Chapter 138 - 130: Yun Buliu vs. Yun Feng

Chapter 138: Chapter 130: Yun Buliu vs. Yun Feng

"Yun Buliu only ever had two apprentices. His first apprentice was an orphan he took in and raised, whom he named Yun Feng!" The courtyard gate suddenly opened, and someone walked in, picking up where Chen Xiaoqi had left off.

It was Yun Chu. Su Tan had yet to treat her today, but she visited him daily without fail. That was his impression of her.

"Yun Feng possessed an incredibly high aptitude for Alchemy Skill, displaying astonishing talent from a young age," Yun Chu explained. "Delighted by this, Yun Buliu treated him as his own son and exhausted all his resources to cultivate the boy.

"Yun Feng didn’t disappoint. His progress was unstoppable, and at just sixteen years old, he became the youngest Medicine King in the history of the Celestial Fragrance Empire. Everyone believed he would become the empire’s first-ever Medicine Saint... and he indeed had the strength for it.

"However, no matter how high one’s talent is, if their heart is corrupt, they will only bring disaster instead of fortune!

"Yun Feng was exactly this kind of person. Because Yun Buliu had been extremely strict with him in order to nurture his talent, Yun Feng held a deep grudge. After breaking through to become a Medicine King, he gradually revealed his resentment... and his sheer madness!

"He always believed that Yun Buliu was hiding a Secret Manual for becoming a Medicine Saint from him. Once, while Yun Buliu was brewing an Elixir, Yun Feng intentionally sabotaged the process, leaving his master severely injured and on the verge of death. He then tried to force Yun Buliu to hand over the Saint Formation Method.

"How could Yun Buliu possibly know of any Saint Formation Method? Seeing the apprentice he had single-handedly raised and poured his heart into now trying to claim his life, he was filled with grief and indignation. When he questioned Yun Feng’s motives, Yun Feng coldly replied that the end justified the means.

"Yun Buliu was so furious he nearly died on the spot. He suddenly realized a grave problem: while he had spent all his time teaching Yun Feng skills, he had forgotten to teach him how to be a decent human being.

"The apprentice he was so proud of had turned against him and wanted him dead. Yun Buliu’s heart grew completely cold as he stared blankly at his disciple. If I hadn’t happened to seek him out for a matter of my own and witnessed that scene, there wouldn’t be a Yun Buliu in Celestial Fragrance anymore!

"I saved him and subdued Yun Feng. However, to my surprise, Yun Feng didn’t just have a strong talent for Alchemy Skill; his cultivation talent was also formidable. He was only one step away from reaching the King Realm!

"I originally wanted to finish off that menace right then and there, but Yun Buliu couldn’t bear it. After all, this was a child he had raised from a young age, treating him like his own flesh and blood. In the end, Yun Buliu only asked me to cripple him!

"To cripple his cultivation, destroy his Alchemy Skill, and then tell him to get lost!

"But... who could have known that right after we crippled him and threw him out of the city, he would rebuild himself from ruin? His cultivation broke through to the King Realm, and his Alchemy Skill... broke through as well later on. He truly became a Medicine Saint!

"Afterward, he secretly returned to the imperial capital and found Yun Buliu. He made a pact that in three years, they would hold a competition in Alchemy Skill to determine the victor and decide who lives or dies. He declared he would kill Yun Buliu in front of the whole world... and then swaggered off!

"By my calculations... today is the day of their agreed duel!

"Qi was right. Yun Feng found his way here, and they just had a confrontation outside the courtyard. Now, they are preparing to settle things once and for all in the village. I knew that failing to pull the weed out by its roots would inevitably cause trouble!"

Having grasped the rough situation, Su Tan understood. This was a real-life version of the Farmer and the Snake. Hmm... it could also be titled: *How to Raise a Man-Child*. He hadn’t expected the lively and cheerful Yun Buliu to have such a bitter and tragic past.

"Are they currently in the middle of their duel?" Su Tan asked.

"That’s right."

"With you here, are you really just going to let Yun Feng kill Yun Buliu?" Su Tan spread his hands. After all, Yun Chu was in the King’s Dao Realm!

"I’m not confident!" Yun Chu said. "Yun Feng has already fallen into the Demon Dao... Now that he’s returned, he brought along several formidable experts. If it were just dealing with those people, I naturally wouldn’t be afraid. However, I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to look after Yun Buliu and protect his life during the fight. Furthermore... I also can’t guarantee whether the battle will spill over and destroy the entire Chen Family Village."

Hearing this, Su Tan fell silent, deep in thought.

After a moment, he spoke with a calm expression. "So, the fact that you came to my place right now instead of staying at the dueling grounds means you have an ulterior motive? You want me to go over and protect Yun Buliu’s life?" He saw right through Yun Chu’s little scheme.

"Please forgive me, sir. I was truly forced by the circumstances!" Yun Chu bowed, not intending to hide her intentions. "I beg you to intervene, sir!"

"Do you really have that little faith in Yun Buliu? You think he’ll lose and die?" Su Tan asked.

"..."

She truly didn’t believe Yun Buliu could win. Yun Feng was now a Medicine Saint, while Yun Buliu was only at the Peak of Medicine King... What could he use to win? How could he win? She had never considered the possibility of Yun Buliu winning; she was only thinking about what to do after he lost.

"Sir, do you mean to say... Yun Buliu can win?" Yun Chu asked cautiously, wondering how that could even be possible.

"I don’t know..." Su Tan said. "But I’ve seen the Elixirs he brews before. If he actually put a little more effort into it, he could refine much better Elixirs." He paused for a moment. "Let’s go. I’ll agree to go take a look with you."

"Huh? You’re willing to help, sir!" Yun Chu exclaimed.

He was going personally? She had assumed Su Tan would be too lazy to bother with such a trivial matter, and at most, he would simply send the White Wolf.

"I simply don’t want the village to be destroyed."

More importantly, he didn’t want his chef to suddenly drop dead. Some things were addictive. Su Tan was now genuinely addicted to Shangguan Xiu’Er and Yun Chu’s cooking, and he really wanted a good meal right now. Earlier, Su Tan had just been muttering about how he definitely needed to enjoy a proper meal cooked by the two of them once he returned. If he let Yun Buliu die, he figured Shangguan Xiu’Er wouldn’t be in the mood to cook for him anymore.