Chapter 26: Traces Of The Insect
“Luckily broke through to minor accomplishment.”
Su Yan gave this answer, and Xu Guan immediately reached out with his hand.
He saw his aura change, his muscles bulging, those lean claws like eagle claws, grabbing toward Su Yan.
Su Yan’s expression changed, his body set into stance training, his arm swung, strength gathered in his palm, immediately using Old Ape Lifts the Mountain to defend.
One claw and one lift collided together.
He immediately felt a burst of great strength coming, his arms’ strength resisted, but it crumbled like dry weeds and rotting wood.
Stance training dispersed, he retreated two steps, only then unloading the strength.
His arms shook numb, but Xu Guan’s eagle aura retracted, and he laughed loudly: “Indeed Skin Refining minor accomplishment. Fang Tax Official, no need to collect Su Yan’s poll tax.”
Fang Xueyun smiled and nodded, echoing: “It should be so, truly a heroic youth.”
“Thank you, Head Constable Xu.”
Su Yan didn’t need to pay tax, naturally returning to the crowd, but his heart was extremely puzzled.
‘This Xu Guan only probed with his move, didn’t really want to hurt me, but with my Skin Refining minor accomplishment, how could it catch his eye? Why is this?’
While pondering, suddenly crying sounds came: “Tax Official, my husband went into the mountains two days ago to pick Dan Zhi Mushrooms and got injured, we only scraped together six qian of silver, please extend a few days.”
Su Yan’s thoughts were interrupted by this crying, he looked over, and found the crying person was from Guo Yun’s family.
The woman anxiously shed tears nonstop, the clerk cold-faced: “Dali law, those who don’t pay poll tax serve hard labor. If I let you off, what about others? Wouldn’t everyone do the same?”
Such situations of unable to pay tax silver, the clerk had seen who knows how many times, naturally wouldn’t be merciful.
The village head opened his mouth, but couldn’t speak, shortly after this summer tax was Lin Family collecting mountain fee, plus needing silver at home for living, who could fill this hole for Guo Yun’s family?
Summer tax filled? Then what about mountain fee?
Guo Yun wasn’t temporarily short of money, but injured.
“The remaining four qian, I’ll cover.”
Su Yan’s voice came, everyone was shocked.
Right, Yan Ge’er hunted a vicious tiger yesterday, has silver, but doesn’t he want to practice martial arts?
The crowd watched Su Yan come over, tossing the one tael of silver left in his hand just now into the wooden box.
The clerk was stunned, then checked off Guo Yun’s name.
“Hurry and thank him!”
Pointed it out, Guo Yun’s wife immediately knelt down kowtowing, knocking her forehead full of dirt.
The surrounding people along with Su Yan helped her up: “Auntie, I once received help from Uncle Guo Yun, no need for this.”
“Thank you Yan Ge’er, even if I have to smash the pot and sell iron, I’ll repay Yan Ge’er.”
Others didn’t know, but she as Guo Yun’s wife, how could she not know?
Guo Yun did help Su Yan a bit or two, that’s true, but later Su Yan already repaid with quite a few Dan Zhi Mushroom nests, and profited quite a bit.
If not for Guo Yun injured, life-saving urgent, using up the family’s silver, how would it reach this point.
Now Su Yan still willing to help, that’s great kindness.
After Guo Yun’s family matter passed, other families all had preparations, though scraping together money tightly, but also managed to pay tax.
Fang Xueyun along with the clerk and servants packed the silver into boxes and sealed them, preparing to transport back to yamen.
Xu Guan and the group of constables and yamen runners also prepared to leave.
But before leaving, he suddenly said: “Golden Ape Martial Arts School Inner Sect’s body tempering auxiliary skills are not bad, if after inner sect you have nowhere to go, come try at yamen.”
Said that, Xu Guan strode away, leaving Su Yan stunned.
Xu Guan’s group left Yun Qian Village, after out of sight of village entrance, among the yamen runners, finally someone couldn’t hold back.
“Boss, that Su Yan is merely Skin Refining minor accomplishment, among our brothers there are also quite a few at that level, why?”
“Why?”
Xu Guan laughed, glanced at the yamen runner, under his hand over a hundred yamen runners, on official roster formally edited called constables also forty to fifty, indeed quite a few Skin Refining Realm martial artists.
However, different from Su Yan.
He just slightly raised his brow: “You at Skin Refining minor accomplishment dare combat vicious tiger?”
The yamen runner was speechless.
“You able to beginner in ten days, combat breakthrough to minor accomplishment?”
“How is that possible?!”
The yamen runner widened his eyes, Xu Guan didn’t answer, clamped his horse’s belly with both legs, leaped to the front of the team.
The yamen runner didn’t know, but he understood more comprehensively.
Within the martial arts school, he had his own informant, coincidentally the Su Yan martial arts school defeated Wei Kang.
Mountain Market also had yamen runners, also knew when he returned to Mountain Market, when he combated the vicious tiger in the mountains.
These three things, actually happened in three or four days, and Su Yan from beginner to minor accomplishment, was also exactly these three or four days.
Such a youth, if resources allocated properly, at least a Muscle and Bone Realm, perhaps even Blood Moving Realm possible.
If not for that day someone personally saw Su Yan at Mountain Market, he almost thought Niu Han was also killed by him.
Exotic insect in mountains came down slaughtering several people, such situation not seen for many years.
However, perhaps done by Pang Tianfeng also possible.
Meanwhile, after Xu Guan’s group left, each family household went home respectively, preparing for tomorrow’s work.
Those mountain hunting go mountain hunting, those going to fields go to fields.
But Su Yan just prepared to leave, Guo Yun’s wife grabbed his sleeve, stuffing six qian of silver into his hand.
“Yan Ge’er, auntie now only has six qian, wait until husband gets better, we’ll think of a method to definitely repay you.”
“No need for that.”
Su Yan stuffed the six qian silver back, but in his heart questioned: “Uncle Guo Yun wasn’t picking Dan Zhi Mushrooms, how did he get injured?”
Dan Zhi Mushroom nests were ones Su Yan had seen, all in old tree stumps, shrubs and weeds, not any dangerous places.
If only picking those on tree stumps and fallen trees, probably no accidents would happen.
Guo Yun’s wife said: “Don’t know how, that day they wanted to pick Dan Zhi Mushrooms, got burned by an insect that spits fire, not only him, several others who went into mountains together also got injured on hands, but not serious.”
Su Yan’s eyes moved: “Insect?”
“Doctor Du said possibly exotic insect, if not arrived in time, probably life gone.”
“Auntie, take me to see Uncle Guo Yun.”
Guo Yun’s wife didn’t think much, first stunned, then nodded: “Yan Ge’er is kind-hearted.”
She led Su Yan to her home, son was in the courtyard drying mountain goods found in mountains.
“Mother.”
Seeing his mother return, the child called out, seeing Su Yan, immediately showed some frightened expression.
“Quickly call Brother Yan.”
“Brother Yan.”
She brought Su Yan into the room, in the simple room, a bamboo wood bed frame by the window, Guo Yun lying on it, covered with bedding, right arm exposed wrapped in a layer of herbs.
Herbs covered and meeting at arm root, faintly visible scorched black skin.
“A Xiu, that summer tax Yan, Yan Ge’er…”
Guo Yun was worried, but suddenly saw Su Yan also came, wanted to slightly sit up.
“Don’t move.”
Zheng Xiu immediately went up, supported him: “Yan Ge’er lent a hand, loaned us one tael silver.”
“Thank you, thank you Yan Ge’er.”
Guo Yun was stunned, hurriedly thanked, if in his current state unable to pay tax, going to hard labor is death, even if he doesn’t go, Zheng Xiu goes, probably hard to endure.
“Uncle Guo Yun, let me check your injury.”
Su Yan greeted, walked to Guo Yun’s side.
“Yan Ge’er has ability, you check.”
He stretched out his hand, very reluctantly, Su Yan reached to look, one arm like burned by fire, scorched black, still faintly some rotting color.
‘Fire toxin, not ordinary flame.’
Su Yan’s eyes moved slightly, herbology skill minor accomplishment for some time, plus controlled Yin Water Centipede to find who knows how many poisonous creatures, just upon contact, felt something wrong.
‘Looks like truly exotic insect.’
He placed the arm properly, then took out ten tael silver: “Auntie, this is fire toxin injury, probably just these skin healing herbs not very effective, will leave sequelae, go to Hundred Herbs Hall buy some Clear Miasma Powder, can resolve this fire toxin, also send some to the other few families.”
“This, how can it be?”
Ten tael silver, not a small amount.
“If not for second uncle injured, probably he also suffered, everyone blocked the disaster, consider it my thanks to everyone.”
“A Xiu, Yan Ge’er so instructs, you go.”
Guo Yun suddenly spoke, Zheng Xiu then nodded: “Yan Ge’er sit a bit, I’ll find Big Brother Zheng to take me to the city.”
Zheng Xiu hurriedly left, anxious to save her husband.
She left, Guo Yun then said: “Guo Yun thanks Yan Ge’er for saving life. That insect should be exotic insect, perhaps helpful to Yan Ge’er, at the Dan Zhi Mushroom nest there at inner mountain boundary.”
