Chapter 280: Display of Strength

　　Translator: StarveCleric Editor: GaiaNove

　　"Your teacher's senior uncle?"

　　"Senior granduncle of the envoy?

　　Staring at each other, the Great Herb King and Butler Lu nearly pulled off all of their beards.

　　Aren't you Physician Bai?

　　Weren’t you unaware of whether the envoy would come, and if he did, when he would come?

　　Aren't you an impersonator?

　　When did you... become the envoy’s senior granduncle?

　　The heck!

　　More importantly... the envoy seems to be completely dazed at the situation. He doesn’t seem to know that he has a senior granduncle!

　　You could have feigned as his senior, his junior, his acquaintance, or even his friends... Yet, to take such a high position...

　　Brother, you sure know how to speak!

　　If they were in Zhang Xuan's position, they wouldn't have even dared to think about it.

　　The duo only felt a surge of blood rus.h.i.+ng up their throat, threatening to burst out at any moment.

　　Liao Xun, the other two Hall Masters, and the numerous elders stared at one another blankly.

　　They thought that the impersonator would be killed with a single slap from the envoy, or at the very least, be crippled. Never in their dreams did they expect the both of them to be acquainted, and... they seemed to share the same lineage at that.

　　It can’t be such a coincidence, can it?

　　"My teacher calls you senior granduncle?" Gu Mu was stunned as well. His entire body stiffened in discomfort.

　　The person before knew everything about him, so he thought that perhaps he was a colleague in the same branch whom he had never noticed. Never in his dreams did he expect that... they would be related in such a way!

　　He had followed his teacher for countless years but had never heard from him that he had a senior granduncle.

　　But if the other party was lying, how did he know everything about him? And on top of that, for everything he said to be correct?

　　Putting everything aside, just his ability to discern his current condition was something even his teacher was incapable of.

　　"That's just in terms of our seniority. I like to wander about, and I often dwell outside. Thus, your teacher might not even know of my existence!" Putting on the disposition of an expert, Zhang Xuan shook his hands casually.

　　If Zhang Xuan wanted to prevent the other party from laying hands on him, he had to possess an ident.i.ty that was sufficiently convincing.

　　In any case, even those who attend the same lesson can be termed as 'senior' and 'junior'. Given that Zhang Xuan was impersonating as someone who was distantly related to him, it was impossible for him to gather sufficient evidence to overthrow his claim on the spot.

　　After all, he can’t possibly run over to his teacher now and ask him if he has a senior uncle!

　　Besides, I've already said that even your teacher might not know of me, so even it would do nothing even if you try to verify with him.

　　However, just words were insufficient to establish Zhang Xuan's prestige. The best way to do so was to cure him of his problem, and only that way would the other party hold complete faith in him.

　　Thus, Zhang Xuan decided to get straight to the topic. He glanced at Gu Mu with a smile and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. It's fate for us to meet here, so I would like to ask you. Do you want to solve your affliction?"

　　"Is there... a solution... for my affliction?"

　　Gu Mu initially held some doubts about the ident.i.ty of the person before him. However, upon hearing the other party talk about solving his affliction, his face immediately flushed with agitation.

　　If given a chance to live, who would be willing to die?