Chapter 971: 971
Chapter 971 Blood, Going Down South
Su Xiaoxue was very surprised . It was something that was one of a kind . Anything with that kind of label on it had to be very precious .
“What does this herb do?” she asked .
“Oh, it does a lot,” Wang Yao said . “It can balance the internal organs and rid the body of any malignant Qi . Prolonged ingestion may render one full of vigor and always youthful . ”
“Is it that good?” Su Xiaoxue was even more surprised when she heard what it was capable of .
“Isn’t being full of vigor and always youthful like being immortal?”
“I’m not actually all that sure just how miraculous its effects are,” Wang Yao said . “The herb is not fully grown yet . It’s only a sprout at present . ”
“How long will it take to grow?” Su Xiaoxue asked .
“Beats me . According to what I know, this thing should take 30 years to grow to about 98 feet tall . Only then will it be suitable to serve as medicine . ”
“30 years?” Su Xiaoxue was shocked . “Will it really take that long before it can be used?”
Most people did not have decades to spare . While it was said that prolonged ingestion allowed one to remain full of vigor and always youthful, the notion of prolonged ingestion seemed utterly impossible in this case .
“This is my first time planting this herb,” Wang Yao said with a chuckle .
“I sure look forward to it . ” Su Xiaoxue said as she eyed that Kang Wood, which was about a foot tall .
In Tianjin, thousands of miles away…
Miao Chengtang looked terrible . Moments ago, he had been cursed yet again .
“Damn it!”
He was able to confirm that someone from the village had been sent to keep an eye on him . He knew they were nearby . Furthermore, that person was adept at using curses . They had managed to bug him without him detecting it .
“Who is doing this? Is it an elder from the village?” Miao Chengtang took a deep breath .
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He had chronic, excruciating pain in his stomach . Things were different from the last time he had been bugged . The current symptoms were intense abdominal pain, diarrhea, and a bloody stool . He regurgitated everything he ate and spat out blood . Be it his stool or the spew, he saw black worms the size of a string . They looked disgusting and horrifying .
“It seems like I’ll need to make another trip . ”
The only person he had told about the situation was Xu Xinyuan .
“What?” Xu Xinyuan was shocked . “You got bugged again?”
“Yeah, and it’s different this time . People from the village are probably still here in Tianjin . If I’m not mistaken, they’re close to where I live now . ” Miao Chengtang did not panic like he had the last time he was cursed . He was considerably calmer this time .
“Would you be able to tell them apart if you saw them?” Xu Xinyuan asked .
“If they are close enough, it won’t be a problem,” Miao Chengtang replied .
When he was in the village, he did not notice the difference between people from the village and the ones in the outside world . After spending some time in Tianjin, he discovered that it was very easy to tell people from the village apart from people in the city . He only needed to take one look to tell the difference . The difference was as glaring as dropping a drop of blood into a bowl of water .
“Alright, I’ll arrange for someone to pick you up,” Xu Xinyuan said . “Head to Qi Province immediately and look for Wang Yao . ”
“Well, umm… I’m not sure if he’ll help me out this time . ” Miao Chengtang was concerned about that option . When he last visited the doctor, he had been given the cold shoulder . The doctor seemed unwilling to get too involved with him .
“Maybe he knows just how terrifying the people from the Valley of Thousands of Medicines are and doesn’t want to get himself in danger because of me,” Miao Chengtang said .
“One way or another, he’s your only hope now,” Xu Xinyuan said . “You have to make the trip . You must go . ”
“Yeah, alright,” Miao Chengtang replied . “I’ll make the trip . Thank you . ”
“Don’t mention it,” Xu Xinyuan said .
Xu Xinyuan was surprised that someone held such an intense grudge toward Miao Chengtang . He had greatly underestimated just how far those people from that place were willing to go when they felt betrayed . After failing to take care of their problem the first time, they had immediately made another attempt . They showed no mercy toward the person they considered a traitor . Despite being more than 6,000 miles away, those people immediately sent someone to again deal with the person they decided needed to be disposed of . Xu Xinyuan was utterly surprised by just how brutal those people were .
“These assholes are difficult . ”
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Miao Chengtang was not all that important in Xu Xinyuan’s eyes . At the very least, Miao Chengtang had not been able to do much . He had only provided news that needed to be further verified . However, given how much he had invested in covering for Miao Chengtang, giving him up now meant that everything he did for Miao Chengtang would have been for nothing . That was like someone purchasing a luxurious car and later discovering that the car had a series of problems and was not much of a source of enjoyment . The overarching issue was whether to fix those problems or just give up the car altogether . Most people in this predicament would have probably chosen to repair the car and make the most out of it . Then again, if someone was from a rich family, it was probably been a different story . Xu Xinyuan was not a rich person . The money he had spent on the man was not his own . It was the Guo Clan’s money that he had been spending . As such, he needed to ensure that the money was well spent .
He had already invested a lot in Miao Chengtang, which meant that he had to keep making investments just to keep that man alive . That would not change unless the cost of keeping Miao Chengtang alive was simply too great, far greater than the returns the man was able to generate . In that case, the man would have outlived his usefulness and no longer be worth using and helping . Xu Xinyuan would have to give up on Miao Chengtang if things came to that . As for now, things were not quite that bad yet .
The car Xu Xinyuan sent arrived at Miao Chengtang’s place to pick him up . He left soon after .
“Follow that car up there . ”
Another car followed behind the one Miao Chengtang was in .
The cars drove out of Tianjin and went onto the highway .
“There’s someone following us,” the driver said .
“It’ doesn’t matter,” Miao Chengtang said . “There is no need to speed . Just let the car follow us . ”
They stopped at a rest area not long after they departed . He was unable to help it . The condition with his stomach was so unbearable that he needed to relieve himself somewhere . The diarrhea was very explosive . He had not eaten anything for the past few days, yet he continued to throw up and have diarrhea all the same . It was so bad that even drinking water gave him that reaction .
After he emerged from the bathroom, he was hardly able to stand . He struggled to keep himself upright by holding onto the door handle .
If this continued, he was bound to drop dead in one of the bathrooms along the way . His body would have eventually been discovered by one of the janitors on duty .
I have to live through this! I have to!
He continued to encourage himself .
That car behind continued to follow them .
“Ffaster . ”
“What about the car behind us?” the driver asked .
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“Don’t bother,” Miao Chengtang said . He cared for his life more than anything else . As for the people in that car behind them, he deemed them to be a secondary concern .
He had to live to do what he had to do .
The car he rode in accelerated and sped along the highway . That car behind them managed to follow all the same .
“Where are they going?”
“From the looks of it, probably Qi Province . ”
“Qi Province?”
The car arrived in Lianshan County that night . Miao Chengtang and the driver stayed the night in a hotel that was close in town .
It was now the middle of the night .
Miao Chengtang suddenly sat up and rushed to the toilet .
He continued to throw up and have diarrhea . The toilet bowl was filled with something red . It was covered with blood .
Huh, huh…
He struggled to move to his bed and slumped down on it . It was as if he was a fish stranded on the sand of a beach and about to die .
Huff, huff…
He was struggling to breathe . Since he was already robbed of most of his strength, it made breathing that much more laborious .
He was practically lingering on the last breath of his life .
He looked at the time .
Dawn was still six hours away . Those six hours were going to be hellish for him .
The sun rose, all the same, the next morning .
A car was seen driving into a secluded village in the mountains at 7 a . m . It stopped right outside a clinic at the southern end of the village .
“Please, do me a favor and check if the clinic is open,” Miao Chengtang said as he remained slumped in the car . He was expending more energy than he was taking in, so he dared not move unnecessarily . Even moving in the slightest evoked terrible abdominal pains . He felt as if he could easily lose control of all bowel movements .
“It’s not open yet,” the driver replied soon after getting down and checking the place out .
“Well, we’ll just wait here for a bit . Keep an eye out . Tell me immediately once the place is open . ”
“Will do,” the driver replied .
He glanced at the man in the back seat through the rearview mirror . He was horrifyingly ashen and seemed to have lost almost all signs of life .
How come this looks more serious than the last time?
It was the same man the driver had picked up before the New Year’s festivities . He was doing it because it had been lucrative . He almost regretted making the trip in the first place . He had been worried about the passenger dying in his car . The driver made another trip for the same reason—money . This time, he was even more worried because the man looked even more ill and closer to death than he had been before .
You have to make it through! Please, please, please don’t die in my car! He prayed feverishly deep down as he waited .
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