Chapter 55 - 55 55 Shocks the Bai Family (Please Follow)

Chapter 55: Chapter 55 Shocks the Bai Family (Please Follow) Chapter 55: Chapter 55 Shocks the Bai Family (Please Follow) Jiu Si?!

Everyone was shocked, speak of Cao Cao, and there Jiu Si was!

“Ah, he’s here!”

Bai rushed to the courtyard gate, opened it, and saw Chen Jie standing at the entrance.

“Jiu Si! You’ve come.”

“Auntie, good morning!”

Chen Jie nodded politely, stepped inside, and Bai said with a smile, “Have you eaten? Come, join us.”

“I’ve eaten, auntie.”

Chen Jie nodded, but for some reason, he felt that Bai was a bit strange today.

As he was pondering this, Doctor Bai spoke up, “Jiu Si, come over here!”

Chen Jie walked over, and Doctor Bai sized him up before saying, “Sit, I have something to ask you.”

“Oh, please ask, master. As it happens, I have something to tell you too!”

Chen Jie also replied, and hearing this, Doctor Bai looked at him and said, “I’ll ask first, do you know Ma Liu is dead?”

“Hm?”

Chen Jie looked utterly bewildered, his expression spot on; Wu Hong and Wu Zhong, observing him, couldn’t detect any flaws.

“Dead? Good riddance!”

Chen Jie made no attempt to hide his loathing for Ma Liu.

Doctor Bai and the other two saw no flaws and exchanged glances before Wu Zhong quickly asked, “Jiu Si, surely you didn’t kill this man, did you?”

“Ah?”

Chen Jie looked at Wu Zhong in surprise.

“Uncle Zhong, what do you mean by that?”

Wu Zhong said, “It’s nothing serious, just chitchat. If you did it, you have to tell me. Ma Liu was from the Yu Family, things could get messy.”

Chen Jie said, “Uncle, it really wasn’t me. Although I couldn’t stand Ma Liu and wished him dead, truth be told, there was no deep grudge or enmity between us that couldn’t be resolved.”

“How so?”

Wu Zhong looked at Chen Jie.

“Uncle Zhong, as you know, about my past with him, it was simply because he had led me to gamble. I lacked self-control then, and I was angry at myself for losing. What made me hate him was the debt collection two days ago. I truly wanted to kill him then!”

“It was too much to bear; one tael of silver became twenty-fivefold. But wasn’t this matter resolved by you, uncle?”

“Yes, it was resolved.”

Wu Zhong responded.

“Exactly, since the matter was resolved and there was no life or death enmity between us, he couldn’t threaten me anymore. There was no point provoking him; it was best if we just left each other alone. Why would I kill him? It makes no sense!”

“Moreover, I am now following master and learning medicine. In the future, I aspire to become a doctor. Ahead of me, there’s an unlimited future. It’s not worth risking my life over him now!”

Hearing this, Wu Zhong and the others nodded subtly; Chen Jiusi’s reasoning was sound.

Firstly, it could be ruled out that Chen Jie wasn’t a madman who would kill without reason.

Secondly, there was insufficient motive for Chen Jie to kill Ma Liu.

Their greatest conflict was over Ma Liu’s debt collection, but that had been resolved by Wu Zhong.

To kill over a matter that was already settled?

The motive was clearly insufficient!

Given Chen Jie’s character, he wouldn’t kill over a matter that had been resolved. If he truly wanted to kill, he wouldn’t have sought help in the first place!

The matter was settled, and then to kill, that would just stir up trouble!

That made no sense at all!

The three of them fell silent.

Chen Jie just silently watched the three of them, waiting for their assessment.

After a long while, Wu Zhong finally spoke, “Hmm, Jiu Si makes sense. He wouldn’t go as far as to kill Ma Liu over this. But Jiu Si, you indeed have a grudge with Ma Liu, I’m afraid the Yu Family will take their anger out on you!”

Chen Jie said, “The innocent remains innocent, and the guilty remains guilty. I don’t think the Yu Family will fail to discern right from wrong!”

Wu Hong, who was listening on the side, patted his chest and said, “You scared me. I almost thought it really was you, Jiu Si!”

Chen Jie smiled and said, “How could that be? I don’t have the guts for that!”

As they were talking, both of them laughed. While Wu Hong was laughing, his expression suddenly became serious, and he quickly reached out to grab Chen Jie’s shoulder.

Startled, Chen Jie subconsciously threw a punch using Grand Ancestor Long Fist. As their hands intercepted, Chen Jie felt a tremendous force easily blocking his hand, and in the next moment, Wu Hong’s hand was already on his neck.

If this had been a life-and-death struggle, Chen Jie might have already been a goner.

“Eh~”

However, facing such a drastic change, Chen Jie wasn’t flustered, though Wu Hong let out a sound of surprise and disbelief.

Wu Zhong shouted from the side, “Hong’er, what are you doing?”

Wu Hong then came back to his senses, realizing that he had been somewhat rude.

However, he didn’t mind it and instead asked in amazement, “Jiu Si, have you taken some powerful supplementary medicine? How have you progressed so much in strength? You’re almost at the Skin Buff Realm!”

The reason he had acted so impetuously was that he felt Chen Jie’s strength seemed to have risen, so he couldn’t resist testing it out. The result turned out to be an unexpected discovery.

“Skin Buff Realm, so soon?”

Hearing Wu Hong’s words, Wu Zhong also reached out a palm to Chen Jie.

Chen Jie knew it was a test and threw a punch in response. Following the clash of fist and palm with a thud, Chen Jie stepped back two steps.

A look of astonishment appeared on Wu Zhong’s face, “He really is about to enter the Skin Buff Realm. This talent is too terrifying!”

“I remember it took me over a year to reach the Skin Buff Realm when I was younger. Right, Dad?”

Doctor Bai was also full of surprise at this point, and without paying attention to Wu Zhong, he looked at Chen Jie with suspicion and said, “Jiu Si, come here.”

Chen Jie walked over, and Doctor Bai felt Chen Jie’s pulse, his expression becoming even more doubtful.

“How long did you soak in the medicinal bath yesterday?”

Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, “I’m not quite sure. I fell asleep in the middle of it, but I was in there for at least three ‘two-hour periods’!”

“How long?”

Doctor Bai stood up, leaning on the chair armrest.

“Three ‘two-hour periods’. What’s wrong, Master?”

Chen Jie asked with concern, and Doctor Bai said, “Three ‘two-hour periods’, that medicine is so potent. How could you dare to soak for so long? Didn’t I say to get up immediately if you felt uncomfortable?”

Chen Jie replied, “Yes, I know. But I fell asleep and didn’t feel uncomfortable. Moreover, when I woke up, the water from the medicinal bath had cleaned up!”

“Hiss~”

Hearing these words, Wu Hong and Wu Zhong both gasped in shock.

They both had used Doctor Bai’s medicinal bath before. The longest anyone had soaked was Wu Hong, who couldn’t stand one ‘two-hour period.’ Wu Zhong couldn’t even last half a ‘two-hour period.’

But this Chen Jiu Si had actually soaked for three ‘two-hour periods.’

How could this be possible!

How could his body withstand it!

The three of them looked at Chen Jie in amazement, and Doctor Bai asked, “Jiu Si, didn’t you feel even the slightest bit of discomfort?”

Chen Jie shook his head and said, “No.”

Hearing this, the three looked at each other, feeling a huge impact on their perspective on life.

Was it even possible to soak in the medicinal bath like that?

Or could it be that Chen Jiu Si was the ‘Primordial Holy Body of Medicine Bath?’

The three of them stared at him in astonishment when Chen Jie scratched his chin and said, “Uh, Master, I have something else to tell you. I think I’ve improved your prescription!”