TTPC Ch. 16: Patients

Seeing Lin Yi’s stunned expression, Pei Xuanqing guessed in his heart that Lin Yi knew something, but it was likely he didn’t know everything, or else he wouldn’t be so proactive.

Lin Yi really didn’t expect Pei Xuanqing’s words. It differed from what he had speculated in the beginning. For a split second, he suspected he had made a mistake, that, in fact, the Pei Family simply wanted to unite with the Lin Family by marriage, but he quickly rejected this idea. The Lin Family’s attitude toward him, as well as the words spoken by Lin Jintian and Lin Ying, have already made it clear that the Pei Family married him in order to treat Pei Xuanqing’s legs.

Forcing himself to quickly calm down, he recalled how Pei Xuanqing had taken care of him all along the way, the grand wedding ceremony, the meeting gift that Mother Pei had given him; these were all things that didn’t fall into line with his expectations……

Lin Yi came to the conclusion that regardless of what went wrong in the middle, the Pei Xuanqing of now didn’t intend to have him treat his legs and that the Lin Family wasn’t aware of this matter.

Then that meant he was already safe in the Pei Family, and there was no need to worry about whether or not he could persuade Pei Xuanqing or have to do that thing……

Lin Yi let out a long sigh of relief, his whole body visibly relaxing.

Upon seeing this, Pei Xuanqing knew he understood, so he said no more and turned to leave.

‘Seeing’ he was about to leave, Lin Yi opened his mouth, wanting to stop Pei Xuanqing to discuss the matter of cooperation, but stopped before the words fell from his mouth.

No, there were too many unexpected matters today, and the speech he initially prepared was no longer useful. He had to think carefully before bringing it up to Pei Xuanqing.

……

After Pei Xuanqing left, Lin Yi opened the small box given to him by Mother Pei. Feeling with his hand, he found that inside was a palm-sized bottle.

Lin Yi was puzzled. What did Mother Pei give to him?

Carefully opening the cork, a burst of rich fragrance hit him right in the face. Just smelling it made his mind feel clear.

The Pharmacopoeia in his mind flashed, and information emerged in Lin Yi’s head.

Spiritual essence.

A rare treasure that can cleanse essence and reinforce the meridians. When used by cultivators, it can be used to dispel impurities in the meridians, widen the meridians, dredge the meridians through the whole body, improve physique, and improve the absorption quality of spiritual energy. For cultivators in the beginning stages of cultivation, using the spiritual essence can increase their cultivation speed by double that of other cultivators.

For ordinary people, spiritual essence can dredge the body’s meridians, significantly improve the body’s constitution, strengthen the physique, and prolong life.

After learning what it was, Lin Yi was astonished. He also found from the memory of the original master that such a thing was also extremely uncommon among cultivators. Even pharmacist families like the Lin Family rarely see it. How could Mother Pei give him such a treasure?

Carefully closing the lid of the small box, Lin Yi was now all the more certain that the Pei Family was different from the Lin Family. They may really be someone worth relying on or cooperating with.

……

For the next two days, Lin Yi stayed in Heaven’s Query Courtyard, which was much too quiet. Ever since Pei Xuanqing left, he hadn’t come to see him again. The only people around him were Shui Su and Qing Feng, who waited upon him.

From what Shui Su and Qing Feng told him, Lin Yi learned that Pei Xuanqing was often very busy, extraordinarily busy, even returning to Heaven’s Query Courtyard very late into the evening.

Such an atmosphere made Lin Yi feel that something was a bit out of place. No matter how capable Pei Xuanqing was, he was still just an ordinary person who was also crippled. What kind of matter must he be busy enough with that he only returns to rest in the dead of night? The atmosphere of the Pei Family also gave him an inexplicable sense of depression.

Could it be related to Pei Xuanqing’s decision in letting him off?

Lin Yi pondered for a good while by himself. No matter what, he had to see Pei Xuanqing.

He hadn’t had any tonic in the past few days, and after mentioning it, Shui Su prepared a tonic for him, but it was for ordinary people without spiritual energy. Completely unable to absorb spiritual energy was not an option in the long run.

And he also thought of how to persuade Pei Xuanqing! Since Pei Xuanqing was so busy, he’d use the most direct and most convincing method to persuade Pei Xuanqing!

……

On that day, Pei Xuanqing had just returned to Heaven’s Query Courtyard when he was stopped by Shui Su, “Eldest Young Master, the Eldest Young Madam wishes to see your excellency.”

Pei Xuanqing paused in his tracks, “What’s the matter?”

Shui Su wasn’t likely to come looking for him unless there was an issue.

With a strange expression on her face, Shui Su said, “The Eldest Young Madam asked us slaves to find a few ill people to stand outside the room and wanted to ask if the Young Master would go to take a look at how he treats their illnesses.”

“Treats their illnesses?” The guard, Pei Qi, looked at her inexplicably, “How could he see patients when he is blind? How can you guys follow after his nonsense?”

Shui Su said, “The Eldest Young Madam has a firm attitude and said that this matter is crucial because it involves the Eldest Young Master’s safety. This slave and Qing Feng saw that he didn’t seem to be fooling around, so we slaves helped him find a few patients. Moreover, the Eldest Young Madam requested that the patients be people whom both Qing Feng and I thought could be brought into Heaven’s Query Courtyard, saying that he did not wish to cause any other trouble for Heaven’s Query Courtyard. This slave…”

Pei Xuanqing thought for a moment, then said, “I’ll go take a look.”

Shui Su breathed a sigh of relief, “Yes.”

When Pei Xuanqing finally arrived where Lin Yi lived, he found several people waiting at the gate, all of whom looked pale and sickly, including a familiar person.

“These few people have been standing here all along, and the Eldest Young Madam has not come out of the house, saying that he will not meet these people until he sees your excellency, the Eldest Young Master.”

Pei Xuanqing felt thoughtful and asked Pei Qi to push him into the room to meet Lin Yi.

Lin Yi noticed Pei Xuanqing’s arrival before he even entered the room and let loose a sigh of relief. As long as Pei Xuanqing was willing to come.