Mingyuan City, the third largest city within the Feng Kingdom.

This city is located on a plain, covering an area of ​​a hundred miles. A large river stretches and winds south of the city, making both water and land transportation extremely convenient, which has also contributed to the city's prosperity.

At this time, the crowd entering the city at the city gate formed a long queue, and the noise was chaotic.

Liu Leer, holding the tall youth, was mixed in the crowd, feeling a little uneasy in her heart, and her eyes glanced at the top of the city gate, which was several feet high, from time to time.

There hung an octagonal bronze mirror, facing the direction of the city gate.

At this time, the sun was high in the sky, and the Bagua pattern carved on the bronze mirror shone in the sunlight, emitting a dignified auspicious aura.

Entering the city only required paying some silver to the guards. The inspection did not seem strict, and it was quickly Liu Leer and the youth's turn.

The two came to the city gate, facing the Bagua bronze mirror on the city gate. An inexplicable force enveloped the two.

Liu Leer's body appeared a little stiff, and she lowered her head.

The tall youth looked directly at the Bagua bronze mirror, his eyes dull, but no one noticed that a blue light flashed in the depths of his pupils, but no abnormality appeared on the bronze mirror.

"Where are you from? What are you doing in the city?" A middle-aged man, the city gate guard, glanced at the two and asked lazily.

"Big brothers, we are siblings from Liujia Town, three hundred miles northwest of the city. My name is Liu Leer, and this is my brother Liu Shi. We are here to join relatives in the city and to treat my brother's illness by the way." Liu Leer said quickly with a smile on her little face.

Although she and the tall youth had been living together for many years, they still inevitably came into contact with outsiders. For convenience, she gave this "Brother Stone" the name Liu Shi.

As she spoke, Liu Leer quickly took out some copper coins and handed them to the guard, slightly more than the entry fee.

Seeing this, the middle-aged guard showed a satisfied look on his face, stuffed the extra copper coins into his pocket without showing any traces, glanced at the somewhat dull tall youth Liu Shi, and waved his hand without asking any more questions:

"Seeing that you two siblings are unlikely to be villains, go in."

Liu Leer agreed, took Liu Shi's hand and quickly entered the city. After walking a good distance away from the city gate, she slowed down in a deserted corner and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, I still have the Qi 引 Qi Talisman that my father gave me back then, which can cover up my own demon aura, so I wasn't discovered by the demon-revealing mirror."

Liu Leer looked around to make sure no one was paying attention, muttered a few words in a low voice, and then took out a cyan jade talisman from her arms.

The jade talisman was two inches long and two fingers wide, covered with cyan patterns, forming a complex array. Soft cyan light flowed on it, like flowing water.

Looking at the thing in her hand, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, and then she carefully hid the jade talisman again.

After turning two alleys, the two came to the main street of Mingyuan City.

The street was wide enough for three carriages to run side by side. On both sides of the street were tall and spacious shops, lined up one after another, connecting to the end of the field of vision.

However, not much brick and tile was used here for the buildings. Most of the houses were built with wood. Although the houses were not very tall, rarely exceeding ten zhang high, they were exquisite and novel.

Liu Leer came to a big city like Mingyuan City for the first time. The bustling crowd around her made her a little scared, and her body clung to Liu Shi.

However, although the surrounding people were flowing like a river, they were doing their own thing, and no one came to interfere with the two of them, which gradually relaxed her mood. She began to be attracted by the various novelties in the city, and took Liu Shi to stroll around the street with great interest.

"Brother Stone, look over there! I've heard of that thing. It looks really delicious." Liu Leer stared at a hawker selling candied haws not far away.

Liu Shi's dark eyes reflected the surrounding lively scene, expressionless, as if he was completely indifferent to these things.

Liu Leer was about to pull Liu Shi over when she suddenly saw the youth like this, feeling a burst of loss in her heart. She immediately remembered the purpose of coming to the city, and quickly held the youth's palm tightly, and said seriously.

"Brother Stone, don't worry, this city is so big, there must be a doctor who can cure you."

Hearing this, Liu Shi's eyes flickered slightly.

Liu Leer took Liu Shi to a roadside food stall and ate something casually. She asked someone and quickly found out the location of two nearby clinics.

West of the city, Li's Clinic.

Li's Clinic has been practicing medicine here for a hundred years and can be regarded as a time-honored brand.

A middle-aged man wearing a blue cloth gown sat on a wooden chair, three fingers pressed on Liu Shi's wrist, concentrating on examining his pulse. Liu Leer stood aside a little nervously.

This middle-aged man is named Li Changqing. He is the contemporary successor of Li's Clinic and a well-known medical expert in the vicinity. He has been practicing medicine for more than 20 years.

After taking his pulse for a while, Li Changqing withdrew his palm.

"Your brother's six pulses are gentle and powerful, and his Qi and blood are abundant. His body is obviously very good. How could he suffer from soul loss? When did his condition appear? Is there any external cause?" Li Changqing frowned and looked at Liu Leer, and asked.

"My brother and I haven't seen each other for many years, and I don't know anything about the cause of his illness." Liu Leer shook her head.

"Then it will be difficult. If you don't know the cause of the disease, you can't treat it. Please forgive me for my shallow medical skills and my inability to help." Li Changqing stroked his long beard and said with some apology.

"Is there really no clue?" Liu Leer asked anxiously.

"I really can't do anything about it." Li Changqing shook his head.

Liu Leer was disappointed, bowed to Li Changqing, and walked out of the clinic with Liu Shi.

"There are still many clinics in this Mingyuan City. We will go through them one by one, and we will definitely be able to cure you."

The girl drooped her head for a while, and soon encouraged Liu Shi like an encouragement.

Liu Shi grinned, not knowing if he understood Liu Leer's words.

The two walked in one direction, crossed two blocks, and came to the door of another clinic.

This clinic has gray exterior walls and black tiles. The facade is wide, revealing a luxurious atmosphere. It is much more imposing than Li's Clinic, and there are many people who come to seek medical treatment.

"This clinic is so big, the doctors inside should be more skilled." Liu Leer was full of expectations and took Liu Shi in.

Half an hour later, the two walked out from inside, the girl still with a disappointed look on her face.

"Don't worry, there are other clinics." Liu Leer quickly cheered up.

For most of the next day, the two walked through the streets and alleys, and went through almost all the clinics in Mingyuan City, but those doctors were helpless with Liu Shi's symptoms.

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North of the city, Yejuzhai.

Two figures slowly paced out from inside, it was Liu Leer and Liu Shi.

Liu Leer looked lost, playing with the corner of her clothes with her head down.

Although this Yejuzhai is not the largest clinic in Mingyuan City, it is said that the doctors here have some insights into some difficult and miscellaneous diseases, but unfortunately, they failed to see the cause of Liu Shi's disease.

"Little girl, please stop." At this moment, a voice came from behind, and an old man in a green robe with gray hair quickly chased up from behind.

"Doctor Liu." Liu Leer was slightly surprised and stopped.

This old man in green robe is the person who took Liu Shi's pulse just now, the attending doctor of Yejuzhai.

"Old sir, could it be that you have thought of something about my brother's condition?" Liu Leer suddenly felt a little hope in her heart, and asked quickly.

"That's right. After I diagnosed your brother just now, I went to the back hall to look through some medical books and accidentally saw a case that was quite similar to your brother's situation." The old man in green robe nodded.

"Doctor, please speak." Liu Leer was overjoyed when she heard this.

"According to the records in the book, your brother's symptoms are very different from ordinary soul loss. It's more like being cursed or restricted, which has damaged his soul. Such injuries cannot be treated by ordinary doctors. Only by finding immortal masters who are good at this can he be cured. As for the matter of being unable to speak, it's a minor matter. Your brother's mouth and tongue are fine. As long as his soul recovers to normal, he will naturally be able to speak." The old man in green robe continued.

After listening to these words, Liu Leer fell silent. After a while, she barely squeezed out a cute smile:

"Thank you, Doctor Liu, for your guidance."

"Little girl, you're welcome. It is our duty as doctors to heal the wounded and rescue the dying." The old man in green robe shook his head and returned to the house on his own.

Liu Leer then took the youth out of Yejuzhai and became unhappy.

"Alas, Brother Stone's condition is indeed that his soul has been injured." The girl murmured to herself.

She is a fox demon, although she is young, she has some understanding of immortal cultivation and Taoism. Over the years, from Liu Shi's abnormality, she has also vaguely guessed that his soul may have been injured.

To be treated, she must seek help from immortal cultivators who are proficient in the way of the soul.

It's just that such immortal cultivators are extremely powerful. With just one 引 Qi Talisman, she really doesn't have the confidence to hide it from the other party.

The two came to Mingyuan City this time to find someone to seek medical treatment, also holding a fluke, hoping that she was wrong in her guess, but now it seems that things went against her wishes.

Liu Leer couldn't help but hesitate.

Just as she was frowning, there was a sudden commotion on the street ahead, and the pedestrians on the street were in chaos.

"The horse is frightened!"

"Get out of the way!"

A burst of exclamations came from the front, and the crowd was in a mess, desperately running to both sides.

Not far away, a silver carriage was pulled down by a blue monster horse covered with scales, running wildly like crazy, and it happened to rush towards Liu Leer and Liu Shi.

The blue monster horse screamed for a long time, looking like crazy. The carriage swayed from side to side behind it. The person driving the carriage was as pale as paper, desperately pulling the reins, but it was of no use.

Liu Leer was shocked and took the youth to avoid, but it was too late.

In a burst of fishy wind, the monster horse flew to the two of them with the carriage at a distance of ten feet. The girl could even clearly see the blue monster horse's mouth full of fangs and the clumps of white foam甩出 from it.