Chapter 47: The Strange Old Man

Then everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and it turned out that the loud shouting was made by the old man who was sleeping soundly on the tattered table.
The sloppy old man was now puffing his beard and glaring, sitting up straight, and his old eyes were staring fiercely at Bu Gong and Hou Ming in the crowd, as if these two were extremely vicious people.
At this time, the crowd that was watching before, after noticing that the old man had gone crazy, shrank their necks and looked at the old man with some fear in their eyes; they looked like mice seeing a cat.
“What’s going on? Ah? Those two brats, come here!” The sloppy old man glared at Hou Ming and Bu Gong, who looked a little miserable in the distance, and said sternly.
“Cough cough…” Bu Gong coughed lightly a few times, and a trace of blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth. “Junior Brother Bu Gong, what’s wrong with you? Is it serious?” The petite woman who was supporting Bu Gong asked anxiously, with a hint of worry in her eyes.
She was actually feeling a little depressed now. She hadn’t expected that this new junior brother she had just met would be so powerful. Even when Hou Ming had taken the elixir, they fought each other and both suffered injuries. No, it should be said that it was not a draw, but Bu Gong had a slight advantage.
Although Hou Ming’s injuries were similar to Bu Gong’s, he still had the backlash of the elixir, which was not easy to bear. “Help me over there,” Bu Gong said weakly, looking in the direction of the sloppy old man.
He was then supported by the woman and walked over slowly with staggering steps; at this time, Hou Ming was still sitting cross-legged on the ground, trying his best to resist the damage of the slightest lightning power in his body.
The power of thunder and lightning was really overbearing. Even though it was only a tiny bit as thick as a hemp rope, it made Hou Ming use all his strength to resist. Not talking about Hou Ming for now, Bu Gong slowly came to the sloppy old man at this time, and stood in front of the shabby table, looking a little bit like crying but unable to cry.
Because the old man just let Bu Gong stand like that, and his pair of old but not cloudy eyes were still rolling around, staring at Bu Gong, as if he wanted to kill Bu Gong with his eyes.
Seeing Bu Gong and the old man staring at each other intently, those who were watching the excitement from a distance secretly gave a thumbs up to Bu Gong’s back, “This guy is really awesome, he dares to look at that old guy in the eye even though he is like this.” Of course, this is just what those people thought in their hearts, they didn’t dare to say it out loud.
The two of them just stared at each other with wide eyes. Finally, after half a minute, Bu Gong couldn’t hold on any longer and looked a little uncomfortable. “What is this old guy doing staring at others like this? Does he have that kind of fetish?” Thinking of this, Bu Gong felt a chill in his heart.
Then he looked at the old man with a bit more vigilance in his eyes. The old man also noticed Bu Gong’s abnormal behavior and seemed to have roughly guessed what Bu Gong was thinking. Then, for the first time in his life, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his old face.
The old man said in a rough voice: “Boy, what’s your name? Don’t you know that there is a rule prohibiting fighting in the pharmacy?”
“Um, hehe… that, old sir, I am a new outer disciple who came in half a month ago. I came here today to collect the elixir for my cultivation this month, but I didn’t expect…” Bu Gong said with a dry laugh; although this matter was caused by Hou Ming, it was his side that was in the wrong after all.
“Oh? The new disciple recruited a few days ago?” Upon hearing this, the sloppy old man’s somewhat turbid eyes flashed with a gleam of light inadvertently, and the look he gave Bu Gong was a little strange.
In response, Bu Gong nodded!
“So, you had cultivated to this level before you joined the sect?” the old man continued to ask; Bu Gong nodded in response.
“You said that you came to the pharmacy today to collect this month’s training resources?” The old man looked like he wanted to get to the bottom of things, which made Bu Gong secretly murmur in his heart. In response to the old man’s question, Bu Gong nodded again.
Then the old man’s face turned black as he cursed, “You bastard, what else can you do besides nod? Can’t you just say a word?”
“Huh?” Bu Gong looked at the old man and was a little dumbfounded; “This, can you blame me? Who told you to guess correctly?” Bu Gong thought to himself innocently in his heart.
“Pfft…” Someone among the crowd watching the excitement in the distance laughed out loud at the scene; some people suddenly had extremely strange expressions, while others covered their stomachs but dared not make a sound.
Obviously, this old man has a great deterrent effect.
The old man cursed Bu Gong, then turned to look at Hou Ming, who was closing his eyes to recuperate from his injuries. Seeing this, Bu Gong looked at Hou Ming with a hint of pity in his eyes, and of course, a bit of gloating: “This old man is not easy to deal with, hehe…”
“Hey, you kid sitting on the ground pretending to be dead, do you think I can’t see you if you close your eyes? Crawl over here!” The sloppy old man suddenly jumped onto the table and pointed at Hou Ming and cursed.
After hearing this, Bu Gong’s originally calm face trembled slightly, but there was a hint of smile in his eyes. He glanced at Hou Ming over there, then turned to look at the old man beside him: “This old man? Interesting…”
On the other side, Hou Ming was so shocked by the roar of the sloppy old man that his blood was boiling. He couldn’t help but spit out another mouthful of blood, and his eyes became even dimmer. Then Hou Ming opened his eyes and looked at the old man with a hint of resentment in his eyes.
But he hid it very well and was not noticed by anyone; otherwise, he knew that there was no hope for him to leave the pharmacy safely today.
Then, two of the disciples who had followed Hou Ming ran out, helped Hou Ming up, and walked towards the old man.
“Hey… boy, what a fate we have. I meet you again today to provoke a fight. Don’t you think we are destined to be together?” When Hou Ming came in front of the old man, he heard the old man look at Hou Ming and say in a sarcastic tone.
When Bu Gong heard this, his expression became as weird as it could be, and there was endless weirdness in his eyes when he looked at Hou Ming; “This guy, tsk tsk, he told me before that we were destined to be together, but I didn’t expect that now others would say that I am destined to be with him, this is really fate” Bu Gong sighed secretly in his heart.
Those who had just stopped laughing couldn’t help but burst out laughing when they heard the old man’s words.
Hou Ming, who was standing there, had a pale and blue face, looking extremely ugly. However, he still suppressed his anger, bowed slightly to the old man, and said, “Mr. Dan, I’m sorry for being rude today. I hope you can forgive me.”
Hou Ming knew very well how cunning the tricks used by this seemingly naughty old man in front of him were; every time he thought of this, he couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart.
The previous experiences of being caught and forced to urinate in the pit had turned a naughty guy like Hou Ming into a good boy in front of him.
However, Bu Gong was a little surprised at Hou Ming’s attitude. He looked at Hou Ming for a few times, then glanced at the old man, feeling a little depressed: “Why does Hou Ming look so scared of this old man? He shouldn’t be that scary, right?” Thinking of this, Bu Gong glanced at the sloppy old man beside him.
But the old man ignored Hou Ming’s words at this moment. He glanced at Hou Ming and snorted coldly, saying, “You, are you willing to deduct two months’ worth of cultivation pills?”
When Hou Ming heard this, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly said: “Don’t worry, Mr. Dan, I’m willing.” As he said this, Hou Ming was obviously relieved.
Bu Gong became even more suspicious about this; at this time, the old man turned around and looked at Bu Gong, “Boy, you said you were here to collect the elixir for this month’s cultivation?”
Bu Gong nodded and hummed softly, “Then why didn’t you come yesterday?” the old man asked again.
“Well, I was practicing outside when you were receiving the pills yesterday, so I didn’t know about it. That’s why I came here today,” Bu Gong replied softly.
“In that case, and since you participated in a fight and caused trouble in the pharmacy today, I will deduct half a month’s supply of pills from you and give you one and a half pills. Are you willing?” The old man looked at Bu Gong with a calm expression and a strange look in his eyes.
“Uh, one and a half pills?” Bu Gong was a little dumbfounded when he heard that; “half a pill? Can I take it?” Bu Gong muttered to himself in his heart.
Because the effect of elixirs will be greatly reduced once they are forcibly separated; the effect is only about one-fifth of the original, so it is better not to have it.
However, Bu Gong did not dare to say it out loud. He could roughly guess from Hou Ming’s attitude towards the old man before that the old man must not be as simple as he seemed, so he did not want to be the first to speak out.
“Since the old gentleman said so, how dare I disobey?” Bu Gong climbed down the pole. Hearing Bu Gong say this, the old man indeed smiled, and there was a hint of approval in his eyes when he looked at Bu Gong.
“He has already reached the third level of body shaping before he even joined the sect. He is a very promising seedling.” The old man thought secretly in his heart while stroking the sparse beard on his chin.
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“Boy, this is not over yet, just wait.” Although Hou Ming did not say anything when he left, it can be seen from his lip movements that these were the words he said.
Bu Gong just glanced at this and turned his head away; Hou Ming’s face turned pale again at Bu Gong’s attitude; but he did not dare to take the initiative to provoke him at this time, because the sloppy old man Ma Ming was still watching him covetously.
However, Bu Gong and the petite girl walked out of the medicine hall slowly. “Wow, Junior Brother Bu Gong, you are so amazing. Why didn’t I notice it before?” The girl stared at Bu Gong with shining eyes, and finally spoke endless words of praise and admiration.
Bu Gong felt a little embarrassed when he spoke directly, “By the way, senior sister, I don’t even know your name yet.” Bu Gong paused slightly and asked with a wry smile.
“Oh, yes, I even forgot about this question.” The beautiful girl slapped her fair forehead in frustration and said, “My name is Tang Yan, you can just call me Senior Sister Yan’er.”
“Oh? Nice name.” Bu Gong nodded. “Then, this… uh, Senior Sister Yan’er, let’s say goodbye here. I’m going back.” When they arrived outside the pharmacy, Bu Gong turned around and said to the woman.
“Well, fine, you can come to me if you have any problems; but even so, you won’t be able to find my small yard. Next time, I’ll take you there to see it. Forget it this time. You should go back and recuperate first.” The pretty girl named Tang Yan said with her little head tilted.
Bu Gong nodded to this and turned to rush towards his dormitory.
About ten minutes later, there was a creaky sound of a door being pushed open. “Ah? Damn, Bu Gong, what happened to you? Why do you look like this?” A scream was heard from Bu Gong’s dormitory.
And judging from this voice, who else could it be besides Yun Xingjin?