From the country estate, follow the main road north, and you will arrive at Xueheng City, a chaotic city backed by the Zong of Xueheng.

    As the Zong of Xueheng is a standard dark sect, Xueheng City gathers all the dark cultivators from the entire South Zhuo Region.

    There is no innocent person in this city except for the enslaved slaves brought here.

    Due to the chaos, the medical hall becomes an indispensable existence.

    A year ago, Lu Jin'an opened the Lu Family Medical Hall in the central district of Xueheng City.

    Perfect attachment arms that do not affect qi flow, repair severely damaged meridians, sell rare elixirs and martial arts that are not commonly seen in daily life, coupled with rumors of having connections with the top management of the Zong of Xueheng. Therefore, the Lu Family Medical Hall took away 80% of the business in the city. Even disciples of Xueheng City often visited here. As a result, no one dared to cause trouble here.

    However, the most important reason for the Lu Family Medical Hall's bustling business is that its payment method is 'blood donation.'

    As long as a certain amount of blood is donated, it can be exchanged for aid, even rare elixirs and martial arts. Therefore, as soon as the Lu Family Medical Hall opened its doors, people flooding in were countless.

    Compared with paying in spirit crystals, blood is almost too cheap for cultivators.

    As long as it doesn't harm one's essence and blood, ordinary blood is a renewable resource that cultivators have in abundance. With the aid of elixirs for replenishing the blood, one can recover within a day or two.

    "Enter the left door for blood donation to exchange for elixirs and martial arts, and enter the right door for medical treatment and healing."

    Few people enter from the right door.

    Sitting behind the consultation desk and listening to the din outside, Lu Jin'an glanced at the other side, where a slave apprentice was skillfully performing 'retaliatory' self-harm to draw blood. He then casually helped a few patients by reattaching limbs and repairing meridians.

    With the skills he has, it is like a dimension-reducing strike in this small place in the South Zhuo Domain.

    "Alright, go to the side to donate blood and pay for your treatment."

    It wasn't even a stick of incense time before there were no more people in front of the consultation desk.

    Lu Jin'an looked outside with a slight lack of interest, there were still quite a few people who came to seek medical treatment and healing... especially women.

    "Lu Doctor, I have a grape-sized lump here. Can you help me figure out what's wrong with it?"

    "Doctor Lu, I'm not sick, but my house is. The water supply is blocked. Can you treat that?"

    "Doctor Lu, I have longed for a child, can you help me?"

    Two months ago, there were quite a few female patients like this. Although Lu Jin'an kept himself clean, he would occasionally say some lewd words to send them away.

    However, these women and female demons have disappeared completely in the past two months... They've disappeared one by one, and the speed at which they vanished is amazing.

    Originally, Lu Jin'an thought that the Zong of Xueheng was using them as expendable troops, but suddenly their disappearance made him think that it was likely related to Zhu Nanzhi.

    His nominal wife had warned him not to treat female patients, but he hadn't taken it seriously. After all, to him, in this city, men and women were all mobile blood banks.

    So many sustainable blood sources have disappeared!

    Lu Jin'an stretched out his finger and knocked on the table, a flutter of wings sounded in his ears. A beast that looked like a Red Falcon then landed on the table.

    Lu Jin'an smiled and, defying the flow of time, casually sprinkled a handful of rice on the table. "I thought you had gone back."

    "I am a falcon, a fierce bird of prey!"

    The angry falcon, disgruntled, kicked at the rice grains. When it hit the ground, it transformed into a maiden with double rooster tails holding her hair. She glared at him with dissatisfaction: "I only arrived yesterday and you haven't even treated me to a good meal."

    "So that's why I thought you had gone back," Lu Jin'an said with a smile, knowing what she would say next.

    "How I wish to," the maiden named Xia Ming hummed lightly: "But the vice-sector head said that unless you bring you back, I cannot return to the sect."

    "That's actually quite good, to get out and about more."

    "I prefer to stay by the vice-sector head's side," Xia Ming proudly raised her chin: "And I am very eager to see how the vice-sector head will scold you after you return to the sect!"

    Hearing this, Lu Jin'an pretended to ask, "How angry is the sect leader?"

    Xia Ming counted on her fingers like a treasure collector: "Firstly, a year ago, the 'Wasteland Cavern' appeared. Our sect, the Wan Dao Sect, and the Hengshui Academy jointly obtained the exploration rights of the Cavern. However, there were unprecedented casualties. You also went missing directly. Because your life token was intact, the Vice Sector Head wasn't too worried;

    Secondly, being missing for so long without contacting the sect, the Vice Sector Head publicly declared that you were in seclusion. It was not until ten days ago that you contacted us... Then the Vice Sector Head sent me to come over...

    Pausing for a moment, Xia Ming continued: "But the Vice Sector Head is most angry..."

    "You're mad because I quietly married someone in such a small place, right?" Lu Jin'an took up the conversation: "I told you I'd say it myself when we went back. But how did you sell me off without a word?"

    Xia Ming widened her eyes: "How did you know? No, I am the maid of the Vice Sector Head. Of course, I stand on the side of the Vice Sector Head, and I never promised to keep it a secret!"

    "But because of this matter, the sect leader even tore down the main hall and has been calling me a 'rebellious disciple', how can I tell a secret? After all, when we go back, we still have to lead the reconstruction of the palace!"

    "You know about this too?" Xia Ming stared at Lu Jin'an in surprise: "The Vice Sector Head told you? That's not right either. The Vice Sector Head is so angry, he certainly won't pay any attention to you."

    "You told me," Lu Jin'an teased.

    "When did I tell you?" Xia Ming looked at Lu Jin'an with confusion. Lu Jin'an smiled without speaking.

    Xia Ming pursed her lips: "If you don't want to say it, then don't... Also, rebuilding the palace is definitely your responsibility. After all, it's your fault that the Vice Sector Head got angry. And you just said that the Vice Sector Head was 'old', I remember that now, I'll tell her when we go back!"

    "The sect leader cares about me," Lu Jin'an said nonchalantly: "So in the end, it's still up to you to take responsibility."

    Xia Ming opened her mouth, but really couldn't find a way to refute it.

    She looked at Lu Jin'an's clean and neat brocade robe and the cloud water crown on his head, thinking that when in the sect, the Vice Sector Head also liked to manage his daily attire. Now that he was outside, someone else was still looking after him. Although Lu Jin'an, as the Master Brother of the Wan Dao Sect, could have taken care of these things himself, he didn't mind.

    Master Brother Lu's woman luck is really strong...

    "Humph!" Xia Ming said with a raised eyebrow: "If it weren't for the upcoming annual Immortal Seed Selection Conference of our sect, the Vice Sector Head would definitely come to scold you right away."

    "Hmm." Lu Jin'an nodded with a kind of disinterest.

    Seeing that she couldn't intimidate Lu Jin'an, Xia Ming pursed her lips and turned to business: "The blood pool in the back courtyard has reached its limit for refining."

    Lu Jin'an nodded, seeing that no one had come to seek medical treatment, he stood up and walked towards the rear courtyard of the medical hall, holding a short blade with blood-colored patterns in his hand, which he had somehow acquired.

    At the connection of the blade's hilt and blade, an elliptical blood pearl resembled an eye, emanating a chilling aura that sent shivers down one's spine.

    Xia Ming glanced at it once and then looked away, feeling uncomfortable.

    "Why do you need to refine blood?"

    "Of course it's useful."

    Xia Ming wisely did not press further and followed Lu Jin'an's steps to the inner hall, looking at the blood pool that covered over a hundred square meters. Xia Ming couldn't help but speak up—

    "It's easier to sacrifice this city instead of collecting blood so troublesomely."

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