Medical and Martial God

Chapter 332: Chapter 332: Bounty Hunters and Tai Pan Snake Venom

After leaving the golf course, Ye Xiu sent a message to Qin Qing, ”Find a way to get rid of Ma Wei’s nine friends without leaving any traces.”

He then sent another message to Mo Luo, ”A group of four men and five women will be leaving the golf course shortly. Take them back for interrogation, but don’t alarm anyone.”

Qin Qing replied, ”Okay!”

Mo Luo responded, ”Understood!”

Once they were in the car, Ye Xiu sat in the passenger seat, observing Ma Wei with keen interest as he drove.

”Ma Wei, where are you from?” Ye Xiu asked.

”Boss, you can just call me Little Ma. It’s friendlier,” Ma Wei said. ”I’m from Guangling.”

”Guangling isn’t exactly close to Qingfeng Road,” Ye Xiu probed.

”It’s not too far, about a two or three-hour drive,” Ma Wei replied without hesitation.

”What do you do for work in Guangling?” Ye Xiu asked.

”Don’t laugh, Boss, but I’m just a drifter, picking up construction gigs here and there,” Ma Wei said, feigning an embarrassed and awkward expression.

”Did you go to college?” Ye Xiu continued.

”I did,” Ma Wei nodded.

”What did you major in?”

”Civil engineering. You know, eating dust and inhaling smoke on construction sites,” Ma Wei said with a chuckle.

”Oh, I was under the impression you majored in acting.” Ye Xiu’s voice turned icy. ”You studied civil engineering, yet your acting is more convincing than a professional’s. You even understand Morse code. You’re quite the scholar, aren’t you?”

SCREECH!

Ma Wei slammed on the brakes and stared at Ye Xiu in shock. ”You... You can actually read Morse code?”

”That’s child’s play to me,” Ye Xiu scoffed. ”Now, talk. What kind of scheme are you and Luo Qianjun cooking up? You know I’m a doctor. If you don’t answer honestly, I have ten thousand ways to make you suffer before you finally...”

Before he could finish his threat, he saw blood pouring from Ma Wei’s seven orifices.

Poisoned himself?

Ye Xiu quickly pressed several acupoints on Ma Wei’s body. He then took his pulse, a look of shock on his face.

A large dose of Tai Pan Snake Venom?

At this point, not even Ye Xiu’s profound medical skills could save Ma Wei. The Inland Taipan has the most potent venom of any snake in the world. A single tiny drop can kill 200,000 mice, and once a human is poisoned, there is no chance of survival. The Tai Pan Snake Venom hidden in Ma Wei’s mouth was a large dose; the moment he bit through the poison capsule, death was instantaneous.

Willing to die to protect Luo Qianjun’s objective... It seems his plans are quite significant.

Ye Xiu searched Ma Wei’s entire body but found nothing useful aside from a specially made phone. The phone was custom-built and protected by a passcode. Ye Xiu didn’t dare to try unlocking it rashly, fearing a built-in self-destruct mechanism.

He called You Ming. ”I’ve got a custom phone here. Crack the passcode for me.”

You Ming replied, ”One minute.”

In the end, it took less than thirty seconds. You Ming not only unlocked the phone but even deleted the passcode entirely.

Ye Xiu’s gaze fell on the phone’s screensaver, and his eyes sharpened.

This is... the Ace of Hearts?

The screensaver was indeed an image of the Ace of Hearts from a deck of playing cards.

Interesting! So Ma Wei is a bounty hunter from the Night Banquet!

As far as Ye Xiu knew, the Night Banquet had fifty-four bounty hunters in total, each corresponding to a card in a deck. The Ace of Hearts, for example, was Ma Wei’s codename.

Luo Qianjun and Ma Wei both use Morse code, and Luo Qianjun gives Ma Wei direct orders. Luo Qianjun must be the founder of the Night Banquet! Interesting... what Luo Qianjun said at the Xingchen Club last night was all an act. He claimed on the surface that he wouldn’t help the Shen Family, but he secretly dispatched his Night Banquet bounty hunters.

Ye Xiu’s eyes narrowed, a chilling smile playing on his lips.

Luo Qianjun... since you’re courting death, I’ll be happy to oblige.

He looked through Ma Wei’s phone but found no useful intelligence. The contact list was completely empty. Left with no other choice, Ye Xiu sent a message to Gong Jin, ”I want all the information on the Night Banquet’s bounty hunters.”

Gong Jin replied, ”I have investigated the Night Banquet in secret. The organization is extremely mysterious, and I was unable to find any information on their bounty hunters.”

Oh? Even Ming Feng Tower can’t find anything? It seems Luo Qianjun has kept the Night Banquet well-hidden. In that case, I can’t make a direct move on Luo Qianjun yet.

After disposing of Ma Wei’s body, Ye Xiu drove to the Shen Family’s estate. Shen Songshan and the comatose Shen Qilin were already waiting in the villa.

”Quickly, wake Qilin up! He’s getting on in years. Going this long without food or drink could be life-threatening!” Shen Songshan urged the moment he saw Ye Xiu.

”Don’t be in such a rush,” Ye Xiu said as he sat down. ”Give me all the Blood Pills, and I’ll wake Shen Qilin.”

”Okay!” Shen Songshan quickly ran upstairs, returning with a small bottle that he handed to Ye Xiu. ”All the Blood Pills are in here. They’re all yours. Now hurry and wake Qilin.”

”Why are there only twenty?” Ye Xiu asked.

”That’s all there is!” Shen Songshan insisted.

”Do you know where the Poison King is?” Ye Xiu inquired.

Shen Songshan was taken aback. This was something he had been desperate to find out. The Poison King had vanished on the day of the great battle between the Shen and Lian family. Suddenly, a possibility occurred to him. ”He fell into your hands?”

”Correct,” Ye Xiu nodded. ”The Poison King said he obtained forty-three Blood Pills in total. Gaelin consumed one, the Poison King kept one for himself, and the Gun God took one. That leaves forty. So, what’s this about only giving me twenty?”

Shen Songshan’s face turned pale. The Gun God took a Blood Pill and still died at Ye Xiu’s hands? How on earth did he manage that?

But he had no time to dwell on that now. ”I gave twenty to the Long Family.”

”Do you really think I’m that ignorant? Tell me the truth right now, or I’ll kill Shen Qilin,” Ye Xiu said coldly, though in truth, he had no idea how many pills Shen Songshan had given the Long Family.

”Alright!” Thinking Ye Xiu knew everything, Shen Songshan had no choice but to take the remaining eleven Blood Pills from his pocket. He had originally planned to consume one last Blood Pill to take Ye Xiu down with him. Now, his entire stash had been confiscated!

”You actually gave the Long Family ten?” Ye Xiu said with a frown, putting the eleven pills into his bottle. Together with the twenty from before and the one from the Poison King, he now had thirty-two Blood Pills.

”You... So you didn’t actually know how many I gave the Long Family?” Shen Songshan nearly spat blood in frustration. To think that he, a man who had lived for nearly a century, had been played so easily by a young brat like Ye Xiu.

”Does it matter?” Ye Xiu snorted. He casually prodded Shen Qilin’s body a few times and then turned to leave.

Anxious, Shen Songshan started to chase after him, wanting to ask what the series of pokes meant, but just then, Shen Qilin’s eyes fluttered open.

”Qilin, you’re awake? You’re finally awake...!” Shen Songshan embraced Shen Qilin and burst into loud, wailing sobs.

After Ye Xiu returned to his car, Ma Wei’s phone suddenly vibrated twice. He took it out and saw a text from an unknown number. The message was written in Morse code.

It read: ”Find a way to confirm Ye Xiu’s residence.”

Ye Xiu replied in Morse code, ”Okay.”

At that moment, a clever plan to lure his quarry into a trap flashed through his mind.