Chapter 1040: Chapter 1040: Disheveled and Ashen-Faced

Essence is born in the kidneys, blood is born in the spleen, nourished by the five organs and six viscera.

The decoctions Xu Shaohui drank weren’t to replenish his essence and blood, but rather had the effect of regenerating them.

However, this effect was not very noticeable, but better than nothing.

Once all the treatments are completed, those medicines will have such a small effect on Xu Shaohui that even the regenerated essence and blood are just a little bit.

Perhaps, they can prolong Xu Shaohui’s life by another eight or nine years.

Eight or nine years is actually quite a lot.

The Xu Family used countless medicines on Xu Shaohui over these years, only to keep him alive, like a plant that can’t even blink his eyes.

And during these eight to nine years, his body might be somewhat weak, yet he can walk and move like a normal person, completely reversing his fate, thanks mostly to the two rare spirit medicines.

Lin Tian withdrew his hand, then sighed deeply and relaxed his energy.

Glancing out the window, it was already sunset with the moon rising, stars sparse in the sky. He checked his watch; it was already 2:30 AM, over a dozen hours passed.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly.

A gust of wind blew in from the window, sending chills down one’s spine.

Lin Tian got out of bed, gave Xu Shaohui a simple massage, tucked him in, and then stretched lazily as he walked out of the room.

The spiritual qi within his Sea of Qi was once again depleted; even without taking a Qi Increasing Elixir, he needed some good rest.

Lin Tian opened the door. As soon as he stepped out, Xv Baiping, who was dozing off on a chair, was startled awake.

Miaoqiu looked energetic, being a mid-level Martial Artist after all.

"Lin Tian, how did it go?" Xv Baiping asked anxiously.

Miaoqiu glanced at Lin Tian and said, "Mom, you see him smiling, everything must have gone well."

Lin Tian nodded in agreement.

Only then did Xv Baiping let out a long breath, feeling relieved.

"Auntie, have you been at the door all this time?" Lin Tian asked.

Miaoqiu replied, "Yeah, we didn’t feel like sleeping. I wanted to peek through the door crack, but unfortunately, our door fits tightly, so I couldn’t see anything inside. It drove me crazy."

"Thank you for your hard work," Lin Tian said softly.

It seemed that over the years, this mother and daughter rarely had a good night’s sleep, always worrying about something, how could they sleep well?

Especially over the past few days, Xv Baiping had been talking with Mei Ruyan all night, worried about her disappearance, hardly resting well.

"What’s there to thank us for? Aren’t you the one working the hardest?" Xv Baiping smiled at Lin Tian and said, "Miaoqiu is so lucky to have found such a good man."

"Mom~" Miaoqiu drew out the word, shaking Xv Baiping’s arm playfully, "Why are you saying this all of a sudden?"

"Hehehe, alright, I won’t say it," Xv Baiping laughed a few times and then looked at Lin Tian, asking, "Are you hungry now? I’ll go make something for you."

Lin Tian quickly stopped her, not daring to let her go.

"Then I’ll go check on your uncle," Xv Baiping said again.

"Uncle has had a long day too, let him rest well for today, visit tomorrow. You need to rest as well, being frail means taking more rest," Lin Tian said.

Miaoqiu nodded in agreement, "Exactly, exactly."

Unable to resist the young couple, Xv Baiping agreed to go to sleep.

...

Bam!

Bam!

Bam!

"Lin Tian! Open the door!"

The next morning, Lin Tian was still asleep when he heard someone banging on the door like a demolition team trying to tear it down.

Lin Tian sat up immediately, shouting towards the door, "Why are you making such noise early in the morning? Don’t you know it’s bad to disturb people’s sleep?"

"Lin Tian! You tricked me!" Xiang Ming shouted, and started banging the door again.

Lin Tian tossed the blanket aside, got up, and leapt to the door. Being awakened by such noise wasn’t pleasant for anyone.

Lin Tian turned the lock; as soon as he opened the door, Xiang Ming kicked in, only to miss and fell doing a split on the ground.

Lin Tian instinctively frowned, that looked painful!

Then quickly covered his ears.

"Ah~"

Sure enough, a sharp scream pierced the air, its high pitch made one’s heart tremble.

Xiang Ming grimaced in pain, clutching his groin and rolling on the ground twice, tears starting to escape.

Suddenly, he glared back and looked at Lin Tian viciously, "You did it on purpose!"

"How am I doing it on purpose? Weren’t you the one telling me to open the door?"

"You!"

"Me?"

Xiang Ming clenched his teeth, pointed at Lin Tian and snorted heavily, blaming him entirely.

Although he couldn’t get revenge now, he decided to remember this.

Lin Tian turned on the light inside the room, only then noticed Xiang Ming was all dusty, with dirt all over his body, his hair messy and dirty; even his clothes had a big hole, looking like a little beggar.

"Didn’t I tell you to go to your uncle’s house? Why do you look like you begged for food?" Lin Tian asked curiously.

"How dare you ask!" Xiang Ming held onto the wall, slowly getting up, angrily saying, "You scoundrel, you obviously set me up!"

Lin Tian was even more puzzled, asking, "How did I set you up?"

"You told me to go to my uncle’s house, why didn’t you tell me you beat my aunt within an inch of life? Her jaw dislocated, internal injuries all over her body, couldn’t tell how many bones were broken. If it wasn’t for my master being there, they would have vented their anger on me, I almost couldn’t make it back!"

Lin Tian said, "It’s not that serious."

"Not that serious!" Xiang Ming stood in front of Lin Tian, hands on his hips saying, "Look at me, what did they do to me?"

"You do look quite pitiful." Lin Tian found a chair to sit on, asking, "Were you beaten? It shouldn’t be, if beaten, you’re not just looking dusty."

"I wasn’t beaten, just got played around, scared half to death," Xiang Ming said angrily, "I am not taking on such a hard task anymore!"

"Played around? How were you played? Your master was there, how could someone play you?" Lin Tian asked, crossing his legs.

Xiang Ming snorted and said, "My master got played too! His eyes were red, looking like he wanted to kill someone! His whereabouts are unknown now!"

"Red eyes?" Lin Tian immediately thought of the Heart Demon. He quickly urged, "Tell me what happened at your uncle’s house."

"You tell me, and I’ll tell? "

Lin Tian said with a serious tone, "Quickly!"

"Alright, alright, I’ll tell, why so fierce?" Xiang Ming snorted again, sat on another chair, mimicking Lin Tian in crossing his legs, and started speaking, "I followed your instruction, called my master, took some medicines and went to my uncle’s house. As soon as I entered, my second uncle (Xu Xichao) took a stick and wanted to drive us out, but then my first uncle (Xu Shaohui) invited us in..."