Chapter 43: Do Not Refrain from a Good Deed Just Because It Is Small

To be killed, yet still be able to set aside past grievances and go find the City Lord—such a violation of human nature, it must be a player.

It's just unclear whether the City Lord reached this conclusion through testing, or if they knew it from the start?

Lin Bai fell into deep thought; in order to save his good brother, he had racked his brains to find a way to approach the City Lord, but now, he was a bit unclear about the City Lord's objective.

After all, if a City Lord wanted to strike at him, there were plenty of ways to do it; there was no need to make it so obvious.

"Shopkeeper Lin, you go to the City Lord's Mansion yourself. My injuries are too severe; I'm afraid I cannot accompany you, Shopkeeper." Zhou Jiang coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood, clutched his lower abdomen, and sat on the ground without moving. "Do not worry, the City Lord will not harm you."

You're already trying to kill me, and you still say you won't harm me?

Lin Bai raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but retort. As expected of a City Lord, heartless and thick-skinned; they're on par with me.

He looked up at the night sky and walked toward Zhou Jiang: "Let's go, Officer Zhou. I'll support you as we return to the City Lord's Mansion to treat your wounds..."

Zhou Jiang's expression turned stern: "You know me?"

"What a thing to say." Lin Bai glared at him. "Even if I didn't know you, I couldn't just leave a severely injured person here and go to the City Lord's Mansion alone!"

Zhou Jiang pressed: "How did you know my surname is Zhou?"

"You look so handsome and dashing, what else could your surname be if not Zhou?" Lin Bai laughed. "To tell you the truth, the first moment I saw you, I could tell your surname was Zhou."

Hearing this perfunctory answer, the corner of Zhou Jiang's mouth twitched, and another trace of blood spilled out.

"As a Dark Guard of the City Lord's Mansion, your little physique is quite poor; you couldn't even withstand one palm strike from me." Lin Bai squatted down and, under Zhou Jiang's astonished gaze, rummaged back and forth over his body. Before long, he pulled out a pile of odds and ends: a dagger, sleeve sword, blowpipe, pouch, medicinal salves...

For every item he took, Lin Bai tucked it into his own robes: "Officer Zhou, don't look at me with that expression. You've already killed me once; since I'm kind enough to save you, I naturally cannot give you another chance to hurt me."

I've been beaten half to death by you, and you're still worried about me hurting you? Besides, is it really out of kindness that you're stuffing all my things into your own clothes?

Zhou Jiang roared silently, glaring at Lin Bai in anger, yet he couldn't say a word, silently providing Lin Bai with wave after wave of Negative Emotion.

He was afraid of angering Lin Bai, causing this bastard to land another palm strike and finish him off right there.

Under normal circumstances, if he died, he died; he had long been mentally prepared.

But Lin Bai had called out his surname the moment he opened his mouth, which was enough to prove that someone had already infiltrated the City Lord's Mansion. He had to pass this vital information back.

Therefore, he could not die.

"Many thanks, Shopkeeper Lin." On Zhou Jiang's cold face, he struggled to squeeze out a smile. "You really are a good person."

If you didn't provide those Negative Emotions when you called me a good person, I might actually believe you.

Lin Bai reached out and pinched his hair bun, saying: "You're welcome. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Since I was small, my father told me: do not refrain from a good deed just because it is small, and do not commit an evil deed just because it is small. And when being a good person, if you want to live long, the most important point is caution..." As he spoke, he pinched Zhou Jiang's cheeks. "Come, open your mouth. Let me see if you have any poison needles in there. Ah..."

Your practiced operation is even more professional than a bandit robbing a house; you're only missing checking the rear end.

Calling you a good person—would a ghost even believe that?

Alright!

The ghosts really are in cahoots with him.

Under Lin Bai's handling, Zhou Jiang felt humiliated enough to want to commit suicide. He cursed Lin Bai in his heart, continuously providing him with Negative Emotion Value.

"You don't even hide a poison pill in your mouth? Officer Zhou, you aren't a very professional Dark Guard!" Seeing that there was nothing in Zhou Jiang's mouth, Lin Bai looked disappointed.

"Shopkeeper Lin, I am a Dark Guard, not a death-sworn soldier." Zhou Jiang finally couldn't hold back, explaining while spitting blood.

"You're so heavily injured, yet you still argue over these empty titles; is there any point?" Lin Bai looked at Zhou Jiang with pity and reached out to hoist him up. "Stop talking, let's go to the City Lord's Mansion."

A mouthful of fresh blood surged into his throat, and Zhou Jiang's injuries grew even more severe. He leaned on Lin Bai's shoulder, his heart full of grief blocked in his throat: If I die, it won't be because you beat me to death, it will definitely be because you angered me to death!

Lin Bai supported Zhou Jiang and sighed: "Officer Zhou, it's only because I don't know medicine; otherwise, how could I let you suffer like this?"

Before the words had even faded.

A notification arrived in Lin Bai's mind:

【Benevolence of a Healer: Saving-life act detected, Peerless Divine Doctor System loading】

Peerless Divine Doctor System:

The Son of Heaven in the Nine Heavens is noble in the world, the five ranks of dukes are respected outside the gates. How can they compare to the wild, drunken guest in plain clothes, who does not let his life belong to Heaven and Earth.

Medicine is for saving the world; the art lies in precision.

A healer who is not a benevolent person cannot be entrusted; one who is not intelligent and enlightened cannot be appointed; one who is not honest and pure cannot be trusted.

Please, Host, maintain a heart of benevolence and charity; you will surely become a generation's Divine Doctor, healing the heavens and earth above, and healing the common people below.

【Initial Task: Treat one patient; Reward: Physique +1】

……

Feeling the series of notifications in his mind, Lin Bai was a bit dazed. Are you kidding me? This system activation is too hasty!

Someone wants to take me as a master, and you give me a Good Teacher System.

I want to save someone, and you give me a Peerless Divine Doctor System...

Then if I want to court death...

Pfft!

Lin Bai stopped his thoughts in time. There were who-knows-how-many systems lurking in his mind; if one really brought out a Court Death System, he would be finished.

However.

The Divine Doctor System doesn't reward me with medical skills, but rewards me with Physique—what kind of nonsense is that? My body getting better doesn't mean the patient's body will get better!

How are you expecting me to treat illnesses and save people like this?

Could it be like the Chef God System, selling dog meat under the guise of a sheep's head?

However.

Having already experienced the benefits of Spirit, Lin Bai was still quite looking forward to this Physique. Internal Energy had already greatly increased his strength; if Physique was added to the end, it might even turn him into a Vajra Wolverine!

Besides, the Chef God System gave money first, and only later gave knife skills.

The Divine Doctor System would likely reward medical skills later on.

Previously, he had regretted that the Seven Injury Hand rewarded by the Wanwu Youque System was hard to use, and now it had sent a medical system, perfectly filling a gap.

This system's tasks are worth grinding...

……

After dawdling for a long time, by the time Lin Bai arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, it was already nearly the third watch.

Supporting the unconscious Zhou Jiang, Lin Bai used his Internal Energy to force out a fine layer of sweat, and panting, he said to the guards on duty: "Could you two please go in and report that Lin Bai of Kitchen God Rice Divination requests an audience. Also, please inform the City Lord that Dark Guard Lord Zhou has sustained heavy injuries, and ask the City Lord to prepare medicinal pills for healing."

The guard took one look at the exhausted-looking Lin Bai and, not daring to delay, flew inside.

The other guard stepped forward, intending to take Zhou Jiang from Lin Bai's hands, but was refused by Lin Bai: "I will handle it; Lord Zhou's current condition is no longer suitable for further movement."

【Admiration from the alleyway; +1+1】

"Many thanks, Shopkeeper Lin." The guard took a deep look at Lin Bai, withdrew his hand, and took the initiative to guard his side, expressing his goodwill toward Lin Bai through his actions.

A moment later.

The guard responsible for the report came running back: "Shopkeeper Lin, the City Lord invites you in, please follow me."

As he spoke, he also wanted to help take Zhou Jiang from Lin Bai's hands, but was stopped by the guard beside him: "Let Shopkeeper Lin support him; changing people will aggravate his injuries."

Lin Bai smiled with effort: "It's fine, I'm not tired. Lord Zhou was injured in the line of duty; being able to bring him back is my honor, I don't fear any amount of fatigue."

And so.

Lin Bai unsurprisingly harvested another wave of Positive Emotion.

(End of this chapter)