Chapter 206

Looking at the Imperial Guards that had completely surrounded Tianshan Gate in the distance, Fan Xiaoxiao felt a chill run down her spine.

"Grandpa, are you sure you heard about yeast flowers from the Celestial Venerable?"

She turned around and looked at the Ghost Doctor behind her, who was completely covered up.

“I’m sure of it. Didn’t I treat Bai Chaoyan’s injuries not long ago? The old man Tianzun took me to his herb garden. He was the one who pointed to a tree and told me it was a tree that produces yeast flowers.”

"Then you saw flowers blooming up there?"

"Flowers? What flowers?"

"It's the kind I just showed you at home."

Recalling what Fan Xiaoxiao had given him, the Ghost Doctor stroked his beard, his eyes gazing at the sky, seemingly lost in thought yet also seemingly not thinking at all.

Fan Xiaoxiao knew from the old man's expression that he must have been too busy arguing with the Celestial Venerable to look carefully, so he wasn't sure if the tree had blossoms.

She felt a throbbing pain in her temple, then turned her head and continued staring at the Tianshan Gate.

If they want to go up the mountain, they have to pass through Chang Le.

She's keeping such a tight watch on this place that they have absolutely no chance of getting in.

"Baby, should we disguise ourselves and go through this?"

Fan Xiaoxiao gently shook her head. Right now, Renle is keeping a close watch on people coming and going from Tianshan. She was afraid that if she tried to disguise herself, it would backfire.

Moreover, they had been looking around for quite a while and hadn't seen any Tianshan disciples coming and going at the gate as usual.

Could it be that Renle has completely blocked the passages between Tianshan and the outside world?

But that's impossible. If she wanted to capture Bai Chaoyan, why would she blockade Tianshan?

If she were Ren Le, she would definitely be eager to bring Bai Chaoyan into the game right now.

Fan Xiaoxiao felt something was amiss and patted the Ghost Doctor behind her, saying, "Grandpa, I don't think this is right. They're currently guarding the foot of Tianshan Mountain and can't go up. If Bai Chaoyan doesn't come down, doesn't that mean they'll just have to stay here indefinitely?"

"Moreover, none of the villagers who usually visit me seem to have shown up today. Something's not right; I think something's fishy."

Hearing Fan Xiaoxiao's words, the Ghost Doctor also sensed something was amiss. His eyes darted around, then he seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lit up, he stuffed something into his mouth, patted Fan Xiaoxiao's back, and then walked out alone.

Fan Xiaoxiao was taken aback. She was about to call out to him, but then she thought that the Ghost Doctor must have gone out to test the other party. With his skills, if she spoke up rashly, she might not be able to help him, but instead become a hindrance.

So Fan Xiaoxiao silently huddled in the corner, watching what was happening over there.

The Ghost Doctor walked with a somewhat unsteady gait, his hands clumsy in his sleeves, his body hunched over. From a distance, he truly looked like an elderly man in his eighties.

But Fan Xiaoxiao knew that the old man, the Ghost Doctor, was faking it. His sleeves were always filled with either poison or silver needles. And it was Fan's family who had arranged for him to do that.

The Imperial Guards opposite saw the Ghost Doctor approaching from a distance, and even from a great distance, they began to shout at him.

"Stop! What are you doing?!"

The Ghost Doctor raised his cloudy eyes, his voice hoarse and barely audible. He coughed twice with difficulty: "Sir, I... cough cough cough, I am suffering from tuberculosis. The immortal on Mount Tian said that I should come to Mount Tian today, because he has a way to cure me... cough cough cough."

Tuberculosis is actually pulmonary tuberculosis. Fan Xiaoxiao's lips twitched. This old doctor, in order to test others, has started making up stories about having lung disease. And the way he does it, it's so convincing.

What Fan Xiaoxiao didn't know was that the Ghost Doctor had taken a pill before leaving.

This pill can temporarily turn a person's skin yellow and make their complexion look extremely poor. Combined with his acting skills, it looks even more realistic.

Sure enough, upon hearing his words and seeing his appearance, some of the Imperial Guards on the other side immediately began to whisper among themselves.

"Tuberculosis! My God! Isn't that contagious?"

"Really? Is it really that weird?"

“It’s true, it’s true. Someone in our town got it, and his whole family got infected and eventually died.”

"Huh? Then, should we report this to the princess?!"

"If I report to the princess, this old man will be locked up with that group of people... but the higher-ups only said that we..."

The guard left half of his sentence unsaid, then kept glancing in the direction of the Ghost Doctor. His companion immediately understood his meaning, and the two covered their mouths and turned their backs, seemingly having differing opinions on whether or not to report to the princess.

However, in the instant they turned around, they overlooked the glint of light that flashed in the Ghost Doctor's eyes behind them.

After a short while, the two seemed to have finally reached a conclusion. Turning around, they stared at the Ghost Doctor, raised their eyebrows, and put on a fierce look, saying, "What are you looking at, old immortal? Old man, get lost, don't disturb the princess's carriage!"

After he finished speaking, one of the guards covered his mouth and nose and was about to step forward to drive away the Ghost Doctor, but before he could even touch him, the Ghost Doctor had another earth-shattering cough.

"Cough cough cough."

"Hey! Old man, stay away from me!!"

The guard was startled and raised his voice as he backed away.

"Ouch! Your voice is too loud!"

The guards behind him rushed to their companion almost instantly to cover his mouth.

"If the princess finds out and locks the old man up, it could kill us all! This is a deadly infectious disease!"

However, the guard's reaction was already a beat too slow.

"What are you doing, making all that noise?"

The young man's voice came as the curtain of the large tent behind him was lifted, revealing his clothes disheveled and a patch of muscles on his chest that looked like jade.

If you look closely at this person's face, it's not hard to see that he is actually the guard who follows Renle.

The two people at the door saw him lift the curtain and come out, and they hurriedly knelt on the ground.

“Young master, this old man has afflicted with tuberculosis, and we wanted to get rid of him.”

"Consumption!?"

The man showed a look of disgust, covered his mouth and nose with one hand, and waved the other hand at the Ghost Doctor as if shooing away a fly.

"Get him out of here right now."

"Wait a minute."

Ren Le appeared behind him at some point, his lazy voice carrying an ambiguous hoarseness.

Her bright red dress was half-draped over her fair and delicate body, and the red marks on her neck sparked all sorts of wild thoughts. With each step she took, her long, white legs could be seen glimpsed through the folds of her dress.

The guards outside the tent only glanced at it before hurriedly kneeling down and kowtowing, not daring to look a second time.

The man at the tent entrance tried to get her a coat to put on, but he was met with a cold glare from Renle.

"It seems I have truly spoiled you all."

With just that one sentence, the man and the guards at the door immediately knelt down.

"Your subordinate wouldn't dare!"

"Ha, you dare not? What is there that you dare not do? What have I said?"

The guard at the door trembled slightly, his shoulders shaking a little.

"As long as they are near the Tianshan Mountains..."

He paused slightly, glanced back at the coughing Ghost Doctor, swallowed hard, and then continued.

"Detained".

(End of this chapter)