Medical and Martial God

Chapter 225: Chapter 225: Do you want to taste what Mengpo Soup is like?

”Alright!” Long Jiu readily agreed, brimming with confidence. ”Don’t worry, this isn’t my first time doing this sort of thing. In less than half a month, I’ll have all this money laundered clean.”

”Hmm!” The Dragon Head nodded, clearly trusting Long Jiu’s money-laundering skills. ”Okay, Long Jiu stays. Everyone else can log off.”

Instantly, Long Yi, Long Er, Long San, Long Si, Long Wu, Long Liu, Long Qi, and Long Ba joyfully logged off. For a moment, only the Dragon Head and Long Jiu remained on the screen.

”What do you mean, I’m staying?” Long Jiu asked.

”You have the nerve to ask,” the Dragon Head demanded, ”Tell me, what’s the deal with Gaelin?”

”How should I know?” Long Jiu retorted irritably.

”A month ago, the Poison King found an ancient prescription for something called a ’Blood Pill’ in an ancient tomb, along with a bottle of the pills themselves. After that, he went to your Shen Family for refuge. The effects of the Blood Pill are extraordinary, allowing a War God to break through their limits and attain incredible fighting power. The downside is that the person who takes it will lose their sanity and kill indiscriminately until they die from blood loss. You had Xiong Ba poison Gaelin and cause chaos in the stadium for the sole purpose of forcing Huang Quan to subdue him. Then, you wanted Huang Quan to ask Ye Xiu and the Ghost Doctor to crack the formula for the Blood Pill...”

Long Jiu was shocked. ”You... you planted an undercover agent in my Shen Family?”

”That’s right,” the Dragon Head admitted openly.

”In that case, just say what you want,” Long Jiu said coldly.

”First, I want ten Blood Pills. Second, I want the Blood Pill prescription. Third, stop your foolish actions immediately,” the Dragon Head stated.

”Fine, I agree to all three terms,” Long Jiu nodded.

「...」

Ye Xiu and Qin Qing were having breakfast.

While eating, Ye Xiu looked over the information on the Shen Family that Qing Luan had sent. It was his second time reading through it, hoping to find some clues.

Just then, Chloe rushed in and said, ”Young Master, three people are outside.”

Ye Xiu was surprised. ”What do they want?”

Chloe shook her head. ”I don’t know. The leader is a young man from Xuanse, and the other two are War Gods from the Luo Po Sect.”

The Luo Po Sect? I don’t have any grudges against them.

Like the Xuan Ming Sect, the Luo Po Sect was an Ancient Martial Sect in Yalei Country. Unlike the Xuan Ming Sect, the Luo Po Sect was composed of ascetics who were as poor as church mice. They believed ’the soul is pure, but the body is filthy.’ Through self-mortification, they aimed to cleanse the body’s sins and achieve the soul’s liberation after death.

What are two blockheads like them doing here so early in the morning?

”I’ll go take a look,” Ye Xiu said to Qin Qing.

He stood up and walked outside, his eyes immediately falling on the approaching stranger and the two War Gods from the Luo Po Sect.

”Ye Xiu, get your ass out here!” the stranger yelled at the top of his lungs.

”Stop shouting. I’m Ye Xiu,” he said. ”Who are you? What do you want with me?”

He could see that the unfamiliar young man was the leader. The two War Gods from the Luo Po Sect flanked him from behind like bodyguards.

”So, you’re Ye Xiu?”

The stranger swaggered over like a bandit descending a mountain and stopped in front of Ye Xiu. Tilting his head, he sized him up and down with blatant arrogance. ”I am a disciple of Su Mo. My name is Li Hongchou. I assume I don’t need to tell you why I’m here, right?”

Hearing the name Su Mo, Ye Xiu’s expression darkened.

Su Mo! The previous Medicine King!

Ten years ago, the Long Family had instructed Zheng Yiwen to ruin him, and she had then gone to Su Mo for help. The reason so many people across the country had participated in framing him was all thanks to Su Mo.

On Ye Xiu’s list of enemies, the Long Family, Zheng Yiwen, Su Mo, the masterminds in Jin Ye City, and the Ming Family were at the very top. The Long Family orchestrated the entire plot. Zheng Yiwen instigated it. Su Mo was responsible for recruiting help and devising the plan, while the masterminds in Jin Ye City carried it out. The Ming Family served as the vanguard. The others had merely provided funding and stirred up public opinion.

In Ye Xiu’s eyes, Su Mo was even more detestable than Zheng Yiwen.

”Did Su Mo send you to kill me?” Ye Xiu asked coldly.

”Oh, you guessed?” Li Hongchou sneered. ”Since you already know, just kill yourself. It’ll save me from getting my hands dirty.”

Ye Xiu laughed. ”Did you grow up on fertilizer? How else could you say something so brain-dead?”

”You dare insult me?”

Li Hongchou was enraged and swung a hand toward Ye Xiu’s face. However, before his palm could land, Ye Xiu’s had already struck him.

SMACK!

Li Hongchou was slapped straight to the ground, face-first.

”Su Mo must have drunk some fake liquor and addled his brain to send you to kill me,” Ye Xiu said, stepping on Li Hongchou’s head. ”He didn’t send an assassin; he sent me a free kill.”

”You...”

Li Hongchou was on the ground where Ye Xiu had slapped him. His nose was bleeding, and his front teeth were loose from the impact. Now, with Ye Xiu’s foot on his head, his face was pressed flat against the ground, and he howled in pain.

Seeing this, the two War Gods from the Luo Po Sect exchanged a glance.

Xiwa said coldly, ”Ye Xiu, am I invisible to you?”

”I prefer not to acknowledge your existence, because once I do, you’re both dead,” Ye Xiu replied coldly.

”Hah, how arrogant,” Xiwa snorted. ”You’re merely a Great Grandmaster, yet you dare to act so boldly in front of me and Kumar. You’re courting death.”

With that, he lunged forward, his hand shooting for Ye Xiu’s neck. He wanted to kill Ye Xiu himself, but Li Hongchou had insisted on doing it personally. Xiwa could only subdue Ye Xiu and leave the final blow for him.

”Kill them,” Ye Xiu ordered coolly.

”Yes!”

Chloe’s figure blurred, vanishing from her spot. A second later, she reappeared.

Xiwa, who had been charging at Ye Xiu, dropped to the ground with a thud. The smile on the other man, Kumar, slowly faded, replaced by a look of horror as his body went limp and crumpled to the floor.

Both men died with their eyes wide open. To their last breath, neither of them knew what had killed them; they hadn’t even seen Chloe move.

”Go on, take a good look at the helpers you brought.” Ye Xiu lifted his foot from Li Hongchou’s head.

Li Hongchou scrambled to his feet, cursing, ”Ye Xiu, you’re dead meat! Xiwa and Kumar are War Gods, you...” His words caught in his throat. He stared in shock at the bodies on the ground. ”What... what happened to them?”

”They’ve gone to the Naihe Bridge to queue for some Mengpo Soup,” Ye Xiu said calmly.

Li Hongchou felt as if he’d been struck by lightning. He trembled violently, his face a mask of terror.

Those were two War Gods! How did they just... die?

”Would you like a taste of Mengpo Soup yourself?” Ye Xiu asked.

THUMP!

Li Hongchou fell to his knees. ”Please, don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! It was Su Mo who sent me; I didn’t want to come! You and I have no grudges! I don’t want to kill you, I...”

”Shut up!” Ye Xiu snapped.

Li Hongchou snapped his mouth shut.

”Speak. How did Su Mo get tangled up with the Luo Po Sect?” Ye Xiu demanded. ”Tell me everything. If you lie even once, I’ll twist your head from your shoulders.”