Azure Heaven Saber

Chapter 60 - 60 48 Unprovokable

?Chapter 60: Chapter 48: Unprovokable Chapter 60: Chapter 48: Unprovokable “No, no. Much appreciated, but we don’t want to waste too much of your time. We’re in a bit of a rush.”

Miao Sensen quickly took a step back.

Because he saw the old lady seemed to want to grab his hand, he dare not let her do so.

The old lady rolled her eyes and said, “This physician is a good man, why did you burn down his house?”

Suddenly, Miao Sensen felt a chilling sensation on his back.

This house has been on fire for several days now, you may be old, but you’re not blind.

Did we indicate that we had anything to do with the fire upon arriving?

Are you being reasonable at all?

“The house was already on fire when we arrived,” Miao Sensen explained, and then laughingly added, “But what a waste to have such a house burnt down.”

He then ordered his subordinates to put out the fire.

“Put out the fire! Don’t let it spread! Don’t let it burn down innocent people’s houses. Everyone, speed up!”

Then he pulled out two silver notes from his bosom, “If Physician Feng returns, please give him these on our behalf and tell him it’s our compensation for his lost. We would be much obliged.”

The old lady took the silver notes and asked, “What if he doesn’t come back?”

Miao Sensen groaned inwardly.

What on earth is this old lady? Why does she appear so troublesome?

With a wry smile, he reassured her, “Don’t worry, ma’am.”

He then hastily bowed his hands and said, “Take care, if we run into the healer Feng one day, we will definitely pay our respects.”

The old lady grunted dismissively, “You officials are always so highhanded, you can’t even chat courteously with an old woman.”

Apparently, she would not let it rest.

Miao Sensen felt his heartbeats accelerate with tension.

Although he didn’t sense any danger, the old woman in front of him was nothing more than an ordinary village elder.

However, Miao Sensen’s intuition told him: he absolutely could not make a move at this moment.

Just then, a cough was heard from the dilapidated house, accompanied by an old voice saying, “Old woman, where is my medicine?”

The old lady grunted, turned and said, “Coming.”

She then picked up a large basin and returned to the house with a wobbly stride.

As the squeaky door closed behind her.

Miao Sensen wiped a bead of cold sweat off his forehead and quickly ordered, “Go! Hurry up!”

The group of people vanished in a flash.

Inside the house.

The old man looked weakly at the old lady, “My injury has only recovered by half, is this the right time to get upset? Why can’t you keep your cool?”

The old lady snorted, “I just can’t tolerate these officials, okay?”

The old man sighed helplessly, “Even if it really came to a fight, we wouldn’t be able to beat them now.”

The old lady flared up, “So if we can’t beat them, we should just shrink back like turtles? Don’t forget, we two dying old souls were saved by a mere two pills from the physician.”

The old man reasoned, “I didn’t say anything to that effect, what I meant was that we can take our time with this. Moreover, Kid Feng has run away already and there weren’t any big losses. After we recover, we can go after them for payback.”

The old lady gave a dissatisfied grunt, still holding onto her anger.

“Cough, cough, cough…”
The old man began to cough again.

“Once we recover a bit more, we will head to Yuezhou to find Kid Feng. Previously, we thought that there was no hope for our injuries, we didn’t anticipate that he could be able to treat them. To think that we were so close yet missed the chance of finding this miraculous doctor…”
The old lady was filled with regret.

“It’s okay, the effect of these two pills should allow us to regain enough strength to move. In another two or three days, once our blood vessels clear out, we can leave.”

“Alright.”

…
It was only after Miao Sensen and his men had left the small town by the riverside and entered the woods that they finally stopped.

The woman in black asked, “Boss, what kind of entity is that old lady? I didn’t sense any presence of cultivation from her.”

Miao Sensen’s face turned pale, and he took a deep breath, “If she were an ordinary old lady, she would probably have stayed in her house, but this old lady, though seemingly ordinary, was clearly looking for trouble.”

“She was trying to pick a fight with her every sentence. Each line she said was provocative.”

Miao Sensen gave a wry smile, “Facing this sort, I didn’t even dare to probe.”

I didn’t even dare to probe.

Although these words sounded disappointing, none of the people felt demoralized because they…all felt that their boss was right.

A fair-skinned man in black robes nearby nodded, “True. The old lady wanted to cause trouble, but didn’t seem to really want to fight us; on top of that, she had another aim in coming out, which was to recognize who we were.”

“She looked at every one of our faces just now.”

All nodded their heads in agreement.

The first thing the old lady did when she came out was to take a good, long look at each of their faces, which sent a chill up their spines when they thought about it.

She wants to remember us?

Miao Sensen sighed, saying, “That’s right. Yihwen, please continue.”

The man in black, Bai Yihwen, said, “So, the key point isn’t here, but on that guy. If one day something happens to him, whether he dies or whatever… I fear this old lady would come to our doorstep immediately.”

“It’s more a warning than a threat: I remember you! Behave from now on!”

Bai Yihwen concluded.

This conclusion silenced Miao Sensen and the others.

A warning.

Who could warn the Feiyi Hall of Great Yan?

When they thought about it, it was truly terrifying.

“This trip was full of mishaps.”

Another robust man murmured in annoyance. This guy had a white bandage on his shoulder, with hints of blood seeping through. Obviously, he had been injured in the previous battle.

“In life, who can always have their way?”

Miao Sensen calmly said, “There are too many people we can’t provoke. But does that mean we should stop living if we can’t provoke anyone?”

The woman in black, Bai Yixiu, smiled and said, “That’s right, boss is right. But hearing the word ‘can’t provoke’ from boss… It doesn’t sit well with us.”

Miao Sensen sighed, “There are countless people with remarkable abilities. It would be better to be careful.”

He gathered himself then said, “Now, let’s have a meeting. We have a few things to discuss. First, what should we do about the guy’s whereabouts? Second, the situation in the southern border is now directly affecting Great Yan; what should we do, speak your thoughts.”

When he finished speaking, a silence fell over them.

Everyone shut their mouths and began to ponder.

Those with the ability to think were genuinely pondering, while those without the ability also put on a serious thinking pose.

Everyone knew that although the boss seemed quite amiable at this moment, he had had one setback after another since coming here, and had almost been invited by the old lady for tea just now. His mood would definitely not be a happy one.

If one was to say the wrong thing or make a mistake at this moment, chances are, they would end up in some serious trouble.

The first to speak was the woman in black, Bai Yixiu.

“Boss, seeing as how Wu Tiejun is currently, he must have been focused on retreating due to time constraints and didn’t take the guy with them last time. This time he came back to fetch him.

After all, many of the Heavenly Clothes were severely injured last time, and the casualties were also heavy. It’s understandable that Wu Tiejun and He Bibiqu made such a choice.”

“Given this, there’s a great chance that the guy left on his own, in other words, he probably doesn’t favor Wu Tiejun or the invite from Heavenly Clothes. Therefore, there is a possibility that he would be recruited by other forces, at least he wouldn’t be a loyal member of Great Qin or Heavenly Clothes. Hmm, this point remains doubtful and needs further investigation.”

Bai Yihwen continued, “Xiu’er is right. I’d like to add a few points… According to the information, although the guy does have cultivation strength, his power is extraordinarily average, at best, at the peak of the acquired stage.

They only have two days’ time. Combined with the obviously man-made fire, even if they used some measures to make him leave that night, it would be difficult for him to have gone far.

The safest place nearby is undoubtedly Yuezhou City.”

Bai Yihwen confidently smiled, “The guy fled early, whether he guessed that we would come looking for trouble, or was trying to evade the Heavenly Clothes’ recruitment, he definitely plotted and planned it with long-term considerations. This person should be quite intelligent. And since he premeditated it, he surely knew that he can’t hide from us in the nearby mountains and forests given his cultivation level.

Hence, the place he is most likely to go to is Yuezhou City.

This is what the saying ‘darkest beneath the lamp’ truly means.

If he indeed doesn’t want to be taken away by the Heavenly Clothes, then one may infer that he is a person with peculiar character, or rather a person who insists on being free and uninhibited; then…
If he were purely seeking safety, he would follow He Bibiqu to Yuezhou without any delay.

On the contrary, if he’s seeking both safety and freedom, he would go to Yuezhou.”

Miao Sensen lightly nodded his head.

In a clear voice, Bai Yixiu continued, “If we continue thinking along these lines, when he arrives in Yuezhou, he will definitely not contact He Bibiqu, Wu Tiejun, and the others.

Therefore, he would have to change his appearance and body figure, which is not challenging for a doctor.

Furthermore, he will likely not practice medicine in Yuezhou City, at least not in the short term.

This way, although we have lost most of the clues to track him, we still have two leads to follow: one is about staying in the city, the other involves adopting new livelihood methods.

For the former possibility, he will need to eat, stay, travel and disguise himself… as for the second, he will have to make the decision himself about whether he will run a business related to medicine since he proclaimed himself a great doctor, or if he has other skills to depend upon for his livelihood.

Besides, this man is not very old, although he is smart, but he cannot have too much experience in the jianghu. Perhaps we can attack from here…”

Miao Sensen slowly nodded, “That’s a good point. This line of thought has almost taken shape based on our current clues. While there might be some missing points, they should not be too many.”

Miao Sensen rose to his feet, quietly looked up and restated his thoughts. He then asked in a solemn voice, “What else?”

Bai Yixiu said, “The situation now is different than before… This old lady, let’s assume she’s a big shot, the kind that we can’t afford to provoke. Normally, we should stop.”

Miao Sensen pondered for a moment and said, “That’s right.”

“But we can’t stop now.”

Bai Yixiu said, “Because through Wu Tiejun’s mouth, we already let the news get out that we killed that guy.”

As she said this, she sighed, subtly glanced at Miao Sensen.

The man in black, Bai Yihwen, also looked subtly at Miao Sensen and sighed.

Each person was inwardly feeling how unlucky their boss really was.

Really, everything had gone wrong on this outing.