Eternal madness

Chapter 14 The Divine Healer Cures Illness (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Li Yunsheng remained silent; he did not recognize this Master He.

He Yunxi then shouted to the people around him, "Are all of you here willing to give me this face?"

Master He Liu?
Who is it?

None of the people present recognized him.

Is this guy just bored? Why would he care about this?
For some reason, everyone present wanted to see how Sixth Master He would judge this matter.

As more and more people gathered, He Yunxi grew increasingly confident. Having figured out the whole story, he said to Li Yunsheng, "Doctor, it's definitely not right for him to come up here and say that you're a fraud."

But to be honest, I've seen quite a few people in the Zhuyouke (a type of traditional Chinese medicine) line of work, and most of them are just charlatans. I've really never seen many Zhuyouke practitioners who can truly cure diseases.

The young man is right. If you're a doctor, you have to know how to treat illnesses. If you don't know how to treat illnesses, you can't be lying to people.

However, what you said makes sense. Since there are no patients, you can't cure diseases, so you can't be called a fraud.

I've come at the right time today; there's a patient right next to me. Xiao Yang, come here.

A young man walked over, his right cheek swollen.

He Yunxi pulled the young man aside and first introduced the patient's condition to Li Yunsheng: "This is my friend Xiao Yang. He has a toothache and has been in pain for several days. He can't eat or sleep, and he's almost at his breaking point. Can you take a look and see if this disease can be cured?"

Li Yunsheng asked Xiao Yang to sit down and opened his mouth to look.

My gums are swollen, there's a lump the size of a quail egg, the outer skin is white, and it looks like there's pus inside, but I can't see anything wrong with my teeth.

Have you seen any other doctors?

Xiao Yang nodded and said, "I've seen itinerant doctors, I've been to clinics, and I've even been to foreign hospitals, but none of them can cure me!"

Li Yunsheng used a silver needle to prick the swelling, which bled but did not ooze pus.

Xiao Yang's cheeks trembled with pain: "Don't bother picking anymore, it's useless, there's nothing in here."

The foreign hospital even cut open the lump, but nothing came out; it still hurts.

Sixth Master He said from the side, "If you don't know how to treat him, you should just say so now. My friend has already suffered a lot, and I can't let you ruin it again."

Li Yunsheng stared at Xiao Yang for a while before asking, "Are you a night watchman?"

Xiao Yang was taken aback: "How did you know?"

“You have the scent of night dew on you. Normal people don’t have this much dew on them. You must have been working at night. Also, your legs are very strong. You must walk a lot.”

Xiao Yang nodded and said, "You're quite accurate. I am a night watchman!"

Li Yunsheng then asked, "Did you go to the east entrance of Orchid Street last month?"

"Of course I have to go! Orchid Street is my territory. I have to go there whenever I'm on duty!"

Li Yunsheng looked somewhat pleased; he had found the root of the problem: "There's a corpse in the ash pit at the east end of the street. Did you see it?"

Xiao Yang nodded repeatedly: "I saw it. The corpse was infested with maggots. I was on duty that night and when I saw the corpse, I was terrified. I was the one who called the police station."

Li Yunsheng nodded slightly and said, "That's right."

Sixth Master He waved his fan: "What's right? Why are you asking so many questions? Can you even cure illnesses? Just give me a straight answer!"

Li Yunsheng smiled and said, "Sixth Master, don't be in such a hurry. No matter what kind of doctor you are, you must ask about the patient's condition before treating them."

Sixth Master He closed his fan, took out his pipe and took a puff: "Have you found out the truth yet? If you have, get the illness treated quickly. Nobody has time to listen to your nonsense!"

Li Yunsheng then began to treat the illness. He took a talisman and moistened it with some water.

Zhang Laifu looked at the words and pictures on the talisman. Although he couldn't understand them, he felt that every stroke was very exquisite.

Li Yunsheng held the talisman in his right hand, rolled it into a roll on his left index finger, and had Xiao Yang bite it.

Xiao Yang was a little scared: "I dare not bite, it will hurt."

Li Yunsheng forced him to bite: "If you want to cure your illness, you have to bite. Bite wherever it hurts, and the more it hurts, the more you have to bite!"

Xiao Yang bit the paper roll, and Li Yunsheng then placed a talisman on a nearby willow tree with water, chanting incantations:
"Enmities from before one's life, grudges from after one's death, the justice of Heaven is clear and discerning!"
The grudges have nothing to do with him; he's just kind-hearted for helping you collect your body!
If you're a hero, if you're a good man, listen to my good advice!

If you have a grievance, go to the underworld to seek justice; the King of Hell will make a fair judgment!
Don't get entangled with well-intentioned advice; if they won't listen, see what they do.
The talisman will burn to ashes when it comes into contact with fire, causing your soul to vanish and your spirit to dissipate!
"Brother, hurry up and leave! Seeing that you're a pitiful person, I don't want to lay a hand on you. Don't bother this young man."

The talisman on the tree trembled three times but did not fall.

Everyone craned their necks to look, wondering whether the illness had been cured or not.

Li Yunsheng fumbled for the talisman paper on the tree and whispered, "Brother, you should know when to stop. I've been lenient with you enough!"

The talisman remained hanging on the tree, motionless. Li Yunsheng struck a match and said to the talisman, "If you remain stubborn, your soul will truly be scattered!"

The talisman seemed to sense something, trembled a few times, and fell from the tree to the ground. Li Yunsheng picked up the talisman from the ground and said with a smile, "I'll send you more ingots and incense later. It's fate that we met. I thank you in advance."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yang gagged.

After vomiting, Xiao Yang not only didn't feel uncomfortable, but actually felt much better.

The talisman in his mouth was gone, and the swelling on his gums had burst open, revealing a clump of fat maggots that Xiao Yang spat out onto the ground, where they continued to writhe.

Li Yunsheng asked Xiao Yang, "Does it still hurt?"

Xiao Yang licked his gums, touched his cheek, and looked at Li Yunsheng with a surprised expression.

He's not in pain anymore.

More and more people gathered to watch, all of them stunned.

Li Yunsheng asked, "Everyone, look carefully, is Li a swindler or not?"

Sixth Master He asked Xiao Yang to open his mouth and then carefully examined it.

I don't know if he really knows what he's doing, but after looking at it, his face was full of doubt: "Xiao Yang, your tooth really doesn't hurt anymore?"

Xiao Yang answered very readily: "It doesn't hurt anymore! I'm fine!"

"You're not a shill, are you?"

"What shill?" Xiao Yang shook his head repeatedly. "I've never seen this person before."

Li Yunsheng said, "Sixth Master He, this person was brought here by you. To say that he is a plant is not very kind of you."

Xiao Yang's toothache is gone, would he really lie to you?

He Yunxi thought for a moment and then shook her head: "His toothache is gone, probably because you gave him anesthetic."

When was I given anesthesia?

"You gave him a talisman to bite down on. That talisman might have contained anesthetic, and the worm he spat out might have been fake, hidden inside the talisman!"

He Yunxi seemed to be picking a fight as well, but Li Yunsheng wasn't angry at all. He could tell that this person was speaking up for him, and that he wanted to personally clarify some things for Li Yunsheng.

This is a good man.

Are there really such good people in Wanshengzhou?

Li Yunsheng couldn't figure out the man's purpose, but for now, he had to protect his reputation.

He picked up the maggots from the ground and handed them to Sixth Master He: "Look carefully, these are maggots from a corpse. If you think these maggots are fake, just feed them to the birds and see if they eat them. If the birds eat them, then these maggots are real!"

Sixth Master He actually fed the maggots to the birds. The birds stepped on the maggots, pecked at them a couple of times, and ate them.

He Yunxi was still a little worried: "Will my bird get sick after eating this insect?"

Li Yunsheng shook his fan: "These insects can harm people because they are tainted by the resentment of corpses."

Xiao Yang must have touched the corpse that night; its resentment clung to him with the insects, burrowing into his flesh and causing him suffering.

At this point, Xiao Yang blushed; Li Yunsheng was right.

Xiao Yang did indeed touch the corpse; he found some money on it.

Li Yunsheng didn't ask Xiao Yang any more questions. He then said to He Yunxi, "Now that the resentment has been eliminated, the insect has lost its magic power. An insect without magic power can't harm people or birds."

If you don't believe me, I set up my stall here every morning. If anything happens to the bird, come find me, and I'll compensate you ten times the price.

And about that young man, Yang, you mentioned the anesthetic earlier. Anesthesia always wears off eventually. If I really used anesthetic, Yang will definitely have a relapse after a while. Then you can bring him to me, and not only will I lose money, but I'll also tear down my own reputation!

These words carried weight. Sixth Master He closed his folding fan and exclaimed in admiration, "Impressive skill! Gentlemen, you've all seen it clearly. This healer has real expertise! He's not a fraud!"

Sixth Master He walked over to Old Zheng and sighed, "Good skill. This doctor of incantation therapy is truly skilled. You wronged him just now."

Old Zheng shook his head repeatedly, saying, "I was just watching the show. I didn't wrong anyone. This doctor of the Zhuyou technique is indeed extraordinary..."

As he spoke, Old Zheng froze.

He was so engrossed in watching the spectacle that he forgot why he had come.

Zhang Laifu has disappeared!

P.S.: That shouldn't be the case. Does Lao Zheng really love watching the drama? He's a cautious person.

Thank you, leader of the alliance, for your continued support.

(End of this chapter)