Ma Ling'er's expression changed again, and she bit her lip, remaining silent.

"I advise you to speak up. When I return, Ma the blacksmith will confess anyway. If you explain clearly now, I might spare his life, or even yours."

"Really? You'll let me and my father go?"

Fang Yue smiled. "Why not? The real enemy of Guyue Village has never been you, has it?"

"That's right! That's right! The enemies of Guyue Village are the bad Wu Yu clan members. It has nothing to do with us. Father had Mocun say he actually wanted to persuade the Wu Yu clan members to stop attacking Guyue Village!"

"So that's how it is. There are Wu Yu clan members in Mocun, and you want to help Guyue Village."

"Yes, Ye-ge, that's exactly right! That's what I meant! You understand me so well!"

"Then I've really wronged good people!"

"No, no, it's all a misunderstanding!"

"Mm, mm."

Fang Yue nodded. "So, what's your method of contact?"

"We recognize each other by the Wu Yu clan emblem, the mark on my arm."

"I see... Doesn't that mean anyone can pretend with a tattoo?"

"Ah? Wh-what do you mean?"

"It means, you're useless."

Fang Yue slowly stood up.

Ma Ling'er's face changed.

"W-wait! I also..."

"One last question…

"Well, I heard there's a merchant caravan coming to Mocun soon. I thought I'd try my luck."

Lin Duoduo immediately understood. "You want to buy a Houtian Second-Rate (second-level of the acquired realm) cultivation manual to break through?"

"Yes."

Lin Duoduo hesitated, finally sighing. "Unfortunately, you're from Guyue Village. Otherwise, I might consider teaching you my cultivation method. How about you leave Guyue Village and follow me?"

* * *

*This, your Luoye Village doesn't even have any backers. I don't want to follow you.*

*Guyue Village has Lord Han, which is much safer. Your strongest person is just you, a Houtian Second-Rate expert.*

*A Black-Rank Intermediate Memory-Wiping Ghoul (Gui) could destroy the village; it's too unsafe.*

* * *

Next, Fang Yue and Lin Duoduo talked about Lin Ling.

Speaking of Lin Ling, Lin Duoduo suddenly became much more talkative.

Fang Yue then remembered that Lin Duoduo had suddenly 'awakened' when someone mentioned Lin Ling.

*This guy… could she be a brother-complex…*

Fang Yue moved a little further away from Lin Duoduo, feeling awkward, then asked about other things.

"Wu Yu clan? I feel like I've heard that somewhere before…"

"Heard of it?!"

Fang Yue's eyes lit up and he quickly asked more.

"Mm… where did I hear it… I forgot."

"Forgot?"

"Forgot, it was a long time ago, probably when I was a kid. I must have glanced at it in some miscellaneous matter on the family tree."

Family tree?

*How long ago was that?*

Fang Yue was a little confused, and continued to ask, but Lin Duoduo said that she really couldn't remember.

Fang Yue wanted to personally look at Lin Duoduo's family tree, but Lin Duoduo just shrugged. "Unless you marry me, don't even think about seeing our Lin family's family tree in this lifetime."

"…"

*Forget it, then I won't look!*

Fang Yue thought resentfully, suddenly thinking of something. "Is Lin Ling qualified to see it?"

"…Maybe, but he probably wouldn't want to come to pay respects."

"He definitely would! Where is your Lin family's mansion?"

"The one in the east of the city."

Fang Yue quickly got up. "I'm going out for a bit."

Lin Duoduo looked at him strangely and hummed in acknowledgment.

After Fang Yue went out, he immediately put on his human-skin mask.

*Lin family mansion, Lin family mansion.*

After searching for a while, he saw the Lin family mansion with its doors closed, but luckily some of the soul lamps inside were still lit.

Fang Yue had just jumped onto the wall, preparing to sneak in, when suddenly another person jumped out next to him.

"Lin Duoduo?"

"It's me."

"Uh… cousin?"

"Stop pretending."

Lin Duoduo's expression was a little ugly. "Your voice, tone of speech, timbre, movements, and even expressions are nothing like his!"

*Of course. The human-skin mask only changes the appearance of the face, the rest is out of my control.*

"I just want to look into the Wu Yu clan, I don't have any bad intentions." Fang Yue sighed.

"I thought there was something wrong when I saw you leaving in such a hurry. You're really bold enough to prepare to climb over the wall into my house just to check some information. What were you originally planning to do next?"

"Ask a passerby for directions? Other than you, others should recognize this face, right?"

"…Indeed, they wouldn't notice so many differences. But without the key, you can only wait for me to come back to see it, so the result is still the same."

"Ah, this… it's just a family tree, why are you protecting it so strictly?"

"It concerns a past event in Guyue Village… no amount of security is too much. Fine, you go back. I'll help you find the Wu Yu clan records, okay?"

"Really?!"

Fang Yue's face lit up, but Lin Duoduo stared at him with an ugly expression.

"Don't make that expression with his face."

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"Uh… I, I'll take it off."

Lin Duoduo's expression improved a little after he removed the human-skin mask and jumped down.

Fang Yue hesitated for a moment, then returned to the clinic.

He waited until dawn.

However, it wasn't Lin Duoduo who arrived, but Physician Luo.

"Eh? Just you alone? Where's Squad Leader Lin?"

"She has some matters to attend to. By the way, how's Physician An?"

"With me taking action, I was naturally able to save his little life. From now on, let's see who dares to say my medical skills are inferior to his!"

"That's good, that's good."

Fang Yue had no interest in the medical skills dispute.

"Can I go in and see him?"

"Of course."

Fang Yue entered the room and saw Physician An lying weakly in bed, his breathing rising and falling.

*It seems his life was saved, but who knows how long it will take to recover.*

Seemingly hearing the movement, Physician An opened his eyes.

"Ye-Ye?"

"Don't move, just lie down."

"I, what happened to me? I heard Physician Luo say that I was possessed by a Ghoul (Gui)?"

"That's right."

Fang Yue simply recounted the events of last night.

"…It's all my fault. As a physician, I didn't even realize that I was possessed by a Ghoul (Gui)."

Fang Yue suspected that Physician An might have been aware of being possessed by a Ghoul (Gui), but the Ghoul (Gui) had erased his memory, which is why he had been kept in the dark.

If the person possessed doesn't say anything and the Ghoul (Gui) remains hidden, it's difficult to detect.

Fang Yue comforted him a few times, and then explained his plan.

"You want to… leave me in Luoye Village?"

Physician An was stunned. He quickly shook his head. "No, I want to go with the escort team!"

"But your body…"

"I know Physician Luo has a unique skill that can temporarily improve the condition of weak patients. I'll ask him to help me so I can barely travel. Mocun isn't far away, I don't want to stay here."

"This…"

Fang Yue hesitated, but agreed at Physician An's insistence.

Physician Luo's eyes lit up when he heard this news.

"Great, I love experimental subjects… I love patients like Physician An!"

In order to take care of Physician An, Fang Yue set the team's departure time for tomorrow morning, but at Physician An's insistence, it was changed to noon today.

After giving the orders, the escort team quickly took action, packing and preparing.

"Ye-ge, I found a secret!!"

While Fang Yue was eagerly waiting for Lin Duoduo to find the information and return, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu suddenly ran over excitedly.

"What secret?"

Fang Yue said weakly.

Although he brought Niu Niu and Wu Wu on this trip, one was just a bystander, taking care of his injured sister offline, and the other just ate and ate, unable to help in battle. The only good news was that she was suddenly able to take care of herself and he didn't have to pay for her meals.

"I discovered that Tail is amazing!"

"Ah? Amazing?"

Fang Yue looked at her dejectedly. "What's amazing?"

"It's amazing at fighting!"

"…More amazing than me?"

"Not that kind, it's, it's…"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu scratched her head anxiously. "It's, it's the kind of skill that's amazing!"

"Oh… then come over and attack me with all your strength."

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu was stunned. "Me, attack you?"

"Mm."

"…Oh."

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu thought for a while, screamed and charged towards Fang Yue, waving her hands randomly like a little girl fighting in the street, and even tried to grab Fang Yue's hair.

Fang Yue dodged to the side, pulling and leading, and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu fell to the ground.

"Am I skilled?"

Fang Yue looked expressionlessly at Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, who was on the ground, screaming in pain.

"S-skilled."

"That's good then. Fight more, don't be ignorant, thinking everything is amazing. I see your stats aren't low either, next time I'll find a Ghoul (Gui) for you to practice with."

"Ah? Ah ah ah ah! I don't want to!!!"

Fang Yue ignored her. He had fed her so much, did she think he was running a charity?

Just then, Fang Yue saw a person standing outside the door, waving at him.

Fang Yue's pupils shrank. It was… Lin Duoduo!

She finally came!

Overjoyed, Fang Yue left Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu and walked outside.

"Remember to eat more, eat more steamed buns to increase your stats. I have something to do, I'll come back later to supervise you."