I Can See Your Combat Power
Chapter 1690 - 129: Covering One’s Ears Whilst Stealing a Bell

Chapter 1690: Chapter 129: Covering One’s Ears Whilst Stealing a Bell

Yiqi Tianlong is proud and cannot allow the already underperforming Little Miasma Peak to suffer any more losses because of him.

Elder Zhu Huang, seeing that he cannot persuade his Dao Child, can only helplessly shake his head and begin announcing the score standards for this descent from the mountain.

"Inheritance, passing trials, aiding the world."

Each word punctuated, the elder extends three fingers, immensely solemn.

"As healers, we must not focus solely on our own transcendence but rather invest our efforts in the mortal world, for it is the common people who form the foundation of everlasting prosperity. Therefore, within the territories of the Medicine God Sect, there must not be any who die of illness or epidemics. After you descend the mountain, you must measure the territory of the Divine Sect with your own steps and use what you’ve learned in the sect to aid the world and save the people!"

"The final score for this mission will be based on your performance in these three aspects. Go on."

The elder waves his sleeve and dismisses them. Although the ten Medicine God Sect Inner Sect Disciples bowed in response, apart from the aloof and stern Dao Child Tianlong in the hall, the nine huddled in the corner could hardly smile.

In previous years, the tasks for evaluating the performance of Inner Sect Disciples usually involved only small matters such as recommending Outer Sect Disciples, gathering herbs, and teaching techniques.

But this year, it suddenly shifted to passing trials and aiding the world, and without thought, it was clear that this was due to the presence of Yiqi Tianlong, turning this task’s difficulty into hell-level.

But what can they do? Once Elder Zhu Huang has spoken, the nature of the task is certain.

The only thing to do now is to quickly descend the mountain and see if there is any way to complete the mission.

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Apricot Yellow City, Fu Mansion

The return of the young noble of the Medicine God Sect has the Fu Family wishing they could decorate the ten-mile street with lanterns and festoons to announce it to the whole Apricot Yellow City.

The eldest and second masters of the Fu Family left their clinics and pharmacies to rush home, all to meet their brother who practiced in the Medicine God Sect.

After all, the current flourishing state of the Fu Family relies entirely on this genius who was accepted as an Inner Sect Disciple of the Medicine God Sect.

It must have been the accumulation of good deeds by their ancestors; around thirty to forty years ago, the Fu Family was nothing more than an ordinary family just outside Apricot Yellow City.

The only thing noteworthy was that they had three sons and four daughters, barely considered prosperous in terms of descendants.

Until Fu Baibu was born, a child of outstanding talent. Even though the family’s finances were tight with no extra money for his Foundation Building, he was very keen on studying.

At the age of seven, he recognized over a thousand characters and memorized a hand-thick medical book that had been lying around at home, beginning to diagnose and treat neighbors. It didn’t take long for the grateful villagers to dub him the "Divine Child descended to earth."

As it happened by coincidence, a disciple of the Medicine God Sect came down the mountain in search of talents and upon hearing the rumors, came to check. After testing him, Fu Baibu was taken in as an Outer Sect Disciple of the Medicine God Sect, to study medicine and start his Foundation Building.

It’s said that once you join a sect, you cut off familial ties. Most young disciples, once accepted by the Medicine God Sect, are looked after by their masters and overwhelmed with a heavy load of studies, coupled with the inherent sense of mission of a healer, they tend to slowly detach from their familial bonds.

After all, by the time they complete their studies and leave the mountain, it would be at least twenty to thirty years. By then, the world will have changed, and who can remember the past?

However, Fu Baibu was an exception. With a memory allowing him to never forget anything he saw, he mastered in three years what would take outsiders more than a dozen years to study in terms of medical theory.

Ascending from the Mortal Realm to become an Inner Sect Disciple, faced with the recruitment from various sect factions, his only condition was to take care of his family.

He listed his home address, the names of his parents, and the information about his siblings without a single mistake.

What happened next was predictable; with the power of the sect, supporting a poor family was as easy as filling Qutang with a river.

The Fu Family was dazed by the sudden fortune that had rained down from the heavens, when another letter from the sect gate arrived.

Inside were three medicinal recipes, signed with a somewhat immature handwriting that was sharp as a knife, unmistakably from the child they had sent to the Medicine God Sect.

Thanks to the medicinal recipes provided by Fu Baibu and the care from the outer sect of Medicine God Sect, the Fu Family quickly owned their own pharmacy and medicine shop.

The once impoverished farmers had now become the foremost figures in Apricot Yellow City.

Although Old Master Fu was nominally in charge, everyone was clear that everything the Fu Family now possessed was thanks to the one called the "divine talent" — Fu Baibu.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, I told you, the sect’s instruction this time is to descend the mountain in disguise, and to act discreetly. With what you’re doing, the whole Apricot Yellow City knows of my return!"

Fu Baibu sat in the main seat in the central hall, reprimanding his two elder brothers seated below with an unexpected sternness.

Even though Fu Yuanzhi and Fu Dongqing were Fu Baibu’s elder brothers, they showed no resentment when scolded by their younger brother and instead, carefully put on a smile.

Seeing this, how could Fu Baibu continue to scold them? He sighed and said, "Just now, I was troubled by the test questions given by the sect and agitated by the noisy visitors outside, which led to my rash words. I hope my two brothers will not blame me."

"It’s out of place for you to say such things!"

Fu Yuanzhi stated solemnly: "It’s my fault for handling the matter improperly. I got too excited when I heard about my younger brother’s return and caused a commotion that everyone came to know. If this hinders the evaluation within the sect because of this, a hundred deaths would not be enough to atone for my mistake. I will send everyone away right now!"

As he spoke, Fu Yuanzhi stood up and marched out with a commanding presence to chase the guests away.

"There’s no need, no need at all!"

Fu Baibu quickly called his elder brother back, saying, "Since everyone already knows I’m home, it doesn’t matter whether they are chased away or not. Let it be."

"That’s right, Big Brother. The visitors are all influential figures in Apricot Yellow City. If you chase them out like this, how can we continue to do business? Please, listen to our younger brother and come back."

Fu Dongqing also chimed in, persuading his elder brother in agreement.

"You blockhead, how can you not understand? Can the matter of business be compared with our younger brother’s likes and dislikes!?"

Fu Yuanzhi, who had already reached the doorway, turned around and scolded Fu Dongqing: "Didn’t you hear our younger brother? This will affect his mission; no careless mistakes can be tolerated!"

"Humph, it’s just the routine talent recruitment mission. Why is it that when the young masters of the Li Family and Huang Family return, they must make a big deal about it? Our younger brother placed first in the outer sect competition, attracting the attention of several divine peaks wanting to enlist him. He’s far beyond those who barely made it into the inner sect!"

Although the speaker was careless, the listener was not. Fu Baibu, who had been basking in his brothers’ protection, suddenly caught some important information from Second Brother’s words and quickly asked, "Second Brother, how do you know about the talent recruitment mission?"

"What’s there not to know?"

Fu Dongqing replied matter-of-factly: "Every year in February, the Medicine God Sect sends inner sect disciples down the mountain to recruit talents. Weren’t you chosen to go up the mountain during this period? And then there was a member from the Huang Family the year before last, stirring up the whole city to find a divine talent for them. Last year, someone from the Li Family did the same; they just stayed in Miaowei Building without leaving, and all the tasks of recruiting talents and finding special patients were handled by their family!"

"All of you... All of you knew?"

Fu Baibu looked shocked and incredulously asked his elder brothers.

"Not just us, any somewhat influential family in Apricot Yellow City knows it."

Fu Dongqing patted Fu Baibu on the shoulder and said, "So, younger brother, just settle down at home without worries. No matter what your mission is, we’ll make sure it’s completed perfectly for you without losing any points!"