Extremely angry

  The six-month training period for the young medicine gatherers has come to an end.

  That morning, Wang the medicine master gave each of the five of them 100 copper coins and told them to take a rest for a day, have some fun in Zhukai County town, buy something to eat or use. After they followed the medicine workers into the mountains tomorrow, it would often take several months before they could come back once, and afterwards there would be few opportunities to have fun in the county town.

  Ye Qin was extremely excited, this was his first time having so many copper coins, an amount that could almost cover the cost of food for a common family in the county town for ten days. If he were to go to a restaurant in the county town, he could even order a small table of wine and dishes and have a good meal.

  Yang Yicheng even praised, "The master seems to be cold and ruthless on the surface, but he doesn't lose us money!"

  Feng Xiaodeng and others nodded in agreement.

  They were four people from the county town and its vicinity, who rarely had a day off. After receiving their wages, they all rushed back home to tell their families that they would be going into the deep mountains to gather herbs and wouldn't be back for a while.

  Ye Qin's hometown is hundreds of miles away, but he has no chance to go back.

  He walked out of the medicine hall with a pocket full of copper coins, alone in the bustling streets of the county town. On both sides of the street were wine towers and tea houses, with many wealthy young masters and misses patronizing them. Some farmers carried fresh fruits and vegetables, hawking their wares along the street.

  This county town, Ye Qin was already very familiar with. As a child of the Medicine Hall, he had already felt the change in his identity, bringing a bit of strangeness. At least those ordinary civilians in the county town looked at him wearing the special clothes of the Medicine Hall, and their attitude was somewhat reverent, not daring to cheat him as just an eleven-year-old child, but treating him like a noble.

  Those beggars squatting at the corner of the street didn't even dare to get close to him.

  Five months ago, he was also a small beggar who dared to walk with his head down and avoid others when he saw them. Where can he walk on the street with his head held high now, without having to avoid others? Even those people from the jianghu who carry swords and knives will look at him with respect, rather than not even giving him a glance.

  Ye Qin felt a mix of excitement and heartache. He didn't know where Big Cow was now, whether he was still alive or in this county town. If he returned to his hometown, how would he explain things to Big Cow's parents?

  Just as I was thinking about it, I didn't know where I had walked to, and the sound of kicking and shouting came from a small alley in front.

  A twenty-something gang leader was yelling at three or four younger hoodlums, kicking and beating a dirty and smelly little beggar. "You little brat, where's this month's protection money? You're begging in the county town, not giving us our cut, you don't want to live anymore?! Give us a good beating!"

  Those rascals were just getting into a frenzy, ignoring the little beggar's cries of pain.

  Ye Qin faced the group of people and couldn't help but pause for a moment. He had some impression of this group, as he was bullied by some thugs when he wandered into Zhuxi County Town, but he had already forgotten their appearance. However, looking at their ferocity, there was no difference between them.

  A surge of nameless fire suddenly rose in his heart. If it weren't for these rascals' bullying, he and Big Cow could at least make a living in the county town, and wouldn't have to flee to the wilderness to find food, which led to Big Cow being bitten by wild dogs. Now they're bullying people again, how despicable!

  He is no longer afraid of these dead thugs and rascals.

  Ye Qin Meng rushed over, without saying a word, lifted his foot and kicked it towards the hooligan's leg. Although he was only eleven years old, he had practiced internal strength, plus more than half a year of high-intensity training, and also had some brute force. An ordinary person who hadn't practiced martial arts might not be able to compare with him.

  "Oh no!"

  The hooligan didn't notice and was suddenly kicked, instantly stumbling and falling to the ground, where he ate dirt like a dog. Seeing that it was just a young boy over ten years old, he immediately became furious.

  "Your grandfather's! Where did this little devil come from, daring to kick your own grandfather!"

  Several other rascals also abandoned the little beggar and turned to pounce on Ye Qin. Four or five people rushed up, surrounding Ye Qin and beating him.

  Ye Qin single-handedly fought against the four or five of them, and was not afraid in the slightest. After taking a few punches, he discovered that these thugs had no strength in their legs, and the punches they threw were weak and soft, like scratching an itch when they landed on his body. They couldn't even compare to Yang Yicheng's one-tenth of his strength. Even if Yang Yicheng swung his iron fist, Ye Qin could withstand it for a hit or two.

  "Take that, I'm your grandfather!"

  Ye Qin didn't hold back, and with a swift motion, he pounced on the ruffian leader, straddling him, and began to rain down over ten punches. In an instant, the ruffian leader's face was covered in blood, his nose bleeding profusely, as he wailed and begged for mercy, "Ahh, Mother! I'm going to die from the pain! Stop hitting me! You're my grandfather, and I'm your grandson! Stop hitting me!"

  The other rascals, seeing Ye Qin's fierce and desperate beating of the thug leader, retreated in fear. After retreating more than a dozen steps, they turned around and ran wildly, not daring to look back, to get reinforcements.

  Ye Qin did not stop because of that rascal's plea for mercy, but instead beat him half to death, his entire face swollen, venting the anger in his heart before finally stopping.

  That little beggar, having been kicked and beaten by the thugs, remained huddled with his head down. Later, seeing that the thugs had stopped hitting him and were instead crying out in pain, he cautiously poked out a dirty black face to look over, then stared blankly at Ye Qin.

  "Qin~, brother Qin!"

  The little beggar's voice was trembling, and he didn't dare to be sure.

  Ye Qin listened to the sound, greatly shocked, and looked towards the little beggar lying in the small alley.

  "Great, it's you!"

  "It's me, Qin Ge!"

  The little beggar saw Ye Qin and burst into loud sobs.

  Ye Qin hastily ran over to help him up, and the two fellow villagers' children burst into tears. Ye Qin had originally thought that after parting ways at the entrance of the medicine hall, they would probably never meet again. Unexpectedly, half a year later, they actually met again.

  After crying, Da Niu wiped away his tears and began to talk about what had happened to him over the past half year.

  He was not driven out of the medicine hall because of his leg injury. However, he didn't want to be too far away from Ye Qin, so he kept wandering around the medicine hall, hoping to see her. But soon he was discovered by a gang of thugs in the county town, who wanted to train him into a little thief to steal. However, they failed to do so because of his leg injury, which made him run too slowly, and the gang had to give up on training him as a little thief.

  The big cow has been begging for food in the county town all along. It's just that the beggars in the county town often bully and drive him away. Those thugs also often ask him for protection money.

  Ye Qin listened and was furious in his heart, then came to the side of that rascal leader and kicked him hard several times.

  Suddenly, a dozen or so sturdy men in blue clothes, carrying large sticks, emerged from the alleyway, led by three or four ruffians. The leader, a burly man with a scarred face and wearing a cloth shirt, brandished an axe head and shouted, "Ah, where did this little brat come from? He dares to bully the leader of our Wild Dog Gang! I'll smash his bones!"

  "Boss, that kid is right ahead, he hasn't escaped yet! You old fellow, show some authority and whip his hide!"

  Those rascals were excited and shouting loudly as they ran at the front.

  Ye Qin looked up at the head of the alley and was suddenly shocked. He didn't expect those few ruffians to have called in such a large group of helpers so quickly. He could still handle three or four unarmed ruffians, but ten or twenty big men with clubs and axes were not something he could deal with now. How could he escape?

  He quickly glanced at the end of the alley and prepared to escape with the big cow.

  However, things did not develop as Ye Qin had imagined.

  The burly man took a closer look at Ye Qin's attire, including the conspicuous leaf-shaped emblem of the Medicine Pavilion on his chest. Suddenly, he froze, his eyes shrinking back like he had seen a venomous snake or scorpion, revealing a hint of fear.

  He thought it was someone from another gang in the county town who beat up his Wild Dog Gang's younger brother, how could it be someone from the Medicine Hall?

  Caiyao Hall in Zhujici County is the number one unreasonable tyrant, with thousands of followers, each ruthless and cruel, wanting money but not lives. If you accidentally offend a follower, you won't even know how to die.

  In this Zhujici county town, there are dozens of ruffians and hoodlums under his command. They wouldn't even dare to touch someone from the Caiyao Hall with a finger, let alone bully them!

  Don't look at the present, just a teenager in the medicine hall, who knows if he has big brothers and sisters or uncles and aunts behind him. If he brings out someone slightly more formidable, the Wild Dog Gang will become a piece of history in Zhujicounty from then on.

  The burly man's face turned pale with fright, and he suddenly jumped up, slapping the four or five rascals in the face, "You scoundrels! Don't you have eyes? Can't you see that it's the big brother of the Medicine Hall?! Quickly kowtow and apologize to Big Brother!"

  Those rascals were slapped in the face by a burly man, dazed and fell to the ground, and suddenly kowtowed to Ye Qin and Cheng Da Niu several times, crying loudly.

  "Big brother, grandpa! We were wrong!"

  "Don't be offended, sir!"

  Ye Qin took several steps back in shock, his face filled with astonishment.

  Dà niú has some fear, shrinking behind Yè Qín, looking at the Wild Dog Gang people, eyes wide open, mouth agape, unable to close. Qin Ge has become very intimidating.