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Chapter 155 One cannot punish without teaching
Do you think I'm some old-fashioned, conservative person?

When Li Dachui and Xiao Changche saw Fu Qingzhu, he was sitting alone on a high place, holding a wine pot, his face glowing. However, the question he asked left Li Dachui and Xiao Changche at a loss for words.

"What are you saying, Valley Master?" Xiao Changche walked over and asked softly.

Fu Qingzhu smiled slightly: "You just came from behind. Do you think I don't know what Fu Cheng was doing there?"

Xiao Changche was speechless.

Li Dachui laughed and said, "Grandmaster, you are an old immortal who has always been compassionate. There are some things that I don't need to tell you, so as not to hurt your Dao heart."

"A classic case of burying one's head in the sand!" Fu Qingzhu scoffed. "What a load of rubbish! Do you think my medical skills were developed by simply shutting myself in and working on them? Do you think I can understand medical principles and prescriptions by just sitting in Changchun Valley all day thinking hard?"

Li Dachui asked in astonishment, "Could it be that you used to do this kind of thing often?"

Fu Qingzhu sneered: "Even now, I often go to the Black Domain! Every new formula and every new drug needs to be verified."

“Master is just being filial,” Li Dachui said.

"If it can benefit future generations, then I wouldn't even blink an eye at harming the interests of a few people right now!" Fu Qingzhu said calmly. "Do you know where Changchun San came from?"

Changchun Powder is a medicine used in Changchun Valley to prevent and treat plagues. It is also the most important medicine in Changchun Valley that is famous both outside the pass and even in various places inside the pass, because it can kill the plague as much as possible when it first appears.

"You did similar experiments back then?" Li Dachui's voice trembled slightly. If you wanted to do such an experiment, not just one or two people would die, but countless others.

"In total, seven or eight villages were wiped out, thousands of people perished. After ten years, Changchun Sancai has finally begun to show its effectiveness!" Fu Qingzhu said, "Hammer, every technological advancement is built on the foundation of countless lives, whether it's weapons or medicine. Weapons are used to kill, while medicine is used to save lives. But in essence, they are no different!"

Both of them nodded vigorously.

"I'm quite pleased to see that neither of you has any aversion to this kind of thing!" Fu Qingzhu said. "Those pedantic old men are the most annoying. This won't work, that won't work, and when you ask them for advice or a solution, they're at a loss. Tell me, what good are these kinds of people to the world!"

"Actually, there are still some!" Li Dachui smiled and said, "At least they let us know that no matter what we do, there should still be a basic bottom line. For example, when you, Valley Master, conduct your experiments, you go to the Black Domain, not just some random village in Bao Ping Prefecture. And now, the experiments that Master and the others are conducting are for people who will die if they don't do it, but have a chance of survival if they do it. And once they succeed, I believe the people of the world will benefit. Just like your Changchun Powder, now, among the Qin people, the Yuan people, and the Chu people, who doesn't use it?"

Fu Qingzhu laughed loudly, and with a wave of his hand, he threw the wine pot in his hand to Li Dachui: "You're right. Here's a pot of wine for you. Compared to your father, you are indeed much better. No wonder Zhou Zhi is so proud of himself, boasting that he taught you well. But I think you have some innate knowledge. How could that old geezer Zhou Zhi have taught someone like you?"

"The human world?" Li Dachui was overjoyed when he brought his nose close to the spout of the pot and took a sniff.

"Knowing that you and Old Man Zhou have ill intentions, this time I've mixed the Human World into a bunch of medicinal wines. If you dare to steal it, haha, if you steal the wrong one, then you'll be in big trouble!" Fu Qingzhu said with a smile.

"The patriarch naturally loves me, so why wouldn't he reward me? Why would I steal it?" Li Dachui raised the pot, secretly feeling lucky. To be honest, he really was planning to steal it, but he hadn't made a move yet.

"Girl, come here!" Fu Qingzhu beckoned to Xiao Changche.

Xiao Changche walked over and obediently extended his hand.

Fu Qingzhu felt your pulse for a moment, then smiled and said, "Your pulse is much calmer now. The domineering and wild true energy you once possessed is now as powerful and continuous as a great river. As long as Hammer helps you regulate your true energy and refine your violent blood energy, your path in martial arts will be incredibly smooth! Once you break through to the Innate Realm, you will no longer have such troubles!"

"Don't worry, Valley Master, I'm here!" Li Dachui said with a smile.

Fu Qingzhu nodded: "Xiao girl is a pitiful person. Hammer, if you ever let her down, I won't let you off the hook. Even if you become a Xiantian in the future, I'll still find a way to deal with you!"

"Valley Master, what are you saying?" Xiao Changche's face turned as red as a monkey's bottom. He scolded Fu Qingzhu, but his eyes glared fiercely at Li Dachui.

“Valley Master, I’m even worse off than her!” Li Dachui complained. “I don’t even know what my parents look like. And Xiao Changche is so domineering. Don’t you care about me? I’m practically your grand-disciple!”

"Heh!" Fu Qingzhu sneered, "Go ask Fu Cheng if he acknowledges you as his disciple."

"A teacher for a day is a father for life!" Li Dachui said righteously.

"You're talking nonsense!" Fu Qingzhu said, "You are outwardly flexible but inwardly principled, with a tenacious character, clear goals, and ruthless methods. You seem easygoing and receptive to advice, but in reality, you are extremely confident in yourself. To put it bluntly, you are stubborn and self-willed."

"Valley Master, am I really as bad as you say?" "I'm not trying to belittle you, I'm just stating a fact objectively." Fu Qingzhu said, "People with this kind of temperament are indeed capable of great things. But it's precisely because you have this temperament that I'm worried that Xiao girl will suffer from you in the future."

"Valley Master, does she seem like someone who would suffer a loss?" Li Dachui pointed at Xiao Changche.

“Xiao’s personality is the exact opposite of yours. She looks sharp and prickly on the outside, but deep down she’s incredibly soft-hearted. She’s also stubborn and single-minded, and prone to overthinking. People like that are the most vulnerable to being hurt!” Fu Qingzhu looked at Xiao Changche, a hint of worry in her eyes. “To be honest, I don’t approve of Xiao being with you.”

"Valley Master, I'm not with him!" Xiao Changche's voice was as low as a mosquito's buzz as he lowered his head and cracked his knuckles.

"Don't be stubborn!" Fu Qingzhu said, "Fate plays tricks on people. You just happen to cultivate the Heaven-Slaying Technique, and the hammer just happens to be able to solve your deepest problem and resolve your internal ailments. Do you think I don't know how that works? With your personality, you either won't get married, or if you do, it will definitely be Li Dachui!"

“Aren’t there still people who don’t get married?” Xiao Changche raised his head and said.

Fu Qingzhu ignored her, only looking at Li Dachui, and said coldly, "Li Dachui, after you become the King of this Guanwai, you will marry Xiao Yatou. If you dare to betray Xiao Yatou, I will give you a dose of medicine that will render you impotent for life!"

Li Dachui's face turned pale: "Master, this is too ruthless!"

"Don't think I can't do it!" Fu Qingzhu said coldly, "My martial arts cultivation is indeed not that great, but when it comes to using medicine, if I claim to be second, no one in the world dares to claim to be first. Don't think that just because you're only at the ninth rank now, you're not capable of anything, even if you were at the innate level, I would still do what I say!"

After uttering these harsh words, Fu Qingzhu stood up and strode away.

Li Dachui stared at his back and suddenly sneezed, then sneezed again, then a third, then a fourth!
"Oh no! I've fallen for Grandmaster's trick! Achoo!" Li Dachui ran after Fu Qingzhu, "Grandmaster, achoo, I haven't done anything wrong yet! Achoo, you can't let me get away with this! Achoo! Achoo! Ningyu, please beg the Valley Master for me, otherwise I'll be sneezing all day!"

Xiao Changche stared blankly as Li Dachui chased after Fu Qingzhu, and when he turned around and saw him with tears streaming down his face, he felt both annoyed and amused, yet also deeply moved.

Inside a room deep within the Yan family mansion.

An old man with white hair and beard was scratching his head and cheeks, as if ants were crawling all over his body. He pulled up his clothes and looked inside. On his healthy and strong body, one small bump after another was emerging.

He grabbed a jar of wine in front of him, examined it closely, and smelled it, but still couldn't find anything wrong with it. "There's nothing wrong with it. How did I fall for this old man's trick?"

My face felt a little itchy. I reached out and touched it, and was startled. I grabbed a mirror next to me and saw that small red bumps were popping up on my face.

Zhou Zhi slammed the mirror down on the table, gritting his teeth: "It's just two pots of 'Human World' wine, is it worth all this scheming?"

Suddenly, Zhou Zhi faintly heard Li Dachui's scream. He couldn't help but sigh. Today was an unlucky day. Both of his fathers had fallen for Fu Qingzhu's trick.

The two of them had been plotting against Fu Qingzhu, but now it's all over; he's been wanting to deal with them for a long time.

He wrapped the robe around himself, then covered his face tightly with a handkerchief, opened the door, looked around, and then, with a slight sway, vanished without a trace.

That damned old man Fu has succeeded; he'll definitely come looking for me to show off. I can't give him that chance. I need to go out and hide for a few days.

What is this old man Fu using? It's not poison, but it's so powerful that it seems to be specifically designed to deal with me.

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Zhi had already left Baoping City. Looking around, he suddenly said angrily, "I can't stand this! I have to go to your lair in Changchun Valley and take a look. Maybe there are some good things like the Rejuvenation Pill in your treasure vault. I have to find something to make up for it!"

Li Dachui didn't chase after Fu Qingzhu. The old man wanted to give him a hard time, and going to him would be useless. Who knows, he might give him an antidote, relieving one worry only to bring another.

"Master! Achoo!" He stood in front of Fu Cheng. "Help me!"

"What did you do to offend Master this time?" Fu Cheng asked, his eyes wide.

"The patriarch was executed without cause, achoo!" Li Dachui roared, "He said if I treated Ningyu badly, he would give me a medicine to make me impotent for life, achoo! And he said this was just a small reminder, achoo!"

Li Dachui's voice was quite loud. Xiao Changche, who was chasing behind him, heard this and became furious. He jogged over and kicked Li Dachui in the butt, sending him sprawling face-first into the dirt. Then, with a stomp of his foot, he leaped over the wall and went straight back to the government office on the other side of the high wall.

(End of this chapter)