allonlinenovel Chapter 247: Those who lose their cultivation have few friends
Chapter 247: Those who lose their cultivation have few friends
Lu Yuguan suddenly spoke up: "By the way, Kongming, can you, the teacher who teaches alchemy, let me meet you?"
"Of course."
Bai Kongming wondered, "But, Third Young Master, why are you looking for a teacher? You're not going to learn alchemy."
"Well, as the saying goes, one never stops learning, and only by being humble and open-minded can one achieve good results." Lu Yuguan explained it clearly.
All the disciples looked enlightened and took out a small booklet from their pockets. Holding the dusty straw core, they wrote down his words.
Lu Yuguan asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"
Bai Kongming explained, "This is what Lord Bai Xiao ordered. We must record what the Third Young Master said and study it often."
Lu Yuguan: ...
No?
What did Big Brother tell them?!
"What did you remember?"
"Master, look—"
Lu Yuguan took the booklet and took a look at it.
Starting from the first page, it records in detail the arguments he and Bai Zhen had during the church meeting a while ago.
Lu Yuguan's old face turned red.
Tsk.
What are you doing?
It makes me feel shy!
[Host, I think I also need to record a booklet]
The system suddenly spoke.
Lu Yuguan's head tightened: "You? What do you want to do?"
[What if I deduct your civilization value in reply and you refuse to pay? ]
[What's more, memorizing more of your outrageous remarks will help me to accurately attack your swear words.]
The system explained.
Lu Yuguan said awkwardly: "That's not necessary..."
At this time, several imperial doctors suddenly came outside the door.
They looked at the mess in the house and their faces were not very good.
Seeing this, Lu Yuguan quickly ordered: "It's getting late, you should go back quickly, I can handle it here by myself."
After everyone left the room, the leading old doctor slowly stepped forward and asked, "Master Lu, how do you think your recovery is going?"
"Thank you for your concern, Doctor. My injuries are almost healed and I feel almost fine."
Lu Yuguan laughed.
The imperial physician bowed and said, "In that case, please leave the Imperial Medical Office and pay for the consumed medicine."
"What? I still have to pay?" Lu Yuguan asked in astonishment, "Won't the emperor reimburse me?"
The imperial physician pulled out a piece of letter from his sleeve.
“Lord Lu, this is not only the emperor’s order, but also the prince’s intention.”
Lu Yuguan took the letter suspiciously, opened it and saw that it was full of words written by Li Chonglin.
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"From Lu Yuguan personally:"
"I was wrong for what happened in the court earlier. I want to apologize to you, so I wrote this letter."
"Now that you have lost all your cultivation, your spiritual roots have been damaged, and your furnace-cauldron form is of little use, you are no longer worthy of being the Crown Princess of Longhua. I, the King, will follow my father's wishes and have no further dealings with you."
"From now on, the affairs of the Bai family, whether public or private, have nothing to do with me. If you continue to harass me, I will regard it as a lie."
"With the Xuanyu Sect's general election approaching, I wish to retreat and break through. I ask you to abide by the ways of a gentleman and refrain from any other motives."
"Leave Li Chonglin"
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What……?
Lu Yuguan's hands trembled slightly, and the letter paper rubbed against his fingertips, making a rustling sound.
There was an indescribable look in his eyes.
"Good...good Li Chonglin!"
Lu Yuguan gritted his teeth and spoke each word clearly, as if he wanted to chew Li Chonglin's name into pieces and swallow it.
"I've just recovered from a serious injury, and my cultivation is no longer strong, yet he's so eager to distance himself from me!"
The old doctor watched quietly from the side. Although there was reluctance in his eyes, he was well aware of the royal affairs. As a mere doctor, he could not say anything and could only wait silently.
Lu Yuguan took a deep breath, raised his eyes to look at the old doctor, and his expression regained some of its sternness.
"How much does this medicine cost?"
The old doctor quickly flipped open the account book in his hand and counted on his fingers, saying, "Master Lu, your injury has cost you a lot of rare elixirs, as well as daily tonic herbs. The total cost is three thousand taels of silver."
"Three thousand taels?"
Lu Yuguan frowned.
The Qianhua Chamber of Commerce was just starting out, and even if it had ways to make money, three thousand taels was undoubtedly a huge sum of money.
After Lu Yuguan thought for a moment, he said resolutely: "Give me three days, and I will collect the silver and send it to you."
The old doctor showed hesitation on his face and was about to speak, but Lu Yuguan seemed to see through his thoughts and said first: "Don't worry, doctor, my Bai family is a big family in Kyoto, and we have always been honest and trustworthy in doing business."
"I will never refuse to pay the debt of gratitude to the Imperial Medical Clinic."
Seeing his sincere words, the old doctor sighed slightly and said, "Since that's the case, then we will follow Master Lu's instructions. After three days, I hope you won't make things difficult for us."
Lu Yuguan nodded slightly, put away the things sent by the children of the Bai Mansion, turned around and walked out of the Imperial Medical Clinic.
The sunlight outside was so bright that it made him dizzy.
"Tong-chan, how was my performance?"
Lu Yuguan asked.
【22 minutes】
The system said.
"Why is it only 22 points? I feel like I'm pretending to be miserable."
You are the one who got dumped
[What kind of 78 movie is this? I didn't even shed a tear.]
The system complained.
Lu Yuguan's face suddenly wrinkled into chrysanthemum petals.
"It's almost enough. Just pretending. Is it necessary to act so heartfeltly?"
【But then again, how can you be so sure that the letter is fake?】
"You're so stupid, you didn't realize it was a hidden letter?"
[The letter... is... fake...? ]
"uh-huh."
What if it's a coincidence?
"Men are all horny. He hasn't touched me in days. He was so happy yesterday, so he definitely won't get angry today."
"The seclusion he mentioned is most likely the emperor's house arrest."
"This guy said yesterday that he would come today. Maybe he wants to have some fun with me."
【…】
【No, is this right???】
The system is stupid.
Lu Yuguan waved his hand: "Actually, you can tell by the way he addresses me. When have you ever seen him call me by my full name?"
【hiss……】
"Tong, a man's mouth is a lie. You still have a lot to learn..."
Lu Yuguan said in a pretentiously mature tone.
[Should I also write this sentence down in the booklet? ]
Lu Yuguan:?
The corner of his mouth twitched, and he glared at the system unhappily.
"Are you really going to fix that pamphlet?"
"Stop thinking about it."
As Lu Yuguan spoke, he walked towards the Bai Mansion, thinking about the three thousand taels of silver.
Although Qianhua Chamber of Commerce has ways to make money, it is not an easy task to raise this amount of money in a short period of time.
But when he was halfway there, he saw Hongdie chasing him hurriedly from behind.
"Hongdie? Why are you here?" Lu Yuguan asked.
"Master!"
Hongdie panted as she walked up to Lu Yuguan. "I just went to the Imperial Physician's Office to look for you, but the doctor said you had left. We split up and searched for a long time, but we finally found you."
Lu Yuguan's head softened: "Don't worry, if there is anything, tell me slowly."
"The imperial edict delivered this afternoon said that half of Qianhua Chamber of Commerce's shares would be taken away, and we are not allowed to take all of it." Hongdie said hurriedly.
"Really?"
"It's absolutely true. Qianhua Lao has officials waiting for you. They want to take away half of your token."
When Lu Yuguan heard this, he was furious and said, "Damn it, Li Chonglin, look at what your father has done!"