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Chapter 455 Free Clinic
That waist tag was indeed an unexpected bonus.

After a brief discussion, the group set off to continue their journey towards the capital.

The closer one gets to the capital, the more clearly one can feel the tension among the surrounding people.

Upon arriving near the capital, not only were there no young women to be seen, but even the old women who were occasionally seen before were nowhere to be found. Even more absurdly, there were no young men or children to be seen either, as if they had all been hidden away.

"They're... afraid that Brahma will find that using women to prolong life is no longer effective, or that they can't catch enough women, so they're adjusting the 'prescription' and starting to capture children?" Zhu Yu could roughly guess the source of their worries and fears from the surrounding situation, and couldn't help but sigh.

"I'm afraid that's the case." Lu Qing nodded, his brows furrowed for a long time. "They're near the capital. If anything happens, they'll be the first to be affected by any potential dangers."

It's said that when the city gates catch fire, the fish in the moat suffer; judging from the current situation, the fire in the capital of Brahma must be quite large.

"What are your plans?" Yan Daoxin asked Lu Qing.

Lu Qing glanced at the backpack on his back: "You asked Fuwen Fulu to buy so many medicinal herbs for you before, you couldn't have just been sitting around doing nothing, could you?"
Since you're planning to provide free medical services, find a suitable place to stay. Don't worry about anything else; besides, once the free clinic starts, you won't have time for anything else anyway.

"Master, aren't we going to the Brahma Palace?" Fu Lu, who was behind Lu Qing, was stunned when he heard his words. He had always thought that Yan Daoxin had carried that notice all the way so that he would go straight to the Brahma Palace after arriving in the capital.

"Look at you, you're still too naive. You've been by your master's side for so many years, and you haven't improved at all. You haven't learned a single thing from his wicked schemes!" Yan Daoxin teased Fu Lu. "Can't you guess what's going on in this guy's mind?"
If we just take the notice directly, it will seem like we're rushing in, which makes people look down on us. If we act all high and mighty, it will annoy people, and we might not even be able to see Brahma smoothly.

Secondly, Brahma is, after all, the king of this vassal state, and not just anyone of dubious origin can meet him.

We might be able to pass through the checkpoints smoothly with the notice and make our way to the capital, but it's absolutely impossible to sneak into the Prince's mansion so easily.

We'll inevitably be subjected to thorough questioning, and unfortunately, we're not the type to withstand such scrutiny, so of course we need to find a way to raise our own value.

If we first establish a strong reputation, making Brahma unable to resist and actively recruiting us, then naturally he won't bother with detailed questioning anymore, preventing the endless interrogation.

Fu Lu suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly.

After traveling for another day, the five of them finally arrived in the capital. They thought they would be questioned as soon as they entered the city, but to their surprise, they were let in without much attention.

“I said before that the defenses in your Shuo Di were too lax, but now I take back what I said.” Yan Daoxin whispered to Zhu Yu, “The Brahma Kingdom is no better, but their reputation is what it is, so no one would easily want to go to the Brahma Kingdom unless there is something going on, so this problem has not been exposed.”

“It’s not surprising.” Zhu Yu sighed. “My father was so engrossed in forging weapons that he neglected everything else. Meanwhile, Fan Wangna here is genuinely ill.”

"If they're capable of going around searching for women, terrifying the people into a state of constant fear, it's no wonder they have no mind to guard the city gates. The problem here is probably far more serious than in the Shuo Kingdom."

The five of them wandered around the capital city, and it was exactly as they had expected. Although there were shops everywhere and restaurants with their wine flags hanging high, there were hardly any people on the streets or inside the shops.

The entire capital city felt eerily quiet, devoid of any bustling activity.

Yan Daoxin didn't rush to choose an inn. Instead, he wandered around for a long time, exploring almost every area of ​​the capital that should have been bustling, before finally settling down in a quiet, deserted inn on a relatively secluded street.

Zhu Yu was initially puzzled. If they wanted to make a splash, why did they choose such a secluded and inconspicuous inn instead of staying at one of the many better-located inns?

You should know that when she first met Yan Daoxin, he wasn't staying at the most dilapidated inn in the entire county, so it was clear that this wasn't his usual style of practicing medicine.

"You don't understand, do you? 'A hermit's retreat is a secluded place.' It means finding a remote inn, making it mysterious, and letting them spread the word among themselves. Only then can we achieve the effect we want," Yan Daoxin told her.

"The question is, isn't there a saying after 'The lesser hermit lives in the wilderness, the greater hermit lives in the city'?" Zhu Yu countered.

“Yes, that’s true, but how many people can actually reach that level? I had such high hopes, like a hermit living in the city, but they all just treat me like an ordinary doctor, coming to me with minor ailments like headaches and fevers. Wouldn’t that drive me crazy?” Yan Daoxin waved his hand. “So, with these people, you have to be more direct in your acting. Otherwise, you’re just throwing your charm at a blind man, a complete waste of your feelings.”

Zhu Yu felt that Yan Daoxin's words made a lot of sense. Many people in this world only see the surface of everything around them.

If we really try to "hide in plain sight," the results might not be very good.

From this perspective, the reclusive hermit of Qiyun Mountain was truly remarkable.

Under his tutelage, Yan Daoxin and Lu Qing, a pair of fellow disciples, were both quite different. One of them appeared aloof and detached, enjoying traveling around and collecting rare flowers and herbs, seemingly untouched by worldly affairs, yet he possessed a profound understanding of human nature and the ways of the world.

The other one appears worldly and cynical, with an air of carefree indulgence and a life of pleasure, but is actually meticulous and thoughtful, harboring grand ambitions.

I really don't know what this reclusive master looks like, or how he was able to teach these disciples with such different personalities to be so outstanding.

The five people settled in. Yan Daoxin was very low-key at first and didn't make any gestures. It wasn't until he went downstairs to have a simple meal in the evening that he suddenly called out to the young waiter who was about to leave after putting down the food.

"Young man, have you been having trouble sleeping lately, experiencing heart palpitations, and feeling anxious and short of breath?" he asked the young man.

The waiter paused for a moment, a look of surprise on his face: "This... how did you figure that out, sir?"