"Second brother, third sister, you should go back too."
Xian Yun also asked Qi Xiu and Xu Yuxin to leave, but kept Zi Qing and Lan Xin, master and disciple. After all, Zi Qing, the seventh sister, was the closest to Wan Yunting.
Seeing this, Wan Yunting knew what the senior brother of the Wudang Sect, Xian Yun, was trying to do. He directly sat on a stool in the main hall, glanced at Zi Qing, who was wearing a grey Daoist robe, had a divine appearance, but still looked expressionless with her phoenix eyes appearing dazed, and said with a smile, "Sister Zi Qing, please have a seat."
Zi Qing looked up at him, said nothing, and slowly walked over to sit on the stool beside him...
Wan Yunting also asked Zhu Yu to bring tea, and Gu Luotang sat beside him. Qi Miaomiao glared at Zi Qing with her almond eyes wide open, looking at her with hostility.
"Senior Brother Xian, don't drag Sister Zi Qing into this and think I'll compromise!"
Wan Yunting looked at Xian Yun standing in front of him. He didn't ask him to sit and took a sip of his tea, a cold smile on his lips.
Xian Yun didn't care. He smiled kindly and said, "Master Wan, you jest. I know you won't hand over the martial arts secret manuals of the Snow Mountain Sect to our Martial Arts Association just because of my seventh sister."
Wan Yunting put down his teacup, looked up at him, and smiled, "Then what is your intention in staying, Senior Brother Xian?"
Xian Yun looked at him calmly, smiled, and said, "My master has also been working with the various sects recently, trying to get everyone to unite and resist the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult!"
Wan Yunting played with his teacup, sneered, and said, "I guess Sect Leader Zhong can't unite this pile of loose sand, can he?"
Xian Yun nodded and said, "As you said, the various sects are like a pile of loose sand now, only looking out for their own interests. If anything is even slightly unfavorable to them, they choose to refuse."
"So?"
Wan Yunting looked up at him, a light smile on his lips, and said, "You're not going to say you want me to hand over the martial arts secret manuals of the Snow Mountain Sect as a bargaining chip to unite the various sects against the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult, are you?"
Xian Yun laughed and nodded, "Master Wan is intelligent, I admire you."
"Heh, hehe..."
Wan Yunting couldn't help but laugh, looking at Xian Yun as if he were an idiot and said, "Senior Brother Xian, do you think I'm that stupid?"
Xian Yun smiled, "Does Master Wan want to be deemed an evil cultist forever?"
This made Wan Yunting shake his head in amusement and say, "Senior Brother Xian, what do you think is the difference between the so-called righteous and evil paths?"
This question made the smile on Xian Yun's face freeze. His gentle gaze remained fixed on Wan Yunting. After a pause, he smiled and said, "I understand what Master Wan means by righteous and evil. It's nothing more than the human heart."
Wan Yunting looked up at him and smiled, "Then why should I care about the so-called evil reputation?"
Xian Yun fell silent. He had thought he could exchange this condition for the martial arts secret manuals of the Snow Mountain Sect, but he didn't expect Wan Yunting to not care about the reputation of being an evil cultist at all. After a moment, he looked up and said, "So, Master Wan, you are absolutely determined not to hand over the martial arts secret manuals of the Snow Mountain Sect to our Martial Arts Association?"
"Depends on my mood."
Wan Yunting picked up his teacup and slowly drank it, a light smile on his lips.
Xian Yun's eyes narrowed slightly. He stared at Wan Yunting for more than ten seconds, then smiled and nodded, "Since that's the case, I have nothing more to say. Seventh sister, let's go back."
However, Zi Qing, who was sitting beside Wan Yunting, looked up. Her dazed phoenix eyes looked at him, and her soft, pleasant voice sounded, "Do you have time? I want to spar with you."
Wan Yunting turned to look at Zi Qing and smiled, "I'm sorry, Senior Sister Zi Qing. I don't have time right now. How about you stay in the capital for a few days, and we can spar with each other when we have time?"
Zi Qing nodded. Seeing this, Xian Yun smiled and cupped his hands at Wan Yunting, saying, "Then I'll trouble Master Wan to take care of my seventh sister and Lan Xin. Goodbye."
"No need to see me out."
Wan Yunting sat there and watched Xian Yun leave.
"Brother Yunting, why did you let her stay?"
Qi Miaomiao, standing to Wan Yunting's left, immediately tugged at his arm and whispered into his ear discontentedly.
Wan Yunting turned his head and gave the girl a look, speechless, "What are you thinking?"
"Tch, I know exactly what you're thinking." Qi Miaomiao blinked her almond eyes, pouted her small mouth, and huffed indignantly.
Gu Luotang, sitting beside him, found it amusing. Wan Yunting shook his head helplessly and then turned to Zi Qing, who was sitting on his right. She looked dazed, holding her teacup as if seriously savoring the tea, as if everything around her was irrelevant.
"Senior Sister Zi Qing, Lan Xin, do you want to stay at the clinic to play, or should I send you back to rest first?" Wan Yunting asked with a smile.
Zi Qing didn't speak. Lan Xin glanced at her master and smiled sweetly at Wan Yunting, "We want to stay at your clinic to play, can we?"
"Alright, then we'll go back together tonight." Wan Yunting didn't mind.
"Then Master, you stay here, and I'll go back to the hotel to get our luggage."
After Lan Xin finished speaking, she got up and ran out to catch up with her uncle, Xian Yun, to go back to the hotel to get her and her master Zi Qing's luggage...
"Senior Sister Zi Qing, please come upstairs."
Wan Yunting saw someone coming in to sell medicine, so he invited Senior Sister Zi Qing to the tea room on the second floor to drink tea, while they continued to have lunch...
On the other side, Hu Fei, Gu Song, Zhao Xuyan, Liu Zaiyi, and others who had returned to the hotel saw Xian Yun and Lan Xin returning together and immediately asked, "How was it? How did the talks with Wan Yunting go?"
Xian Yun shook his head and sighed, "He's still unwilling."
Liu Zaiyi snorted, "If you ask me, let's unite the various sects and condemn that evil cultist Wan Yunting first. Then we'll see if he doesn't obediently hand over the martial arts secret manuals of the Snow Mountain Sect."
Qi Xiu couldn't help but glance at Liu Zaiyi with disdain and said, "If you really do that, the ones who will suffer are our various sects."
"Yes, don't forget that Wan Yunting is from the Ouyang family in the capital. If we really go against him, Junior Brother Chen of the Huashan Sect should know the consequences best!"
Lu Shuang turned to look at Chen Beixuan. Everyone knew what happened when their Huashan Sect had privately sent people to snatch the martial arts secret manuals of the Snow Mountain Sect from Wan Yunting, which eventually led to the Huashan Sect losing many of its businesses.
Chen Beixuan, who had been so scared that his legs went weak by Wan Yunting's imposing manner at the clinic earlier, felt very awkward being looked at by everyone. He didn't say anything and left directly to return to his room.
Gu Song shook his head, seemingly lamenting that among the younger generation of the various sects, apart from a few individuals, no one could compare to Wan Yunting. He sighed sadly, "Truly, one generation is not as good as the next..."
In the afternoon, Wan Yunting continued to see patients in the clinic for those from the wealthy circles who had specifically come to see him. Occasionally, ordinary citizens would also come to see him, but not many. It was far less than when citizens went to Pinghe Street to see doctors at century-old medical halls like Liu Pingtang and Tong Ren Tang.
For Xiu Yuantang, which had only been open for half a month, apart from the positive influence it had on Wan Yunting during the Zhou Shan incident, more citizens still did not approve of him.
Tong Ren Tang, a very famous medical hall in China, had created Tong Ren Tang chain pharmacies that were spread throughout China.
It could be said that Tong Ren Tang no longer needed to rely on medical skills for support. The chain pharmacy business alone had already occupied the top position in the Beijing business world.
However, the Tong Ren Tang clinic on Pinghe Street was the foundation of the Wu family. It had survived for over a hundred years and had stood firm through countless changes, still relying on the medical skills and ancient formulas passed down from generation to generation by Tong Ren Tang.
Wu Shengbai, as the heir to the Tong Ren Tang clinic, was himself a skilled physician. Besides being a member of the Chinese Medicine Association, he was also a director at the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He only occasionally sat in the clinic for consultations, spending most of his time working at the hospital.
This afternoon, Wu Shengbai came to the clinic for consultations. His daughter, Wu Suxin, was not only beautiful and elegant but also very skilled in medicine. She also occasionally came to the clinic for consultations, but she spent most of her time working in their Tong Ren Tang Group.
"Dad, you're here."
Wu Suxin had been at the clinic since noon. She was wearing a white chiffon blouse and a coffee-colored pencil skirt with a fishtail hem. The slit design revealed her fair and straight beautiful legs when the skirt swayed. Paired with high heels, she exuded a mature and elegant aura.
Her beautiful hair was tied back with a white ribbon, and a few strands of hair in front of her forehead added a touch of gentleness. Her standard oval face, under her curved dark eyebrows, had wise almond eyes that shone with light. Her high-bridged nose and lightly applied lipstick added a touch of allure.
She was a woman who possessed both temperament and beauty.
"Hmm, aren't you busy at the company?"
Wu Shengbai followed her to the second floor. Wu Suxin shook her head slightly and said, "The company isn't busy lately, so I came to the clinic to take a look."
Wu Shengbai nodded. Seeing that there were no patients at the moment, he sat down with his daughter at the tea table and started making tea. Wu Suxin smiled and said, "I heard that Ouyang family's Wan Yunting opened a clinic on our street and it's causing quite a stir."
"Yes, a few days ago, I thought Liu Pingtang had a medical dispute, and he helped resolve it," Wu Shengbai said while making tea.
Wu Suxin nodded. Every glance and smile she made exuded elegance, but her wise eyes also showed her professionalism and competence in the workplace. She smiled and said, "I heard that he became known as a divine doctor because he cured that person with just two needles!"
Wu Shengbai poured tea into her teacup and said, "Don't underestimate him. His medical skills can truly be said to be unparalleled among those of your age that I've seen."
This remark caused Wu Suxin, who was lifting her teacup, to pause. She looked at her father in surprise and said, "Dad, you don't seem to have any objections to him?"
Wu Shengbai took a sip of tea and said, "The reason he was removed from his chairmanship is self-evident, but I admire Wan Yunting's medical skills."
"Therefore, I won't target Wan Yunting by opening a clinic on this street, unlike Liu Yuan and Zhang Shunchang."
Wu Suxin nodded and smiled, "However, Wan Yunting's personal lifestyle is not proper. I have met his girlfriend, Fang Yanxi, and she is indeed a business genius. I just don't understand how a strong woman like Fang Yanxi could like such a scumbag?"
Wu Shengbai continued to pour and drink tea. He wasn't very interested in the propriety of Wan Yunting's personal life, but he greatly admired his medical skills.
"Doctor Wu, Elder Ge has arrived."
Then, a shop assistant came in to report.
"Alright, I'm coming."
Upon hearing that a patient had arrived, Wu Shengbai quickly finished his tea and got up to go out. Wu Suxin also followed him out...
They happened to see a middle-aged man supporting an old man in his seventies or eighties, who was leaning on a cane, going upstairs. Wu Shengbai quickly went up to help support the old man and greeted him warmly, "Mr. Ge, you're here. Please, come and sit down..."