Overwhelmed by the crowd's enthusiasm, the priest responded with a smile to the people's gratitude.
This commotion naturally woke Tang Nian up.
How deadly that would be for a beast with a bad temper in the morning.
She kept her head under the covers for a while before sitting up and rubbing her messy long hair.
After tidying everything up and stepping out of the room, she was surprised to find that the frostbite on the feet of the people who had suffered frostbite yesterday was completely healed.
Even the most miraculous elixirs couldn't work this fast!
Tang Nian looked at the priest with suspicion.
She watched the priest refine the ointment step by step yesterday, and she even saw the finished product.
Could there be something she forgot?
"Everyone, get up quickly, the snowstorm should be over soon."
After the priest settled the people, he saw Tang Nian.
This time, however, it was Tang Nian who took the initiative to come forward.
"The snowstorm in the city hasn't stopped yet, and I imagine many more people will come seeking medical help today. I'll help them grind the medicine."
The priest nodded. As long as Tang Nian stopped touching the well water, she didn't seem to make any other comments. Her temperament was as soft as cotton, and she would occasionally flatter her.
Completely forgetting that his reason for inviting her into the temple was to stop this strange snow.
"Come with me."
Led by the priest, Tang Nian entered the pharmacy once again.
The familiar scent of herbs lingered, but there wasn't a trace of spiritual energy emanating from the room.
"Today, you just need to crush the petals of this anemone for me..."
The priest assigned Tang Nian a task and then began making frostbite medicine inside the house.
...
The day passed quickly, and Tang Nian, who had worked at the pharmacy all day, could say that she had gained nothing.
The priest behaved perfectly normally, and every step was carried out under his own nose.
Could it be that she secretly added something to the pharmacy when I wasn't looking?
Tang Nian had some doubts, so she used an invisibility spell.
Her figure gradually disappeared into the room, turning into nothingness.
Soon, Tang Nian sneaked into the pharmacy and began searching.
However, after searching, Tang Nian could only find very common medicinal herbs in this pharmacy, either for treating external injuries or for treating cold.
"That shouldn't be the case. How could a combination of these common medicinal herbs heal frostbite overnight?"
Tang Nian got nothing and had no choice but to go back inside.
But this couldn't go on forever. After thinking about it, she sent a telepathic message to Minghuan, asking him to do something for her.
He was getting impatient staying in the prefectural governor's mansion.
In the following days, because the temple was providing relief to the disaster victims, and it was rumored that the priest was a highly skilled healer, anyone suffering from frostbite could be cured the next day after applying the ointment given by the priest.
More and more people gathered at the temple.
With more things to do, the priest could no longer keep an eye on Tang Nian's whereabouts at all times.
But the maids were all observing from the shadows.
Tang Nian quietly went to the backyard and gently moved her fingers.
Immediately afterwards, a small snake slithered out from a corner of the backyard.
This little thing is much more effective than keeping an eye on the priest.
To Tang Nian's surprise, the priest showed no signs of distress, seemingly focused entirely on helping the people.
The more normal something seemed, the more abnormal it appeared to Tang Nian.
What struck her as even more unusual was that Widow Wang's testimony could not be corroborated at all within the temple.
She asked many people, both maids and commoners, but none of them knew that such a few people had ever been to the mountain.
She became even more convinced that she could not leave the temple so soon.
On this day, Tang Nian was dining at the same table as the priest.
Whether the priest had become familiar with Tang Nian or wanted to keep an eye on her, he insisted on eating with Tang Nian every time.
Come and chase me!
The children, just beginning to recover from frostbite, were chasing and playing in the temple outside the door.
Suddenly, the child running in front slipped and fell straight forward.
"careful!"
Tang Nian spoke up, but to no avail. The child still bumped into the bucket of water, spilling water and soaking the ground.
"Waaah!"
The child felt the pain and immediately started crying.
The priest behind him slowly rose and walked over step by step.
"Don't cry!"
Unexpectedly, the usually gentle priest turned grim and immediately stopped the child's crying.
It was clearly a child who fell down, so why didn't the priest care at all?
Could it be that she was faking it all along?
Or perhaps it's the overturned bucket...
"Priest, my child didn't mean it, please forgive me!"
A middle-aged farmer came running towards them. He rushed over and knelt down directly in front of the priest.
Tears streamed down his face as he repeatedly kowtowed, begging the priest for forgiveness.
Even though his child was at fault, there's no need for such an exaggerated apology, is there?
The surrounding people, upon hearing the commotion, also hurriedly apologized to the priest, as if they were terrified of his anger.
This is in stark contrast to his previous devotion to the priest.
Perhaps it was the burning gaze of Tang Nian beside him that brought the priest back to his senses and made him realize his lapse in composure.
"How are you? Are you alright?"
As the priest calmed down, the people relaxed as well, seemingly forgetting the priest's unusual behavior.
This made Tang Nian even more curious, and she gently tapped the chopsticks in her hand.
The priest apologized for his earlier lapse in behavior and ordered the maid to clean up the water stains.
She then began to examine the child's injuries, once again displaying a compassionate demeanor.
Tang Nian felt that the priest's behavior was quite abnormal, but since he had recovered, she didn't press him further.
I just kept it in my heart.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to her, she quietly picked up the water bowl that belonged to the priest, the water that the priest usually drank when he ate.
She took a light sniff and instantly sensed that something was wrong.
She didn't care whether it was clean or not, and took a small sip.
A refreshing sensation filled her mouth, and Tang Nian's pupils widened instantly.
"This water has a spiritual energy!"
Why does the water priests drink contain spiritual energy?
Where does her water come from?
Why did she get so angry when the child knocked over the bucket?
Several questions swirled in Tang Nian's mind. The priest's anxious expression when she approached the well a few days ago, and the priest's emphasis on the water source, floated into her mind.
It seems she still needs to thoroughly inspect the well.
She carefully put the bowl back in its place, and seeing that everyone was still focused on the child and the priest, Tang Nian went straight to the well.
This time, she was determined to see what was so strange about that well!
"what are you up to!"
When the priest saw Tang Nian arrive at the well, he hurriedly followed her.
"Don't come any closer!"
The priest shoved Tang Nian aside and spread his arms wide like a mother hen protecting her chicks to shield the well behind him.
"What, I can't even get a bucket of water?"
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