While Ding Yun was providing free medical services in Huiyang City, the news of Doctor Hu, a disciple of the Divine Physician Valley with extraordinary medical skills, bravely stepping forward to save plague-ridden people despite the danger to himself, and curing the epidemic in half a month, spread rapidly.
Soon, it reached several surrounding prefectures and states.
And then, it reached some martial arts sects.
It also reached the ears of the surviving disciples of the Divine Physician Valley.
Most people were full of admiration for Ding Yun, a disciple of the Divine Physician Valley, for stepping forward to treat plague-stricken people in such a dangerous situation and worried about her safety.
They even hoped that the government would protect her personal safety.
However, the true disciples of the Divine Physician Valley were very puzzled about who this Doctor Hu was.
Did their Divine Physician Valley have such a person?
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In the backyard of the main hall of the Qingfeng Sect, the sect leader Zhu Huifeng and two elders, upon receiving the news, immediately summoned He Feng and Zhu Ya, disciples of the Divine Physician Valley sheltered by their sect, and asked if they knew anything:
"You two, this disciple of the Divine Physician Valley has done so much. Do you know which disciple of your Divine Physician Valley he is, and what is his relationship? Can you contact him and ask him to come over? He has been staying outside, and his safety is indeed a problem. Why not come to our Qingfeng Sect? We will definitely ensure his life is safe. What do you think?"
As soon as they finished listening to the sect leader of the Qingfeng Sect, He Feng and Zhu Ya couldn't help but exchange glances, and then began to recall thoughtfully, wondering if there was a young disciple named Hu in their Divine Physician Valley with superb medical skills.
But no matter how hard they tried to recall, they couldn't think of such a person in their valley. Therefore, they could only shake their heads helplessly. He Feng spoke on their behalf, replying:
"Sect Leader Zhu, it's not that we are deliberately concealing it, but my junior sister and I really can't remember when the Divine Physician Valley had a young disciple named Hu with superb medical skills. Although the surname Hu is not very common, it is not everywhere. After my junior sister and I carefully recalled, not only is there no young disciple named Hu with superb medical skills in our Divine Physician Valley, but there are no disciples surnamed Hu among the younger generation of this generation. As for the elders, we are not sure. But since you said he is young, he is unlikely to be an elder."
"None?"
Obviously, He Feng's words greatly surprised Sect Leader Zhu. He had never thought that someone would impersonate a disciple of the Divine Physician Valley at this time, so he naturally believed that everything Ding Yun said was true. But now, from the mouth of the disciples of the Divine Physician Valley, he heard words he didn't recognize or know. The degree of surprise in his heart was imaginable.
This was like someone winning an international award and claiming to have graduated from a certain school, only for other students and teachers from that school to say they had never heard of this person and that their school didn't have such a person. Anyone would find it strange.
"No way, don't you two think about it again, recall carefully? Although some things are unpleasant to say, the Divine Physician Valley is indeed not as good as before. In the past, people might have lied about being direct disciples of the Divine Physician Valley to boast about themselves. But now, everyone avoids it. There are even registered disciples who are genuinely from the Divine Physician Valley denying their identities in order to stay safe. So, is it possible that you just forgot?"
The elder of the Qingfeng Sect couldn't be blamed for thinking this way. Most people would think so after understanding the current situation. However, not knowing is not knowing. He Feng and Zhu Ya were unwilling to deliberately fabricate a connection, so they still shook their heads, and Zhu Ya spoke:
"Sect Leader Zhu, Elder Liu, this is also what we find strange. At this time, even our true disciples of the Divine Physician Valley dare not openly proclaim that we are disciples of the Divine Physician Valley. Theoretically, no one should impersonate us. But he still loudly proclaimed himself a disciple of the Divine Physician Valley under such circumstances. Isn't that itself quite strange?"
"I am very sure that my senior brother and I are not yet senile and forgetful. Moreover, the number of disciples in our Divine Physician Valley is limited, with a total of forty-two people in this generation. We have lived together day and night, and we are very familiar with each other. If he were truly a disciple of our Divine Physician Valley, there would be no reason for him to claim to be a disciple of the Divine Physician Valley but make up a surname. So, this matter is really quite strange!"
With both of them saying so, Sect Leader Zhu and the other two elders were also somewhat at a loss. There was no reason. Judging by the current situation, someone impersonating a disciple of the Divine Physician Valley would be no different from a normal person impersonating an unlucky person who might be assassinated at any moment. Not to mention that this normal person had superb medical skills.
The same doubt was not only in the Qingfeng Sect. Most of the other sects that sheltered one or two disciples of the Divine Physician Valley had similar doubts and couldn't understand the intentions or thoughts of that Doctor Hu in Huiyang City. However, even so, some of them still intended to investigate the situation. This was because they suspected that perhaps this Doctor Hu was only a registered disciple of the Divine Physician Valley before and not a formal disciple. That's why those disciples of the Divine Physician Valley didn't recognize him.
It was not unheard of in the history of martial arts for a sect to misjudge and overlook a disciple with good talent, or for a registered disciple to have an extraordinary encounter later. Even if the other party wasn't even a registered disciple, and was indeed a fake, as long as their medical skills were genuine, what was the big deal about whether they were a fake or not? With the increasing arrogance of the major sects of the demonic path, they were in great need of people with superb medical skills to help manage logistics, treat injuries, and detoxify.
Besides, the Divine Physician Valley was already destroyed anyway. As long as they all acknowledged his identity, even if the disciples of the Divine Physician Valley did not, it would be useless.
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At the same time, Ding Yun finally waited for the people who wanted to assassinate her, which truly made her excited. After all this trouble, someone finally came. If no one came soon, she would start to doubt the rumors, to doubt whether the rumor that disciples of the Divine Physician Valley were always being hunted was true. She had been so arrogant, what more did she want? Why had no one come to assassinate her yet?
It was a dark and windy, pitch-black night. Ding Yun was in a house prepared by a local wealthy merchant, taking care of a large tabby cat that had pretended to fall and extort her after the free clinic that evening. How to describe it? That fat tabby cat had already been thoroughly examined by Ding Yun from head to toe and was now looking somewhat lifeless as it ate the dried fish it got from selling its body, contemplating whether it was worth it.
Just then, several people in black, without resorting to underhanded tactics like knockout drugs, rushed directly into the house. They danced with their swords and attacked Ding Yun...
And then, without a doubt, Ding Yun directly pressed their acupoints with a few streaks of true qi from her fingertips. After that, Ding Yun hid them under the bed and told outsiders that it was fine, that the commotion just now was caused by the tabby cat she brought back, and dismissed the people sent by the government to protect her. Only then did she drag them out from under the bed again. Using her spiritual power, she forcefully suppressed their self-will and directly interrogated them about their origins and motives.