I’m Still Practicing Martial Arts, But How Did My Daughter Become an Immortal? – Chapter 28

Ch 28: Another Meeting with Zhan Rixing

Noon!

Lin Tian instructed Qing Yi to decoct the medicine and give everyone a bowl.

Pang Tong picked up a package of Chinese medicine, smelled it, and then showed a disgusted expression.

Pang Tong: “This… what kind of medicine is this?”

Lin Tian: “Chicken feed, specifically for chicks.”

“Chicken feed?” Pang Tong and the others petrified.

Lin Tian laughed “haha,” finished instructing Qing Yi, and then went out.

People came and went on the street, and peddlers were all walking towards the east.

They were also muttering as they walked. Lin Tian felt a little strange. What major event was happening today? Was someone getting married again?

“Running so fast, afraid of being late and not getting any food.”

Lin Tian walked to the front of the noodle shop. There was no one at the door.

He only heard sobbing coming from inside.

“Hey! I say, big sister, don’t cry.”

“Life has to go on, doesn’t it?”

“I just caught a few fish, I’ll bring you two…”

Wang Da in the shop was speaking enthusiastically when he saw Lin Tian walk to the door. He paused.

Wang Da: “Alright, sister, you think about it carefully. I’ll go first. You take care of the customers.”

Wang Da gave a few more instructions and then got up and left.

He walked up to Lin Tian, smiled at him, and Lin Tian nodded in response.

Lin Tian was just passing by. Given the current situation, should he go in or not?

After thinking about it, Lin Tian decided to go in. He entered the shop and started laughing.

“Haha, Boss Lady, what’s wrong today? Why do you look like this?”

Yu Lian wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, but she couldn’t hide her red and swollen eyes no matter how hard she tried.

Yu Lian choked up a little: “N-nothing.”

Lin Tian didn’t know how to respond. He didn’t know how to comfort people. He couldn’t just beat her up, could he?

“I see the neighbors are all walking east. Whose family in the county is having a celebration? Why didn’t the Boss Lady go join in the fun?”

Yu Lian was completely speechless…

Yu Lian was a little annoyed and glared at Lin Tian: “Young Master, did you come specifically to laugh at me? Everyone in the county knows that my husband is being executed today.”

Hearing this, Lin Tian was stunned.

“Ah~”

“Ah gagagaga~~”

Lin Tian didn’t say what he was about to say and stood there awkwardly, his toes capable of digging out a three-bedroom apartment.

Lin Tian realized that he had said the wrong thing, cursing someone to start a feast. It would be strange if they weren’t angry.

C*ap, this place is not suitable for a long stay, I need to slip away quickly.

But that Wang Da is really not a good person. He was the one who reported her husband when he came back.

He was the one who forced her to be separated from her husband and children.

He was the one who put her whole family in the Great Prison.

And he was the one who comforted her afterwards.

He is truly a shameless and scheming person.

If Pang Shan hadn’t told him the truth, he wouldn’t have known that Wang Da did it.

This matter… I wanted to say a few words of comfort, say a few nice things, but who knew… patting the horse’s butt landed on the donkey’s a*s ━ not the right taste.

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Inside the small courtyard

“Nannan, what are you looking at? Missing your Shifu’s wife?”

Qing Yi looked at Nannan staring blankly at the sky and thought Nannan was missing her mother.

Nannan pouted and shook her head.

Qing Yi touched her little head and looked at the sky with Nannan.

Pang Tong and Zhang Dingding were practicing martial arts on the side.

At this time, Nannan’s second soul awakened, and inner struggles began.

“Run away from home… don’t run away from home.”

“Run away from home… don’t run away from home.”

（This is a great opportunity. It’s a pity not to run, but my strength is still too weak. I’m afraid I’ll die even faster if I go out.）

（Let’s go back to sleep first and continue practicing the Great Dream Sutra.）

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Lin Tian had already left the county town and arrived at the ten-li long pavilion.

It was called a long pavilion, but it was just a simple teahouse for pedestrians to rest.

Lin Tian sat at an open-air teahouse table and called out: “Boss, a bowl of herbal tea.”

The teahouse door curtain was pulled open, and an old man walked out. The old man was wearing linen clothes, the same style as Lin Tian.

“Oh! Guest, we don’t have herbal tea here. It’s all hot tea.”

“Early spring tea, paired with our Wu River water, one sip moistens the throat, two sips leave a fragrance, three sips bring a sweet aftertaste, four sips break the intestines…”

Lin Tian quickly stopped him: “Drinking your tea will break my intestines? Stop bragging and hurry up.”

The old man smiled “hehe” and placed a plate of tea fruit on the table.

“Guest, take your time. I’ll go boil the tea.”

Lin Tian looked at the tea fruit on the table. They were small and red, about the size of cherries.

He picked up one and put it in his mouth. “Hmm~ not bad.” Lin Tian’s expression was intoxicated. The tea fruit was sweet and sour.

Lin Tian ate and didn’t forget to joke: “You don’t even know how to make herbal tea? Isn’t tea soaked in cold water herbal tea?”

The old man smiled foolishly: “What the guest says is true, but I’ve never heard of tea soaked in cold water before.”

“If the guest wants to drink herbal tea, then wait a while and drink it after it cools down.”

Just then, a voice came from a distance.

“Tea soaked in cold water, that’s rare.”

“Waiter!”

“I’ll have a pot of herbal tea too.”

The old man’s expression was a little unnatural when he heard this. He was speechless. Another one wanting to drink herbal tea.

“Okay! Guest, please wait a moment. I’ll go make you herbal tea.”

Lin Tian looked closely. The person who came was graceful and elegant, wearing a moon-white long gown that swayed gently in the wind.

His face was like jade, and his eyebrows and eyes were like a painting. He lightly shook a folding fan in his hand.

Lin Tian just glanced at him and then continued to eat the fruit.

The person came directly to Lin Tian and sat down opposite him in one stride.

He cupped his hands and smiled: “I see that this brother is very knowledgeable about tea. What’s so special about tea soaked in cold water?”

Lin Tian almost choked on a mouthful of water. He swallowed the fruit in his mouth and then looked at the man in front of him.

“There’s nothing special about it. It’s just that drinking something cold is refreshing on a hot day.”

Soon the old man had boiled Lin Tian’s hot tea: “Guest, your hot tea.” Then he looked at the handsome man: “Your herbal tea.”

The old man continued: “Let me say first, if this herbal tea doesn’t suit your taste, don’t blame me.”

The handsome man waved his hand, signaling the old man to go down.

The old man gave up. If he ruined his reputation, that wouldn’t do. This was his livelihood.

The handsome man poured a cup, looked at the clear water in the teacup, and was a little embarrassed. The tea soaked in cold water wouldn’t dissolve for a while.

He picked up the teacup and took a sip.

“Hmm~ it’s indeed early spring tea, not bad, not bad.”

Lin Tian took another look. He felt that this person was a little familiar. This earthy smell was just like the Qingfeng Stronghold bandits.

The handsome man talked eloquently with the old man. The two asked and answered, answered and asked.

Lin Tian also enjoyed listening. This old man was extraordinary.

From the Southern Border to the Northern Lands, to the West Ridge and East Rivers, the interesting things he had seen were told with relish. His words and actions didn’t seem like those of a farmer.

Lin Tian secretly glanced at the old man and determined that this person was unusual.

The handsome man laughed: “Very good, very good, I’m happy today. How about I give you a way out?”

The old man was stunned. Why was he giving him a way out all of a sudden? Did he want his life or something?

“What do you mean by that?”

The handsome man smiled confidently: “In half a month, hundreds of miles of the Wu River will be covered in floating corpses, and not a blade of grass will grow. There’s still time to escape now.”

The expression on the old man’s face changed slightly. He was obviously frightened.

Lin Tian laughed “haha.”

“Zhan Rixing, Zhan Rixing, why aren’t you being a good mountain bandit? What are you doing here?”

The handsome man exclaimed “Eh,” and looked at Lin Tian with some shock.

“I didn’t expect you to recognize me, but it doesn’t matter.”

“I am a straightforward and uninhibited person.”

Zhan Rixing didn’t intend to hide it anyway. He wasn’t in his original appearance when he met Lin Tian before.

Lin Tian: “Indeed straightforward, you’re not soft-hearted when killing common people.”

Zhan Rixing: “Hey, hey, hey! Don’t slander me. I didn’t do it. It has nothing to do with me.”

Lin Tian coldly “Hmph!”

“What! Did you break up with the bandits? Did you change careers to become a fortune teller and start fooling people?”

Zhan Rixing waved his hand, with some helplessness on his face: “You guessed right, but you can guess why.”

“If you guess right, I’ll give you a message.”

“If you guess wrong, I’ll also give you a message.”

“I’ll definitely make sure you make a profit without losing, how about it, Brother Lin?”

Zhan Rixing closed the folding fan in his hand, with a very confident smile on his face, as if he had everything under control.

Lin Tian originally planned to tell him to get lost. Guess what? But then he thought about it. Maybe he could get some useful information from this guy’s mouth.

He couldn’t see through this guy.output: