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Leaving the number one hospital in Jiangnan, night had already fallen.
The streets were bustling with traffic and brightly lit by thousands of homes, all of which highlighted the prosperity of this first-tier city in the heart of the country.
Pang Youze hurried forward and said, "Mr. Ye is not from our Southern River Region Jiangnan, and it is your first time here, so you are unfamiliar with this place. If you don't mind, I can arrange accommodation for you. You cured the master of my family, and I still don't know how to thank you."
Ye Feng, however, turned his head to look at him and said, "Now I have offended most of the powerful families in Jiangnan. Aren't you afraid they will retaliate against you for being close to me?"
Pang Youze laughed and said, "Mr. Ye you must be joking. Although the Pang Family is not a top-level noble Clan in Jiangnan, we are not ungrateful. You have shown favor to my Pang Family, and I will repay that. As for the others, I won't bother myself so much with them."
Ye Feng nodded and said, "Good!"
Although it was just a single word, Pang Youze and Luo Keque did not know how rare it was to receive praise from the Northern Border King.
"My Pang Family has a villa by the South River banks, it's tranquil and the environment is elegant. If Mr. Ye has no objections, you can stay there temporarily. Of course, if Mr. Ye likes the villa, it will be given to you as a gift."
"There's no need for a gift, just lead the way!" Ye Feng waved his hand.
Pang Youze didn't say anything more, after all, the person beside him was someone who didn't even consider a hundred million to be important. If he wanted, by saving a few clan leaders, he could amass a fortune in an instant.
However, all these things seemed beneath the dignity of Mr. Ye, as if wealth was like dung to him.
Carrying a heart full of curiosity, Pang Youze got into the car and led the way.
Ye Feng entered the vehicle and then closed his eyes to ponder slowly.
His decision to not save Cui Yan and the other clan leaders was not because Ye Feng lacked the medical ethics of saving lives and helping the injured. He had firmly refused for two reasons: one was because of the attitude of those clan representatives, and the second was an even more important reason.
Up to now, Ye Feng had dared to determine that the involvement of Gu and Poison within several clan leaders of Jiangnan was definitely the work of the Gu&Poison Sect from the shadows of Southern Border, and the Sect's actions were most likely an attempt to control these powerful families.
"Ever since the King of the Southern Territory fell seriously ill and went into secluded cultivation three years ago, the Southern Territory appeared united but was actually fragmented. The great commanders governed independently, leading to the soldiers becoming loose and lazy.
The Gu&Poison Sect took advantage of this, surfacing from the shadows, and even stretched their hands into the secular cities!"
Ye Feng snorted coldly in his heart.
Since the Gu&Poison Sect wanted to control the clan leaders and seize control of their assets, thereby continuously providing wealth to their backers, if Ye Feng had healed these leaders today, then the Sect would have lost their leverage.
It might even have caused the Gu&Poison Sect to go back into hiding, making it difficult to find them again as their stronghold was nestled within the Hundred Thousand Mountains of the Southern Border, an area filled with dense primeval forests and endless mountain ranges that were hard to navigate without a local guide.
"Curing the Pang Family today was indeed like startling the snake in the grass, but it also served to lure the snake out of its hole. I believe it won't be long before someone from the Gu&Poison Sect can't stay hidden and jumps out!"
Ye Feng rubbed his forehead. Although he was the Northern Border King and should not interfere with the affairs of the Southern Territory, he had no choice but to take action now that the King of the Southern Territory was gravely injured and in secluded cultivation.
The car proceeded slowly along the South River banks, and soon they arrived at a villa complex in the suburbs.
"Mr. Ye, we have arrived!" Pang Youze got out of the car first and hurried over to open the door.
Ye Feng nodded, then got out of the car and entered the villa.
Pang Youze and Luo Keque did not enter the hall but stood in the courtyard and said, "It is already late at night, and Mr. Ye has been through a tiring journey today. Please rest early. If Mr. Ye would honor us with your presence, how would it be if I hosted a banquet tomorrow to welcome and clean the dust off your journey?"
Ye Feng nodded, "Thank you for the courtesy!"
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Pang Youze and Luo Keque bowed their hands to one another and then exited the courtyard.
As soon as they entered the car, Pang Youze couldn't help but ask, "Keque, quickly tell me, this Mr. Ye you brought, who exactly is he?"
Luo Keque replied with a wry smile, "Although I brought him here, I actually don't know the details of his background."
"You don't know either, so how did you come to know him?"
Luo Keque then recounted the events that had occurred in Jiangdu.
After listening, Pang Youze exclaimed, "By the sound of it, this Mr. Ye really is audacious indeed, truly worthy of being called the Mad Son-in-law of the Hong Family!"
Pang Youze thought for a moment and then asked, "What do you think his background is? You've known him for some time now, can you really not tell, have you not found out?"
"I can't find out; I won't hide the fact from you that I have some connections in the Imperial city as well, and I've asked around using them, but nothing came out!"
Luo Keque shook his head and pondered, "At first, I thought he was a young man from a Noble Clan in the Imperial city, but that didn't seem right. Then I thought he might be a descendant from the higher echelons of the Imperial Divine Medical Sect, but after inquiries, he wasn't!"
"That's really strange, a man in his early twenties with such extraordinary medical skills, and with a Great Grandmaster as his follower. What's more crucial is his temperament; his aura is very unique, overwhelmingly domineering and powerful. I truly have no clue about his origins." Pang Youze's brows were tightly furrowed.
After some thought, Luo Keque spoke seriously, "He once told me that as long as one always possesses a benevolent heart and sufficient medical skills, let alone the position of the Sect Master of the Divine Doctor Sect of Southern River Region Jiangnan, even the seat of the Chief Sect Leader of the Imperial Divine Medical Sect, he could let me take it!"
"Is that true?" Pang Youze's eyes brightened.
"Of course it's true! Therefore, Mr. Ye's background is undoubtedly extraordinary; he might just be the greatest benefactor we will ever meet in our lifetime. If we follow him closely, the future will be bright!"
"Yes, moving forward we'll see if the Martial Alliance of Southern River Region Jiangnan will be able to subdue him. If even they can't touch him, then that really would be…"
The two ended their conversation here, evidently, they already had a plan in mind and knew what was next to do.
At this very moment, Ye Feng was sitting cross-legged on a bed in one of the villa's bedrooms.
Even though he had now opened his first Acupoint and achieved the rank of Martial King, he still had no intention of ceasing his cultivation.
On the path of Martial Dao, being a Martial King was merely the beginning. There are a total of ninety-nine Acupoints to be opened!
With each of the body's eighty-one Acupoints that one broke through, the internal Qi Force grew more solid and powerful, and naturally, so did the combat power.
Ye Feng closed his eyes, his hands resting on his thighs, forming a strange Dharma Seal, and his breathing became rhythmic as he quickly entered a process of the Breathing Technique.
Under his deliberate guidance, the Qi Force within his body circulated through his meridians, performing a Zhou Tian cycle, and then some barely perceptible Qi Force entered his eyes.
Now that the Eye Acupoint was open, as the Qi Force entered, Ye Feng suddenly felt a unique sensation.
Even though his eyes were closed, he had the feeling he could see the outside world. He could actually see the surroundings within a five-meter radius, although it was hazy, he could make out the general scene clearly.
"What is this..."
Ye Feng was astonished in his heart and then sighed aloud, "Could it be... is this what is said to be the 'opening of the eyes' in the legends?"