Chapter 515 - 513: Army Medic, Unwilling to Hide

Chapter 515: Chapter 513: Army Medic, Unwilling to Hide

’Hmm...’

’Where should I go?’

’Maybe I should switch to another country?’

’Change to another Star?’

’To hell with it, I’ll just drop the act.’

’Should I just find a random Star and continue my Cultivation there?’

Su Qing was lost in thought.

He paid no mind to the chaos of the populace outside.

’I’ll wait and see for a few more days.’

’If they can’t even hold a County City this large, and the outcome is certain, then I should probably leave this Star.’

Su Qing thought to himself.

"Doctor Su."

Several soldiers clad in armor and holding long spears approached him.

Their expressions were grim as they looked at Su Qing.

"I know, I know. I’ll go with you."

In times of war, doctors were the most precious of resources.

The people in the County City knew this as well.

Su Qing went along with them.

"Thank you, Doctor Su, for not making things difficult for us. We’ll be relying on you from now on."

"Mm."

Only then did Su Qing understand.

He finally understood why Li Renren had left.

’It’s possible the County City was indefensible from the start.’

’But if they don’t even defend this County City, it’s only a matter of Time before the Capital City is attacked.’

Su Qing refused to believe the Capital City wouldn’t send people to defend it.

It was a matter of strategic positioning and geography.

If this County City couldn’t be held...

...the Capital City would be indefensible too.

Regardless, Su Qing was escorted to the military camp.

He was assigned to tend to the wounded soldiers.

"Doctor Zhang."

"So Doctor Su has come as well."

"Yes. When the nation is in peril, we have no choice but to answer the call," Su Qing said with a nod.

"I’ve been here for several days now," Doctor Zhang said with a sigh.

"I see."

Su Qing joined him in treating the wounded soldiers.

To be honest, most of the soldiers were maimed.

Some had been run through completely, yet were somehow still clinging to life.

The most Su Qing could do was disinfect and bandage their wounds.

「Several days later.」

Late at night.

There was no moonlight in the sky.

It was pitch-black.

The only sound to be heard was the low hum of insects.

"Everyone, run!"

The shout was followed by a muffled thud.

Su Qing’s eyes snapped open.

The voice was familiar.

It belonged to someone Su Qing knew—Doctor Zhang.

"Enemy attack!"

As the cry rang out, the tents in the military camp erupted into motion.

But soon enough, someone was already standing before Su Qing.

It was a masked man dressed in all-black infiltration gear.

Only his sharp eyes were visible.

He was a Cultivator at the First Step of the Earth Dao Path.

Moreover, he had trained in combat techniques.

His strike carried a heavy, profound weight, characteristic of his path.

He launched a fierce blow at Su Qing.

Su Qing dodged to the side.

’He’s just a slightly stronger Martial Artist.’

’Dodging him is easy.’

After dodging, Su Qing feigned a few tumbles and then burst out of the tent.

The moment he was outside, Su Qing shouted, "The enemy is here!"

"He’s targeting us, the field physicians!"

’Kill the healer first in a team fight.’ That saying wasn’t wrong.

The assassins had already worked their way to him.

’Doctor Zhang is probably dead.’

’I wonder how many doctors are left.’

"You damned slippery bastard!"

The man roared in anger and charged out of the tent, intent on killing Su Qing.

He was risking his very life to carve out a future for his Jia Mountain People.

Unfortunately for him, he was met with a dozen long spears.

There was no escape.

He lacked the power to fly to the heavens or burrow into the earth.

He was riddled with dozens of holes from the dozen-odd spears.

However, as the long spears struck his torso, the man was unharmed.

’A pity,’ Su Qing thought with an inward smile.

’He’s a dead man for sure.’

’He might have armor on his body, but not on his face.’

Within two seconds, the man was dead, his head pierced into an unrecognizable mess.

"Doctor Su, are you alright?"

A soldier helped Su Qing to his feet. "I’m fine," Su Qing said, steadying himself. "I heard Doctor Zhang’s voice just now. Go check on him, quickly! His tent is with the rest of us Physicians!"

"Go check on them!"

"Right."

Afterward, a general came to offer his sympathies to Su Qing.

The casualties were tallied.

Su Qing saw Doctor Zhang’s body.

He was dead.

His heart meridians had been shattered by a shockwave.

One could say it was a swift death.

He had done nothing wrong.

The fault lay in his allegiance, and the fact that he had no choice.

It was likely that his medical knowledge would not be passed down completely.

"What a shame."

Su Qing sighed.

It wasn’t just Doctor Zhang.

Several other physicians had also been killed.

Everyone mourned in silence.

The ones who had died were all highly skilled physicians.

Now, even if they won this battle, their losses would be severe.

After this incident, soldiers were posted to guard Su Qing’s tent.

They were afraid of losing all their skilled doctors.

Su Qing was incredibly busy for the next month.

This continued until reinforcements were finally dispatched from the Capital.

Cultivators of the Dao Path also took part in the fighting.

「Three months later.」

The war was over.

The Jia Mountain People had been defeated and forced to retreat.

As a highly skilled physician, Su Qing returned to his own residence after the County City was secured.

He couldn’t follow the army forever, after all.

"Doctor Su is finally back!"

"Doctor Su!"

"Doctor Su, when will you resume seeing patients?"

Su Qing replied, "Don’t worry, I’ll resume consultations tomorrow."

’Everyone has suffered so much recently.’

’Some of these ailments are simply caused by malnutrition.’

Looking at everyone’s conditions, Su Qing couldn’t help but think of the wheat in his Micro Acupoint World.

It had already grown to fill the entire Micro Acupoint World.

’Forget it. It’s better if these things born of Standardization don’t appear in the world.’

’I don’t want to get involved in such massive karma. Not unless I’m powerful enough to handle the consequences in the future.’

Su Qing thought to himself. Who wouldn’t want a perfect world?

But a perfect world is merely a fantasy, born from the dissatisfaction living beings have with their current state.

They are never satisfied.

A perfect world will never exist.

It was just like when he used the wheat seeds during his negotiations with the White Cloak.

Once they had food, they began to fight over water.

And after water?

They fought for land.

And after land?

It was a hopeless cycle.

All living beings suffer. Su Qing couldn’t even save himself, so how could he possibly save others?

Back at his clinic, Su Qing began to sweep away the dust.

He sorted through the medicinal herbs.

Then, he returned to the small courtyard next door.

No one had entered.

Anyone who tried to sneak in would have met their end.

Because Su Qing’s true body was here, deep in Cultivation.

’Looks like I don’t have to move after all. I was just thinking how troublesome it would be to keep running around. A dignified Twelfth Realm Great Cultivator like myself, constantly having to relocate my Cultivation. ’

’How utterly laughable.’

Su Qing chuckled at the thought.

However, most of the medicinal herbs in the clinic were gone.

They had likely been taken.

But some silver had been left in their place.

Whoever took them was at least decent enough to pay.

’Tomorrow, I’ll do a good deed for a change.’

’I’ve done plenty of bad things, so it’s time I did some good as well.’

Su Qing planned to open his Micro Acupoint World and bring out some grain.

He would cook wheat porridge and add some herbs to replenish qi and blood.

After playing the villain for so long, he felt like being a good guy for once.

If he had the power, Su Qing would certainly want every living being to have a full belly.

「The next day.」

In front of Su Qing’s clinic.

A huge vat was placed.

Next to it was a sign with two words written on it.

"Charity Porridge"

The neighborhood residents had already formed a long queue.

They were all waiting for Su Qing to distribute the porridge.

Every bowl of porridge was thick and hearty.

Su Qing was certainly not lacking for this small amount of grain.

He only gave it to the common folk whose qi and blood were deficient.

He could tell at a glance that those with abundant qi and blood had surplus grain at home; his eyes were sharp.

For example, when a member of the Black Wolf Gang tried to pass himself off as a refugee, Su Qing saw through him at a single glance.

Before Su Qing even had to act, the people waiting in line were ready to do it for him.

"You, get out of here," Su Qing pointed at the man. "Your qi and blood are abundant. Don’t even think about getting any of this porridge."

"I..."

"Get lost!"

"That’s right, Divine Physician Su told you to leave!"

The crowd grew agitated, and the hungry refugees at the very back of the line shouted with even more fervor.

...

Su Qing spent nearly the entire morning ladling out porridge.

When the porridge ran out, Su Qing lifted the massive vat himself to put it away, a sight that shocked the onlookers.

Such Divine Power was something you would never see in an ordinary person.

Su Qing could only brush it off, claiming he was simply born with incredible strength.

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