Chapter 6

Unaware of the abnormal behavior of the Great King, Li Mang naturally slept very soundly that night, only gradually waking up early the next morning. Instinctively, he yawned, and as he became more awake, Li Mang gradually recalled the scene before he fell asleep. He suddenly sat up from the bed, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

The events of yesterday were truly abnormal! After a hearty meal, he was actually drunk, but Li Mang had never touched alcohol. The only plausible explanation was that the wild chicken was problematic!

Without further ado, Li Mang jumped out of bed, performing a flexible backflip, something he normally couldn't do. However, he had no time to notice this and immediately began to check his body. He quickly noticed that his arms were covered in a layer of black mud. Not only his arms, but his entire body was covered in it, sticky and very uncomfortable.

"What's going on!" Li Mang's face was extremely unpleasant, after all, facing an unknown situation, it was inevitable to feel panic.

However, Li Mang soon calmed down, as apart from the layer of black mud on his body, he felt no other discomfort. His spirit was better than ever, and he even felt particularly strong today.

"Did I just do a backflip off the bed? What a cool memory..." Li Mang vaguely recalled the scene just now, his expression incredibly bizarre.

"Could it be... a hair and skin cleansing?"

After all, he had been in Yanhuang for more than half a year, and with his superior knowledge, Li Mang quickly thought of the reason for the black mud on his body. The panic on his face gradually turned into joy.

Ancient medicine has a theory that since humans eat a variety of grains, there will inevitably be impurities in the body, a fact also confirmed by modern medicine. It is said that if one can take a miraculous elixir, the impurities in the body can be removed, achieving the effect of cleansing and rejuvenation, which is known as hair and skin cleansing.

"I certainly didn't take any miraculous elixir, but the problem must be with that wild chicken from yesterday. Could it be that the wild chicken is already a spiritual being?" Li Mang boldly guessed.

Yesterday, he was so captivated by the delicious stewed chicken that he didn't feel much, but now, recalling the warm and comfortable feeling after drinking the stew, he realized it was surprisingly similar to the effects of taking a miraculous elixir. Thus, Li Mang's guess was not rash.

His body was so sticky that while he was thinking about these things, he had already gone to the bathroom, adjusted the warm water, and started to shower.

He had injuries on his body, the burns from the fire hadn't fully healed, and he was also scratched and pecked by the wild chicken yesterday. Li Mang originally planned to be careful to avoid the water touching his wounds to prevent them from flaring up.

However, he was soon stunned to find that the wounds from yesterday had already completely scabbed over, and the burns from a week ago had left no scars at all.

This was certainly due to the effectiveness of the ghost doctor's medicinal powder, but before yesterday, the burns still left faint scars. Now, they had completely disappeared overnight, which was truly incredible. But it was not hard to imagine that this was a manifestation of the hair and skin cleansing.

After a refreshing shower, Li Mang finally felt comfortable, as if every pore on his body was breathing, and his spirit was better than ever.

However, when he saw his bald head in the mirror, Li Mang could only smile bitterly. His hair, being flammable, had been burned off the moment he fell into the fire, and with his scalp slightly scorched, after seven days, not a single hair had grown back!

Dressed neatly, he put on a sun hat to cover his bald head and nodded in satisfaction at his reflection in the mirror.

"Li Mang, Li Mang!"

Just then, the brat's voice came from outside the yard.

Li Mang's brows furrowed slightly. Although the brat didn't intentionally harm him, it was the brat who started the fire, and when he was attacked by Old Cao, the brat was hiding behind him, leading to his unfortunate disaster.

To say that Li Mang wasn't angry would be impossible!

But due to the unexpected good fortune, he obtained the strange *Classic of Mountains and Seas* in the fire, and considering that the brat was just an eight-year-old child with a mental disability, Li Mang felt sympathy and couldn't bring himself to hold a grudge.

"Coming!" Li Mang responded and walked out, seeing the brat waiting at the door with eager eyes.

"Li Mang, you're really better!" Seeing Li Mang, the brat's face instantly lit up with a smile, but there was a hint of guilt in his eyes.

Although he was born with a mental disability, after years of treatment in Yanhuang, he had recovered to the intelligence level of a four- or five-year-old child. After learning that Li Mang was severely injured because of him and almost died, the brat was also very worried.

"Brat, what do you need?" Wu Rui patted his head and asked.

"Nothing, nothing, just to go have breakfast with you!" the brat said cheerfully.

"Actually, I am a bit hungry..." Wu Rui closed the door to his yard and walked with the brat toward the canteen on the right.

As they walked, the brat's mouth didn't stop, and without waiting for Wu Rui's response, he chattered about the interesting things that had happened in the Yanhuang compound over the past few days, his face full of innocence. Although Wu Rui felt helpless, he didn't interrupt.

"Li Mang, did you hear the dogs barking last night?" the brat suddenly asked excitedly, his face full of smiles.

"Dogs barking?" Li Mang's expression turned strange. In the Yanhuang compound, only the ghost doctor kept dogs... The Great King ate a lot of wild chicken yesterday, could something have happened? His heart skipped a beat, but on the surface, he just asked curiously, "What dogs barking?"

Although what he did yesterday was secret, the Yanhuang compound was full of cameras. If the ghost doctor checked the surveillance footage afterward, this matter might not be kept secret. Now, Li Mang could only pray that nothing happened to the Great King. Guilt was secondary; the ghost doctor might even take his life!

"Grandma Snake said the Great King was in heat, barking all night, and everyone was kept awake!" The brat laughed happily, not angry about being kept awake, as his constitution was extraordinary, and one night without sleep was no big deal. As for why he was happy, he didn't really understand what being in heat meant, but he found it interesting.

"Is that so..." Li Mang's face stiffened. His wild chicken wasn't an aphrodisiac; how could the Great King be in heat? This was unreasonable! But he didn't dare say it out loud, or the brat's big mouth would spread the news throughout the compound.

However, he was still very worried about the Great King. Although he had used the Great King to test the wild chicken, he didn't want anything to happen to the Great King. Li Mang was just a bit devious, but his heart wasn't black. He quickly asked, "Is the Great King okay?"

"That black dog is still bouncing around happily!" the brat pouted.

"..." Li Mang was speechless, but his heart, which had been on edge, finally relaxed. As long as the Great King was fine, everything was fine.

As they talked, they arrived at the canteen. The wooden house, wooden tables, and wooden chairs had an ancient style, not luxurious but clean and quiet, more like a private club, absolutely high-end and elegant.

"Damn, that black dog of the ghost doctor barked all night, keeping me awake, and I even got acne!" a man in a bathrobe angrily walked into the canteen, his eyes bloodshot, almost in a state of mental breakdown.

"Ha... You're almost fifty and still getting acne? Besides, the Great King has been cooped up in the Yanhuang compound for years; you should understand his physical suffering."

"Is it your physical suffering? You pervert!"

"Hehe... Both, both."

It was still early for breakfast, but there were quite a few people, about a hundred, but they all looked tired and were collectively complaining about the Great King. Clearly, everyone had been tormented by the Great King last night, making Li Mang feel very guilty.

"If that black dog does this again, I'll poison it!" a man in a bathrobe stormed into the canteen, his eyes bloodshot, almost in a state of mental breakdown.

Actually, the mentally unstable members of Yanhuang were kept in separate houses in the inner courtyard, while those who could move freely in the compound had a certain level of rationality, though their mental states were not entirely normal, and they were prone to irritability.

"Who are you going to poison!" Suddenly, a ragged old man, who had just followed the man in the bathrobe, heard his harsh words and asked with bloodshot eyes.

This man was the ghost doctor. The origin of his name was said to be due to his medical skills, but some said it was because of his ragged appearance, and others said it was because of his gaunt face, which seemed to lack flesh and blood, like a ghost.

Actually, although the ghost doctor's temper was strange, he was not usually so irritable. However, he had been tense all night, and he was particularly sensitive to words related to poisoning. Hearing the man in the bathrobe say he would poison the Great King, and considering the "poisoning" incident with the Great King last night, the ghost doctor was filled with anger, his eyes slightly red.

Although the ghost doctor's mental state was not a problem, his temper was strange. If someone provoked him, he would retaliate ruthlessly, even showing a devilish side, which might be another reason he was called the ghost doctor. The words "ghost" and "doctor" are of different natures, but he had perfectly combined them, being both a doctor and a ghost.

Hearing the sinister voice behind him, the man in the bathrobe's face turned pale, and his anger mysteriously subsided. He turned back and smiled sheepishly, "Ghost doctor, I was just joking. The Great King only eats the food you give him; how could I poison it?"

Although the ghost doctor's martial skills were not strong, his medical skills were the most advanced in Yanhuang, and he was particularly skilled in treating mental disorders caused by special abilities. He could be considered the doctor of all Yanhuang members, so his status was very high. As long as one's mind was still normal, they wouldn't easily provoke or offend him.

However, what made the man in the bathrobe speechless was that as soon as he finished speaking, the Great King, who was behind the ghost doctor, happily ran to Li Mang's side at the dining table, wagging his tail and looking very submissive.

This scene not only stunned the man in the bathrobe but also everyone in the canteen, including the ghost doctor, who were all dumbfounded.

Only Li Mang's face was filled with shock and hidden resentment. He really wanted to slap the black dog unconscious. Just because he gave it a chicken butt! It was acting so submissive, trying to frame him! Didn't he see that the ghost doctor was already looking at him strangely!

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