Chapter 8: The Karma Reward
There was a reason why Ren Wei was pushing on seeing the person suffering from the icy cold fever.
It's because he received a notification just as he arrived at the Li clan mansion.
[Ding!
Congratulations, you are very near to a person with high karma value. Find the person and you will get an unknown reward.
Hint: Currently suffering from icy cold fever (Cold Qi).]
It was not a mission. He did not need to accept it or reject it. It was just there as a reminder.
He just chose to do it out of curiosity, the unknown reward.
As soon as they heard the term 'lucky', both Old Lu and the Head Li changed their expression.
Long ago, someone powerful passed by their land and because of the hospitality of Li clan the senior gave them a chance.
A chance to change their clan fate. And the chance was that one day someone powerful will come to their clan and if they want to climb higher they must get his blessing.
Now, all those things were coming back to their mind.
Suddenly, their eyes lit up.
With sparkling eyes, Head Li asked. "Senior, how do you know that their is someone lucky in our clan?" His demeanor changed so quickly, even his offensive aura vanished.
That kind of change in behavior made Ren Wei uncomfortable. Just a while ago, the Li clan head was like trying to kill him and now in seconds, his eyes were shining like he found the most likable person.
Now, he even called him "Senior". What the hell?
With side eyes, Ren Wei said in like a disgusted voice. "Hey..hey. What is wrong with you? I am telling you if you don't want to that's fine. I will just leave. Don't give that gay like face."
With that, he turned around and tried to leave.
Knowing that he lost his composure as a head, the Li clan head quickly changed back to his normal form.
Seeing the man was about to leave. He quickly said. "Okey. I agree to your request."
Ren Wei stopped his tract when he heard the sentence. He smiled but quickly concealed it. Then he turned around to face them. "Then, lead the way."
"Haha, senior can just call me Li Fang." Head Li introduced himself.
"Okey okey, just lead the way." Ren Wei was not trying to remember anything. He was just there to get his unknown reward.
"This way, senior." Both Head Li and Old Lu quickly showed him the way and led him out of the hall.
Hearing the man, who was older than him, called him 'senior'. Ren Wei was a but uncomfortable. But when he thought about it, he felt it was not that much. And technically, he has lived two lives. So, it did not matter.
With the two men leading the way, Ren Wei arrived a quiet courtyard with a guards guarding the door of the house.
Seeing the patriarch, the two quickly saluted. "Patriarch."
Head Li simply nodded and the trio went inside.
When the trio entered inside the house, they saw a woman sitting on a chair taking care of a young boy on the bed. Judging from the scene, the woman looked exhausted with her hairs all messed up, darken skin under the eyes showing her lack of sleep. And her dried up lips.
The young boy was also in a very bad condition, with lots of blankets on his body but still with a cold face.
His condition was so bad that even the room temperature was chilling.
The moment trio arrived, the woman quickly looked and with tears in her eyes she approached Li Fang. With a voice full of sadness, she pleaded. "Husband, please.... just find .. a way.. to make ...my son free from this madness."
Li Fang softly comforted his wife, wiping her tears. "Hey..., don't worry anymore. I already found someone who can cure our son."
When Ren Wei saw the scene of the parents worrying about their child, he felt the pain they were feeling. At that moment, he thought of his children.
Even to this day, he doesn't even knew whether they reached the place safely. What they are doing. And many other concerns.
Unable to bear witness the scene anymore, he quickly approached the bed.
Only after when he was near the boy did he truly felt the horror of icy cold fever. When he was just meters away, he could only felt slight cold. But near the boy, he truly felt the cold of the winter. "What an unfortunate thing." He murmured.
Even in those conditions, the woman was still there guarding her son. A mother's love for child is truly priceless.
From the bed side, he reached out his hand to touch the hand of the boy.
But seeing his action, the woman quickly said loudly. "Please don't do that." She did that not out concern for her child but rather to warn the danger of touching the body of the boy.
Ren Wei heard the woman, but he chose to ignore it. Channelling his Qi and focusing it on his hand, he touched the body.
But even with his Qi protecting his hand, the coldness still penetrated his skin.
As soon as his hand came in contact with the boy's body, a notification popped up.
[Ding!
Congratulations, you have found the person with high karma value.
Reward: In process....]
After receiving the notification, Ren Wei smiled inwardly. 'Mission accomplished.' He thought.
Then, he quickly retracted his hand from the boy. Even after retracting his hand, he could still feel the numbness on his finger tip.
Since he confirmed the person and his reward was on his way, he did not need to stay there any longer.
So, he reached into his fish pot made of bamboo and pulled out a 30 meters long fish.
[Fish: Red Sun Carp.
Grade: Mortal.
Properties: Yang rich fish. If people who are suffering from Cold Qi eats it, they will be cure is just a day.]
Magically pulling the fish out of the pot, he tossed it to Old Lu. And he said. "How much you guys can give me for that?"
Old Lu caught the fish but he tilted his head in confusion. Puzzled, he asked politely. "Senior, this..?"
"Red Sun Carp. Can cure people suffering from Cold Qi. Make a soup and give him feed him the liquid first. After he regain his consciousness, feed him the remaining fish meat." Ren Wei patiently explained.
"But senior, our young master is suffering from icy cold fever not Cold Qi." Old Lu said. The two Li hushand and wife also looked at Ren Wei, questioning with their eyes.
"Just do it as I say if you don't want to make your son's life more miserable." Ren Wei felt it was not necessary to keep on explaining. So he directly went for the best method.
As soon as the woman heard the condition of her son, she instantly snatched the fish from Old Lu's hand and hurriedly ran out with the fish. She was going to make the soup by herself.
"Well, seeing the situation I won't take advantage of you. Even do the fish is a Mortal Grade, you only need to give me 30 spirit stones. The market price for a Mortal Grade fish is probably around 40 spirit stones. So you are making a profit." After the woman left, Ren Wei talked about his fish price.
Li Fang showed some hesitation when he heard it, not because of the price but for something else.
Knowing what he was thinking, Ren Wei said. "Don't worry. I know what you are thinking. You might be thinking what if it doesn't work. You can pay me when you see the result." Then he walked outside the room, leaving the two men inside.
After about 30 minutes, the woman came running with a bowl of hot soup in her hand. The soup was still steaming when she arrived inside the room.
Unable to wait any longer, she scooped up a small amount using the spoon. After blowing it to cool down, she realized her son was practically ice. So she hurriedly but carefully feed the soup with the soup.
To their shock, just after one spoon they could see the result.
The young boy's face slowly started to turn back to normal.
Knowing one spoon was not enough, the woman continued to feed him more.
After about 10 to 15 spoon, her son's body started showing signs of improvement.
Just minutes later, the coldness inside the room faded. Seeing her son's improvement for the first time, the woman tears could not help but fall down.
Even the strong man like Li Fang and Old Lu also felt the tears in eyes.
As they were feeling the happiness tears, Ren Wei's voice was heard.
"I don't have that much time to wait for you guys."
Hearing the voice, Li Fang wiped away the tears that were about to fall. And walked out of the room.
Outside, Ren Wei was standing with his hand behind his back.
Seeing Li Fang coming out, he spoke. "30 spirit stones." He directly went for the business.
Hearing that, Li Fang did not question. He simply channeled his Qi and took out a bag of spirit stones from his space ring. Or storage ring.
Ren Wei took the bag and with further words, he left the place.
Li Fang did not stopped him, he knew people like Ren Wei would not stay for favors.
Before he fully left, he heard Ren Wei said. "Whatever happen in the future, just support the boy. He is your ticket to greater place."
With those words, Ren Wei left the courtyard. On his way, he did not meet anyone to stop him. Even the gate was guardless.
He simply opened the door and left the Li clan.
On his way back to his town, he got another notification. This time it was for the karma reward.