"How dare you interrupt! I'm performing an exorcism, aren't you afraid the gods will take your life for your recklessness?"
The old woman wielding the willow branch shouted ferociously, her expression gruesome as if she was about to devour Liu Zixuan.
Liu Zixuan turned his head and cursed, "What kind of world do you live in? Don't you know the Profound Ministry doesn't allow spirits anymore?"
The old woman with the willow branch was none other than Granny Zhang, whom Doudou had mentioned. She was highly revered in the village, even the village chief had no means to deal with her.
The person tied up nearby was the village chief, who initially came to intervene but ended up being restrained by Granny Zhang's people.
Seeing Liu Zixuan, a bright look flashed in her eyes!
Granny Zhang held a high status in the village, and being insulted by some reckless youth made her livid. She raised the willow branch to strike Liu Zixuan.
"This willow branch comes from the divine tree, today I'll beat your soul out of existence!"
Liu Zixuan frowned slightly, blurting out, "Are you sure you didn't read too many supernatural novels to say that?"
"How dare you doubt me, prepare for a beating!"
The willow branch swung towards Liu Zixuan, but it didn't land on him. Instead, he grabbed it and snatched it away.
With a slight pinch of his fingers, he crumpled the willow branch into a ball and threw it at Granny Zhang's face, "Take that, fake Immortal nonsense, trying to scare me!"
Seeing Liu Zixuan had some skills, Granny Zhang stepped back two steps, shouting at the two women restraining the village, "Grab your weapons, finish off this reckless boy!"
The two women hesitated, "Granny, he's a man... it'd be a waste to kill him!"
The two women released the village chief and prepared to take action, but the released beautiful village chief quickly shouted, "Stop!"
"Liu Ruyan, what are you doing!" Granny Zhang shouted at the beautiful village chief.
The beautiful village chief frowned and stood beside Liu Zixuan, protectively, saying to Granny Zhang, "It's one thing if you mess around usually, but now it's a matter of life and death, how far will you go? If you continue being unreasonable, I'll call the police and have them deal with you!"
"Aren't you afraid of divine retribution?"
"If there were really gods, they'd help, not harm!" Surprisingly, the beautiful village chief was firm, pointing at Granny Zhang and scolding, "Granny Zhang, I respect you as an elder, not wanting to make things difficult. Don't go too far. Leave now, and I won't pursue this matter. If you carry on, I'll call the police and also charge you for illegally detaining a village official! That's a serious crime leading to imprisonment!"
Upon hearing the village chief's stern words, Granny Zhang seemed scared. Despite her belief in gods and ghosts, she knew what kind of society it was now. If truly taken away, she couldn't withstand the torment.
Thinking it over, she said, "Ruyan, you know I'm not intentionally opposing you, I was inviting the divine to heal the last man of our village."
It turns out the beautiful village chief was called Liu Ruyan. It really is a pretty name.
Standing before him, Liu Ruyan didn't know he had already started plotting, frowning at Granny Zhang, "That's feudal superstition, this man is sick, we can hire a doctor from outside!"
"Hire a doctor? Have you hired few? In the end, aren't they all dead?" Granny Zhang questioned.
Liu Ruyan was speechless, suddenly not knowing what to say. Recently, the village men's situation had her exhausted, the doctors she found were either lusting for beauty or quacks with no real skill.
As Liu Ruyan was at a loss, the little girl sneakily ran out from a corner, tugging on Liu Ruyan's hand, "Ruyan sister, the big brother behind you is a doctor, with great medical skills!"
"He's a doctor?"
Liu Ruyan was taken aback, her beautiful face lit up with joy, she turned and asked, "Are you a doctor? Can you cure this man's illness?"
Liu Zixuan nodded slightly, "I can give it a try."
"That's fantastic, hurry up and save him. He looks like he's about to collapse." Liu Ruyan said excitedly.
Unknown to her, Liu Zixuan was eyeing her ample chest, almost drooling!
"Doudou, where did you run off to!"
At that moment, a worried woman walked over from the courtyard, pulling the little girl as she asked.
Doudou pouted, looking aggrieved, "Mom, I wanted to chase a butterfly, but in the small woods, two bad guys almost bullied me, it was big brother who saved me."
The woman anxiously wiped the tears from her eyes, then gratefully looked at Liu Zixuan, "Thank you so much."
"No problem." Liu Zixuan secretly clicked his tongue, coming to Lingxiu Village was indeed right, an already mom, a woman still so beautiful and perfectly maintained.
Besides Granny Zhang, everyone in the courtyard was a beauty.
Looking at Liu Zixuan's intense gaze, the woman felt a bit embarrassed, hurriedly saying, "Please help save this man, finish, come to my house for a meal, to thank you for saving Doudou."
Liu Zixuan withdrew his gaze, looked at the man beside him, then placed two fingers on his pulse and fell silent.
"How is it?" Liu Ruyan asked anxiously.
"Get a wooden barrel, with one-third hot water." Liu Zixuan instructed.
Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan was about to prepare, but Granny Zhang stopped her.
She said, "Ruyan, have you forgotten those scam doctors before?"
"Uh..." Liu Ruyan froze, unsure whether to trust Liu Zixuan.
Granny Zhang walked past Liu Ruyan toward Liu Zixuan, eyeing him up and down, disdainfully asked, "Where are you from?"
"Outside..." Liu Zixuan crossed his arms, expecting Granny Zhang to trouble him.
"Profound doctor? National doctor?"
"National doctor!"
"Do you have a medical skill certification?"
"No!"
"Then a medical training certificate?"
"No!"
"You must at least have a vocational school graduation certificate?"
"No either." Liu Zixuan continued shaking his head.
Granny Zhang hearing this, having neither this nor that, showed a derisive smile, "Turns out you're a barefoot doctor, claiming you can save him, aren't you boasting?"