I Have A Dual World Seal

Thus, when the eyes of the nation were focused on the celebration ceremony, Lu Zheng once again led the group back to Tonglin County.

During the New Year holiday, everyone initially planned on traveling abroad, but after much deliberation, they couldn’t decide where to go.

So they simply returned to ancient times because Liu Qingyan had promised to visit Tushan before the year’s end.

The entire Liu Qingyan family returned to Tushan, while Du Yueyao happened to head back to Yizhou, leaving Renxin Hall without its three doctors.

Du Yueyao originally wanted to stay, but was ultimately sent away by Lu Zheng.

After all, he had coaxed the precious daughter of Du Yuru into being a doctor, only seeing her once every one or two months, which made Lu Zheng feel quite embarrassed.

What’s more, as Du Yueyao started her cultivation, she drifted further from Du Yuru’s hope for family joy.

Lu Zheng felt the gaze of Du Yuru growing increasingly odd, so he decisively sent Du Yueyao back to Yizhou.

And so...

The resident doctors at Renxin Hall turned into Doctor Lu and Doctor Xiao Yang.

Doctor Xiao Yang is Yang Caiyi.

Though she apprenticed under Si Lingxi, she was constantly accompanying Liu Qingyan and Du Yueyao on visits, absorbing their medical skills by osmosis.

In her spare time, she read a plethora of medical books while caring for her grandmother, and although her skills were far below Liu Qingyan and Du Yueyao, she was no less capable than regular county physicians.

However, her cultivation advanced even faster than her medical skills, mastering the "Upper Yuan Three Treasures Spiritual Light Transformation Scripture" with astonishing proficiency.

In less than a year, she’s acquired nearly a hundred years of Dao Practice.

Lu Zheng sighed, wondering why the supposedly difficult practice of cultivation felt increasingly trivial?

"Younger Brother Lu!"

"Young Master Lu!"

While he was lamenting, Duan Changzai and Du Huanzhen stepped into the medicine shop together.

Lu Zheng looked up, observing the two who hadn’t progressed much over the years, nodded, feeling the world seemed normal.

"Brother Duan, Sister Du, what wind blew you here?" Lu Zheng said with a smile, inviting them to sit, "Caiyi, serve some tea."

After instructing, Lu Zheng returned to checking the pulse of the person before him, confirming a few issues before prescribing medication, then sending the patient off.

Seeing the two with tea in hand, Lu Zheng sipped from the freshly refilled cup.

"It’s clearly a wicked wind," Duan Changzai joked following Lu Zheng’s words, "There was a family extermination case in Jiaotian Town; the victims were poisoned, we’ve traced it back here, but here in Tonglin County, the culprit’s Qi is obscured by the mundane atmosphere."

Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow, "Seems the perpetrator isn’t lacking in Dao Practice?"

Du Huanzhen nodded, "At least possesses some Secret Techniques."

Duan Changzai said, "We wanted to avoid spending too much time outside the city and worry that using governmental officials might alert them, so we came to find Younger Brother Lu."

"It’s a trifling matter; I’m glad you thought of me," Lu Zheng replied with a smile, "Where’s the item?"

Duan Changzai took a fabric corner from his coat and placed it on the table before Lu Zheng.

"The Patriarch of the household practiced Martial Dao, tore this corner from the perpetrator’s clothing and held it secretly."

Lu Zheng nodded, performed a Qi Observation Technique in mid-air, formed a Spell Seal, and absorbed a trace of Qi from the fabric, transforming it into a Talisman.

The Qi Observation Technique drew a thread of Cloud Qi, vaguely outlining a direction towards the county’s northwest.

Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow, "That person is..."

"Boom!"

On a clear winter day, beneath the blue sky and white clouds, the dry air suddenly echoed with thunder.

Soon, three successive claps of dry thunder resounded in quick succession.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"At Landlord Wang’s house..."

Lu Zheng said calmly, "If you hurry, you might find a whole corpse."

"Miss Wang?"

Feeling the oppressive Thunder Technique aura from the county’s northwest, Du Huanzhen sensed the tension as well.

Lu Zheng nodded, "It’s Xiaowan, she somehow confronted the person."

Duan Changzai clicked his tongue in admiration, "The Qingwei Thunder Technique is indeed impressive."

Du Huanzhen glanced at Duan Changzai, "But it’s due to Miss Wang’s talent; you might struggle to cast a single Palm Thunder."

Duan Changzai defended, "I’m still a Martial Dao expert, aren’t I?"

They exchanged words while bowing to Lu Zheng, "We’ll go ahead, see you later."

Seeing another patient enter, Lu Zheng couldn’t delay their departure, signaling with a hands gesture, then invited the patient to sit, saying to the two, "Xiaowan has severely injured the culprit, and we’ll soon have them captured. By the way, invite her for dinner tonight at Tongyi Lane; I’ll be cooking for a small gathering."

"Excellent! Excellent!"

Duan Changzai and Du Huanzhen left swiftly; capturing the perpetrator alive was ideal.

Immediately after their departure, Yang Caiyi approached Lu Zheng eagerly, her eyes sparkling with anticipation.

Lu Zheng was speechless, "What’s there to see in an Abnormal Person with over a hundred years Dao Practice? Despite their unconventional means?"

Yang Caiyi bit her lip, "It’s those unconventional methods that can be unpredictable."

"Fine, go ahead," Lu Zheng waved his hand, realizing the medicine shop was manageable without Yang Caiyi, "Careful not to trample any plants on your way."

"Mm-hmm!" Yang Caiyi nodded swiftly, then darted out with a "whoosh."

"Ah, youth is wonderful. I was as agile at that age," remarked the middle-aged woman patient, watching Yang Caiyi’s receding figure.

Lu Zheng and Yang Caiyi had been using voice transmission; the patient didn’t hear their conversation.

...

"So, this fellow was targeting the Protective Jade Talisman of Old Master Wang?" Lu Zheng clicked his tongue, "He has some nerve; couldn’t he tell the talisman was crafted using Qingwei Palace techniques?"

In the evening, Lu Zheng hosted a banquet, inviting Duan Changzai, Du Huanzhen, and Wang Xiaowan, while Shen Ying and Si Lingxi were absent, attending a play with Lin Wan on the Blue Star.

"I don’t know, all I know is he made his move," Wang Xiaowan shook her head, "That person targeted my father at Leping Building, followed him home, tried to use an Evil Technique to control my father, and activated the Protective Jade Talisman, which I detected."

She then struck the person with seven or eight bolts of thunder.

Yes, Duan Changzai and Du Huanzhen arrived too late; by the time they got there, the criminal had been reduced to a human-shaped charcoal by Wang Xiaowan.

"The perpetrator had considerable Dao Practice, even blocked the initial thunder strikes. I was worried about the threat to the family, so I went all out," Wang Xiaowan confessed awkwardly, sticking her tongue out.

Then suddenly, Wang Xiaowan’s expression tightened, "Someone’s attacking my father!"