Evergreen Immortal-Chapter 6: Zhu Family Young Master

Once again, killing is easy. The difficult part is killing without a trace.

Li Rui had lived too long.

When people are bored, they tend to do all sorts of things, including chemistry experiments.

As a modern man, extracting ricin toxin was child’s play.

The three of them master and disciples had spent every day together, making poisoning Ma Yang incredibly simple.

He understood Ma Yang’s habits so well that he wasn’t even worried about accidentally poisoning Wang Zhao.

Since Ma Yang had wanted to kill him, he had no choice but to kill Ma Yang first.

"If you’re going to blame someone, blame your bad luck."

Late at night.

Li Rui's room was filled with steam and the scent of herbs, the heat swirling in the air.

He leaned back into the large wooden tub filled with steaming hot water, eyes half-closed, a satisfied expression on his face.

"Aside from being expensive, medicinal baths have no downsides."

Deep within his body, cells that had withered with age were now brimming with vitality. Even his dull, wrinkled skin seemed to regain a faint glow.

His Martial Bones were like an unstoppable engine, greedily sucking every last drop of medicinal potency, his strength visibly increasing.

In some ways, martial arts training wasn’t so different from modern fitness— Three parts training, seven parts nutrition.

And "nutrition" wasn’t just about food, it included medicinal supplements.

Unfortunately, the price of herbs in the city kept rising, forcing Li Rui to risk a trip to the black market.

At least his haul from that trip was enough to last a month, it was worth the trouble.

Day by day, his Martial Bones’ dominance became more apparent.

If not for the loose clothing covering his frame, who would have thought that a seventy-year-old man had a body packed with sinewy muscles?

As usual, Li Rui hunched his back slightly, hands clasped behind him, strolling leisurely toward the kitchen.

He greeted everyone along the way.

To be blunt, he had watched everyone in this household grow up.

Even the head of the Zhu family, Zhu Ping, didn’t know the Zhu family as well as Li Rui did.

"Yo, Old Li!"

Li Rui had barely walked a few steps before he heard Yang Yong’s voice.

The man eyed him up and down, clicking his tongue, "Old Li, be honest, did you secretly eat ginseng?"

It was freaky.

Ever since Li Rui had started practicing martial arts, he seemed to be aging in reverse. A man in his seventies looked more energetic than the sixty-year-old himself.

There were even rumors circulating in the Zhu household that Old Li had secretly eaten the Peach of Immortality from the Longevity Star and was destined to live to ninety.

Hell, even that bastard tortoise in the Zhu Family’s pond was only eighty!

Seeing Li Rui ignore him, Yang Yong hurried to catch up.

"Old Li, if you really have some secret formula, share it with your brother, huh?"

Men had two great concerns in life, a woman's face, and a man's vitality.

At his age now, even if he went to a brothel and saw a woman lying naked on the bed, all he could do was watch.

If Li Rui had a way to restore his youthful vigor, he needed to know!

Li Rui glanced at him and deadpanned:

"You know the old tortoise in the Zhu Family’s pond? Boil it into a soup. You'll turn young again."

Yang Yong’s face twisted in hesitation.

If he got caught stealing the family’s pet tortoise, the Zhu household would beat him to death.

Too risky.

Seeing that Yang Yong was actually considering it, Li Rui laughed and kicked him.

"You little bastard, all you think about is what’s in your pants."

Yang Yong grinned sheepishly.

As a guard, he had no family or home, and most of his wages ended up spent in brothels.

But in recent years, his body had deteriorated—he had silver-plated armor, good-looking on the outside, useless in a fight.

Who cared about virtue and morality?

For commoners like them, it was all about enjoying life while they could.

After all, hadn’t Old Li himself been the most frequent customer in the brothel back in the day?

Li Rui, however, long entered the state of a sage, free from desire and worldly distractions.

When he first transmigrated, he had immersed himself in feudal culture, thoroughly enjoying the scenes of the brothel, but now he entered a state of indifference.

Women?

They only affect the speed at which I draw my sword.

"By the way, Old Yang, got any stronger martial arts techniques?"

Hearing this, Yang Yong perked up.

"What? The Eight Pieces of Brocade isn’t enough for you?!"

"Trying to live a few more years."

"..."

Yang Yong rolled his eyes.

"I do have something better, but it's just a bit troublesome."

He rubbed his fingers together, gesturing for silver.

"How much?"

"At least this much."

Yang Yong held up eight fingers.

"And that’s with the internal discount from the martial school."

Eight taels?!

Li Rui inhaled sharply.

Damn black-hearted merchants!

Those martial schools in Qinghe had formed a monopoly.

If you didn’t have family heritage, the only way to learn martial arts was to pay exorbitant fees at a school, and the tuition fees are so high that most common families couldn’t afford it at all.

Li Rui had spent all his money on herbs. He really didn’t have eight taels to spare.

"Even a hero struggles without money."

Seeing no other option, Li Rui dropped the idea.

The Eight Pieces of Brocade would do for now, he’d think about it after saving up some silver.

As they talked, the sound of firecrackers suddenly erupted outside.

Yang Yong frowned.

"What’s with the fireworks? It’s not a festival."

Li Rui calmly answered:

"The Young Master is back."

Hearing it was Zhu Family’s eldest son, Zhu Yue, Yang Yong’s eyes flashed with envy.

It was said that when Zhu Yue was born, a mystical bird had appeared as an auspicious sign. He was exceptionally intelligent from a young age, learning to write at the age of one, composing poetry at three, practicing martial arts at five, and entering the ranks at ten. By the age of fifteen, he had caught the attention of a revered master from the Splendid Purity Sect in Anning Prefecture, who took him as an apprentice.

The entire Zhu family was proud of him.

All of the above was made up by the Zhu family.

Li Rui had been there.

There was no mystical bird, just an old parrot the Zhu Family master had been raising. At one, Zhu Yue had barely learned to walk, him being able to read was absolutely nonsense. He was just following me around, showing off his bird. He didn’t know anything about reading.

As for his acceptance into the Splendid Purity Sect—that was real. But it wasn’t because some revered master "recognized his talent". It was because Master Zhu paid with a lot of silver.

Yang Yong spoke with awe: "I heard the master of Splendid Purity Sect is like an immortal. When that master came to the Zhu family back then, he walked across the Qing Shui River, really floating on water!"

Li Rui didn’t argue.

Because he was also present that day.

The elderly man from Splendid Purity Sect’s method of walking on water was something he still remembered clearly.

After the old man left, he even jumped into the water to check. It wasn’t like Qiu Qianzhang, who secretly planted stakes under the water, this was undoubtedly real skill.

Splendid Purity Sect was a major Jianghu power, even the government would be courteous towards them.

Compared to them, the martial schools and gangs in Qinghe were nothing.

Let's put it this way, within a hundred li of Splendid Purity Sect, even the officials of Anning Prefecture would need proper documents to enter.

But calculating the time, Zhu Yue was back earlier than expected.

On the other side.

The sound of horse hooves echoed at the entrance of the Zhu residence.

Four noble-looking youths arrived on majestic red horses.

A handsome, upright young man turned to his companions.

A tall and handsome young man turned his head and said, "We've arrived. This is my home. Senior brother, junior brother, junior sister, while we are in Qinghe these few days, why don't we stay here for now?"

"We are all guests, we will follow Junior Brother Zhu's arrangement," another slightly older-looking young man said with a smile, nodding in agreement.

The young man was none other than the Zhu family's prodigy, Zhu Yue.

Accompanying him were all disciples of the Splendid Purity Sect.

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