Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers

Chapter 81: Chapter 81: Eighth Master

These people clearly did not take Zhang Fang and his companions seriously.

Although they arrived later, they insisted the shopkeeper serve them dishes first, a slight no man could tolerate.

Furthermore, Zhang Fang was a personal bodyguard to the Prefectural Magistrate of Longnan County, who always carried himself with arrogance. He had never been disrespected like this before and immediately drew the knife from his waist, ready to fight.

A clamor of tables, chairs, and benches ensued as both parties braced for confrontation, obviously terrifying the inn’s owner.

“Respected guests, please, have mercy on my small establishment. If you fight here, my inn will be completely ruined!”

His pleading did not move the two parties in the standoff.

Just as the tension between the two parties reached its peak, the door darkened as a few figures, like bamboo poles, inserted themselves in.

All dressed in the uniform blue hawk attire, long whips coiled at their waists, except for the leader, everyone else held a short blade in their hands.

Qi Yue instantly clenched her fists.

These were troublemakers.

All of them were.

Looking at the direction they had just come from, it seemed they were also headed west?

Qi Yue pondered this, unaware that her unusual expression had caught Qu Wei’s attention across the way.

“Heh.”

Qu Wei chuckled at her, his voice low.

“Are you scared?”

Qi Yue furrowed her brow, ignoring him, and focused instead on the leader of the troublemakers.

The man was not very tall, slim, but his sharp eyes revealed that he was a ruthless character.

When he entered the inn, he completely disregarded the two confronting teams and instead looked directly at the shopkeeper, paralyzed with fear on the ground, with a voice cold as if it came from the polar ice.

“Serve the dishes, and make it quick.”

The shopkeeper was already collapsed on the ground, unable to move. A few attendants came over, nodding and bowing, and dragged the shopkeeper away.

Clearly, they also recognized the attire.

Zhang Fang, who obviously knew who these people were, was also frowning and fell silent.

The troublemakers oversaw government officials and were only accountable to the supreme imperial authority. Even the Prefectural Magistrate of Longnan had to be somewhat wary of them.

However, the tall man who was the leader of the other party clearly had no intention of backing down. He glared with his bull’s eyes and said, “Skinny pole, who do you think you are, I…”

“Pfft…”

A short blade flew from an angle and buried itself into the neck of the tall man.

“I…”

His mouth agape, he struggled to say one more word before collapsing with a thud.

Blood spattered everywhere, staining the people nearby.

“It’s quite unexpected. I, ‘Eighth Master,’ have not been out and about for so long, yet there are still people who dare to claim the title ‘Master’.”

The man who called himself Eighth Master twisted the whip in his hand and walked over to an empty table.

The group of bare-armed thugs only just recovered from their shock. A few threw themselves onto their boss, crying out in agony, while the others drew out their weapons and charged at Eighth Master.

But before they could reach Eighth Master, several short blades were already thrust into their necks.

With a series of thuds, all the bare-armed thugs who had rushed forward fell dead on the ground.

Qi Yue felt a chill in her heart.

She had just seen it clearly.

The knives of these men were rigged with mechanisms, with long chains that could be flung out two meters.

Their speed and accuracy were unheard of.

Even with her Innate Divine Strength and some skills, if she were to encounter these men, a knife would undoubtedly end up in her neck.

How ludicrous it was that she had once thought she could handle troublemakers herself.

Compared to them, Qi Yue couldn’t help but feel how incapable Qian Faliang had been.

Qu Wei, as if he knew what she was thinking, leaned in a bit closer and whispered, “You need not be surprised, this man is Lin Changye, also known as Eighth Master. Among the reprobates, he’s the most peculiar one.”

Qi Yue, although she disliked Qu Wei getting close, couldn’t help but ask, “What makes him so peculiar?”

“He’s the eighth adopted son of the Grand Tutor Lin, highly prized and essentially the one in charge of the reprobates.”

Adopted son?

Qi Yue’s eyebrows pinched together, it was the first time she had heard anything about Grand Tutor Lin having an adopted son.

It looked like she really needed to learn more about the court’s affairs.

She immediately thought of Qian Faliang and felt that he couldn’t possibly be Grand Tutor Lin’s adopted son, considering the government officials following him couldn’t even wield flying knives.

To confirm this, she asked another question.

“That flying knife is really formidable, does every reprobate know how to use this move?”

But Qu Wei suddenly smiled, winking at her.

“Come a bit closer, and I’ll tell you.”

“…In your dreams!”

Qi Yue gave him a cold glare, got up, and walked to the other side, ordering their people in a low voice to call Zhang Fang back.

Her mission was to go to the Western Regions of Longnan Ridge to obtain the horn of the White Rhino, all other matters were secondary, and this was true for Zhang Fang as well.

She believed he wouldn’t ruin the entire plan over a moment’s anger.

As expected, Zhang Fang returned with a cold face.

The reprobates had killed someone, but they didn’t have any intent to utterly annihilate the others, watching as the bare-chested men carried away their fallen brothers.

Naturally, they had no intention of causing trouble with Zhang Fang either, appearing as if they hadn’t eaten for a day and in a hurry to hit the road, paying no mind to the people around them.

Soon, the shopkeeper led his people to serve food to the reprobates’ side.

The inn fell silent, no one spoke, the only sound was the clinking of bowls and dishes as the dozen or so reprobates ate.

In the spacious inn, the thick smell of blood mingled with the aroma of food, creating a bizarre odour that almost made Qi Yue vomit.

She took out a candied bean and tossed it into her mouth, finally feeling the nauseous sensation lessen considerably.

These were candies made with Spiritual Spring Water, she had made plenty before planning to leave, some for the tigers and oxen, some left for Zhao Xiyan and the others, with a little left for herself.

In case of any emergencies, these candies could be somewhat useful.

“Can I have one?”

Qu Wei had moved closer again before she knew it.

“There aren’t any left.”

Their own meal was served at that moment, and seizing the opportunity, Qu Wei sat next to Qi Yue, whispering, “This is Lin Changye’s Feidao Camp, the highest combat power among the reprobates, not easily encountered. It’s your good fortune to see them today.”

After saying that, he smirked smugly, stretching out his hand.

“How about now?”

Qi Yue’s mouth twitched slightly, and she tossed a candied bean into Qu Wei’s hand, which he treasured ecstatically for a moment before popping into his mouth.

“…So delicious…sweet…” He squinted, basking in it for a moment before eagerly asking, “What kind of candy is this?”

“Just candy.”

“Do you have any more?”

Ignoring Qu Wei’s shamelessly persistent questioning, Qi Yue focused on her meal while pondering the reprobates’ whereabouts.

Why had Lin Changye, who usually stays indoors, hurriedly taken the Feidao Camp west?

What was the identity of the bare-chested group?

And this Qu Wei by her side, how much longer was he planning to follow her?

…

By the time they had finished eating, the reprobates across from them had already left.

Several lads were cleaning the blood off the floor, and the shopkeeper stood not far away, casting occasional glances in their direction.

Seeing his mournful face, Qi Yue knew that Lin Changye had certainly eaten without paying.