<h4>Chapter 1234: Chapter 1242: A Friend Arrives from Afar</h4>


    Lin Han has stayed in big hospitals before and has seen all kinds of patients, but she has never seen someone with a fatal injury survive. Moreover, Ling Chen’s recovery speed was several times faster than normal. If it were someone else with such severe injuries, they would be bedridden for at least a few months. Ling Chen had been in Xianghe Vige for less than half a month, and he was already able to walk around, which was truly unbelievable.


    After his condition improved, Ling Chen began to wander around outside alone. He has been in Xianghe Vige for some time, and he had met most of the people in the vige; he would smile and greet them when he encountered them on the road.


    Looking at the mountain opposite Xianghe Vige, a trace of hesitation shed in Ling Chen’s eyes. Since the day he heard from Lin Chun about the madman, Ling Chen had been very interested in the old man named Yang Junfeng and really wanted to go and see him. Previously, because he couldn’t walk, he had to dismiss this idea. Now, without Lin Han and Lin Chun following him, it seemed like a good opportunity.


    Having made up his mind, Ling Chen set off alone along the mountain path, arriving at the foot of the peak where Yang Junfeng lived. The peak was quite steep, and Ling Chen’s body had not fully recovered; halfway up, he was already out of breath and had to sit down to rest and regain his strength.


    When Ling Chen reached the top, it was already an hourter. There were many dense trees around the summit; Ling Chen wandered around and soon found the natural cave that Lin Chun had described.


    Standing outside the cave, Ling Chen called out loudly a few times, but there was no response from inside the cave, as if there was no one there.


    After waiting for a moment, Ling Chen simply summoned his courage and walked directly into the cave. As he walked, he silently prayed not to encounter the old man during a mad episode. If that happened, given his current physical condition, it would be like walking to his death.


    This natural cave was more than three meters high, four meters wide, and over ten meters deep. At the innermost part of the cave, there was a pile of burnt-out embers. On top of the embers was a wooden stand, supporting arge pot filled with soup, with a few unidentifiable leaves floating on top. As he got closer, he could smell a strange odor.


    Ling Chen shook his head and turned his gaze elsewhere, seeing ayer of straw mats near the wall of the cave, which was probably where Yang Junfeng rested.


    The ce was truly crude, with not even a single decent piece of furniture. Ling Chen found it strange that a master had fallen to this point, wondering what kind of trauma he had suffered.


    At this moment, Ling Chen, with his sharp eyes, suddenly noticed a small wooden table ced at the very back of the cave, covered with a piece of tattered cloth, hiding something unknown underneath.


    Walking up to the table, Ling Chen picked up the cloth and carefully lifted it. Instantly, he saw a spiritual tablet underneath. This spiritual tablet seemed very old, with its color faded, except for a few lines of words in the middle that were rtively clear. Ling Chen studied it for a few moments; if he guessed correctly, this should be Yang Junfeng’s ancestral tablet.


    Below the spiritual tablet, there was a small booklet with yellowed pages. Ling Chen pulled out the booklet, and his eyes were immediately drawn to the words on the cover.


    The Yang Family Spear Technique!


    This... this was a martial arts manual. Ling Chen eagerly opened a page, seeing various postures and forms recorded inside.


    Although Ling Chen did not know much about spear techniques, he could tell that this Yang Family Spear Technique was a very valuable martial arts manual. After looking at a few pages, Ling Chen immediately returned it to its original ce, not continuing to pry. Even though he was very interested in martial arts manuals, ces like the Dragon Tiger Hall had plenty of such manuals, and he had no need to engage in such petty theft.


    Because of the overpowering odor in the cave, Ling Chen did not stay long. Once outside the cave, he waited a while longer; seeing Yang Junfeng had not returned, he decided not to wait any longer and headed back to Xianghe Vige. Having been out so long, if he didn’t return soon, Lin Han and Lin Chun would probably start to worry.


    When he returned to the clinic, Lin Chun had just brought the freshly made lunch.


    "Today’s food is so abundant?" Ling Chen asked with a smile while eating Lin Chun’s chicken rice. Usually, they ate vegetarian dishes and rarely had meat, but today there was not only chicken but also pork.


    "We have guests at home."


    "Really?" Ling Chen was curious, "Isn’t the road to the vige blocked? How did guests manage toe?"


    "If people want toe, we can’t stop them."


    "Are they rtives of your family?"


    "No, they’re my sister’s former ssmates and friends." Lin Chun seemed to have little goodwill towards these guests, choosing to stay in the clinic rather than go back.


    After lunch, Ling Chen apanied Lin Chun to y chess in the clinic. Lin Chun was a very clever child; despite his young age, he yed chess with an exemry style, and his chess skill was not much worse than Ling Chen’s. It was said that this little guy often yed chess with the elders in the vige as one of his few pastimes.


    As the two of them, one big and one small, were locked in an intense chess battle, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the clinic.


    "Hanhan, is this your clinic?" A woman’s voice spoke, "Isn’t it too shabby? Just a few words painted on the wall, not even a sign."


    "We are in the countryside; there aren’t so many formalities necessary, as long as everyone knows this is a ce for medical treatment. Besides, making a sign would require a trip to town, and it’s too much trouble."


    "Hanhan, opening a clinic here, how much ie can you make in a month?"


    "A few hundred bucks. It’s not much, mainly to help the elderly in the vige."


    "You’re still as kind-hearted as ever, Hanhan. A few hundred bucks... that’s not even enough for a pair of shoes for me. Hanhan, I’m not saying this to criticize you, but with your good background, why should you stay in such a shabby ce? If you ask me, you should return to East Sea City. You have no idea, after you left, Mr. Zheng often talks about you and seems to genuinely like you. Why can’t you ept him? Turning a sparrow into a phoenix is not an opportunity everyone gets, you need to seize this chance."


    "I have no feelings for him. Besides, even if I were to get married, it would be to someone I love, not for material things."


    "s! Not trying to preach, but your thinking is outdated. Better to cry in a BMW than to smile on a bicycle, don’t you understand such a simple truth?"


    "Alright, alright! Xu Huan, say no more, everyone has their own ideas, there’s no need to impose yours on others. Hanhan, let’s take a look around your clinic." A man’s voice chimed in.


    Upon hearing people entering, Ling Chen signaled to Lin Chun, who quickly put away the chessboard and stood up.


    At that moment, the door opened, and Lin Han entered with a young couple, their arms linked, clearly indicating their rtionship.