Top-Tier Perception Starts From Basic Fist Techniques-Chapter 98.1: Newcomers Do Not Swallow Humiliation, Public Killing Shocks All! (I)
"Physician, we..." Lu Yang hesitated. He wanted to speak, but he stopped himself.
Zhang Xuan did not care about that at all and said with righteousness, "Physician Lu, it was Chen Yan's people. When he saw us spreading word outside, he sent people to beat us and threatened us to stop.
"He dared to do that because his elder brother is the deputy hall master of the Saber Hall. In truth, his skills are poor. He has been assigned to the Medical Hall for nearly two years, yet the merits he accumulated are still not enough to qualify him as a senior physician.
"You're a disciple of the renowned physician, Wu Jing, and your fame is rising so quickly, which is something he can no longer just watch from the sidelines."
Zhang Xuan's words were somewhat exaggerated, but he had roughly described the situation.
Chen Yan? Lu Changsheng fell into thought. Wherever people gather, there would inevitably be conflict, rivalry, interests, power struggles, and schemes. This saying remained true everywhere.
He was merely an ordinary physician who simply wanted a few more patients for himself, but he was already the subject of such envy that they didn't hesitate to beat up his apprentices.
Within the Four Seas Gang, no one would dare to assault a physician of the Medical Hall. Yet, apprentices were different; those gang members did not regard those apprentices as physicians. With a powerful enough backing, even beating an apprentice to death was of little consequence.
At most, it would simply result in a deduction of merit.
Lu Changsheng calmly asked, "Who beat you guys?"
"It was Chen Yan's two apprentices. They are called—" Zhang Xuan replied.
Lu Changsheng immediately raised his hand to stop Zhang Xuan. "I do not need to know their names. Let's go. Take me to those two."
Lu Changsheng rose to his feet.
"Ah? Physician Lu, you are going to confront those two apprentices personally?" Zhang Xuan was somewhat surprised. In truth, he had only been venting his grievances. Matters like this were usually brushed aside by physicians with a laugh.
Who would ever stand up for apprentices? Judging from Lu Changsheng's expression, he truly intended to do so.
"Physician Lu, we're fine. We just got beaten up. We can go back and apply some balm on our wounds," Lu Yang said, stepping forward to persuade Lu Changsheng.
However, Lu Changsheng said nothing more and walked straight to Chen Yan's room.
At the Medical Hall, each physician who saw patients was assigned a separate consulting room, and Chen Yan was no exception.
When Lu Changsheng entered, Chen Yan was inside with two apprentices, while several patients waited nearby. The patients were all members of the Four Seas Gang. Chen Yan appeared to be in his thirties. He had a large mole on his face, giving him a rather unsightly appearance.
However, Lu Changsheng did not look for Chen Yan. Instead, he went straight up to Chen Yan's apprentices and calmly asked, "Were you the ones who beat Zhang Xuan and Lu Yang?"
The two apprentices looked into Lu Changsheng's eyes and suddenly felt their hearts tighten. They immediately turned their heads to look at Chen Yan.
Chen Yan frowned and coldly asked, "Physician Lu, what do you think you are doing? This is my—"
Before he could finish, a flash of blood light flickered in Lu Changsheng's hand.
Splurt.
Lu Changsheng's blood qi transformed into a sword and pierced the throats of the two apprentices.
The two apprentices clutched their throats tightly and their gazes fixed on Chen Yan.
"Physician, save... save us..."
However, their throats were pierced, and blood was spraying out of the wound in copious amounts, so who could possibly save them?
Thud!
Something fell to the floor, breaking the stillness of the room, and the entire room erupted into an uproar. No one had expected that someone would dare to kill in public within the Medical Hall of the Four Seas Gang.
Moreover, the killer was a physician.
Chen Yan's face turned deathly pale in an instant. The first thing he felt was not anger, but fear. Lu Changsheng had actually killed someone. Moreover, as a physician of the Four Seas Gang, Chen Yan could tell at a glance that Lu Changsheng had killed through the projection of blood qi. In other words, Lu Changsheng wasn't merely a physician, but also a martial artist!
Chen Yan watched as Lu Changsheng walked toward him step by step, and his voice trembled uncontrollably as he stammered, "W-what are you going to do?"
"Nothing much. I only wish to offer a piece of advice. This sort of thing will happen only once. If there is a next time, I won't be killing just two apprentices. Physician Chen, you'd do well to bear that in mind."
After saying that, Lu Changsheng turned around and left.
Only Chen Yan and a group of Four Seas Gang members remained in the room. There were still two corpses there, but the patients showed no fear at all. On the contrary, some even appeared excited. After all, they were members of the Four Seas Gang; scenes of fighting and killing were nothing new to them.
Yet an incident like this was truly something new within the Four Seas Gang. Who could have imagined that the newly-arrived ordinary physician would be ruthless and decisive enough to kill two apprentices without any hesitation?
His methods were even harsher than those of the gang members who fought and killed daily. Moreover, those two were Chen Yan's apprentices!
"I asked around just now. The matter is actually very straightforward. Chen Yan sent his apprentices to beat up Physician Lu's apprentices, but no one expected Physician Lu to kill Chen Yan's apprentices in public.
"Tsk, tsk. With that temper and that courage, why be a physician at all? It would be a real waste not to roam the jianghu."
"Chen Yan is the younger brother of the deputy hall master of the Saber Hall. Physician Lu dared to disrespect him like that. I wonder what kind of backing does he have..."
"Physician Lu is the disciple of the renowned physician Wu Jing of Nanyang. I heard he inherited Wu Jing's legacy, and his medical skills are indeed good. I just did not expect Physician Lu to be able to kill as well, and to strike so decisively, at that. At a glance, it didn't seem like it was his first time."
"Physician Lu projected his blood qi just now. He transformed blood qi into a sword to kill the two apprentices. Those who can do that are most likely Organ Refinement martial artists. Hmm, this is going to be interesting. I wonder what Chen Yan and Deputy Hall Master Chen will do."
Many were waiting to watch a good show. Meanwhile, the utterly terrified Chen Yan took a long time to regain his composure.
Elsewhere, Lu Changsheng returned to his room. He looked calm and simply changed into a fresh set of clothes to continue receiving patients.
Surprisingly, the number of patients actually increased. Some of Chen Yan's patients from earlier even followed over to seek treatment from Lu Changsheng.
Some came for consultation, and the other asked for medicine. It seemed that they all couldn't care less about what had just happened.
Only Zhang Xuan and Lu Yang still showed lingering fear in their eyes.
"Physician Lu, you... you killed someone just now," Zhang Xuan said in a trembling voice.
Zhang Xuan was generally sharp, but in subtle ways. When faced with something like this, being able to speak was already good enough for him.
On the other hand, Lu Yang was so frightened that he could not utter a word and could only keep his head down and work.
"So what if I killed them?" Lu Changsheng replied and even revealed a faint smile. He had already left Nanyang Prefecture, so he no longer needed the identity of Zhuang Shisan. Moreover, his strength had greatly advanced, so he was no longer particularly concerned about his identity being exposed.
He acted only in accordance with his own heart. Was he supposed to act timidly even after cultivating invincibility? Was he supposed to rely on petty schemes after reaching such heights? That was nothing but foolishness.
Since he had sufficient strength, he naturally acted as he pleased.
Lu Changsheng could not be bothered to waste words on someone like Chen Yan. This time, he killed only Chen Yan's apprentices. If Chen Yan dared to make any further moves, Lu Changsheng would not hesitate to kill him as well.
At worst, he would simply leave the Four Seas Gang. If he truly wanted to leave, who could possibly stop him?
"Focus on your work. If you don't want to be bullied again, you'll need to practice martial arts as well. After all, medicine and martial skills go hand in hand. A good physician cannot stand in the jianghu without some means of self-defense.
"When the time comes, I'll teach you a few techniques to defend yourselves," Lu Changsheng said flatly.
Zhang Xuan and Lu Yang were overjoyed and immediately knelt on the ground to thank him. They knew that martial skills could change their fate. In particular, Zhang Xuan could tell that Lu Changsheng was far from what he appeared to be. If he is really just an ordinary physician, how could he kill so cleanly and decisively? Perhaps we've finally found a powerful backer!
