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    Starry Sky Professional Directory 132

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    “Seeing a psychiatrist for mental illness, I feel much better mentally,” Fang Xing said.

    Xia Long twitched the corner of his mouth: “Or… should we leave?”

    “No… we’ve already come this far.” Although Fang Xing also felt things were a little unorthodox, they had already come, and besides, he wasn’t the one being treated. He was quite curious about that senior from Blue Star University.

    “Okay, let’s go!” Li Wei ran off to handle the visiting procedures, while Fang Xing and Xia Long watched the patients on the lawn. Some had vacant stares, sitting blankly in place, while others mumbled incessantly.

    “These were all interstellar warriors once,” Xia Long sighed. “The Evil God’s followers carry mental pollution. The higher the level, the stronger the mental pollution… The first batch of interstellar warriors who directly faced the Evil God’s true form have long since gone mad and died, or become completely insane… Later, even though the Human Federation created generation after generation of mental protection technology, eventually some encountered overly powerful Evil God followers or projections of the Evil God’s true form, their mental defenses were directly breached, and they fell into madness…”

    “Compared to them, my injury is extremely minor and I’m very lucky,” Xia Long sighed.

    “Alright, follow me.” At this time, Li Wei came to them: “I’ve obtained visitation permission, but remember… don’t stray too far from me, especially when entering the deeper parts of the mental hospital… There are no shortage of External Manifestation and even Martial Dao Golden Core realm patients here! Once they go berserk and attack, even you might die on the spot…”

    “Of course I know how serious it is.” Fang Xing nodded and followed Li Wei into the mental hospital.

    Cold and oppressive… Although the hospital used various warm-colored materials, Fang Xing inexplicably had this feeling.

    “Let me go! Let me go!”
    “I can still fight!”
    “Ah… who am I? Who is me?”

    Some faint voices came from the void.

    “These are patients at the Brave Warrior and External Manifestation levels… They live in the moderate-care ward. While they can’t go outside for walks like the mild-care patients, their condition is generally controllable, only occasionally having outbursts…” Li Wei carried a fruit basket, walking at the front. “And then there’s the underground level; that’s the severe-care ward… The patients there are unpredictable.”

    “The Evil God’s pollution continues to worsen, affecting matter from the mental realm. Of course, it can also affect bloodlines… In the late stages of true Evil God-induced mental illness… genetic mutations might occur.”

    Xia Long suddenly spoke: “In other words… the severe-care ward here doesn’t just hold mental patients, but also Evil God followers?”

    Li Wei didn’t speak, but walked into the elevator and swiped his identity card. Fang Xing and Xia Long followed, watching as the elevator descended to the basement level.

    After the elevator opened, they saw one grid after another, without doors or windows, only smooth, seamless walls.

    “For the patients here, without the director’s order, you can’t even look at them…” Li Wei seemed familiar with the place, leading Fang Xing to the innermost room and swiping his identity card.

    Beep! The originally smooth metal wall immediately cracked open a door.

    Fang Xing and Xia Long immediately became alert, their domain powers poised.

    Behind the door was a simple, white room. A white floor, a white bed, and a desk… Many books were on the shelves, neatly arranged. The only thing missing was… a person!

    “Huh? Senior doesn’t seem to be here…” Li Wei scratched his head.

    Fang Xing and Xia Long exchanged glances. What could be more terrifying than a mental patient escaping?

    “Oh?” Li Wei took a few steps forward, approaching the desk, and saw a sticky note – ‘I went to find the director.’

    “So, senior went to find the director. Let’s go too.” Li Wei was unfazed: “The director should be giving him psychological treatment…”

    “Why write it down?” Fang Xing felt his mouth twitching.

    “Who can understand the thinking of a mentally ill person? The director here is a very good person… I visited her during a student union assignment, and I often send some medicine here afterwards,” Li Wei said as he led Fang Xing and Xia Long to the elevator.

    After swiping the card, the elevator quickly ascended. Soon, the cold and frantic feeling disappeared.

    The director’s office was on the top floor of the Qingshan Mental Hospital. It had windows on all sides, offering a beautiful view. The oil paintings and sculptures in the corridor were also tasteful.

    Li Wei arrived at the director’s office door and politely knocked. No one answered. A strange expression appeared on his face, and he knocked again.

    “Wait…” A gentle, magnetic female voice came from inside the door: “Alright… come in.”

    The three entered and saw a large office. A woman, roughly thirty to forty years old, sat in a therapy chair. She must have been extremely beautiful in her youth, and even now, her charm remained undiminished. An oval face, willow eyebrows, and time had left few marks on her face, instead bestowing gentleness and intelligence upon her. A beauty spot on the corner of her mouth made her even more charming. At the moment, there was still a flush of excitement on her face as she straightened her white coat.

    “It’s Li Wei, is it?” She adjusted her white coat, then casually put her hands in her pockets, like a true expert: “Looking for Xu Sanyang? He’s in the next room…”

    “Okay, director.” Li Wei awkwardly carried the fruit basket and took Fang Xing and them to the next room.

    Xu Sanyang was sitting on the sofa watching the news, with juice at his hand. He had well-defined features and a good-looking face, but he was wearing a blue and white striped patient’s gown, his hair was messy like a bird’s nest, and he had heavy dark circles and bags under his eyes, which lowered his appearance quite a bit.

    “Oh? Junior brother is here… Have a seat.” Xu Sanyang saw Li Wei and smiled, then saw Fang Xing and Xia Long: “And friends, no, you’re sick!” His seemingly vacant eyes fixed on Xia Long: “Moon God follower’s mental decline?”

    “That’s right, I wonder if there’s a way to treat it?” Fang Xing asked.

    “That…” Xu Sanyang’s eyes suddenly glazed over, mumbling strange words.

    Suddenly! A golden light appeared, and Fang Xing and Xia Long’s domain powers were instantly shattered. When they came to their senses, they were outside, on the lawn. Among the green hills and waters, Xu Sanyang was directly eating apples from the fruit basket.

    “Golden Core? Or even above Golden Core?” Xia Long was stunned: “Such a dangerous mental patient, why is there no restraint?”

    “Of course there is, generally speaking, such patients can’t even leave the ward… But Senior Xu is an exception.” Li Wei answered proudly, then lowered his head, looking dejected: “I just didn’t expect… Director Ye Lingxin to be like this. As a psychologist, sleeping with her patients is very immoral…”

    Fang Xing searched and found that Ye Lingxin was a very famous expert in the field of psychology, and even a visiting professor at Blue Star University’s psychology and pharmacy departments!

    “I think… that Director Ye is not bad, maybe she can take a look at me…” Xia Long compared the two and felt that Ye Lingxin was more reliable.

    “She can’t, her specialty isn’t right. Unless you want to be kept here for slow treatment…” Xu Sanyang, who was eating apples, finally regained focus: “And… why is it that she slept with me, not me sleeping… no, it’s not that I’m treating her?”

    “Ah?” Li Wei suddenly felt a chill down his spine: “Director Ye Lingxin also has mental problems?”

    “Hey… it’s not rare. Most soldiers returning from the battlefield have some mental problems. I just occasionally help her vent her sadness…” Xu Sanyang looked at the distant scenery, then at Xia Long: “How about it? Treatment or not? I’ll warn you in advance… I’ve killed people while treating them, otherwise, why do you think I’m here?”

    “He’s also killed people while treating them?” Fang Xing looked at Xia Long, feeling that Xia Long should decide himself: “Teacher Xia Long, you decide!”

    Xia Long seemed to think of something and smiled wearily: “I feel like I should have died a long time ago… Fine, I’ll let you do it. Even if I go back to teaching for another few decades, I might not meet another Fang Xing.”

    “That’s not your true heart, but your mental decline making you have nihilistic thoughts…” Xu Sanyang said: “But, I’ll take that as a yes.”

    His aura was shocking, his Golden Core domain enveloping the three of them. In a flash, they disappeared. When they reappeared, they were inside an antique-style pharmacy. Above each small compartment, the special scent of Chinese herbal medicine filled the air, each with its name written on it – Aoki Vine, Gastrodia, Angelica, Atractylodes…

    “Your pollution isn’t too bad, and it hasn’t been long. After two doses of medicine, you should be cured.” Xu Sanyang nimbly stood on the counter, his eyes suddenly becoming hazy and frantic: “Grab the medicine, grab the medicine…”

    His voice became increasingly hazy, as if he was chanting some ancient incantation, and his body movements became increasingly strange. It didn’t look like he was grabbing medicine, but rather dancing some strange dance. Moreover, with his movements, something inexplicable seemed to be drawn from the void, circling him: “First, the year’s Qi, do not violate the harmony of Heaven… Qi, come!”

    Xia Long inexplicably felt something being taken from him, his face suddenly changing: “This…”

    “It looks like an Evil God ritual. Should we interrupt it?” Fang Xing looked at Li Wei beside him.

    “Definitely not. This is Senior Xu prescribing medicine…” Li Wei’s face was full of wry smiles, lowering his voice: “Senior Xu’s specialty is somewhat unorthodox, it’s the ancient art of medicine and divination. Since ancient times, if there’s illness, ask the doctor; if the doctor is useless, ask the diviner… He is highly accomplished in this area and is a Martial Dao Golden Core expert. Later on the battlefield, he encountered the ramblings of the Evil God’s true form… and began to go crazy, but he created a new profession – [Witch Doctor], very powerful, cured many difficult and complicated diseases, then killed a few, and came here… Originally, this Witch Doctor path was going to be included in university textbooks.”

    “This [Witch Doctor], I’m afraid it’s like [Sword Saint], learning from the Evil God is a big part of it…” Fang Xing had already confirmed that this ‘getting medicine’ was a special ‘ritual’! Xu Sanyang was not only a doctor, but also a shaman, conducting various exchanges and transformations of spirituality and materiality.

    When he came to his senses, Xu Sanyang had already grabbed two packets of medicine: “Take it twice, boil three bowls of water into one bowl, use centipede ash as a medicinal guide to swallow… that’s it.”

    “I… will try!” Xia Long’s face was slightly green, but he still ran out to catch centipedes.

    “Is this also inside Qingshan Mental Hospital?” Fang Xing thought of something and looked at Li Wei.

    “Yes, this is a pharmacy specially set up for Senior Xu by the director… so that he can treat people when he’s in a good mood.” Li Wei was somewhat listless. He originally thought that this was just Ye Lingxin’s favor towards Xu Sanyang. Who knew that there was so much behind it. He felt that his not-so-small heart had been polluted. Whether it’s the doctor sleeping with the patient, or the patient sleeping with the doctor, it’s not… at least it shouldn’t…

    Not long after, Xia Long had already caught the centipede, and with a thought, a flame appeared, burning the centipede to ashes, and he began to boil the medicine. He drank the dark medicine, his face full of various distorted expressions, looking extremely funny. Then, Xia Long opened his eyes, slightly surprised: “Hmm?”

    Fang Xing gently nodded, feeling that Xia Long’s domain was constantly strengthening! This was a sign of improvement!

    “Haha, thank you, doctor. When should I drink the next pack?” Xia Long carefully put away the second pack of medicine.

    “Whenever you want, drink it within three days.” Xu Sanyang resumed his lazy expression: “You don’t look like a wealthy person, so I’ll charge you 30 million Star Coins.”

    “30 million? Deal!” Xia Long readily agreed. Although he spent lavishly, he didn’t have much savings, but even if he had to borrow from Lu Guangming, he would immediately pay. To know such a doctor was like gaining another life.

    “Sigh, the medicine is good medicine, but it’s such a pity…” Xia Long seemed to think of something and sighed involuntarily. He knew very well that this prescription was only for him. Even if he gave this pack of medicine to another martial artist suffering from mental decline, it might have the opposite effect! Even if the medicine wasn’t collected by Xu Sanyang, but by someone else, the medicinal properties would change, and might even become poisonous! Because what mattered was not the prescription, but the ritual! And the person conducting the ritual! Otherwise, if this medicine could be promoted, it would benefit countless interstellar warriors.

    “Sir, with such good medical skills, you still kill people?” Xia Long clenched his fist, his eyes narrowed slightly: “Could it be… framing?”

    “Oh, nothing, I did it on purpose!” Xu Sanyang smiled: “A few idiots from the conglomerate, saying some nonsense, instructing me to do this and that… So I poisoned them all… Although I have a strong background and high cultivation, I still need to lay low, so Director Ye gave me a mental illness certificate, and it’s pretty good to retire here… After all, mental patients killing people doesn’t break the law!”

    Fang Xing nodded in agreement. Who would get medicine from a mental patient? This senior from Blue Star University was indeed a talent!

    Then, he saw Xu Sanyang suddenly lie on the ground and start barking like a dog…

    “Woof woof woof…”

    Xia Long was dumbfounded and looked at Li Wei.

    “It’s probably the senior having an occasional relapse, it’s nothing serious. Just send him back to the ward.” Li Wei seemed unfazed.

    (End of Chapter)

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