Chapter 46: Jade Dew Astounds the Medical Saint, and the Suddenly Appearing Eight-Foot-Tall Man of Steel

Outside the thatched cottage.

Ye Jin nudged Ye Ren beside him, glancing toward the courtyard with his eyes.

Ye Ren looked up and saw Ye Xun and the other two standing inside the courtyard.

"What is going on here? Didn't Shangguan Yunqing just take them inside? Why have they come out again?" Ye Ren asked with a tightly furrowed brow and a puzzled expression.

Ye Jin curled his lips and shook his head slightly.

"This is hard to say."

"Is the Medical Saint really so easy to be invited out of seclusion?"

"I reckon the Shangguan family must have some connection with the Medical Saint, but it shouldn't be deep enough to make him come out of seclusion."

Ye Ren nodded in agreement and murmured thoughtfully, "That must be it. Otherwise, how could the Medical Saint have driven them out? It seems everyone will return empty-handed today."

"However, has the Shangguan family really decided to side with the eldest brother?"

"Otherwise, why would they let Shangguan Yunqing accompany the eldest brother here?"

Ye Jin looked toward the courtyard and said in a low voice, "This is really hard to say. In any case, it's no secret today that Wei Feng and Shangguan Yunqing accompanied the eldest brother to the thatched cottage."

"The most miserable one is the third brother, though. I heard he had private contacts with the State Preceptor a few days ago, but he secretly tripped up the eldest brother, forcing the eldest brother to seek help from the State Preceptor. That's why Wei Feng has been in such frequent contact with the eldest brother lately."

"If things keep going this way, the third brother will end up with nothing."

"Indeed," Ye Ren said slowly. "The third brother is the most hypocritical person. On the surface, he acts like a gentleman, but inside he is full of deceit. He always feels so smart and treats everyone else like fools."

"Anyone can see right through his little tricks; His Majesty just couldn't be bothered to argue with him."

"Still, it's a good thing for the eldest and the third to fight; we can just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

"Let's wait and see for today first. I have a feeling the eldest brother is not going to give up."

Both Ye Jin and Ye Ren wore the expressions of spectators enjoying a good show without fearing things getting too big.

Coming here today was entirely just for show.

......

Inside the thatched cottage.

Wu Shouzhi raised his cup, closed his eyes, and took a sniff. The wine was rich and fragrant, filling his body and mind with delight.

He felt that the most wonderful thing in this world was to have a small cup of wine.

Immediately afterward.

Wu Shouzhi raised the cup and drained it in one gulp. As the divine nectar slid down his throat, he almost felt as if he were ascending to immortality on the spot.

Rich, fragrant, mellow, deep, fierce...

It was fierce upon entering the mouth, yet not pungent; instead, it possessed a mellow and gentle smoothness.

With just this single cup, Wu Shouzhi was utterly captivated and unable to stop.

He felt that the wines he had drunk before were like slops compared to this nectar, completely unworthy of being called wine at all.

Wu Shouzhi had practiced medicine all his life and deeply loved fine wine. While he couldn't say he had tasted all the fine wine in the world, he had certainly sampled all the renowned wines across the land.

In his eyes, the best wine in the world was the imperial wine of the great Qian Kingdom, Apricot Blossom Brew.

However, the recipe for that wine had been lost during the civil unrest of the great Qian a few years ago.

Nowadays, every jar of Apricot Blossom Brew consumed meant one less left in existence.

Wu Shouzhi still kept three jars hidden away, reluctant to drink them.

Even so, compared to this wine, the Apricot Blossom Brew was still far inferior.

Wu Shouzhi savored the aftertaste inwardly, raising his cup repeatedly, completely unable to stop himself.

At that moment.

A shirtless, eight-foot-tall, ghost-backed man holding two wild hares burst in from outside the thatched cottage.

Bang!

The wooden door of the cottage was heavily pushed open.

The ghost-backed man barged through the door, holding the hares and looking at Wu Shouzhi, and said earnestly, "Here... rabbits."

Wu Shouzhi hurriedly hid the wine jar under the table and muttered, "Alright, go process them."

Hearing this, the ghost-backed man threw the rabbits onto the ground and walked straight toward Wu Shouzhi. "Wine... I want to drink wine."

Seeing him like this.

Wu Shouzhi shook his head helplessly, casually picked up a jar of wine from the side, and handed it to him. "Here, finish drinking and go get to work immediately."

The ghost-backed man ignored him, picked up the wine jar, took a sip, then frowned tightly and smashed the jar directly onto the ground.

Smash.......

The wine jar fell to the ground and shattered into pieces, spilling the wine everywhere.

The ghost-backed man looked at Wu Shouzhi and said earnestly, "Not this wine."

"Tsk..." Wu Shouzhi stood up with his eyes wide, angrily saying, "You little rascal, these are all fine wines! How could you waste them like this!?"

Yet the ghost-backed man turned a deaf ear and still stubbornly said, "Not this wine. I won't drink this wine."

At that moment.

Ye Xun and the two others rushed in.

Looking at the wild hares thrown on the floor and the shattered wine jar, they looked at Wu Shouzhi with inquiring gazes.

Suddenly.

The ghost-backed man turned his head to look at Ye Xun and the other two, his brows knitted in a fierce glare, his eyes full of murderous intent as he gazed at them.

"You guys!"

"Get out!"

In just a fraction of a second.

Ye Xun and the others felt a chill run down their spines.

This seemingly foolish-looking brute was actually terrifying to this extreme.

Woof, woof, woof......

Wangcai roared as it charged in, shielding Ye Xun behind it, glaring angrily at the brute as if facing a formidable enemy.

Wu Shouzhi hurriedly said to the ghost-backed man, "Alright, Wuyue, these are guests, show some manners."

As he spoke, he casually took out a small wine jar from under the table and tossed it to him.

Wuyue caught the wine jar, sniffed it, and then broke into a foolish, honest smile.

"Hehehehe......"

"Old Wu, I won't be polite then."

As he spoke, the permeating murderous intent instantly vanished, and he fiercely poured the wine into his mouth.

Wu Shouzhi pointed at him angrily and said, "How many times have I told you? Call me Master! Call me Master!"

On the surface, he was angry at Wuyue's attitude, but in reality, his heart ached for the precious nectar.

Such fine wine, giving it to this blockhead to drink was simply a complete waste.

After finishing the drink, Wuyue wore an intoxicated and unsatisfied expression, casually tossing the wine jar out of the house, and said earnestly, "Yes, Old Wu Master."

Wu Shouzhi: .......

If he were to bicker with this blockhead, he would probably be angered to death.

At this moment.

Ye Xun and the other two looked at Wu Shouzhi and Wuyue, completely bewildered.

What...

What kind of act was this supposed to be?

Could this eight-foot-tall, broad-shouldered, bald-headed giant who didn't look too bright actually be a medical prodigy in the rough?

However, the three of them simply could not believe it.

Save people?

Eat people was more like it.

Those hands, bigger than bear paws, no matter how one looked at them, did not seem born for grabbing herbs.

Seeing the blank expressions on Ye Xun and the others, Wu Shouzhi didn't feel like explaining to them either.

However, this wine......

He paused.

Wu Shouzhi looked at Ye Xun and asked, "Little Brother Ye, this wine... do you have any more?"

He looked at Ye Xun with a hint of anticipation in his eyes, alongside a sense of embarrassment.

After all, he had just put on a grand and arrogant display.

Now stooping to ask Ye Xun for wine felt truly embarrassing.

Ye Xun replied, "Medical Saint, to tell you the truth, this wine is actually Immortal-Leaving Brew."

"Immortal-Leaving Brew?" Wu Shouzhi waved his hand indifferently. "Don't try to fool an old man. I still have quite a bit of that Immortal-Leaving Brew in my cellar, and it doesn't taste like this at all."

Ye Xun hurriedly explained, "Medical Saint, you may not know this, but the reason this wine is both pure and fierce is because this junior processed it specially. To be frank with you, the small jar just now was brewed by this junior only today, and it is entirely unique in this world."

"However, if you wish to drink more, this junior can brew some more for you when I return to the manor."

Hearing this, Wu Shouzhi was slightly startled, and looking at Ye Xun, he asked in confusion, "You brewed this wine yourself?"