Chapter 942: 942
942 Heart-eating Curse
“Jing?” Miao Qingshan read the name for a bit .
“Have you never been there?” Miao Tianchuan asked .
“Never . ” Miao Qingshan smiled and shook his head .
“Do you want to go there?” Miao Tianchuan asked .
“Of course, I do,” Miao Qingshan replied .
He had spent most of his time in the village and rarely went beyond its borders . The furthest place he had been to was a small city several hundreds of miles outside of the village . Such a place utterly paled in comparison to the vastness of Jing .
“How about we go and have a look?” Miao Tianchuan asked .
“Right now?” Miao Qingshan was rather baffled .
“Yep, right now . ” Miao Tianchuan took off his hat and straightened his thinning hair .
“But we’re both wanted, remember? How will we get there?”
“He-he, when there’s a will, there’s a way . ”
“What about the thing with the village and Miao Xihe?”
“We’ll leave it be for the moment,” Miao Tianchuan said . “There’s no use staying around here at the moment anyway . Besides, the village will be unusually guarded at such a time, giving us no chance to do anything . ”
He wanted revenge so badly that he dreamt about it in his sleep . However, that was not to say that he had lost his mind . He was still able to keep himself under control and let his reasoning win over his emotions .
“Get ready,” Miao Tianchuan said . “We’ll leave first thing tomorrow for Jing . We’ll meet up with Chengtang along the way . ”
“Very well . ” Miao Qingshan nodded .
He did not want to stay there any longer, but he knew that he was unable to return to the village . He did not hate Miao Xihe as intensely as Miao Tianchuan, who wanted to tear the older man inside out . He’d probably eat the older man’s innards if he was able to . Given how he was unable to return to the village, he saw no other option but to leave and head elsewhere, hoping things would turn out for the better .
Meanwhile, Miao Chengtang arrived in Jing within two days . He breathed a sigh of relief after getting there . He finally felt safe .
Guo Zhenghe did not lie to them . He had contacted an expert in a renowned Jing hospital, who conducted a full checkup for Miao Chengtang as soon as he arrived . The initial blood test results startled the doctor a great deal . It was the first time he had seen someone with that kind of illness . The patient had many toxins in his body . Furthermore, the toxins were ones that he had never encountered .
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The doctor did some experiments using blood samples from the patient . After only a minute, a little bit had easily killed several lab rats . That spoke volumes of just how potent the toxins in Miao Chengtang’s body were . Yet, he was able to stay in a state that was just a tad bit worse than being fully healthy and wasn’t in any life-threatening danger . While it was possible for someone healthy-looking to harbor toxins, the fact that Miao Chengtang looked so healthy while having something so lethal in him baffled the doctor .
How could this be possible?
The doctor quickly arranged for the patient’s blood to be further tested using a comprehensive analysis . He found something that should not be in a normal person’s blood in that patient’s blood, which remained unknown to the doctor . The doctor asked his colleagues about it . They also had not encountered such a case before . It was a special case worthy of further study .
The unusually serious attitude that the doctor took on that day frightened Miao Chengtang .
“Doctor, what’s wrong with me?”
Truth to be told, he did not feel much of anything wrong with his body, but he still felt a lot weaker after being scared by the doctor . That was often how psychological effects worked .
“Umm, we found several types of unknown compounds in your blood, which we’re now analyzing,” the doctor said . “You’re not in any life-threatening danger right now . You can rest assured about that much . ”
“Well then, I’m indeed at ease,” Miao Chengtang breathed a sigh of relief .
“Other than that, we’re prepared to do a more thorough check on your body and will determine the corresponding treatment after looking at the results of the checkup . The tests will not be over for the time being, so you’ll need to be admitted to the hospital . Would you have any problem with that?”
“Not at all . I’ll just get admitted . Thank you . ”
Miao Chengtang proceeded with the necessary procedures and went through with the tests . It took two days to get all the tests done . Afterward, the problem was found .
That doctor was utterly dumbfounded by the report .
“What’s happening?”
After the comprehensive body checkup, they found two small tumors in the patient’s heart . The most pressing problem was that they had never seen such types of tumors before .
What is causing this?
He was unable to tell, so he called his colleagues and went on to do a special report with Miao Chengtang .
“This is the first time we have seen such tumors,” the doctor said . “How about a biopsy?”
That was the most common and effective method .
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That doctor thought about it for a bit and communicated with Miao Chengtang regarding the situation .
“What? Tumors?” Miao Chengtang felt as if his head was being bashed after hearing that . The information rendered his mind blank .
While he had rarely been out of the village, that was not to say that he knew nothing about the outside world, especially when it came to medical knowledge . News regarding that particular field was more widespread than others . As such, he knew what that word meant . He thought of yet another more terrifying possibility .
“We’re planning to take samples of the tumors for biopsy to determine the actual situation with them . ”
“No, no, no way!” Miao Chengtang immediately rejected the proposal before the doctor was able to finish .
“What’s happening?” That doctor saw that Miao Chengtang’s expression suddenly became grim . Sweat was seen on his brow .
“Umm, let me explain,” the doctor said . “Not all tumors are malign, which is widespread misinformation . Actually, a good number of cases with tumors turn out to be benign and never become anything else . Those tumors don’t cause any damage to the patients’ bodies after they are taken out . No side effects were left behind after their recovery either . I need to let you know that much . ”
“No, no, no, that’s not what I meant,” Miao Chengtang said . “What I meant was that those tumors cannot be touched under any circumstances . ”
“Well, we will proceed with other tests first,” the doctor said . “Take your time to think about it . ”
Due to the patient not having any next-of-kin around, the doctor was unable to proceed with the procedures through the patient’s family members . He had no choice but to put the matter aside for the moment .
“It’s definitely him . This couldn’t be anything else!” Miao Chengtang muttered to himself in his ward after the doctor left . His face was ashen as his fear-filled eyes stared forward .
“Damn you, Miao Xihe!”
Ring! Ring! His phone rang .
“Yeah, Tianchuan . Are you guys are on the way now? Great . Miao Xihe bugged me . That damned bastard should have had his heart eaten by bugs!”
“What?” Miao Tianchuan sounded utterly frightened on the other side of the phone .
“Are you sure about that?”
“I’ve just had tests done,” Miao Chengtang said . “They found tumors in my head and heart . Those are not tumors . It’s the Heart-eating Curse . It can’t be anything else!”
“Don’t jump to conclusions just yet . We’ll be there soon enough . ”
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Miao Tianchuan looked outside the window and did not speak for quite some time after hanging up .
“What happened?”
“Chengtang might have been cursed . ”
“Wait, a curse? What kind of curse?” Miao Qingshan was startled hearing the news . While their village harbored bugs for performing curses, they had only heard of such curses and never seen them . None of them would have had expected such a curse to be put on one of their own .
“Is he sure about it?”
“From the way he talked, absolutely . I’ve only heard of these types of curses and never seen any at work . What about you?”
“I’ve never seen it before either . This curse is very ferocious . The previous chief banned all use and research of it when he was still alive, practically sealing it up . ”
“Sealing it?” Miao Tianchuan smirked hearing that .
“We’ll talk more when we see him . ”
“If it really turns out to be the Heart-eating Curse, what should we do about it?” Miao Qingshan asked . “Anyone other than Miao Xihe capable of dealing with the curse would be old men in the village . I’m afraid there is no one else with such abilities . ”
Miao Tianchuan remained silent . He knew what Miao Qingshan was talking about .
“There should be one other person capable of taking it out . ”
“Are you talking about Wu San?”
“Yeah, him,” Miao Tianchuan said . “He was a student of the previous chief . When it comes to medical knowledge alone, he might be on par with Miao Xihe . ”
“I heard that he has a really weird temperament and might not be willing to help . He might not be willing to help others, but he would definitely help if you were the one asking . ” Miao Tianchuan continued, “He’s kind of obliged to help one way or another . You are the grandson of the previous chief!”
“If that’s the case, we should have gone to see Wu San in the first place . Why come to Jing?”
“We’re coming to hide and to clear our minds a bit,” Miao Tianchuan replied . “No one expected things would have turned out like this . ”
Miao Xihe had a lot of ways to deal with others . Worse still, he was highly proficient in everything he did, catching others off-guard time and again .
They arrived in Jing that night . They directly went to see Miao Chengtang, who was utterly shaken and restless .
“Tianchuan, Qingshan . You guys are finally here!”
He had no one in the city to rely on after encountering something so terrifying . One could have imagined how frightened he had been . He was somewhat put at ease seeing the two of them .
“Are you sure it’s the Heart-eating Curse?”
“It’s probably it . I’ve seen people who were cursed with that curse . I saw it when their heart was being taken out, and it was those locations that were being eaten first . ”
The Heart-eating Curse was one that when fully activated, the bugs planted would hatch and begin to eat the heart . The bugs continued to lay eggs that flowed from the heart to the entire body, eating out all the internal organs, as well as flesh and bone . The cursed one would die while being subjected to intense pain . It was one of the worst curse poisons there was .
“Let’s get out of Jing and return to southern Yunnan . ”
“Go back?”
“Yeah . We’ll look for Wu San,” Miao Tianchuan said . “Both of us talked about it on our way here . Anyone from the village capable of taking out the curse won’t help . The only one capable of dealing with this now would be Wu San . ”
“Don’t forget that he and Miao Xihe are brothers in training,” Miao Chengtang said .
“Sure, but the previous chief did a lot for him . With Qingshan with us, he’ll definitely do us a favor,” Miao Tianchuan said .
“How the hell did I forget about that?” Miao Chengtang clapped his head after hearing that . Hope was in his mind again, dispelling most of the lingering fear .
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