Chapter 61

"I will also instruct your uncle and aunt to do the same, and have them supervise you together!"

"Don't you worry! I guarantee I won't let you make any mistakes, and I will definitely help you nurse your body back to health."

Guo Jia: "......."

I f*cking thank you, oh!

"Do you have to be this ruthless? You might as well just kill me!"

Guo Jia slumped directly onto the ground and gave up, saying.

What kind of situation is this?

He regretted it; he shouldn't have come to attend today's gathering.

Seeing this, Xun You and Xi Zhicai exchanged a glance and both laughed heartily.

Xi Zhicai patted Xun You on the shoulder and said, "Then Guo Fengxiao's health is in your hands!"

"Fine!"

On Su Xuan's side, he immediately took out paper and a brush from his robes, wrote a prescription, and handed it to Xun You, saying, "It's better to leave this with you for safekeeping! Remember to supervise him in taking his medicine on time and drinking less alcohol!"

Following that, he looked at Guo Jia, who wore a look of utter despair, and said, "As long as a few years pass, you'll actually be fine!"

"Of course, you must never drink alcohol in excess!"

"If you want to drink more, you can practice martial arts to strengthen your body. As long as you can reach the Transformation Realm, drinking in excess won't actually be a big deal!"

"Because, with the control over the body that the Transformation Realm provides, you can completely force the alcohol vapor out of your body while you drink."

On this point, he and Old Dian Wei and the others had already verified it; it was absolutely reliable.

"Forget it!"

However, upon hearing this, Guo Jia couldn't help but roll his eyes and retort, "If I had the determination and talent to practice martial arts, would I have waited until today?"

Practicing martial arts requires enduring great hardship, and it takes long-term, persistent, bitter cultivation day and night to achieve anything.

And that is assuming one has the talent for martial arts.

As a dissolute man, Guo Jia lacked the talent, the ability to endure hardship, and the patience for martial arts.

He could read books with great enthusiasm, especially military strategy books.

But as for other things, that was not necessarily the case.

Furthermore, practicing martial arts was not cheap.

He was so poor, how could he afford to supply himself?

Not everyone had Old Dian Wei's ability to easily hunt wild beasts or even exotic beasts to support their martial arts training.

"You... you!"

Su Xuan was speechless upon hearing this.

He decided not to bother with Guo Jia for the time being.

He planned to wait until he had brought Guo Jia under his command in the future to properly drill him.

No matter what, he had to get his physical fitness up.

At worst, he would just research and create a few types of medicinal wines that were beneficial for strengthening the body and assisting in martial arts cultivation later on.

There are always more solutions than problems.

Of course, he wouldn't tell Guo Jia this good news for now; let him suffer a bit under Xun You's supervision first!

How can someone be kidney-deficient at only 14 years old?

He was far too indulgent.

Su Xuan then looked at Xi Zhicai and said, "Your illness might be terminal to others, but I have a way to cure you;"

"Later, I will first teach you a set of health-preserving techniques; you start practicing them first;"

"Once the fighting eases up, I will then provide you with targeted treatment!"

"Although your illness can be cured, it is quite troublesome and requires a long treatment time. It not only requires a large amount of medicinal herbs, but some medicines also require special tools to prepare;"

"Now that we are out on the road and the fighting is intense, there are no conditions to obtain these for the time being. I hope you don't mind."

He would not allow Xi Zhicai to die young.

He hoped that Xi Zhicai and the civil and military relatives around him could live to a ripe old age, and perhaps even achieve immortality if he could create a path to it in the future!

It would be a pity if such a useful tool-man died.

"My lord is too kind!"

Xi Zhicai was deeply moved, shook his head, and said, "You are a divine physician; everything should be done as you say! I have endured for so many years, I am not in a hurry."

"I must thank my lord for your concern and care."

With such a lord, what more could one ask for?

"Cough, cough! That..."

At this moment, Guo Jia, who was sprawled on the ground, suddenly flipped over and stood up. He looked at Su Xuan with a fawning expression and asked eagerly, "Brother Su, is this health-preserving technique hard to learn? Is the process arduous? Can you teach it to me as well?"

Before Su Xuan could answer, Old Dian Wei, who had long found Guo Jia an eyesore, couldn't help but angrily retort, "You aren't even one of my lord's people, why should he teach it to you?"

This guy had consistently been ungrateful, even refusing the lord's recruitment. The fact that the lord was diagnosing him and he still didn't appreciate it made Old Dian Wei very unhappy.

He said whatever was on his mind directly; he wouldn't hide or hold back.

"Uh..."

Upon hearing this, Guo Jia's expression froze. He lowered his head and frowned, reflecting on his own behavior today, and immediately felt it was highly inappropriate.

He immediately straightened his expression, raised his head, and bowed deeply to Su Xuan, saying, "General! Previously, Guo Jia was far too presumptuous and reckless! Please forgive me!"

"Whether it is the matter of the fine wine or the matter of you diagnosing me earlier, I will keep them in mind. Consider that I owe you two great favors;"

"In the future, the General may use these two favors to ask me to do two things that do not violate my principles or my conscience."

Hearing this, Su Xuan, Old Dian Wei, Xun You, and Xi Zhicai all nodded with some satisfaction and relief.

Now that was more like it!

"However,"

Yet, the next moment, Guo Jia's expression changed again. He fawningly grabbed Su Xuan's hand and requested, "Is this health-preserving technique hard to learn? Is the process arduous? Can you teach it to me as well?"

"If you are willing to teach it to me after meeting the above requirements, and this technique can solve my problems, allowing me to not have to abstain from lust and alcohol, then what would be the harm in me selling this life to you and acknowledging you as my lord?"

Su Xuan: "...."

Old Dian Wei: "....."

"Slap!"

Xun You and Xi Zhicai both slapped their own faces.

This guy was truly beyond saving.

In order to not abstain from alcohol and lust, he really had no shame left.

"We'll talk about it later!"

Su Xuan said, pushing Guo Jia aside, ignoring his mournful gaze, and looked at Xun You to instruct him, "Leave this kid with you for a while to grind down his temperament. Once I have pacified the war and returned in triumph, and my schedule has cleared up!"

"I will bring him back to Dengxian to train him personally, how about that?"

Since Guo Jia had offered himself up, Su Xuan naturally wouldn't refuse.

But if he didn't give this kid a profound lesson and make him change his temperament, he feared he would be ruined in the future.

Therefore, he could only trouble Xun You for a bit.

"Haha! No problem!"

Xun You ignored Guo Jia's resentment, nodded knowingly, and agreed directly.

— Author's Notes —

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