NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1: Divine Physician Lin
Chapter 1: Divine Physician Lin
The Great Yu Dynasty, Yanshan City.
The first heavy snow had fallen, and many of the city’s residents were suffering from colds.
“This damned weather is going to freeze us all to death!”
“Who can deny it? It started snowing without warning, and so heavily too, catching everyone off guard.”
“My child cried all night and woke up this morning with a fever.”
“Thankfully we have Divine Physician Lin, or else who knows what we’d do.”
“Yes, thanks to Divine Physician Lin. If not for him, who knows how many would have perished after this snowfall.”
“It’s such a pity, though… why does someone as virtuous as Divine Physician Lin have to…”
“Sigh, truly a case of heaven envying talent!”
“I also heard that the Gu family broke off their engagement with Divine Physician Lin yesterday.”
“Why? Wasn’t the engagement between Miss Gu and Divine Physician Lin already long decided?”
“Because the Gu family looked down on Divine Physician Lin for being blind!”
At the entrance of Yanshan Benevolent Clinic, a long line of people patiently waited for their turn to be examined.
Despite the biting cold wind, no one complained, and no one cut in line. Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.
Inside the clinic, a handsome young man with an extraordinary demeanor sat with his eyes gently closed, his fingers lightly resting on the wrist of a woman before him, diagnosing her pulse.
“Young lady, your pulse is strong and powerful, showing no signs of weakness.”
“Are you truly feeling unwell?”
Lin Mu’s eyebrows slightly furrowed as he softly inquired.
“Ah… ah?” The woman’s cheeks flushed red, her eyes shimmering. Upon hearing his question, she hurriedly lowered her head and stammered, “I am indeed feeling uncomfortable right now, as if I can’t catch my breath.”
After saying this, she raised her head again, secretly studying Lin Mu’s face.
Divine Physician Lin is so handsome!
“You’re having trouble breathing because you put your undergarments on backward!”
At this moment, a teenage apprentice at the clinic, unable to bear the scene any longer, spoke up and shooed her away. “Are you sick or not? If you aren’t, then step aside—there’s a whole line of people waiting behind you!”
“Gu Xing, show some respect!” Lin Mu scolded, then turned back to the woman and said, “If you are feeling fine, please make way for others.”
“Oh…” A hint of disappointment flashed in the woman’s eyes as she slowly rose and left.
But before stepping out of the clinic, she shot a fierce glare at Gu Xing.
All because of this apprentice, I lost my chance to speak with Divine Physician Lin!
“Master, that woman was taking advantage of your blindness, just like the Gu family…”
Gu Xing was about to complain but suddenly remembered something and quickly closed his mouth.
The Gu family breaking off the engagement was truly humiliating.
He should avoid mentioning it in front of his master to spare him the pain.
Hearing this, Lin Mu merely smiled faintly, showing no sign of displeasure. “Gu Xing, how’s the medicinal broth I asked you to prepare?”
“You had me up in the middle of the night boiling it—of course it’s ready by now!”
Gu Xing puffed out his chest proudly.
“Good.” Lin Mu nodded and spoke calmly, “Today, work a little harder and distribute the broth among the beggars in the city.”
“After such heavy snow, catching a cold could be deadly.”
“Understood, Master!” Gu Xing readily accepted the task.
As he spoke, a look of admiration flickered in his eyes as he glanced at Lin Mu.
After Gu Xing left, another woman stepped forward, offering her wrist. “Divine Physician Lin, I’ve been having trouble breathing. Could you check if…”
“Did you put your undergarments on backward?” Lin Mu decisively interrupted her.
“Then, Divine Physician Lin, would you like to personally examine me?”
The woman smiled shyly, her eyes brimming with flirtation.
Lin Mu quickly conceded, “Another day, perhaps~”
For a blind man, the passage of time no longer held meaning.
By the time Lin Mu finished his consultations, the sky had completely darkened, and the entire clinic was shrouded in pitch black.
Only the faint sound of his steady breathing echoed softly through the clinic.
“Actually, being blind isn’t so bad.”
“At least it spares me a lot of trouble!”
Lin Mu lay on a rocking chair, drowsily drifting off to sleep.
He thoroughly enjoyed his current life.
In truth, Lin Mu wasn’t originally blind.
Nor was he originally from this world.
Once upon a time, Lin Mu was an outstanding doctoral student of traditional Chinese medicine on Earth. But before he could graduate, a runaway truck sent him to this new world.
He became an abandoned infant left at the door of a medical clinic.
The kindly old clinic owner took Lin Mu in and taught him both medicine and martial arts.
That’s right—the old clinic owner knew martial arts and was quite skilled.
In this world, martial artists were divided into ten grades, from weakest to strongest: ninth-grade, eighth-grade, seventh-grade, all the way to first-grade.
Above first-grade was the grandmaster realm.
Though the old clinic owner hadn’t reached grandmaster status, he was still a first-grade powerhouse who once commanded great authority in the martial world.
Eventually, however, he grew tired of the bloodshed and retired to this remote place, opening a clinic.
When Lin Mu first arrived in this world, he was more interested in martial arts and trained diligently.
Coupled with his extraordinary talent, by the age of ten, he had already entered the grades, becoming a ninth-grade martial artist.
He was hailed as a prodigy of the martial path!
Later, while gathering herbs in the mountains, Lin Mu happened upon a poisoned maiden.
Her life hanging by a thread, Lin Mu had no choice but to use silver needles, removing her clothes to apply acupuncture and detoxify her.
Unfortunately, his eyes were contaminated by the poisonous gas, gradually turning him blind.
According to the old clinic owner, the poison was an internal energy toxin that blocked Lin Mu’s ocular meridians.
Its location was so intricate that acupuncture alone could not remove it.
But once Lin Mu reached the grandmaster realm, he would be able to purify the toxin and regain his sight.
Of course, achieving this was incredibly difficult!
By the time Gu Xing returned, Lin Mu was fast asleep.
“Huh? Strange!”
Hearing Lin Mu’s snoring, Gu Xing scratched his head in confusion.
In the past, whenever he returned late, Lin Mu would always wake up immediately. What was different today?
After lighting the candles in the clinic, Gu Xing quietly approached Lin Mu and gently shook his shoulder. “Master, wake up! Are you hungry?”
“You’re the one who’s hungry, aren’t you?”
Lin Mu grumbled after waking. With Gu Xing’s help, he sat up and asked, “What time is it?”
“It’s the hour of Xu. What do you want to eat? I’ll go prepare it right away!”
“Never mind, it’s too late. Just go buy some food and wine instead.”
“Got it!”
Excited, Gu Xing rushed to the counter, grabbed some silver coins, and bolted out like the wind.
Since it wasn’t wartime, Yanshan City didn’t impose a curfew.
Even though a fierce snowstorm raged outside with few pedestrians around, he felt no reluctance.
In Gu Xing’s heart, Lin Mu was the greatest benefactor in the world, and his master’s orders were absolute.
After all, if it weren’t for Lin Mu, he would have been beaten to death while begging long ago.
Even his name, Gu Xing, was given to him by Lin Mu.
Before meeting Lin Mu, Gu Xing had been orphaned at birth. People called him a cursed star, blaming him for his parents’ deaths.
Other beggars gave him the nickname “Lonely Star.”
But Lin Mu didn’t hesitate to take him into the clinic, gave him the name Gu Xing, and taught him medicine.
It could be said that even if Lin Mu ordered him to die on the spot, Gu Xing wouldn’t hesitate for a moment.
“Stop!”
Suddenly, a sharp cry rang out from behind the running Gu Xing.