Yuwen Hao's mind went blank at the sight before him.
What the hell?!
How could someone just reach out and pin down such a terrifying evil spirit? Was I seeing things?
Qing Huan looked just as stunned, as if he couldn't believe his eyes.
The evil spirit they'd been desperately trying to escape was now pinned beneath the hand of a seemingly harmless doctor, who was calmly talking to the thing he'd subdued.
"As the saying goes, 'Lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha.'"
"I'm a doctor—you can tell from my clothes. You know, being a doctor means saving people. We do everything we can to save our patients' lives."
"We save people, and we save their hearts, too."
"A teacher once told me that there's no greater good than correcting your mistakes. The more irredeemable someone is, the more moving it is when they lay down their butcher's knife."
"Helping someone guilty of the most heinous crimes lay down their butcher's knife—that's what saving a heart means."
Yuwen Hao stared blankly at Gu Mian, who had Zhong Min pinned down. Was this what he meant by "saving" her?
Was Gu Mian trying to convince Zhong Min to lay down her butcher's knife and get reincarnated as soon as possible? Was that what he was here to do?
But the doctor's next words left him completely dumbfounded. Things had gone far beyond anything he'd expected.
"My teacher made a lot of sense, but I don't think it's necessary."
"This world is always especially harsh on good people, but incredibly forgiving toward evil ones."
"You've got blood on your hands. What gives you the right to lay down your butcher's knife and become a Buddha? You clap your hands and suddenly your sins are washed away—but who's going to