The Wubbaboo's Abilities Sure Are Handy

"Thank you for making a special trip to Ruomu Pavilion to see me, young friend Lin. Why not sit down and have some tea first? Let me examine your pulse once more and see how your recovery is progressing."

Danshu felt her way to the chair beside her and sat down. Before her was a cup of fragrant tea still giving off steam.

Lin Shuang had indeed come specifically to see Danshu, but how had she known when she could not see?

Thinking of this, Lin Shuang asked curiously,

"What if I said I was merely passing by?"

Danshu paused slightly, then gently stroked the exquisite teacup, feeling the moisture on its surface with her fingertips as she said unhurriedly,

"Young friend Lin, you jest. If you had not wished to, why would you have stopped before me? Whether by chance or on purpose, your willingness to linger is already worthy of my thanks."

"All right, I really did come specifically to see you, Miss Danshu."

Although this woman had done many things, listening to Danshu speak could calm even the most restless heart. Her gentle voice was deeply soothing.

Setting aside her identity as a member of Abundant Doses, Danshu was indeed an exceptional physician.

Danshu smiled faintly in Lin Shuang's direction. Though she did not use her eyes, her hands steadily held the teapot as she brewed tea for Lin Shuang.

After watching Miss Danshu finish, Lin Shuang accepted the fragrant teacup she gently offered and smiled.

"Thank you for making tea for me, Miss Danshu."

"It is no trouble. Since young friend Lin was willing to come, I should at least offer you a cup of tea."

With that, Lin Shuang did not rush to drink. Instead, she held out both hands.

"I'll trouble Miss Danshu to examine me."

"Young friend Lin is rather impatient."

Danshu smiled slightly, then felt her way to Lin Shuang's palm and took hold of it. Her somewhat rough fingers carefully pressed and kneaded the muscles in her palm and fingers.

From time to time, she had Lin Shuang bend her fingers, feeling the meridians within.

"Young friend Lin's recovery is even faster than I expected. It seems that even without my prescription, your hands would have healed on their own after some time. In that case, my presumptuous decision caused you unnecessary expense."

Lin Shuang had used Qingque's Divination Department employee discount when buying the medicine, so she had not spent much. Besides, Danshu was taking this far too seriously.

"You give me too much credit, Miss Danshu. My faster recovery only proves that your prescription worked. For a patient, recovering sooner is a good thing. How could that be considered the physician's fault?"

Hearing Lin Shuang say so, Danshu naturally felt pleased. She nodded slightly and did not continue the subject.

"Do you have anything else to do later, young friend Lin?"

"I came to the Xianzhou for leisure, so naturally I have nothing planned. Do you have another patient to see, Miss Danshu?"

"There is someone, but they are not exactly a patient, nor do they require a consultation."

Danshu shook her head, then explained without waiting for Lin Shuang to ask,

"Besides enjoying my time here at Ruomu Pavilion, I come to Changle Heaven to examine and deliver medicine to some of my comrades. I had planned to deliver medicine today as well, though I did not expect to meet young friend Lin."

Danshu sipped her fragrant tea in small mouthfuls, entirely unhurried, as though she were simply making casual conversation.

"Then I have interrupted you, Miss Danshu."

"It is no interruption. To me, it should be called a pleasant surprise."

After pouring herself another cup, Danshu said,

"I enjoy chatting with young friend Lin. It is like sitting down with an old friend of few words, drinking tea together in ease. But the time to deliver the medicine is drawing near. If I do not leave soon, I fear I will keep them waiting."

After a pause, Danshu showed a faintly troubled expression and spoke with some hesitation,

"If young friend Lin is free, might I invite you to accompany me to Leisurely Court?"

Danshu had extended an invitation, and Lin Shuang became curious about what she intended to show her.

Would it be the same blind Xianzhou girl she had seen in the game, or someone else?

Would Danshu begin trying to persuade her after seeing them?

Lin Shuang was curious, so she smiled and said,

"The day before yesterday, Miss Danshu examined me without taking a single credit. I would not dare refuse today's invitation."

"Then I must trouble you. We shall set off after finishing these two cups of tea."

Leisurely Court and Ruomu Pavilion lay almost at opposite ends of Changle Heaven.

They would also pass through Changle Heaven's largest open-air plaza along the way.

After nearly crossing all of Changle Heaven, Lin Shuang and Danshu arrived near Leisurely Court.

Though Danshu could not see, her steps were steady. Even without Lin Shuang, she could move smoothly through the crowd.

She did not look like someone who was blind.

Perhaps because Danshu was always like this, some physicians from the Alchemy Commission and former patients they encountered along the way warmly greeted her.

When Lin Shuang followed Danshu to Leisurely Court,

they soon saw a little girl trapped on the steps beside a pond, wiping away tears, while several other children gathered below and jeered at her.

Not only did the watching children offer no help, they gleefully mocked the girl. Some even sang an insulting rhyme:

"Little blind girl, climbs the stairs, gets up but can't get down! Tumbles and rolls right to the ground!"

As soon as the rhyme ended, the other children burst into laughter.

The piercing laughter exploded at once. Anyone unaware of the situation might have thought the children had encountered something truly delightful.

"She can't get down! Hehehe—she can't get down!"

They were little children, well dressed, healthy, and free of hardship, yet even that did not satisfy them.

It was as though only by watching another's suffering and mocking another's flaws could they find the purest joy and pleasure.

There were not many people nearby. The passing adults merely assumed the children were playing around and walked past.

Danshu could not see. Though she heard them, she did not turn toward them. Lin Shuang, however, stared fixedly at the scene, frowning.

Lin Shuang naturally understood why Danshu had brought her here, but that did not stop her from hating these children who took joy in ridiculing others.

One matter was one matter, and another was another.

At that moment, the ringleader among the children noticed Lin Shuang. He recognized at a glance that she was an Outworlder.

After all, her white hair, blue eyes, and clothing made it obvious that she was not a native of the Xianzhou.

The child wore finer clothes than the others, and his manner and bearing set him apart from them.

He looked at Lin Shuang contemptuously and made a ludicrous gesture of pointing at someone with one hand, as though clumsily imitating someone. With intense superiority, he demanded,

"Hey, you Outworlder over there, what are you staring at? Is this something you should be watching?"

Hearing their leader, the other brats also turned around. Seeing Lin Shuang still standing there, they arrogantly shouted,

"Who are you? I'm warning you, don't stick your nose into this! Boss hasn't beaten up an Outworlder in days!"

"Move aside! Don't hold up our important business!"

They were arrogant and utterly full of themselves, their voices filled with disdain for Outworlders.

The protagonist's treatment had fallen on my head.

Looking at those unpleasant children, Lin Shuang only felt annoyed. Besides, judging from their ages, these brats were probably not really children either.

She raised a hand and gave it a light wave.

Blue-green flames flashed past, and the air suddenly transformed into an invisible giant hand that slammed down hard!

Bang—

The leader suddenly screamed and flew backward, landing among the children before smashing into the ground in a perfect kneeling position.

Before he could get back up, bitter frost spread out and formed a solid layer of ice, freezing his entire body in place and forcing him to remain kneeling before Lin Shuang.

The other two who had joined in were naturally struck as well, both smashed facedown onto the ground.

"Who gave you permission to speak to me like that? Kneel and apologize."

Not wanting to think too hard, Lin Shuang simply forced the leader to kneel. At the same time, she adopted a lofty, openly discriminatory demeanor.

For people who looked down on outsiders, forcing them to kneel and kowtow to an Outworlder was truly more unbearable than killing them.

Sure enough, Lin Shuang quickly saw the leader's face turn red. He had apparently never imagined that an Outworlder would one day despise and look down on him.

It was practically trampling his self-esteem into the dirt and spitting on it several times, especially when he was being humiliated before his companions!

Just one sentence completely ignited the child's ridiculous pride.

"Ahhh—! Ahhh—!!"

A meaningless scream suddenly rang out.

The other children were startled by that display.

"W-What happened?"

"I saw that woman wave her hand! She must be a spy who came to the Xianzhou! Everyone, hurry and find the Cloud Knights!"

At this point, the children had no time to care about their companion or the little girl they had been bullying.

After witnessing Lin Shuang strike someone from afar and freeze them from afar, they were all terrified and wanted to scatter at once.

But how could Lin Shuang let them go?

Boom—

A cluster of dark green flames spread into a curtain of light, surrounding the children. The scorching tongues of fire forced them to stop, trembling in fear.

Within the flames, daylight suddenly became night, and the dark green firelight barely illuminated everyone.

Accompanied by a wind that sounded like sobbing and wailing, the atmosphere became strange in an instant.

"Y-You, what are you going to do?! My dad is a Cloud Knight! You're an Outworlder, and you dare attack me? You're dead!"

"Exactly! Attack a Xianzhou native, and I'll have the Cloud Knights drag you to the Ten Lords' Court to be beheaded!"

One child tried to invoke his parents while putting on a brave front, but Lin Shuang not only did not care—she even sneered.

"I know what the Ten Lords' Court does better than you do. Besides, if all of you die and turn to ash, who can prove that I did it?"

She continued applying pressure to the children.

Lin Shuang could not protect the little girl for the rest of her life.

But these people formed little groups and thought themselves powerful, using the bullying of others to prove their own worth.

Once people like that became isolated, they could accomplish nothing.

She could not protect the little girl, but she could break apart this little group.

Make the respected child lose face, make the cruel child become a target for the others, and force the children who loved following the crowd to bear everyone's blame.

Destroy their friendship completely and leave them with a little psychological trauma. Then these people would naturally have no time to bother the little girl.

As for how far the little girl could go afterward, that was beyond Lin Shuang's ability to predict.

Lin Shuang stepped through the flames toward the little brats, recalling Acheron's killing intent and oppressive presence.

Though it was only a crude imitation, it was more than enough to scare these little brats senseless.

The kneeling ringleader was even frightened into wetting himself, the trickling sound drawing everyone's attention.

The strange looks from the other children completely shattered the lofty little brat.