Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

After many twists and turns, Qiao Rui and Tian Jing finally arrived at Yaowang Valley. Two people had already arrived at the pavilion at the entrance of the valley. One of them, a man with triangular eyes, tilted his head and looked at them with a smug sneer, "You are late, you should go back!"

"Oh? Why?" Qiao Rui had seen this man staring at Tian Jing with a lewd look on his face, and he was quite displeased, but he couldn't get angry, so he just replied indifferently.

"If you don't even know the rules of Medicine King Valley, why are you seeking medical treatment?"

The triangular-eyed man glanced at Qiao Rui with disdain and gloated, "Medicine King Valley only saves one person every ten days. We came first and have already struck the jade chime. The boy will come to take us in soon. You should try your luck again in three months!"

Qiao Rui frowned slightly. He didn't expect there to be such rules. This trip would be full of difficulties.

Seeing Qiao Rui was silent, Tian Jing continued, "This rule is really weird!"

"The medical skills of the Shuangjue Patriarch are unparalleled in the world. There are countless people in the martial arts world who ask him to treat their illnesses. If there were no such rules and constraints, wouldn't Senior Qin be annoyed to death by people like you!"

However, the man in white who was standing with his hands behind his back was a little surprised when he heard Tian Jing's soft voice, and turned around to answer.

The man in white was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with sword-like brows and sharp eyes, like a sharp sword, dazzling and piercing.

"Sir, aren't you here to seek medical treatment?" Tian Jing smiled slightly.

"Of course not!" The man in white curled his lips and said arrogantly.

"Compared to curing diseases and saving lives, the ancestor prefers to refine pills and study the properties of medicines."

Seeing that the man in white stopped talking, the man in green with triangular eyes took over the conversation and said with some pride, "My senior brother accidentally got a rare seven-leaf Gan Yuan Jing. This medicine can be taken directly and can quickly increase the power. But in order to avoid wasting the medicinal power, my senior brother plans to ask Elder Shuangjue to mix it with other medicines to refine it into a pill, in order to perfectly preserve its medicinal properties."

"In this way, the senior gets the research on the miraculous medicine, and my senior brother gets the elixir that can quickly increase his power. This is a mutually beneficial thing, so the senior must agree!"

Tian Jing then discovered that the man in blue was holding an exquisite wooden box tightly in his right hand. She thought to herself, so that's what it was. But as she thought about the many twists and turns they had gone through to get here, she absolutely could not give up just like that.

Thinking of this, Tian Jing gritted her teeth secretly, a hint of stubbornness flashed across her eyes. She looked at the man in white, suddenly bowed slowly, and bowed gracefully.

"Since you are only asking for medicine, can you postpone it for ten days and let us have the chance to go to the valley to seek medical treatment? My husband is suffering from an emergency and cannot be delayed. Although it may be a little abrupt, I hope you can fulfill this request. I will remember your great kindness in my heart!"

The two pretended to be husband and wife all the way. The lady said "husband" calmly, just like a young lady who was devoted to protecting her husband.

Qiao Rui felt uncomfortable watching Tian Jing begging so humbly, so he quickly pulled Tian Jing up and signaled her not to do so.

The man in white raised his sword-like eyebrows, glanced at the two of them indifferently, turned his back and stared at the path into the valley.

His junior fellow apprentice in blue sneered when he heard this, and couldn't help but retort, "What a joke! Why should I give it to you? My senior brother is counting on this medicine to break into the top ranks. In a few days, the master of our Shushan will have a grand ceremony to recruit disciples. When the world's heroes come to watch, my senior brother will stand out among his peers with his first-class talent. Wouldn't that make the heroes look at him sideways and bring honor to our Shushan?"

Tian Jing wanted to say something, but at this moment, the senior brother in white clothes shouted coldly, "Brother, don't say anything more. The medicine boy is coming out!"

I saw a ball of light gradually expanding on the narrow path filled with miasma, and a small figure holding a lantern was walking slowly towards me.

The boy glanced at the pavilion and vaguely saw four people. He stopped and stood at the entrance of the valley, frowning and asking, "Why are there so many people? Who struck the jade chime?"

The senior brother in white pulled his junior brother and bowed quickly, saying, "My two brothers came first. I was the one who struck the jade chime. Those two have nothing to do with us!"

The medicine boy did not comment. A clear child's voice could be heard through the mist. He said slowly, "According to the rules of Medicine King Valley, the first person to ring the jade chime every ten days can bring at most one person into the valley for help. Female relatives are not allowed to enter except for patients! Those who do not follow the rules will be regarded as enemies of Medicine King Valley and will bear the consequences themselves!"

"No, no, it was indeed me who rang the jade chime!" the senior brother in white answered again.

"Well, come over and get the miasma-avoiding pills. After taking them, you will not be affected by the miasma entering the valley for an incense stick of time!"

A small hand slowly stretched out from the mist, and the palm was spread out. There were two soybean-sized green pills in the palm, with a strong medicinal fragrance. "The rest of the irrelevant people should leave quickly, especially those with female relatives. The ancestor is very unhappy..."

The two brothers went over to get the miasma-repelling pills. The brother in green looked back proudly, as if to say, "Just wait."

Tian Jing saw that the matter was done. As long as the two fellow disciples were about to get the miasma-avoiding pill and enter the Medicine King Valley, she and Qiao Rui would have to wait another ten days.

Although ten to three months is not too long, the injury to the meridians will increase the danger if you delay for a moment. Besides, there are powerful enemies lurking around. You may encounter the masters of the Beggars' Sect again at any time, which will bring about unexpected changes. Thinking of this, Tian Jing made up her mind and shouted, "Wait!"

Everyone stopped what they were doing after hearing her scream and looked at Tian Jing.

Tian Jing walked quickly forward, walked out of the pavilion and came to the valley entrance, bowed and said: "Little fairy boy, I was the first to come and ring the jade chime!"

The brothers were startled when they heard what Tian Jing said. After a moment, they came to their senses. The blue-clothed brother had a fierce look on his face and stared at Tian Jing with murderous eyes, as if he wanted to eat him. "Nonsense! It was clearly my brother who struck the jade chime!"

"You said your senior brother struck the jade chime, do you have any proof?" Tian Jing refuted casually, but her eyes were fixed on the medicine boy in the valley who was slowly retracting his hand... and the miasma-proof pill.

When the white-robed senior brother saw the medicine boy taking back the pills, he got anxious and drew his sword, pointed at Tian Jing and shouted, "How dare you touch the tiger whiskers of Shushan?"

"Alas!" Qiao Rui in the pavilion sighed slightly. He did not agree with Tian Jing's approach. As for who would be the first to strike the jade chime, the Medicine King Valley must have its own means of identification based on the rules that have been in place for so many years.

But Tian Jing was devoted to him, so how could he refuse her wishes? Now that Tian Jing had said it, he could only bite the bullet and continue.

Qiao Rui drew out his Cloud Patterned Moon-Chopping Blade and walked out of the pavilion, blocking Tian Jing, sneering, "Shushan Tiger Whiskers? What a majestic presence! I've often heard that Shushan disciples are arrogant and look down on everyone. Now that I see it, it's true!"

When the blue-clothed junior brother saw Qiao Rui draw his sword, he also drew his sword and stepped forward, "You sickly person, you dare to cut our beard, I'm afraid you don't know how to write the word death?"

The medicine boy in the passageway leading to the valley was unhappy at the chaotic scene and shouted, "No fighting is allowed in Medicine King Valley. I can tell who rang the jade chime!"

After saying that, he took out another object from his bosom, opened his palm and stretched out his hand to the mist, which turned out to be a few small blue pills, "Whoever takes this medicine will follow me into the valley!"

This was not the miasma-avoiding pill from before. The four people outside the valley knew that something was fishy and hesitated for a moment.