Chapter 197: Chapter 145: Repayment (3)

Startled by the group just now, he couldn’t help but feel a bit indignant.

“Yes. If you wish to learn, I can teach you.”

Guo Wei replied.

“Really?”

Hei Hu was overjoyed.

“From now on, you will prepare three bowls of dog’s blood every day—morning, noon, and night. Drink every last drop, and then I will teach you how to refine the power within the blood for your own use.”

Guo Wei instructed.

“Uh… Master, I think I’ll pass.”

Hei Hu said, recoiling.

“Master Guo, won’t they run into problems cultivating like that?”

Lin Yuanfu asked, confused.

“If the absorption is incomplete, it will cause blockages in their circulation over time, making it impossible to cultivate Inner Strength. However, even if they can never cultivate Inner Strength in the end, their Flesh and Blood Power alone is enough to rival—and in many cases, surpass—an average Inner Martial Artist.”

Guo Wei said seriously.

“No wonder those guys are as big and strong as beasts, but act as crudely as uncivilized savages.”

Teng Qingshan jeered.

“Hmph, what did you say?”

Downstairs, one of the Turkic men with three black stars on his cheek stood up and snapped angrily.

They had a keen sense of smell and extremely sharp hearing. They even understood the Great Yuan language and had immediately picked up on Teng Qingshan’s sarcastic tone.

Teng Qingshan’s expression changed, and he glared back at the man. Already feeling wronged, he wanted to shout a few curses, but he remembered Guo Wei’s warning. He turned his head away, refusing to look at the man and pretending he hadn’t said a thing.

The man downstairs was pulled back down by his companions and quieted.

“Don’t provoke them. We’ll get off the boat and leave as soon as we reach South City.”

Although Guo Wei wasn’t afraid of them, he didn’t want any conflict that might interfere with the Court’s plan.

And so, for the next two days, Chu Lingguang, Hei Hu, and the others rarely mentioned the Turkic people downstairs again. Chu Lingguang, for his part, focused his attention on the realm of Unity of Man and Gun. He practiced using its Potential Energy at will and unleashing its power to the absolute limit.

Time flew by, and two days later, the boat arrived at South City.

Chu Lingguang and the others on board avoided any further conflict with the Turkic people. After the boat docked, everyone disembarked in an orderly fashion.

The dozen or so Turkic people seemed to have business in South City.

After paying their fares, they all scrambled to be the first off the boat, running ashore.

Guo Wei gave another brief warning to Teng Qingshan and Lin Yuanfu, telling them not to clash with the Turkic people, before taking Chu Lingguang and Hei Hu to Central Courtyard Lane.

“Master Yan.”

Chu Lingguang and Hei Hu greeted him respectfully.

Both of them were very fond of this generous Master Yan and planned to stay with him for a couple of days.

“Hahaha, my two young nephews!”

Master Yan was also very fond of Chu Lingguang and Hei Hu and had high hopes for them. When he learned of Chu Lingguang’s extraordinary achievements at the academy, he was so delighted that he treated his entire staff to a day-long feast.

“Master Yan, we have a problem! The Turkic people only want to pay thirty percent for the medicinal herbs we prepared. I tried to reason with them, and they beat me up!”

“There were too many of them, and their Qi Blood was too strong. I was no match for them. Master Yan, I’m sorry to have let you down.”

「That evening.」

Master Yan and Guo Wei were having a drink when the steward and a Martial Artist returned to report, both with fresh slap marks on their faces.

“How outrageous! How dare they go back on their word.”

Master Yan was furious.

He ran a medicinal herb business in South City with several shops and stocked all the common herbs on the market. Even the medicinal teas Guo Wei regularly brewed for Chu Lingguang and Hei Hu were purchased from him.

“Junior Brother, what happened?”

Guo Wei asked with a frown.

Master Yan explained that he had a business deal with that group of Turkic people. They had ordered a boatload of medicinal herbs from him, but now that the herbs were loaded onto their ship, they were claiming the quality was poor and would only pay thirty percent of the agreed price.

It was no different from outright theft.

“Those foreigners are known for being treacherous. They’ve made a fool of the Court several times before. A leopard really can’t change its spots.”

Guo Wei couldn’t help but lament after learning the full story.

He had never imagined that the group they encountered on the boat was the same one doing business with his junior brother.

“Senior Brother, you should get some rest. I’ll go to the Government Office.”

Master Yan said, rising to his feet.

“Let me go.”

Guo Wei said.

“But…”

Master Yan hesitated.

“The Court only established diplomatic relations with the Turkic people a few years ago. Even if the Government Office knows you’ve been swindled, they might force you to swallow this loss to avoid disrupting the Court’s plans. It’s better if I handle this matter.”

Guo Wei explained.

“Alright. Thank you, Senior Brother.”

Master Yan nodded. The shipment of herbs was enormous, enough to fill an entire merchant ship. If he only received thirty percent of the payment, the fortune he had spent years building would be wiped out in a single blow.

“Master, we’ll go with you.”

Chu Lingguang, having heard the commotion, had also called Hei Hu over.

“Alright. When we get there, just watch from the dock.”

Guo Wei thought for a moment, then nodded.

「At the docks.」

The Turkic people had rented a merchant ship, which was now loaded with the herbs. Having thrown down thirty percent of the payment, they were about to raise the sails and depart South City, heading upstream.

Unarmed, Guo Wei tapped a foot lightly on the stone-paved dock and leaped more than ten meters into the air, landing on the ship’s deck.

Chu Lingguang and Hei Hu, following behind, watched this scene unfold. They could only marvel at Guo Wei’s elegant form as he flew onto the ship like a swallow.

’A combination of Body Technique and Qi Power.’

“Pay for the goods in full before you leave.”

Guo Wei said, presenting the invoice to the dozen or so Turkic men. They were on deck, feasting on meat and wine, thinking they were about to get away with their haul.

“We already paid you. Now get off.”

A burly Turkic man, nearly two meters tall, was gnawing on a pig’s knuckle. He strode toward Guo Wei and shoved him in the chest.

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