The Greatest Village Doctor In The World

Chapter 505: Opening the Fourth Layer

"We’ve had more to drink than you’ve had water, can you even compare with us?" Wang Laogen gave him a sidelong glance, a smug look on his face.

Ling Feng saw him eating with his mouth greasy and didn’t hesitate to sit down, picking up a skewer of meat and stuffing it into his mouth, "Tastes good, I’m actually starving!"

"Well, then eat more. For us, this is just a garnish, we’re not hungry at all!" Chu Nan said with a smug smile, his eyes full of indulgence.

Wang Laogen was the same, smiling as he watched him eat meat. It was quite a while before he asked, "So, what’s troubling you?"

"Eh? Is there something?" Ling Feng appeared astonished.

"Stop pretending, are you going to spill or not?" Chu Nan asked.

Ling Feng chuckled and put down the skewer, "Alright."

Next, he explained everything about Li Shiyun’s situation.

Wang Laogen knew some of the prior details and had even promised to help investigate, but afterwards, there was no news.

Now, after listening to Ling Feng’s account, he furrowed his brows before saying, "This matter is complicated indeed!"

"Complicated? It’s beyond complicated!" Chu Nan declared.

Wang Laogen glared at him, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

"You dare to scold me?"

Ling Feng was simply speechless. Weren’t they getting along fine just before getting on the vehicle? Why were they quarreling again?

With a sense of helplessness, he shouted at both men, "Enough, can you get to the point?"

The two old men lost their temper once he shouted at them.

"I’m hearing about this for the first time, but rest assured, Ling Feng, the power of my Chu Family is not to be underestimated, we will definitely find out what’s going on!" Chu Nan declared.

Wang Laogen nodded, "I’ll have someone look into it right away; the more they try to hide it, the more we have to dig up the truth!"

Ling Feng’s heart felt lighter, "With your words, I feel reassured."

Despite saying this, the hope Ling Feng held in his heart wasn’t actually high.

Things he hadn’t taken seriously before now seemed to combine into the most complex and mysterious case. Getting to the truth was likely not going to be easy.

The next day, Chu Nan left a good number of New Year’s gifts and departed, and Wang Laogen also left Shiliu Village soon after.

In the following days, the village remained peaceful, with nothing amiss occurring.

Ling Feng finally had some free time, but he didn’t sit idle, shuttling between home and the county town, busy with all sorts of things.

As the time reached the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, he received return gifts from various places.

There wasn’t a lot, but each was a token of goodwill, and while he and everyone else were sorting them, a flash of white light appeared in the room, followed by Joanna’s appearance before everyone.

Seeing her didn’t surprise anyone. After all, she had been teleporting into the Nine Heavens every now and then.

Only Qiao Anran quietly stepped back, hiding behind Li Fei’er.

The little girl didn’t want to go home, but Joanna had already mentioned a few times that the lunar New Year was tomorrow, and she knew she might not be able to stay any longer.

However, to everyone’s surprise, Joanna wasn’t there to take her away, but instead looked excitedly at Ling Feng and said, "I’ve got something to tell you!"

"What is it?"

Seeing her manner, Ling Feng was a bit curious and asked with a smile.

"Prepare yourself, haha. I just took a spin in the Third Layer, and when I came out, I accidentally discovered that the Fourth Layer has opened," Joanna said.

Ling Feng listened half-heartedly, responding with an "Oh" before lifting his head and widening his eyes, "What did you say?"

"I said, the Fourth Layer Heaven has opened!" Joanna repeated with a smile.

Ling Feng immediately stood up and without another word, he activated Teleportation!

As he entered, the others followed through the teleportation.

Seeing the semi-transparent entrance vortex, everyone’s face was filled with surprise.

Ling Feng was the most astonished, because when he had received the Illusionary Ring, the predecessor had mentioned that he had only explored up to the Third Layer.

But it seemed that, without much effort, he had opened the Fourth Layer!

That wasn’t the main point, though. Until now, only the Second Layer had creatures, and Ling Feng had also defeated a first-level Jungle Hunter there, obtaining its tough skin for protection.

Even though that garment had been corroded away by the black fog of the Luo Nanlin, Ling Feng still had a vivid memory of it.

Now that he had unlocked the Fourth Layer, there were likely creatures inside, and possibly even higher-level beings.

High-level creatures meant high-end rewards!

Thinking of this, Ling Feng suddenly felt a bit excited.

Turning his head to see everyone’s expression, it was clear they felt the same.

However, after thinking it over, Ling Feng decided to go alone, taking only Wang Cai with him at most.

If the situation was unclear and danger arose, what then?

After making his decision, he said to the others, "I’ll go in and have a look first. Please help tidy up the matters at home; I’ll be back as soon as possible!"

"Uncle, be careful," said Li Fei’er.

"Don’t force yourself if you encounter danger, don’t be like last time!" Mo Jiaolan reminded.

"Don’t worry, I’m just going to take a look. We won’t rush the exploration for now; let’s talk about it after the new year!"

Ling Feng smiled, called for Wang Cai, and then stepped into the vortex of the Fourth Layer with it!

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Before even opening his eyes, the first thing he heard was the howling of the wind!

The wind was strong, and it stung his face, causing Ling Feng to open his eyes only to let out a sigh!

It seemed, there was a pattern: the First Layer was a forest, so was the Second.

The Third Layer was a desert and gobi, and the Fourth Layer was the same.

Only this place was even more desolate, the air dry, winds howling, and everywhere he looked, there were dark red rocks, giving the impression of having landed on Mars.

He looked down at Wang Cai and saw it was staring ahead with vigilance. Ling Feng couldn’t help but ask, "What’s the matter? Is there danger?"

Wang Cai barked affirmatively in response.

Ling Feng could only see giant rocks and desert; he didn’t notice any moving entities and was somewhat puzzled.

At the same time, he also felt an itch in his heart, thinking since he was here, he might as well go and take a closer look. He couldn’t just leave after a single glance, right?

With that thought, he drew the God Slayer Saber and told Wang Cai, "Let’s go have a look!"

With that, he stepped forward, braving the fierce winds toward the giant rocks ahead.

Loyal as always, Wang Cai trotted ahead of him, but upon reaching the area in front of the rocks, it slowed down and began to growl softly!

This was the most common way for canids to threaten and warn others. Ling Feng knew at once that the latent danger was right before them!

Just as Ling Feng was hesitating about whether to keep moving forward or not, Wang Cai suddenly barked loudly and leaped into the air!

Then, it spat out a ball of light from its mouth, heading straight towards one of the giant rocks in front!

Ling Feng stood stunned in place, wondering why it started with a powerful move. Could it be that the being on the opposite side was that formidable?