Chapter 356: The Name of the Divine Doctor

"Blech—"

The mother and daughter retched for a while, their dazed consciousness gradually clearing.

Datu lay on the bed panting, her face full of confusion.

Xiao Tu sat on the floor panting, blinking her large, round eyes, also looking completely confused.

"Are they poisoned?"

Shui Wu had already reacted by this time.

Luo Zijun took the mother and daughter's pulses again and nodded, saying, "They were poisoned by mushrooms, a type of hallucinogenic mushroom. They will be fine after resting for half a day."

Shui Wu looked at him with deep eyes: "It seems you really are a divine doctor; you can cure any illness. I found two doctors yesterday, and neither could find any cause, yet you cured them as soon as you arrived."

"Coincidence, just a coincidence."

Luo Zijun looked humble.

Then, unable to help himself, he glanced at the mother and daughter again and asked in a low voice, "Are they demons?"

Shui Wu did not answer; she helped Xiao Tu up from the floor, and after confirming she had recovered, she said, "Let's go, let's go to the next patient."

After walking out of the small hut, Xiao Tu chased after them and said, "Brother Stinky, we are not demons."

Luo Zijun turned his head to look at her flushed face and said, "I am not Stinky, either."

Xiao Tu said with a blushing face, "Then what is your name?"

Luo Zijun was about to answer when Shui Wu beside him said, "Just call him Doctor; from now on, he is the doctor of our Milong Island."

Luo Zijun's heart sank.

Xiao Tu's eyes lit up, and she said happily, "Sister Aw u, really? Will he live here from now on?"

Shui Wu glanced to the side and said, "Yes."

Luo Zijun immediately said, "Miss Shui Wu, what do you mean? Are you going to imprison me here for the rest of my life? Is what you said before no longer valid?"

Shui Wu did not answer directly; she continued walking forward and said, "It depends on your performance."

"Depends on my performance?"

Luo Zijun followed behind, snorting coldly in his heart, thinking to himself: I'm afraid the better I perform, the less willing you will be to let me leave.

"If you dare not to treat them seriously, you know the consequences."

Shui Wu seemed to see through his thoughts and warned him coldly again.

Luo Zijun did not speak again.

After walking for a while, seeing that he was silent, Shui Wu couldn't help but turn her head to look at him and ask, "Are you angry?"

Luo Zijun sneered and said, "I wouldn't dare."

Shui Wu looked at him for a few moments and suddenly asked, "I heard you want to go out to sea and cross the waters of the Nine Islands Kingdom?"

Luo Zijun said, "Yes."

Shui Wu was silent for a moment and asked, "Where do you want to go? The Daughter Kingdom, or..."

Luo Zijun's heart stirred, and he said, "You know of the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons?"

Most people only knew that after crossing the border of the Nine Islands Kingdom, the Daughter Kingdom lay ahead, but the young girl before him clearly knew of another country.

Shui Wu did not answer, only saying, "It is very difficult for humans to cross that sea area; one could say it is a nine-in-ten chance of death. Why must you seek your own destruction?"

Luo Zijun probed, "I heard there is a pirate named Red Bird who can lead a fleet across that sea area."

"As you said, you only heard."

Shui Wu did not reveal any information and continued walking forward.

Luo Zijun carefully ruminated on her words just now and suddenly caught a piece of useful information, so he hurriedly asked, "Miss Shui Wu just said it is difficult for humans to cross that sea area. If it is not a human, is it very simple?"

Shui Wu said, "It is not simple either."

Luo Zijun said, "Simpler than for humans, right?"

Shui Wu paused and said, "If it were a Sea Demon, it would be much simpler."

Luo Zijun's expression shifted, and he said, "You have Sea Demons on this Milong Island, don't you?"

"I don't know."

Shui Wu did not answer.

"I don't know"—she didn't say there weren't any, so that meant there were.

Luo Zijun's eyes lit up, discovering that he seemed to have obtained quite a bit of useful information; even if there was no Red Bird on this island, there was very likely a way to cross that sea area.

And this woman before him should know quite a few things.

Next, Shui Wu took him to several more patients' homes; they were all cases of colds, fevers, or other minor illnesses, and they were cured after prescribing a few doses of medicine.

By evening, just as Shui Wu was taking him back, a little boy suddenly ran over in a rush and shouted, "Sister Aw u! Sister Aw u! Quickly take the divine doctor to Auntie Hong's place! Uncle Fengzi's finger was cut off, and he's bleeding so much!"

Upon hearing this, Shui Wu immediately took Luo Zijun and rushed to another small courtyard.

While walking on the road, Shui Wu asked for the reason.

The little boy panted and said, "Uncle Fengzi went out to gamble again and didn't come back for three days and three nights. After he came back this morning, he quarreled with Auntie Hong, and then... then he used a kitchen knife himself... and chopped off his own finger, saying he would never gamble again."

Luo Zijun was speechless.

Can a gambler's word be trusted?

Even if he chopped off both hands, he would probably go and use his feet to gamble after a while.

Shui Wu led him through a bamboo forest and arrived at a small courtyard.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard an old man inside cursing loudly: "Divine doctor? A load of bull! Stupid things! You don't trust this old man, but you trust that swindler caught from who knows where. Be careful, you'll meet your end after taking his medicine! If you have the guts, let that swindler come here; this old man will compete with him on the spot and see what kind of divine doctor he really is!"