Chapter 77: But Now I Truly Know

"Kid, you want to trick words out of this old man; actually, you know nothing." Ding Bangning looked at Xia Daoming coldly and said, but fine cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Hmph, I need to trick words out of you? You think too highly of yourself. Isn't it just that your Ding Clan produced a cultivator?

So what? It's not like he's any powerful cultivator! If he were truly powerful, your Ding Clan wouldn't need to be so step-by-step and cautious; you would have long since swept away the Xu Clan and dominated Li Cheng!" Xia Daoming said disdainfully.

"Since you already knew, why go to all this trouble?" Ding Bangning said with a pale face.

"Who told you I knew? I was guessing! But now I truly know." Xia Daoming said with a mocking look, feeling a little relieved in his heart.

As long as the Ding Clan's cultivator was still wary of Grandmasters, it meant his combat power was at the Grandmaster level, and at the ninth-rank Grandmaster level at that.

With his terrifying qi, he should have the strength to fight.

The only worry now was that he hadn't seen the battle methods of Grandmasters and cultivators.

He had no concept of how strange and powerful their methods were.

"You..." Ding Bangning didn't expect that he, who had lived for a long time, would be tricked by a young man, and couldn't help but be so angry that he spat out a mouthful of old blood, then tilted his neck and actually died of anger.

"Damn, no way, he just kicked the bucket like that? I still have a lot of questions to ask!" Xia Daoming was stunned.

Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen was also a bit stunned.

Ji Wenyue had repeatedly told him that her savior, Big Brother Xia, was a real man and a real gentleman.

This time, as soon as Xia Daoming heard the news, he rushed through the rain to rescue them, which for Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen, further confirmed Ji Wenyue's words.

So ever since he knew the identity of his savior, Xia Daoming had instantly established the tall image of a loyal, righteous, and affectionate hero and great man in his heart.

As a result, Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen never expected that this young man, who seemed loyal and honest, would perform such a series of operations that he not only tricked Ding Bangning, the old fox, into revealing the Ding Clan's biggest secret, but also scared him to death.

This was really too different from the tall, loyal image in his heart!

However, soon, the shock on Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen's face turned into joy.

It's good for a young man to have ability, shrewdness, and scheming!

"This person is named Ding Chushan, the grandson of Ding Bangcheng. He has always been very low-key and almost never shows his face. A few days ago, Ding Bangcheng suddenly came to propose marriage, wanting the Ji Clan to marry Wenyue to him.

I didn't expect him to be a cultivator; no wonder the three clans dared to join forces to deal with the Xu Clan!" Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen quickly pointed to the portrait and said in a deep voice.

"Is cultivation so amazing? This guy is so ugly, yet he still wants Wenyue to marry him; it's simply a toad wanting to eat swan meat." Xia Daoming's dislike for Ding Chushan rose sharply upon hearing this.

"Cultivation is indeed amazing." Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen said with a grave expression.

"Does Senior Ji know about cultivators?" Xia Daoming recalled that Ji Wenyue had mentioned to him before that the Ji Clan's ancestors had once had contact with cultivators, and his heart stirred, so he blurted out the question.

"Understand? How is that possible? It's just some hearsay about cultivators passed down from ancestors!" Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen waved his hand and replied.

"I would like to hear the details!" Xia Daoming was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Good, cough cough!" Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen had just opened his mouth when he coughed violently, even curling up as if he were about to die at any moment.

"Grandfather, are, are you okay!" Ji Wenyue was so anxious she was about to cry.

"Still, cough cough, can drag on for a while!" Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen waved his hand while panting, saying.

"Senior, don't talk for now; you should adjust your breath and heal your injuries first!" Xia Daoming had no choice but to suppress his curiosity for now.

"Benefactor, you, just let me speak; I'm afraid if I don't speak now, I really won't have the chance." Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen said.

"Grandfather, no, you definitely won't die. I, I will find medicine for you now!" Ji Wenyue's tears finally couldn't be controlled and rolled down.

"Silly child, Grandfather is old. Taking secret medicine once already greatly shortens one's life; taking it twice in a row, what hope is there!

But being able to see your Big Brother Xia appear, turn the tide, and save the remaining disciples of the Ji Clan, even if Grandfather leaves now, I can die in peace." Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen reached out and wiped the tears from Ji Wenyue's face with a trembling hand.

"No, no, Grandfather just overdrawn his qi and vitality, and his meridians are running under great overload, causing great damage, which is why his qi and vitality are weak.

If Wenyue finds medicinal materials that can gently nourish vitality and repair meridians, and boils them into a medicinal soup for Grandfather to take and slowly adjust, he will definitely be fine." Ji Wenyue shook her head repeatedly, but her tears fell even more happily.

"Silly child, you are a genius at refining medicine; don't you know that medicine is three-tenths poison? Normal people can still withstand the medicinal power, relying on their strong internal organs to absorb the essence and expel the dross.

But my body now is like a house leaking everywhere; if I use a little force, let alone repair it, I'm afraid it will collapse immediately and die.

Grandfather understands your filial piety, but such is fate; what can be done?" Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen smiled bitterly.

"According to what you said, Senior, is it true that as long as the medicinal power is very gentle, your body can still be slowly adjusted?" Xia Daoming's heart stirred slightly and he asked.

"Logically speaking, yes, but where in this world is there any medicine that is truly gentle? Unless it is immortal spirit rice, which can nourish vitality like spring rain moistening things silently.

But how can we mortals hope for immortal spirit rice? Even if a Grandmaster accidentally obtains a few taels to taste, that is already a great blessing.

Like me, I would have to eat some every few days, and it would have to last for a period of time, in order to slowly adjust. This is simply wishful thinking!" Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen said, shaking his head repeatedly.

"Can immortal spirit rice really do it?" Xia Daoming said pleasantly surprised.

When he left the Hidden Dragon Martial Hall on horseback, he had a sudden whim and grabbed some spirit rice, as well as a small handful of Phoenix Jade Grass, wrapping them into a bundle and carrying them with him, thinking that if he met Ji Wenyue, he could just let her take them to eat and refine elixirs in the new place, so she could become a more powerful Great Martial Master earlier, which could be considered doubling the repayment of the soft rice debt.

"Yes, it can, but..." Ji Wenyue said while wiping her tears.

"Then hurry and get some firewood, a small pot, and water, so you can cook some for your grandfather to adjust." Xia Daoming said, taking down the bundle he had tied to his back and opening it.

As soon as it was opened, the fragrant rice scent drifted out.

A pile of about half a dou of spirit rice shimmered with golden light in the firelight, almost blinding the eyes of the Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen and Ji Wenyue grandfather and granddaughter.

As for the Phoenix Jade Grass, it was packed separately in a box by Xia Daoming and was not opened.

"This, this... cough cough!" Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen was so excited and shocked that he almost couldn't catch his breath.

Xia Daoming was so scared he hurriedly patted his back.

If this old man also kicked the bucket like Ding Bangning, then Xia Daoming would be a great sinner.

Fortunately, Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen finally caught his breath and said: "Spirit rice! This is spirit rice!"

Isn't this nonsense?

Xia Daoming was speechless.