Su Xiaoxue was very surprised. That herb was one of a kind. Anything that had anything to do with that word would be extremely precious.
"What does that herb do?"
"It's very useful," Wang Yao said. "It can calm the internal organs and get rid of all evil. Taking it for a long time will make one's body lighter and less old."
"That's awesome!" Su Xiaoxue was shocked.
"Lighter and less old? Doesn't that make one immortal?"
"I don't know exactly how magical it is," Wang Yao said. "The herb hasn't grown yet. It's just a sprout."
"How long will it take for it to grow?"
"It's hard to say," Su Xiaoxue said. "From what I know, it takes 30 years for the herb to grow to three meters tall. Only then will it be suitable to be used as medicine."
"30 years? That's a long time! "
How many 30 years can a person have? Taking it for a long time would make one's body lighter and less old.
"It's my first time growing something like that," Wang Yao said with a smile.
"I'm looking forward to it," Su Xiaoxue said as she stared at the Kang Wood, which was less than a foot tall.
In Tianjin, thousands of miles away …
Miao Chengtang's expression was extremely ugly. He had just found out that he had been poisoned again.
"Damn it!"
Now, he was basically certain that there were people from the stockade keeping an eye on him in the vicinity of where he lived. Furthermore, it was a master of curses who had gotten close to him without him knowing and poisoned him.
"Who could it be? Has the elder from the stockade come out?" Miao Chengtang took a deep breath.
He felt as if his stomach was being torn apart. This time, the situation was different from the first time he was poisoned. This time, the symptoms were a severe stomachache, diarrhea, and blood. He vomited whatever he ate. Whether it was his feces or vomit, he could see black worms the size of a thread. It was very disgusting and terrifying.
"I'll have to go there again."
He only told one person about this situation, and that was Xu Xinyuan.
"What? You've been poisoned again?"
"Yeah, it's a different kind of poison. The people from the stockade should still be in Tianjin. If I'm not mistaken, they should be near where I live." Miao Chengtang was not as flustered as he had been the last time he was poisoned. He was a lot calmer.
"If you see them, can you tell who they are?"
"Close range is fine," Miao Chengtang said.
When he was in the stockade, he did not notice the difference between the people in the stockade and the people outside. However, after staying in Tianjin for some time, he realized that the people in the city and the people in the stockade were very easy to distinguish. He could tell at a glance, just like a drop of blood mixed into clear water.
"How about this? I'll arrange for someone to go over immediately. You set off for Qi Province immediately and look for Wang Yao."
"Well, I'm worried that he might not be willing to help this time!" Miao Chengtang voiced his concerns. He was able to clearly sense Wang Yao's cold attitude toward him whenever he visited. It was as if Wang Yao did not want to have too much contact with him.
"Maybe he knows how powerful the Valley of Thousands of Medicine is," Miao Chengtang said. "He doesn't want to put himself in danger because of me."
"No matter what, he is your only hope now. If you want to go, you must go."
"Okay, I'll go. Thank you."
"You're too kind," Xu Xinyuan said.
He did not expect Miao Chengtang to attract so much hatred. He also underestimated the Valley of Thousands of Medicine's methods. If the first attempt failed, they would try again. They showed no mercy to traitors. Even if the traitor was thousands of miles away, as long as they knew where the traitor was, they would immediately find a way to punish the traitor. That kind of ruthlessness surprised him.
"An opponent like that sure is difficult to deal with."
In truth, Miao Chengtang was not all that important to him. At the very least, he had been of limited use so far. All he had done was provide information that needed further verification. However, they had invested a lot in Miao Chengtang. If they were to give up now, it would mean that all their early investments would have been for naught. It was like someone buying a luxury car for over two million only to find that the car had many major problems. It did not provide them with the kind of enjoyment they were supposed to enjoy. That was where the problem lay. Should they figure out how to fix those minor problems or just give up on the car? Most people would probably choose to fix the car and make do with it. Of course, it would be a different story if one's family owned a mine or owned a bank. Xu Xinyuan was not one of those people. The money he spent was not his own. It came from the Guo family. As such, he had to make sure that the money he spent was worth it.
Since they had already invested so much money in Miao Chengtang, they needed to keep investing to keep him alive. Unless the cost of keeping him alive was so great that it exceeded what they could possibly get out of him, there was no longer any value in using or helping him. It was time to give up on him. It was not yet time to do that.
The car quickly arrived at his place. The driver quickly drove him away.
"Follow the car in front," the driver said.
A car followed behind them.
The car quickly left Tianjin and got on the highway.
"There's a car following us," the driver said.
"Yeah, we don't have to go too fast," Miao Chengtang said in the car.
They soon arrived at a service area. There was nothing they could do about it. His stomach was hurting badly, and he needed to find a place to relieve it. As a result, he ended up having terrible diarrhea. He had not eaten anything for the past few days, but he still suffered from vomiting and diarrhea every day. He could not even drink water.
He did not even have the strength to stand up in the toilet. He had to hold on to the door handle to stand up shakily.
If things were to continue like that, he might end up in some unknown toilet. His body would be found by the cleaners.
"Hang in there, hang in there. I have to hang in there!"
He kept cheering himself on.
The car was still following them.
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
"The car behind us?"
"Don't worry about it!" Miao Chengtang said. He cared about his own life the most at the moment. As for the car behind them and the people in it, they were put aside for the time being.
If they wanted to fish, they would have to stay alive.
The car sped up all of a sudden and sped along the highway. The car behind them was actually following them.
"Which direction are we going?"
"Looks like we're coming from Qi Province."
"Qi Province?"
The car reached Lianshan County at night. Miao Chengtang and the driver found a nearly closed hotel in town and stayed there.
It was midnight.
He sat up abruptly and rushed to the bathroom.
He was still vomiting and having diarrhea. The toilet bowl was blood-red, which was horrifying to look at. It was blood.
Argh! Argh!
He struggled to move to the bed and lay down. He looked like a fish that was about to die on the beach.
Huff! Huff!
He struggled to breathe. He had no energy left in him. He did not even have the strength to breathe.
Right now, he was "struggling at death's door".
He looked at the time with much difficulty.
There were still six hours before dawn. It would be a very difficult time.
The next morning, the sun rose as usual.
A car drove into the quiet mountain village at about seven in the morning. It stopped outside the clinic at the south end of the village.
"Can you please go down and take a look? Is the clinic open?" Miao Chengtang asked weakly as he lay in the car. He was breathing in more than he was breathing out. Furthermore, he did not dare to move around too much. Even the slightest movement would cause him to feel excruciating pain in his abdomen. He also felt like he was about to lose control of his bladder.
"I haven't checked it yet." The driver quickly returned.
"Well, we'll wait and see. Keep an eye on it. Let me know as soon as you see it open."
"Will do," the driver said.
He looked at the man behind him through the rearview mirror. The man's face was frighteningly pale. There was not a trace of blood on his face.
"Why is this even worse than the last time?"
He had been there the last time. He had wanted to make more money back then, but he regretted it right after. He was worried that the man would die in his car. He was there again. The reason was simple: money. He was even more worried at the moment. The man's condition was worse than the last time he was there.
"You have to hang in there. Please don't die in my car!" He prayed deep down.
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