"Capital?" Miao Qingshan repeated the name softly.
"You've never been there?"
"No." Miao Qingshan smiled and shook his head.
"Do you want to go?"
"Of course," Miao Qingshan said.
For the past twenty years or so, he had spent almost all of his time in the stockade and rarely went outside. The furthest place he had ever left the stockade was a small city a few hundred li away. That kind of place could not be compared to the capital at all.
"Shall we go and have a look?"
"Right now?" Miao Qingshan was dumbfounded.
"Yeah, right now." Miao Tianchuan took off his hat and combed his hair, which was not exactly luxuriant.
"But both of us are wanted," Miao Qingshan said. "How are we supposed to get there?"
"Hehe, we can go if we want to."
"What about the village? What about the Miaoxi River?"
"Let's put it aside for now," Miao Tianchuan said. "There's nothing we can do even if we stay here. Furthermore, the security in the village should be very tight right now. They won't give us any chances."
He wanted revenge, even in his dreams. However, he did not lose his mind. He had been able to restrain himself from the very beginning. His mind had prevailed over his emotions.
"Get ready. We'll head out tomorrow and have a look at Jing. We'll meet up with Chengtang on the way."
"Sure." Miao Qingshan nodded.
He did not want to stay there any longer. He knew that he could not return to the village. Deep down, he did not hate the Miaoxi River that much. He was not like Miao Tianchuan, who wanted nothing more than to skin the man alive, eat his flesh, and drink his blood. Since he could not return, he decided to leave and go somewhere else to have a look.
Miao Chengtang made it to Jing from southern Yunnan in just two days. He sighed in relief when he got there, thinking that he was finally safe.
Guo Zhenghe had not lied to them. He had contacted a specialist from a renowned hospital in Jing. They began to perform a full body checkup on Miao Chengtang. The results of the initial blood test made the doctor very surprised. It was the first time that he had seen such a disease. The patient's body contained a large amount of toxins, which he had never seen before.
He used the blood extracted from the patient's body to conduct an experiment. Even though the blood was very cold, it was enough to block several white mice. This showed that the toxins in the patient's body were very terrible. However, this person's body was only in a sub-healthy state, there was no danger to his life. It was very shocking that this person's body was only in a sub-healthy state, there was no danger to his life. But this person's body was only in a sub-healthy state, there was no danger to his life, this was very shocking.
How could this be?
Then, he arranged for someone to conduct a more detailed and comprehensive analysis of the patient's blood. Then, he found several substances in the patient's blood that did not exist in the blood of ordinary people. He did not know what these substances were. Then, he asked his colleagues. They had never seen such a situation before. This was a special case that had great research value.
Miao Chengtang was scared out of his wits by how serious the doctor was.
"Doctor, what's going on with me?"
Truth be told, he did not think that his body was that bad. However, after being scared by the doctor, he felt that his body had suddenly become a lot weaker. It was all a psychological effect.
"Ah, we found several unknown substances in your blood," the doctor said. "We're analyzing them. Your body is not in any danger at the moment. You can rest assured."
"Oh, I'm relieved." Miao Chengtang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that.
"Also, we're going to do a more comprehensive checkup on your body. We'll determine the corresponding treatment based on the results. The checkup will not be completed in a short time. You need to be hospitalized. Do you have any other questions?"
"No, I'll be hospitalized then. Thank you."
Miao Chengtang went through the hospitalization procedures and went through the checkup one by one. It took him two days in total to find something wrong with him.
The specialist was looking at a checkup report in a daze.
"What's going on here?"
Through the comprehensive checkup, they found two small tumors in the patient's heart. The key problem was that the two tumors were of a type that they had never seen before.
What are they?
He was unable to tell, so he gathered his colleagues for a consultation.
"This is the first time I've seen a tumor like this. Let's do a biopsy."
That was the most commonly used and effective method.
The specialist thought about it for a bit and told Miao Chengtang about the situation.
"What? Tumors?" Miao Chengtang's mind buzzed as soon as he heard that word. His mind went blank.
Although he had never been out of the stockade, it did not mean that he did not know anything about the outside world, especially in terms of medicine. In terms of time, their stockade was relatively well-informed in this regard. He naturally knew what the word meant. At the same time, he also thought of another possibility, which was even more terrifying.
"We're planning to take a biopsy of the tumor to determine its exact condition."
"No, no, no!" Miao Chengtang cut the doctor off before he could finish.
"What's wrong?" The doctor noticed that Miao Chengtang's expression had suddenly turned extremely sour. Sweat had appeared on his forehead.
"Ah, let me explain," Miao Chengtang said. "Not all tumors are malignant. There is a common misconception that people don't have a solution for. In truth, a considerable number of tumors are benign and do not have any pathological changes. Those tumors will not cause any harm to the patient's body after surgery. They will not leave any side effects after recovery. That is something that needs to be understood."
"No, no, no, you don't understand," Miao Chengtang said. "That's not what I meant. Those two tumors are absolutely not to be touched."
"Very well," the doctor said. "Let's continue with the other tests. You can think about that one later."
Since the patient did not have any relatives with him, there was no way for him to do anything through his family. As such, he had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being.
"It has to be. It has to be. It can't be wrong!" After the doctor left, Miao Chengtang mumbled to himself in the room. His face was pale. His eyes stared straight ahead and were filled with fear.
"Damn that Miaoxi River!"
Ring! Ring! Ring! His phone rang.
"Hey, Tianchuan, are you guys on your way? This is great. The Miaoxi River has cursed me. That damned bastard should be cut into pieces and eaten alive!"
"What?" Miao Tianchuan, who was on the other end of the phone, was shocked.
"Are you sure?"
"I just had a checkup. They found tumors in my head and heart. Those two places are not tumors at all. They are cursing the Heart-eating Curse. There's no mistaking it!"
"Don't worry. We'll be there soon."
After hanging up, Miao Tianchuan looked out the window and did not say anything for a long time.
"What is it?"
"Chengtang might have been cursed."
"What? What curse?" Miao Qingshan was shocked to hear that. Although their village did have cursing bugs like that, they had only heard about them over the years. They had never seen them before, and they had never thought that such cursing bugs would be used on their own people.
"Is he sure?"
"He sounded very sure," Miao Qingshan said. "I've only heard about this curse, but I've never seen it with my own eyes. Have you seen it before?"
"No, I haven't," Miao Qingshan said. "This curse is very cruel. When the old chief was still around, he banned its use and research. It was sealed."
"Sealed?" Miao Tianchuan sneered after hearing that.
"We'll talk about it when we see him."
"If it's really the Heart-eating Curse, how do we cure it?" Miao Qingshan asked. "Other than the Miaoxi River, those who can cure this curse are all old people in the village. Other than them, I'm afraid no one else has the ability to do so."
Miao Tianchuan was silent after hearing that. He knew what Miao Qingshan was talking about.
"There should be someone who can cure it."
"Are you talking about Wu San?"
"Yes, he's also a disciple of the old chief," Miao Tianchuan said. "In terms of medicine, he might not be much worse than the Miaoxi River."
"I've heard that he has a strange temper," Miao Tianchuan said. "He might not be willing to do anything. He might not be willing to do anything if others ask him for help. If you ask him, he'll definitely help." "You're the grandson of the old chief."
"Even so, you should've gone to Wu San's place back then. Why bother coming to Jing City?"
"I came to Jing City to hide and relax," Miao Tianchuan said. "Who would've thought something like this would happen?"
The Miaoxi River had a lot of tricks up his sleeve, and he was proficient in all of them. It was impossible to guard against him.
They went to Jing City that night and saw Miao Chengtang, who looked very anxious.
"Tianchuan, Qingshan, you guys are finally here!"
He had no one to rely on when he was there, and he was panicking after encountering something like that. He felt somewhat at ease after seeing those two.
"Are you sure it's the Heart-eating Curse?"
"Most likely," Miao Chengtang said. "I've seen people who were hit by the curse before. Their hearts were dug out. That was where the curse bugs started to eat them."
Once the Heart-eating Curse was triggered, the bugs would hatch and start to eat from the heart. They would continue to lay eggs. The bugs would spread from the heart to the rest of the body through the bloodstream, eating away at the organs, flesh, and bone marrow. The victims would die in excruciating pain. It was one of the most terrifying types of curse.
"Let's leave Jing City and head back to southern Yunnan."
"Head back?"
"Yes, head back to where Wu San is," Miao Chengtang said. "We talked about it on the way here. None of the people in the village who can cure the curse will help. The only one who can cure the curse is Wu San."
"Don't forget, he's the brother of the Miaoxi River."
"Yeah, but the old chief did him a great favor," Miao Tianchuan said. "Now that Qingshan is here, he'll probably do us a favor."
"Ah, how could I forget about that?" Miao Chengtang slapped his head after hearing that. There was hope, and most of the fear in his heart dissipated.
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