“How did you see through my true identity, Sir?”
Princess Li Yu didn’t immediately forgive or blame him.
She simply looked at Xu Ping’an with a hint of curiosity and asked.
“This…”
“Reporting to Your Highness, I’ve had a pair of eyes different from ordinary people since childhood, so naturally, I can see things that others find difficult to distinguish.”
Li Yu nodded slightly.
Her pale complexion gained a bit of vitality, and a trace of curiosity appeared in her eyes as she looked at Xu Ping’an.
“Since it’s innate, then there’s naturally no fault. Please, Mr. Xu, quickly rise.”
“Thank you, Your Highness.”
Xu Ping’an and Li Yu were seated on chairs in the main hall, one on the left, one on the right.
Logically, the host should be on the left and the guest on the right, but now it was reversed.
The reason was the guest’s status, which was quite imposing.
There was no helping it; Xu Ping’an had no official title, he was just a commoner.
The person before him was the Princess Royal of Zhennan, who practically held absolute power in Nanzhou.
The difference in their statuses was simply too great.
Li Yu wasn’t in a hurry to say anything.
She just picked up her teacup and took a light sip.
Her previously dim eyes brightened slightly.
As soon as the tea entered her mouth, she felt a sweet warmth flow down her throat.
Her body, which had always felt cold, seemed to warm up a bit from the tea, and it even made her spirits better.
She secretly glanced at Xu Ping’an again.
Seeing him sitting calmly, his eyes fixed forward, without any trace of awe or flattery due to their difference in status, her curiosity grew even stronger.
Putting down the cup, Li Yu felt that even the constant pain from her lung disease had significantly eased, and her throat felt much more comfortable.
“Mr. Xu truly has refined tastes. Instead of living in a nearby village, you chose to settle outside the Ten Thousand Monster Mountain Range. May I ask what you do for a living, Mr. Xu?”
“Heh, Your Highness flatters me. I have no such refined tastes; it’s just that the scenery here is pleasant and there are no disturbances, so I’ve made my home here. As for what I do for a living, I am a physician, so I naturally live by my medical skills.”
Xu Ping’an bowed slightly but avoided looking at the Princess Royal’s face.
Even direct eye contact with the other party was considered impolite to some extent.
“I see. Then, if I may ask, Mr. Xu, among the physicians in this world, some are skilled in elixirs, some in acupuncture, and even more, some can extend life with true qi. Which path are you more skilled in, Sir?”
“Uh, Your Highness makes me laugh. I’m not particularly skilled in any aspect. My medical skills are just minor dabbling. I have some experience with treating colds, fevers, and headaches, but as for anything else… I am truly incapable.”
“Oh? But it is rumored outside that Divine Doctor Xu is the medical saint of Nanzhou. As the saying goes, ‘a great reputation is not without substance.’ Is Mr. Xu perhaps being a bit too modest?”
Throughout their conversation, Li Yu had been observing Xu Ping’an’s reactions.
As a high-ranking individual, and having been trained by her royal father as an heir, she was certainly no ordinary person.
Not only was she well-traveled and knowledgeable, but she had also been called a prodigy since childhood, with the ability to memorize anything after a single glance.
However, she did not know that this photographic memory was a special ability of the Nine Yin Meridian Blockage.
The world is vast, and everything has two sides.
Since the Nine Yin Meridian Blockage is detested by heaven and earth, there must be a reason for it.
That reason is their exceptional intelligence and sharp minds.
They grasp everything instantly and can draw inferences from one example.
It is precisely because they are overly intelligent that they are detested by heaven and earth.
During her observation, Li Yu noticed that Xu Ping’an’s aura remained very stable from beginning to end, without any unnecessary fluctuations.
Whether he said he couldn’t treat something, or that he wasn’t particularly good at anything.
He remained in that very calm state.
Although his facial expression changed somewhat, his crucial breathing rhythm did not change.
This could only mean two possibilities.
One… the Xu Ping’an before her was truly not lying; he was just a genuine barefoot doctor with no great abilities.
Two, he understood everything in his heart, remained unperturbed by changes, and showed no change in expression even under immense pressure.
He was a true medical saint, and perhaps… had absolute confidence that no other physician in the world could compare.
And the fact that he could diagnose her illness, clearly explain its causes and effects, and even discern that she was a woman at a glance, was sufficient proof.
Xu Ping’an… was absolutely not the former type of mediocre barefoot doctor, but a medical saint with absolute confidence.
“Alas…”
Li Yu’s eyes shifted, and she sighed.
“To think that even after coming to this humble abode today, I still cannot be cured. It seems… this is my destiny, perhaps?”
“Please accept my condolences, Your Highness.”
Li Yu’s moist eyes subtly shifted, glancing at Xu Ping’an, who still maintained a calm expression.
She suddenly asked,
“Divine Doctor Xu, do you think… there might have been a misdiagnosis?”
“I don’t think… Your Highness would doubt me, would you?”
Xu Ping’an was a bit surprised.
His medical skills were cultivated by the system; how could they be wrong?
“Then, Divine Doctor Xu, is my illness… truly incurable by medicine?”
“Yes, there’s no medicine in the world that can cure the Nine Yin Meridian Blockage. Even immortal elixirs are useless.”
“Oh? How can Divine Doctor Xu be so certain that even immortal elixirs are useless? Could it be that…”
“I’ve only read in books that so-called immortal elixirs are probably just pills refined by cultivators, right?”
Xu Ping’an’s heart jolted.
Is this woman… starting to lead the conversation?
Something’s not right!
He needed to be wary!
“Oh?”
Li Yu smiled, involuntarily opening the folding fan she carried with her, covering half her face, leaving only her eyes to gaze at Xu Ping’an.
“May I ask which medical book Divine Doctor Xu saw this in? Could I borrow it to read?”
“This… To be frank, Your Highness, this medical book was lost many years ago.”
Read it? Read what? If he let her read it, wouldn’t she know he could cure her illness?
He wouldn’t be so foolish.
Moreover, this Nine Yin Meridian Blockage was recorded in the Ancient Medical Scripture.
This item is intolerable to heaven and earth; forget about a physical copy, even for him, with his special constitution providing protection, the Heavenly Dao cannot detect it.
If it were an ordinary person, even knowing a part of it would incur divine wrath.
In short, they’d be struck by lightning.
The kind that wouldn’t stop until they were dead.
After all, every book he had studied was an anti-heavenly book, mostly things that defied the natural order of operation.
The Heavenly Dao would never allow them to exist.
It was only his Chaos Body that made him difficult for the Heavenly Dao to detect, otherwise, lightning would have struck him long ago.
“Oh? It’s lost? That’s truly a shame…”
“Then has Divine Doctor Xu never thought of re-transcribing it? Such a divine book, it would be a real pity if it were lost forever.”
“This… I have thought about it, but I haven’t had the time yet. Perhaps in the future, when I have some time, I will consider it.”
Li Yu nodded.
“It’s getting late. Thank you for your time today, Sir.”
Li Yu suddenly bowed deeply.
Xu Ping’an’s heart panicked.
How could he let the Princess Royal of Zhennan bow to him? He quickly bent down to return the bow.
And in that fleeting moment of his panic, Li Yu observed him precisely.
It was time!
“Medicine is useless, but what if you were the one to treat it, Sir?”
“I don’t…”