While Huang Xiao was in Khitan, Mu Yi, Xu Yan Yun, and Li Cong returned to the Medicine King Hall and began putting its affairs in order.
They had previously dealt with a group of disciples loyal to Wan Qingteng, but they had been pressed for time in their rush to Kaifeng and had not been able to handle everything properly.
Now that Wan Qingteng had been expelled from the Medicine King Hall, they had all the time they needed to restore the somewhat foul and murky hall to its former state.
Over the years under Wan Qingteng's control, the Medicine King Hall had all but ceased offering aid to people throughout the land.
Old Sun had founded the Medicine King Hall to help sick commoners everywhere, but after Wan Qingteng assumed the position of Hall Master, its work aiding the common people had naturally dwindled to a halt.
As time passed, the common people forgot about the Medicine King Hall. When its disciples occasionally took it upon themselves to treat some gravely ill commoners, those people thought they had encountered immortals. These were the immortals the tea stall owner had spoken of when Huang Xiao, afflicted with the Heavenly Yin Silkworm's cold poison, had traveled to Everlasting Spring Mountain.
"Kneel!" As Mu Yi and the other two sat in the main hall, several disciples escorted a man inside.
"You bastards! How dare you bite the hand that feeds you!" The captive's knees slammed heavily onto the floor. A savage look crossed his face, and he tried to struggle, but the men behind him held him firmly down.
"Ge Gu, do you admit your crimes?" Mu Yi waved the disciples away, then stared at Ge Gu as he questioned him.
This man was Wan Qingteng's disciple, Ge Gu. When Wan