Chi Yu said, "I'm asking for your opinion."
Xie Xiyi said at his leisure, "You can decide."
"Oh." Chi Yu turned to the man. "Then sorry for the trouble."
"Not at all, not at all." The man's smile was a little strange. "You must be cultivators, right? How wonderful. Cultivation extends your lifespan, and the higher your cultivation, the longer you live. Once you ascend, you can even live as long as heaven and earth."
"But the path of cultivation isn't easy either," Chi Yu said naturally.
After a pause, he asked, "Was that your son just now? That venomous centipede bit him. Will he be all right?"
The man answered vaguely, "He'll be fine. It would be bad if it didn't bite him."
Chi Yu frowned slightly and couldn't help looking at Xie Xiyi, who casually averted his gaze.
Chi Yu: "..."
It looked as though the Crown Prince was determined to make him handle this himself.
But they were supposed to be working as a team!
He could only turn to Xiaoqiu for backup.
After the man led them into town and arranged rooms for them, Chi Yu found a chance to ask Xiaoqiu, "Xiaoqiu, what do you think about what just happened?"
Thinking Chi Yu was testing him, Xiaoqiu gave it serious thought before saying, "Something's strange."
Do you even need to tell me that? Of course something's strange!
Chi Yu patiently guided him. "Don't you think that child was even stranger? He didn't react at all when the venomous centipede bit him."
"It really was strange," Xiaoqiu said seriously.
"And they seemed to actually want the centipede to bite people," Chi Yu said. "Based on my experience watching shows and reading fiction, could they be acting as Medicine People?"
Xiaoqiu said, "Medicine People?"
"People who can