"Why would your gege suddenly think to go out to do a task?" asked Qi Shaorong.
"He wants to help one of our distance uncles," said Zhuang Qian.
Qi Shaorong curiously continued to ask, "Distant uncle? Which one?"
"I have an uncle who is called Zhuang Linyuan. He has a daughter called Zhuang Ling, Zhuang Ling jiejie is very beautiful but her health isn't very good. Since she was five or six, she started taking all sorts of spiritual medicine plants. Once they stops working, Zhuang Ling jiejie will feel unwell and would even faint due her poor health," explained Zhuang Qian.
Qi Shaorong frowned at this and asked, "She has been taking spiritual medicine plants for more than ten years now?"
Zhuang Qian nodded and replied, "Yes ah! She originally only needed some common spiritual medicine plants, but lately the amount of the medicine she needs increases and so did the quality requirements. Uncle Zhuang Linyuan has been doing his best to find spiritual medicine plants for Zhuang Ling jiejie for many years already but there haven't really been any improvement."
Qi Shaorong frowned, "Have they seen a doctor?"
Zhuang Qian nodded his head and said, "They have, the doctors all said Ling'er jiejie has a poor physique so she needed to properly take her medicine, but after taking them for so many years, they still haven't seen any improvement."
Qi Shaorong, "…"
Zhuang Qian looked at Qi Shaorong, and said, "Ghost Doctor qianbei, you should find some time to go see Ling'er jiejie ah! Those quacks can't do anything but maybe you'll be able to."
Qi Shaorong helplessly smiled and replied, "Young Master Zhuang, you think too highly of me. What I'm good at is doing plastic surgery for people. As for medical treatment, that's not my specialty. Let's talk about this later."
Zhuang Qian and Qi Shaorong chatted a bit more, and when he got Qi Shaorong's approval, he hurriedly said goodbye.
Qi Heng glanced at Qi Shaorong, and asked, "Young Master, you already promised Young Master Zhuang Qian?
Qi Shaorong folded his arms then replied, "I already said that Zhuang Hao is a-hundred-years rare qenius. I would like to see just how great this brat's ability is."
"Young Master, you want to check out the details on Zhuang Hao?" asked Qi Heng.
"Know yourself, know your enemy, and you will come out unscathed through a hundred battles," said Qi Shaorong.
Qi Heng squinted his eyes and said, "Young Master, if you get to know Zhuang Hao's weakness it would be much easier to take care of him later on."
Qi Shaorong smiled mysteriously and replied, "Yes, I think so too."
According to the agreement, Qi Shaorong arrived that the appointed place where they would gather. Chen Yuan greeted him, "Ghost Doctor qianbei, I'm happy to see you again."
Qi Shaorong puzzedly looked at Chen Yuan as he questioned, "You're also going?"
"Not just me, there's also Ah Qian and Shaofu."
"Ghost Doctor qianbei, you already arrived? I'm extremely happy that you came," Zhuang Hao was all smiles as he said that.
Qi Shaorong looked at Zhuang Hao, and somewhat doubtedly answered, "Young Master Hao is famous and renowned all over. It's hard to see you personally in action, so I naturally need to come widen my knowledge. But you're bringing along so many oil bottles, will you really be okay?"
Chen Yuan looked at Qi Shaorong and moved up by his side, "Rest assured Ghost Doctor qianbei, if Ah Hao can't protect you, there's still me."
Qi Shaorong glanced at Chen Yuan up and down, and coldly smirked, "Stop joking, the oil bottles I mentioned also includes you."
Chen Yuan, "…"
Qi Shaofu rubbed his nose and walked up to Qi Shaorong a he said, "Ghost Doctor qianbei, let's start our trip. Qhost Doctor qianbei, I don't why but when I see you, I feel that you are very familiar, as if there is a very special fate between us."
Qi Shaorong glanced at Qi Shaofu and shot him down, "Stop joking, you've never even seen my real appearance. And even if you say that, I'm not giving you any discounts."
Qi Shaofu, "…"
...…
Zhuang Hao whistled and a bluebird swooped down.
After the bluebird landed, it affectionately rubbed itself against Zhuang Hao.
The bluebird was extremely huge. Compared to the bluebird, Zhuang Hao was a tiny thing.
Qi Shaorong had a feeling that Zhuang Hao was going to fall off this bluebird but, as it was, Zhuang Hao was standing very stably.
Zhuang Qian looked at Qi Shaorong, and said, "Ghost Doctor qianbei, do you know that my brother is a beastmaster?"
Qi Shaorong nodded, "I've heard."
"Do you know that being a beastmaster is very profitable?" asked Zhuang Qian.
Qi Shaorong gave a dry laugh, "I've heard."
"Although it doesn't earn as much as qianbei, it's still a lot," continued Zhuang Qian.
Qi Shaorong continuously nodded, "Yes ah! Yes ah! Your brother is handsome and can even make money. No wonder he is so popular, popular to the point a beauty would go thousands of miles away to break off his engagement."
Zhuang Qian, "…"
"Come up and sit, we'll be taking Xiao Qing to the Confusing Wastelands," explained Zhuang Hao.
Qi Shaorong scrutinized Zhuang Hao's mount and narrowed his eyes as he exclaimed, "Young Master Zhuang, your mount's not bad ah!"
Zhuang Hao smiled and replied, "Thank you Ghost Doctor qianbei for your praise! Everyone should come up now."
"Ghost Doctor qianbei, you should sit behind my brother. If the wind is too fierce, you can hide behind my brother. And if qianbei you can't sit stably you can always hold on to my brother's waist," Zhuang Qian kindly reminded.
Qi Shaorong, "…"
Know yourself, know your enemy, and you will come unscathed through a hundred battles. – [知己知彼百战不殆嘛 – Zhījǐzhībǐ bǎizhànbùdài ma] Try saying that five times fast (´꒳`∗)
Oil bottle – [拖油瓶 – Tuō yóu píng] lit. dragging oil bottles referring to children of a previous marriage (derog.)
Xiao Qing – is one of the most uncreative names ever. [小青 – Xiǎo qīng] Qing came from bluebird[青鸟 – Qīngniǎo] So it���s Little Blue… or Green. Qing can also mean green. …Now I'm tempted to translate it as Little Green…