Medical and Martial God

Meng Yinwan and the others then realized that Ye Xiu had gone to invite Huang Quan. Huang Quan had come and gone, but Ye Xiu still hadn’t returned.

”He’s probably worried Huang Quan is no match for Bruce, so he dares not return.” Dong Puti, the representative of the ’Deal with Ye Xiu Alliance,’ said with disdain. ”Ye Xiu has always been an opportunist. First, he scammed 300 of our hermit predecessors on the Martial Artist forum. Then, after we captured him on the cargo ship, he escaped by deceiving us. Now he’s worried Huang Quan can’t beat Bruce and that he’d be unable to choose a side if Yan Long pleaded for help, so he simply chose not to return.”

”That must be it!” Yan Long shouted. Having been beaten up by Huang Quan, he had nowhere to vent his anger. ”I propose we find him and give him a good thrashing!”

He no longer dared to confront Ye Xiu on his own—he was no match for him.

”Cowardly as a mouse and utterly irresponsible. He’s unworthy of the name Medicine King Xuanse.” Bruce, who had been severely injured by Huang Quan’s slap, now redirected his anger toward Ye Xiu. ”Let’s go find him. We must teach him a harsh lesson.”

Having lost so much face today, Bruce wanted to boost his fame by killing Medicine King Xuanse.

”Let’s go!”

Everyone rose to their feet, intending to find Ye Xiu.

Just then, a mocking voice called out, ”What? Is the meeting over?”

Everyone turned to see Ye Xiu strolling toward them with a smile.

SMACK!

In that instant, Dong Puti, Yan Long, and Bruce all felt as if they had been slapped across the face. They had just declared Ye Xiu was too cowardly to return, and now here he was.

”Ye Xiu, you went to find Huang Quan. He came and left, so why are you only getting back now?” Bruce snapped, looking for an excuse to kill him.

Heh, it’s not as if Huang Quan and I can appear at the same time... Ye Xiu complained internally before offering a bluff. ”I was cremating Hachi, so I only just got back.”

Bruce felt like he had punched a fistful of cotton; he no longer had a reason to kill Ye Xiu.

After a moment’s thought, he asked, ”Earlier, I proposed forming a medical team with you as its leader. Do you accept?”

”Of course!” Ye Xiu agreed readily. ”But if you want me to treat anyone, you’ll have to pay.”

Bruce was overjoyed, finally finding an excuse to kill Ye Xiu. He rebuked him, ”The three Judicator Families and the Eternal Kingdom are enemies of all humankind! Over five million people from across the globe have come to Biluo Island to fight. When they get injured and need your treatment, you dare to demand payment?”

Many others present also looked displeased. Of course, they couldn’t bring themselves to voice such a shamelessly righteous argument, but they simply did not want to pay for Ye Xiu’s treatment.

”Ye Xiu, you’re too selfish! You’re trying to profit from a global crisis! I don’t think you’ll see the light until you get a beating,” Yan Long scolded righteously.

”I don’t want to charge, either!” Ye Xiu said with a helpless shrug. ”I ran into Huang Quan on my way here. He’s the one who told me to charge. How about I bring him back so you can all discuss it with him?”

Ugh!

Bruce and Yan Long nearly bit their tongues.

Bring Huang Quan back?

Heh!

They wouldn’t dare. This was especially true for Yan Long, who got a beating every single time Huang Quan appeared.

Bruce felt as if he had swallowed a fly. He suddenly realized there was truly no excuse to kill Ye Xiu tonight.

Taking a deep breath, he said, ”Since Huang Quan told you to charge, then so be it. But I trust you’ll be reasonable with your prices, won’t you?”

The implication was clear: even for a fatal injury, Ye Xiu was expected to treat it for a mere pittance.

”Oh, I’ll be reasonable,” Ye Xiu replied with a smile. ”But Huang Quan is now a shareholder, and I have to split my earnings with him fifty-fifty. If I charge a dime for a consultation, would you really have the nerve to pay so little?”

Holy crap!

His words left everyone utterly stunned.

If Huang Quan was a shareholder, didn’t that mean Ye Xiu could charge an exorbitant price for his services?

Bruce was the most frustrated of all. With Huang Quan invested in Ye Xiu, he no longer dared to kill him!

”Meeting dismissed... Meeting dismissed...” Bruce said impatiently.

Ye Xiu smiled. Tonight’s summit had been quite fruitful.

”Hmph, scoundrel!” Dong Puti cursed as she brushed past Ye Xiu.

”Thank you!” Ye Xiu accepted graciously.

Dong Puti was speechless. In her twenty-five years, she had never met someone so shameless as to thank another for being cursed at.

”You just wait!” Dong Puti snarled before stomping off, seething with anger.

When she arrived at the headquarters of the ’Deal with Ye Xiu Alliance,’ she found only an old woman; the others were nowhere to be seen.

Puzzled, she asked, ”Granny, where is everyone else?”

The old woman replied, ”An hour ago, two men named Ye Tianming and Long Tianba volunteered to join our ’Deal with Ye Xiu Alliance.’ They claimed to know where Ye Xiu was staying on Biluo Island, so everyone followed them. I was told to stay behind and wait for you.”

”But Ye Xiu was just at the summit meeting!” Dong Puti stomped her foot in frustration.

”Where is he?” The old woman’s eyes hardened. ”Take me to him. I’ll give that boy a hundred lashes myself.”

”Ye Xiu’s strength is at the Seventh Realm. On the aircraft carrier, he killed Hachi in a single move and even summoned a Water Dragon from the sea. Even though you are also in the Seventh Realm, Granny, you might not be his match,” Dong Puti warned.

”Oh? Is that young man Ye Xiu really that powerful?” The old woman was taken aback. ”Come on, we’ll head to the Abandoned City as well.”

”Alright!” Dong Puti nodded.

Just as they left, Ye Xiu and Mo Luo, who was carrying Hachi’s corpse, arrived.

Ye Xiu said gravely, ”The ’Deal with Ye Xiu Alliance’ has over three thousand members. The weakest among them is a Third Realm War God, and there are a dozen at the Seventh Realm. If they storm the Abandoned City, both sides will suffer devastating losses. This place isn’t far from the city, so they’ll likely arrive soon. I need to hurry back.”

”Master, you go on ahead,” Mo Luo said, knowing he couldn’t match Ye Xiu’s speed.

Ye Xiu nodded and vanished on the spot. He moved so fast that even Mo Luo, a Seventh Realm War God, was left in his dust.

Led by Ye Tianming and Long Tianba, the ’Deal with Ye Xiu Alliance’ rushed to the Abandoned City at full speed.

”Halt!”

At the entrance of the tunnel leading to the Abandoned City, two Fire Seed Company test subjects jumped out to block their path.

One of them asked coldly, ”What is your business here?”

”Cut the crap!”

Long Tianba and Ye Tianming struck simultaneously, snapping the two test subjects’ necks before they could even react.

Long Tianba had previously received Cultivation Techniques from the black-clothed, masked men sent by Kristina’s mother. Now, both his and Ye Tianming’s strength had reached the level of a Third Realm War God.

”Ye Tianming! Long Tianba! What are you doing?” Seeing the two kill without hesitation, the expressions of the other alliance members changed dramatically as a white-haired old man scolded them.

”They are all Ye Xiu’s lackeys. They deserved to die!” Ye Tianming said coldly.