Doctor Huang

Xu Yan felt that Qin Yudie might have misunderstood something. Why did she become even more motivated after his reminder?

However, he didn't know much about matters between cultivators, so he didn't bother to continue the topic. He asked, "Miss Yudie, are you here to play chess this time?"

Qin Yudie shook her head and said, "I won't be playing chess with Senior Xu for now."

Playing chess could help one feel Dao Intent, but she had already felt enough. All she needed now was to slowly comprehend it herself.

Qin Yudie's eyes burned with passion as she smiled and asked, "Did Senior Xu play the zither a few days ago?"

Three days ago, while practicing the Tianren Swordplay, she wouldn't have been able to break through to the tenth level and achieve great mastery of the swordplay without the help of the zither music.

She had discussed it with Qin Tian, and they both agreed it was Xu Yan playing the zither. Apart from Xu Yan, no one else in the Tianren Mountain area could produce such profound zither music.

Xu Yan said, "I did play the zither, in the backyard. How did Miss Yudie know?"

He had never played the zither in front of Qin Yudie. Logically, she shouldn't know he could play.

Qin Yudie smiled and said, "Everyone here knows there's a master playing the zither in the Tianren Mountain area. Who else could this master be but Senior Xu?"

In the entire Southern Domain, there was no one besides Xu Yan who could play zither music imbued with Dao Intent.

Xu Yan said, "I'm no master. I just casually played a couple of tunes that day. The people in Tianren City discussing must not be talking about me."

He found it a bit coincidental. Just as he was playing the zither, there was a master playing in the Tianren City area, but everyone else heard the music while he didn't.

Could it have been canceled out by his own music, and he hadn't noticed?

Qin Yudie knew Xu Yan wanted to keep a low profile, so she didn't expose him. She said, "Senior Xu, I haven't seen you play the zither before. When might I be able to see you play?"

That day, even hearing the zither music from afar on Tianren Mountain had been of great help. If she could listen to Xu Yan play up close, the benefit would surely be even greater.

Xu Yan didn't really want to play the zither. He said, "I'll play again if there's a chance in the future."

As soon as he touched the Floating World Zither, he would feel a sense of sadness that he couldn't control.

Therefore, he usually wouldn't touch the zither, even though he actually loved playing it.

"Okay."

Qin Yudie nodded.

Of course, she wouldn't force Senior Xu. If Senior Xu wanted to play, she would be content just to be able to come and watch. How could she possibly ask Senior Xu to play for her?

After Qin Yudie left, Xu Yan opened the shop door and resumed business.

However, not long after opening, he saw two people fighting on the street, with a crowd gathered around them.

No matter where you went, there were always so many people eager to watch a spectacle, and they wouldn't mind if things got bigger. In fact, they'd be happier the more chaotic it became.

Xu Yan leaned back on a deck chair under the cherry blossom tree outside his shop, gazing at the blossoms, lost in thought.

Suddenly, he heard a panicked shout. He looked forward and saw two people covered in black energy fighting.

These two people were the ones who had been arguing earlier. Judging by the current situation, both of them had taken the Black Blood Pill.

"Damn, are people in Tianren City this fearless?" Xu Yan retreated into his small shop with some helplessness, opening the door just a crack to observe the situation outside.

He was just a Mortal and couldn't intervene in such matters. He could only hope that a powerful cultivator would come and resolve it quickly.

After fighting on the street for a while, a few people arrived and took away the two people emitting black energy.

These people were from the Tianren Sect, disciples tasked with maintaining order and peace in Tianren City.

There were five of them in total, all with Spiritual Consciousness Realm cultivation. Capturing two Mortals who had taken the Black Blood Pill was quite easy for them.

Just as Xu Yan breathed a sigh of relief and was about to open the door, a face suddenly appeared in the gap, startling him.

A moment later, he recognized the person. This person was also a physician who had opened a pharmacy nearby and was known as Doctor Huang.

Xu Yan opened the door and asked, "Doctor Huang, what brings you to my humble shop?"

His relationship with Doctor Huang wasn't very good. After his reputation as a Divine Doctor spread, fewer and fewer people went to Doctor Huang's clinic. Most people chose to see Xu Yan for treatment, which made Doctor Huang resent him.

Doctor Huang sneered, "Xu Yan, you stole my business and earned money that should have been mine. Are you feeling smug?"

He didn't enter the shop, and his facial expression was somewhat distorted, as if he were looking at his mortal enemy.

Xu Yan felt a bit baffled. "Doctor Huang, what you're saying is a bit problematic. We are healers; as long as someone comes for treatment, we should treat them."

"As for where patients choose to seek treatment, that's not something we can decide, is it?"

He had never advertised himself. The so-called reputation of Divine Doctor was spread by those he had saved, and it had little to do with him.

Doctor Huang ignored this and shouted, "What else is there to say? If it weren't for you, my pharmacy's business would be many times better than it is now!"

"It's all because of you that those people are unwilling to come to me anymore. They all say your medical skills are better than mine and your prices are fairer."

He clenched his fists, looking as if he was ready to fight Xu Yan if words failed him.

Xu Yan frowned slightly. "Doctor Huang, why are you so unreasonable? Is it my fault that my medical skills are good? You should look for the problem within yourself. Why are your medical skills so poor?"

"As for the prices, charging less is to take care of the patients. Many people simply cannot afford medical treatment. If you insist on charging so much, wouldn't you just watch them die for nothing?"

He didn't consider himself a great philanthropist, but he usually did good deeds, intentionally or unintentionally.

As the saying goes, doing good deeds also accumulates virtue for oneself. Perhaps one day he might be able to cultivate.

Doctor Huang pointed at Xu Yan's nose and cursed, "Stop spouting nonsense here. We doctors are people too, of course we charge according to market rates. You're the odd one out, disrupting the industry rules and using despicable means to snatch patients away."

There was one point he didn't mention, and that was Xu Yan's reputation as a Divine Doctor.

He wanted to say that he had been a doctor for over thirty years without being called a Divine Doctor, so why could Xu Yan be called a Divine Doctor by using underhanded tactics that broke industry rules!

Xu Yan spoke, "Doctor Huang, your state today is a bit off. You should go back."

As he spoke, he prepared to close the door.

Before they could close it, Doctor Huang directly pushed his two hands against the shop door, preventing Xu Yan from closing it.

Xu Yan's expression turned cold and he said, "Doctor Huang, this is my Family's place. Blocking me from closing my Family's door is too overbearing, wouldn't you say?"

He had seen arrogant people before, but never anyone this arrogant.

To come to his shop and curse at him, and then not even allow him to close the door.

Truly terrifying!