Chapter 265: You've Done Too Many Bad Deeds

Xie Guzhou looked at the crowd, gave a wretched smile: "You all hurry away, Xie, my life ends here."

The Ghost Doctor heard that and laughed even more recklessly.

Tuan Tuan lifted her head from her brother's arms and looked at the Ghost Doctor: "Hey! You crow‑looking villain!"

The Ghost Doctor stopped laughing and stared at her very seriously.

It's this little girl who has repeatedly broken my traps; what exactly is different about her?

Tuan Tuan slipped down to the ground with practiced ease.

Xiao Ningxun hurriedly bent down to steady her: "Don't fall."

"Hmm hmm!" Tuan Tuan, puffed up and arms akimbo, "Hey! Is your brain sick?"

"You enjoy bullying others? You should hurry and see a doctor!"

The Ghost Doctor sneered: "Hmph, a doctor? I am the best doctor!"

Tuan Tuan imitated him and gave a forceful hum: "Hmph! You're a doctor? I don't believe it! Someone like you can even save people? Not killing anyone would be good enough."

The Ghost Doctor curled his lip contemptuously: "What do you know! The highest realm for a healer is to command life and death. Ordinary healing is merely the work of a mediocre doctor."

Tuan Tuan retorted loudly: "Commanding life and death is not what you look like!"

The Ghost Doctor's face showed interest: "Oh? Then tell me, what does it look like?"

"The Divine Doctor Grandfather I know, the Imperial Doctor Grandfather, they can rescue those on the brink of death; that's true mastery of life and death!"

"And you? You only know how to kill good people; what kind of skill is that?"

She stamped her little foot forcefully: "You're a big villain! You want to bully others, but I won't allow it!"

She lowered her head, untied the Embroidered pouch and began rummaging.

Xiao Ningxun quickly scooped her into his arms, covering her hands.

Tuan Tuan pulled a small shard of broken porcelain from the Embroidered pouch and muttered softly: "Make that broken cage leak a big hole for people to get out!"

She released her little hand, and the shard fell down.

A flash of dim light flickered, then vanished without a trace.

Sizzle…

The glass cage, harder than refined steel, positioned directly in front of Xie Guzhou, suddenly sprouted countless fine cracks.

The Ghost Doctor sprang to his feet: "What? That's impossible!"

The cracks multiplied, intersecting in all directions.

Finally, with a "Crack!" the cage shattered completely, revealing a huge hole!

The golden flowing sand imprisoned inside the cage surged out like a breached dam, flooding through the breach and instantly piling into a small sand mound on the ground.

The sand inside the cage fell rapidly, and in the blink of an eye settled below Xie Guzhou's waist!

Xie Guzhou was momentarily stunned.

Tuan Tuan shouted: "Uncle Xie! Come out quickly!"

Lu Qi and Xiao Er leapt over, their large hands reaching into the cage: "Leader Xie, hurry!"

Xie Guzhou grabbed them, using both hands and feet to crawl out of the massive breach!

Because of the forceful surge, the three staggered a few steps before regaining their footing.

Xie Guzhou, though disheveled and mentally drained, now had his gaze sharpened again.

The Ghost Doctor on the high platform stared fixedly at the huge breach, then suddenly turned his gaze toward Xiao Tuanzi, still perched in the boy's arms.

"What exactly did you use? How could you break my flowing‑sand sieve?"

"It's just junk I picked up!" Tuan Tuan continued humming: "Hmph! Hmph! Hmph! That so‑called flowing‑sand sieve is just a broken cage!"

"You've done too many bad deeds! You know you don't have long to live, right?"

"You look down on good doctors who heal, calling them mediocre."

"You yourself aren't even a mediocre doctor; you're just a foolish healer!"

"You!" the Ghost Doctor snapped, his anger flaring.

"Supporting Leader Xie," Xiao Ningxun, not wanting to tangle with the Ghost Doctor, hugged his sister and swiftly turned toward the entrance they came from, "Let's go quickly."

"Right, right!" Xiao Ran hurriedly followed.

Lu Qi and Xiao Er supported Xie Guzhou from left and right, walking at the rear.

The Ghost Doctor shouted angrily: "My domain—come when you wish, leave when you wish?"

Rumble—

The entrance they entered through was swiftly sealed by a stone door, blocking the path.

The group halted, turning to look at him.

The Ghost Doctor's eyes grew increasingly wild: "No one who has entered my territory has ever escaped alive!"

"Servants! Go and place the Broken Dragon Stone!"

Three servants rushed to his chair and knelt: "Master! It won't work! Once the Broken Dragon Stone is set down, this place becomes a dead zone; we won't be able to get out either!"

The Ghost Doctor slapped one away: "Scoundrel! Hurry!"

Xiao Ran had a flash of inspiration: if not now to stir trouble, when?

"Hey! Don't you get it? He's just a madman!"

"He doesn't care about life or death, nor does he care about your lives; why would you listen to him? Do you want to die with him?"

"What about your parents, wives, children? Don't you want to see them?"

Hearing that, Tuan Tuan immediately chimed in: "Exactly! Don't you have any family?"

"Your family is waiting at home for you to return!"

"His mind is sick; you should stay safe! Don't listen to him!"

The faces of several servants changed repeatedly; they exchanged a few glances, though they all felt somewhat moved, they still hesitated.

The ghost doctor obviously hadn't expected that his own subordinates, upon hearing the order, would dare to hesitate.

「Go! What are you waiting for? Have you forgotten the rules of the Black Medicine Gate? Dare to rebel against your superiors? If you go back, you won't survive either! 」

Black Medicine Gate! So this ghost doctor actually belongs to the Black Medicine Gate! Tuan Tuan suddenly understood.

Xiao Ningxun and Xiao Er exchanged a glance.

One servant kowtowed loudly: 「Master! There's plenty of time ahead; let's go back first, we can capture them later without delay. 」

The other two also followed suit, kowtowing and pleading: 「Master! Please! 」

The ghost doctor angrily said: 「Absolutely impossible! If the task assigned by my master is abandoned halfway, returning will land me in the punishment hall! 」

「Have you forgotten Ji Wanrun? Her most proud martial arts have been abolished! Hurry up and go! 」

Xiao Ran added fuel to the fire: 「You three against his one—go together! Push him down! Then it won't be you rebelling against superiors; it will be us taking care of him! 」

One servant could no longer hold back, suddenly sprang up and lunged at the ghost doctor.

「Brothers! Charge together! Left or right, it's death either way—fight for a path to survival! 」

The other two, seeing this, exchanged a glance; the situation had come to this, they resolved to fight to the death.

The two let out a low roar and simultaneously lunged at the ghost doctor.

「You've rebelled against me! 」 The ghost doctor was both shocked and angry; he never expected that his subordinates, who usually feared him like a tiger, would actually dare to attack him!

His expertise lay not in martial arts, and for a moment he was forced to keep retreating.

On the high platform, the four instantly became entangled in a struggle.

Although the ghost doctor struggled desperately, his two fists could hardly match four hands, let alone a desperate counterattack by three people!

「You bunch of traitors! 」 the ghost doctor bellowed.

「Master, sorry! You don't want to live, but we do! 」 The servant who struck first kicked him in the waist, sending him to the edge of the high platform.