This secret passage leads directly to the back mountain of Duanshui Villa. At this time, the wind and rain are even stronger, and it hurts people when they hit them.
The sky was dim, which made Finn Ye feel relieved. Unfortunately, although he could see clearly, his leg disease was stimulated by the rain and started to act up again. He frowned and saw a dozen people rushing out of the forest, all holding umbrellas and felt cloths, shouting and yelling to meet him.
The first one was Riley Xue. When she saw them, she used her smock to cover Ethan Xie and Caleb Xie tightly without saying a word. Then she looked at the outsiders and asked in surprise: "Master Chu, your eyes..."
Tsk, look at this treatment.
Finn Ye took an umbrella and felt like a yellow cabbage in the field. Lucas Chu put on a coat, smiled but didn't say anything. Ethan Xie said, "The wind is strong and the rain is heavy, let's go back to the villa first."
Riley Xue received the order, and a group of people surrounded them and walked towards the villa. All the people she brought were the guards of Duanshui Villa. Although they were not very skilled in martial arts, they were all nimble and quick. In a short while, they sent the four people who were like drowned rats back to the villa, causing Jasper Sun, who was waiting under the corridor, to spit out a big mouthful of tea.
He came up to her with a loud shout and said to Lucas Chu, "My Lord, Miss Xue told me that you 'ran out to watch the fun in the middle of the night and ended up falling into a ditch'. It turns out it's true!"
Lucas Chu: ...
Riley Xue: "I'm not like that..."
Finn Ye turned his head, chuckled, and shrugged his shoulders.
Jasper Sun's call of "master" actually revealed Lucas Chu's true identity - perhaps few people in the world have seen the leader of the Hundred Ghosts Sect, but many people know the ghost doctor.
Those who had been cured by him always wanted to go back for revenge, and those who were turned away by him were not reluctant to use his portrait as target practice. Jasper Sun's face could be said to be a major trademark of the Hundred Ghosts Sect.
Thinking about it this way, the two nonsensical transactions between Lucas Chu and Ethan Xie just now seemed to make sense.
Jasper Sun flipped Lucas Chu's eyelids, felt her pulse, and said, "You won't die, and you won't go blind either, so don't waste your time. I'll find you a piece of medicine cloth to cover your eyes for three days."
Lucas Chu felt that the fact that she had not yet killed this rebellious subordinate showed that she was kind-hearted.
After washing up, Ethan Xie punished Caleb Xie by making him practice horse stance for an hour, and then invited Lucas Chu and Jasper Sun into the inner room.
The young boy was standing in horse stance with a stern face under the long corridor. Finn Ye had no choice but to wait there with a bowl of hot ginger soup in his hand. He drank it and muttered: "Young Master, if you sit down a little bit, it will be a perfect 'Pingsha Luoyan' style."
...
"Your lower body is not stable, your calves are a little shaky, are you having the shakes?"
...
As he was having fun, Riley Xue came over with a basin of water. Finn Ye stood up immediately. Through the light, he could only vaguely see a piece of red in her hand: "This is..."
Riley Xue was startled by the sound. She subconsciously moved the copper basin to her side. Seeing that Caleb Xie still had his back to her, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief and left in a hurry.
Finn Ye squinted his eyes and looked over, only to see a tightly closed door. That was the inner room where Ethan Xie and the other two were currently, and it was from there that Riley Xue brought out a basin of blood.
"Young Master, I'm going to wash the dishes, you practice first!"
After saying that, without waiting for Caleb Xie's response, Finn Ye followed Riley Xue. She avoided outsiders, poured the blood into the flower bed, wiped her hands with a towel, turned into the kitchen with an expressionless face, picked up a food box and walked to the backyard.
Broken Water Villa covers a large area, but now the population has dwindled and many courtyards are vacant. Finn Ye drank a bowl of ginger soup and massaged his injured leg for a long time. Now that he has finally recovered a little, he relied on his extraordinary lightness skills and followed Riley Xue around, turning left and right, and finally entered a small courtyard.
It was late autumn, the grass and trees were withered, and the stormy night made it seem even more eerie. However, although it was deserted, there were still candles lit in the house, and the two people guarding the corridor were one guard and one maid.
When they saw Riley Xue, they immediately bowed but didn't say a word. Riley Xue handed the food box to the maid and said, "The soup inside needs to be stewed for another half an hour. When it's ready, send it over while it's hot."
The maid made two signs and took it respectfully. Finn Ye hid in a big tree, guessing that the two men were probably mute.
Riley Xue knocked on the door, and immediately there was a sound of things breaking from inside. She pushed the door open without paying any attention and closed it behind her.
Finn Ye's body was like a piece of flying catkins. He passed through the rain curtain in an instant, quietly avoided the guards, landed in a corner outside the room, and carefully poked a hole in the window paper.
The weather was damp and cold, but there was no brazier in the house, and only one candle was lit. This dim environment made it convenient for Finn Ye to spy.
The tables, chairs and cabinets in the house were all carved from sandalwood, and the collection of cultural relics and ornaments was exquisite. Even Caleb Xie's room did not have such high-quality decorations. However, Riley Xue sat at the table, and the usual snobbishness on her face faded away, leaving only a calm expression.
Her expression was very similar to Ethan Xie's, only more miserable, like a female ghost who was unwilling to give up.
There was a person lying on the bed, and there was a broken medicine bowl on the floor, with the remaining medicine spilled all over the floor.
"Master, you don't take the medicine. If Master knew about this, he would be worried."
Riley Xue held her chin with one hand, her eyes bright and her teeth white as a painting. The next moment, the man wanted to sit up excitedly, but rolled off the bed and accidentally got his hand pierced by broken porcelain pieces, but only a series of broken sounds came out of his throat.
He was also a mute. Finn Ye narrowed his eyes and saw that he was an old man in his sixties, with white hair and a haggard appearance. If he were dressed in rags, he would be even more pitiful than the old beggars on the street.
But a few years ago, he happened to see this old man in high spirits.
With a sword in hand, you are invincible.
He is the former owner of Duanshui Villa and Ethan Xie's biological father, Xie Chongshan.
"Oh, you are so careless. If you alarm the master, he will blame me for not taking good care of him." Riley Xue looked at the old owner struggling on the ground and smiled, his eyes deep. "No, he hasn't been here for almost a year, and now it's a matter of life and death, how could he think of you?"
Xie Chongshan waved his hands desperately, but he was slumped to the ground below the waist. Finn Ye was shocked - this man was disabled.
"I didn't expect that he would have the guts to accept the challenge, and I didn't expect that... he would actually choose to remove the needle."
Hearing this, the old man who was crawling on the ground was shocked all over. He raised his hand tremblingly and pointed at Riley Xue with trembling hands.
"Don't look at me like that. You made the choice yourself back then. Didn't you know what the outcome would be? The poison has entered his lungs and has lasted for so many years that even scraping the bones can't get rid of it. Only by changing the tendons and replacing the blood can there be a glimmer of hope, but he... chose to have the needles removed." Riley Xue kept talking, his cold expression gradually relaxed, as if he was crying and laughing, "Three years, the internal energy that had been sealed for three years broke through the confinement. He's dead, dead!"
Xie Chongshan babbled for a long time but couldn't utter a word. Riley Xue was like a madman, repeating the three words "dead" over and over again, with a changing expression on her face, which made Finn Ye feel a chill down his spine.
He thought for a moment, and took advantage of the cover of the night and rain to return to the front yard like a ghost. Caleb Xie was still doing horse stance in the corridor.
Coincidentally, Lucas Chu actually came out.
There was a palm-wide white cloth on his face, which gave off a bitter medicinal smell. His ears were very sharp. As soon as Finn Ye showed his head, he turned sideways and said, "Brother Ye."
Finn Ye replied politely: "Mr. Chu."
Both of them were smart people, so they left the ignorant child at the corridor and walked side by side towards a quiet place.
Lucas Chu said: "Mr. Sun thought I was in the way, so he kicked me out. I thought I would be alone in the long night, but I didn't expect Brother Ye to come back at the right time."
Finn Ye touched his chin and kicked away the stone that blocked Lucas Chu's way. "The cleaning servants in this manor are lazy and should be punished."
Lucas Chu heard the noise and said with a smile: "I am grateful for Brother Ye's help. I wonder how I can repay him?"
"To be the 'brother' of the Master of the Hundred Ghosts Sect, I'm afraid no one but the King of Hell can be called that. I am just an ordinary mortal and I really don't deserve that title." Finn Ye shrugged, "I have a question, I wonder if the Master can answer it?"
Lucas Chu asked very politely: "About what Mr. Sun is doing?"
Finn Ye said "hmm", Chu Xi smiled: "Now that things have come to this, there is nothing to be ashamed of. I guess Brother Ye knows the rumors in the martial arts world about Master Xie's three years of silence, right?"
"If there hadn't been rumors that the tiger had its teeth pulled out, why would a wolf come to tease the tiger's whiskers?"
"What if that's not just a rumor, but true?"
Finn Ye raised his eyebrows: "I'd like to hear the details."
"Since Brother Ye knows my identity, he naturally has no doubts about Mr. Sun. Three years ago, he was invited by Broken Water Villa to come and treat the poison wound of Master Xie. He found that Master Xie was poisoned and seriously injured. If he wanted to save his life, he had to give up his martial arts... Unfortunately, martial artists value martial arts more than their lives. Master Xie would rather die than become a useless person.
"In the end, Mr. Sun had to take a step back and use the golden needle method to seal the poison in the three major acupoints. As long as the needles are not removed within seven years, his life will be safe. However, these three major acupoints are where the internal force must pass through. If they are sealed, Master Xie's internal force will be lost by eight out of ten. Once it moves recklessly, it will be extremely painful and life will be worse than death."
Finn Ye's face was indifferent. Lucas Chu continued to talk to herself: "A month ago, the Soul Burial Palace issued a challenge to Broken Water Villa. Master Xie asked Miss Xue to find the Ghost Doctor again. The Ghost Doctor wanted to refuse, but I was interested in the Broken Water Knife, so I asked him to accept the matter - as long as Master Xie exchanged the Broken Water Knife, the Ghost Doctor would take action again."
Finn Ye asked: "What we couldn't do three years ago, can we do now?"
Chu Xi smiled and said, "It is precisely because I failed to do it three years ago that the ghost doctor has been studying hard for the past three years and finally came up with the method of 'changing tendons and exchanging blood'. The poison is drawn into the extraordinary meridians by internal force, and then forced out by golden needles. Finally, a blood relative is chosen to exchange blood for him, and Master Xie can restore his former glory."
"What will happen to the person who exchanged blood?"
"The strange poison has been accumulated for a long time, and the poisonous blood in Xie Zhuangzhu's body has become a serious disease. The amount of blood required is naturally not small. That person will die in nine out of ten cases." Lucas Chu stretched out her hand to catch a few drops of cold rain water, and murmured: "I thought he would choose this method, but he proposed to remove the needles... Pull out the three golden needles that seal the strange poison, and then use medicine to restore his strength within seven days, just like an ordinary person, but the poison will also enter the bone marrow. Even if there are drugs to prolong his life, he can only live for seven days."
I see.
I see.
Finn Ye breathed a sigh of relief. Lucas Chu was puzzled and asked, "What do you think?"
"Everyone has his own destiny. What can I say? I just satisfied my curiosity and it's not as uncomfortable as being scratched by a cat." Finn Ye curled his lips, "Thank you, Master Chu, for clearing up my doubts. We are even now... Well, kicking away a stumbling block in exchange for an answer is not a bad deal."
"If you want, we can continue to do this kind of business. After all, there are always many stumbling blocks in the Hundred Ghosts Gate, but not many people can step on it."
Finn Ye said: "It's a pity that I have a chronic leg disease, I'm afraid I'm powerless."
Chu Xi smiled slightly: "But when you kicked that stone just now, it was very easy."
Finn Ye tilted his head: "With a beauty by my side, I should be more attentive."
Lucas Chu: ...
Finn Ye stopped laughing and asked seriously, "Master Chu, are you going to wait seven days to watch the grand spectacle of the Duofeng Conference?"
"I'm not interested in the results that can be guessed. Now that the deal is done, we should leave after Mr. Sun has finished removing the needles. I wonder what Brother Ye is planning?"
"I have accepted a silver ingot from Miss Xue, so I have to ensure that the young master survives these seven days with all his arms and legs intact."
"Well then...see you later."
When they reached the end of the corridor, the lights were bright, but unfortunately one of them was blind and the other was blindfolded, so they smiled and high-fived each other before passing each other.
The two hands did not touch each other for a moment and then pulled away in an instant.
With her back to Finn Ye, the smile on Lucas Chu's face disappeared in an instant, and her lips were pursed into a blade, extremely sharp.
Finn Ye is very similar to that person, whether it is the infuriating tone of his voice or the occasional teasing out of his mouth.
If it was a month ago, he would not have parted ways with Finn Ye so cleanly.
But he had already been to Jinghan Pass, saw the scarred mountain wall, saw the lonely grave standing under the dead tree, and saw the nameless monument.
He even dug up the grave himself and saw the pale ashes in the box.
When he was young, he felt that such a tall person, after his death, was not even as big as a handful of his hands.
That person is dead, and no matter how many similar people he meets, they will no longer be him.
Lucas Chu suddenly felt fortunate that she couldn't see him now, otherwise he would definitely look back.
If you look back for someone who is similar, it would be the greatest insult to that person.
Life is like a leaf, and death is like the extinguishing of a lamp...The dead are gone, that's all.
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