Peerless Martial Expert in the City-Chapter 269 - 272 Completely Recovered!

This is my own home!

One of the rooms on the second floor of the Azure Waterfront!

Even though he had just regained consciousness, Xiao Yi recognized the place at a glance. He had not lived at the Azure Waterfront for very long, and even less if you exclude the time he spent at school.

Yet for someone like him, even if he had just arrived at a place, if he planned to stay there for a while, he would memorize every detail— the arrangement of everything, the position of each door and window, and even the scenery outside the window as if they were treasures in his home.

Where is the monk?

Subconsciously, Xiao Yi began to look around for the monk’s figure.

He remembered clearly that it should have been last night, or at least it was night, and now it was daytime. Last night, after he returned from Elder An’s home, he was ambushed by a mysterious and powerful man brought by Lord Hong. The man had a pale face without a beard, and it was difficult to determine his age, but his strength was at least above the Initial Tier of the Condensation period, likely a peak of the Initial Tier, very close to the Middle Tier!

In the moment he faced him, he even felt that he might not be able to escape. Left with no choice, he decided to launch a surprise attack, deliberately suppressing his own strength to the peak of the late period of Bone Tempering, and when the other party underestimated him, he unleashed all his True Energy to deliver a fatal blow!

The result was that he succeeded, yet he didn’t...

He succeeded in that he had indeed completed his plan and injured the other party, but he did not succeed because the man’s strength was too overpowering. Even with such a serious injury, he still had the strength to keep attacking...

At that time, he did not even have the energy to run. When he thought he was about to die, at the critical moment, the monk who warned him in the morning that there was a great calamity approaching, to be careful, and to stay in school, appeared. In a daze, he seemed to hear the monk shouting loudly and then calling out his name in sorrow before he lost consciousness. He had no idea what happened after that...

The monk was a master, he must have been the one to save him, but where was he now?

"Bang!"

Just then, there was another bang from downstairs. Xiao Yi leaped out of bed and without thinking, rushed toward the door...

But as soon as he moved, his expression froze once again.

He slowly looked down, incredulously gazing at his own feet, and then at his freely moving hands, his eyes seemingly bulging out.

How... how is this possible!

Xiao Yi’s mind went blank, and he was almost completely stunned.

His arms and legs moved with an agility and ease, showing no sign of hindrance!

After a while, with an incredulous look, Xiao Yi slowly stirred his Inner Breath...

This...

Xiao Yi’s expression was completely stunned!

In his eyes, there was a blankness...

His Qi Mechanism was flowing smoothly, without the slightest pause...

He had actually recovered!

How was this possible!

When he passed out yesterday, he wasn’t particularly clear about the severity of his injuries. Under the pressure of that terrifying man, he had no time to calmly inspect his own wounds, but there were some things he could be certain of without a thorough examination!

Yesterday, during the clash with the beardless man, although he also managed to injure him with his Inner Strength, he was in turn subjected to a backlash of the man’s True Energy. That violent and domineering True Energy almost effortlessly damaged the meridians throughout his body... 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

In addition to practicing Ancient Martial Arts, he had also been studying the National Arts of Chinese medicine. He had a more acute sense of his body than an ordinary person! Later, when he coughed up blood and felt his heart wrenching in pain, it was clear to him that his injuries were extremely severe...

Such grave injuries... even if the old man, himself, came, it wouldn’t be possible to recover overnight, right?

No, not just the old man. Even a Divine Doctor might not be able to do it, right?

That monk, could he really be that formidable?

What level had he reached?

Although he only caught a glimpse before losing consciousness yesterday, he remembered the aura the monk exuded was that of the Condensation period!

Could he be a Divine Doctor, even more skilled than the old man?

No, no, even a Divine Doctor couldn’t be that incredible!

Xiao Yi couldn’t help but hold his head, feeling a throbbing pain...

Hey, what am I thinking about here? Why don’t I just go ask him?

Suddenly, Xiao Yi finally remembered his original intention, and he quickly rushed to the door of his room. He flung the door open with an expression of panic and anxiety that rarely appeared on him, and with hurried, chaotic steps...

"Eh, Young Master Xiao, you’re awake?"

As soon as Xiao Yi reached the doorway, he saw a neatly dressed, rather dignified-looking middle-aged woman holding a broom, coming out of a nearby restroom. When she saw the flustered Xiao Yi emerging from the room, the middle-aged woman was taken aback and then greeted him with a smile.

"Is it you?"

Xiao Yi looked at the middle-aged woman, frowning slightly. He recognized her at once, the person Liu Yuan had hired to take care of the cleaning duties for this villa, apparently, her surname was Li. He typically called her Auntie Li. He had met her a couple of times before. He had thought the noise was caused by the monk but didn’t expect that it had been her cleaning inside. After pausing briefly, he quickly looked around in desperation. When he didn’t see the monk, he urgently asked the middle-aged woman, "Where’s the monk? Ah, no, where’s the master? Where is he?"

"What monk, what master? Young Master Xiao, what are you talking about?"

Hearing Xiao Yi’s jumbled words, Auntie Li was completely baffled and asked with a puzzled expression. Then, as if she remembered something, she asked cautiously, "Young Master Xiao, are you saying you want to invite a master over?"

Although she was responsible for cleaning the villa, her actual duties were akin to that of a housekeeper. Besides cleaning everywhere inside and outside the villa, she also had to fix anything that broke, including purchasing the ingredients Xiao Yi often used for cooking. To earn Secretary Liu’s trust, she had to be proper and capable. Naturally, she was also a very sharp woman. After Xiao Yi moved in, she had been repeatedly reminded by Secretary Liu to make sure Young Master Xiao was happy. Whenever she saw something that Young Master Xiao might need, she would prepare it for him first and then report back to him.

"If you want to invite a master over, I can help you with that right away. I know a Great Hero who’s truly extraordinary with a very wide following..."

Thinking Xiao Yi wanted to invite a master, Auntie Li promptly began to make a recommendation with eagerness.

"Invite a master? What utter nonsense?"

Xiao Yi couldn’t help but be taken aback, and then he realized Auntie Li had misunderstood him. Not wishing to waste time explaining, he waved his hand dismissively and said urgently, "Auntie Li, have you seen a tall and broad monk? Um, he’s about this much taller than me, um, much more robust, with nine scars on his head, wearing a yellow monk’s robe. You know, the loose kind, and the robe is somewhat greasy-looking and dirty."

"Not at all?"

Auntie Li listened intently to Xiao Yi’s description and after he finished, she shook her head confusedly.

"Are you sure you haven’t seen him? You didn’t see anyone after coming in?"

Xiao Yi kept staring into Auntie Li’s eyes. Seeing the look in her eyes, he knew she truly hadn’t seen the monk, but he still couldn’t quite let go and continued to ask patiently.

"Young Master Xiao, I really haven’t seen him. I’ve cleaned every corner of this villa, except for your room. I really haven’t seen a monk like the one you described. And I’m certain, I’ve never seen such a monk before," Auntie Li said decisively, shaking her head. After which she added, "That doesn’t count if it was on TV."

After adding that, she looked at Xiao Yi with an increasingly strange expression, wondering if maybe like her son, who often watched martial arts shows and got so engrossed that he’d swing brooms and sticks around, pretending to be a Great Hero and learning martial arts, and who even pestered her into buying a toy sword that looked quite real, Xiao Yi could have also succumbed to delusion. Was he still not out of it? With Xiao Yi describing the monk, how could such a person exist in this day and age outside of martial arts novels and films?

The more she thought about it, the more Auntie Li felt that her guess was probably correct. She contemplated whether she should discuss this situation with Secretary Liu.

She had always been somewhat unclear about Young Master Xiao’s circumstances, and Secretary Liu had only told her that he was a very important person. She had always been tactful enough not to inquire, but she couldn’t help speculating on her own from time to time. At first, she had guessed that Young Master Xiao might be Secretary Liu’s illegitimate son or something, but later it felt off; Secretary Liu seemed to treat him with a lot of respect and caring that seemed excessive for a father toward an illegitimate son. Thus, she subconsciously guessed that it might have something to do with the owner of the villa, the imposing Mr. Chen.

However, she also knew that the affairs of such important people were definitely not something she could or should be sticking her nose into. So, she only speculated in her mind, never daring to speak of it to others.

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