After coming out, Gu Yao noticed that the entire courtyard had been arrayed. As soon as he stepped out, triggering the array, Chi Changye, who had been waiting, informed him about the array and how to control it. He also left dinner for Gu Yao, as expected, bought from an outside restaurant.
While having dinner, Gu Yao couldn't help but reflect. Excluding the awkward beginning, Chi Changye turned out to be an excellent partner. However, thinking about their initial encounter, he couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy around this person.
Gu Yao wondered who would ultimately benefit from Chi Changye. Oh well, when did it become his concern?
After a satisfying meal, the two chatted for a while. Chi Changye mainly enlightened Gu Yao about some common knowledge in the cultivation world and shared some of his experiences during cultivation. Gu Yao found it fascinating. If the outside world weren't so dangerous, and if his cultivation weren't so weak, he would have left Far Yang Town long ago.
"Oh, by the way, these are intermediate spirit runes I crafted. Keep them for self-defense." Chi Changye took out ten intermediate spirit runes and pushed them towards Gu Yao.
Gu Yao exclaimed, "Brother Ye, you can craft intermediate spirit runes? That's impressive! I heard that the price of intermediate spirit runes is ten times that of beginner ones." In other words, each rune was worth a thousand taels of silver, and this stack was equivalent to the ten thousand taels he had received when leaving the Gu family.
Chi Changye chuckled, "Thanks to your Starry Body Technique, Little Yao, my injuries healed quickly, and I could access more spiritual power. This improvement in my spirit rune crafting is also a result. However, I think we should keep these intermediate spirit runes for ourselves for now, for self-defense. We can release them when we have certain self-protection capabilities."
Gu Yao thought about the investigation that Tian Feirong mentioned regarding the Gu and Lu families. He nodded, "Brother Ye, your concerns are valid. Just wait. I'll be able to refine pills soon. Maybe in a short time, I can make medicine to heal your injuries."
"I'll be waiting," Chi Changye said indulgently, without questioning why Gu Yao suddenly started alchemy. However, considering the significant cost of alchemy, he decided to create more beginner spirit runes for Tian Feirong to sell.
The Fang family.
Fang Shi returned for a brief visit and hastily left again. Madam Fang cursed her daughter inwardly, thinking she wasn't supportive of her natal family. Her grandson had been beaten so badly, yet she didn't help find the culprit.
"Ouch, it hurts! Aunt, where is Aunt? Doesn't Aunt care about me and my sister?" Fang Dongxiong, lying on the bed, groaned continuously, and his mother stood by the bed, wiping her eyes with distress.
"Your aunt has climbed high branches. In her eyes, the Fang family is nothing but a declining household," Madam Fang said bitterly.
At this moment, she forgot how much the Fang family had benefited from the Gu family due to Fang Shi's connection. Now, all she saw was her son beaten into this state, and his own aunt only sent some medicine without further inquiries.
"Son, endure it. What nonsense is your mother saying? When did the Gu family become the master of our Fang family?" Hearing her daughter cursing her granddaughter, the old lady got upset. She could scold her daughter, but this daughter-in-law was out of line. "If it weren't for your aunt, would you enjoy such a luxurious life with us? If you talk about a declining household, that's your maternal family!"
"Grandma!" Fang Dongxiong started crying, and the old lady quickly stopped talking, instructing Fang's mother to give him more medicine. It took a while for the situation to calm down.
"Grandma, it must be that scoundrel Gu Yao who did this. My sister and I just met him, and shortly after, we got beaten up. He must have pleased Young Master Tian and became arrogant. Grandma, let your daughter find someone to teach that scoundrel Gu Yao a lesson!" Fang Dongxiong shifted his suffering onto Gu Yao. Among the people he couldn't afford to offend, Gu Yao wasn't on the list.
"Alright, Grandma will go find your aunt and make sure that scoundrel gets what he deserves," Madam Fang immediately went to the Gu residence. After all, that scoundrel had always been a thorn in her daughter's eye, and the Gu family didn't value him much. Compared to her grandchildren, he was far inferior.
Fang's mother didn't find it strange. Her son had suffered so much, and it was time for her sister-in-law to lend a hand.
The Gu family.
"What? You're saying that the potions and talismans from the Tian family are related to Gu Yao and the man around him? Is that kid a cultivator?" The Gu family head, hearing the report from Gu Lao San, couldn't believe it.
"Dad, I found that most of the herbs collected by the Tian family ended up in the hands of Tian Feirong. The potions and talismans appearing in the Tian family were also brought back by Tian Feirong. Moreover, during this time, the places Tian Feirong frequently visited were related to Gu Yao. The kid's name is Chi Changye, and he's undoubtedly a cultivator. Although no one saw him take action, just standing beside him creates pressure. Besides, Gu Yao also spent a lot of spiritual herbs in the market, and the two of them spending so extravagantly in the market far exceeds what they took from the Gu family."
"Chi Changye gambled in Dong Laoda's shop and won a Gathering Yuan Pill, but he casually gave it to Tian Feirong, saying he didn't need it. So, he's likely an Intermediate Qi Refining cultivator." Gu Zhicheng felt that saying Chi Changye was an Intermediate Qi Refining cultivator was a conservative estimate. If he was truly a runemaster, it was unbelievable that the Gu family let such a talent leave.
The head of the Gu family frowned, "Did Gu Yao really create those potions? Where did he learn such skills?"
Gu Zhicheng speculated, "Could it be... something left by his uncle and aunt from back then?"