Chapter Fourteen: Doubt

  If you use a second-level magic potion, the effect will be immediate, but the value is also absolutely expensive, at least two to three gold coins, not ordinary expensive.

  As soon as Lin heard the words "fracture" from Xiao Hong's mouth, his face turned pale in an instant. This was the news he least wanted to hear. His family was poor and how could they afford the medical expenses? Moreover, a fracture would take three or four months to heal, and there would be no income for the family during that time.

  Unable to help himself, Lin Zi's eyes suddenly became somewhat red and moist in his moment of panic. Such an unexpected event was undoubtedly a disaster for him.

  "Brother Hong, what should I do now?" Lin Zi had lost his mind, his voice trembling as he asked Xiao Hong.

  "What else can we do? Since the matter has already happened, we can only go to the Miao Dan Medicine Hall for treatment." Li Le said helplessly, his expression somewhat dejected. He then patted his pocket and took out a dozen or so silver coins, looked around at his companions: "Linzi is in trouble, good brothers, let's show some loyalty, take out whatever savings you have."

  Li Le has already spent all his savings, and others have also started to search their pockets, but in the end, they only managed to raise more than 60 silver coins, which is still a long way from covering even the most basic medical expenses.

  "What's wrong? Not enough money? Do you want me to lend some to you? Don't worry, I won't charge interest. Just give us one-third of your territory and we'll call it a day."

  At this moment, a complacent voice suddenly rang out. Following the sound, I saw a tall and handsome man with slightly disheveled hair, slowly walking out from among the onlookers, his expression full of schadenfreude.

  His name was Cheng Rong, who was the leader of another small group, whose territory was adjacent to Li Le's, and there had been no shortage of disputes between them, even big fights.

  Now seeing Linzi's leg injury, Li Le's small group, combat effectiveness greatly damaged, Cheng Rong naturally psychologically delighted.

  Seeing Cheng Rong's expression, Li Le's face sank and he didn't respond.

  Xiao Hong, who was squatting on the ground, didn't go to look at Cheng Rong. Very quickly, he took out a small knife and found several wooden strips nearby, securing them to Lin Zi's calf.

  "Li Le, go behind Linzi to my residence, I'll take care of this illness." Xiao Hong slowly stood up and instructed Li Le.

  The crowd that heard this, their expressions changed involuntarily. Li Le and other companions couldn't help but doubt their ears. No mistake, Xiao Hong was skilled in medicine, they knew this, usually for minor illnesses like a cold, Xiao Hong could handle it. But now, this was a fracture, an injury to the bones and tendons, not something ordinary people could handle.

  As for the onlookers, they cast a glance at Xiao Hong's tattered clothes and a hint of disdain flashed across their faces, or rather, it was ridicule.

  In their view, this is no different from being overconfident. If they could really cure fractures, would they still be working as small miners here?

  At this time, Li Le naturally noticed the contemptuous gaze around him, but there was no way out, he could only carefully lift Linzi and walk towards the outside of the mine with a staggering gait.

  The other partners also looked uncertain and followed Li Le around, supporting Linzi as they walked out of the mine.

  "Let a careless little miner treat the fracture, I say, you really want to push your brother into the fire pit, be careful that the fracture is not cured, and the whole leg will not be kept." Cheng Rong glanced at Xiao Hong and said to Li Le.

  Some unrelated miners also started discussing and casting doubtful glances at Xiao Hong.

  Xiao Hong remained calm and composed, casting a brief glance at Cheng Rong before following Li Le out of the mine. He paid no attention to the scornful remarks from the people around him, his sole focus on resolving the trouble at hand.

  After all, if Li Le fell down and no one helped him guard the entrance of the four-story building, he would not feel at ease. More importantly, Li Le and his people had taken care of themselves every day, so they had no reason to ignore him.

  "Brother Cheng, do you think Xiao Hong can really cure Lin Zi?" A dirty miner, seeing Xiao Hong walking further and further away, leaned in close to Cheng Rong and asked quietly.

  "It's simply ridiculous, I've seen Xu Ergou treat fractures, just setting bones is a technical job, and he relies solely on Xiao Hong... Humph, he doesn't know his own strength." Cheng Rong responded, and the Xu Ergou in his mouth was actually Xu Nan, but Xu Nan didn't know him.

  "Shall we go and have a look?" another miner suggested.

  "Let's go." Cheng Rong said after a moment of contemplation, "We'll go take a look at Li Le and the others' desperate situation, it's about time too."

  It can be said that now Cheng Rong really cannot wait for Li Le's small group to disintegrate, so he can occupy more territory.

  Jian Chengrong and his companions followed Li Le, with some curious miners also following behind them, totaling nearly twenty people.

  Come to your own door as quickly as possible, Xiao Hong glanced at his companions behind him, still those miners who came to join in the fun. Xiao Hong's expression remained calm, although he didn't like so many people at his own doorstep, but Xiao Hong also had no right to drive them away.

  "Just bring Li Le and Linzi in with you, the others can wait outside." Xiao Hong said this, then opened the door lock and walked in.

  The onlookers, the miners, then began to discuss it heatedly, but most of them thought that Lin was more evil than good. In their hearts, they sighed at the hardships of the poor, who couldn't afford anything better and had to rely on this kind of quack doctor for medical treatment.

  "Hong Ge, Lin Zi, are you sure?" Li Le carefully placed Lin Zi on the broken wooden bed and asked tentatively.

  "It's unclear." Looking at Lin's ferocious expression, Xiao Hong responded indifferently and then slowly sat down beside him.

  "Not clear? How can you...?" Li Le was somewhat incredulous, his apprehension turning into unease. This was a fracture, not just a minor injury.

  But before Li Le could finish what he was saying, Xiao Hong had already taken out three talismans from the drawer, a detection talisman, a pain-relieving talisman, and a healing talisman.

  "This is... Brother Hong, you..." Li Le blinked his eyes repeatedly, pointing at the magic pattern on Xiao Hong's desk, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say, with a face full of astonishment.

  Is it possible that Hong Ge has already reached the second level of the Cavalry and can create and use the corresponding magic patterns? This is too fake, right? Li Le was a bit afraid to believe his own speculation.

  Xiao Hong didn't pay attention to Li Le's reaction, and directly drove the three magic patterns in succession. This was also the limit that a rider of the Rider level could reach. To reach the Rider level, one had to be able to use four magic patterns, while a Master level rider could use five, and so on.

  Xiao Hong stretched out his left hand, which was driving the pain-relieving tattoo, and gently placed it on Lin Zi's slightly deformed calf.

  It was just an instant, Linzi suddenly felt a refreshing sensation passing through Xiao Hong's rough hands and seeping into his calf, and the original sharp pain had dissipated a lot.

  Gradually, Lin Zi's originally ferocious expression gradually returned to calmness.

  "Really effective?" Li Le, who was standing beside him, looked at Lin Zi's expression, blinked his eyes, and made a exaggerated expression.

  "If you say one more word, get out." Xiao Hong glanced at Li Le and said in a low voice.

  "Oh." Li Le saw Xiao Hong's gloomy expression and didn't dare to say another word, obediently covering his own mouth and standing quietly beside him.

  At this time, Xiao Hong's expression had already become serious. What he was about to face was the reduction of the fracture, but all of Xiao Hong's experience was still theoretical and had never been put into practice. There was also a pain-relieving magic tattoo, so even if there was a slight mistake, Lin Zi could still bear it.

  He took a slight breath, and Xiao Hong activated the detection spell. Then, his hands slowly grasped Lin Zi's calf. Due to the different densities of bones and muscles, using the detection spell, Xiao Hong could clearly understand the basic situation of the damaged bones.

  It's okay, just a regular fracture, it's the easiest to treat among fractures. If it were broken into several pieces or had fragments, that would be troublesome. With Xiao Hong's current medical skills, he can only look up to others with admiration.