Chapter 39 Old Shrimp
The old man about thirty five to forty years old and known as Hei Ta (black Tower) with full of beard. After heard what blue robed man said, he turned his head to the muscular and well-built man who holds the torch at his side, a moment later, Hey Ta came to Wu Dong Fang and giving him push to go to toward the south entrance.
“Yun Zhu”, shouted the blue robed man calling Hei Ta.
“Yes?” Hey Ta turned his body to blue robed man.
“He is not a usual slave, if he died or ran away, you will be punished”, said blue-robed shaman seriously.
“AAAA ?! ” said Hey Ta with wide eyes, after that with a sad expression he begged “ please don’t do that……. you’re not really going to punish me because of that, aren’t you? ” ask him timidly.
But blue robed shaman was already leaving. Other shamans also returned to their respective homes, the youths who holding the torch also has started down the mountain too. Turns out, the youth’s officer does not live together with the shamans.
The youth officer which paired with Hei Ta dispiritedly come to Hei Ta who looks dispirited too and they took him to leave the field. They took Wu Dong Fang with furious and troubled look, but Wu Dong Fang was secretly happy with himself because the one who brought him was Hey Ta, although his body looks little big, but actually he looks like an idiot type.
They walked silently, suddenly the youth officer who holds torch said to Hei Ta “that old man was handed over this important task to you, proving that old man must be impressed with you, anyway this motherf.u.c.ker is definitely not just anyone. You could hand him to me and I will watch this motherf.u.c.ker so he could not run away. This is our chance to get promotion.
“Hand him over to you?” said Hei Ta while frowned.
The youth officer stand still, he didn’t dare to speak anymore.
“Scram” said Hei Ta with angry face.
The youth officer immediately went away after being scolded, but before that he looks at Wu Dong Fang and asks him “you, what’s your name? Which tribe are you?”
“My name is Dong Fang, I was a prisoner from gold tribe descendant,” replied Wu Dong Fang.
“What did he mean by prisoner descendant?” Hey Ta asked as he turned to see his friend who holds the torch.
Wu Dong Fang could only stare dumbfounded, he already gives them explanation that easy to understand but they still could not understand what he said
“Just prisoner” said the youth officer whose age around thirty years old, he hold spear and torch in each other hand
“Why they send a prisoner here?” Hey Ta asks with wonder as he saw his friend.
Before Hei Ta continuing his questions, the young man who hold the torch already forcing Wu Dong Fang to explained more clearly,
“The gold tribe is not willing to send another shaman here, because my apt.i.tude with the law is poor, so I was sent here” Wu Dong Fang explained to them recklessly.
“You’re the same as me, but I was a little better than you, I just learn more slowly than the others,” replied Hey Ta with a more cheerful face.
Wu Dong Fang glad he can fool them, the shamans generally marry other shaman but sometime the marriage occurs within their family, including close relatives. There are two results when they marry with close relatives, if not the offspring are born genius, while the second is born stupid or idiot, this moron, Hey Ta are categories second.
When he looked at this situation, Wu Dong Fang begin to happy with himself, but after that, he began to feel suspicious with this situation. Why these blue robed men submit him to this idiot? Are there is a trap in this arrangement?
After further thought, then he understood, why the blue-robed men submit him to this idiot, whose real name is Yun Zhu. Because he has two purpose. First, unlike others, Yun Zhu will be more considerate and will guard him towards other slave, in this island, slaves are everywhere. If they investigate him secretly, it will be create more problems than not. The second is because Yun Zhu is a fool, if he run away or secretly got helped, this fool is the easiest to be a scapegoats for them.
“What is in your arms?” ask Yun Zhu.
“This wine is given by Celestial Master Yun Ping”, Wu Dong Fang deliberately borrowed Yun Ping name to intimidate this moron.
“Uncle Yun, give this wine to you?” ask Yun Zhu.
“Yep” Wu Dong Fang nodded his head, Yun Zhu is type who likes to talk but without much thought, if given chances, within three days Wu Dong Fang can make Yun Zhu submit to him, and make him a traitor in seven days.
“Yun Zhu, you can go back first, I will take him away” said youth officer.
Yun Zhu did not answer immediately, he still had little doubt.
Wu Dong Fang doesn’t want the youth officer to take him away, he immediately looking for a reason to stay with Yun Zhu, “Mr. Yun Zhu, Celestial Master Yun Ping wanted me to say a few words to you”
Yuan Zhu still not convinced, he still half believed half not with Wu Dong Fang said earlier.
Wu Dong Fang continued to see Yun Zhu, and then saw the officer.
“You go first” said Yun Zhu while shaking his head.
The officer a bit suspicious and afraid Wu Dong Fang deceive Yun Zhu, so he still hesitates to leave alone.
“Do you think I was three years old toddler who still needs you to supervise me?” Yun Zhu raised his voice.
The officer saw Yun Zhu angry, feeling awkward then he shaking his head, he leaves them.
Yun Zhu wait till the officer goes away, then he turned around and to Wu Dong Fang, “Is it true that my uncle asked you to say something to me?”
“Yes, he wants you to set a light work for me” said Wu Dong Fang.
“Do you think I was idiot who will believe you because you said so?” Yun Zhu said angrily.
Wu Dong Fang put his keg of wine, then he wiggle his hand, pretending as if there was something secret, after that he pull Yun Zhu right hand and put his hand on Yun Zhu hand and said “try to feel what this is?”
“Errr?” Yun Zhu feels that there is something different in Wu Dong Fang palm. “Before Celestial Master Yun Ping going, he told me that you are a person who can keep a secret, moreover you are also his own family, in this place of course he only trust you “, said Wu Dong Fang as he pulled back his right hand.
(TL Note: I really don’t know whats in Wu Dong Fang hand that he show to Yun Zhu)
“It turns out uncle Yun Ping still care about me…” Zhu Yun has started not too suspicious to Wu Dong Fang.
Wu Dong Fang nodded his hand while take back his keg of wine.
“Wait, something is wrong, instead of me you said you want to go with Si Miao and Yun Xi” Yun Zhu started to hesitated again.
“I purposely did that, that old b.a.s.t.a.r.d will never give in to my request”, said Wu Dong Fang.
“Turn out, you’re little bit clever eh?” said Yun Zhu with laughter.
Wu Dong Fang laugh too but not answering. Actually he already divulge information about the pearl that is in his hand, He has staked a very big risk, Yun Zhu may inadvertently divulge this secret to anyone else, but because there is no other way, if not so, Yun Zhu would not believe it to him, and maybe he will continued to set work for him, He struggled trying to establish good relationships with Yun Zhu, he also have other purposes, namely, learning how local people train their law.
(TL note: now we know there is a pearl in MC palm when he shows it to Yun Zhu, but anyone knows what pearl in Wu Dong Fang hand is? Because in previous chapter, the only chapter who MC got pearl is in Chapter 9 and that was pearl “dan” from fox girl who MC killed)
“You just stay calm here, no need to work, just do not to make a scene,” says Yun Zhu, while stepping forward.
“You will get into trouble if I don’t work. I don’t want to burden you.” says Wu Dong Fang.
Yun Zhu satisfied to hear what Wu Dong Fang said and nodded his head, after thinking for a while, he says “if your talent at cultivate the law is poor, maybe you understand medicine, you could be a physician here to treat prisoners.”
Wu Dong Fang Frowned a little. What he knows, there is two kinds of slaves. One is ordinary slaves, the other was prisoner slaves. So what Yun Zhu said must be treating all kind of slaves. But he doesn’t understand medicine at all, especially issues relating to the lives of people. Wrong treatment will make them died.
“So I decided, you’ll stay with the Old Shrimp”, said Yun Zhu.
“Who is Old Shrimp?” ask Wu Dong Fang.
“He was a braggart, but he was also a physician,” replied Yun Zhu.
Wu Dong Fang finally relieved, at least there is a real physician.
“Oh yes, why uncle Yun sent you here?” Yun Zhu asked with a little wonder.
“this island are away from other, so it was the safest, and I would probably stay in a little longer until the gold tribe replace me with someone else”, Wu Dong Fang answer the question recklessly.
Yun Zhu nodded his head repeatedly.
“In our island, are the old man is the strongest?” Wu Dong Fang provoke a question.
“No, not him” says Yun Zhu while shaking his head.
“If not, are that people who live in the big tower?” Wu Dong Fang tried to inquire further.
“Who says there is a person who lives there?” Yun Zhu looks scared to discuss the tower, finished talking, he waving his hand, “you, do not ask this question again, you do not need to know what it was”.
Wu Dong Fang nodded, and then slowly followed Yun Zhu down the mountain. At the foot of the mountain there is a military camp, judging from the size of the building can be estimated that there are about three hundred to four hundred soldiers there, When through the camp, there were some road branch, Yun Zhu brought Wu Dong Fang westward. After walking about two to three kilometers, in the front there is bunch of buildings that are worse than military camp earlier, there are a bunch of trees, among the trees there is a small wooden house, smaller than Ming Wan house, stretching from south to north, but the door facing east.
Zhu Yun walked to the front of the house and opened the door, although it is now winter, but you can still smell of herbal medicines mixed with foot odor and sweat, Yun Zhu do not want to get into the house, just yelling at the front door.
“Old Shrimp, here comes another one physician, later you have to obey whatever he said.”
“Is that the mister shaman?” audible a voice from inside the house
“Yes it’s me, are you hear what I said earlier?” Reply Yun Zhu still yelling.
“Yeah I’ve heard, I’ve heard”, it’s pitch black inside, in the darkness the sound of something made of iron fell, vaguely seen someone who just got out of bed while groping in the dark.
“Well, you just stay here, I’ll be back,” Yun Zhu spoke to Wu Dong Fang.
“Thank you mister shaman” replied Wu Dong Fang.
Yun Zhu waving his hand while turned his back and walked away.
There is light in the wooden house, inside the house there are no part.i.tion walls, the size inside the house approximately twenty square meters, in the north, there are piles of a.s.sorted herbs, in the middle there is a c.r.a.ppy table and two benches, in the south there is a bed, close to the window. Can be seen an old man whose body already bend down while carrying an oil lamp goes out the door.
No wonder Yun Zhu call this old man the Old Shrimp, his body already extremely bend down. Similar to the shape of the cooked shrimp. Already white-haired, disordered like a chicken coop, at the top of his head there are a number of straw, his face already wrinkled, languid eyes, and eyes full mole.
“So you are the newcomer physician?” says the old man’s while light up Wu Dong Fang face with lamp oil.
“True, Yun Zhu told you, in the future you must have heard all my orders” Wu Dong Fang stepped into the house, He must exhibit his authority, if not, later it will difficult to organize these old man to treat people.
“Young man, don’t talk like that when talking to older people,” says the old man as he closed the door.
“So I have to talk like what?” asked Wu Dong Fang while looking around, looking for a bowl, then unwarp the cover of the keg and poured it to drink.
“Is that wine?” The old man continued to stare at the bowl held by Wu Dong Fang.
“I’ll treat you to drink, in the future, you should hear my orders, how?” Say Wu Dong Fang.
“Alright! Alright! Alright!”, The old man walked quickly toward him.
Wu Dong Fang give his bowls of wine to him, the old man put the oil lamp on the table, stretch out his hand to pick up the bowl and quickly drink that wine.
“It’s been a long time not to drink wine”, the old man returns the bowl to Wu Dong Fang.
Wu Dong Fang feel a pity towards him, he poured him little bit again, this bowl with the bowl in his era are not much different, the only different is this bowl is used to make herbal medicines.
The old man again took the bowl and drank the wine out, then he returned it again to him, Wu Dong Fang once again pour the wine and give it to the old man again. This old man already been drinking three bowls, and yet still stare at him like asking more.
Wu Dong Fang did not respond to his plea, he poured it to the bowl and drank it himself after that he put the keg of wine to another place.
“Don’t steal this wine, otherwise I would not hesitate to you”, Wu Dong Fang saw the beam of the eye like a thief from the old man, so he immediately threaten him.
“Are you threatening me?” The old man glared.
“Yes, you just drink my wine, now you already want to fight with me?” Wu Dong Fang glared too, shows that he was not afraid so that the old man did not fight back.
“Do you know whom you’re threatening is?” The old man tilts his head.
“I don’t know, I just come in, and I don’t care, tomorrow you can ask me again” Wu Dong Fang shaking his head, the trip with Yun Zhu earlier, he had already told him that this old fart is like bragging. Therefore, since the beginning he already saw this old man’s with one eye
“Heh …, if I say, it certainly scares you,” says the old man as he climbed onto the bed and lay down.
“Just said it, I will not fear you, instead I’ll hit you,” replied Wu Dong Fang, smoothing medicinal plants that have been dried to be a resting place.
“Young man, have you ever heard of Fei Mu or not?” The old man asked.
“Never heard it who is Fei Mu?” Wu Dong Fang already lie down.
“Guo Wen Gu Lou, that was my name and you never heard of it, it’s useless, you are already a long time wandering in the martial world and still never heard of it,” said the old man.
“Just said it immediately” Wu Dong Fang sneezing, while continuing his rest.
“I was patriarch of the wood clan, Qing Long patriarch (Green Dragon)!” Said the old fart.
“Just to let you know, I myself am a gold clan patriarch, patriarch Bai Hu (White Tiger),” Wu Dong Fang replied while closing his eyes.
“You do not believe me?” Asked the old fart.
“Just shut your mouth, still make a noise, I will kick you die ….”