Liu Yuzhang suddenly stopped there, fixing his deep-set eyes on Hu Xiaotian. "What exactly is your relationship with Ghost Physician Fu Wan?"
Hu Xiaotian could not help laughing. It was not just Liu Yuzhang-almost everyone who had witnessed Ghost Physician Fu Wan's medical skills assumed they were connected. Strictly speaking, apart from coming from the same world, he and Ghost Physician Fu Wan had nothing whatsoever to do with each other. But no one would believe him if he said so, especially a suspicious old fox like Liu Yuzhang. Hu Xiaotian saw little point in denying it, so he simply nodded. "He taught me medicine."
"Liar!" Liu Yuzhang said. "By the time you were old enough to understand anything, Ghost Physician Fu Wan was already dead."
Hu Xiaotian chuckled. Liu Yuzhang's words made him even more certain that the man's relationship with Hu Buwei ran deep. Though Liu Yuzhang had lived in the palace, he clearly knew a great deal about Hu Xiaotian's childhood. Hu Xiaotian said, "Who said Ghost Physician Fu Wan was dead? He's been alive and well in this world all along."
Liu Yuzhang's gaze darkened. Though he was doubtful, he showed no surprise. "You've seen him?"
Hu Xiaotian nodded. "I saw him in the Yong Capital just a year ago. He went into the tomb of Great Yong's Emperor Jingde to steal the Heavenly Man Myriad Images Diagram, and I happened to run into him."
"The Heavenly Man Myriad Images Diagram?" Liu Yuzhang said. "Utter nonsense. Nothing more than a trick he used to fool people."
Hu Xiaotian studied Liu Yuzhang's expression closely. It seemed he did not know the truth behind it. According to Qin Yutong, the Heavenly Man Myriad Images Diagram could alter the physical structure of the Fated Ones' mixed-blood descendants, allowing them