Bizarre Cultivation: Starting from Being Beaten Up by Reality

Chapter 81 Gray Pill, Cellphone Fragment

Lin Fan opened his eyes vaguely, feeling as if he had just woken up from a dream.

I couldn't see the ceiling above my head, and I felt a sense of comfort and rebirth.

But when he smelled the familiar musty odor and saw the wooden roof, Lin Fan's heart sank.

The bad news is that I didn't travel back in time; the good news is that I probably didn't get caught up in the terrifying dream of fake time travel either.

Lin Fan tried to sort out his thoughts, but his mind was blank, and he couldn't remember what had happened before.

By the way, the Zodiac Clock, did I travel back to a certain point in the past because of the Zodiac Clock?

Lin Fan stared intently at the wooden roof, trying to recall which room he had ever lain in had a roof that looked like this.

No, I can't remember. Who would bother to memorize what every roof looks like?

Unfortunately, he was too weak to make any sense of his surroundings.

"Hey, hey, you're awake! That's great! Hahaha, I'm so glad I saved you, hahaha!" A strange voice laughed loudly from the side. "Lin Yue'er, come quick, your man is awake!"

With a creak, the door opened, followed by a series of hurried footsteps.

Thump, Lin Fan felt something pressing down on his chest, something soft, but it still hurt a lot.

Oh……

Waaah, Lin Yue'er started crying again. What a crybaby.

Wait, Lin Yue'er is here, which means I'm not dead? Huh? Thinking about it carefully, the doctor who could save me in this state is truly a miracle worker. No wonder he's smiling so happily.

Lin Fan relaxed and fell asleep again, only waking up after a long while.

As soon as I woke up, I felt my hand being held tightly.

This time, Lin Fan was finally able to move. Looking down, he saw Lin Yue'er asleep by the bedside, holding his hand.

"Kid, you're finally awake. You slept soundly. I almost collapsed from exhaustion these past few days."

Lin Fan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a thin, middle-aged man wearing a long robe inside out. His eyes were bright, but seemed somewhat unfocused. He was about to wake Lin Yue'er when Lin Fan waved his hand to stop her.

"That's good, let her rest more. She's barely slept these past few days taking care of you," the middle-aged man said.

Lin Fan immediately recognized the man's identity. "Thank you, doctor, for saving my life."

"I didn't want to save you in the first place."

"It was Lin Yue'er who kept begging you before you saved me?"

"That's one aspect, the least important aspect. First of all, of course, it's because you can afford it. Hey kid, what did you do in the county town? Not only did you get yourself into this state, but where did you get so much money? Did you rob some rich man?"

In fact, the doctor had guessed most of it, but Lin Fan didn't explain further. "Please keep this a secret, doctor." He was thinking to himself what he should do if the doctor refused.

"Don't worry about that. Your secret is my secret. Of course I won't tell anyone. A few days ago, people from the county government came to search my place, and I told them you were my nephew."

Lin Fan was taken aback. What was wrong with this doctor? They had just met, so why would he be so kind to a complete stranger? Anyone could tell that his money was ill-gotten; he could have profited by embezzling or reporting him to the authorities. Why was this doctor risking his life to protect him and doing everything he could to cure him?

The doctor gave a few more instructions and then left.

Once Lin Fan was sure the doctor had gone far away, he carefully let go of Lin Yue'er's hand and gently got off the bed.

hiss……

Lying down, he felt pretty good, but getting up made him feel pain all over. Just touching the ground with his feet made Lin Fan want to scream. No wonder the doctor said he couldn't get out of bed yet.

However, Lin Fan couldn't just lie there. He didn't trust this doctor at all; after all, why should this person help him? Well, he might not know he was a wanted criminal, but with the authorities searching, he had absolutely no reason to lie or cover it up.

Lin Fan finally managed to drag himself to the table, his face covered in fine beads of sweat.

His belongings were laid out conspicuously on the table: a black knife, a red scythe, a porcelain bottle, a soul-suppressing bead, and a zodiac clock...

Seeing that his two most important trump cards were still there, Lin Fan breathed a sigh of relief. The doctor hadn't even noticed these two items and had just left them there casually.

The porcelain bottle contained red pills, but the bottle of gray pills was gone.

No, there's something else I always carried with me that's gone—the thing that looked like a cell phone fragment that I took from the Ma family mansion.

Gray pills, fragments of a cell phone.

There must be a special reason why these two items aren't here! If he were a greedy person, he should have taken everything. Since he only took these two items, they must have special significance for him.

This doctor definitely didn't take me in because he was kind-hearted!

Lin Fan decisively took out the Soul-Suppressing Pearl and swallowed it, temporarily relieving the pain throughout his body, though he still couldn't muster any strength. He also slipped a Strength-Boosting Pill into his sleeve, just in case.

He tucked the sickle behind his back, stuffed everything else into his arms, glanced back at the sleeping Lin Yue'er, and tiptoed out.

Knowing he was there to gather intelligence, Lin Fan decided to avoid any physical confrontations. Having set a goal for himself, he headed outside.

It was night outside, and there was no moon in the sky, so it was impossible to tell what time it was. The place resembled a courtyard house, and some windows were still lit.

First, go to an empty room to look for clues, or at least retrieve your belongings.

Lin Fan randomly picked a room and crept inside. It looked like a woodshed, filled with all sorts of odds and ends.

Why can I barely see things in the dark? Lin Fan was a little puzzled; his night vision seemed to be better than before.

I don't know why, but it's beneficial to the current situation.

Lin Fan rummaged through all sorts of strange and unusual medicinal materials, including some things that didn't look like medicinal materials at all, such as pig bladders, dried insects, and sharpened feather tubes.

Huh? What's this for?

Lin Fan suddenly thought of something, stretched out his arm and brought it close to his eyes to examine it carefully. It was covered with needle marks of all sizes.

That doctor was actually giving himself an IV drip? Using a pig bladder and a feather tube!

This doctor must be the one who treated me before; I've often praised his cutting-edge medical skills. Isn't his medical expertise a bit too modern?

Footsteps sounded behind him. Lin Fan turned around and the black blade was only an inch away from the man's neck.

"Doctor, who exactly are you? Where did you learn your medical skills?"

The doctor's bright Mediterranean Sea shone through the darkness. "Lin Fan, you really are from 'modern times'. Is there an entrance nearby?"

"What?" Lin Fan put down his knife and asked in surprise, "Entrance? You mean the passage between two worlds? No, tell me what you know first, and then I'll decide whether or not to tell you what I know."

The doctor nodded and found a place to sit down casually. "Of course, no problem, Lin Fan. I need your help to go over there again."