Medical and Martial God

Hachi shot up like a coiled spring and roared at Ye Xiu, ”Ye Xiu, that’s enough! You’ve killed me twice, and your woman has killed me once. Isn’t that enough? When will you finally let me go?”

Ye Xiu sat on the sofa and said calmly, ”Our paths were never meant to cross. The blame lies with you for hating the Xuanse and killing them on sight. I am a Xuanse, and your very existence is too great a threat to my people. That is why you deserve to die!”

”What if I stop hating the Xuanse from now on? Isn’t that enough?” Hachi retorted angrily.

”A dog will always go back to eating shit. Your words have zero credibility with me,” Ye Xiu sneered.

Hachi stared at Ye Xiu, the realization dawning on him. The only way Ye Xiu would spare him was if he offered a genuine ”bargaining chip”—a pledge to stop hating the Xuanse. Realizing this, Hachi’s tone softened. ”What do you want?”

”Answer two of my questions, and I’ll spare your life,” Ye Xiu stated.

Hachi sat down opposite Ye Xiu. ”Ask away.”

”First question: Among all the Martial Artists in the world, who else besides you has defected to the three Judicator Families?” Ye Xiu asked.

”You...” Hachi’s pupils constricted. ”How... how do you know all this?”

Ye Xiu shrugged. ”I crippled Ye Daoxuan and sent him to Xipoloya to build snowmen.”

What? This time, it wasn’t just Hachi who was shocked. Even Dong Puti’s pretty face turned pale with horror.

Ye Daoxuan was a legendary master, a man who had single-handedly swept through Sang Jing with his sword and slaughtered Hachi’s entire family. To think such a ferocious individual had been destroyed by Ye Xiu!

”Over sixty years ago, the three Judicator Families did manage to turn quite a few people,” Hachi said. ”But we were all contacted individually, so none of us know who the others are. I honestly have no idea who else besides me defected to them.”

Ye Xiu was greatly disappointed, though he had expected as much. If Hachi knew who the other defectors were, he wouldn’t be in charge of a minor group like the Tiansha Association. He would have teamed up with the others long ago.

Ye Xiu continued, ”Second question. I blew your head off in Tamwood City. You were burned to ash on Biluo Island by Leng Yue. Last night, I killed you again and took your corpse with me; it’s in the Abandoned City right now. Yet here you are, alive and well. Can you explain that?”

Hachi gave a bitter smile. ”I knew you wanted to know the secret of my immortality.”

”Tell me,” Ye Xiu threatened calmly. ”Speak, and the grudge between us is settled. Otherwise, I will kill you no matter how many times you resurrect.”

Hachi hesitated. The Immortal Body was his greatest secret; he couldn’t tell anyone. But if he didn’t talk now, he would surely die.

”Have you heard of sacrifice?” Hachi finally asked, choosing to trade his secret for his life.

Ye Xiu had a flash of insight. ”So, you’re not cultivating a dark-element Cultivation Technique, but an Ancient Demonic Skill. You forced your multiple-birth brothers to sacrifice their lives to you, giving you multiple lives. One soul, many bodies?”

Hachi looked at Ye Xiu in disbelief. ”How do you know all this?”

He had merely mentioned sacrifice, and Ye Xiu already knew the answer. The depth of Ye Xiu’s knowledge was terrifying; he even knew of Ancient Demonic Skills.

”So this is your last life, isn’t it?” Ye Xiu asked, changing the subject.

”Including this one, I have two left!” Hachi insisted.

Ye Xiu scoffed. ”There’s no need to pretend in front of me. If you really had another life after this one, you would never have compromised, much less told me the Secret of Immortality.”

”I really do have two lives left,” Hachi said with great sincerity. ”I call myself Hachi because it means I have eight lives. I died three times before I met you, and you’ve killed me three times. That leaves tw—”

BANG!

Before he could finish his sentence, Ye Xiu blew his head apart with a single punch.

”Don’t contradict me,” Ye Xiu declared irrationally. ”If I say you have one life left, then you have one life left!”

Hachi: ”...”

Dong Puti: ”...”

Kuroki Suzu: ”...”

Dong Puti and Kuroki Suzu stared at Ye Xiu, dumbfounded. The man was truly, unbelievably overbearing and irrational at times.

Dong Puti asked, ”So you killed him, and now he only has one life left?”

”No, he’s dead for good,” Ye Xiu said with absolute certainty.

”How can you be so sure? What’s your proof?” Dong Puti asked.

Before Ye Xiu could answer, Kuroki Suzu mimicked him by patting Dong Puti on the shoulder. ”You should read a few psychology books sometime. Get some experience with the evils of the world, and then you’ll understand why he’s so certain. To put it bluntly, you’re paying the price for your ignorance of the world.”

Dong Puti: ”???”

Ye Xiu offered a piece of advice, ”Once you truly understand someone, any abnormal behavior—a glance, an expression, the tone of their voice—can reveal useful information.”

Dong Puti didn’t understand. She and her family had lived in seclusion deep in the mountains. She’d never even attended kindergarten; her family had only taught her how to read. She had no real-world experience, no social skills, and no grasp of the complexities of human nature.

”Give me your hand,” Ye Xiu said to Kuroki Suzu.

”What for?” Kuroki Suzu was mystified, but she extended her hand anyway.

Ye Xiu took out a Life Totem and injected it into Kuroki Suzu.

”What did you just inject me with?” Kuroki Suzu’s face changed instantly. Does Ye Xiu still not trust me? Did he just inject me with some kind of poison to control me?

”You’ll find out eventually,” Ye Xiu said with a mysterious smile. Just then, his phone buzzed.

It was a text from Gong Jin: ”Young Master, this morning, media outlets and newspapers worldwide are reporting on the three Judicator Families and the Eternal Kingdom. The reports are very detailed, including information on the Kingdom’s formidable strength...”

Ye Xiu immediately searched for the news. The internet was buzzing with stories about the three Judicator Families, the Eternal Kingdom, and Biluo Island.

”My god, there’s a hidden country on Earth.”

”Holy moly, the most powerful nations in the world have only a few million Martial Artists, and their strongest are only Second Realm War Gods. But the Eternal Kingdom has over thirty million Martial Artists, with 3,500 of them at Fifth Realm War God or above!”

”The Eternal Kingdom’s technology is apparently far beyond any other country’s. Their cars achieved autonomous driving long ago!”

”The three Judicator Families have sinister ambitions. They want to start a world war to take over the globe. Doesn’t that mean we’re all in danger?”

When the news first broke, it caused a brief global panic. However, that panic immediately vanished when countries around the world began releasing news about the previous day’s attack on Biluo Island.

”Damn, it’s all thanks to Huang Quan! He single-handedly wrecked the Eternal Kingdom’s high-tech infrastructure. Now the Judicator Families can only attack the rest of the world with Cold Weapons.”

”I’m dying of laughter! Millions of Martial Artists from Biluo Island fighting a naval battle in canoes! Huang Quan is so ruthless and clever. He sent the Eternal Kingdom back to the Stone Age right before the main war even started.”

”Hahaha, Huang Quan stole all the weapons and ammo from the aircraft carrier strike group! That’s hilarious! Are the Eternal Kingdom’s forces going to play bumper boats with their carriers against the world’s navies?”

”The combined forces of every country couldn’t beat the Eternal Kingdom, but one move from Huang Quan and they were crippled.”

”Five million soldiers can’t compare to one Huang Quan!”

”With Huang Quan in the fight, what do we have to be afraid of? The three Judicator Families and the Eternal Kingdom are the ones who should be scared.”

”Huang Quan must be thrilled. Over a hundred million enemies? That’s enough to keep him busy killing for a whole year, right?”

”Go, Huang Quan, give it your all!”