When Guozhao Zhiqiang walked to his master bedroom, he met Mayor Du and Dr. Chen outside his masters' bedroom.
Mayor Du greeted, "Young Hunter, where are your masters?"
Guozhao Zhiqiang said, "They are inside."
Guozhao Zhiqiang, Mayor Du, and doctor Chen walked into the room. Guozhao Zhiqiang put the warm water basin on the table.
Mayor Du said, "This is Doctor Chen, he will help to treat your wound."
Doctor Chen put down his medicine box and said, "Let me look at your arm."
Doctor Chen rolled up Guo Baiyu's left sleeve. He washed the wound with hot water. He apply ointment on the wound and wrapped Guo Baiyu's forearm.
Doctor Chen said, "Don't get it wet for the next three days." He looked at Mayor Du. "He will recover just fine."
Guo Baiyu, "Thank you."
Doctor Chen said, "Pardon me, I will go to examine other injured citizens."
Mayor Du, "I'll take you." Mayor Du looked at Guo Baiyu. "Rest well. I'm hosting a dinner party for everyone."
Mayor Du and Doctor Chen walked out.
Zhao Renshu began to peel the apple, "Hey, boy, what's wrong with your face? Try this." He threw an apple to Guozhao Zhiqiang. "The apples of the Immortal Valley are the best."
Guozhao Zhiqiang grabbed the apple and sat opposite his masters and his Shimu. He asked, "If I am not human, then what am I?"
Ping'an, "You are family."
Guo Baiyu, "No matter where your beginning begin, it's only matter, which path you choose to to walk in life."
Zhao Renshu, "Kid, think about it. You saved the entire city from being destroy. Do you think a regular human can do that?"
Guozhao Zhiqiang said, "It's just...Why am I here and not with my kind?"
Guo Baiyu said, "Sometimes the truth is not always pleasant." He looked at his disciple. "But if you really want to know, we will not stop you from seeking the truth."
Zhao Renshu took a bite of his apple and he said, "You are not ready to venture the land by yourself. If you want to go, you will need more practice. Do you understand?"
Lim Peizhi, "I think he is ready." He walked in with the Huang sisters and Guo Longtong. "Yaoting should have been here. Where is he?"
Guo Longtong walked over and checked Guo Baiyu's self-harming arm.
Ping'an, "His mother is sick, so Dachin went to visit her with him."
Guo Longtong lectured Guo Baiyu, "Baiyu, what are you thinking? You know better than anyone that those pirates can drown you with theirs saliva."
Guo Baiyu, "It was the best choice at that time."
Guo Longtong said, "Next time, have Renshu do it."
Guo Baiyu smiled, "Such a thing cannot be forced."
Two week later, inside the backyard of the Du resident, Mayor Du hosted a grand dinner to thank the hunters. The group of friends, Lim Yuehai, and Du Aiguo sat together at a table.
Lim Yuehais said embarrassedly, "Excuses me. I need to go to the bathroom." Two maids helped her, and they left the table.
Lim Peizhi, "I bet she is giving birth to twins."
Du Aiguo, "How do you know?"
Lim Peizhi, "My mother told me that when she was pregnant with us, her belly looks like two big watermelons." He laughed. "She can't even stand up. She urinates every hour."
Everyone laughed.
Ping'an looked at Zhao Renshu who drank too much. She said, "Renshu, don't drink too much."
Zhao Renshu frowned, "Fine." He stretched his hand over. "Here Baiyu, drink it for me."
Ping'an grabbed the bowl of wine from Zhao Renshu's hand, "He just took medicine."
Zhao Renshu, "Fine." He tried to get the bowl back, but he accidentally knocked the bowl off Ping'an's hand. "I'm sorry. Baiyu give her your handkerchief."
Ping'an, "No need. I'm going to wash." She stood up and walked out.
Zhao Renshu looked around the table, everyone glared at him awkwardly. He said, "Hey, don't look at me like that. I said I'm sorry." He looked at the person sitting at the table and shook his head.
Guo Baiyu, "Drinking too much is is not good for your health. Do you remember the last time you were drunk?"
Zhao Renshu, "I don't remember, but I remembered the last time when you were drunk."
Guo Longtong said excitedly, "I want to know what happened to him the last time he was drunk."
Zhao Renshu, "Um...well... you don't want to know." Zhao Renshu shook his head, he looked at Guo Baiyu awkwardly.
Guo Longtong insisted, "I really want to know."
Zhao Renshu, "He took..."
Guo Baiyu interrupted Zhao Renshu, "Watch your language."
Guo Longtong, "What? What did he take?"
Zhao Renshu, "Umm...He try to eat a peach's seed, but like I said, we were both drunk, so I don't really remember anything except that he was silly."
As Ping'an turned around the corner after washing her hands. She saw Lim Yuehai standing calling her two maids who were lying on the ground unconscious. A dark shadow pointed a knife at Lim Yuehai's back. Ping'an took out the whip, wrapped the whip around the assassin's right hand, and then pulled the whip to the far right. The assassin did a butterfly kick, and Ping'an flew to the assassin's chest with a triple forward kicks. The assassin blocked Ping'an's kicks, and Ping's kicks caused the assassin backing further away from Lim Yuehai. The assassin and Ping'an are now testing each other's inner strength. Ping'an noticed that the assassin has two shadows.
The assassin grabbed Ping'an's whip and yanked Ping'an forward with great internal force, the assassin dropped the knife from the right hand and grabbed the knife with the left hand aimed directly at Ping'an's throat.
One of Ping'an's sword summoned itself striking the assassin. The assassin flipped back twice and landed on its feet. The assassin released a knife directly towards Lim Yuehai. Ping'an turned around halfway and sent a paper talisman to slightly change the knife's direction. The knife was less than an inch from Lim Yuehai's neck. The knife cut some of her hair as the knife flew past Lim Yuehai. The assassin took the opportunity to quickly unwrapped Ping'an's whip and fled into the darkness.
Ping'an quickly rushed to check on Lim Yuehai. She asked worriedly, "Are you hurt?"
Lim Yuehai, who still in shock, shook her head.
Ping walked over and checked the maids. The two maids are dead. Their necks were broken and their chi energy was drained before they died. Ping'an truly believes that one of the criminals is here.
Ping'an, "Let's go back." She then sneezed.