Water Ink Panel: Starting with Bow Technique to Hunt the Sun and Patrol the Skies
Chapter 60 - 59 Aunt Encounters Trouble

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[Skill: Wind Defying Finger (Skillfully)]

[Progress: 0/200 points]

[Status: Cannot be improved]

To Shen Qing, the breakthrough process seemed to take a long time, but in the eyes of the disciples in the inner courtyard, it was only five or six breaths.

In such a short time, they were unaware of Shen Qing's breakthrough.

Most people were just watching the excitement, but a few disciples with keen sight vaguely noticed some subtle changes in Shen Qing.

But that was all.

These people knew more or less about Shen Qing's background. Apart from slight surprise and envy, their faces showed some emotion, but they were not shocked.

Once Shen Qing finished, the onlookers quickly withdrew their gaze and focused on practicing their movement techniques.

The sound of slapping and hitting the Wooden Dummy reappeared in the inner courtyard.

Having mastered the movement technique, Shen Qing had no intention to show off. He digested the changes in his physical and mental breakthroughs, gathered his spirit, and quickly walked towards the pharmacy in the Outer Court.

What Linfeng Hall called a pharmacy was merely a converted small compartment from a servant's dwelling.

Upon entering, one could see a brick wall with cabinets full of various herbs, emitting a strong medicinal fragrance.

Three stoves were placed in the center of the room, each with a pot bubbling with steam, and the bitter medicinal smell constantly entered Shen Qing's nostrils.

A Fu stood by the medicinal pots, occasionally adding some firewood. Noticing the noise at the door, he turned and smiled, "Junior Brother Shen, is there something you need?"

Shen Qing cupped his fists and said, "Is Senior Brother in the courtyard today?"

Now that he had broken through the Wind Defying Finger movement technique, he definitely needed to practice the subsequent fighting style, stretching and bone strengthening.

Since the master entrusted him to Ouyang Tiezhu, if he wanted to learn, he naturally had to find him.

A Fu picked up a thin branch, broke it into several pieces, stuffed them under the stove, and added some fire, saying, "Senior Brother went out to handle something for your Seventh Master."

Seventh Master? Aunt?

Shen Qing frowned with concern, "What's wrong with Aunt? Hasn't she been feeling unwell lately?"

A Fu sighed, "Last time on the way back from Jifu Temple, we got ambushed by the Mi Gang. She couldn't keep the child."

"What?" Shen Qing was shocked and hurried forward to ask, "What exactly happened?"

A Fu finished adding fire to the remaining two stoves, patted his hands, and stood up, saying, "Do you know how many mistresses our master has?"

"My aunt is Miss Qi, so there must be seven!" Shen Qing said almost without thinking.

"There are now three."

Shen Qing looked at A Fu in surprise, "Why only three?"

A Fu enjoyed Shen Qing's expression, "The first mistress died from illness before our master was successful. The second and third mistresses were killed by enemies; the incident also took a young master and a young lady."

"The sixth mistress died in childbirth, leaving only the fourth, fifth, and seventh mistresses."

Hearing this, Shen Qing didn't know how to respond.

"Your aunt encountered something similar." A Fu, unfazed, said, "Nothing can be done. Our master, from a lowly background, relies solely on martial arts. It's normal to have enemies while establishing a foothold in the county."

Shen Qing asked, "What's with the Mi Gang?"

"It's a long story."

"Make it short."

"..." A Fu's face froze, as if someone grabbed his neck; a bunch of words was shoved back down by a stick.

He mumbled a bit, then dejectedly said, "The Mi Gang was just a small city gang, but after the old county magistrate died last year, the court parachuted a new county magistrate in. They connected with the government office and now control part of the grain business in the county, becoming a big gang. It's like a puppet gang supported by the current government office."

"They handle some unspeakable tasks for the government office. Our master used to work for the previous county government, so relations with the new government office are awkward. Plus, our master killed one of the Mi Gang boss's sons before, so... this happened."

Shen Qing got a rough idea of the reasons behind it and asked, "How is the strength of the Mi Gang boss? Can our master defeat him?"

"In the past, they were evenly matched with our master, but now they've tied up with the government, so it's hard to say." A Fu said with a few worries in his voice, "The disciples and forces under the Mi Gang are stronger than ours. Sigh... I hear they want to make a move against us. Your aunt's incident was just a signal."

Shen Qing could hear the not-too-favorable situation Linfeng Hall was in.

Otherwise, A Fu's tone wouldn't be so disheartened.

Shen Qing sighed helplessly in his heart.

Since you've come, settle in.

All the Martial Arts Halls and gangs in the county look at money first, then background, and lastly at sight.

If he wanted to learn martial arts, there weren't too many choices, and even if he joined another, the treatment wouldn't be much better.

First, learn the skills diligently before anything else.

At this moment, a maid came in from outside, interrupting the two, "Is the medicine ready?"

"Yes, I've poured it into a meal box for Miss Dongxue to warm." A Fu lifted a square meal box.

The maid, Dongxue, took the meal box and intended to leave without lingering.

Shen Qing quickly called out, "Sister, please wait."

The maid, Dongxue, turned and glanced Shen Qing over, "What is it?"

"I'm Miss Qi's nephew; she is my aunt. I just heard about my aunt's incident and want to visit the inner courtyard; could you please inform them?"

"Wait here; I'll go check." The maid, Dongxue, said before heading to the Li Family's inner courtyard.

Once the maid, Dongxue, left, Shen Qing hurriedly went to the Outer Court to find Shen Xiaohu and gave him some Silver, asking him to buy some supplements quickly.

A moment later, Shen Xiaohu returned with red dates, longan, black sesame, astragalus, brown sugar, and other items beneficial to women, handed them to Shen Qing.

It was just in time for the maid, Dongxue, to return, "The master allowed you to visit Miss Qi. Follow me, I'll take you inside."

"Thank you."

Shen Qing carried a large bag and followed the maid, Dongxue, toward the inner courtyard.

Linfeng Hall had three courtyards in total.

Li Linfeng and the women lived in the third courtyard.

After a while, Shen Qing was brought to a room's door.

The maid, Dongxue, stepped forward, knocked on the door, and said, "Miss Qi, your nephew is here; he wants to see you."

"Come in."

From inside came a familiar woman's voice, sounding somewhat exhausted and weak.

The maid, Dongxue, opened the wooden door of the room for Shen Qing, stepping aside.

Shen Qing nodded in thanks, stepped over the threshold, and quickly walked in.

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