I Only Want to Lie Flat But Am Forced to Cultivate Immortality-Chapter 244 - 138: Midwifery, Poisonous Woman_2

Those people who come to seek help from the immortals or for healing are called the afflicted. Once the person’s illness is cured, it is considered the disaster is alleviated.

As long as the disaster is alleviated and the illness is cured, the Galloping Immortal Disciple and the immortal have completed their task.

Xu Qing felt a stir in his heart when he heard the mention of Moonlight Mountain.

He remembered that the Immortal Hall Master of Moonlight Mountain was a highly cultivated white python named White Immortal. When Xu Qing resolved the issue with the shepherd and the red-clad ghost woman, White Immortal had invited him to visit the Hundred Herbs Cave in Moonlight Mountain.

White Immortal’s hall excelled at healing and disaster alleviation, and most Galloping Immortal Disciples were traveling healers.

What is a traveling healer, you ask? Traveling healers, wandering doctors, or rural doctors are examples.

Traveling healers roamed the countryside, without a fixed place to practice, often using bells or hanging gourds, or carrying medicine pouches to attract patients.

These traveling healers often had many folk remedies, but their medical skills varied greatly. The less skilled might only know a single remedy, such as treating a child’s cough or dealing with some women’s diseases.

However, the upper echelon was extremely high. Some unmatched practitioners who wandered the world also loved to shake bells, hang medicinal gourds, and treat people all around. Their medical skills could even surpass those of the Imperial Physicians.

Xu Qing had never seen a Galloping Immortal healing someone before. With nothing else to do, he took Huang Xiaoliu along, swaggering towards the home of the afflicted person.

When they arrived at the scene, many villagers had already gathered at the door; some were there to spectate, and some were anxiously seeing if they could lend a hand.

When Xu Qing approached, a woman in her forties was gossiping.

"If inviting immortals worked, I would have been a mother long ago! Back then, I prayed to the bodhisattva at the Child-Giving Temple in Huangpi Village. It was hard enough to conceive, but didn’t the child still fail to survive at birth?"

An elderly man of high respect at the door spoke up, "The Child-Giving Temple is heretical. How can it be compared to the Family Guardian Immortal?"

The middle-aged woman seemed to be hit at her sore spot, her face alternating between red and white.

The elderly man tapped his cane on the ground and continued, "How many children born at the Child-Giving Temple have survived these years? Now, the mistress of the Li Family is the first to give birth after the Child-Giving Temple was demolished. If she and her child are safe, then what the Family Guardian Immortal said is true."

Xu Qing didn’t expect that his curiosity would land on himself.

Judging by the situation, it appeared that there was a woman about to give birth inside, but why would they invite the immortals for childbirth?

With this question, Xu Qing approached the elderly man.

The elderly man was a slow-tempered person. Hearing Xu Qing’s inquiry, he replied unhurriedly, "The one assisting in childbirth is midwife Liu. She is renowned within a ten-mile radius. If Li Shan’s wife had invited Sister Liu earlier, she probably would have had a child by now."

The middle-aged woman next to them was indeed Li Shan’s wife. Hearing the elderly man’s words, her face turned even more sour.

Glaring fiercely at Xu Qing and the elderly man, the woman left without saying a word and went back to her own house.

Sensing that the woman was their neighbor, Xu Qing watched as she unlocked the gate next door.

The elderly man shook his head, saying, "Li Shan’s wife has always had a hot temper. It’s likely because of the child’s matter."

He sighed and continued, "Where was I? Oh right, you asked why midwife Liu invited the Family Guardian Immortal for childbirth. To be honest, I am not entirely sure myself."

Xu Qing was momentarily taken aback; he understood from the elderly man’s words that midwife Liu was a Galloping Immortal herself.

"Sister Liu is quite capable. She usually handles childbirth without calling upon the immortals, only doing so when seeing patients or handling specific matters."

The elderly man spoke with some concern, "This girl must be facing a trouble that even midwife Liu finds challenging, otherwise she wouldn’t be invoking the Family Guardian Immortal."

After hearing this, Xu Qing blinked.

The Child-Giving Temple had only been demolished recently; from the elderly man’s words, this family happened to have the first pregnant woman in labor after its demolition.

If anything happened to this woman or her unborn child, it would definitely tarnish the success claimed by the Cat Immortal Hall in demolishing the Child-Giving Temple.

People would gossip, saying that when the Child-Giving Temple stood, children couldn’t be saved, and now that it’s gone, nothing has changed.

If the situation became intense, some might even argue in favor of the Child-Giving Temple, criticizing the demolition by the Cat Immortal Hall.

Realizing that he had become entangled in this matter, Xu Qing’s mood soured.

Stepping into the courtyard, he was stopped by someone, so Xu Qing took out his Immortal-Driving Whip and Wenwang Drum like performing a magic trick, declaring himself as a Divine Man there to help.

The Li Family’s steward, without much thought, ushered him into the courtyard.

Listening closely to the sounds from the bedroom, Xu Qing frowned.

On the roof ridge, Black Crow and Huang Xiaoliu stood side by side, also peering into the birthing room.

About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea passed, the screams from the delivery room grew fainter, suddenly a woman emerged with blood-covered hands.

"Sister Liu, how is it?"

The woman’s face was grim, "The mistress is carrying twins, making the delivery difficult. The Family Guardian Immortal has stabilized her condition for now, but if delayed any longer, the babies won’t survive without being able to breathe outside air."

Stillborn twins due to difficult labor was a common excuse used by the nuns of the Child-Giving Temple.

If it indeed ended as midwife Liu described, it would be a disaster for the Cat Immortal Hall.

In the courtyard, Xu Qing’s jaw clenched tightly.

Having come this far, whether for the reputation of the Cat Immortal Hall or the lives involved, he had to get involved and resolve this matter.

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