Xu Yuehuai and Xia Sen continued to head towards a safe place, but as they walked further and further away, she seemed to discover that someone was following them.
"Come out. I know you've been following us for a long time."
After he finished speaking, the other party heard the voice but did not come out at all.
Xu Yuehuai quickly turned to the back and said, "Perhaps you've been following us ever since we left that small county town."
"Is everything that happened on our journey related to you?"
After a long while, the other person finally emerged from the side of the tree.
"Hahaha! I didn't expect you to find out about me after all, Miss Xu!"
Xu Yuehuai saw that the person was actually the old doctor who had saved her before.
"Doctor, how could it be you? Have you been following us ever since we came out?"
Although Xu Yuehuai had suspected something was wrong with the old doctor from the beginning, she never expected that it would actually be him.
The old doctor smiled faintly and said, "That's right. I've been following you all this way. I originally intended to keep going and protect you secretly, but I didn't expect you to discover me."
"What? You said you wanted to protect us secretly? Then why did such a dangerous thing happen to us?"
They almost got trapped in the bandits' den and couldn't get out, and the old doctor didn't help them at all. They escaped on their own.
Xu Yuehuai stared intently at the old doctor, observing his expression.
Xia Sen also felt that this old doctor was definitely a fraud and would never secretly protect them; rather, he was probably planning to harm them in secret.
"Don't try to fool us. You were planning to attack us in secret, but we found out, so you're just making up an excuse to protect us."
"Don't think we'll believe you just because you're saying this now. What exactly do you want to do? Tell us the truth right now!"
Xia Sen spoke to the old doctor, who shook his head in disappointment.
Then they saw the old doctor actually grab a layer of skin under his chin with his hand.
When Xu Yuehuai saw this scene, she wondered if the old doctor was going to peel off the skin from his face. Was there another face underneath?
But as the old doctor actually tore off his disguise, revealing a very fair and youthful face.
Xu Yuehuai recognized that face; it was the Ghost Doctor!
Xu Yuehuai exclaimed in shock, "I never expected it to be you, Ghost Doctor! Could it be that the old doctor who saved me before was you? Why didn't you show up when you've been following us all this time?"
"Have you seen the Prince? How are the Prince and the others doing?"
The Ghost Doctor said, "I didn't see Your Highness at all. The first person I saw was you. I didn't originally encounter you. It was all by chance that I saved you. During this time, I have been by your side, trying to protect you in secret."
"After all, my identity is quite special, so I didn't appear by your side to avoid causing any unnecessary trouble."
"I never expected you to find out, Miss Xu, you really surprised me."
Xu Yuehuai said to the Ghost Doctor, "Thank you for saving me some time ago, and for protecting us in secret all this time."
"Now you'll come with us to find the prince."
"I think the prince must have taken this route. Maybe we'll run into him up ahead."
The Ghost Doctor nodded and said, "Alright, then I will follow you on this path, hoping to meet the Prince and the others as soon as possible."
Then they walked together in the same direction, heading towards the Kingdom of Wuling.
They supported each other throughout the journey, and it went very smoothly.
Xia Sen, however, was particularly interested in the Ghost Doctor's medical skills. When he saw the Ghost Doctor's medical skills, he was immediately captivated and hoped to learn from him.
"Master Ghost Doctor, your medical skills were exceptionally good when you saved my sister. Could I learn medicine from you?"
The Ghost Doctor had wanted to teach Xu Yuehuai before, but she was unwilling to learn from him. Now that Xu Yuehuai's younger brother actually wanted to learn medicine from him, the Ghost Doctor, seeing Xia Sen's sincerity, agreed to teach him medicine.
"Alright! I'm willing to teach you medicine! But if you don't study hard, I won't teach you anymore."
"Yes, Ghost Doctor, don't worry! I will definitely follow you and learn medical skills properly, and I will never let you down."
As Xia Sen spoke, he knelt down before the Ghost Doctor and kowtowed several times in front of him.
“Alright, in that case, you can start calling me Master now,” the Ghost Doctor said.
Xia Sen said, "Master!"
Next, the two of them studied medicine together. The Ghost Doctor taught Xia Sen a lot, and when he discovered that Xia Sen had a special talent for his lower body, he was even more willing to teach him.
They ate and lived together every day during this period, just like a family.
Suddenly, as they approached Wuling Kingdom, they saw many people suffering from the plague who were blocked from leaving the road.
"What's wrong with you all? Why aren't you on your way?" Xia Sen asked them, wanting to know the answer.
Then they replied, "We have contracted the plague; you should stay away from us."
"Otherwise, you might get infected by us!"
Xu Yuehuai didn't expect them to be so kind, telling them to stay away from those people so they wouldn't get the plague.
"Don't worry, my plague is cured. It was this old doctor next to me who cured me."
Now the Ghost Doctor has reverted to the old doctor's attire.
After hearing what they said, the Ghost Doctor initially didn't want to pay attention to these people, but they looked really pitiful, so he waved his hand at them and said...
"Yes, I am a doctor, and I can treat the plague you have."
Those people were overjoyed to hear this and immediately gathered around the Ghost Doctor with great excitement.
"Really? Doctor, can you really cure us from the plague?"
"My child is dying, doctor, please take a look at him quickly."
"Am I really not going to die? Can the plague really be cured?"
"Doctor, you are such a kind person, please save us!"
The Ghost Doctor nodded upon hearing this.
"Okay, I will definitely save you. You can line up here first, and I'll check on your condition later."
Unfortunately, they don't have any medicinal herbs here. If they want to save these people, they either need to find herbs nearby or buy them elsewhere.
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