jdhmnovel Chapter 147 The Divine Physician and the Regent's Wife (9)
Chapter 147 The Divine Physician and the Regent's Wife (9)
The sun had already set, and the western sky was tinged with a rosy glow.
The dense trees in the forest blocked out the setting sun, and night fell earlier over the entire forest.
Xuan Yi walked through the forest, following the tracks left by wild animals, and soon found a black wild boar lying under a rock.
Xuan Yi was overjoyed. He concealed his aura and tiptoed toward the wild boar.
When he was seven meters away from the wild boar, the boar, which had been squinting, suddenly opened its eyes. Upon seeing this, Xuan Yi raised his sword, channeled his inner strength into the sword, and thrust it into the boar's throat.
Fresh blood splattered out instantly.
The wild boar let out a shrill roar, its violent struggle causing the sword to leave its throat, but the blood flowed even faster.
As the wild boar struggled and blood splattered everywhere, Xuan Yi had already used his lightness skill to dodge some distance away.
Xuan Yi wiped the blood splattered on his face and sat on the ground to wait for the wild boar to bleed to death.
Just as Xuan Yi was preparing to go check on the wild boar, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, and his movements became slow.
Lin Jingyi teleported to Xuan Yi's side, pulled out a silver needle, and quickly pressed it on Xuan Yi's acupoints, rendering Xuan Yi unable to move.
"What is the meaning of Miss Xie's actions?" Xuan Yi had not expected Lin Jingyi to make a move against him; he was still unaware of it.
He tried to break free but couldn't move, so he could only suppress his panic and ask questions.
Lin Jingyi ignored him and casually pressed his speech-silencing acupoint, rendering Xuan Yi speechless for a moment.
Lin Jingyi used the Soul Searching Technique to retrieve Xuan Yi's memories. After receiving the memories, Xuan Yi had become completely confused.
Lin Jingyi's current cultivation level is too low to perform soul searching without injury.
He casually picked up Xuan Yi's sword and swung it towards Xuan Yi's vital point. Xuan Yi fell straight to the ground with his eyes still open.
Yun Rong, who had just arrived, witnessed Lin Jingyi killing Xuan Yi with a single sword strike.
Yun Rong had some vague suspicions in his heart.
"Who are you?" She wasn't Yuan Yuan; Yuan Yuan would never kill anyone.
"Xie Yuan." Lin Jingyi didn't expect Yun Rong to doubt that she was really Xie Yuan.
“You are not her.” Yun Rong shook his head. Although the face in front of him was so familiar, he could feel that she was different from Yuan Yuan.
Seeing his determination, Lin Jingyi sighed heavily.
"I wonder if you know, senior brother, that some people suddenly change their personality after experiencing a major upheaval."
Yun Rong frowned: "Those people are all possessed by evil spirits, they've been... possessed by demons."
Will Yuan Yuan...?
Thinking of this, Yun Rong asked urgently, but dared not voice his guess.
"Have you not……"
"No, I am not possessed by any demons or monsters."
Despite Lin Jingyi's explanation, Yun Rong's suspicions had already been sown, making it difficult for her to trust Lin Jingyi anymore.
But they dared not make any rash moves, after all, this was Yuan Yuan's body.
"What did you do to Yuan Yuan?"
"I'll say it again, I am Xie Yuan." Lin Jingyi said, revealing some secrets between Xie Yuan and Yun Rong from their childhood.
“I have always been inside Xie Yuan’s body. I can feel everything she feels, but she is too cowardly. After being deceived, she can only hide away, and that’s when I appeared.”
“I am not some kind of demon; I was simply born from Xie Yuan’s obsession. She longed for the outside world but was trapped in the Valley of Divine Healers; she yearned for sweet love but was deceived by her lover. Finally, she became disillusioned with this world and gave her body to me, asking me to take care of her parents and help people in need.”
Lin Jingyi originally wanted to say that she had a split personality, but in this world, there was no such term, so she could only say this to make Yun Rong believe her.
"Can the Yuan Yuan from before come back?" Yun Rong asked, letting her guard down and looking down.
His heart was lifted and gripped tightly by an invisible hand the moment he realized it wasn't Yuan Yuan, making it impossible for him to feel at ease.
Lin Jingyi shook his head: "Now I am Xie Yuan, and I want to fulfill the wishes of my past self."
A tear slid down Yunrong's cheek.
"I'm sorry." He regretted it. If he had refused when his master asked him if he was willing to marry Yuan Yuan, then Yuan Yuan would not have left the Divine Doctor Valley and things would not have turned out this way.
"Senior brother, I have never blamed you, you don't need to apologize." The only ones who should apologize to Xie Yuan are Huangfu Yaoyu and his group.
Lin Jingyi walked over to Yun Rong and gently comforted her.
Yun Rong was overwhelmed with self-reproach, covering his face with his hands and squatting on the ground.
Lin Jingyi patted his head and said in Xie Yuan's tone, "Senior brother, Yuan Yuan is hungry."
Yun Rong suddenly looked up and met Lin Jingyi's clear and bright eyes, as if Xie Yuan had returned.
She stood up and hugged Lin Jingyi tightly.
He had already regretted it.
Feeling the soft touch in his arms, Yun Rong thought, since this is Yuan Yuan's body, no matter what she wants to do, he will help her!
"Yuan Yuan, do whatever you want to do. Your senior brother supports you."
After only a short hug, Yun Rong released Lin Jingyi with a determined look on his face.
"Yes, thank you, senior brother. I hope you will keep this a secret. Telling us will only cause our parents more trouble."
"it is good."
"Let's go, there's still Xuan San to deal with."
Lin Jingyi walked to Xuan Yi's corpse, took his valuables, picked up the wild boar, and left.
Yun Rong followed behind Lin Jingyi, hesitated for a moment, and secretly decided to protect Yuan Yuan before following her.
Seeing him catch up, Lin Jingyi naturally tossed the wild boar to Yun Rong to hold.
When Xuan San returned after gathering the firewood, he found that everyone was gone, but the carriage was still there.
He sat and waited for a while, but no one came. The sun had already set completely, and the moonlight could not penetrate the forest.
Xuan San lit the fire, then flew back the way he came; he was going to find Xuan Liu and the others.
As darkness fell, Xuan San had not found anyone and could only return to sit by the fire.
As soon as he sat down, he saw two figures walking towards him from the shadows.
Xuan San was startled and quietly moved his hand back, only breathing a sigh of relief when he touched the dagger behind him.
"Xuan San".
"Thank you, Miss Xie." Hearing the voice, Xuan San felt somewhat relieved, but the stench of blood in the air made him hesitant to put his hands in front of him.
"Where is my older brother?" Xuan San asked warily.
Xuan San and the others usually call each other by their names, but when they came with Miss Xie, they said they were brothers.
“Just now, Xuan Yi was fighting with a wild boar, and the boar’s blood splattered on him. He went to the foot of the mountain to find water.”
As Lin Jingyi explained, he held his breath. Yun Rong raised his hand and flicked a powder towards Xuan Yi.
“Alright, Miss Xie, please have a seat…” Xuan San said, then suddenly pulled out a dagger from behind him and stabbed at Lin Jingyi.
Seeing his movement, Lin Jingyi quickly dodged and kicked Xuan San's hand holding the dagger.
"Xuan San, what are you doing?" Lin Jingyi asked, puzzled, while fighting with Xuan San.
Xuan San did not answer Lin Jingyi, and his attacks were all aimed at Lin Jingyi's vital points.
He held on tightly, and the dagger did not fall to the ground.
Before Xuan San could launch his next attack, he collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.
"Senior brother, I am about to alter Xuan San's memories. Please protect me from now on."
As he spoke, Lin Jingyi placed his hand on Xuan San's head and used his mental and spiritual power to modify his memories.
Lin Jingyi spent half an hour.
When she opened her eyes again, Xie Qing and Yun Rong were sitting by the fire watching her, Xie Qing's expression was complicated.
Lin Jingyi guessed that Yun Rong had told him that she was not Xie Yuan, but Xie Qing did not ask any questions.
"Has the memory been corrected?" Xie Qing asked first.
"Mm." Lin Jingyi nodded.
The two tactfully refrained from asking about Lin Jingyi's methods of altering Xuan San's memories.
"Yuan Yuan, have some grilled meat." Yun Rong said, handing a skewer of grilled meat to Lin Jingyi.
Lin Jingyi took it, smelled it, and thought it smelled quite nice.
"Thank you, senior brother."
Xie Qing still looked at Lin Jingyi with a complicated expression.
"Xie Qing, is there something you need?" In Xie Yuan's memory, she and her brother Xie Qing often fought, called each other by their first names, and bickered frequently.
Seeing his expression, Lin Jingyi asked him in a rather irritable tone.
"It's okay, call me brother." He was more obedient when his younger sister called him brother. But this was the real Yuan Yuan, and Xie Qing felt incredibly conflicted.
Xie Yuan only calls Xie Qing "brother" when he makes a mistake or needs Xie Qing's help.
Lin Jingyi rolled her eyes at Xie Qing and continued to gnaw on the meat skewer in her hand.
Why did Yuan Yuan choose to alter Xuan San's memories?
"It just so happens that the first person I encountered was Xuan Yi."
……
Xuan San was tied to a tree, and the two men took turns keeping watch at night, while Lin Jingyi went to rest in the carriage.
The next day, the three packed their things and left on foot, leaving the carriage behind, which further confirmed Xuan San's memory that Xie Yuan might be missing or dead.
Lin Jingyi also modified Xuan San's memories so that the group did not encounter Xie Qing and his group, but instead came to this place and met the people from the Xuan Medical Hall, who recognized Xie Yuan.
So he poisoned them, and Xuan San spared their lives to report to the Divine Doctor Valley.
When Xuan San woke up, he found himself lying on the ground, with no one around and the carriage still tied to a tree.
Thinking of their mission and knowing that it had failed, they dragged their weary bodies toward Kyoto.
At this moment, Lin Jingyi and his two companions had arrived in a small town.
The town is not bustling, there are not many vendors on both sides of the street, some shops are closed, and only a few local villagers are selling their crops in front of the shops.
He was calling out listlessly.
Lin Jingyi glanced at it and then lost interest.
After spending several dozen copper coins to rest well at the inn for a day and a night, the three of them continued their journey.
"I think it's a good idea to go out and explore the world like this," Lin Jingyi exclaimed as he rode on horseback.
The three of them spent a lot of money to buy a horse in the town.
"Let's not. It's not safe outside, and your martial arts skills are too low."
Xie Qing waved his hand, saying that the idea was dangerous.
“Actually, Yuan Yuan is quite capable now,” Yun Rong, who was leading the horse, said, turning his head.
He had witnessed Yuan Yuan kill Xuan Yi, and Xuan Yi's martial arts skills... Yun Rong felt that if he didn't have poison, he might not be able to defeat him.
However, Yuan Yuan killed her opponent with ease. Even though the opponent was caught off guard, it was still quite impressive.
"That's right, I'm not the Xie Yuan I used to be anymore, I've grown up!"
Xie Qing understood Yun Rong's implication: this was no longer the Yuan Yuan she had before.
His eyes dimmed for a moment, but he said nothing more.
So what if she's a demon or a monster? This is Yuan Yuan's body. As long as she doesn't do anything immoral, he's willing to protect her forever.