Chapter 294: Blood (3)
As I was still pondering over the fact that someone had died, a clamor erupted near my ear.
I heard the commanding officer barking orders, the soldiers yelling, and the voice of the Immortal of Medicine among them.
“Hey! Where do you think you’re going!? Didn’t you hear me?”
“Old man, are you trying to get yourself killed? Even if there’s an outbreak of plague in there!?”
“I am a man known in the martial world by the title ‘Immortal of Medicine.’ Would you be willing to let me enter? I’d like to attempt treatment.”
I turned to see the Immortal of Medicine approaching the commanding officer, requesting to be let inside.
At first, the officer sneered with arrogance, but the moment he heard the name “Immortal of Medicine,” his face went pale and he immediately bowed respectfully.
“Th-The Immortal!? Are you the Immortal of Medicine of the Many-Healing Sect?”
While we were on our way here, my brother had explained that the Many-Healing Sect was the organization that the Immortal of Medicine and Immortal of Herbs belonged to—a sort of Doctors Without Borders in the Central Plains.
It was a sect dedicated to healing all manner of ailments.
They treated the poor for free, while the rich paid voluntarily after receiving treatment. As such, they were universally praised.
“You’ve heard of me?”