Chapter 117 This guy is definitely not right. It's over. This guy seems to like me...
The matter of Song Yin going to Yan's Medical Clinic was thus settled. However, Song Yin set a plan for herself to work one day and rest the next, which completely impressed Doctor Yan after hearing it.
Dr. Yan: "Aren't you afraid I'll get angry?"
Song Yin smiled and said obediently, "How could that be? Everyone knows that Yao Chunjun is a kind and gentle person."
In an instant, Doctor Yan's face remained expressionless. "How did you learn of this title after just one night?"
Who understands the feeling of having your past exposed in just one night! He had been living peacefully in the mortal realm for so long, and then Song Yin suddenly said that Yao Chunjun was really terrifying. He was old and couldn't take the shock.
Song Yin walked happily towards the medicine cabinet, "You don't want others to know that Yao Chunjun is in the mortal realm, do you...?"
"One day on, one day off, it's decided then and there."
"Aren't you afraid I'll take your life?" Doctor Yan said sinisterly from behind.
Song Yin turned around and smiled, "I believe Yao Chunjun wouldn't do that." Did he really think that last night's message to his master was just to inquire about the patriarch's cultivation level and to complain? Getting some information about Yao Chunjun's weaknesses was just a convenient thing to do.
After learning of his cultivation level yesterday, Song Yin addressed him as "senior" repeatedly. Today, however, he has suddenly changed his attitude. This Golden Core cultivator is far too audacious and unorthodox.
Was it really the right choice to leave her at the clinic to work for free?
Dr. Yan began to doubt himself.
"Good morning, Xiao Cha and Xiao Song, have you had breakfast yet?" Song Yin, who was a little vengeful, asked in a good mood as she entered Yan's Medical Clinic.
Hehehe, seeing Doctor Yan's change of expression is so satisfying, it's a small way of getting back at him from yesterday. As for why Doctor Yan released his oppressive aura yesterday, don't worry about that for now.
Doctor Yan transmitted his voice to Song Yin: "I am a Nascent Soul cultivator! Can't you show some respect?"
Hearing Doctor Yan's helpless voice, Song Yin turned and left the clinic.
Xiaocha and Xiaosong:?
She came in and went out again. What was she doing?
Song Yin gestured for him to come in, “Dr. Yan, please come in. Be careful of the steps. Would you like me to help you?”
Doctor Yan shuddered and quickly went into the clinic, not wanting to look at the troublesome Song Yin any longer.
She seemed normal when we first met, but her personality suddenly changed drastically, making Dr. Yan wonder which one was the real Song Yin.
"Old Yan, what's wrong with that person?" Xiao Song couldn't help but run to ask Doctor Yan.
Dr. Yan: "From now on, she can come to the clinic to help out, working one day and resting the next."
What? ! !
Komatsu breaks through the major defense!
Komatsu then asked, "Has she become a new apprentice?"
How could Doctor Yan, who had lived for a thousand years, not know Xiaosong's thoughts? "She will not become an apprentice for the time being, but will only help out at the clinic for a year. As for whether she will stay or leave after a year, we'll talk about that then."
Today is the opening day, and one patient after another comes in to get their medicine. Song Yin slows down to dispense the medicine for them.
As the line for medicine grew longer, Song Yin said to her two apprentices, "Xiao Cha and Xiao Song, which of you can come in and help? I can't manage alone."
Xiaocha and Xiaosong exchanged a glance.
They used to be able to do it all by themselves, but today they say they're too busy.
They looked to Old Man Yan for help, but he turned his head away, leaving them with only the white back of his head.
Xiao Cha: "The usual rules."
The two played rock-paper-scissors, and Xiaocha won. Xiaosong had no choice but to get up and help get the medicine.
Xiaosong picked up another weighing tool and began to prepare the medicine according to the prescription.
Not long after, another person came in, but this person wasn't there to get medicine; instead, they came to help.
"Hello, Dr. Yan told me to come in and find some work to do."
Song Yin looked up: "Young Master Ding? What brings you to the clinic?"
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Ding Yechuan's honest face. "I'll pay off the debt with my work."
Song Yin transmitted her voice: "How much debt do you owe?"
Ding Yechuan transmitted his voice: "One grade six pill."
"Hiss, it must be a Soul-Replenishing Pill." How long would Ding Yechuan have to work to pay it off? The materials for a Soul-Replenishing Pill are expensive, especially since it's a sixth-grade soul-replenishing pill; one pill is priceless. But what's even more surprising is that Doctor Yan has a Soul-Replenishing Pill. You have to understand, back then, the entire Heavenly Fire Sect couldn't gather even one Soul-Replenishing Pill."
Song Yin: "Do you recognize the medicinal herbs here?"
Ding Yechuan nodded: "I know them." Because of Awan, he learned a lot about medicinal herbs, whether from the cultivation world or the mortal world.
Song Yin handed the weighing tools to Ding Yechuan, "Very good, you take charge of dispensing the medicine, I'm going to rest for a while."
Xiao Song exploded, "How dare you rest during work hours! This is slacking off, I'm going to tell Old Yan!"
Song Yin: "Go ahead, go ahead, I won't hold it against you."
Xiao Song looked at Elder Yan, but Elder Yan didn't care about the situation at all, even though he had heard everything!
Master Yan, I am your proper apprentice, why don't I receive this treatment? How sad!
Song Yin slacked off all morning. When everyone was resting and there were fewer people around, Xiao Song ate his meal while looking at Song Yin with envy, jealousy, and hatred.
Xiao Cha thought for a moment, then moved to sit next to Song Yin. "Miss Song, why doesn't Old Master Yan scold you when you're resting?" She was really curious. Was she related to Old Master Yan, which was why he was so lenient with her?
Song Yin confidently declared, "Because I'm working for free, I'm not getting paid. I want him to know that you get what you pay for, and free things are always the most expensive!"
The last sentence was spoken so loudly that Doctor Yan couldn't pretend he didn't hear it.
Others at Yan's Medical Clinic: There's no need to be so proud.
Dr. Yan: ...Headache.
When the number of patients increased again, Song Yin helped prepare some prescriptions and then openly slipped out of Yan's Medical Clinic.
Before leaving, she left Dr. Yan with the words: "I have completed the workload of an ordinary person in a day. What follows is extra work, and I will have to pay you extra. If you don't pay me extra, I will take a break."
Dr. Yan looked at the team of more than a dozen people left and tacitly agreed.
Song Yin didn't stand on ceremony and, amidst Xiao Song's envious gaze, went home first.
At first, Song Yin would pretend to stay at the clinic a little longer.
Six months passed, and as time went on, she simply stopped pretending!
Sometimes I rush through all my work in the morning and don't come in at all in the afternoon. Other times I'm too lazy to go in the morning and only go to the clinic in the afternoon.
Doctor Yan did try to find ways to get Song Yin to do more work, but Song Yin would fetch a hundred prescriptions of medicine every day without fail. No amount of coercion or bribery worked. She would leave the rest of the work to the honest Ding Yechuan.
If you push them too far, they'll slowly blurt out, "You wouldn't want people who know you to know you're in the capital, would you?"
Doctor Yan can't be hit or scolded, for fear that this ancestor will expose his whereabouts.
Yan's Medical Clinic receives many patients seeking medical advice and treatment every day, all drawn by the reputation of being a miracle doctor. Word of mouth spreads far and wide, and over time, the clinic becomes so well-known that there is never a shortage of patients.
On this day, Song Yin finished preparing one hundred prescriptions as usual, and then left the clinic early to head home, but encountered Grandpa Cai and his group on the way.
"Hello, Grandma Qin, hello, Grandpa Cai. You two didn't go fishing today?" Song Yin looked up at the sky. It was a rare sight that the elderly couple hadn't gone fishing despite the clear weather.
Madam Qin beamed with joy: "I haven't had time to go fishing lately. I need to start preparing for my good-for-nothing grandson's wedding. We got engaged a few years ago and plan to get married next year. You two must come and have a drink at the wedding."
"Congratulations! I'll definitely come." Song Yin had met Madam Qin's grandson before; he was about the same age as Xiao Song from the clinic and was also a good student.
Not seeing Shi Heming, Old Madam Qin asked, "Oh dear, did you go to the clinic alone again today?"
Song Yin: "He has his own things to do, and we don't bother each other on weekdays."
Ever since that guy found out that Doctor Yan had made threatening remarks to her, he waited for Doctor Yan to come to the clinic and then set up multiple arrays in her house.
The formation can only hide for a short time. Once discovered, they are not discouraged and begin to study how to make the formation more concealed, striving not to be discovered by cultivators with higher cultivation levels.
The idea is quite good, and Song Yin expressed her support.
"You and your husband... has it always been you who goes out to earn money to support the family?" After hesitating for a long time, Madam Qin finally asked the question that had troubled her for so long.
Shi Heming is tall, imposing, and has a dignified appearance; it's hard to imagine that he's a kept man.
Song Yin: "Huh?" Realizing what she had just said, she was both amused and exasperated. "Grandma Qin, you've misunderstood. We're not husband and wife."
Grandpa Cai spoke up: "If you're not husband and wife, why are you living together? Are you engaged?"
Song Yin: "No, we're from the same sect. We grew up together and are as close as family."
The elderly couple were quite embarrassed after making such a big blunder.
"Look at me, I talked nonsense without understanding the situation. Grandma apologizes to you."
"It's nothing." Song Yin smiled and didn't take the words to heart.
Little did she know that her explanation had flipped a switch. Older people always care about the marriage of young people; in their eyes, starting a family is the most important thing.
Madam Qin changed the subject, "Judging from your age, are you married?"
Song Yin is a nice girl; she's straightforward and unpretentious, much better than many children raised by aristocratic families.
"I don't have any plans in that regard at the moment," Song Yin replied truthfully.
Madam Qin found it unbelievable, "Didn't your parents or elders choose a spouse for you?"
Song Yin: "No, they respected my wishes."
In this life, she personally sent her parents into reincarnation, and her master and the others didn't urge her to find a cultivation partner. Cultivators prioritize cultivation, and the matter of a cultivation partner is always left to fate.
These words accurately guessed a certain point about Old Madam Qin.
Older people often like to ask younger people about their marriage plans, believing that starting a family is more important than anything else.
"Oh dear! Your elders are really something, not even worried about such an important matter for you!" Seeing that her good daughter's marriage was still unsettled, Old Madam Qin's mind immediately flashed through several suitable candidates of the same age. "How about Grandma introduces you to a few? Their families are all quite well-off."
Song Yin was struck dumb and refused, saying, "No, no need, haha. I'm already home, I'll go in first, goodbye Grandma Qin and Grandpa Cai."
This is the first time in her two lifetimes that someone has introduced her to a potential partner, but unfortunately, she has no plans to do so for the time being.
"Shi Heming, I'm back. I'm still studying your formation."
Shi Heming walked out of the study, holding an array plate in his hand. "The reason why arrays can be detected by cultivators is mainly because the abnormal spiritual energy and changes in the surrounding environment after the array is set up allow cultivators to detect them. The higher the grade of the array, the smaller the impact it has. This is also why arrays set up by powerful array cultivators are difficult to detect."
"This is a first-tier formation that I made. After being modified according to the requirements, the spiritual energy will mimic the environment, which greatly reduces the risk of being discovered. Unfortunately, this kind of modification is not suitable for all formations."
After he finished speaking, he set up the formation but did not activate it, allowing Song Yin to experience it herself.
Even though they knew that an array had been set up, the surrounding environment did not change much. Just as Shi Heming had said, the presence of the array was greatly reduced.
"Great changes, very impressive," Song Yin praised.
Shi Heming was in a great mood.
Song Yin: "When I came back just now, I ran into the elderly couple across the street. They thought we were a couple."
Upon hearing this, Shi Heming was in a much better mood!
Song Yin: "But after I explained that we weren't in that kind of relationship, she actually wanted to introduce me to a blind date, which scared me so much that I quickly slipped in."
Shi Heming: ...
Shi Heming's mood plummeted instantly, filled with frustration and displeasure.
"You agreed?"
Song Yin: "No, everyone says I was so scared that I sneaked in."
With her mortal body, she frightened a late-stage Golden Core cultivator into fleeing in panic; Old Madam Qin is truly a divine being.
Shi Heming: "What...do you think about the matter of a Daoist partner?"
The idea of improving the formation was immediately forgotten by Shi Heming. His decades-long, subtle approach of slowly boiling the frog in water hadn't worked; how could a mere mortal possibly try to undermine him?
He felt his inner demons would erupt immediately if he didn't ask clearly.
He wanted to keep laughing, but he couldn't. The thought of someone becoming Yinyin's blind date...!
No, I can't think like that. Yinyin didn't have any blind dates; she refused. I don't need to get angry or incompetently furious over someone who didn't even exist.
But the thought that there might actually be such a person in the future makes my heart feel blocked, suffocated, and I feel very irritable.
Song Yin: "I don't have any opinion. I neither reject nor deliberately pursue it. I'll just let things take their course."
"You think I—" Shi Heming stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence, his mind, which had been clouded with anger, instantly clearing up.
I can't say it out loud; I can't cause her any trouble.
At least knowing that she doesn't reject the idea of a Daoist partner, and isn't looking for anyone else, is already a huge gain, isn't it? Old Ancestor Lou was quite accurate that day.
Furthermore, what if I directly tell her and get rejected? I might even lose our best friend status. It's best to stay by her side and eliminate all uncertainties.
Just like today.
"How about improving the formation?" Shi Heming continued the conversation that had suddenly stopped.
Song Yin showered him with compliments without hesitation: "Very good, excellent! Keep up the good work and strive to become a grandmaster of formations, understand?"
Shi Heming resumed his usual demeanor, "I think your current idea is very good. Having multiple Daoist partners might be distracting and not beneficial to cultivation. Our current cultivation level is not high, so it's better to save the matter of Daoist partners for when we reach the Nascent Soul or Deity Transformation stages.
Song Yin did not respond.
Irrelevant answer...
Seeing that Song Yin did not reply, Shi Heming immediately changed the subject, "Do you want to eat today? I'll cook for you."
Song Yin: "No need, there are plenty in my storage ring, I can just take them out and eat them directly."
The two sat together eating, but both seemed somewhat distracted.
Shi Heming was still feeling down because of someone who had no connection to him.
Song Yin was pondering Shi Heming's punctuation.
What do you think of my improvements to the formation?
He spoke too quickly at the beginning and then tried to fill in the gaps later, making the punctuation too obvious. Clearly, what he wanted to talk about was not how to improve the formation.
Moreover, he said this after he had already expressed his views on the matter of a Daoist partner.
Song Yin tried to remove a few words from the middle of the sentence.
How do you think I can improve?
What do you think of me...?
What do you think of me?!
Song Yin's mind went blank for a moment, startled by her own succinct words, and she didn't touch her chopsticks for a long time.
Shi Heming noticed her expression: "What's wrong?"
Song Yin snapped out of her reverie, picked up some food, and said, "I was thinking about some things."
I'm wondering if I'm just imagining things.
The two finished their meal with heavy hearts, and went back to their respective rooms that night.
The same moonlight shines through two different windows.
Song Yin tossed and turned in bed, recalling every moment she had spent with Shi Heming.
They met when they were six or seven years old. Shi Heming grew from a little crybaby into a big crybaby who hid her crying tendencies, and she was also very obedient. She just loved to fight for the title of best friend. She didn't understand what was so great about fighting for the title of best friend, and every time Shi Heming brought it up, she would coax her away.
They were chosen together to enter the immortal sect, studied together in the academy, participated in the Foundation Establishment Competition to enter the inner sect, returned to the mortal realm together, entered the secret realm together, and experienced life-and-death battles together... They spent far too long together, far longer than the entire lives of some mortal couples.
And his inner demons...
Wait, his inner demons?
If I remember correctly, his inner demons are related to his parents. But is that really the case? He just survived his Golden Core tribulation and came to Danque Peak to find me, staring at me intently, not listening to a word I said… Is his inner demon really related to his parents?
At this moment, Song Yin had doubts.
Especially when he thought about the Wanfa Exchange Conference, and how Shi Heming's inner demons acted abnormally after he was possessed.
Could it be that I am his inner demon?
Song Yin suddenly sat up in bed. "Although it's hard to believe, things seem to connect in a clever way. Could he be interested in me?"
Thinking about this, Song Yin couldn't sleep at all.
Cultivation? Cultivation is too troublesome with such scarce spiritual energy. It's better to let the pure spiritual body absorb the scarce spiritual energy on its own.
Sleep? But she hadn't slept for two hours, and if she stayed awake any longer, it would be dawn.
Song Yin watched helplessly as the light outside the window gradually brightened.
The crowing of roosters could be heard in the distance, and birds chirped and chattered on the trees.
She got out of bed, changed her clothes, and after a quick wash, she flung open the door.
Half a year has passed, winter has departed, and spring has returned to the earth. The sunshine at this time is the most comfortable.
She walked straight to the lounge chair under the tree in the front yard, lay down on it, and planned to bask in the morning sun.
The fresh air and warm sunshine finally made me feel a little sleepy.
Song Yin closed her eyes and rested on the recliner.
Just then, a commotion came from behind.
Shi Heming also got up. He was about to go to the study when he saw Song Yin asleep on the recliner.
Could he have slept outside all night? Shi Heming walked over quietly.
She seemed to be sleeping soundly, with only her spiritual body still circulating and absorbing spiritual energy. The morning sunlight shone on her face, serene and beautiful.
A few short strands of hair clung to her fair cheeks, her curled eyelashes cast small shadows, and a red mole between her eyebrows added to her unique beauty.
Shi Heming couldn't bear to wake the soundly sleeping Song Yin, so he stood quietly to the side, carefully observing her. His gaze fell on her pale pink, full lips, and for a moment, he was lost in thought. He slowly leaned down.
She reached out and carefully moved a few strands of hair aside, then got up and walked towards the study.
After confirming that Shi Heming had entered the study, Song Yin slowly opened her eyes and exhaled.
Damn it, this guy seems to actually like me.
She didn't need to test the waters any further; she was already seven or eight tenths confident.
After lying down for a while, Song Yin got up and went out to walk towards Yan's Medical Clinic.
Song Yin works one day on and rests one day off; she already went to the clinic yesterday.
When Xiao Cha and the others suddenly saw Song Yin enter, their eyes widened.
She actually came to the clinic two days in a row!
Doctor Yan was also extremely surprised, "Why have you come today?"
Song Yin: "I've come to do my part for Yan's Medical Clinic. Look at my high level of awareness."
"Really? Why doesn't he believe it?" Doctor Yan glanced back at Song Yin every now and then, then looked at other parts of the clinic. "Hmm, very good, Song Yin isn't causing any trouble."
Ding Yechuan has been the most diligent person in the past six months because he owes Doctor Yan a debt and dares not slack off.
This was what most people thought, but Song Yin disagreed. Ding Yechuan's stubbornness clearly indicated he was a sword cultivator.
Song Yin picked up the prescription and helped prepare the medicine; the smell of the herbs calmed her down a bit.
"Ding Yechuan, I have something to ask you."
Doctor Yan pricked up his ears, eavesdropping as he took the pulse.
Ding Yechuan quickly grabbed the medicine: "Go ahead."
Song Yin: "What is your relationship with Old Man Du's granddaughter?"
Ding Yechuan slowed down his movements as he picked up the medicine, and said somewhat shyly, "We... like each other."
"No wonder you're willing to work for Doctor Yan to pay off your debts."
Ding Yechuan: "I should have come to see Doctor Yan sooner, so that Awan's condition wouldn't have dragged on for too long. Doctor Yan is also a very kind person. In that world, no one would offer medicine and then make the person seeking it work to pay off their debt." They didn't communicate telepathically, so they used "that world" to refer to the cultivation world.
He works hard every day because he can never repay the kindness of Doctor Yan.
Song Yin: "The A-Wan you mentioned should be awake by now, right? How did she get her injuries?"
Ding Yechuan: "It was all to save me that I did this..." Thinking back to this, Ding Yechuan deeply regretted why he had gone on that mission with Awan.
"True love, I'd risk my life for you," Song Yin sighed. "Now that she's awake, this question shouldn't be too offensive. But what if she hadn't woken up? What would you have done then?"
Ding Yechuan remained silent for a long time before saying, "I've thought about the worst-case scenario: her passing away. If that really happens, I'll stay with the Du family and wait until her loved ones pass away peacefully before finding a place to be with her."
Song Yin casually grabbed a few more doses of medicine, then clapped her hands and left.
Seeing this, Xiao Cha and the others had a strange thought.
This is the normal Song pronunciation.
Seeing that Gua Xiulei always set up his stall here, Song Yin asked curiously, "Why do you always set up your stall in front of Doctor Yan's clinic?"
The unkempt fortune teller touched his tangled hair. “Naturally, it’s because there are a lot of people here. Some seriously ill people who can’t think straight come to me for fortune telling.”
Song Yin: "Give me a fortune reading."
The fortune teller looked him up and down: "You don't seem like someone who's thinking things through."
Song Yin: "I don't care about those things, I'll calculate my marriage prospects."
"Oh~ you want to know about marriage? Okay! Let me do a divination for you." The diviner picked up the tortoise shell and shook it, and the fluctuation of spiritual energy became obvious.
The next second, Gua Xiu spat out a mouthful of blood.
"puff!"
He suddenly looked up at Song Yin, "Who exactly are you? Divining your fortune almost killed me, and I still can't get an answer?!"
If a fortune teller suffers a backlash, it's either because the person is a cultivator with a higher level of cultivation, or because the person is protected by a more powerful fortune teller, or because the person's fate is exceptionally fortunate, making it impossible for a fortune teller with shallow cultivation to predict their fate.
Gua Xiu was unaware that Song Yin had guessed all three possibilities.
"Old Master Yan... help me..." Gua Xiu said before collapsing to the ground.
"Oh, this..." Song Yin was embarrassed.
The patients queuing around all looked over.
Doctor Yan did not get up, but said to Song Yin, "You caused this, so you have to deal with it yourself."
Song Yin had no choice but to pretend to take the pill out of her sleeve, but in reality, she took it out of her spatial storage and placed it next to the fortune teller. "The fortune-telling fee I'm giving you will be more than you expect."
Seeing this, Gua Xiu quickly swallowed the pill while holding on to his last breath, and the internal injuries from the backlash were healing.
The fact that this woman could produce pills meant that the fortune teller was certain she was a cultivator, and one with a higher cultivation level than himself.
After the person had walked away, he said to Doctor Yan, "Old Yan, why didn't you remind me?"
Dr. Yan pretended to be deaf and dumb: "What are you saying? I don't understand."
Not long after Song Yin left, she returned to her residence.
She went straight into the study and sat down to watch Shi Heming make the array plate.
“Yesterday you told me about finding a Daoist partner after reaching the Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation stages, and I thought about it carefully all night.” Song Yin started with Zero Frame.
Shi Heming slammed the array plate in his hand onto the table with a loud clang.
Seeing his strong reaction, Song Yin knew what was going on. She smiled and said jokingly, "I think what you said makes sense. Let's do it your way."
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Author's Note: Shi Heming took many detours, and all the stumbling blocks along the way were of his own making. He always tried to restrain himself from causing trouble for Yinyin, but little did he know that if he had been just a little more direct, Yinyin would have noticed and made her own judgment. [doge]
In conclusion: He forced himself to endure hardship, and now look what happened! You yourself said you'd consider a Daoist partner only after reaching the Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation stages. [Dog head with rose in mouth]
To congratulate (and mock) Mr. Shi on his seemingly endless love life, I'm dropping 20 small red envelopes on everyone.
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