Eryi's clinic was truly renowned. Just how great was its reputation? Eight out of ten martial artists in Liuyue City, whenever they discussed gossip, would mention her. As a result, rumors of her spread far and wide, eventually reaching Medicine King Valley.

When Yaowang Valley was first located, it was chosen to be a quiet and beautiful place with miasma outside as a natural barrier, and the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams were used to form a formation, so that ordinary people could not enter.

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The story goes back to when the Third Prince sent someone to ask for medicine, and they arrived at the Medicine King Valley not long ago.

The medicinal materials used in the medicine that the Third Prince requested were not common. A small part of them needed to be prepared from the beginning, which naturally took a lot of time.

During this period, other patients also sought medical treatment, and the Third Prince's subordinates also traveled back and forth between Yaowang Valley and the surrounding towns every day to inquire about the Third Prince's news.

Many people came to Yaowang Valley for medical treatment. Since the people of Yaowang Valley preferred a quiet environment, it was impossible for all of them to stay there. Gradually, a small town developed nearby, specifically to provide a resting place for those seeking medical treatment and their families.

Besides patients of all kinds, Medicine King Valley also attracted healers seeking to learn. With so many patients, Medicine King Valley couldn't handle them all. Most healers willing to learn from Medicine King Valley were skilled enough to treat any patients they could. Some even established clinics on the site, specifically to capitalize on the gaps in Medicine King Valley's care.

Not all doctors are welcome in Medicine King Valley. They gather together and exchange medical knowledge in their spare time. Therefore, doctors here are often more skilled than those elsewhere. If a patient can't find treatment in Medicine King Valley, they might find a doctor in one of these outlying towns and be cured. This is a virtuous cycle, and development is getting better and better.

With so many people coming and going, one naturally gets to know the news.

But rumors, when they're spread near home, seem reasonable enough, but as they spread further, they become increasingly bizarre. Traveling six hundred miles alone, I've completely changed beyond all recognition.

After lunch, the doctor talked with some friends.

"I heard that there's a doctor in Liuyue City who's trying to scam people out of money. He claims to be a disciple of Yaowang Valley and that he can do anything."

"Healing one person who speaks out is worth at least a hundred taels of gold."

"Even if you pay, they may not be able to cure the disease. They are using the name of Medicine King Valley to defraud people."

"Oh, anyone can call themselves a disciple of Medicine King Valley. I've been outside of Medicine King Valley for many years, so shouldn't I be able to call myself a disciple of Medicine King Valley when I go outside?"

One person took a bite of the fruit a patient had brought and asked suspiciously, "I heard she was a descendant of Guan Er Du, specializing in detoxification, but in reality, it's a poison den. The doctor secretly sells poison, and she can only cure it because the poison comes from her, and she already has the antidote."

"I've also heard that the doctor claims to be able to detoxify the world and cure all diseases. She even boasted that she could cure anything that Medicine King Valley could, and even anything that Medicine King Valley couldn't."

"Where did you hear that? I've heard about this too. But I heard that the doctor is extremely skilled in martial arts. Once you enter the clinic, regardless of whether you're sick or not, you have to pay before you can leave."

The doctor stroked his beard and said, "My newly arrived injured patient came from Liuyue City and spoke the truth."

"Why doesn't Liuyue City do anything about it?" someone asked in surprise.

"It seems like there's nothing you can do about it." Another person interrupted, "Your martial arts prowess must be genuine. Where did you get these fruits? Let me have a few to try."

Everyone shared the fruits and vegetables.

After hearing this rumor, the people in Yaowang Valley had different opinions.

Upon hearing this, Cui Yan put down the herbs in his hand, indignant. "Where did this demon come from? No one in Medicine King Valley ever accepts money for treatment. How dare you tarnish the reputation of Medicine King Valley? How can this be?" He was the most outstanding of the younger generation in Medicine King Valley, with both parents being members of the Valley. Raised in Medicine King Valley from a young age, he believed he had mastered the essence of the practice at such a young age.

The eldest senior brother Yan Wenshi shook his head and put the medicine away: "The rumors may not be credible." Yan Wenshi was over 20 years old when he entered the Medicine King Valley. Now he is 35 years old. Among his senior brothers and sisters, he is the most calm.

Xi Xue usually has nothing to do, so she likes to watch these fellow disciples quarrel.

Seeing Xi Xue watching happily from the side, Cui Yan dragged her into the water with him: "Perhaps you are a disciple of the Guanyao Sect, so being skilled in poisons would be a good fit."

Xi Xue's expression immediately changed upon hearing this. "Cui Yan is just talking nonsense! Master only accepted me as his disciple!" When she was eleven, Xi Xue was entrusted to Medicine King Valley by her master, the Second Poison Patriarch. Over the years, she'd become quite familiar with the people there. "If you ask me, maybe it's one of your traveling brothers and sisters!"

Second Senior Brother Lin Su was still working while he was speaking: "No matter who he is, I will leave the valley and deal with him." Lin Su's medical skills were relatively poor, but he was better at martial arts.

Third Senior Sister Shen Mengting also chimed in, "I heard that the man has three heads and six arms, and is eight feet tall. With your small body, I'll have someone deal with you later." These people didn't even know the gender of the miracle doctor in Liuyue City.

"So what if I have three heads and six arms? I have newly developed a dream-inducing incense. I guarantee that he will fall into a dead sleep after just one touch." Lin Su is not only good at martial arts, but also good at incense and poison recipes.

The opinions of several fellow disciples on this matter reached the ears of Medicine King Sun Yipu. After much deliberation, he summoned Cui Yan.

Cui Yan sat at the bottom, under the pressure of Sun Yipu's gaze, and waited for a long time before Sun Yipu finally spoke slowly.

"Do you know why I called you here?"

Cui Yan was always afraid of his master asking this question, but since he had heard it so often and had some experience, he answered frankly, "I don't know."

"You grew up in Yaowang Valley, immersed in pharmacology every day, and always claimed privately that you had learned a lot." Sun Yipu said earnestly.

"I didn't..." Cui Yan touched his nose and lowered his head involuntarily.

Sun Yipu raised his hand to stop Cui Yan from continuing. "You're in the valley, yet you're always listening to rumors from outside. Do you know how the rumors about the Liuyue City herbalist were able to reach Medicine King Valley?"

"That person is using the name of Yaowang Valley to cheat people. Naturally, some people can't stand it, and it's normal to say something." Cui Yan replied according to his thoughts.

"Naive." Sun Yipu pointed at Cui Yan and said, "That's why your parents don't let you go out and run around. If it were you, I would let you go out and broaden your horizons."

"It just so happens that the Third Prince has sent someone to get the detoxification pills. This original medicine can't be used too much. Since the detoxification pills can't cure his poison, this time, you should follow the guards to Liuyue City to provide the Third Prince with a thorough diagnosis and treatment. You can also stop by to see the doctor in Liuyue City. I'll show you how big the world is."

Cui Yan was delighted and looked up. "Really?" He had rarely left home since he was a child, and the farthest he had ever been was out of the valley to a nearby town to do some shopping. Hearing that he could go so far this time, his mouth curled up with joy, unable to hide it.

"Well, your parents have agreed."

Sun Yipu stood up and walked to the cabinet. After searching for a long time, he took out a box and handed it to Cui Yan, saying, "I originally wanted your eldest brother to take this to Liuyue Villa, but since you are going out, I will let you run this errand."

Cui Yan had seen this wooden box before. It contained the Soul-Concentrating Pills, a batch Sun Yipu developed annually, specifically for martial artists experiencing obsession. The herbs used were extremely precious, and the processing method was quite complex. Even within Medicine King Valley, only the eldest brother and Sun Yipu could create this recipe.

Cui Yan took the wooden box steadily. Sun Yipu reminded him, "Remember, after arriving in Liuyue City, deliver this item to Sang Xuezhen, the owner of Liuyue Villa, as soon as possible."

Cui Yan went back to the house and put the wooden box away. Unable to contain himself any longer, he ran to the pharmacy and told his senior brothers and sisters about this matter a few years ago.

"My master asked me to leave the valley and go to Liuyue City. I will go to see the doctor in Liuyue City to see what kind of monster he is. How dare he cheat people under the name of Yaowang Valley?" Good guy, he is full of passion and forgets about the business when he gets excited.

Lin Su's men worked tirelessly, handling the medicine. "Master, your attitude this time is truly unusual. In the past, you'd just ignore this kind of thing. I think this should have been done long ago. To deal with people like this, someone from Medicine King Valley should have personally stepped in to clear their name." He then questioned, "Why did you, a little kid, go?"

Then, without waiting for others to respond, Lin Su waved his hand and boasted: "It's okay, your second brother will go with you."

The eldest senior brother Yan Wenshi suddenly poured cold water on him: "Last time you prescribed medicine for someone without thinking, the master wouldn't let you leave the valley."

"I'm not prescribing it randomly. I've developed a new medicine!" Lin Su raised his voice.

"You haven't even presented the prescription for your new medicine. New prescriptions must be thoroughly investigated to see if they're harmful before use. Have you performed the Pharmacopoeia a hundred times?"

"Oh, keep your voices down and tie the cloth covering your mouth and nose tightly, so as not to spray saliva into the medicine." Third senior sister Shen Mengting stopped them for fear of being implicated again.

It was very lively with several people coming and going.

Xi Xue lay on the side, rarely paying attention to the nonsense of her fellow sisters and brothers, staring at Cui Yan with shining eyes.

After a while, he suddenly shouted, "I'm going too!" and ran out.

There is no reason why Cui Yan can go but she can't. She has been suffocated in Yaowang Valley for the past four years.

Xi Xue ran to find Sun Yipu. She was not as afraid of Sun Yipu as Cui Yan. She just talked nonsense in order to go out of the valley to play.

"It is rumored that the doctor in Liuyue City is good at using poison and is the descendant of Guan Erdu Zu. I have thought about it for a long time, maybe he is my senior brother or sister who has been separated for many years!" She no longer insisted that Guan Erdu Zu only had her as a disciple.

Seeing her high spirits, Sun Yipu couldn't bear to interrupt. He thought this girl, like Cui Yan, was incredibly talented, yet also ignorant of her limitations. She needed some practice. Going out together would be nice, so he agreed.

"Okay!" After hearing Sun Yipu's agreement, Xi Xue happily ran back to the house to pack her things.

"Husband, I'm still a little worried. Such rumors were able to spread in, obviously at the instigation of the Third Prince. Is it appropriate to let the two of them go out like this?" said a woman.

"The martial arts world is in turmoil right now. If we don't experience these things early, how will we deal with them in the future? It's impossible for our Yaowang Valley to remain immune." Sun Yipu shook his head slightly.

"But with Yan'er and Xue'er's personalities, she might be deceived in Liuyue City. That legendary doctor..." The woman looked worried.

"That doctor is probably fake. There's no such person. It's just something the Third Prince made up to coax the people from Medicine King Valley out of hiding."

"It's nothing. The Third Prince simply hoped that Medicine King Valley would send someone to Liuyue City to treat him. I have already complied with his wishes. I have instructed Cui Yan to go to Liuyue Villa as soon as possible after arriving in Liuyue City. Manor Master Sang will protect him."

"I hope so."

"In the Ming Dynasty, the Third Prince is the most capable of the current officials. He could have come to my Medicine King Valley in person for treatment, but since he didn't, something serious must have happened. Imperial family members value their lives the most, and since he's willing to put his own safety aside for the greater good, even without resorting to such means, I still intended to send someone there."

"A doctor can heal people." But he cannot govern a country.

Just like that, the two young boys and girls, who were just starting out, left the valley with the tools given to them by their seniors.

This time, not only are the Third Prince's guards escorting them all the way, but Cui Yan and Xi Xue are also no pushovers.

To strengthen their bodies, the disciples of Yaowang Valley practice martial arts from a young age. They carry medicinal powders of various properties to use against enemies. Furthermore, their familiarity with the body's meridians and acupuncture is fundamental to their skills, making them virtually invulnerable to ordinary attackers.

Xi Xue is even more amazing. She has been fed with medicine and poison by her master since she was a child. Not only has she become immune to all poisons, but her poison skills are also one-third of her master's.

Not to mention that Yaowang Valley has a good reputation. The martial arts world has already reached a consensus that anyone who attacks someone from Yaowang Valley will be killed in the Central Plains without a burial place.

When the two young men went out, they believed the rumors and wanted to learn from the chivalrous men in punishing evil and promoting good, and at the same time vent their anger for their own masters, so they hurried on their way.

Later, the closer we got to Liuyue City, the more different the rumors we heard. Later, when we arrived at a small town near Liuyue City, we also learned that Eryi had never publicly disclosed his master's sect.

The so-called Medicine King Valley, or the descendants of the Second Poison Master, were all lies. Not to mention the claims of immense strength and eight-foot height; that was all nonsense.

But when they heard that Eryi could heal injuries very quickly and had extraordinary medical skills, they couldn't help but start to doubt him. Could this really be a disciple of our master who was practicing medicine outside?

Medicine King Valley wasn't just one branch; Cui Yan had seen other brothers and sisters, uncles and uncles from other branches visit the valley when he was little. With this in mind, the two of them arrived in Liuyue City and, before even entering the Third Prince's residence, they were the first to report to Eryi's gate.

Xu Hengzhi, who had been waiting outside, saw that they were young and polite, so he did not stop them. Thus, this morning's incident took place.

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Xi Xue and Cui Yan saluted Eryi and introduced themselves as their respective masters.

Seeing this, Eryi returned the greeting: "I am the doctor of this clinic, my name is Eryi. You two are blocking the door of my clinic so early in the morning. Do you want to see a patient?"

Eryi had already seen the two men's profiles. Aside from a slightly elevated fatigue level, there were no other abnormalities. Both were post-natal warriors.

Xi Xue was the first to reply: "Xi Xue heard that Doctor Er was a skilled doctor, and thought that he was a fellow disciple who had been lost for many years, so she came to visit him. I would like to ask Doctor Er, who was his teacher?" After she finished speaking, she blinked and waited for Er Yi's reply.

Er Yi was a little surprised: "My master thinks that my skills are not good enough and is unwilling to tell me my affiliation."

Cui Yan took a step forward and said with certainty: "Doctor Er must be from my Medicine King Valley." Some people in Medicine King Valley cherish the reputation of Medicine King Valley very much. They feel that their apprentices have not learned well and it is a disgrace for them to not want to leave their names, which is also common.

"She's my senior sister!" Xi Xueheng glanced at Cui Yan. They always liked to compete with each other, no matter whether they were fighting or not.

"Didn't you boast earlier that the Poison Ancestor only accepted you as his last disciple?" Cui Yan retorted.

The two started arguing again.

"You two are from different sects than mine." Eryi quickly stopped them and said, "If you have nothing else to do, please go back." Then, Eryi walked around the two of them and walked out the door. She still had things to take care of after breakfast.

The two young men were about to call out to Eryi to explain what was going on.

Ren Quan came with a carriage and said, "It's getting late. The Third Prince has already gotten up. Please move on."

Indeed, upon entering Liuyue City, they should have gone directly to the Third Prince's residence to see him first. However, they heard along the way that the Third Prince was able to run and walk, and that nothing was wrong. Furthermore, the antidote pills they had requested had already been delivered to his residence, so they were no longer in a hurry.

The two of them agreed to first take a look at the appearance of this miraculous doctor in Liuyue City, and then came to the clinic without permission.

The guards also knew that they should not underestimate these two people. Seeing that persuasion was useless, they did not dare to force them and could only return home to report.

Look, Ren Quan came to invite us in person.

After a while, the two finally got on the carriage and entered the Third Prince's mansion.

Eryi didn't think much about it and went to buy some dumplings.

In the Third Prince’s Mansion.

"It's finally here."

"Welcome guests."