Gu Liyan rolled her eyes and said helplessly, "Alright, I know what you mean. If you want to come with me, then come on over, so that you won't run into those two snake people and get wiped out!"

Although Gu Liyan was the most critical, everyone was still very happy. They naturally had no complaints about being able to follow a master.

However, Gu Liyan suffered a lot. He thought he could run back in no time, but it took them a full three hours!

As soon as they entered the village, they saw Huo Tong looking around at the entrance. When he saw Gu Liyan, his face lit up with joy and he hurriedly ran over, "Brother Mo!"

"Huo Tong." Gu Liyan greeted him with a smile.

Wang Qi and the others were stunned by Gu Liyan's smile just now.

"Am I seeing things? Young Master Mo actually smiled!" Li Mang exclaimed in astonishment.

“It should be correct…” Wang Wen looked at Gu Liyan and Huo Tong chatting together, and then smiled as he took out the medicine, seemingly lost in thought.

Huo Tong noticed the group of people behind Gu Liyan and asked, "Brother Mo, who are they? They look very powerful. They have so many more guns than our village."

Gu Liyan smiled. So what if they had more guns? They were still easily defeated by those two second-tier snake-men. In the end, they still managed to drive them away on their own!

Gu Liyan glanced at Zhang Wei and the others out of the corner of her eye, pursed her lips, and said, "I ran into some friends on the way, so we came back together."

"Oh, I see." Huo Tong suddenly remembered something. "By the way, Brother Mo, you should go and check on those three patients. Their condition has worsened again."

Gu Liyan nodded. "Okay, I'll go take a look first. You take care of them."

Gu Liyan ran into the village and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Huo Tong approached Zhang Wei and the others and greeted them warmly, "You must be Brother Mo's friends, please come in."

"friend?"

Everyone exchanged bewildered glances. Gu Liyan's attitude towards them didn't seem like that of a friend...

Huo Tong didn't notice their expressions, but led the way, saying, "You are Brother Mo's friends, and also friends of our village!"

"Is Brother Mo very prestigious in the village?" Wang Qi asked curiously.

“Of course! Uncle Meng and Auntie both really like Brother Mo! Just yesterday, Brother Mo came back and collapsed from exhaustion after performing surgery for several hours. Everyone admires his medical skills. Moreover, Brother Mo even went to town alone to get medicine…” Huo Tong suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Wang Qi and the others, “You didn’t run into Brother Mo in town, did you?”

After listening to Huo Tong's words, everyone looked at each other and nodded in unison, their admiration for Gu Liyan growing even stronger.