Ten Thousand Ways To Eliminate Players
Chapter 43: Do not disregard a good deed, no matter how small.

Chapter 43: Do not disregard a good deed, no matter how small.

To be killed and yet still be willing to forgive past grievances and seek out the City Lord? Such a disregard for human nature... it must be a Player.

I just don’t know if the City Lord reached this conclusion through experimentation, or if he already knew.

Lin Bai fell deep into thought. To save his good big brother, he had painstakingly devised ways to get close to the City Lord. Now, he was somewhat confused about the City Lord’s motives.

After all, if the master of a city wanted to harm him, there are plenty of ways; it wouldn’t have to be this obvious.

"Storekeeper Lin, you should go to the City Lord’s Mansion by yourself. I’m too severely wounded; I’m afraid I can’t accompany you," Zhou Jiang coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood, clutching his lower abdomen as he sat on the ground, unmoving. "Don’t worry, the City Lord won’t harm you."

He’s f***ing trying to kill me, and he says he won’t harm me?

Lin Bai raised an eyebrow and couldn’t help but scoff internally. As expected of the City Lord, thick-skinned and shameless—he could give me a run for my money.

Looking up at the night sky, Lin Bai walked towards Zhou Jiang. "Let’s go, Sir Zhou. I’ll help you back to the City Lord’s Mansion for treatment..."

Zhou Jiang’s expression sharpened. "You know me?"

"What kind of thing is that to say?" Lin Bai glared at him. "Even if I didn’t know you, I couldn’t just leave a heavily injured person here and go to the City Lord’s Mansion alone!"

Zhou Jiang pressed, "How did you know my surname is Zhou?"

"You’re so handsome and dashing. If your surname wasn’t Zhou, what else could it be?" Lin Bai chuckled. "To be honest, the moment I first saw you, I could tell your surname was Zhou."

Hearing this perfunctory reply, Zhou Jiang’s mouth twitched, and another trickle of fresh blood spilled out.

"As a Hidden Guard of the City Lord’s Mansion, your physique really isn’t up to par. You couldn’t even withstand a single palm strike from me." Lin Bai crouched down and, under Zhou Jiang’s astonished gaze, began patting him down. Before long, he had pulled out a pile of miscellaneous items: a dagger, sleeve darts, a blowgun, a coin pouch, healing ointment...

With each item he found, Lin Bai pocketed it. "Sir Zhou, don’t look at me like that. You’ve already killed me once. I’m kindly saving you, so naturally, I can’t give you another chance to harm me."

I’m f***ing crippled by you, how the hell could I harm you? And taking all my things is also ’kindness’?

Zhou Jiang roared silently, glaring angrily at Lin Bai, yet he couldn’t utter a single word. He silently provided Lin Bai with wave after wave of negative Emotion Value.

He was afraid of provoking Lin Bai; this bastard might land another palm strike and kill him outright. Ordinarily, death would be death; he had long been mentally prepared for it. But Lin Bai had just called out his surname the moment he spoke. This was enough to prove that someone had infiltrated the City Lord’s Mansion. He absolutely had to relay this crucial information back. Therefore, he could not die.

"Thank you, Storekeeper Lin." Zhou Jiang managed to squeeze a smile onto his frosty face. "You really are a good man."

I’d believe you if you weren’t providing those negative emotions while calling me a good man.

Lin Bai reached out and fiddled with Zhou Jiang’s topknot. "You’re welcome. Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda. My father always taught me: ’Do no evil, no matter how trivial; do no good, no matter how small, unattempted.’ And if a good person wants to live a long life, the most important thing is caution..." As he spoke, he pinched Zhou Jiang’s cheeks. "Come on, open up. Let me see if you have any poison needles hidden in your mouth, ah..."

Your practiced moves are more professional than those of house-raiding bandits. The only thing left is for you to check my backside. Calling you a good person? Only a ghost would believe that! Alright! And it seems the ghosts really are in cahoots with him.

As Lin Bai manhandled him, Zhou Jiang felt so humiliated he wanted to commit suicide. He cursed Lin Bai in his heart, continuously providing him with negative Emotion Value.

"Not even a single poison pill hidden in your mouth? Sir Zhou, you’re not very professional as a Hidden Guard!" Seeing that Zhou Jiang’s mouth was empty, Lin Bai looked disappointed.

"Storekeeper Lin, I’m a Hidden Guard, not a death warrior," Zhou Jiang finally couldn’t hold back, explaining between coughs of blood.

"You’re so heavily injured, is there any point in arguing over such empty titles?" Lin Bai looked at Zhou Jiang with pity and, reaching out, helped him up. "Stop talking. Let’s go to the City Lord’s Mansion."

A mouthful of fresh blood surged up his throat, and Zhou Jiang’s injuries worsened. He leaned on Lin Bai’s shoulder, a torrent of grief and indignation stuck in his throat. If I f***ing die, it won’t be because you beat me to death, it’ll be because you exasperated me to death!

Lin Bai, supporting Zhou Jiang, sighed. "Sir Zhou, it’s just that I don’t know any medical skills. Otherwise, how could I let you suffer like this?"

Before he could finish his sentence, a prompt sounded in Lin Bai’s mind:

[Healer’s Benevolent Heart, detecting an act of saving a life. The Peerless Divine Doctor System is loading...]

Peerless Divine Doctor System:

*The Son of Heaven in the Ninth Heaven is noble in the world,*

*Princes of five ranks are honored beyond the gate.*

*Yet how can they compare to the commoner, the wild drunkard,*

*Who dictates his own fate, not leaving it to Heaven and Earth?*

*Medicine exists to benefit the world; its art is valued for its refinement.*

*A Healer, if not a person of benevolence, cannot be entrusted;*

*If not intelligent and principled, cannot be relied upon;*

*If not incorruptible and virtuous, cannot be believed.*

*Please, Host, maintain a heart of benevolence and charity. You will surely become a Divine Doctor of this generation, healing the heavens above and the common folk below.*

[Initial Task: Treat one patient. Reward: Physical Constitution +1]

...

Feeling the series of prompts in his mind, Lin Bai was a bit dazed. Are you kidding me? This System activated way too casually! Someone wants to become an apprentice, and you give me a ’Good Mentor System.’ I want to save someone, and you give me a ’Peerless Divine Doctor System’... So if I want to court death... PAH!

Lin Bai quickly reined in his thoughts. Who knew how many Systems were lurking in his mind? If a ’Courting Death System’ actually appeared, he’d be finished.

However, the God Doctor System... it doesn’t reward medical skills but Physical Constitution? What the hell? Just because my body is in good shape doesn’t mean the patient’s will be! How am I supposed to treat illnesses and save people like this? Is it going to be like the Cooking God System, a bait and switch?

However, having already experienced the benefits to his spirit, Lin Bai was still quite looking forward to this Physical Constitution. His Inner Strength had already greatly increased his power. If his Physical Constitution was boosted enough, perhaps he could even become like Wolverine! Besides, the Cooking God System first gave coin, and only later provided knife skills. The God Doctor System would most likely reward medical skills later on too. He had previously lamented that the Seven Injury Hands rewarded by the Everything has shortcomings system weren’t very useful. Now, a medical-type System had been delivered, perfectly filling that gap.

This System’s tasks are worth grinding...

...

After dawdling for a long time, Lin Bai finally arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion. It was already approaching the third watch of the night.

Supporting the already unconscious Zhou Jiang, Lin Bai used his Inner Strength to force out beads of sweat, panting as he said to the guards on duty, "Could I trouble you to go in and announce that Lin Bai of the Chef’s Divine Food Stall requests an audience? Also, please inform the City Lord that Hidden Guard Sir Zhou is gravely injured, and ask His Lordship to prepare healing Pill Medicine."

One of the guards glanced at Lin Bai’s exhausted face and, not daring to delay, quickly dashed inside. The other guard stepped forward, about to take Zhou Jiang from Lin Bai’s hands, but Lin Bai refused. "I’ve got him. Sir Zhou’s current condition isn’t suitable for more movement."

[Admiration from the Alley: +1, +1]

"Thank you, Storekeeper Lin." The guard gave Lin Bai a deep look, retracted his hand, and proactively stood guard by his side, expressing his goodwill through his actions.

A moment later, the guard responsible for relaying messages rushed back. "Storekeeper Lin, the City Lord invites you in. Please follow me." As he spoke, he also moved to take Zhou Jiang from Lin Bai, but the other guard stopped him. "Let Storekeeper Lin keep supporting him. Moving him between people will aggravate his injuries."

Lin Bai managed a weak smile. "It’s alright, I’m not tired. Sir Zhou was injured in the line of duty. Being able to bring him back is my honor; I don’t mind the exertion, no matter how tiring."

And so, as expected, Lin Bai harvested another wave of positive Emotion Value.

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