Chapter 70 : Chapter 70

Chapter 70: If I Remember Correctly, You Also Have a Daughter Here Receiving Treatment, Don’t You?

The moment he heard those questions, Cheng Zhenjiang’s anger flared up.

What did he mean by saying that since he had come from Dragon Abyss Prefecture, he must know something?

Those words made it sound as though he had betrayed his word and abandoned his fellow jianghu brethren.

Would the upright and honorable Great Hero Cheng ever do such a thing?

Besides, how could Sword-Forging Manor possibly...

At that thought, Cheng Zhenjiang finally realized what he had just heard.

“What did you say?!”

As if struck by lightning, he looked at the speaker in disbelief.

“Sword-Forging Manor was destroyed?!”

How could a jianghu giant on Sword-Forging Manor’s level possibly be wiped out?!

In his shock and fury, an immensely powerful aura burst forth from him without the slightest concealment.

The next moment, he finally saw what the newcomer looked like.

It was a white-haired old man dressed simply, with a calm expression.

His entire body gave off a kindly, gentle air.

The benevolent aura of a true healer!

Cheng Zhenjiang hurriedly withdrew his aura and, suppressing the storm in his heart, bowed respectfully.

“So Divine Physician Ma has arrived. May I ask, what exactly did you mean just now when you said Sword-Forging Manor was destroyed...?”

Divine Physician Ma nodded.

He did not care in the least whether he was worthy of receiving a bow from the famed Great Hero Cheng, leader of the northern martial world.

Here, they were all merely family members of patients.

“So Great Hero Cheng did not know of this... Five days ago, a large force of Jinyiwei stormed into Dragon Abyss Prefecture and directly raided Sword-Forging Manor out of existence, killing until blood ran like rivers.”

“Manor Lord He Qin, along with a number of major figures from Jiangnan’s martial world, all died on the spot.”

“Now all the martial artists in Jiangnan are terrified. There is not one among them who is not frightened!”

Bang!

Cheng Zhenjiang’s eyes turned bloodshot as he crushed the stone slab beneath his feet into pieces.

Sword-Forging Manor had been destroyed five days ago, and He Qin had died?

Was that not the very day Cheng Yu had gone to Sword-Forging Manor to provoke them?

If that was the case...

Then the one who had destroyed Sword-Forging Manor was his own son, Cheng Yu!

At the side, Zhao Xichun also collapsed back into her chair.

Her eyes were filled with shock and fear.

She too had guessed the truth.

Her son, Cheng Yu, had destroyed Sword-Forging Manor!

“You two...?”

Seeing their faces turn pale and their blood aura grow dim with shock, rage, and worry, Divine Physician Ma found it rather strange.

The husband and wife of Great Hero Cheng were truly so kind and righteous.

The fate of another sect had nothing to do with them in the end, and yet they still reacted so strongly. No wonder their good name spread so far.

Only then did Cheng Zhenjiang realize he had lost his composure, and he hurriedly declared in a lofty voice, “So those imperial hounds of the court have actually dared be this arrogant, committing a monstrous crime that defies heaven and enrages the people! They even dared destroy a power as famous and well-connected as Sword-Forging Manor. They are utterly lawless!”

“I will definitely rally the righteous forces of the jianghu, seek justice for Sword-Forging Manor, and avenge this blood debt!”

Yet inwardly he was filled with shock and fury.

If people found out that the one who had destroyed Sword-Forging Manor was his own son, then his reputation would be finished for good!

That unfilial wretch!

“Uh...”

Divine Physician Ma was stunned for a moment by Great Hero Cheng’s grand righteousness.

Then he gave him an odd look.

“Great Hero Cheng need not be so agitated. The destruction of Sword-Forging Manor may not necessarily be something that enrages heaven and the people.”

Cheng Zhenjiang frowned.

A great jianghu sect had been destroyed by the imperial hounds, and he had personally witnessed their arrogant behavior.

How could slaughtering the righteous heroes of the jianghu not be something heaven and the people would condemn?

“And why is that?”

Divine Physician Ma sighed and shook his head.

“The rumors from before were no exaggeration. Sword-Forging Manor really did harm a million laborers over the course of five years.”

“Tens of thousands of laborers were rescued from behind Sword-Forging Mountain. What Sword-Forging Manor did to them was the true monstrous evil!”

“Now that it has been destroyed, it can only be said that they got what they deserved.”

With a sigh, he recounted one rumor after another that he had heard while treating patients.

Sword-Forging Manor had seized a million laborers, abused them viciously, forced them to dig, and beat and killed them at will, leaving countless dead and injured.

Behind all this were also countless shattered households that had lost their men.

Hearing this, Cheng Zhenjiang and his wife both went completely rigid where they stood.

At the time, nearly all their attention had been focused on Cheng Yu, and they had momentarily overlooked the matter.

They had never expected Sword-Forging Manor to be this insane!

At that moment, Cheng Zhenjiang even felt a trace of relief.

Thank heavens he had left early!

Otherwise, had he stayed behind, he certainly would not have stood by and watched the Jinyiwei slaughter their way through. He would have stepped forward on Sword-Forging Manor’s behalf.

If that had happened, and then this matter had come to light...

then Great Hero Cheng’s reputation would have been utterly ruined!

The husband and wife exchanged a glance, and the same absurd thought rose in both their hearts.

If not for Cheng Yu...

then things really would have spiraled completely out of control!

“But truly,” Divine Physician Ma went on.

He paid little attention to their reaction. He himself had been deeply shocked when he first heard of it.

“That young Jinyiwei Hundred-Household Commander who raided and destroyed Sword-Forging Manor is truly a heroic youth.”

“To begin in a single county of Dragon Abyss Path, slowly peel away the truth of Sword-Forging Manor bit by bit, and then have the courage to stand directly against a jianghu giant...”

“And in the end, he saved the lives of tens of thousands of laborers. He truly possesses a righteous and benevolent heart!”

“Throughout Dragon Abyss and the surrounding Paths, countless common people are grateful to him beyond words!”

The more Divine Physician Ma spoke, the brighter his smile grew, and the admiration and approval in his heart reached an indescribable height.

But the more he praised Cheng Yu like this, the more cold sweat ran down Cheng Zhenjiang and Zhao Xichun’s foreheads, and the more stunned and ashamed they became.

Cheng Yu had a righteous and benevolent heart? Countless common people were grateful to him?

Each and every one of those lines felt like an invisible slap across their faces.

“Oh, right. What was that young Hundred-Household Commander called again? It seems his surname was Cheng...”

Divine Physician Ma could not quite remember the name and tried hard to recall the rumors he had heard.

At that moment, something wholly unexpected happened.

Pffft!

At the side, Cheng Feng suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood that shot three feet into the air.

The next moment, his head lolled to one side and he fainted.

“Feng’er!”

“Feng’er, what happened to you... Divine Physician Ma, quickly, please see what’s wrong with Feng’er!”

Seeing this, Cheng Zhenjiang and Zhao Xichun were frantic with worry.

They urgently pressed the physician to act.

Divine Physician Ma frowned and hurried over to Cheng Feng’s side.

A gentle green Internal Energy drifted softly from him as he examined Cheng Feng’s condition.

But the more he examined him, the more tightly his brows knitted together.

Seeing this, Cheng Zhenjiang and his wife were struck with alarm. Even a top healer of Great Qian like Divine Physician Ma had become tense.

Just how bad was Cheng Feng’s condition?

“Divine Physician Ma, what happened to Feng’er?”

Divine Physician Ma drew his white brows together and took Cheng Feng’s pulse.

After a long moment, he sighed and looked helplessly at Zhao Xichun.

“Do you remember what I told you? Not to feed medicine to the patient recklessly?”

At those words, Zhao Xichun’s face changed drastically, fear flashing in her eyes.

“I was afraid Feng’er’s martial arts would be harmed because of this, so Brother Zhenjiang and I fed him some Spirit Ginseng. But only a tiny bit.”

“It should be fine, shouldn’t it?”

At the side, Cheng Zhenjiang also widened his eyes and frowned tightly. “Was there a problem with the Spirit Ginseng?”

How could a perfectly good medicine make someone cough up blood?

“There is nothing wrong with the Spirit Ginseng. Far too much nothing wrong with it! The quality is excellent!”

“So excellent that the vital blood I had only just managed to suppress was immediately driven loose again.”

Divine Physician Ma was helpless beyond words.

When the patient had first been brought here, the injuries had already been serious. Worse still, his stomach had been packed full of spirit medicines.

The danger caused by the piled-up medicinal power and overabundant vital blood had been even more severe than the injuries themselves.

He had only just managed, with great difficulty, to guide the medicinal power outward and resolve the problem.

After giving warning upon warning, he had never expected the family to stuff more medicine into him again—and not just any medicine, but the fiercest kind of Spirit Ginseng!

Cheng Zhenjiang and Zhao Xichun exchanged a pained glance.

Regret and self-reproach flashed across their faces.

They were the ones who had harmed Feng’er!

“Then what should we do? Divine Physician Ma, you must save Feng’er!”

“Ah!”

Divine Physician Ma looked at the two of them and sighed helplessly.

“There is nothing to be done. That coughing of blood just now was the patient saving himself. Being stirred a little was exactly what allowed him to spit out the overly exuberant vital blood.”

“Just let him recover properly. As long as you do not secretly feed him more medicine, there will be no problem.”

With a helpless shake of his head, he rose to leave with his hands clasped behind his back.

“Divine Physician Ma, please examine Feng’er a little more!”

Seeing that the physician was about to go, Cheng Zhenjiang hurriedly stopped him.

After waiting so long to get him here, he had to make sure the matter was fully settled.

But when Divine Physician Ma was pulled back like that, he suddenly remembered the reason he had come.

Frowning, he looked toward Cheng Zhenjiang and Zhao Xichun.

“His condition is not urgent for the moment. But if this old man’s memory has not failed him...”

“You should also have a daughter here receiving treatment, shouldn’t you?”

“Her condition is far more serious!”