The Legend of the Sacred Sword Cultivator
43 Ch: TCM XVIII

Initially Yang Jian was surprised to hear Qin Lienhua saying, if indeed Qin Lienhua called him for that reason, it meant that he saw Yang Jian that night. This was not a good sign for Yang Jian.

As much as possible Yang Jian should not show his medical skills because the peace of his life would be threatened if many people knew.

"It's Hua'er I told you..."

"You don't have to lie, I'm still not that old to not recognize people." Qin Lienhua interrupted the Emperor's words without turning a single look and it succeeded in making Emperor Qin grimace in feeling ignored.

"I am not lying princess, after all there is no way a person like me is able to treat the princess."

Qin Lienhua turned towards Emperor Qin and Empress Tang as if trying to say something, appearing Emperor Qin shaking his head, but empress Tang touching the Emperor's right arm while smilingly nodding her head.

I don't know what they were trying to say which was obvious Yang Jian did not understand the sign language of the royal family.

Moments later it appeared Emperor Qin sighed resignedly, he then nodded slowly towards Qin Lienhua and next took Empress Tang' hand leaving Yang Jian and Qin Lienhua in the garden.

"I see, they're gone. Now you can be honest with me. You saved me that night, didn't you?" Urge Qin Lienhua after they both sit on a chair. Yang Jian scratched his non-itchy nape, he was completely struck at the current dilemma.

"I told you before, princess, I really am..."

"It's yours, right?" Qin Lienhua showed a flat object symbolizing the Jade Stone Sect, it seemed as if Yang Jian had accidentally left a sign that he was Qin Lienhua's savior.

"Just calm down, no one knows about this." Said Qin Lienhua's daughter who saw the look of Yang Jian's nervous eyes.

"I don't understand why you have to hide all this. But I understand you must have had a reason why you had to secretly treat me that night without having to file with father. That's why I didn't show this thing to anyone, even my father and mother didn't know."

Qin Lienhua said convincingly. Finally Yang Jian breathed a sigh of relief, at least for the time being not many knew his secret. For the time being? Yes, for now. He could not predict how it would be.

"Now tell me, why should you keep this a secret? Are you banned by your sect? Or is this your teacher's order? Your papa? Or your mother?" Qin Lienhua directly showered Yang Jian with various questions, he had long refrained from asking regarding this matter.

Yang Jian took a deep breath, there seemed to be no other reason he could use to trick Qin Lienhua. The only way to get Qin Lienhua to shut up was his secret.

"My father, even my teachers and sect do not know about this. That's why..."

"Oh so that's why you don't want anyone to know about your genius?" Sela Qin Lienhua stared at Yang Jian's twinkle.

"You take it easy, I'm the kind of person who's good at keeping secrets. You can guarantee that." This time Qin Lienhua's voice weakened as it whispered. He became even more enthusiastic compared to Yang Jian.

"So so how? What else am I supposed to hide?"

Finally Yang Jian was able to breathe a sigh of relief when Qin Lienhua was willing to cooperate with him to keep his secret. Yang Jian explained a little about Xiao Ming and his medical science but not the details. Because he didn't want to take that little risk.

After taking back Yang Jian's identification medal as well as receiving the gift of Qin Lienhua, Yang Jian resigned after asking permission from Emperor Qin and Empress Tang.

~~

It turned out that he was an Elder of Shing who had returned to meet Yang Jian, it seemed like he had finished with his affairs removing Yang Jian from the sect.

Yang Jian did not flinch, he still stared at the black bead belonging to Elder Shing calmly, but hearing that it was all done made Yang Jian could not help but frown.

That quick? Thought Yang Jian, he clearly knew that to exit the sect had to pass quite a complicated and time-consuming procedure which was not small. Except...

'Patriak.' muttered Yang Jian inwardly, unless the Jade Sect patriarch also took part in this matter, nothing was impossible. But what reason does patriarch have to do with this issue?

The question made Yang Jian a little unsettled, he felt like he found something more complicated than his problem with elder Shing.

However, if the Jade Sect patriarch was also related to the Chang An case, then Yang Jian would also set the patriarch as a target that entered into his supervision.

"Hopefully by the time we meet again you've become a useful child." Said Elder Shing with a cynical smile.

"And hopefully when we meet again I will still recognize the elder. I was worried that the aging and wrinkles would soon approach the elder making it hard for me to recognize."

"Your mouth is always venomous, lest we meet again and I still find you this weak. Or you'll be my hand laundress." Said Elder Shing as he passed leaving Yang Jian

~~

As Yang Jian arrived at his room, he saw Elder Han Li, Chang An's teacher, Feng Yu and Xinxin had been waiting for his arrival. Without waiting for Yang Jian to sit down he was instantly assaulted by various questions which made Yang Jian's head ache.

"I told you before, there's nothing to worry about. It's not an important matter." Said Yang Jian who did not seem to want to explain the reason for his meeting with Qin Lienhua.

"Do you think we're stupid. He was Emperor Qin, and not the broomstick in the sect grounds. There's no way he's gonna give you the word to invite you to meet him, right?" Annoyed Han Li who was dissatisfied at Yang Jian's reply.

"Had it been, if Yang Jian said so there was no need to force him. You better go back to your respective homes. Tomorrow the game is back to start preparing yourself as best you can." Chang An tried to mediate, he was sure that Yang Jian definitely had a reason not to tell them.

Finally Han Li relented, they returned to their respective residences leaving Chang An who was still in Yang Jian's room.

"Is there anything the teacher wants to ask?" Yang Jian asked later on seeing that Chang An had still not moved from his room.

"This. Can you explain this? Teacher never saw anything like this." Han Li thrust out a flat object that had been the subject of Chang An's question since yesterday.

"Oh that, not any teacher. Maybe I can say it as a memento. Or the teacher can use it when the teacher is really desperate and needs help as quickly as possible by dripping the teacher's blood."

"And you're still saying this is nothing after explaining its function?" Chang An was a little unhappy with Yang Jian's extremely casual style of speech explaining the function of the object.

"Ah means not something that is valuable to the teacher."

"Are you trying to say that my life isn't worth anything?"

Yang Jian almost choked on his own saliva, he did not understand where Chang An's current sensitivity came from.