Chapter 67: Crooked Mouth, Crooked Mouth

Divine Doctor!?

Fang Yue first froze, then his entire body surged with excitement.

Finally here! My savior!

Immediately, he called out to Lin Ling, who looked unhappy, and followed Lord Han outside to meet the person.

Niu Niu, clutching a severed hand and a heart, also eagerly tried to follow, but was stopped by the Guard Team within the village, frantically sending messages to Fang Yue.

Fang Yue ignored him and quickly closed the distance with the Divine Doctor alongside the group.

But as Fang Yue and the others neared a certain distance, the Divine Doctor ahead suddenly emitted a high-pitched, tense cry.

"Who are you! Stop right there! Don't move! If you come closer, I won't be gentle!"

In the wilderness, and it's deep night.

Not just strangers—even familiar people approaching must first undergo a 【Detecting Weirdness Charm】, maintain distance, verify identity, and confirm safety before anything else.

This caution is essential for wilderness survival.

"It's me! Han Bai from Gu Yue Cun!"

Lord Han ordered Fang Yue and the others to stop, then called out.

Upon hearing this, the Divine Doctor far away instantly shuddered with relief: "Lord Han?! Thank heavens! You're safe!"

Fang Yue then remembered: Lord Han had been teleported back to the village by a teleportation talisman.

From the Divine Doctor's perspective, the super-strong figure beside him had suddenly vanished in the blink of an eye.

And this happened while traveling through the wilderness—how could one know if he'd been attacked by a Possession?

Such a terrifying event, yet he hadn't fallen ill, and still dared to continue along the original route toward Gu Yue Cun—his mental fortitude was evident.

Fang Yue thought this, then saw the Divine Doctor sprinting toward them, excitedly shouting as he ran.

"Great! Great! I thought my walking moneybag was gone, and I'd have made this trip for nothing! As long as you're safe, as long as you're safe!"

Fang Yue: …

Well, it seems greed kept the Divine Doctor going this far.

Amid flickering light and shadow, Fang Yue barely made out the Divine Doctor's appearance.

He was a middle-aged man, seemingly in his early forties, refined-looking, with a hunched back…

No, wait—he wasn't hunched.

As they drew closer and the firelight fully illuminated the Divine Doctor, Fang Yue realized the hunch was because he was carrying a teenage girl.

"Wait! Stop! Who is she?"

Lord Han also noticed the girl and immediately frowned in suspicion.

Since Lord Han didn't recognize her,

it meant the girl hadn't been with him from the start, but had been taken up after they'd parted ways.

That was terrifying—out in the wilderness, someone inexplicably added a person to their burden…

As Fang Yue pondered this, he noticed the girl on the Divine Doctor's back: her gaze vacant, her breath gone, as if devoid of a soul.

Oh no… is the Divine Doctor carrying a player's corpse?

"This? This is incredible! It'll make me a fortune! Lord Han, look closely—doesn't she have zero aura, not even a shred of lifespan? She's indistinguishable from a corpse! But listen carefully…"

The Divine Doctor lowered his voice, feigning mystery: "But when I found her, she was moving on her own! Not Possession—this corpse was moving by itself! What a monumental discovery! If I can understand it, perhaps we won't even need cultivation to attain the Path of Eternal Life, and lifespan will no longer bind us…"

But as he spoke, his voice gradually faded.

Because he realized everyone around him seemed remarkably calm.

That's not right—such a monumental discovery: a corpse without lifespan, moving freely, not due to Possession—why aren't they shocked?

Lord Han, fine—he's impossibly powerful.

But who are these people behind him? Aside from Lin Ling, the rest probably aren't even cultivators—why are they so calm?

As soon as the Divine Doctor fell silent, the surroundings grew quiet.

Seeing this, Fang Yue quickly cleared his throat, trying to ease the tension, prevent the Divine Doctor's embarrassment, and build rapport.

"Ahem! Divine Doctor, this phenomenon you mentioned—we've seen it before. The kind of girl you're carrying? We have hundreds, if not thousands, just outside our village gate."

What?! You've all seen this phenomenon?

You have hundreds of such peculiar beings outside your village gate?

The Divine Doctor's first reaction was disbelief.

He eyed Fang Yue suspiciously and asked: "Who is this…?"

Before Fang Yue could introduce himself, Lin Ling said: "He's a refugee our village took in."

"Refugee!?"

The Divine Doctor immediately glared in fury.

"You, a refugee, dare to interrupt me and spout lies? You're utterly ungrateful! If not for Gu Yue Cun taking pity on you and sheltering you, you'd have been dead in the wilderness long ago!"

Oh no…

Fang Yue sighed: "Divine Doctor, I'm telling the truth—I'm not an ordinary refugee…"

"Shut up! Who gave you permission to speak?! This is outrageous! A refugee turning on his benefactor! Lord Han, you're too soft—back in Mo Cun, we'd have thrown such a person out to feed the Possessions!"

After a pause, the Divine Doctor added coldly: "Lin Captain, give him two slaps and send him back to the village—I can't stand looking at him."

Lin Ling, after suppressing laughter for a moment, replied coolly: "That won't do. Not only is he now Deputy Captain of Gu Yue Cun, even if he weren't, with his strength—slaying two 【Black Grade Low】 Possessions tonight—I have no authority to deal with him."

What?!

The Divine Doctor was stunned.

Deputy Captain? Refugee? Slain two 【Black Grade Low】 Possessions?

The Divine Doctor stared at Fang Yue in disbelief: "You—you who are you?"

This time, Lord Han took up the conversation.

"He is Xiao Ye—the very young man I rode through the night to bring you here to treat."

"Also, what Xiao Ye just said is true: we really do have a pile of refugees gathered at the village entrance."

"The Human Soul Night Lamp you carry while traveling doesn't emit enough light, and with the distance, you couldn't see the situation over there—you'll know once you reach the village entrance."

What?!

He's Xiao Ye!

The young man Lord Han went out of his way to fetch me here to treat?!

An Shenyi jolted upright, as if he'd discovered a new continent, and dropped the girl on his back.

He immediately circled Fang Yue, his gaze like that of someone staring at a mountain of gold.

"Oh my! Xiao Ye! Excellent! Excellent! Young and wealthy… no, young and accomplished! I didn't recognize you earlier—my apologies! Come, come, let me take your pulse first—100 copper coins… no, one Silver per pulse. Place your hand properly!"

As An Shenyi reached out to take Fang Yue's pulse, Fang Yue shuddered and quickly snatched his hand away.

One Silver for a pulse? Are you slaughtering pigs?! No! Even pig slaughterers don't charge this much!

"Why so shy, Xiao Ye, Yeye? Don't hide—let Uncle An take your pulse. I only take ten pulses a day, and you're lucky—I'm going to use all ten on you today!"

I thank your entire family!

(End of Chapter)