Chapter 8: Giving it to Chu Liang? What a waste!

Chu Liang touched his own cheek.

His face had become thinner, his eyes sharper, and he didn’t look as strong as before, but the muscles on his body were firmer.

But in the eyes of the villagers, losing weight meant he was being tortured by injury and illness, and he probably wouldn’t live much longer.

“Don’t worry, I’m not dying yet!”

Chu Liang chatted with Chu Shan for a few sentences.

Finally, Chu Shan left with a heart full of worry.

Chu Liang was about to close the courtyard gate when his gaze casually swept outside the courtyard, and he suddenly saw a few sneaky-looking village ruffians.

The ruffians were squatting under an old tree outside his courtyard, each with shifty eyes.

Among them was a hunchbacked, ugly-looking man who was staring straight at Chu Liang.

“Wang Tuozi.” Chu Liang recognized the man. He was the leader of the village ruffians, surnamed Wang, and because he was born with a hunchback, the villagers called him Wang Tuozi.

This gang of ruffians bullied the weak and feared the strong, and they were notorious in the village.

Of course, they never dared to bully Chu Liang before. Every time they passed by Chu Liang’s courtyard, they were very careful, for fear of disturbing Chu Liang.

This was the first time they dared to stay outside Chu Liang’s courtyard and stared straight at Chu Liang, like a few weasels eyeing their prey.

“Big Brother Liang, good morning, Big Brother Liang!”

Wang Tuozi rubbed his hands together and grinned, revealing a row of crooked, yellow teeth.

Chu Liang ignored him and closed the courtyard gate directly.

Outside the courtyard, looking at Chu Liang’s courtyard, the thin faces of the ruffians all showed greedy smiles.

After so many days of investigation, they were sure that Chu Liang was seriously injured.

Otherwise, why would Chu Liang hide in the courtyard all day and not come out?

He was a hunter!

“Brothers, get ready, we’re about to live a good life!”

Wang Tuozi licked his lips, having already made up his mind.

Soon, it was noon.

Smoke rose from the chimneys of every household in the village.

In the courtyard, Chu Liang also stopped practicing and was about to fill his stomach.

But at this moment, a quarrel suddenly came from Second Uncle’s house not far away.

Chu Liang frowned and looked in the direction of Second Uncle’s house.

“Second Uncle and Second Aunt are arguing?”

Chu Liang knew very well that Second Uncle and Second Aunt were probably arguing because of that old ginseng.

Sure enough…

In the midst of the quarrel, Chu Liang heard his own name.

“Chu Erniu, you are really generous!” Second Aunt’s voice was sharp, “That’s a twenty-year-old ginseng, and you just gave it to A-Liang? That kid A-Liang is about to die. Isn’t giving it to him a waste? Have you ever thought about your own son?”

Second Aunt was so angry that she started calling Second Uncle by his real name.

“If you sell that old ginseng, you’ll have the money for your son’s wedding. Do you want your son to be a bachelor all his life?”

“Calm down, our child is still young.”

Second Uncle’s helpless voice sounded.

He obviously didn’t expect Second Aunt’s reaction to be so big that the noise could be heard outside the courtyard.

“Still young?”

Second Aunt scolded: “A-Shan is fourteen this year, fifteen by nominal age, he’ll be twenty in a few days! What are you going to use to get him a wife?”

“You can’t count it like that?” Second Uncle was also a little angry, and his voice became much louder.

He said seriously: “If it weren’t for A-Liang driving away that bear, all our children would be dead. This is a life-saving grace, let alone one ginseng, even ten wouldn’t be enough to repay it!”

“But… but you can’t just give it to him! He’s half dead!”

Second Aunt was both angry and anxious, and her voice became even sharper.

On the right side of their courtyard, next to them were the courtyards of Fourth Uncle and Fifth Uncle.

At this moment, these two families heard the quarrel and understood the cause.

Fourth Uncle Chu Siniu couldn’t help but shake his head and said, “Second Elder Brother is really silly, to give such a precious thing to A-Liang.”

“Yeah, that old ginseng could sell for at least two taels of silver.”

Fourth Aunt also chimed in.

Two taels of silver!

In this small mountain village, many people have never seen such a large sum of money in their entire lives.

Just thinking about the value of the old ginseng made Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt’s hearts ache as if they had given away the old ginseng.

“A-Liang is about to die. Giving it to him is indeed a waste. No wonder Second Sister-in-law is making such a fuss.”

“Speaking of which, that kid A-Liang’s life is really tough, to have lasted so many days.”

“I think it’s soon, probably in the next few days.”

Next door, Fifth Uncle’s family had a similar view.

They were all waiting for Chu Liang to die!

If Chu Liang didn’t die, they wouldn’t be able to share Chu Liang’s family property.

Outside Chu Liang’s courtyard, Wang Tuozi raised his head, pricked up his ears, and listened to the quarrel between Second Uncle and Second Aunt.

“Did you all hear that? A-Liang is really done for!”

“We heard it.”

“Hehe…”

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The smiles on the faces of the ruffians became even more wanton.

Also hearing this quarrel were Zhao Hu and his group, who had just come down from the mountain.

Hearing the quarrel, Zhao Hu and the others also smiled.

“Brother Hu, the ones arguing are Chu Erniu and his wife from the Chu family.”

“I know.”

“Brother Hu, when are we going to make our move?”

“Don’t be in a hurry. See those ruffians?”

Zhao Hu pointed to Wang Tuozi and the others and said: “They’ve also set their sights on A-Liang. Let them make the first move and test A-Liang’s strength for us. If A-Liang is really done for, we’ll rush up and drive away those ruffians under the guise of ‘helping’…”

“Wow, how come I didn’t think of that!”

“Brother Hu is amazing!”

Several of his followers immediately began to flatter him, showing fawning smiles.

Zhao Hu looked confident, and his smile became a little more smug.

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In the courtyard, Chu Liang was eating.

He could basically guess the thoughts of the ruffians outside and Zhao Hu and the others.

But he didn’t care.

After his body recovered, he no longer worried about ordinary villagers.

Moreover, his strength was now much greater than before.

As time went on, his strength would only increase until he became a true martial artist.

“My appetite has increased a bit again.” Chu Liang touched his stomach, “The meat reserves at home are running low. I’ll have to go out and get some more in a while.”

In the afternoon, Second Uncle came by.

He looked a little embarrassed as if he had been sent by Second Aunt.

Chu Liang thought Second Uncle would ask for the old ginseng back.

But Second Uncle didn’t, he just said some words about him recovering well.

After he left, Chu Liang evolved the ginseng into blood ginseng.

The Evolutionary Appraisal Mirror gave a hint that it could be evolved further.

【Blood Ginseng: Evolvable】

【Offering twenty-one jin of ordinary demon beast flesh and blood can evolve “Blood Ginseng” into “Red Blood Ginseng.”】

Red blood ginseng was also recorded in the cultivation technique. It was also a tonic, extremely precious, and much more potent than blood ginseng.

Red blood ginseng could only be found in some remote, deep mountains and old forests.

“At my current stage, blood ginseng is enough. I’ll find a way to get red blood ginseng later.”

Chu Liang cut off a wisp of root, threw it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then swallowed it.

The taste of ginseng was very strong.

There was also a faint smell of rust, similar to the smell of blood, which gave Chu Liang a strange feeling.

Soon, a warm sensation spread from Chu Liang’s stomach.

Chu Liang was surprised to find that the fatigue from his previous practice had lessened a lot.

“My body doesn’t ache as much, and my whole spirit has improved a lot.”

At this moment, Chu Liang deeply felt the importance of “medicine supplement.”

More importantly, he felt an indescribable power spreading from the warmth in his stomach to his limbs.

Suddenly, his whole body began to heat up.

His limbs became hot!

“This feeling… is not right. Did I take too much?”

Chu Liang was startled and immediately began to practice martial arts to consume the excess power in his body.

The effect of this practice was far better than before.

He practiced for two full hours, with almost no rest in between, and he still felt like he had energy left at the end.

“This blood ginseng can shorten my rest time, enhance my physical strength, and make my practice more efficient, achieving twice the result with half the effort!”

Chu Liang looked up at the distance. The sun had already set, and only a touch of crimson remained on the horizon.

It was time for dinner, but his stomach didn’t rumble.

“I’m not that hungry.”

Chu Liang stretched, planning to eat something casually.

Just then, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.

Knock, knock, knock!

“Who is it?”

Chu Liang asked.

A hoarse voice came from outside: “Hehe, Big Brother Liang, it’s me, Wang Tuozi. I have something to discuss with you…”