Chapter 151 Guards of the Ultimate Medicine Pavilion

Just as his strike was about to reach Qin Ren, Qin Shou suddenly sensed a mighty force and a fierce gale violently rushing toward him. To his utter shock, this gale surpassed him not only in sheer power but also in velocity. Caught completely off guard, Qin Shou clashed with it head-on, and with a booming sound, his body was sent flying backward.

"Cough, cough..." Barely managing to steady himself upon landing, Qin Shou coughed a few heartbreaking coughs, then abruptly jerked his head up, his gaze locked firmly in Qin Ren's direction. There, a man dressed in guard attire was standing quietly beside Qin Ren. Clearly, it was he who had just intervened to block Qin Shou.

Having narrowly escaped death, Qin Ren broke out in a cold sweat. It took him a long time to regain his composure, after which he walked with trembling steps to the man's side, looking both immensely relieved and somewhat servile as he said, "You have finally arrived, Milord. If you had been any later, my little life would have been forfeited right here..."

The guard-like man tilted his head slightly to glance at Qin Ren, letting out a light snort: "Cao Dou has already made his move. I merely came over to give you a heads-up... After all, you did pay our Extreme Medicine Pavilion..."

"However..." The guard's gaze swept over the young woman, and then he let out a chuckle, saying to Qin Ren, "Judging by this situation, you certainly have quite some leisure and elegance..." His gaze was extremely discomforting. Upon being swept by this look, Qin Shou's wife trembled all over, quickly pulling her garments tight to cover herself.

"Who are you?"

Clutching his aching chest, Qin Shou gritted his teeth and asked in a cold voice. Had the other party not intervened just now, Qin Ren would have already been either dead or severely injured. Strictly speaking, this was a domestic matter of the Qin family, and it was not an outsider's place to meddle. Yet, through their brief exchange just now, Qin Shou discovered that the man's strength was superior to his own. As a ninth-rank Douist himself, this meant the opponent was at least a tenth-rank Douist!

"Oh, you don't recognize me?" Hearing this question, the newcomer furrowed his brow in mild surprise, then smiled coldly. "...That's right. Although you bear the title of head of the Qin family, you rarely stay in the city. I suppose you are hardly acquainted with the people and events within it? But surely, you cannot fail to recognize the emblem on my chest?!"

Hearing this, Qin Shou's expression shifted. He looked toward the man's chest and saw that the left breast of the garment was embroidered with a medicinal leaf, woven entirely in purple-gold threads. Under the faint sunlight, it shimmered dazzlingly. Yet, this dazzling brilliance caused Qin Shou's heart to slowly sink into darkness. Though young and lacking in worldly experience, and despite spending years away from home, he knew very well what this embroidered leaf emblem represented!

"The Extreme Medicine Pavilion?! You are from the Extreme Medicine Pavilion?!"

Qin Shou's face grew increasingly unsightly. He had not expected this matter to involve the Extreme Medicine Pavilion, which made it exceptionally tricky. Although the person before him might only be an ordinary guard of the Pavilion, standing behind him was the entire Extreme Medicine Pavilion. Qin Shou had heard rumors of the Pavilion's habitual overbearing nature. If he offended the man before him, he might well be offending a dominant overlord holding considerable weight in Lunluo City!

Yet, despite the other party's inclination to shield Qin Ren, this matter could not simply be left at this!

"Strictly speaking, this should be the internal affair of my Qin family. As the head of the family, I have the right to handle this myself... With the Extreme Medicine Pavilion's vast influence, surely you needn't trouble yourselves with a minor family like mine?..." Qin Shou's facial muscles twitched, desperately hoping that the other party would stay out of it.

Nearby, Qin Ren grew intensely nervous upon hearing this, terrified that the guard might change his mind. After all, within the entire Qin family, Qin Shou possessed the highest cultivation; if he wanted to kill Qin Ren, no one could stop him. Furthermore, his illicit affair with the young woman was unspeakable. Once exposed, what awaited them was likely total ruin and a thousand deaths by a thousand cuts! Not far away, the young woman also regained a measure of tension, watching the development of the situation. To be honest, she was terrified as well.

"Rest assured. Although our primary purpose in coming to the Qin family isn't your affair, since we have already made an agreement, we might as well resolve this along the way..." the guard said indifferently, then cast another glance at Qin Shou with a caustic smile, "It won't delay much time anyway, just a flick of the wrist..."

"You are actually going to help this brute! Is there any reason or justice left?!" Figuring out the other party's stance, Qin Shou said with a mix of shock and fury.

"Reason? What reason is there to speak of?! In this world, might is right!... Besides, as far as our Extreme Medicine Pavilion is concerned, the head of the Qin family is not you..." the guard sneered.

Qin Shou felt a jolt in his heart: "Not me? What do you mean?"

"Hehe, Big Brother, did you really think that money was spent for nothing?..." Qin Ren, who had been cowed just moments before, now straightened his back. His speech became clear and resolute. Indeed, from his perspective, since the Extreme Medicine Pavilion stood on his side, what was there to fear? Although his eldest brother Qin Shou possessed fine talent and was now a ninth-rank Douist, the guard before him was a peak tenth-rank Douist on the verge of stepping into Dou-cultivation!

Now, the Qin family was under his sole command. Once Qin Shou was eliminated, he and his sister-in-law would face no further danger, and he would continue to enjoy her body in the future. At this thought, Qin Ren chuckled: "I am now the head of the Qin family acknowledged by the Extreme Medicine Pavilion. As for you, Big Brother, you no longer have any say here. You have been expelled from the Qin family, so obediently accept your death! This was all planned the moment you returned... Haha, from now on, all this property belongs to me alone. No one will ever control me again, and I can do whatever I please!"

"Scoundrel!" Qin Shou was instantly consumed by rage. The man had spent his money, defiled his woman, and now intended to drive him out of his own home while plotting his murder. The fury that had been suppressed ever since the guard's appearance suddenly erupted like an ignited powder keg, his eyes instantly bloodshot! Disregarding everything else, he only wanted to kill this brute!

With a loud roar, Qin Shou's Dou Qi erupted completely! His figure flashed forward instantly, his palms raging with violent energy as he struck directly at Qin Ren! Seeing this, the guard let out a cold snort, and amid surging Dou Qi fluctuations, he threw a punch straight at Qin Shou!

With a resounding boom, Qin Shou's figure was once again driven into rapid retreat by the counter-shock force. At the same time, a mouthful of blood sprayed directly from his lips. After staggering a few times, he finally dropped to one knee, unable to stand back up for the moment. It was impossible to tell whether this blood had been beaten out of him or brought up by sheer fury...

Seeing Qin Shou injured and vomiting blood, the young woman not far away flashed a trace of pity in her eyes. Subconsciously, she glanced toward Qin Ren and opened her mouth as if wanting to say something, but thinking of the consequences should the affair be exposed, she ultimately said nothing.

"Qin Shou, your talent is quite good. To be a ninth-rank Douist at such an age—very few in Lunluo City can surpass you... I heard you were even among the top five of this year's Martial Competition. Hehe, what a pity... If you want to blame someone, blame your own bad luck..." In the previous clash, the guard had only stepped back a single small step. His strength as a peak tenth-rank Douist was indeed beyond what Qin Shou could currently contend with. Flicking his arm, the guard walked toward Qin Shou with a cold sneer, clearly intending to deliver the final, fatal blow.

Seeing that the overall situation was practically settled, Qin Ren grew even more arrogant, his tone once again reeking of obscenity: "Haha, go in peace, Big Brother... As for my sister-in-law, I will take good care of her..."

Hearing his lewd tone, anyone could tell what kind of "care" he meant. Hearing this, Qin Shou was struck by another wave of fury-fueled rage. Just as he struggled to rise, a sudden shadow fell over him. In the corner of his vision, the guard's force-laden fist was already lunging toward his head!

Is it really ending like this?

Unable to react or evade in time, Qin Shou's heart turned bleak, and he fell into despair. Yet at this critical, life-or-death moment, a sharp whistling sound cut through the air! Immediately following it, a dark blur hurtled directly toward the guard's face!

Faced with this sneak attack-like assault, the guard was startled. With a drastic change in expression, he hurriedly altered his stance, forcefully diverting the punch originally aimed at Qin Shou to smash straight into the dark blur!

"Boom! Bang!—"

The sound of shattering stone echoed all around. The guard let out a muffled groan, took several steps back, shook his slightly numb arm, and then looked up to roar furiously: "Who is it?!" The dark blur had traveled so fast that he hadn't clearly seen what it was at first, but after the contact, he realized it was merely an ordinary brick! In other words, someone had actually thrown a brick at him!

Although it posed no threat to his life, it undoubtedly ignited a blazing fury in the guard's heart. Moreover, the flying debris generated by the exploding stone sprayed across his arm, chest, and face, leaving him covered in scratches—a thoroughly unpleasant sensation!

No one answered him. A figure flashed over and stood beside Qin Shou. It was Su Yi, who had managed to evade Cao Dou and hurry over. Seeing Su Yi suddenly appear, Qin Shou asked in surprise, "Su Yi, you—"

"No time, let's get out of here!" Although Su Yi had just arrived, he had already gained a rough understanding of the situation. Moreover, while dealing with just the guard would be manageable, Cao Dou was following close behind him—and Cao Dou was a genuine Dou-cultivator. If Cao Dou caught up, escaping would become even harder for both him and Qin Shou. Leaving immediately was indeed the best policy.

"Want to leave? Not that easily!" Seeing that Su Yi actually dared to attempt taking Qin Shou away, the guard sneered coldly. A good-for-nothing without even a shred of Dou Qi dared to put on airs in front of him? Although the brick thrown earlier had some skill to it, it was probably just a lucky fluke. He certainly didn't believe the youth had the ability to oppose him.

Upon seeing this turn of events, Qin Ren felt a jolt of panic, thinking some powerful figure had come to rescue Qin Shou. But upon seeing that the newcomer was a sickly-looking youth not even twenty years old, and more importantly, that the youth possessed zero Dou Qi, he instantly breathed a sigh of relief. Without having cultivated Dou Qi to become a Douist, the youth probably couldn't even defeat him, let alone this guard from the Extreme Medicine Pavilion!

The situation was now completely settled.