Text-based martial arts: A nighttime rendezvous with the gang leader's wife in a dilapidated te

Location: Inside and outside Jinling City, Zhongshan Mountain Road

[Time: 8:30 AM, the 23rd day of the 8th month of the 4th year of Tianwu]

You limped out of the mountain path.

[“Damn it, it was just a little sparring, why did he hit me so hard?”]

[You harbor resentment, determined to teach this bastard a lesson he won't forget.]

Of course, as you know, Brother Monkey was doing it for his own good, besides making himself face reality.

More importantly, in the latter half of the night, after what could be described as a complete rout and beating, his Vajra Fighting Ape Stance, which he had improved using those few potential points, made significant progress once again.

[Especially after you realized what was happening, completely gave up the idea of ​​resistance, and allocated your attributes to your constitution, your progress was even more rapid!]

[From a mere 0% in the previous second level of Body Refinement, it has skyrocketed to 12%.]

[If this doesn't continue, you probably will break your bones, and it will take a long time to recover. Do you really want to keep being beaten like this by Monkey King?]

[As soon as the thought crossed your mind, you took another deep breath of your nearly broken body, shook your head, and quickly banished this ridiculous idea from your mind.]

You walked with a limp, and although it was just a superficial injury, which should have healed in a day or two with a special ointment, the pain was real.

Having finally made it down this mountain path, looking at the vast road and the Zijin River, you certainly wouldn't choose the former.

However, just as you crouched on the banks of the Zijin River, preparing to enter it directly, the sound of horses' hooves rang out from not far away, followed by that familiar voice:

"Young Master Chen?"

The sound of hooves ceased, and you turned to look. Sure enough, atop a chestnut-red steed, Yan Jinghong, dressed in an official robe, was looking at you with surprise.

Beside her were three or five other constables, also riding fine horses, looking travel-worn.

"Hmm? Yan Jinghong?"

Chen Xuan looked at the feedback that appeared in the text, but after thinking about it carefully, it made sense. In the past two days, while he was giving her acupuncture, he heard that this woman was gathering information around Jinling City every day.

It's not surprising that it's here now.

However, it was only for a moment. Chen Xuan's eyes shifted slightly, a glint of light flashing within them, before he quickly looked back at the screen:

[Yan Jinghong leaped to your side and looked at you with concern:]

"What happened to you? How did you get so badly injured?"

Faced with her chance encounter and her questions, you decide...

You turned your head away slightly, a little embarrassed, but when you met Yan Jinghong's gaze, you finally said helplessly: ] (Choose your own words)

"I'm sorry to have troubled you, Officer Yan. I came to Zhongshan to collect herbs yesterday afternoon, but I accidentally fell into a valley and spent the whole night there. I barely managed to climb out, and my herb basket even fell off the cliff..."

Your helpless expression made Yan Jinghong blink.

[System Notification: Yan Jinghong's favorability towards you has increased by 1. Current favorability: 51 (Close Friends)]

Yan Jinghong glanced at you helplessly, looking at your tattered clothes and the muscular physique beneath them, now covered in bruises and welts, without a trace of doubt.

"What medicinal herbs can't you find in Jinling City? Why do you always come to Zhongshan to collect them? I've heard these past few days that there are ferocious tigers that prey on people in Zhongshan. You might accidentally end up in their jaws!"

Faced with Yan Jinghong's concern, you decide...

[You shook your head, tightened your chest slightly, and then shook your head and said:] (Option 3)

"It's alright. Jinling City does have most of the medicinal herbs, but some are not very effective. Although Zhongshan is not a famous mountain, it does have some extremely rare medicinal herbs..."

Yan Jinghong frowned slightly, his keen observation as a constable noting the obvious bulge in your chest:

"What's that in your arms?"

You instinctively tightened your grip, then gave an awkward laugh: "It's nothing, just some herbs I picked."

Yan Jinghong's eyes flickered with suspicion, and in addition to the initial surprise, a scrutinizing look appeared in them: "Young Master Chen, please understand..."

[Only then, feeling helpless, and seeing the determination in Yan Jinghong's eyes, you seemed somewhat embarrassed as you took out what you were carrying.]

However, what he produced greatly disappointed the constables from Jinling City, but surprised Yan Jinghong slightly.

[That's right, because what you took out really was medicinal herbs! And they were even some safflowers, still damp with dew, and of good quality.]

"This is... safflower..."

Yan Jinghong blinked again, but this time, her eyes held no scrutiny, only inexplicable surprise.

You grinned, then said shyly: (Choose your own opening line)

"Yesterday I told Officer Yan that the blood stasis in your body has been largely cleared up. You only need to apply some blood-activating medicine with mugwort externally, and you will be completely cured!"

This safflower is of the highest quality, but most of the safflower sold in pharmacies in Jinling City is dried and boiled for internal use. If it is to be applied externally, it needs to be freshly crushed into a paste…”

[You said these words without batting an eye, completely unconcerned that these red flowers were actually just a result of you being beaten half to death by Brother Monkey.]

[You were truly unable to swim out of the underground currents, so Brother Monkey brought you out of the Wonderland of the Spirit Monkeys, and you casually picked you up from the roadside.]

Safflower promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, which can greatly accelerate the recovery of your current injury.

Of course, if there are any left, you do indeed intend to give these safflowers to Yan Jinghong.

However, it's obvious you can't tell Yan Jinghong such blunt truths, especially since you did say something similar to him yesterday.

[System Notification: Yan Jinghong's affection for you +10, Current Affection Level: 61 (Heart Fluttering)]

At this moment, not only did Yan Jinghong's gaze towards you change, but even the gaze of the constables from Jinling City behind you changed.

[“Good lad, almost risked his life to pick up girls… no, to save someone?”]

This kid's ruthless!

Meeting that gaze, you turned your head away somewhat embarrassedly, perfectly displaying the helplessness and awkwardness of a young man seemingly losing face in front of a beautiful woman.

Yan Jinghong pursed her lips and pulled you along, saying, "Get on the horse!"

"Officer Yan, I..."

"Alright, enough talk. Let's go to the Shen family first. I'll apply some medicine using my Yan family's secret medicinal wine to make sure there's no lingering effects..."

She lifted you directly onto the horse, and amidst the rising dust, you truly experienced for the first time what it meant to ride at top speed.

"By the way, please don't call me Officer Yan or Fairy Yan anymore. Just call me Jinghong or Sister Jinghong."