Lin Ziqiu gradually calmed down and stopped trembling as before.
“Sister, look, it’s that box…” Lin Ziqiu pointed to the box on the table and said.
It wasn't Lin Zihan who encountered a ghost after all, and he wasn't as frightened as his younger brother. He simply recounted how he and his younger brother went to the academy to deliver food to their elder brother Lin Zhongyuan, and then went exploring in the bamboo forest, where he tripped and fell, and that's how they came across the wooden box.
When they returned, they clearly buried the wooden box back, but now, the wooden box has appeared on Lin Ziqiu's desk!
It's really quite eerie!
As he spoke, Lin Ziqiu still seemed a little nervous, tugging at Lin Wanyue's sleeve and saying, "Little sister, why is he only following me and not Third Brother? Has he already set his sights on me? What should I do?"
"Fourth Brother, don't be afraid. Let me ask him for you first." Lin Wanyue's gaze fell on the box.
The wooden box wasn't large, but a white-haired old man sat cross-legged on it.
The old man had a long beard that reached his chest, and it was also snow-white.
It's obvious that this old man is quite old.
The old man saw Lin Wanyue, smiled, and took out an Alpenliebe lollipop from his sleeve and put it in his mouth.
This thing was obviously taken from Lin Ziqiu's desk.
Lin Wanyue thought the old man's smile was quite kind, and he didn't seem like a bad guy.
"Grandpa, why are you in my house?" Lin Wanyue asked gently.
Lin Weiming and his wife, along with the three Lin brothers, stared at the box for a long time, following Lin Wanyue's gaze, but they couldn't see anything. They only saw Lin Wanyue talking to herself, as if there really was a person standing opposite her.
Or rather, there was a ghost standing there.
The old man had white hair and beard, and long white eyebrows that hung down. When he saw Lin Wanyue actually speaking to him, the old man raised one eyebrow in surprise.
"Oh my, you little brat, you can actually see me?"
"Hmm." Lin Wanyue nodded. "Grandpa, you don't seem like a bad ghost. Why did you come to my house to scare my brother?"
The old man glanced at Lin Ziqiu, who was still holding Lin Wanyue and looked somewhat timid, and laughed, saying, "Well, there's nothing I can do about that."
"???" Lin Wanyue didn't understand.
She stared at the old man and the wooden box carefully again, but couldn't find any trace of magic.
In other words, the old man did indeed come to Lin Ziqiu's place voluntarily.
She even said she didn't mean to scare her brother!
Could this ghost be a wicked old man?
"Hmm..." The old man sighed deeply, "This is a long story."
"Then let's get straight to the point!" Lin Wanyue's clear voice interrupted the old man's thoughts as he was about to drift into reminiscence.
Old man: "..."
Hmph, this little brat is fierce!
The old man said, “You little brat, you’re quite direct. Back in the day, not many people dared to talk to me like that… It’s a pity I was too arrogant back then. I thought those so-called medical geniuses were nothing special, and I never managed to take on a satisfactory disciple.”
"No one claimed my body until I died. Before I died, I left a wish: if I could meet someone again, no matter what their talent is, I would take them as my disciple."
Oh~
Lin Wanyue understood. In short, it was because the old man was too picky and had too high standards when he was alive, and he was never able to find a disciple who met his expectations.
Ultimately, it became an obsession, and even after death, he didn't reincarnate.
Now, this unlucky kid, Lin Ziqiu, has run into it.
"..." Lin Wanyue fell silent.
"Wanwan, what exactly did he say?" Xuefu asked worriedly when she saw the change in Lin Wanyue's expression.
Could she really be trying to extort money from her son?
Lin Wanyue looked up at the old man again and said, "But he's still a child."
The old man almost burst out laughing.
This little kid is so small, yet he's able to stand up and shield so many adults and older brothers.
However, the old man himself was also very curious: how could this little girl see him?
He has been dead for so many years, his bones have turned to dust, yet no one has ever seen him.
What a pity, what a pity.
He had already taken a liking to Lin Ziqiu, otherwise this little girl would have been quite clever.
"Hehe~" the old man chuckled, teasing her, "If you're unwilling to let your brother become my last disciple, how about you learn medicine from me instead? That way, you can inherit my mantle in the future, what do you say?"
"Then let my fourth brother learn it!" Lin Wanyue ruthlessly betrayed her fourth brother.
She turned to Lin Weiming and Xuefu and said, "Father, Mother, this ghost doesn't mean any harm. He wants Fourth Brother to learn medicine from him and inherit his mantle... Actually, Fourth Brother just picked up a master."
There's nothing seriously wrong.
"Studying medicine? And a master just falls into your lap?" Lin Weiming was puzzled. "But... learning medicine is a precious skill, how could it just be offered to you for free? Is this some kind of scam?"
Unlike the other children, he wasn't afraid. He went straight over and opened the wooden box on the desk.
They found a medical book inside. When they opened it, the contents were quite different from those they had seen before; it even had illustrations.
Although the book is a bit old, it is well preserved, and the contents are annotated in small red print.
Lin Weiming casually flipped to the last page, only to find that the last page was signed by Hu Jiuyuan, the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley.
Lin Weiming slapped his forehead and looked at the cover of the medical book again, "The Secret Essentials of Lingxiao Medical Classic".
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