In the Saber Hall, Deputy Hall Master Chen Shan bore a solemn expression. A physician was kneeling before him. It was none other than his younger brother, Chen Yan.
Chen Yan sobbed as he said, "Big Brother, that Lu Changsheng was utterly despicable. I only sent people to beat up his apprentices, yet he made a huge fuss and killed my people to humiliate in front of everyone.
"He even threatened , saying that if there were a next ti, he'd kill himself. Big Brother, you have to avenge ..."
Chen Shan remained unmoved. He had already heard about the matter. "Chen Yan, since Lu Changsheng dared to kill in public, what do you think he's relying on?"
Chen Yan froze for a mont. That's right. What is Lu Changsheng relying on? He's nothing more than an ordinary physician with no backing; soone who has only just joined our gang.
How co he dared to offend ? And he didn't just offend ; he pushed things past the point of reconciliation. Where did he get the guts to do that?
"There are only two possibilities. First, Lu Changsheng's dical skill is extraordinary. It is either on par with Wu Jing's or perhaps even surpassing it. He knows that, as long as he displays that level of dical skill, his status in the dical Hall will far exceed yours.
"In other words, advancing to senior physician, or even renowned physician, would be effortless for him. However, if it's just dical skill, he wouldn't be that decisive to kill. That leaves only the second possibility, which is his level of strength.
"Besides being a physician, Lu Changsheng is also a martial artist. At the very least, he's an Organ Refinent martial artist. With enough strength, status, identity, and background, are nothing."
Chen Shan's analysis made Chen Yan's eyes widen. A martial artist? Lu Changsheng is a powerful Organ Refinent martial artist?
He truly hadn't thought of that before. dicine and martial arts were often said to go hand in hand; many physicians knew so martial arts, and Chen Yan himself did as well. Still, their level of strength would usually be only at the Blood Strengthening Stage, and at most, they'd be at the Bone Tempering Stage.
As for the Organ Refinent Stage, there were far too few of them. Even if a physician reached Organ Refinent, how could they compare in real combat strength with those martial artists from the jianghu?
Martial skill was not sothing anyone could perfect by shutting away and training alone. It required repeated struggle, fierce clashes, and even life-and-death battles to truly be tempered.
"Chen Yan, don't provoke Lu Changsheng again," Chen Shan said calmly.
"Ah? Big Brother, are we just letting this go?" Chen Yan found it unbelievable. His big brother was not soone timid or afraid of trouble. Otherwise, he couldn't have beco the deputy hall master of the Saber Hall.
The Saber Hall was the Four Seas Gang's vanguard, the unit that would be sent to tackle the most dangerous tasks. Chen Shan had climbed to his current position step by step through mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
"Do you expect to kill Lu Changsheng outright?" Chen Shan asked. "He's a physician of the dical Hall. Who would dare to kill him openly?"
Chen Shan's eyes narrowed slightly, and a sharp glint flashed within them as he added, "This is only temporary. We will wait. The gang is about to obtain so Blood Replacent Pills, and with the rit I have accumulated over the years, I will certainly be able to exchange for one.
"Once I take a Blood Replacent Pill and complete blood replacent, I will have a great chance of advancing to the Divine Strength Realm. When I reach that realm, my standing within the gang will rise significantly.
"At that point, there will be plenty of ways to deal with a re physician."
Chen Yan understood. His brother was not truly planning to let Lu Changsheng go. He simply needed to prepare. This realization made Chen Yan even more excited. If his brother were to advance to the Divine Strength Realm, his status would soar, and Chen Yan himself would enjoy an even smoother path in the Four Seas Gang.
Chen Yan nodded and said, "Yes, Big Brother, I understand. During this period of ti, I will behave myself and endure for now. I will not cause any trouble for you."
Chen Shan was satisfied. His younger brother's decision-making lagged in certain matters, but he still listened to him. As for Chen Shan himself, he needed to keep a low profile for the ti being. No matter what arose, everything would have to wait until he advanced to the Divine Strength Realm.
Advancing to the Divine Strength Realm was the most important matter before him at present!
***
The next day, Lu Changsheng was summoned by the deputy hall master for questioning. "Physician Lu, you have only just joined the Four Seas Gang, yet you've already caused such a major incident. I will not waste words. According to the rules of the Four Seas Gang, killing two apprentices requires a deduction of rit. Your current rit is not enough to cover the punishnt, so you will owe it for now.
"However, you must repay it within one year. If after one year the debt is still not cleared, you will face serious consequences!"
The deputy hall master issued his warning, but it was rely a matter of handling things by the book. He had no intention of offending either Lu Changsheng or Chen Yan.
After all, Lu Changsheng looked like a nobody without backing, yet he had dared to kill Chen Yan's apprentices outright and even threaten Chen Yan. He was clearly no ordinary figure.
Only a fool would jump out and offend Lu Changsheng on purpose. Anyone who could rise to the position of deputy hall master of the dical Hall within the Four Seas Gang was certainly not an idiot, so they knew that handling matters impartially ant offending no one.
Lu Changsheng did not say much and returned to his consultation room. He had long been ntally prepared for his rit to reach the negative, as that was the rule of the Four Seas Gang. In a sense, this was considered fair.
Of course, it was extrely unfair to those apprentices. They had lost their lives, yet the price paid by their murderer was rely a small deduction of Lu Changsheng's rit. Still, this was the rule of the Four Seas Gang.
"Physician Lu, the deputy hall master did not make things difficult for you, did he?" Zhang Xuan hurried forward and asked.
"I got so rit deduction, nothing serious."
"rit? Then we should hurry and spread the word of your arrival and bring in more patients! We should help you rack up so rits!"
Zhang Xuan imdiately dragged Lu Yang out to spread the word. Only Lu Changsheng remained in the consultation room. He pondered the situation carefully and realized that solely relying on publicity would not achieve much.
No matter how he presented himself, he was still an ordinary physician. Even if he claid to have studied under Wu Jing, how many patients truly knew who Wu Jing was?
Moreover, a master's superb dical skill did not necessarily an the disciple possessed the sa level of skills. Most mbers of the Four Seas Gang preferred to seek out the senior physicians of the dical Hall.
"We all treat injuries and save lives. In truth, we are all about the sa. The truly difficult injuries or illnesses never fall to ordinary physicians anyway. If I want to make a na for myself in the Four Seas Gang as soon as possible, I need a 'specialty,' sothing other physicians cannot do, but I can."
Many thoughts flashed through Lu Changsheng's mind. Before long, a patient entered the consultation room. The patient was a burly man, but he had two saber cuts on his face. The wounds were not deep, yet he was covered in blood, making him look frightening.
Lu Changsheng quickly stopped the bleeding for him.
The patient could not help but ask, "Physician, will the wounds on my face leave ugly scars once they heal?"
"Scars? Of course. However, if the recovery goes well, the scars will be relatively faint," Lu Changsheng answered honestly.
"Ah, I'll end up ugly with scars on my face..." The patient sighed. He was a burly man and was not afraid of scars, but scars were still unsightly. Who would want two vicious-looking scars across their face?
When the patient left, a spark of inspiration struck Lu Changsheng. Right! Scars!
If he could treat injuries without leaving scars, would that not be his "specialty"? Other physicians could not do it, but he could. The Four Seas Gang mbers were basically fighting and killing every day.
Their people were injured in daily basis. Treating injuries far outnumbered treating illnesses, and most of them were superficial wounds. The gang mbers all bore scars to so degree.
If Lu Changsheng could treat them without leaving scars, it would definitely make his reputation soar, and he would no longer need to worry about rit. The only issue was how he could do that.
This would be a problem for others, but for Lu Changsheng, it wasn't a problem at all. After all, whenever Divine Strength martial artists recovered from their injuries, no scars remained on their bodies. This provided him with a clear direction. With that as his guide, he would surely find a solution.
Lu Changsheng acted the mont he thought of it. He casually picked up the small saber at his side and drew a cut across the back of his hand.
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