"Don't sleep, don't sleep, Xiaoyu... Whatever you do, don't fall asleep. We're almost there."
Li Mu ran at full speed as he called the girl's name in his arms. In the blink of an eye, he entered Qinglan City. Without bothering to explain himself to the guards at the gate, he turned into a streak of light and raced toward the southern part of the city.
"Uh... Was that the City Lord's Second Young Master just now? Why did it look like he was carrying an injured girl? What happened?"
"It's none of your business, so stop asking questions. Stand your post properly."
The guards at Qinglan City's gates were all assigned by the City Lord's Mansion, so they naturally recognized Li Mu. Seeing the Second Young Master of the City Lord's Mansion in such a frantic state, they were somewhat surprised. Still, after exchanging a few words, they said no more.
Within the district of Aristocratic Clan residences in the south of the city stood an estate utterly unlike the surrounding buildings, with their carved beams, painted rafters, and splendid grandeur. Though the estate was not large, rare flowers had been planted everywhere within it.
In spring, summer, autumn, and winter, flowers bloomed every month. Through all four seasons, their fragrance drifted on the air.
Though the estate was small, surrounded as it was by numerous Aristocratic Clans, no one in Qinglan City dared to behave recklessly there. That was because its owner was named Hua Mei.
Qinglan Medical Sage, Hua Mei.
The status of medicine in the Immortal Realm had always been rather strange. Ordinary healers could generally treat only simple illnesses and injuries. To truly enter the halls of the art, one had to devote immense effort to studying medicinal canons, medical texts, and the like.
Healing