Medical and Martial God

Lying unconscious on the sofa, Song Yushu groggily woke up. The first person she saw was Jiao Fuping, and she immediately started cursing.

"Jiao Fuping, you shameless scoundrel! If you have any guts, go challenge Ye Liangchen one-on-one! Capturing me..."

Before she could finish, Ye Xiu flicked his finger, and she fell back into a deep sleep.

Seeing this, Jiao Fuping’s composure collapsed. He had unsealed Song Yushu’s sleep acupoint so that she would see Ye Liangchen coming to her rescue. He hoped she would say something emotional to stall for time.

But the moment Song Yushu woke up, Ye Xiu knocked her unconscious again!

"Since you don’t wish to kill yourself, I suppose I’ll have to do it myself!"

With a cold expression, Ye Xiu walked toward Jiao Fuping.

This frightened Jiao Fp_ing out of his wits. He cried out desperately, "Don’t come any closer! Take one more step, and I’ll kill Song Yushu!"

"You think you can?" Ye Xiu said disdainfully. He raised his right hand, sending out an invisible stream of Blade Qi that cleanly severed Jiao Fuping’s dagger-wielding right arm at the shoulder.

"AHHH!"

Jiao Fuping screamed in agony as his arm was severed.

"I told you, if I have to make a move, you’ll die a gruesome death!"

Ye Xiu didn’t stop walking, his expression cold and his voice even colder.

Jiao Fuping panicked. Terrified, he wailed, "Fire-Water Judges, save me, save me..."

The Fire-Water Judges could only sneer. We can barely protect ourselves, so how could we possibly save you?

Just then, the door to the private room opened, and Dong Fangbai walked in backward. This time, he skipped his usual opening line and said solemnly, "Ye Xiu, do me a favor and spare the lives of Jiao Fuping and the Fire-Water Judges."

Ye Xiu?

Jiao Fuping and the Fire-Water Judges were stunned for a moment. Then, the three of them widened their eyes in shock as they stared at him.

This fellow called Ye Liangchen is actually Xuanse, the Medicine King, Ye Xiu? 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

As if struck by lightning, Jiao Fuping finally understood. No wonder Ye Liangchen’s Medical Skills were so monstrously effective. This guy was Ye Xiu all along!

"What makes you think you have any sway with me?" Ye Xiu asked.

"I do. I was ordered to kill you, but I never made a move. Therefore, you owe me your life. Now, if you let Jiao Fuping and the Fire-Water Judges go, we’ll be even," Dong Fangbai said.

"Are you sure you could have killed me?" Ye Xiu inquired.

Dong Fangbai fell silent. Before today, he had been confident he could kill Ye Xiu. But after witnessing Ye Xiu take down the Fire-Water Judges in a single move, he realized Ye Xiu was stronger than him. He was also relieved that he hadn’t attacked Ye Xiu; otherwise, he would surely be the one dead.

"Spare their lives, and you can consider it a favor I owe you," Dong Fangbai said, having retreated until he stood before Ye Xiu, his back still turned toward him.

Ye Xiu’s eyebrows furrowed. "When the Fire-Water Judges wanted to kill me earlier, you didn’t plead for my sake. Now that I want to kill them, you come begging on their behalf. Dong Fangbai, if it weren’t for An Dongye, I would deal with you today as well."

Dong Fangbai didn’t dare plead for Jiao Fuping and the Fire-Water Judges any longer. He was afraid that Ye Xiu, in a fit of anger, might actually finish him off.

"I have a few questions for the three of you," Ye Xiu said, looking coldly at Jiao Fuping and the Fire-Water Judges. "Whoever can answer them all gets to live."

The three men’s eyes lit up as if they had just grabbed their last lifeline. They nodded repeatedly, indicating they would hold nothing back.

Ye Xiu began his questioning, his goal to determine if they had been involved in framing him ten years ago. "Medicine King Valley gave the Reformist Faction three chances. Regarding the first two, when did they start, and when did they end?"

"I know!" Jiao Fuping blurted out. "The first chance was twenty years ago, but it failed after five years. The second was eleven years ago, and it failed in less than two."

Ye Xiu narrowed his eyes. The timeline for the Reformist Faction’s second chance overlaps with when I made my debut and when I was framed.

He asked, "How did the second chance fail?"

Jiao Fuping opened his mouth to speak but hesitated.

"It was because of you!" the short, fat man said. "The second chance was proceeding smoothly until you burst onto the scene ten years ago, claimed the title of Medicine King, and became famous worldwide. The Reformist Faction’s plan failed because of that."

So, I didn’t just ruin the Reformist Faction’s third chance; I ruined their second one, too. That means they had a motive to frame me!

He then asked, "Did the Reformist Faction participate in the plot to frame me ten years ago?"

The short, fat man hesitated for a moment before saying, "The Reformist Faction did not participate in framing you ten years ago. However, when you were smuggled out of the country, the snakehead who sold you to the Xipoloya training camp was arranged by them."

This statement finally cleared up years of confusion for Ye Xiu. He had always wondered back then... although he was infamous across the country and hunted with nowhere to run, he hadn’t actually broken any laws, nor was he a wanted fugitive. He shouldn’t have needed to be smuggled out of the country at all.

It was Qin Qing who had arranged it, fearing assassins would be waiting for him if he tried to leave through official channels. When she chose that route, it had been thoroughly investigated. The smuggling organization was professional, paid to do a job, and had a solid reputation from its long-term operations.

And yet, on his trip, the snakehead sold him and all the other stowaways to the Xipoloya training camp.

So it was all a scheme by the Reformist Faction of Medicine King Valley.

"So... do you have any more questions?" the short, fat man asked weakly.

Ye Xiu thought for a moment. "Do you know where the Long Family Headquarters is?"

"I do!" the short, fat man nodded. "I’ve been there."

"Good!" Ye Xiu took out his phone and pulled up a satellite map of Hundred Flowers Valley. "Come over here. Point out the Long Family Headquarters for me, and show me where Medicine King Valley is as well."

"Okay!" The short, fat man came over and guided Ye Xiu, finding the locations of the Long Family Headquarters and Medicine King Valley on the satellite map.

After he was finished, he said, "I’ve told you everything you wanted to know. I hope you will keep your promise and spare my life."

"Did I say that?" Ye Xiu feigned confusion.

The short, fat man grew anxious. "You did say that!"

An Dongye murmured, "Little brother, you did indeed say that."

"I can testify to that," Dong Fangbai said.

"We can testify too," Jiao Fuping and the tall, thin man added.

Ye Xiu frowned. Is it really this much trouble to kill this guy?

After a moment of thought, he said, "I have one more question. If you can answer it, I’ll let you go."

"Ask!" the short, fat man said eagerly.

Ye Xiu pondered for a moment. "A bear falls into a trap that is 19.617 meters deep. The fall takes exactly 2 seconds. Tell me, what color is the bear?"

The short, fat man: "???"

An Dongye: "???"

Dong Fangbai: "???"

Jiao Fuping and the tall, thin man: "???"

What kind of question is that? It’s obviously a trick question designed to kill him!

The short, fat man panicked and yelled angrily, "Ye Xiu, your question is missing key information! You obviously have no intention of sparing me and are just making things difficult!"

Ye Xiu shrugged. "How is the information incomplete? A fall of 19.617 meters in 2 seconds gives us a local gravity of 9.8085 m/s², which corresponds to a latitude of 44 degrees. Since this is a ground trap for a terrestrial bear, not a polar bear, the bear is brown."