Phi-Fic Chapter 145 The Divine Physician and the Regent's Wife (7)
Chapter 145 The Divine Physician and the Regent's Wife (7)
Lin Jingyi, who had a hearty meal and packed some leftovers, couldn't help but sigh that the public's choice was the best.
This restaurant uses fresh ingredients, the portions are generous, and the prices are not too expensive.
Lin Jingyi stroked his belly contentedly, letting out a sigh in his heart.
"Waiter, check out."
After packing everything up, Lin Jingyi prepared to pay the bill and leave.
The shopkeeper came in, carrying an abacus.
They kept knocking and tapping: "Please wait a moment, sir, while we calculate your fortune."
They were a little embarrassed when they looked at Lin Jingyi and said that it was the first time they had ever met someone who ordered all the dishes and... finished them all.
The shopkeeper kept glancing at Lin Jingyi's stomach, which was flat and didn't look like he had eaten that much.
"The total is 1,523 taels. Let me round it down for you. With the 500 taels deposit you paid, you only need to pay 1,000 taels, sir."
After calculating for a while, the shopkeeper said to Lin Jingyi, glancing at Lin Jingyi's side and looking under the table.
This is unbelievable.
The shopkeeper wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his legs trembling uncontrollably, and he felt that the girl in front of him might be some kind of spirit in disguise.
Even a normal girl wouldn't eat that much.
Lin Jingyi nodded upon hearing this. It was quite expensive when calculated this way, but he understood when he thought about the precious ingredients among them.
He took out the silver notes from his pocket and handed them directly to the shopkeeper, then prepared to get up and leave.
The shopkeeper was giving her a strange look, and she was trembling. Lin Jingyi looked at the shopkeeper, puzzled.
"Is the shopkeeper feeling unwell?"
The shopkeeper, who thought Lin Jingyi was about to leave, was startled by Lin Jingyi's call and trembled slightly. He smiled and said, "No, it's the first time I've cooked all the dishes on the menu. I'm quite excited."
The innkeeper replied with an awkward laugh, "There's nothing under the table. The girl's figure is about the same as when she first arrived. So... where did those hundred-plus dishes go?"
And there's that whole roasted lamb that's half a person tall.
Lin Jingyi turned and went out.
As soon as I stepped out of the private room, I saw that the outside was full of people.
Even after Lin Jingyi came out, these people were still craning their necks to try and see into the private room.
Seeing that the innkeeper was still trembling in the private room and looking at Lin Jingyi as if he were a monster, everyone fell silent, their eyes following Lin Jingyi's movements.
Fear and curiosity mingled, and as Lin Jingyi approached, everyone automatically made way for him.
Lin Jingyi: "What are you all doing standing here?"
She thought she had spoken very gently, but as soon as she finished speaking, they all disappeared.
Lin Jingyi: ...
"Young lady, are you the only one in that private room?" one of the elderly women, who hadn't managed to run away in time, asked Lin Jingyi, leaning on her cane.
"Hmm." Lin Jingyi was puzzled, but still nodded heavily.
"My goodness, Amitabha... Bodhisattva, please protect me, Bodhisattva..."
The old lady glanced at Lin Jingyi's stomach, muttered something, and ran away as fast as she could.
Lin Jingyi knew that he had made quite a commotion, and since he was being misunderstood, he didn't explain and simply went downstairs and left.
I felt a little regretful that I hadn't worn a veil back then.
After Lin Jingyi left, the people who had disappeared suddenly reappeared from various corners of the restaurant and began discussing what had happened that night.
Yes, by the time Lin Jingyi finished his meal, it was already dark.
Although it was dark, the streets outside were still bustling with activity, and pedestrians were constantly moving about.
The moonlight was bright in the sky, and even without any lamps lit, one could still find the way back to the inn by its glow.
As she walked from the restaurant toward the inn, she encountered Xuan San, who had come looking for her.
“Miss Xie, it’s getting late, please come back with me.”
Xuan Yi and the other man began to feel anxious as they watched as darkness fell and they still hadn't seen Lin Jingyi return.
They went out to look for him, but couldn't find him anywhere. They had no choice but to contact the bodyguard who was following Lin Jingyi, only to learn that Lin Jingyi had gone into a restaurant and hadn't come out yet.
So Xuan San waited at the restaurant entrance for a long time, but Lin Jingyi didn't come out. He began to suspect that the other party had disguised himself and escaped.
But trusting his bodyguards, he insisted on waiting for another two hours.
Xuan San was still very happy to see Lin Jingyi come out.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jingyi looked up at the sky, where the stars were already twinkling brightly.
"Okay." Lin Jingyi had finished shopping and eating, so he wanted to go home.
They followed Xuan San back to the inn.
Xuan San was very curious about what Lin Jingyi had done, having stayed in a restaurant for nearly two hours.
But he was still a subordinate, and even though his real master was Huangfu Yaoyu, he wouldn't ask such questions about spying on other people's whereabouts.
After returning, Lin Jingyi went straight to his room.
The money was well spent; she couldn't believe how spacious the room was, with all sorts of daily necessities.
After a quick wash, Lin Jingyi moved a chair to the window, opened it, and blew out the candle.
After casting an illusion to confuse the five guards outside, Lin Jingyi sat cross-legged by the window, releasing his daytime inhibitions under the moonlight.
As soon as he started practicing his technique, the surrounding spiritual energy surged towards Lin Jingyi in an overwhelming manner.
Lin Jingyi absorbed spiritual energy, filling his meridians and dantian, and used this spiritual energy to break through the barrier.
As the spiritual energy increased, the barrier became thinner and thinner until it finally broke through. Countless streams of spiritual energy surged in, and Lin Jing closed his eyes to absorb it, consolidating his realm.
She is now in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, having just broken through the initial barrier.
Riding the momentum of his breakthrough, Lin Jingyi activated the Cosmic Technique, absorbing various energies from the air.
With his rich cultivation experience, Lin Jingyi's cultivation level rose rapidly.
Lin Jingyi cultivated until almost dawn, then got up and went to bed.
The next morning, Lin Jing also heard the system calling her to get up.
[Host, wake up, get up.]
Lin Jingyi wasn't sleepy to begin with, but he got up as soon as he heard the system's words. He had only been up for a short while when there was a knock on the door.
"Thank you, Miss Xie." Xuan Yi knocked on Lin Jingyi's door and spoke tentatively.
"I'm up, wait a moment." Lin Jingyi got up, packed his bags, and slung them over his shoulder, ready to set off.
"Let's go," Lin Jingyi said to Xuan Yi.
When Lin Jingyi and Xuan came downstairs, Xuan San had already gone to the stables to bring out the horses and loaded them into the carriage.
They entered the carriage, and it started moving in no time.
Lin Jingyi spent his time in the carriage eating, sleeping, and even reading medical books, feeling quite fulfilled.
Xuan Yi and Xuan San found it troublesome to enter the town, as they not only had to take detours but also had to constantly follow Xie Yuan.
Five days later, Lin Jingyi was reading in the carriage as usual when the carriage suddenly stopped.
The sounds of clashing weapons could be heard outside.
"What happened outside?" Hearing the noise, Lin Jingyi put down his book and peeked out to ask Xuan Yi.
"Miss Xie, there's a fight going on up ahead."
Xuan glanced at it and answered honestly.
Looking in that direction, Lin Jingyi felt that two of the figures moving around there looked somewhat familiar.
"I'll go take a look," Lin Jingyi said, preparing to get out of the car.
Before they could go down, Xuan San stopped them.
"Miss Xie, the fighting ahead is dangerous. Let's stay away from it."
Xuan San felt that Miss Xie had wasted several days of her time by trying to see everything along the way.
Lin Jingyi was somewhat displeased at being stopped.
"It's alright, I'm not afraid, I know martial arts."
Well, after cultivating day and night these past few days, she has already reached the peak of the late Qi Refining stage. Reaching the Foundation Establishment stage is just a matter of accumulating spiritual energy.
However, no matter how much she accumulated, she was never able to break through the critical point.
Seeing the furrowed brows on Lin Jingyi's face, Xuan Yi and Xuan San fell silent. Finally, they exchanged a glance and decided to escort Lin Jingyi to watch the show, while the other stayed behind to watch the carriage.
As he approached, Lin Jingyi could clearly see the battle situation ahead.
He then recognized one of them as Xie Yuan's older brother, Xie Qing, and the other as Xie Yuan's senior brother, Yun Rong.
The eldest brother was from the Yun Kingdom. He was born with a poison. The Yun Kingdom emperor loved his son dearly, so he took his son to the Valley of Divine Physicians to treat his injuries.
After discovering Yunrong's medical talent, Xie's father decided to take Yunrong as his apprentice.
At that time, Xie Qing and Xie Yuan were not yet born, and Xie's parents treated Yun Rong fairly well.
At this moment, the two were engaged in a fierce battle with more than a dozen people, yet they were not at a disadvantage at all.
During the fight, Yun Rong spotted Lin Jingyi standing aside watching the show, and was secretly delighted.
Wanting to end the battle as soon as possible, he took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket.
"Ah Qing, hold your breath."
After saying that, Yun Rong opened the porcelain bottle, took out the powder inside, and threw it at the group of people. The two who were fighting with him were poisoned even faster because they inhaled the powder and then quickly circulated their internal energy. Before long, the group of people collapsed to the ground, and several corpses appeared on the ground.
After seeing that Zhen had fallen to the ground, Yun Rong put away the porcelain bottle and walked towards Lin Jingyi.
Xie Qing looked in the direction Yun Rong had gone and saw Lin Jingyi standing to the side watching the show.
"Who are you?" Xuan Yi drew his sword and stood in front of Lin Jingyi, blocking his way.
He asked Yunrong with a wary look on his face. He had seen it clearly; the blue-robed man in front of him had spilled something, which was why those people had fallen unconscious.
Lin Jingyi pushed Xuan Yi aside and said to Xuan Yi, "This is my senior brother Yun Rong, and next to him is my elder brother Xie Qing."
After Lin Jingyi gave a brief introduction, Xuan Yi finally sheathed his drawn sword.
"Excuse me." Xuan Yi cupped his hands in apology.
Seeing Xuan Yi's protectiveness towards Lin Jingyi, Yun Rong assumed that this was the person Xie Yuan had eloped with. The light that had lit up when she found Lin Jingyi dimmed at the thought.
I'm so happy that Yuan Yuan has met someone who truly treats her well, but I can't help feeling a pang of sadness.
Yun Rong nodded without replying, staring intently at Lin Jingyi.
"How have you been these days, Yuan Yuan?" She was still his junior sister, which gave him a legitimate reason to be by her side.
At this moment, Xie Qing also walked over from the side.
When she saw Lin Jingyi, her face was full of smiles, and she was very happy.
"Xie Yuan, you've got guts now? Daring to run away from home." Xie Qing was furious at the thought of her younger sister running off with another man.
He was anxious, fearing that his sister might be deceived or harmed while she was out alone.
Now that he saw his younger sister standing safely in front of him, the tension he had been holding in finally eased.
But I still can't help but want to scold her, hoping she won't do it again next time.
Since discovering the letter from their younger sister who had run away from home, Mr. and Mrs. Xie were heartbroken and couldn't recover for a long time.
Yun Rong and Xie Qing had no choice but to search for Xie Yuan together.