I Have MedicineCh4 - Escaping the Qi Family

Cui’e didn’t stay for long and her parting words could be summed up as: “Even though you’ve become like this, the Qi Family still hasn’t forgotten you. You should eat well, sleep well, and keep your heart free of any grudges.”

Then, she turned around and walked away. It went without saying that the Qi Family had to maintain its reputation. While her words were tactful, she couldn’t hide the condescension behind her intent. Ww2HU8

Gu Zuo really felt that he didn’t share Qi Tianyou’s saintly tolerance. If he really came across such circumstances, there was a good chance he’d just call this shameless hussy out on her words.

This Qi Family servant had such an awful personality! But to be honest, the Qi Family really did invest a lot of resources into Qi Tianyou’s development. Since Qi Tianyou could produce potions, he’d been able to tide a profit and generate some prestige for them. The reputation of the Qi Family in Yunyang City skyrocketed, which gave them many benefits in the city. As a result, now…

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Gu Zuo rubbed his forehead again.

He had already begun integrating Qi Tianyou’s memories as if they were his own. This was unacceptable. TEsI62

Then, Gu Zuo walked over to the table to look at the dishes on the serving platter.

Two servings of meat and vegetables each, as well as some soup. It looked okay, but it was a far cry from the standard ten course meal of the Qi Family.

But who cared? At this point, he was practically starving. It was good enough to fill his belly.

However, Gu Zuo didn’t expect a sudden sense of alarm as he reached out towards a serving of vegetables — This incredible feeling of danger caused him to drop his chopsticks.

Was this dish poisoned!?

Gu Zuo’s face stiffened. He definitely couldn’t eat it. He dabbed his finger against the five dishes and his expression worsened.

What was the Qi Family playing at? When Qi Tianyou degenerated to this sorry state, they really wouldn’t let him off. It couldn’t be that this was another of Qi Feng’s schemes?

But this, too, was a stroke of good luck for Gu Zuo. R6cWdh

As previously stated, since he was a child, Gu Zuo always had a keen awareness of medicine. Besides being able to distinguish the quality of medicinal ingredients, he had something of an innate ability. He could detect the toxicity of a drug by its fumes alone.

Because of this, Gu Zuo and his feeble dad were able avoid being scammed. But right now, he didn’t know what he was going to do with these tainted dishes. An ordinary person wouldn’t detect it, but he could. The fumes of the poison that blended into the dish’s fragrance…were sickly-sweet.

In other words, this was a slow-acting poison!

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After indecisively pacing back and forth for a bit, Gu Zuo’s stomach began to growl uncontrollably. The most important thing was that he had to find an opportunity to escape from the Qi Family.

Since he planned on leaving the Qi Family, what use did Qi Tianyou’s identity give him? Once he began refining medicine, other people would find it suspicious that his medicinal beads were undamaged. zYbd8s

[This host requires an identity in the Tianwu Continent as a talented pharmacist.]

Gu Zuo stared blankly for a bit: Fine, but what am I supposed to do about the ingredients once I leave the Family? I’m broke and Qi Tianyou didn’t have much saved up. I might not have enough to buy herbs.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

[This host’s first priority should be to find a financial backer.]

Gu Zuo: “…Huh!?” mYJ30l

The system sure was quick to change the subject.

[A patron.]

Gu Zuo was quiet.

It seemed like this was the only way… But what value did he have that would make people want to invest in him? Plus, they not only had to place their confidence in him, but do it without fear of reprisal from the Qi Family. GIyw4a

Also, he still needed to urgently consider how he would escape from here.

Under the cover of darkness, there was a meek figure who quietly widened a hole at the base of a border wall near the city’s southern residential district. Once he finished, he turned his head left and right to check for any passersby outside. When the coast was clear, he crawled through and stuck to the side of the wall, carefully walking away from the hole. Only then did he make his escape deep into the night.

Previously…

After determining that he had to escape, Gu Zuo effortlessly swept up the poisoned food and sent it into his storage space. Cui’e returned two hours later to clean up and took away the platter and dishes. While hiding behind the door, he ruthlessly struck the back of her head. txL4 9

According to Qi Tianyou’s memories, although Cui’e had not cultivated to Blood Refining stage one, she had still been practicing martial arts for a long time. Though she fainted, she was certainly not going to die.

While Gu Zuo was aware that his life was in danger, he didn’t spare any thoughts for the fairer sex. Considering that he had zero martial arts experience, he did a good job finishing things with a single strike. After settling his affairs, he disguised himself with her outer skirt and hid Cui’e under the covers of the bed. Gu Zuo took the platter back and hurriedly saw himself out.

— To maintain his identity as Qi Tianyou, it was only natural that Gu Zuo would leave behind a note. It contained a single sentence: “The food was poisoned, so I’m breaking off all ties with the Qi Family.”

After leaving his room, Gu Zuo met some people on the way. Since it was late in the evening, no one paid attention to him. He quickly found a place to hide and had to knock another servant unconscious to switch his clothes for theirs. sJIoQd

Using Qi Tianyou’s memories, he moved towards a small, inconspicuous hole. This was another stroke of luck. Many years ago, Qi Feng bullied Qi Tianyou and forced him to hide in this exact hole. Qi Tianyou was dead and Gu Zuo was his imposter. Unexpectedly, he faintly recalled this event and took this chance to escape.

As a result, once he breached the other side of the hole, he immediately fled. He didn’t dare to stay in Yunyang City to leave any clues of his whereabouts. He messed up his hair and rolled around in some mud to pretend he was a vagabond. That night, he rushed to another city.

After traveling for no less than three days, Gu Zuo finally came to the gates of an unfamiliar city. In spite of his bloodied feet, he paid off the guards with half of Qi Tianyou’s funds and smoothly entered the city.

At this time, Gu Zuo breathed out a quiet sigh of relief. Um4RhT

This place was called Yongqing City. Compared to Yunyang City, it was slightly larger, but the important thing was that the aristocratic families here didn’t share marital or blood ties with the aristocratic families of Yunyang City. Instead, due to incidents in the past from resource competition, there was a rivalry between them. If the Qi Family tried to exert their power to find him, it would definitely be impossible.

Gu Zuo thought that he was currently useless to exploit since Qi Tianyou was a total waste. The Qi Family shouldn’t expend too much effort to erase all traces of him. For now, he was safe.

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Then he found an inn, bought some clothes, and settled down.

Although the threat of the Qi Family wasn’t completely dispelled, Gu Zuo was preoccupied with another matter. X3baBS

He thought about how he was going to contact the patron he selected. He couldn’t be slow with this. Otherwise, all the efforts he expended on the road would be wasted. However, he was at a loss on how to complete this venture.

That’s right. Gu Zuo integrated Qi Tianyou’s memories and after a period of consideration, he chose a patron — The name of this patron was Gongyi Tianheng, the young master of a powerful clan.

Gu Zuo mulled it over. He would assuredly use up tons of resources when refining. In the item books the system gave him, they detailed many rare things. At the very least, those three hand seals, compared to Qi Tianyou’s refining technique, were definitely not worthless. It was common sense that the finer things in life were expensive.

With such a valuable thing falling into the hands of some nobody without a patron, if this secret was exposed, he would inevitably meet his doom. Therefore, he had to find someone with both wealth and influence. VkISm

Within Tianwu Continent, he could accomplish this with many to choose from except for the royal family, which had a dynastic history filled with martial artists. Between the royal family and other aristocratic families, the former was too troublesome. He could only start out with the latter.

But many powerful families already kept pharmacists in their pockets. What could Gu Zuo possibly say that would make them bend over backwards to accommodate him? He had potential as a pharmacist. Even if he intended on relying on a powerful family, the most likely outcome was that he would be exploited for all he was worth. He would be cast to the side and worked to the bone without any chance at freedom. When the time came to complete the system’s missions, it would simply be a “dead” end.

Sure, the system provided many things to make survival possible, but the system’s existence itself was a huge secret.

And this huge secret wasn’t something that he could conceal by himself. He wouldn’t be able to keep it hidden from his patron either. TMbmoD

Thus, whoever he chose to become his patron was very important.

Gu Zuo felt that it was better to rely on a single influential person in an aristocratic family than on the family as a whole. Also, this person needed to have an upstanding moral character. He had to create a justifiably mutually-beneficial relationship such that they’d have no choice but to rely on each other when the time came. This was to minimize the possibility of betrayal.

And Gongyi Tianheng was the person whom Gu Zuo meticulously selected.

First of all, Gongyi Tianheng was part of the Gongyi Clan, which was one of the five great clans in Cangyun City. This city was actually the capital of the Cangyun Empire. lMQvwX

The five clans and the so-called Qi Family of Yunyang City were nothing alike. The influence of the five clans spread throughout the entire Cangyun Empire. The estates and businesses of these clans were found in all regions of the nation. Each clan was filled with countless martial artists and their martial strengths were formidable. Their status was only barely less than that of the royal family. The descendants of the royal family and that of the clans were invariably close, and they could consider themselves martial brothers of the other.

In the eyes of the five clans, the Qi Family was an insignificant ant. It would take but a single step to wipe them out.

Gongyi Tianheng was the eldest grandson of the Gongyi Clan. He was brilliant and talented. By the age of ten, he had mastered most of the clan’s businesses. And through several years of hard work, these businesses prospered, which caused the other four clans to acknowledge him.

It was said that, not only was he talented, his visage was like that of the full moon. He was very handsome, modest, and had a clear temperament. When dealing with promises, he was worth his weight in gold. From his behavior to his personality, there wasn’t a single bad thing to say about him. ykgnDh

Someone once praised him, saying that if it wasn’t for a particular reason that prevented the Gongyi Clan from placing its affairs in Gongyi Tianheng’s hands, the clan would definitely grow to become the number one clan in the Cangyun Empire. The other four clans would be suppressed for hundreds of years.

As for that “particular” reason, Gongyi Tianheng had only one flaw.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

He couldn’t practice martial arts.

He couldn’t do this because he was a very sickly person. E6Pgat

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