Chapter 1242: Physician

Chapter 1242: The Physician

Clack-clack... Clack-clack...

As the train pulled in, a railway worker on the platform yawned lazily.

“This should be the last train today, right?”“Yes, we’re off after this one.”“That’s great… We’ve been getting off work earlier and earlier lately.”“Do you think that’s a good thing? The Tianshu Domain is under siege. If anything serious happens, our Nanhai won’t be spared!”“By the way, Nanhai shouldn’t be surrounded by disaster, right…?”“What nonsense! Can’t you hope for something good?”

As the workers chatted, the train came to a complete stop. Once all the passengers had disembarked, they picked up their cleaning tools and entered the carriages…

“…Hmm? Is it just my imagination?” One of the workers rubbed his eyes.“What?”“This carriage… why does it feel like it's a section taller than the others?”The worker poked the newly reshaped compartment with the head of his broom, producing a hollow thud. He circled it suspiciously, then his eyes widened, and he exclaimed, “Holy shit!” A large, dark, and deep hole, just big enough for one person to enter and exit.

Inside the moving car, Pu Xiacan turned to the indifferent figure in black. “Do you remember me? We met in the Wuji Domain. My name is Pu Xiacan.”

Han Meng replied calmly:“I remember.”

“You really do?” Pu Xiacan looked at him skeptically.

“At the time, I saw you and a few others protecting civilians during their evacuation.” Han Meng glanced back at her. “I've also caught up on the events of the past two years and reviewed some people's files… Miss Pu, as the chief translator of the Book God Path, a young genius of the Pu family, and one of the possessors of the Heaven-Reaching Star Position, your name is known to almost everyone in the upper echelons of the five great domains.”

Han Meng’s words made Pu Xiacan feel a bit embarrassed. She tried to suppress a smile but found she couldn't control it, so she awkwardly cleared her throat twice. “Officer Han Meng, you flatter me… Anyway, why have you suddenly come to Nanhai? Is something wrong?”

Han Meng silently looked out the window, offering no reply.

Seemingly sensing the awkward silence, the young man in the passenger seat turned around and extended a hand to Han Meng. “Brother Han, I am Pu Chunshu, Xia Chan’s second elder brother… Before you arrived, our patriarch specifically instructed me to host you well in the Nanhai Domain. If you have any needs, please let me know anytime, don’t hesitate.”

Han Meng shook hands with Pu Chunshu out of politeness, offering a faint "Mmm." Afterward, he continued gazing out the window, silent, lost in thought.

Seeing this, Pu Xiacan knew Han Meng didn't wish to reveal the reason for his visit to the Nanhai Domain. Although she had countless questions, she felt it was inappropriate to press him. She couldn't understand why Han Meng, as one of the world’s last few enforcers and a Seventh-tier Judgment Chief—a level of power rarely seen in any of the five great domains—had done something to displease the high-ranking officials of several domains, even leading to his expulsion from the Tianshu Domain. Pu Xiacan decided that once she returned home, she would press her elders to see if she could glean any information.

The vehicle drove through the streets of the Nanhai Domain.Behind a window across the street, a figure in a brown coat and black-rimmed glasses was carrying a frail figure up the steps and pushing open the door to a clinic.

“We're closed for the day. Come back tomorrow,” the physician, who was packing up to leave, said without looking up.

Bang—!!Chen Ling casually waved his hand, and a shadow darted from beneath him. The clinic door slammed shut and locked, startling the physician. He gently placed the unconscious Xiao Tao onto the examination bed. The next second, a glinting boning knife was pressed against the physician’s neck!“Y-y-you…” The physician looked at the cold face before him, too nervous to speak.“I hear you’re a renowned divine physician on this street.” Chen Ling gestured to Xiao Tao on the bed, saying calmly in a commanding tone, “Heal her.”

The physician swallowed hard. Feeling Chen Ling’s peak Fifth-tier aura, he dared not utter a single word of refusal and tremblingly approached the bed… The physician carefully removed Xiao Tao's hood, and when a pair of furry ears popped out, he was first stunned, then recoiled several steps in horror!!“Sh-she… she’s a Fuser?!”“What… can’t you treat Fusers?” Chen Ling’s gaze sharpened instantly.“N-no… no way! Fusers are deformed monsters, lunatics, enemies of humanity! You… are you from the Fuser Faction?! How did you sneak into the Nanhai Domain?! The Nanhai Domain should not have disgusting people like you…” Upon seeing Xiao Tao’s ears, the physician’s expression immediately spiraled out of control. As if seeing some forbidden entity, he frantically scrambled backward, attempting to escape.

But before he could finish speaking, a hand adorned with fluttering red paper whistled as it swung towards his face!Smack—!!The physician’s body was instantly sent flying several meters like a kite with a broken string. After overturning several cabinets, he lay on the floor like a dead dog…

The brown coat slowly stepped over the messy floor. Several red paper tentacles bound the physician’s body, lifting him into mid-air like a chicken. Chen Ling’s gaze upon him was like something from the underworld. “Heal her,” Chen Ling repeated. “Otherwise… you die.”

The threat of death quickly cleared the physician’s dazed mind, which had been confused by the slap. He dared not utter another word about Fusers, merely opened his bloodied mouth, full of broken teeth, and stammered: “Big brother… it’s not that I don’t want to save her… The toxins in her body are from a calamity of the Bitter Flesh Mire…” “I… I’m only a Third-tier Divine Physician… my skills are limited…” “Calamity toxins… I… I can’t treat that.”

A chill spread through the clinic.“Can’t treat her?” The red paper binding the physician tightened even more, almost choking him. “Who around here can treat her?!”“Th-those Grand Physicians above Fifth-tier…”“Where are they?!”“Most of them… have been sent to support the Tianshu Domain… and another part… has been protected by Lord Nanhai… They won't easily show themselves…”Hearing this, Chen Ling’s face immediately darkened. Chen Ling had originally thought that in the Nanhai Domain, with its ancient medical heritage, finding a Divine Physician who could treat Xiao Tao would be simple. But now it seemed the situation was far more complicated than he had imagined… These two- or three-tier physicians couldn’t cure Xiao Tao’s illness, and the high-tier physicians were being protected by Lord Nanhai, likely to prepare for future wars in other domains… In that case, who else could he turn to? Was he supposed to go directly to Lord Nanhai and demand their help?