Chapter 510 - 508: Li Renren’s Wedding

Chapter 510: Chapter 508: Li Renren’s Wedding

Did Su Qing need to find a wife?

He wanted one.

And wouldn’t that be simple?

Never mind here.

Inside the Taichu Daoist Palace,

if Su Qing so much as let it be known that he was looking for a Dao Companion,

countless beings would want to compete for the chance.

But Su Qing really didn’t want to find a Dao Companion anymore.

Finding a Dao Companion was useless.

’I can’t expose my secrets, so it’s better not to have a Dao Companion at all.’

’I’m perfectly fine on my own.’

’Why should I look for a wife?’

"No need for any of that. I’m not looking for a wife."

"That Divine Physician Li across the street, I hear he’s looking for a wife. You should go find him."

Su Qing waved his hand at them, gesturing for them to go over there.

He then motioned for the person waiting for their medicine to come forward.

’These people who are so eager for you to get married...’

’...aren’t necessarily doing it for your own good.’

’Only you know what’s truly good for you.’

In any case, Su Qing couldn’t stand them constantly coming to recommend some family’s daughter.

He’d let them bother that Li Renren for a change.

It would be worth it for a moment of peace and quiet.

...

...

Another year passed.

Li Renren seemed to have matured a bit.

Today, he came to visit.

He brought Su Qing a wedding invitation.

"Brother Su Qing, my wedding is in fifteen days. You have to come."

"Of course. Don’t worry, Brother Li. We’re right next door, so I’ll definitely be there to join in the fun."

Su Qing smiled and nodded.

As one of the few Physicians in the city, he had no shortage of marriage prospects.

They could treat almost anything besides major illnesses.

Even the high-ranking officials and nobles in the city

would show them some respect.

The wife Li Renren was marrying was the daughter of a high-ranking city official.

And this place was equivalent to a County City.

For Li Renren, this was already a great blessing.

If his Dao Path were to advance further, it would be uncertain who was marrying up.

In the past two years,

in Su Qing’s eyes,

Li Renren’s Dao Path hadn’t progressed in the slightest.

It was still at the first step of the Dao Path.

’Without a predecessor to guide him, he truly doesn’t know how to advance his Dao Path.’

’Perhaps he doesn’t even know what the purpose of his Dao Path is.’

So it wasn’t surprising that he was getting married and starting a family.

The guy was already twenty-five years old, after all.

Li Renren went around delivering invitations, wanting to invite all the neighbors to his wedding.

In truth, he didn’t even need to invite the neighbors.

Because the city’s high-ranking officials would bring many guests of their own.

「Fifteen days later.」

Li Renren’s house was exquisitely decorated and brightly lit with lanterns.

The sound of firecrackers was incessant.

Su Qing brought the wedding invitation and gave one tael of silver as a gift.

It couldn’t be helped; it seemed to be the custom.

One tael of silver was just right.

"Brother Su Qing is here! Quick, come in, come in. Let me find you a seat."

"Mm."

Su Qing nodded.

Afterwards,

all the Doctors from the city gathered at this table.

"Doctor Su, long time no see."

"Doctor Zhang, long time no see." Su Qing also greeted him with a smile.

...

A whole table of Doctors.

During the banquet, they almost exclusively talked about treating illnesses or the strange patients they had encountered.

"Doctor Su, I was wondering, have you had anyone from the Black Wolf Gang or the Fierce Dragon Gang come to you for treatment?"

"No." Su Qing shook his head. "Don’t tell me the members of these two gangs have some strange illness?"

"Exactly."

"Recently, we’ve all been treating these gang members. They’re afflicted with Ghost Poison."

At the mention of Ghost Poison, the other Doctors all nodded in agreement.

"That’s right, Doctor Su. It’s Ghost Poison this time. The world is becoming a little less peaceful," another doctor, surnamed Liu, sighed.

"Ghost Poison?"

"Ghosts can get into this major city?" Su Qing asked, puzzled.

"No, no, no, it was outside the city. The Black Wolf Gang and the Fierce Dragon Gang were out there. It seems they discovered some kind of treasure and started fighting over it."

"In the end, every one of their wounds became tainted with Ghost Poison."

"It’s already been a month. Only a few of those gang members are still alive; most of them have died."

Su Qing feigned surprise. "Ghost Poison is that terrifying?"

"Mm."

Nearly all the Doctors nodded, agreeing that Ghost Poison was terrifying.

As for why Su Qing had connections with them,

it was all because of his medicinal herbs.

They were the cheapest in the entire city, and also the most effective.

Once they found out, almost all the common people didn’t mind walking a little further to get cheap medicinal herbs.

Su Qing also arranged for someone to supply some herbs to almost all the other medical halls.

After all, this was cutting into the doctors’ income. It would only force them to raise their consultation fees to make a living.

But that fellow across the street from Su Qing didn’t even charge a consultation fee.

Because of this, the previous year,

everyone had discussed the matter.

They reached a compromise.

This led to a more orderly system among the medical halls.

Otherwise, neither Li Renren nor Su Qing wanted to escalate the issue of taking away people’s livelihoods.

Su Qing was just trying to slack off.

Li Renren was likely doing it for his Medical Dao Path cultivation.

He now symbolically charged a small fee.

He didn’t break the industry’s rules.

Only then could things remain stable.

Only a fool would start a direct conflict.

It wasn’t a big deal anyway.

For poor families, Li Renren would hint that giving a single copper coin was enough.

As for ordinary or wealthy families, Li Renren had one line.

"Pay what you think is fair."

That phrase was devastatingly effective on both ordinary and wealthy families.

Li Renren had been quite poor at first, but later his wealth skyrocketed.

This was the true value of a doctor.

The wealthy would least want to get on the bad side of someone who could cure illnesses and save lives.

They had money, but their greatest fear was not having the life to spend it.

At the banquet,

Li Renren came to offer a toast, then moved on.

As the groom, he was very busy.

Su Qing couldn’t help but recall what his own wedding was like.

Slowly, an indescribable sense of ancient sorrow surfaced in Su Qing’s eyes.

It made all the doctors at the table look at him a bit strangely.

This person, Su Qing, gave them all the feeling that he had lived far longer than any of them.

But his appearance was so young.

It made them dismiss the thought.

"Young friend Su Qing, what are you spacing out for? Don’t tell me you’ve finally come around?"

"Thinking of taking a wife?"

Doctor Zhang teased with a smile.

Su Qing snapped back to reality and laughed. "No, I was just thinking about the past."

"Getting a wife is impossible. I will not be getting a wife."

"How can that be, little brother Su Qing? If you’re like this, how will you carry on your family line?"

Su Qing gave a faint smile and said nothing.

Everyone has their own principles.

Everyone’s ideas are different; it’s impossible for everyone to think the same way.

The banquet ended.

Su Qing went home.

「After he returned.」

Su Qing let out a sigh.

"Sigh..."

"I’m feeling a little homesick... I even miss my home on Cold Extremity Peak. If I had known earlier, I would have..." Su Qing thought for a long time, then fell silent.

There was no "if I had known."

Because it had all happened so long ago.

’Something’s not right.’

Su Qing suddenly felt that something was wrong again.

His ordinary body instantly focused its Heart Spirit.

’It seems I was still affected by my emotions.’

’How frightening. Even my ordinary self can be influenced like this. But emotions are a part of being human.’

’An occasional bout of nostalgia is harmless.’

Su Qing focused his Heart Spirit.

At night,

his ordinary body would almost instantly fall into a deep sleep.

Only Su Qing’s true self was constantly absorbing poisons and munching on leaves of Standardization,

ceaselessly cultivating.

...

Everything returned to normal.

Until several days later.

Su Qing received an unusual patient.

The man was carried in on someone’s back. His entire body was bruised purple, and he was covered in a heavy Yin Qi.

"Divine Physician Su, save him!"

"Calm down."

Su Qing told him to be calm.

Then he pretended to go over and check the patient’s pulse.

Although Su Qing already knew what was wrong with him,

treating him was another matter.

"Why didn’t you go see Li Renren?" Su Qing asked, puzzled.

"There were already too many people at Divine Physician Li’s place. A full five people."

"How did he end up like this?"

...