Leave It to Me

Thinking it over, he transformed himself into the village doctor from before, and even produced a medicine box exactly like the doctor's and carried it on his back.

Upon seeing this, Tuantuan struggled to jump out of his arms and onto the medicine box, where she lay down.

The man and the cat then entered the Euphrates Poplar Village.

As you walk into the village, you feel its lifelessness even more.

In broad daylight, not a single person was to be seen walking on the village road.

Only occasional noises could be heard from some of the mud-brick houses.

After Lin Xiao locked onto the auras of the two young men who had previously escorted the middle-aged doctor out of the village, he went to the home of one of them.

The wooden fence gate was wide open, and the young man in the yard was scooping water from a chipped water vat into a basin.

Lin Xiao stood in front of the door and coughed twice forcefully.

The young man looked up in confusion, but when he saw the doctor who had returned appear in front of his house, he was overjoyed, put down the basin of water, and ran to Lin Xiao.

"Doctor Wang! Will you save my father?!"

The Doctor Wang, Lin Xiao, coughed lightly and mimicked the expression of the previous Doctor Wang as he spoke to the young man:

"I can't cure your father for now, but I'm giving you some advice: there's Evil Qi in your village. If you want your father's condition to stop worsening, it's best to move him more than a mile away from the village."

Upon hearing this, the young man was utterly shocked, and he murmured:

"It turns out my father's illness was caused by Evil Qi in the village..."

He then immediately looked up at Lin Xiao and said:

"I'll go move it right away!"

He nimbly ran to the corner of the yard, pushed out a cart, went inside, and carried his bedridden father, along with his tattered quilt, onto the cart and pushed him out.

The old man lying on the cart was now bald, his eyes bulging out as if they were about to jump out at any moment.

His gaunt face was covered with patches of skin that were half-attached and half-fallen off, and there were several large, naturally cracked gashes on his skin, yet not a drop of blood flowed out.

The person was curled up, their fingernails and toenails were nowhere to be seen, and their whole body was shrouded in a black aura.

Lin Xiao was shocked when he saw his father's appearance.

He had already prepared himself mentally after hearing Jianghe's description.

However, upon actually seeing it, I realized it was far more serious than described.

Lin Xiao followed behind the young man along the village road.

On the way, the young man pushed the cart while shouting through the village, repeating several times what "Doctor Wang" had just told him.

Suddenly, several young people emerged from the dilapidated houses in the previously lifeless village.

When they saw the villager who had started pushing his own father, and then saw the ' Doctor Wang ' next to him, they all believed him and followed his example.

These young people had recently returned from the town.

They usually work in town and occasionally come back in groups.

Due to the sudden outbreak of war, they were trapped in the town and unable to return.

Now that I've finally been able to go home, I never expected to find out that something terrible has happened in the village as soon as I got back.

Before long, several households had brought out carts.

For families without a cart, strong young men would simply carry their seriously ill family members out.

A group of people quickly moved the patients to a place a kilometer away from the village.

However, their family members were fine, but there were still some families in the village where everyone was sick and no one was taking care of them.

So most of these able-bodied men returned to the village and gradually moved all the villagers out.

Only two people were left to build a makeshift shack outside the village.

The group worked until evening before finally finishing.

The patients were placed on makeshift beds made of straw, wood, and stones.

These patients include not only the elderly, but also middle-aged people and children.

The severity of symptoms varies depending on age.

The older you get, the more serious the situation becomes.

The patients waited outside the village for an afternoon. One of the young men went and shook his elderly mother's hand, then exclaimed with delight:

"My mother's hands are warm!"

Upon hearing this, many people reached out and grasped the hands of their loved ones lying on the wooden planks.

Since they returned, they have noticed that their family members' body temperatures have been dropping day by day, and no matter how tightly they cover them with blankets and straw or burn firewood, it is no use.

The patients' temperatures have dropped drastically in the last two days; if they get any colder, they'll probably be practically dead...

They excitedly touched each patient's hand.

Although it hasn't returned to normal, it's definitely not as cold as it has been these past two days.

A man held his two-year-old daughter's hand, feeling her warmth, and he leaned down beside her, sobbing quietly.

Once they realized everyone's condition had improved, the able-bodied men finally breathed a sigh of relief, slumped to the side, and smiled silently.

It was getting dark.

The group lit a fire outside the thatched hut and began to cook.

No matter what, you have to eat.

Only these able-bodied young men who returned to the village are still alive and well. They cannot afford to fall; if they do, Euphrates Poplar Village may very well be wiped out.

The first bowl of hot mixed grains was presented to Lin Xiao.

"Doctor Wang, thank you so much... We don't know how to say anything else, but we will always remember your great kindness!"

Lin Xiao sighed softly in his heart, and was just about to accept their bowl of thanks when he suddenly seemed to sense something, stood up abruptly, frowned, and looked into the distance.

There's something unusual about the large array I set up at the entrance of the Execution Stone Cave!

As if sensing something, Fang Tuantuan Fang Tuantuan had been wandering among the patients, called out to Lin Xiao:

Meow~

It told Lin Xiao that it could sustain the lives of these patients.

The man who was handing over the food looked at Lin Xiao, who had suddenly stood up, with a puzzled expression. Then he and several other young men saw that the appearance and demeanor of the ' Doctor Wang ' in front of them were gradually changing.

In no time, he transformed into a young man who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old!

The group of people were all stunned and stood there in shock.

"This, this..."

Lin Xiao turned to the crowd and said seriously:

"I apologize for deceiving you all, but the situation is urgent, and I didn't want to waste too much time trying to persuade you, so I resorted to this tactic. As you can see, I am a cultivator."

Then he pointed to Fang Tuantuan among the patients and said:

"This cat is the eldest disciple of the alchemy elder of my Lingxian Sect, and is skilled in medicine. Please entrust the treatment of your relatives to it. I have important matters to attend to and need to leave for a while."

The middle-aged man who had been holding his daughter's hand earlier looked at Lin Xiao, who, in the dim firelight of the night, seemed like a celestial being descended to earth. He was somewhat dazed.

"It's actually an immortal in person..."

Lin Xiao was worried about the entrance to the Execution Stone Cave and didn't have time to explain much. With a wave of his hand, he set up several defensive and warming protective barriers around everyone. Then, he took out a Storage Bag and put it around Fang Tuantuan's neck.

"Tuantuan, I'm leaving."

Meow~

Fang Tuantuan already had three Storage Bag hanging around her neck, called out confidently to Lin Xiao.

Leave it to me!