Chapter 204 Unusual Feeling
Ouch!
A cry came from the lobby.
“Ruohan!”
Fang Ling and Heidan immediately rushed from the backroom to the hall, but felt relieved when they saw the situation of Mei Ruohan.
Mei Ruohan pulled the spike on her wrist and embarra.s.sedly smiled, “I was accidentally hurt by the wood thorn on the counter… I am so sorry.”
“It is okay!”
Heidan scratched his head and smiled, “I will fix it tomorrow morning, polish it and cover it with cloths, so it won’t hurt anyone.”
“Why are you so careless? Your wrist is bleeding. Wait for a moment. I will get you a medicine box.” Fang Ling checked the wound on Mei Ruohan and then went back to the inner room.
Everyone left. Mei Ruohan felt warm inside. The Linli Building was like a family, and she was looked after well here.
“Well? Why is the wrist becoming hot?”
Mei Ruohan lowered her head and held her left wrist, with her brows wrinkling. It was just a small wooden thorn, and had already been pulled out. There should be no such a big reaction.
As her wrist became hotter, Mei Ruohan suddenly panicked and squeezed her wrist with her hand, which seemingly made her feel more comfortable.
“Bang!” A soft sound was heard.
Suddenly on her smooth wrist, there was an orange halo like a bracelet, emitting heat mildly. Mei Ruohan felt so warm.
“What is this? Why does it appear on me?”
Mei Ruohan reached out and tried to touch the halo, but failed to do so.
The orange halo sustained for just a few seconds and did not appear again no matter how Mei Ruohan pressed it.
“So strange…”
Mei Ruohan was puzzled. With a yawn, she suddenly felt sleepy, and her eyelids became heavy.
“Let’s call it a day and finish these accounts tomorrow.”
Mei Ruohan swayed into the room and fell asleep without stripping her clothes. Fang Ling, who was holding the medicine box in the room, found Mei Ruohan and laughed out loudly, “Sister Mei was really exhausted these days…”
For the next few days, Mei Ruohan was absent-minded, and kept making mistakes with the accounts. From time to time, she was lost in thoughts for a long time, which made Heidan and other people worried. They were to consult a doctor. Fortunately, the situation improved when Luo Yichen came back.
“Finally, you came back, Brother Luo!”
Mei Ruohan gave Luo Yichen a big hug. The cold smile on Luo Yichen’s face immediately became tender. He softly soothed Mei Ruohan, “Let’s go inside first.”
Behind them, disciples who had just pa.s.sed a test and left the secluded site were amazed at what they saw.
Protector Chen was capable of smiling?
“Go in now. You’ve learned to loaf on the job after you became the official disciples of the Linli Building?!”
Fang Mu shouted. He had served as the instructor in the secluded site for half a year. His temperament seemed to have changed somewhat.
Everyone obeyed and immediately entered the Linli Building in an orderly manner.
In the morning, Lao Li, who was still drunken, held a flagon and asked, “Who are they? They look so… murderous.”
Fang Mu immediately resumed a bright and harmonious smile and replied gently, “Sir, they are all waiters newly hired.”
“Waiters? Oh… I see…”
Lao Li walked away with the flagon, and Fang Mu became serious again. He looked at the shocked disciples and ordered coldly, “Inside, now.”
“Yes, sir!”
“Yes, sir!”
These disciples couldn’t help but swear silently. Protector Chen and Protector Mu turned out to be normal people. But why did they still a.s.sign so many daunting training tasks for them in the secluded site…
Twenty new people lined up in the secluded site. They all had reached the acquired ninth hurdle.
It took only half a year for these ordinary people to become seniors of the acquired ninth hurdle with the support of Su Li’s secret recipe.
Fang Ling measured these uneasy newcomers in the room with her eyes and walked to Fang Mu. She pulled Fang Mu’s sleeves and complained, “There are only twenty people. This is Yunjing that we are talking about. I am sure this is not enough.”
The newcomers were still guessing Fang Ling’s ident.i.ty, and suddenly heard “Yunjing”. They were stunned at first, but soon concealed the shock and resumed cool looks.
Fang Mu touched Fang Ling’s glabella and transmitted the sound in silence with reluctance, “Of course, there are more men under training. But these twenty people are good enough to complete the task, and their loyalty is out of question.”
Fang Ling was suddenly enlightened. Luo Yichen also nodded, “We care about qualities but not numbers. It is not easy to arrange too many people in Yunjing. Ruohan, have you contacted the liaison person in Yunjing?”
Mei Ruohan quickly nodded and said, “Yes. Sister Xuetong said that we could use Tianbao Herbal Medicine Shop as our cover. The shop is recruiting men to transport a vast amount of medicine to the capital. They will leave in three days.”
Then Luo Yichen pondered and said, “This is the final test for you. I will give you three days to mix yourself inside the transportation team of the Tianbao Herbal Medicine Shop.”
“Yes, Protector Chen.”
The crowd obeyed in unison, with their eyes burning.
Having suffered for half a year in the barren place, finally they had the opportunity to showcase their skills.
“If any of you fail the test, it means that you are not qualified. You won’t even have the chance to see Mr. Li and need to get back to the secluded site to continue practicing. Have you got it?”
“Yes, sir!” they answered even louder.
Covering her mouth with her hand, Mei Ruohan grinned and understood that these guys were excited because they feared to be sent back to the secluded site.
Suddenly, she felt a great pain on her wrist, and a sense of deja vu flashed in her mind. It seemed that she had experienced the same long time ago.
“Are you alright, Ruohan?”
Mei Ruohan came to her sense and realized it was Brother Luo that was looking at her with care. She blushed and said, “I am fine. I just thought about something.”
Mei Ruohan resumed a sweet smile. Why did she think so much? Even if there was the previous life, she did not care about it, and what she really needed was Brother Luo.
Three days pa.s.sed.
The twenty new disciples of the Linli Building had all become the temporary staff of the Tianbao Herbal Medicine Shop. Fang Mu also mixed himself inside the transportation team.
After all, these disciples were elites selected from hundreds of candidates. If something happened to them on the road, it would be a great waste of resources. The money spent on these twenty disciples in the half year was even more than that on him.
Because of Mei Ruohan, Luo Yichen was not willing to go to Yunjing. Heidan had reached the acquired ninth hurdle for a long time but he was unable to find a breakthrough. Only Fang Mu could come out.
Fang Mu made a sad face. He thought that it would be a long journey. Babysitting could be a challenging job…
“Fortunately, I will see the Eldest Brother in Yunjing soon.”
Excitement flashed in the eyes of Fang Mu. After practicing the Ao Sword Skills hard, he also achieved a breakthrough, and successfully reached the inborn first hurdle.
He wanted to prove that he was not an embarra.s.sment to the Fang Family and had not let Miss Su Li down.
Half a month later, the transportation team of the Tianbao Herbal Medicine Shop arrived at the gate of Yunjing City. The shop was old in the city. Since it had never caused any problems, it pa.s.sed the gate inspection smoothly.
Fang Mu was dressed in a coa.r.s.e cloth, pretending to be a butler. He drove a handcart into the city, feeling exhausted.
If he was given the chance to choose again, he would definitely suggest Luo Yichen to lead the team. He had the solid food along the journey and was anxious to have a real dinner. But the team was so excited that they were not affected by the boring life in the past month at all.
The handcart arrived at the back door. The job was completed. The supervisor dismissed the team. The twenty men immediately left, and then a.s.sembled in a lane not far from the Tianbao Herbal Medicine Shop.
Fang Mu was the last to arrive. He looked at these men who became quieter and suddenly smiled at the air, “Brother Qingning. Why not show yourself?”
“When did your cultivation surpa.s.s mine?”
To the surprise of everyone, Qu Qingning, who was hiding himself in the lane, suddenly appeared. How did he make it? They had examined the lane before and found nothing.
Fang Mu hadn’t seen his friend for days. He got slightly excited. He hit at the fist that Qu Qingning stretched out and said with a smile, “I haven’t surpa.s.sed you, but I know only you are capable of something like stealing alcohol in the restaurant.”
Qu Qingning couldn’t help but smell his breath and said, “Such a sensitive nose! Let’s go. This place is not appropriate for a long stay. Since your team has come, I will dismiss my temporary waiters. It’s inconvenient to use ordinary people. You even need to be cautious when setting up a secluded site.
Qu Qingning led these men to the front of two carriages and smiled. In order to be un.o.btrusive, he had already arranged everything.
One day later, the Linli Building in Yunjing City took on a new look. Waiters kept touting for business outside. In addition, regular customers also contributed to the success of the restaurant.
However, Xuan Jingzhou frowned at this situation.
How should he make a living since the business of the Zhouyue Winery was getting from bad to worse?
He hadn’t enjoyed the Liehuo Spirits for a long time. Without Chen Gong, he could not afford the wine. It was truly awful!
He saw that the new waiters all reached the acquired ninth hurdle on the first day, but then turned into the ordinary people the next day. He also recalled that Ling Qinglan had come here before… The Linli Building was an invisible sect!
He and his wife had been cheated!
But they had drunk their wine and owed them a favor!
Xuan Jingzhou had a cold sweat. Had he and his wife been set up?
The more he thought about it, the more suspicious he felt. He hadn’t studied for a few days. He was monitoring everything about the Linli Building and hoped to find something.
In the National Academy far away,
Su Li was reading the Ao Sword Skills in the study. She had acquired the book for a long time, but she did not antic.i.p.ate that the successor of Jin Cheng’ao, “Swordsmans.h.i.+p Master”, had risen so fast in the previous life. Talented as she was on sword skills, she was still not as good as “Swordsmans.h.i.+p Master”.
However, after several months of study, she was finally going to reach the fourth level of the Ao Sword Skills. When she attained the fourth level, she would dare to fight with the seniors in the longevity realm.
Suddenly—
Su Li knitted her brows, and a dangerous feeling came to her from all directions. Although it was an intuition, the experience of fighting for years told her that someone wanted to kill her, and it was a senior!
Why hadn’t the killer acted yet? There was no one in this room. Only picked troops were guarding the Lord Rui’s Mansion.
He didn’t have the courage to try?
Why was this senior in the inborn seventh hurdle so cautious…
Su Li lowered her head and blinked lightly, and immediately she got up and opened the door. The dangerous feeling disappeared completely.
I saw!
Su Li sneered inside and ordered, “Mammy Li, get ready. I want to go out for a walk.”
After hearing what Su Li said, the man in the dark turned murderous immediately.
Finally, he got the chance.