Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 1356: Chapter 1014: He Is a Hypocrite and a True Villain!

Withered trees, black clothes, white hair, bloodstains...

The intense visual impact made Gu Changsheng, seated atop the palanquin, widen her eyes in an instant, feeling somewhat dizzy!

”He... he...”

Stumblingly supporting herself as she descended from the palanquin, Gu Changsheng’s figure was somewhat unstable. Pointing at the silhouette leaning against the withered peach tree, she was flabbergasted!

It’s not supposed to be like this!

It shouldn’t be like this!

As a doctor, Gu Changsheng understood well that the illness Shi Wujue mentioned was definitely not like this!

If it were an early greying due to excessive indulgence in women and resulting debility, how could it look like this? How could his face be so pale, how could there be blood at the corner of his mouth?

It’s not supposed to be like this!

This is not a symptom of excessive debility; this is... a manifestation of a life-threatening sickness!

Suddenly, Gu Changsheng felt a bit flustered, vaguely sensing that something was not within her expectations...

Shi Wei glanced at Gu Changsheng, then turned her gaze towards the surrounding peach grove, raised her hand to point, and spoke softly, ”Chaos creates heaven and earth, Taiji separates yin and yang. Southern Emperor, the Heaven Deceiving Hall is a place where malicious energies obscure the divine will, and this Ten Miles Peach Grove is the opened Life Formation, gathering the vitality of this city! Does the Southern Emperor think these peach blossoms are beautiful?”

”...” Gu Changsheng heard this and shook her head lightly, lips trembling.

She didn’t want to answer the question!

The surrounding petals danced in the air, indeed stunningly beautiful, yet without reason, Gu Changsheng suddenly felt a chill deep within her heart!

Although she was not well-versed in formations, her family was full of experts, and she had heard a little!

A Life Formation, a formation that gathers vitality, must have a formation lead!

The Evil Gathering Formation of the Heaven Deceiving Hall uses the malice of the city’s evil doers as its lead; then, what is the lead for this blazing Ten Miles Peach Grove?

Gu Changsheng took a step back, barely daring to imagine!

Everything in Linyuan City felt like a large question mark, swirling before her, refusing to disperse, making her heart inexplicably panic!

Indeed, it was panic!

Strong as she was, fierce as she was, at this moment, she suddenly felt somewhat afraid!

”Has the Southern Emperor thought of something? Yes, beneath these peach trees lie countless buried bones of beauty. They... are the leads that open this Life Formation! Day after day, year after year, every year, some women upon reaching youthful prime are buried under these peach trees, and precisely because of this, the peach grove can gather vitality, allowing our City Lord to remain alive!” Shi Wei said here, involuntarily excited, pointing towards Shi Wujue, eyes fierce as she gazed at Gu Changsheng, speaking in a low voice, ”Is the Southern Emperor wondering how our City Lord, a person so incredibly perceptive and unparalleled in brilliance, ended up in this situation?”

”I...” Faced with Shi Wei’s question, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but take another step back, her already pale face growing even paler.

”Hehe...” Seeing Gu Changsheng’s reaction, Shi Wei immediately mocked herself with a low chuckle, ”Southern Emperor, even now do you wish to deceive yourself further? Even now do you believe His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu? Our City Lord is already in this condition, hiding alone in this peach grove for so many days, how could he possibly be cavorting with the concubines in the mansion?”

”Ah! No!” Saying this, Shi Wei shook her head, continuing in a heavy tone, ”Even if he wanted to cavort with the mansion’s concubines, it’s no longer possible. First, he is physically incapable, and second, the mansion’s concubines are nearly all lying beneath these peach trees, resting in eternal slumber now. Hehe... If not for this, how could our City Lord possibly still be alive? How could he possibly still be alive?”

”You... I... He...” Hearing this, Gu Changsheng staggered, supporting herself on the palanquin behind her just to barely steady herself, her pale face full of alarm and unease.

”It’s not supposed to be like this! It’s not supposed to be like this! How could it turn out like this?”

Shaking her head, Gu Changsheng desperately tried to dispel her inner suspicion, but no matter how she shook her head, that suspicion continued to linger in her mind, refusing to disperse!

It shouldn’t be like this!

Shi Wujue deceived her!

Zhou Mu... also deceived her!

The Life Formation, gathering vitality, if not for lost vitality, how could Shi Wujue end up like this?

Black hair to white, vitality lost...

No!

It’s not like this!

”It’s not like this! You’re lying to me! Isn’t the Heaven Deceiving Hall supposed to conceal heavenly secrets? Why is this happening? How can this still be happening?” Gu Changsheng stumbled forward and grabbed Shi Wei’s shoulders, anxiously shaking them, ”Wasn’t it him who saved me? Wasn’t it him who saved me, right?”

No! It definitely wasn’t like she thought!

The first time she awoke from unconsciousness, the first thing she saw was him, but that was just a coincidence. It definitely wasn’t like this!

How could it be like this?

”Isn’t it? Haha...” Shi Wei, who was being shaken by Gu Changsheng, suddenly laughed bitterly and self-mockingly, ”Isn’t what? I didn’t expect the Southern Emperor to be such a self-deceiving person! If it weren’t for my City Lord’s intervention, Southern Emperor, do you think your His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu could have the power to defy destiny and save lives? Could he bring you back from the brink and into the light? Southern Emperor, you truly think so naively! Not to mention His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu, even the person from the Secret Sect Shang Clan at your side doesn’t have such heaven-defying abilities!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s face immediately became somewhat wooden, and her hands on Shi Wei’s shoulders fell weakly.

”Enough, what’s done is done, and since I have already defied the City Lord’s orders, I don’t mind saying more. Southern Emperor, the Heaven Deceiving Hall and Ten Miles Peach Grove are our Linyuan City’s greatest secrets. In the entire world, the only person who could have saved you from a heaven-defying backlash is our City Lord alone!”

Shi Wei looked at Gu Changsheng with blazing eyes, speaking one word at a time with certainty, ”Southern Emperor, the one who saved you from the brink of death was our City Lord! In the Heaven Deceiving Hall, it was also our City Lord who stayed by you tirelessly for ten days to renew your vitality! For you, our City Lord disregarded our entire clan’s survival, imprisoned the Elders, and insisted on saving your life. Our City Lord, for you, his hair turned to white, exhausted his vitality! Our City Lord even went so far as to hide the cost of saving you, and handed you over to the Crown Prince of Great Zhou!”

”No! No! No...” Gu Changsheng, under Shi Wei’s gaze, retreated step by step, falling onto the palanquin, her face pale.

”Southern Emperor, your unparalleled beauty born from nobility captivated my City Lord so deeply that he saved you with his life, hoping only that you could stay by his side, and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu had originally promised this! But now? In the Heaven Deceiving Hall, you have His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu beside you, what does my City Lord have?” Shi Wei spoke, pointing towards Shi Wujue’s location with a backhand, tears unexpectedly falling, ”My City Lord is left with nothing but white hair, exhausted vitality, hiding in the Ten Miles Peach Grove, spitting blood, with none left! Southern Emperor, it was you! You led our City Lord to such a state! It was you who wronged him!”

”No! You’re lying! It’s not like this! It’s not like this!” Water condensed in Gu Changsheng’s eyes as she frantically shook her head, unwilling to believe this truth.

That day in the Secluded Valley, Shi Wujue was so dazzling, like a divine savior, ruling the world, easily extinguishing her Red Lotus Karma Fire that burned herself and others. At that time, he was so carefree, sinister and unrestrained, matchless, and now...

It was she who harmed him!

It was her!

No!

She didn’t want this!

Initially, she actually had already given up on life!

How did things turn out like this? What she thought she owed, the repayment she considered, now seemed so mocking. She owed him a life! A life indeed!

”Southern Emperor, whether I’m lying, don’t you have any idea in your heart? Is it me who’s lying, or is it His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu who’s lying? Don’t you have any idea in your heart? Southern Emperor, when our City Lord brought you back to the Heaven Deceiving Hall from the Secluded Valley, he had already asked His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu for a promise—he wanted you! And His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu agreed, but now? Our City Lord fulfilled your desires, and what did he leave for himself? Exhausted vitality, white hair, aging alone? And yet His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu dares to repeatedly slander our City Lord? He is the real hypocrite! The true villain!”

”Shut up!” Gu Changsheng immediately interrupted before Shi Wei could finish, her heart in turmoil, so chaotic...

Chaotic to the point she felt lost!

Zhou Mu... did he really promise to hand her over to Shi Wujue?

She didn’t know, and now wasn’t the time to pursue the truth of these words; her heart was now a tangled mess, completely lost on how to face such a truth!

She and Shi Wujue only had two encounters; she didn’t know this man, yet without knowing it herself, she bore his intense affection, a life...

This enormous kindness, how can she repay it? How can she clear it?

For a moment, Gu Changsheng felt dizzy, nearly fainting by the palanquin if not supported by her strong will...

”How could this happen? How could this happen? You’re deceiving me! You’re deceiving me! You all! You’re all deceiving me! This isn’t real! This isn’t real...” With pale lips, Gu Changsheng shook her head frantically, unwilling to believe this truth...

Even though she is Southern Emperor, even if she is Gu Changsheng, she is still a woman, with burdens she cannot bear!

And now, this truth, this reality, has far surpassed Gu Changsheng’s expectations, and is a weight she cannot bear!

Why has Zhou Mu been acting hesitantly these past few days, why did he leave in anger yesterday... all make sense now, so it was like this... truly like this!

In an instant, Gu Changsheng felt that her world had fallen apart, her heart a tangled mass, unable to unravel...

”Shi Wei, how dare you! Who allowed you to bring her here!”