Peerless Divine Eyes
Chapter 148 Leaving First

Chapter 148: Chapter 148 Leaving First

"There’s a scent of medicinal herbs here; it must belong to a healer."

Approaching the courtyard, Shang Xiu sniffed the air and then smiled at Qin Yaotiao, "I’ve heard from the master that you weren’t even a martial artist before, so how come you got injured?"

Qin Yaotiao bit her lip and said, "It’s because of my young master..."

"Young master? Which young master?"

Shang Xiu was surprised, then said, "Weren’t you brought here by master? Don’t tell me you used to be a servant girl?"

"Yes," Qin Yaotiao nodded and explained, "I used to be a servant girl for the Lu Family in Yuzhou City. I got injured due to some incident, and the young master brought me here. I was saved by Doctor Zhao’s treatment. Then the young master took me to seek spiritual medicine, and that’s when we met master!"

"Your young master sounds impressive," Shang Xiu nodded and added, "In my former family, the life of servants was tough."

"Senior sister, were you also once a common mortal?"

Qin Yaotiao asked curiously, looking up.

"Yes," Shang Xiu laughed, "My family was a merchant family! However, I’ve cut off all ties with the mortal world a long time ago. Now, the only thing that connects me to my family is my surname!"

"Cutting off ties with the mortal world..."

Qin Yaotiao murmured, then asked, "Senior sister, does cutting off ties mean completely isolating oneself from mortals?"

"Pretty much," Shang Xiu nodded and explained, "Once we cultivators reach the Qi Refinement Realm, our lifespan easily exceeds a hundred years, and it’s at least a hundred and fifty years after reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage! But what about mortals? They say it’s rare to live past seventy! It’s hard to even reach that age, and if we don’t sever these mortal ties, eventually we’ll be seeing the old burying the young! That’s secondary, though. The main reason is that seeing too much of birth, aging, sickness, and death will affect our state of mind in cultivation!"

Seeing Qin Yaotiao staring blankly, Shang Xiu comforted her, "I think I understand now why you sometimes seem melancholic. Do you still think about your young master?"

"You make fun of me, senior sister."

Qin Yaotiao knew that if she let Shang Xiu continue, she would definitely be persuaded to sever her ties with Lu Chen.

She would rather not cultivate immortality than do so, and with that thought, she pushed the door open and entered the courtyard.

"Who’s there? Doctor Zhao is not in today, no consultations..."

The young man, hearing the door open, came out from the inner courtyard. When he saw it was Qin Yaotiao, he paused and said, "Sister, are you with young master Lu...?"

"Exactly!"

Qin Yaotiao, not in the best of spirits and having learned that Doctor Zhao wasn’t around, didn’t say much. She directly asked, "Do you know where I can rent a carriage in Ten Thousand Demon Town?"

"Rent a carriage?"

Knowing the relationship between Lu Chen and Zhao Chang, the young man was willing to accommodate Qin Yaotiao. Without showing her away, he said, "There have been no carriage rentals in Ten Thousand Demon Mountain recently. If you want to rent a carriage, the closest place is Yuzhou City!"

"Yuzhou City? Thank you!"

Qin Yaotiao politely thanked him. Just as she was about to step over the threshold, she suddenly remembered the main purpose of her visit and said, "Please trouble you to tell Doctor Zhao that Yaotiao owes him a life-saving debt. But due to urgent matters, I am unable to thank him in person!"

"No need to be so courteous, sister," the young man smiled. "I’ll pass the message to Doctor Zhao! Since sister has urgent matters, I won’t keep you any longer."

"Thank you!"

As Qin Yaotiao left the house and saw Shang Xiu looking at her, she said softly, "Senior sister, there are no carriage rentals in Ten Thousand Demon Town. We need to go to Yuzhou City."

"Yuzhou City, huh? That works," Shang Xiu said, seemingly unconcerned, as long as they didn’t encounter any trouble on the way and had enough time.

But the issue was that Qin Yaotiao was from Yuzhou City, and it was uncertain if she might meet an old acquaintance there...

Shang Xiu didn’t mind, but didn’t know if Liu Ruyan would make an issue of it.

As if what one fears will come to pass, no sooner had they met up with Liu Ruyan and relayed the news, than Liu Ruyan scoffed, "You probably didn’t search properly, did you? Ten Thousand Demon Town is the only small town at the base of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain; how could it not have carriage rentals?"

"Big senior sister, we’ve asked around, and there indeed aren’t any. To rent a carriage, we must go to the nearest Yuzhou City!"

Even as Shang Xiu backed Qin Yaotiao up, she still ended up infuriating Liu Ruyan.

"I don’t want to walk even a single step. Since Yuzhou City has them, you go to Yuzhou City and bring a carriage back!"

Seeing Shang Xiu frown, Liu Ruyan smiled coquettishly and said, "Of course, after getting to Yuzhou City, you can leave first. We will catch up later."

This suited Shang Xiu just fine, and she immediately agreed, "Then senior sister, please wait here. I’ll set off right away with junior sister!"

"Hurry up then. If you cause any delay, it will be on you!"

Shang Xiu took Qin Yaotiao and they left the place, while the smile on Liu Ruyan’s face quickly turned cold. She turned to the others and asked, "Did you clearly see where they went?"

"Big senior sister, we saw clearly!"

Liu Ruyan huffed, "Make it clean!"

"Yes, big senior sister!"