"Oh? What are you trying to say?"
Madam Hong temporarily stopped and put Ling Tian down.
"If you just want to test your abilities, why not find a weird experiment? An ordinary person like me would die easily if you messed with me, so you wouldn't get anything out of it, right?"
Ling Tian probed.
Lady Red smiled and said, "What you say makes sense, but there are no other test subjects at the moment. Don't worry... I will be gentle and won't let you die in pain."
"..."
Ling Tian was speechless. What was going on here? Were there no rules or restrictions?
"Is there any way for the system to escape its current predicament?"
Helpless, he could only turn to his internal system for help.
[Ding! The system is currently limited and cannot be used directly, so the assistance provided is limited. It can only temporarily activate a one-hour protective effect.]
During this hour, the host need not worry about their life; everything else is up to the host to handle.
[Ding! System task issued!]
[Mission: Conquer the Red Lady within one hour.]
[Reward: 10,000 System Points, 100,000 Ghost Coins.]
[Ding! Protective mode activated! Duration: one hour!]
Ye Yu has already used the maximum amount of help. After all, it's only the beginning and there are many restrictions. Being able to do this much means that the power of the rules he controls can slightly loosen the restrictions of this world's rules.
"Once I advance to the Rule level, no rule will be able to bind me."
The scene returns.
As the system notification sounded, Ling Tian felt himself enveloped by an invisible force.
This put his mind at ease.
Even though it's only for an hour, it's better than dying like this.
The rest is up to you to decide how to proceed.
"Alright, since Madam has said so, it would be ungrateful of me to refuse. So let's go."
Ling Tian said this, opening his arms wide as if to offer himself up for the taking.
"You're quite an interesting little thing. Don't worry, I'll be gentle."
Lady Red chuckled and continued to control the mirror image, holding Ling Tian's mirror image in place.
"Bang!"
With a forceful movement from Madam Red, Ling Tian's mirror image shattered.
"Humans are indeed so fragile..."
Lady Red sighed.
"Are you done...?"
Ling Tian's soft voice came from behind her.
"!"
Madam Hong was stunned. She turned around and looked at Ling Tian, who seemed completely unaffected, and was dumbfounded.
"How come you're alright?"
"I don't know either. Perhaps your ability has malfunctioned?"
Ling Tian shook his head.
"How could it fail? Even if it did fail, it shouldn't be unable to kill a single human!"
Lady Red's eyes widened.
"Madam, have you been trying to kill me all along? Isn't there any rule that prevents you from killing people at will?"
Ling Tian asked, his eyes flashing.
He needs to figure this out, otherwise similar situations will happen again.
"It's just killing one person. Even if the rules punish me, I won't suffer too much loss. I can afford this loss."
Lady Red composed herself and adopted a dignified demeanor.
"If it doesn't work the first time, I'll try a few more times."
The Lady in Red, refusing to believe in such superstitions, activated her ability again.
"Then good luck."
Ling Tian wasn't in a hurry; he would wait until this bizarre moment of existential doubt before putting on his show.
Time passed slowly, and the sound of the mirror shattering echoed continuously in the room.
After countless experiments, Lady Red finally couldn't hold back any longer.
"What on earth is going on?!"
She slumped weakly into the seat.
At this moment, Ling Tian stood up and walked in front of her.
"Madam, you are ill, and quite seriously ill."
"I'm not sick."
Lady Red denied it.
"No, you do."
"No!"
"have."
Ling Tian stopped her from continuing.
"I am a ghost doctor, and I can tell you are ill."
Lady Hong choked back tears, somewhat disbelieving: "Am I really sick?"
"Hmm, I swear. You're sick, otherwise your abilities wouldn't be so limited as to fail to kill an ordinary person like me."
Ling Tian lied.
"What should we do?"
Lady Red frowned.
"Don't worry, madam. I told you I'm a ghost doctor, and I can cure your illness."
Ling Tian gave a professional smile.
"Wait, aren't you an ordinary person? How come you're a ghost doctor?"
Lady Red realized the linguistic inconsistency.
"Who says an ordinary person can't be a ghost doctor? Does being a doctor require great strength? My strength lies in my ability to heal, not in my fighting ability."
Ling Tian said in a serious tone.
"this..."
Lady Red didn't know how to refute: "You say you can cure me?"
"certainly."
Ling Tian nodded, "After all, I don't know whether you're sick or not."
"Okay, as long as you can heal me, I will never hurt you again, and I even promise to help you once."
Lady Red promised the conditions.
"That's excellent."
Ling Tian was very satisfied.
So he took out a bunch of medicinal herbs and started fiddling with them.
Looking at these strange medicinal herbs, Madam Hong became even more convinced that Ling Tian was a ghost doctor.
Ordinary people cannot obtain these strange medicinal herbs.
Half an hour later, Ling Tian finally finished working on something.
"Madam, please sit down across from me."
"good."
Lady Red sat down obediently.
"Open your mouth."
"what?"
"Of course it's about treating illnesses. Patients must cooperate unconditionally, otherwise they can't blame me if the illness can't be cured."
Ling Tian said earnestly.
Lady Red nodded upon hearing this and opened her small mouth in agreement.
"Hmm~"
"Hold it in your mouth and wait for the medicine to dissolve."
Ling Tian pressed down on Madam Hong's flustered little hand.
"The graduation...is too big a task~"
Lady Red's words were vague.
"This is a good medicine. Just one dose will cure your illness, so please bear with it a little longer."
After a while, Madam Hong swallowed the dissolved medicine and instantly felt incredibly refreshed.
"how?"
Ling Tian asked with a smile.
"Hmm... I do feel much lighter..."
Lady Red was somewhat uncertain.
"That's right. You suffered a backlash from forcibly breaking through your realm before, which caused your soul and body to become incompatible."
I just helped you solve this problem, and now you won't have the same issue when you activate your ability again.
Ling Tian nodded. These words were half true and half false. It was true that he suffered a backlash from forcibly breaking through, and as a saintly physician, he could see that.
As for the problem with his abilities, that would be absurd; without the protection of the system, he would have died long ago.
Upon hearing this, Madam Hong looked at Ling Tian.
"Ahem... Madam, please don't forget the promise you made to me before."
Ling Tian said seriously, "An hour is almost up, and I'm really afraid that Madam Hong will change her mind."
"Don't worry, I'm not like humans who break their promises. I will naturally do what I promise, so don't worry about me hurting you."
Lady Red smiled.
"Here, take this. If you need my help in the future, just open the mirror and call me."
Madam Hong handed Ling Tian a delicate folding mirror.
"Yes, I will keep it safe."
Ling Tian took it and put it into the system space.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the mission!]
[Reward: 10,000 System Points, 100,000 Ghost Coins!]
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