The other party seemed surprised that they would send a young girl to answer.
“Young lady, my master means no harm. It’s just that my young lady is seriously ill. We know that there is a doctor in your caravan, so we would be grateful if you could lend a hand.”
Ning Yao remained expressionless, but her mind was filled with many thoughts.
It seems they were targeted as soon as they entered the city last night.
"Yaoyao, do you need any help?" Ning Wenyi asked.
Ning Yao replied, "It depends."
Seeing that Ning Yao did not react, the other party continued, "Miss, in these chaotic times, all sides are in turmoil, and natural disasters are merciless. My master promises that if you can lend a helping hand, he will repay you with a generous gift!"
"I can help, but the way you're acting doesn't seem like you're asking for a favor."
"If the young lady is willing, we will certainly treat you all as honored guests!"
Ning Yao looked around and chuckled, "It seems we have no choice but to go."
"Please, young lady!"
“I’ll go with you. Let the carriage leave the city first,” Ning Yao said.
"Let them through!" The other party hesitated for a moment, but then readily agreed.
"Yaoyao, Daddy will go with you!" Ning Wenyi's furrowed brows could trap a mosquito.
Shen Wei also said, "I'll go too!"
"Third sister, your second brother is with you!"
Shen Ci'an wasn't about to be outdone: "I want to go too!"
"Alright! Nobody's allowed to go. I'll go alone! There are still so many people in this huge Songyang City. Who knows if there's any danger ahead? If everyone comes with me, what will happen to Mother and Second Sister-in-law? We can't rely on Zhilan and Ninglang."
Ning Yao is now the leader of the team, and her word is law.
The other party made way for the convoy, and Ning Yao watched them leave the city safely before turning to look at the middle-aged man in front of her.
"Since you're here to seek medical treatment, let's go quickly."
"My name is Zhao Kun, please, young lady." Zhao Kun led the way, and the others followed.
After many twists and turns, we ended up on another road.
The surrounding houses all have multiple courtyards and exits, so it must be an affluent area in Songyang County.
Zhao Kun led Ning Yao into one of the houses and headed straight for the backyard.
Before even entering the backyard, I heard a heart-wrenching cough.
Ning Yao's heart stirred slightly. This person was indeed seriously ill. If it weren't for her, he probably wouldn't have survived until tomorrow night.
"Sir, the person has been brought over!"
There were four people in the room: an older man, about the same age as Shen Wei; a young man holding a little girl, even younger than Lin Qinglan; and finally, a woman lying in bed coughing, who looked about the same age as Ning Yao.
Upon seeing Ning Yao, everyone was surprised, not expecting her to be such a young woman.
The young man looked Ning Yao up and down and said to Zhao Kun, "Uncle Zhao, are you sure you're not mistaken? She's a doctor?"
Zhao Kun didn't know how to explain it, since Ning Yao looked about the same age as his young lady, making it unlikely that she was a doctor.
The elder frowned and scolded the young man: "How many times have I told you, you can't judge a book by its cover. Weren't there many talented and extraordinary people who came to Songyang City from various places before?"
Ning Yao remained calm and unmoved by the young man's questioning.
The older person's words were somewhat unexpected.
"Please don't mind, young lady. My son is short-sighted. Please lend a helping hand and save my daughter."
Ning Yao didn't waste any words: "Let me take a look first."
"Please, young lady."
Ning Yao stepped forward and found that the woman was unconscious, but her breathing was weak, and she was breathing mostly through her mouth. Her shortness of breath caused her to cough incessantly. Although her face was rosy, it was an unnatural red.
He reached out and placed his long, slender fingers on the woman's wrist, calming his mind.
Ning Yao frowned; this pulse was quite strange.
Her pulse was strong and vigorous, full of life, but her internal organs were like a thin spider web, weak and fragile. A slight external force would cause them to crumble and take her life.
Ning Yao frowned, making everyone in the room feel uneasy.
"Father, I told you she wasn't good enough..."
Zhao Ze's face instantly darkened: "Shut up! Don't disturb the young lady! She's saving your sister, what are you doing causing trouble?"
Zhao Heng felt humiliated, glared at Ning Yao fiercely, turned around and left, not even bothering with the child.
Little Zhao Mengting timidly watched his retreating figure, not daring to utter a sound.
Zhao Kun sighed, "Miss, come here, I'll take you to play."
Zhao Mengting shook her head and said softly, "I'll stay with my aunt."
Seeing her like this, Zhao Kun did not press the matter further.
Ning Yao was unaware of this little incident; at that moment, she was using her internal energy to examine Zhao Xin's body.
Her internal energy is different from others because of the Thousand Illusions Secret Realm. Her internal energy is more transparent and its strength changes with the mood of the person who controls it.
For example, when it is used to examine Zhao Xin's body now, it feels very gentle.
Given Zhao Xin's frail body, only Ning Yao's internal energy could be used.
As her inner energy probed in, Ning Yao felt a sense of familiarity.
Unseen by Ning Yao, a layer of golden powder peeled off from the area where her inner force had probed, and all of it merged into the Thousand Illusions Secret Realm.
The strange activity coming from the secret realm surprised Ning Yao greatly.
The golden powder covering the meridians kept falling off and being absorbed by the secret realm.
When Ning Yao withdrew her inner force, she not only found that Zhao Xin's health had improved, but the strange movements in the secret realm had also stopped.
Ning Yao did not withdraw her hand, but continued to take the pulse with her eyes closed, while her consciousness had already entered the secret realm.
A familiar scene appeared again: the sky above the secret realm was bathed in a golden light, much like the time when I upgraded in the manor before.
"How come it's similar to the spiritual energy of those animals?"
"Could it be that this woman also came into contact with that thing?"
Thinking of this, Ning Yao was a little excited. The secret realm could be upgraded entirely by spiritual energy. If she could find it again, then the next upgrade would not be far away.
Thinking of this, Ning Yao pulled herself out of her thoughts, opened her eyes, and got up.
Zhao Ze quickly asked, "Miss, how is my daughter? Please tell me what medicine she needs!"
Ning Yao deliberately hesitated for a moment: "Has your daughter come into contact with anything strange before, or did she have any unusual symptoms before she got sick? I need to know the details so that I can prescribe the right medicine."
Zhao Ze recalled: "Her illness was actually quite strange; it only took about a month for her to suddenly fall ill."
According to Zhao Ze's recollection, since Songyang City became deserted, he had kept his family from going out. Usually, Zhao Kun would handle things, but Zhao Xin secretly ran away a month ago.
"To my shame, it is my fault for not raising my daughter properly. She fell in love with a student at the academy at first sight and secretly pledged her life to him. Naturally, I would not agree to it. In addition, a famine struck, and people were displaced. I thought that the student had either run away or died. Who knew that Xin'er would contact him a month ago?"
A month ago? Isn't that around the same time that Lin Qingyu and his sister entered the city?
“Xin’er fell ill after returning, and her condition worsened day by day. There were no doctors left in Songyang City. I asked Zhao Kun to keep an eye out for refugees and hope to find a doctor. Fortunately, by the grace of heaven, we met the young lady.”
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