Zhu San spat out blood and looked up at the sky.

Ce Jiu's eyes fell onto the injured youth, and he frowned. "Are you Zhu San?"

Zhu San struggled to his feet and slowly bowed. "Zhu San greets the young master."

Ce Jiu indifferently responded, "You have half an hour to wash up and prepare to see the patriarch with me."

He then dropped a pill, and the scent that emanated from it made it clear that it was not some common bit of medicine.

Qian Ye's mouth fell open, and his mind was shaken by this sight. He recognized the pill that had just been tossed out; it was the Ce family’s best medicine, and only direct descendants of the Ce family were able to use it when they were seriously injured. How could Zhu San have been given such a treasure? Even though Zhu San looked to be in terrible shape, he was not actually that badly injured, and this sort of medicine was completely unnecessary.

Zhu San was also taken aback, and he looked up at Ce Jiu in confusion.

Ce Jiu just said, "Hurry up."

Zhu San’s surprise did not abate. "Understood."

Half an hour later, as Qian Ye and his companions watched with anxious confusion, Zhu San followed Ce Jiu to leave the planet. The two quickly made their way towards the center of the Starpiece Region to meet with the patriarch, Ce Laoyan.

Still on the same street as before, many people looked at Qian Ye and his companions with gloating eyes. The three young men had repeatedly beaten...