Chapter 348: The Head Is Truly Hard

The setting sun fell into the sea level.

The boundless night curtain silently shrouded the entire small town.

The ocean also became increasingly deep and dark.

The bustle and clamor on the streets seemed to recede in an instant.

Lamps were lit, and smoke curled from kitchen chimneys.

Luo Zijun, who had been busy all day, finally returned to the inn, went back to his room to take a bath, and then came to the second-floor lobby to eat.

The others had already returned, and Wang Qiangzhuang was asking them for information one by one.

However, there were still no results.

"Hua Liu, what about you all?"

Wang Qiangzhuang frowned and looked at Luo Zijun, who was burying his head in his meal.

Luo Zijun swallowed the meat in his mouth, drank a large cup of tea, and then said, "Captain, I have been seeing patients all day yesterday and today without a break. Where would I have time to gather information?"

"You could have asked while seeing patients."

Song Erlang said from the side.

Luo Zijun continued eating his meat and said, "I cannot be distracted while seeing patients. Even if I were to ask, I should wait until I have cured them."

At this moment, Liu Sisi spoke up: "Today, an old man came to the inn to curse, calling us swindlers. I heard from the innkeeper that the old man is a doctor in this town, and no one has come to him for treatment these past two days."

Yang Yan laughed: "Brother Luo's medical skills have already spread throughout the entire town. Today on the street, I even heard people discussing that a young divine doctor who can bring the dead back to life has arrived in town."

Wang Qiangzhuang asked: "Liu Sisi, did anyone come looking for me today?"

Liu Sisi shook her head: "There were quite a few people who came looking for Young Master Hua for treatment."

Wang Qiangzhuang looked at Luo Zijun again and asked: "Did anything unusual happen while you were out seeing patients today?"

Luo Zijun tore at his meat and said: "No."

At this time, Xu Ziyin, who had just come over after bathing, suddenly said coldly: "He is lying."

Luo Zijun raised his head and looked at her.

The lobby suddenly went quiet.

Wang Qiangzhuang looked serious and said: "Xu Ziyin, how is he lying? Tell me."

Xu Ziyin's gaze met someone else's for a few seconds before she snorted coldly and said: "His behavior while treating patients is very abnormal. Whenever he sees a beautiful woman, he finds ways to touch her feet. If an elderly person has problems with their legs or feet, he coldly refuses and tells them to find another doctor."

"..."

The corners of everyone's mouths twitched.

Song Erlang couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Brother Hua, you really do have this hobby."

Daoist Wensong shook his head and gave a wry smile.

Lu Jianchen, who carried two swords on his back, looked disdainful and turned to remind Lu Yao, who was sitting next to him: "Junior Sister, stay away from this kid in the future."

Lu Yao, however, kept a cold face and did not speak.

"Miss Xu has misunderstood me. When my master taught me medical skills, this is how he taught me, and my master was also skilled at treating patients this way. A doctor has the heart of a parent; how can Miss Xu make such malicious speculations?"

Luo Zijun, of course, would not admit it.

Wang Qiangzhuang asked: "Who is your master?"

Luo Zijun lowered his head to eat and did not make another sound.

Lu Yao, sitting opposite him, gave him a cold look.

Xu Ziyin sneered a few times and ignored him further.

After the meal, Wang Qiangzhuang assigned the tasks for tomorrow.

Luo Zijun's task was still to treat people, spread the reputation of the divine doctor, and cast bait, hoping to catch a fish.

Returning to his room, Luo Zijun lay on the bed, thinking about the matter of the Sea Demon girl from today.

"Humans and monsters can also have children together, but the children born are different from humans, and perhaps different from monsters as well..."

"Such a 'strange' person—the human race cannot tolerate her, but what about the monster race? Can they tolerate her?"

"Where is the place suitable for her to survive?"

"There must be many such lives that are neither human nor monster in this world, right?"

Luo Zijun suddenly thought of Bai Daxiaojie again.

If she really were a monster, then if the two of them were to give birth to a new life in the future, what would it look like?

Half-monster?

Or half-human?

Human head and snake body? Or snake head and human body?

Thinking about it was both terrifying and cruel.

Although any life has the right to survive, if one were to be born only to bear a lifetime of ridicule and suffering, it would be better not to be born at all.

Humans are the same.

However, as far as he knew, some high-level monsters had long since evolved and cultivated into human form; even if they combined with humans, the children born would not be strange, half-human, half-monster forms.

At most, their blood would be monstrous, or their hair color would be different.

Of course, there would be some other differences, such as ears, eyes, nose, and internal organs.

But the overall form would not be too abnormal.

In fact, the girl he saw today showed no signs of being a descendant of a monster in her appearance; even her pulse was the same as a human's, with only slight differences hidden inside her body.

However, as she grew up, more differences would certainly manifest.

Just as he was thinking about these things, the Copper Mirror in his Storage Bag suddenly vibrated, and he received a message.

Was it sent by Bai Daxiaojie?

Luo Zijun hurriedly took out the Copper Mirror and looked at the mirror's surface.

Unfortunately, it was not.

It was sent by the person named "Jade Pool Fairy": 【I am taking a bath】

You are taking a bath, what does that have to do with me?

Luo Zijun ignored her and continued thinking about matters.

After a while, the other party sent another message: 【I am really taking a bath】

Luo Zijun finally realized.

So he replied: 【Let me see?】

Jade Pool Fairy: 【My feet?】

Luo Zijun: 【No, I heard you have a younger sister, I want to see your younger sister.】

Jade Pool Fairy: 【I don't have one.】

Luo Zijun: 【You do.】

The other party did not reply again.

Luo Zijun did not pay her any more mind either and put away the Copper Mirror.

Because at this moment, the door opened, and Liu Sisi walked in from outside.

"Are you going to sleep?"

Liu Sisi was wearing a pink dress and came to the bedside with a graceful figure.

Luo Zijun lay on the bed and said, "Yes, I'm tired. Is something the matter?"

"Nothing."

Liu Sisi went over to blow out the oil lamp on the table, walked to the corner, sat down on a meditation cushion, and said, "Then I will cultivate."

"Liu is truly diligent."

Luo Zijun offered a compliment.

Liu Sisi closed her eyes and said, "No one is born willing to be diligent; it is just forced by life."

Luo Zijun was suddenly a bit curious about her cultivation path and asked, "How did Liu embark on this path of cultivation?"

Liu Sisi said in a calm tone, "During a famine back then, my parents ate someone else's child, and then they sent me to that family as food. My master saved me when passing by, brought me back to Jade Maiden Valley, and seeing that I had some talent for cultivation, taught me to cultivate."

She paused, opened her eyes, looked at him, and said, "I am not like others; I have no help whatsoever, and I have relied entirely on myself to get to where I am now. The reason I came here, and the reason I am willing to be a plaything for you, is also because I was at a dead end and had to make a desperate gamble."

Luo Zijun said, "I have never treated you as a plaything."