The Otherworldly God

Chapter 8 Huichuntang Baizhi

Le Zheng Yuhua was sent to Huichun Hall in Le Zheng Compound for treatment. When he woke up, it was already noon the next day.

The wound had been treated, and Qingguo was still sleeping next to him. He looked around. It was a large room with two rows of beds on each side. There were pillows and quilts on each bed, but there were only him and Qingguo.

Le Zheng Yuhua stood up and walked out of the room. It was still empty, with only herbs placed everywhere.

He continued to walk out of the yard. There were still various herbs outside, and the air was filled with the smell of various herbs.

He picked up a few and looked at them carefully, smelling them.

"Goat's foot."

"Yes, it's the herb of ash. Do you also know about medicinal herbs?"

Le Zheng Yuhua looked over in the direction of the voice and saw a woman putting down the winnowing basket in her hand. The medicinal herbs on it were still relatively fresh.

She was wearing an apron and had her hair in a high bun, and her hands and feet were busy all the time.

Seeing that Le Zheng Yuhua was standing there without saying anything and just looking at her, she spoke first.

"I am Bai Zhi, the doctor. Bai Zhi is also the name of a herb. But my last name is not Le Zheng. I married into the family from outside."

"Le Zheng Yuhua."

"Yuhua? I heard from my husband that you are a very naughty child."

"Maybe."

His nonchalant answer once again attracted Bai Zhi's attention. She weighed him while sorting the herbs.

Bai Zhi only saw some sadness and maturity in him, but not any mischievousness, which was very inconsistent with his body.

She never interfered in Le Zheng's affairs. Although she lived in the compound, it was only because of her identity as a doctor, so she spent most of her time in Huichun Hall.

Although she didn't want to have any interaction with other people in Le Zheng, she was somewhat interested in him. Before she could speak, Le Zheng Yuhua asked:

"Are you the only one here?"

Bai Zhi smiled and replied, "How can I be the only one in such a big Huichun Hall? Everyone else is out collecting herbs or eating and resting. By the way, you are still hungry, right? I'll go get you some food."

Bai Zhi then put down the work in her hands and planned to get him food, but was rejected by Le Zheng Yuhua outright.

"No thanks."

"Have a glass of water then."

Bai Zhi walked to the wooden table nearby and poured a glass of water to him. Although he took the glass, he had no intention of drinking it. Seeing that he was on guard, Bai Zhi did not say anything, but went back to pour another glass for herself and drank it, and then talked about other things as if nothing had happened.

"It rained a lot in the past few days, almost causing a flood. Many herbs have gone moldy. The sun has just come out in the past two days and it is very scorching. If you are not careful, you may get heat stroke."

As she spoke, Bai Zhi wiped the sweat off her face and kept looking away.

Le Zheng Yuhua could see that these were all her ways of eliminating her guard.

Le Zheng Yuhua didn't think that he was wary of her, he was just more absent-minded. However, when he thought that she did this just to let him drink a glass of water, he drank it in one gulp.

"I have been missing for a day and a night. I am sure all the masters are very worried. I would like to thank Doctor Bai Zhi and then take my leave."

"You're leaving now? Then come back in three days to change the medicine. Don't touch water for the next few days."

"Thank you, Yuhua will definitely keep it in mind."

He first went back to the room to wake Qingguo up. Seeing Qingguo's frightened look, Le Zheng Yuhua was also stunned.

"I'm going back now, you can come with me."

When he saw the Heavenly Sword, he hesitated for a moment, tore off several strips of his clothes and tied them together, then wrapped the Heavenly Sword tightly around his back.

Qingguo thought about what happened last night and was afraid that he had implicated him again. He was a little hesitant and hid back in the Heavenly Sword. Le Zheng Yuhua didn't say anything when he saw this.

In the yard, he saw Bai Zhi again and just nodded to her without saying a word.

"It's rare to see a young man in Lezheng who can be so respectful to our doctor. Looking at his appearance, he doesn't look like the naughty person that Azhi said. Moreover, he has many new and old wounds on his body, and they don't look like they were caused by training. I'm afraid he was bullied."

Bai Zhi didn't care about what was happening outside Huichun Hall. Apart from her husband Yue Zhengzhi, she wasn't interested in other people from Yue Zheng after she left for treatment. So every time her husband opened his mouth, she would act as if she didn't want to listen, and over time, he seldom mentioned it again.

Bullying has long been commonplace in the Taoist family, and Le Zheng is no exception. Bai Zhi is not qualified to care about such things and has long learned to be numb.

Le Zheng Yuhua left Huichun Hall carrying the Heavenly Sword.

Although Lezheng Courtyard is a large courtyard, it is also half the size of Jimen Pass, so many places are still some distance apart.

Starting from the main gate, there are three gates in the compound, and each gate has a different meaning.

The first gate is the main gate, which is the facade of Le Zheng. It is usually always open and people can enter and exit freely. The main building inside the gate is Huichun Hall.

Huichuntang was under the jurisdiction of Lezheng, but it not only provided medical treatment to Lezheng, but also to the common people of Jimen Pass, so it had several small pharmacies.

For the public, there are Xuanhu Hall and Jishidi Hall, one located in the northwest corner and the other in the northeast corner, both of which can be entered through the east and west side doors, and both have special doctors and nurses to provide consultations; for the private, there are Xinglin Hall and Chunman Hall close to the main courtyard. The place where Yuhua was just now is the Xinglin Hall which is specially provided for use by Lezheng’s internal personnel.

The space separated by the second and third gates is the largest. It is where Le Zheng mainly lives and carries out activities. Under normal circumstances, ordinary people are prohibited from entering. The second largest space is from the first gate to the second gate.

The third gate is a restricted area that even Le Zheng’s people cannot enter casually. The gate is tightly closed and there are special people guarding it with various formations for protection. Ordinary people from Le Zheng’s family cannot even peek in.

Le Zheng Yuhua was standing at the entrance of the second door. There were two guards there. When they saw him coming, they all reached out to stop him.

"Lezheng Main Courtyard, no unauthorized persons are allowed to enter. Please go back."

"I, Le Zheng Yuhua, am back alive."

The two of them looked at each other. They didn't remember anything at first, but when they saw the sword on his back, they whispered to each other.

"Stand back and wait."

One of them stretched out his hand towards Le Zheng Yuhua, and he stepped back consciously. The other hid behind the door, seemingly whispering to someone.

Then he came out and whispered something in the other man's ear, who nodded and withdrew his hand.

"Okay, you can go in."

The two people stood back in their original positions. Le Zheng Yuhua looked behind him, then looked at the long corridor inside the door in front of him, raised his feet, and walked in step by step.

After walking through the door, Le Zheng Yuhua had an indescribable feeling. He looked back again, as if his adult self was waving goodbye, and the Le Zheng Yuhua in this world was waving at him. He took firm steps and walked forward step by step.