Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 73 Medicinal Materials
Lian Gouqie leaned close to Qin Feng's ear and said, "This old man has quite a grudge."

"I feel it," Qin Feng raised his eyebrows, "It seems we have found the right place."

Doctor Li was not in good health. After shouting this, he leaned his hands on the table and coughed so hard that his beard was shaking.

"...After Cheng Er came back, he behaved himself for a while," Doctor Li said, panting. "At least I thought he behaved himself."

"Cheng Er has a lot of minor ailments, but I'm old, and the apprentices in the clinic have all gone out to start their own businesses. Cheng Er stays with me and can help with odd jobs."

"I've been blinded by this," Doctor Li said, his anger evident in his words. "I only found out about this when Cheng Er replaced the herbs with inferior ones and came to my house to make trouble."

"Who's making trouble?" Wei Xi interrupted Doctor Li's story.

Doctor Li was stunned for a moment, "I haven't remembered it for many years..."

"I wanted to kick him out, but Cheng Er begged me, saying he stole the herbs to save people. At that time, Tangkou Town was no longer producing much gold sand, and the population was dwindling."

"I asked him who he was saving. He said he was saving a beggar. He said he wanted to heal illnesses and save people like me."

"I... am getting old and confused! I didn't even think about it. With Cheng Er's mentality, how could he save a beggar?"

"Cheng Er took me to see the beggar. His wrists were all worn out, exposing his wrist bones. Cheng Er told me that he picked up this beggar from the street. He is not a good doctor and has little money. Now the people in the town are in a panic and he can't find anyone to help him."

Lian Gouqie stood up. Qin Feng glanced at him as he paced around the room.

"I bandaged the beggar's wound and prescribed medicine. I told Cheng Er that I couldn't let go of the fact that he stole the medicine. Now that the beggar has recovered, both of you can get out of here!"

"A pregnant woman with a difficult labor was brought in last night. I couldn't handle it alone, so I asked Cheng Er to help."

"Cheng Er and that beggar lived in a room in the backyard of the clinic. I went to call him and saw through the crack in the door..."

"I saw Cheng Er cutting the flesh of that beggar."

Wei Xi and the other two looked at Doctor Li who was panting.

"Are you sure?" Qin Feng's eyebrows were twisted like a knot. "Excuse me, how old were you then? As you get older, your eyesight will always be a little blurry..."

Wei Xi lowered his head, and Lian Gou Xie coughed.

"Little girl, I hope I'm mistaken," Doctor Li pounded the table. "I still remember the blood dripping from the knife."

"What did you do?" Wei Xi raised an eyebrow. "What did County Magistrate Cheng do? You said he was ungrateful."

Doctor Li looked at Wei Xi with cloudy eyes, "Cheng Er threatened me! Who gave him the guts? He threatened me, saying he would tell everyone in town that I imprisoned this beggar!"

"Doctor Li, according to what you said, Cheng Er was kicked out of the shop repeatedly, and he even hangs out with ruffians." Lian Gouqie stopped at Doctor Li's cabinet piled with medical books. "Will the people in this town believe what he says?"

"The gold is in his hands, and everyone in Tangkou Town will believe him." Doctor Li opened his mouth, revealing his gums.

"Cheng Er, he is a cultivator!"

Now the expressions of Wei Xi and the other two became a little strange. Qin Feng looked at the faces of Wei Xi and Lian Gouye before speaking this time.

Seeing that Wei Xi didn't respond, Qin Feng said, "Cultivator? County Magistrate Cheng, we've met him before, and he doesn't look like a cultivator."

"Cheng Er turned the beggar's flesh into gold. Tangkou Town only has gold. Without gold, what will we do?"

"I can only tolerate that bastard turning that beggar into gold bit by bit in my clinic!"

Lian Gouqie showed an expression of pity. Not only him, but Wei Xi and Qin Feng also felt sorry for the beggar's fate.

"...One beggar wasn't enough, so he ran to the county government office. I don't know what tricks he used, but he came up with the river sacrifice tactic," Doctor Li said bitterly. "Then he threatened me to close the clinic!"

"He had already controlled the entire Tangkou Town at that time, so I had no choice but to close the clinic." Doctor Li started coughing again.

"You three, I don't care what your intentions are. I only know one thing: as long as that bastard Cheng Er doesn't have a good life, I'm happy!" Doctor Li said in a sinister tone, "Now, get out!"

"Old man, don't be so angry. You can still live two more years!" Lian Gouqie stepped back like a frightened rabbit.

Wei Xi and the other two were obviously not welcome. Qin Feng pulled Lian Gou Xie's sleeve and the three of them walked out.

"Do you think this doctor's words are credible?" Qin Feng tied Gao Han up. "He said that County Magistrate Cheng is a cultivator, and the Heavenly Dao suppresses him. How could a cultivator harm a non-cultivator?"

"The courses in Wen Dao Hall," Lian Goujie added, "unless he wants to be struck by lightning."

Wei Xi naturally wouldn't accept Doctor Li's words at face value. Doctor Li had laid so much groundwork, all about County Magistrate Cheng's misconduct.

I'm sorry, Wei Xi doesn't need to know much about this part.

"Beggars," Wei Xi whispered, "That's why there are no beggars in Tangkou Town, and there are also those sick people!"

"Gold, Doctor Li said...it turned into gold. That's why there aren't many people in Tangkou Town, there are no rumors of illness, and there are all those corpses!"

"What do you mean?" Qin Feng paused, "You mean, they are sacrifices?"

"It seems that the sacrifices Wei Xi saw when he went to Huan River yesterday were not all there is."

It was inappropriate for the three of them to say this on the street. Wei Xi was still organizing his thoughts, so the three of them returned to the inn.

"We still have five Qingyin notes to use," Qin Feng rummaged through his pockets, "I hope we can leave Tangkou Town before we use them all up."

"I think so. The river sacrifice will be held in two days."

"Wei Xi," Qin Feng sat on the edge of the bed, leaning over and supporting himself with his arms, "Do you have any ideas?"

"You didn't even ask me a question?" Lian Gouqie looked at Qin Feng in disbelief.

"Lian Gouqie, what do you think?" Qin Feng asked with his eyes closed.

"I do," Lian Gouqie said with a smile, "Weixi, what do you think?"

"I don't know what method County Magistrate Cheng used to bring the gold back to Tangkou Town by offering sacrifices to the river." Wei Xi said with narrowed eyes.

"Apart from the sacrifices I saw in the house yesterday, the most important one is... a person. I'm afraid that beggar is the first sacrifice."

"But Doctor Li didn't tell the truth. He wasn't threatened. He was an accomplice, or rather, he used to be an accomplice..." Wei Xi's voice became softer and softer.

Qin Feng was still waiting for Wei Xi to finish her words, "Why don't you say anything?"

"This is just a guess," Wei Xi said doubtfully, "After all, he was so angry, and he stayed in Tangkou Town and didn't leave..."

"You're always right," Lian Gouyue said, revealing two herbs in his palm. "Wei Xi, were these the two herbs you saw in Huanhe yesterday?"

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