me handle him."
Seeing Lu Ling'er's state, Zhou Xuan, feeling distressed for her, pulled her protectively behind him.
"Zhou Tianming, I know you don't like me!"
"But saving Old Master Lu is important right now!"
"As for what you've said, it's all baseless fabrications!"
"I returned to Cangyun City because Ling'er sent me a message informing me of Old Master Lu's condition. As repayment for the kindness shown, I came!"
"Secondly, you say no one understands my prescription. That's because it's a prescription I created myself, so naturally, ordinary people wouldn't understand it!"
"As for any other reasons, I have no need to explain anything to you!"
"The question now isn't whether Ling'er and I can take responsibility, but whether you can bear the responsibility if you delay Old Master Lu's treatment!"
Hearing Zhou Xuan's words, Lu Tianming's face immediately darkened.
He hadn't expected Zhou Xuan to be so eloquent, skillfully passing the buck back to him in just a few words.
He couldn't bear the responsibility of delaying Old Master Lu's treatment.
"Ling'er, give him the medicine!"
Seeing that Lu Tianming was silenced by his words, Zhou Xuan turned and instructed Lu Ling'er again.
"Okay!"
Hearing Zhou Xuan's words, Lu Ling'er nodded obediently.
She then picked up the soup spoon and fed the comatose Old Master Lu the medicine, spoonful by spoonful.
"Hmph, Zhou Xuan, just you wait and see!"
"If something goes wrong later, I'll see how I deal with you!"
Seeing that Zhou Xuan and Lu Ling'er were ignoring him, Lu Tianming stood aside with a gloomy expression, watching with cold eyes. He wanted to witness Zhou Xuan's failure to show off!
However, his wish was clearly not going to be fulfilled, because after Lu Ling'er finished feeding him the entire bowl of medicinal liquid, Zhou Xuan began to act.
He took out a box of silver needles from his sleeve, and with his fingertips dancing, soon the silver needles were spread all over Old Master Lu's body.
"Pure Yang True Qi, activate!"
As Zhou Xuan roared inwardly, a warm current surged directly into Old Master Lu's body.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"
With a series of strange sounds, the silver needles inserted into Old Master Lu's body all flew out and lodged themselves into the nearby ceiling. At the same time, Old Master Lu, who had his eyes tightly shut, slowly opened them.