Deng Zhongtai lay stiffly on the ground, his pupils dilated.
Blood stained the wooden floor.
Everyone around froze, staring blankly at the thoroughly dead Deng Zhongtai, their minds a complete blank.
Dead?
A dignified elder of the Medicine Sect, a great physician of his generation...
He was dead just like that?
What a joke!
"E-Elder?"
The disciples couldn't believe their eyes, staring fixedly at Deng Zhongtai, their bodies trembling.
However, beyond grief, they felt more fear!
Deng Zhongtai was a high-ranking member of the Medicine Sect. If anything happened to him, the Medicine Sect would absolutely not let it go and would thoroughly investigate this matter!
When the Medicine Sect pursued this, it was likely that all disciples of the Medicine Sect in the Medicine Immortal Abode would have to be buried with Deng Zhongtai!
Everything was over.
"Physician Ye?"
Li Fang was also stunned. He hadn't expected Ye Ling to be so ruthless, taking Deng Zhongtai's life without hesitation!
Saving lives and taking them, all within a flick of his fingers.
Although Deng Zhongtai was a wicked person who committed all sorts of crimes, his death was not a pity. However, given Deng Zhongtai's status, his death was enough to cause a major upheaval!
Even he, Li Fang, could not withstand the retaliation of the Medicine Sect!
But since it had already happened, Li Fang naturally wouldn't stand by and watch Ye Ling fall into a quagmire. He quickly said to Ye Ling, "Physician, you should leave here quickly and go to Kunlun Mountain."
"With the protection of my Kunlun Sect, the Medicine Sect won't dare to attack!"
Li Fang alone couldn't protect Ye Ling, who had killed Deng Zhongtai, but the Kunlun Sect could.
Although the Kunlun Sect's influence did not extend to the East China region, it was still a top sect in the entire Huaguo. Even if the Sun family of the Medicine Sect was powerful, they wouldn't dare to be arrogant in the territory of the Kunlun Sect.
Seeing Li Fang's anxious expression, Ye Ling shook his head and smiled, saying, "As I said, what I need to do now has nothing to do with you."
Li Fang said anxiously, "But Physician..."
"Do you really think that a mere Medicine Sect can do anything to me?"
Ye Ling smiled slightly, took a step forward, and said softly, "Kneel."
Boom!
A powerful aura suddenly erupted from his body. The Medicine Sect disciples who were about to avenge Deng Zhongtai were all forced to their knees by Ye Ling's aura, unable to move!
"This... this aura?"
Li Fang felt the aura emanating from Ye Ling and his face turned pale, his heart shaken to the extreme!
So, Ye Ling had been holding back all along!
If Ye Ling had wanted to, he could have stopped holding back earlier, killed Deng Zhongtai, and then dealt with him as well!
Everything Ye Ling had done just now was to avoid harming him.
Realizing this, Li Fang felt a pang of bitterness and immense frustration.
He had cultivated diligently for decades, but his cultivation was far inferior to Ye Ling's. This made Li Fang feel as if all the years he had lived were wasted.
However, after the frustration, Li Fang felt sincere respect for Ye Ling.
As a strong individual, he could consider someone like him, a "weakling," and even provide help almost for free...
Compared to Ye Ling saving his granddaughter, saving Liu Xiu from Deng Zhongtai was insignificant.
Ye Ling could have easily done that himself!
"I am ashamed of my inferiority in the realm of a physician."
After understanding everything, Li Fang solemnly bowed to Ye Ling and no longer tried to persuade him.
Ye Ling calmly swept his gaze over the panicked Medicine Sect disciples kneeling on the ground in the corridor, and finally decided to spare their lives.
The mastermind of this incident was Deng Zhongtai, and the sinner had been brought to justice. There was no need to hunt down the other lackeys.
Moreover, this was not the East Xuan Continent. In this modern society, killing too many people in a medical clinic in a busy area would cause too much trouble afterward.
Ye Ling did not want to involve those around him in this matter.
After suppressing all the Medicine Sect disciples, Ye Ling publicly incinerated Deng Zhongtai's corpse and the bloodstains on the ground into ashes. He said coldly to the Medicine Sect disciples, "Remember, go back and tell your sect leader exactly what Deng Zhongtai did today and what I did."
"If your sect leader lets this matter rest, I won't pursue it further."
"Of course, if you still want to come back for revenge, I don't mind. But by then, you'll have to be prepared for the annihilation of your sect."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, the Medicine Sect disciples trembled all over, their faces pale.
They believed that Ye Ling was capable of annihilating their sect!
"Do you understand?"
"Understood!!!"
With Ye Ling's angry roar, the disciples who were still in a daze trembled again and immediately nodded like chicks pecking at rice.
Seeing that these Medicine Sect disciples were terrified, Ye Ling withdrew his aura and said indifferently, "You can all leave."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, the Medicine Sect disciples felt as if a great burden had been lifted. They scrambled to their feet, no longer daring to speak of avenging Deng Zhongtai, and fled outwards like madmen.
Li Fang watched the Medicine Sect disciples flee in disarray, deeply shaken by Ye Ling's dominance.
He looked at Ye Ling, opened his mouth, and was speechless for a long time.
"Grandpa, Physician, Aunt Liu has been brought over."
At this moment, Li Lingshan walked over with a beautiful woman and said to Li Fang and Ye Ling.
"Xiao Ling!"
Liu Xiu saw Ye Ling and exclaimed with joy.
Ye Ling withdrew his previously decisive and murderous aura, quickly went to support Liu Xiu, and said softly, "Auntie, I've come to take you home. Weiwei must be waiting eagerly."
Liu Xiu grabbed Ye Ling's hand and complained, "You child, Weiwei has been mentioning you all the time!"
"You helped our family so much before, and you left without even saying goodbye, leaving behind a large sum of money. Were you trying to scare Auntie to death?"
Liu Xiu used to help out at the food stall and naturally knew Ye Ling and Ye Shan.
She had always regarded Ye Ling as her own son.
When she learned that Ye Ling was still alive, she was happier than anyone else!
Ye Ling scratched his head and smiled, "I had a lot of things to do after I returned, so I couldn't manage everything and didn't have time to see you, Auntie."
Liu Xiu said with concern, "No matter how busy you are, don't overwork yourself."
"I haven't let Weiwei touch the money you left behind. I'll return it to you when we get back."
"That money was just a small token of my appreciation. Auntie, please keep it and don't return it to me!" Ye Ling quickly refused, "Otherwise, I won't feel right!"
"You child... you haven't changed at all after all these years!" Liu Xiu shook her head repeatedly.
Li Fang and Ma Ruisheng looked at Ye Ling, who had been like a god of death just moments ago, but now appeared as a cheerful neighborhood youth. His eyes and smile possessed an inexplicable healing power, and they couldn't help but smack their lips, feeling as if they were dreaming.
This, compared to the god of death just now...
Was it the same person?
They couldn't believe it, thinking it was their own illusion.
"By the way, Xiao Ling, who are these people? Lingshan said they were from the Medicine Sect. Why did they arrest me?"
Ye Ling said softly, "We'll talk about it slowly when we get back. Weiwei must be waiting eagerly."
"Right, right! Let's go back first and let Weiwei know we're safe. That girl has been worried sick about me all these years, she's suffered so much..."
Hearing Liu Xiu's words, Ye Ling thought of Uncle Shen again and couldn't help but comfort her, "Auntie, don't say that. You were the one who worked the hardest."
Liu Xiu came back to her senses for a moment, then cast those thoughts aside and smiled, "Yes, let's not talk about that. Let's talk about something happy."
"Happy things?" Ye Ling was taken aback.
Liu Xiu grabbed Ye Ling's hand and asked seriously, "Xiao Ling, do you have a girlfriend? My Weiwei is single. Would you consider her?"
"I'll be the matchmaker, and we can get the license anytime!"
Ye Ling: "???"