Chen Lin was stunned on the other end when he heard Shen Yaoyao’s reaction and her protest of “No way.”
“Yaoyao, you…what did you say?”
Shen Yaoyao also realized her reaction had been excessive and quickly said, “I… I’ve barely gained his trust, it’s not a good time to act.”
“You can never be too careful. If I show any cracks, all our future plans will be ruined.”
Chen Lin thought about it. Shen Yaoyao had a point.
If a moment of anger exposed his crucial mole Shen Yaoyao, the loss would be catastrophic.
“Fine then. Just keep doing what you normally do,” Chen Lin conceded.
Shen Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief. “Then…you’re still going to move against Bai Jinghong?”
The question seemed to weigh heavily on her mind.
Chen Lin pondered for a moment. “After this incident, that bastard will be on high alert. Finding another chance won’t be easy.”
“Besides, Underworld Guard Little Five was captured alive. I’m worried he’ll start talking. I have to prepare countermeasures in advance.”
Shen Yaoyao’s elegant brows furrowed, and she slowly breathed out an, “Mm.”
“It seems necessary to contact Zi Yue and have her come here. Though I hate to do it, Little Five needs to be dealt with!”
With that, Chen Lin hung up the phone.
Damn it, he’d been shot and still hadn’t had the bullet removed.
Shen Yaoyao’s brows remained tightly knitted.
Chen Lin was such a hypocrite, saying he hated to do it when he’d clearly already tried to silence them with murder.
And Zi Yue…
Zi Yue was right here in Dragon Sea. She had come here with Shen Yaoyao, after all, though now she was off who-knows-where, sightseeing and taking it easy.
Zi Yue, one of the War Generals of the Hell Organization.
While the Hell Organization had quite a few War Generals, the Four Golden Flowers were the most famous. All four were extraordinarily beautiful women with far from ordinary methods.
Shen Yaoyao and Zi Yue were two of them.
Shen Yaoyao’s codename was Enchantress, but she also had another alias: the ever-changing “Blood Enchantress.”
Zi Yue’s codename was Datura. She was equally stunning, with a seemingly soft and delicate appearance.
In truth, just like her codename suggested, she was a super-expert in poison.
And a genius whose medical skills bordered on the miraculous.
A medical practitioner inherently wields both the tools of life and death. Zi Yue simply leaned much more heavily towards the latter: killing and poisoning.
The things she loved most were venomous creatures.
The poisons she developed were colorless, odorless, and killed without a trace.
She once used a single candy bean to make a high official in a small country die a horrifically gruesome death.
The most crucial part was that a full month passed between the poisoning and the time of death. No one could ever detect it.
To exaggerate slightly, if Zi Yue found an opening, it was truly difficult for a target to escape.
“If one day Chen Lin sends Zi Yue to deal with Bai Jinghong, that would be a disaster,” Shen Yaoyao murmured.
“Eh? Why would it be a disaster?”
…
Late at night.
Bai Jinghong hadn’t returned to his room to rest. Instead, he was wandering around outside the estate.
It wasn’t that he had nothing better to do; he wanted to verify some of his knowledge.
Just a while ago, the System had given him an incredibly generous reward.
[Foiled the Child of Fortune’s scheme. Reward: Nirvana Medical Scripture. Automatically learned.]
[The Nirvana Medical Scripture encompasses all secret formulas and acupuncture techniques from ancient times to the present.]
Then, a vast amount of medical knowledge flooded his mind.
For Bai Jinghong, this instantly maxed out his talents in Traditional Chinese Medicine and many related fields.
Bai Jinghong was now a genuine, top-tier Divine Doctor, a peak-level practitioner even by the standards of all of China.
The very first thing Bai Jinghong did upon acquiring the scripture was to give his entire body a thorough examination.
Sure enough, his kidneys were in excellent shape—but they could be even stronger!
And just a single thought in Bai Jinghong’s mind produced a herbal formula.
(10g Angelica Sinensis, 15g Longan, 15g Goji berries. Boil in water and drink.)
Such a simple formula, yet it could take him to the next level. It was simply inconceivable.
The greatest truths are the simplest. No issues there.
The reason he was wandering outside the estate was precisely to test this Nirvana Medical Scripture.
The ancients said that anything could be medicinal.
And after making a large circuit, Bai Jinghong truly did find quite a few medicinal herbs.
Normally, he would have just thought these plants were weeds.
Of course, after confirming them, he immediately discarded them.
His heart surged with excitement.
He was now rich, powerful, and had authority. He could fight, withstand attacks, and heal illnesses.
He was practically freaking invincible.
A mere Chen Lin—he could handle him with one hand tied behind his back.
Moreover, Chen Lin, this so-called War God, was a martial specialist, a war maniac, leaning more towards the King of Mercenaries archetype.
His medical skills were truly abysmal.
After all, he wasn’t an authentic Dragon King, nor one of those expert martial artists descending the mountain who also happened to be a Divine Doctor.
Chen Lin knew a bit of medicine, but it was all stuff he’d learned from his subordinate Zi Yue to temporarily treat injuries on the spot.
In the original story, Chen Lin had even relied on Zi Yue to save a major figure.
That major figure naturally became one of Chen Lin’s resources.
Bai Jinghong looked at the night scenery and sighed.
“Zi Yue, oh Zi Yue… I wonder when you’ll come?”
“Taking you down is like severing another of Chen Lin’s arms. And you can even keep Yaoyao company!”
“But no rush. You’re highly recognizable. You couldn’t hide if you tried.”
Bai Jinghong was very confident on this point.
Because Zi Yue’s most distinctive feature was the lock of purple hair at her forehead.
It wasn’t a color she’d gotten from dyeing her hair at a salon; Zi Yue was born with it.
Even if she cut it off, it grew back the same color.
But Bai Jinghong didn’t know that Zi Yue was actually already in Dragon Sea, and had come together with Shen Yaoyao.
At this very moment, Zi Yue was already with Chen Lin.
Inside a suite at the Grand Blue Hotel.
Chen Lin lay prone on the bed, his upper body bare.
Zi Yue was at a table, which was covered with various medicines and tools.
Not long ago, after finishing his call with Shen Yaoyao, Chen Lin had contacted Zi Yue.
He had originally intended to get her to enter the country as soon as possible and go deal with that Underworld Guard Little Five.
But after he called, he learned that Zi Yue was actually right here in Dragon Sea.
This pleasantly surprised Chen Lin, and he immediately directed her to rush to the Grand Blue Hotel to treat his wound.
The bullet had struck the back of his shoulder. He truly couldn’t treat it himself.
If he went to a hospital, it would inevitably cause a sensation, and the police would come.
This was a freaking gunshot wound, not a little scratch.
A hospital would absolutely call the police for a gunshot wound; it was a highly sensitive issue.
If he went to some small clinic, they’d be scared to death and couldn’t possibly treat it properly.
“Hades, how did you get shot?” Zi Yue asked as she prepared for the minor surgery.
Chen Lin was a man of great pride and naturally wouldn’t tell Zi Yue he’d been shot by a Playboy Young Master.
Besides, he had his own designs.
So he said, “There was a traitor among my men. Shot me in the back.”
“A traitor?” Zi Yue was taken aback, a murderous glint flashing in her eyes. “Who?”
“Underworld Guard Little Five. That bastard actually colluded with some young master in Dragon Sea and tried to kill me!”
As Chen Lin spoke, he feigned a furious expression, with an added touch of heartbreak.
“A Underworld Guard?” Zi Yue was even more surprised.
The Underworld Guards were personally trained by Chen Lin. They were absolutely loyal!
But the bullet wound on Chen Lin couldn’t be faked. And besides a nearby traitor firing a sneaky shot, who else could have injured Hades so easily?
So Zi Yue believed it without much doubt.
“Is the person dead?”
Chen Lin shook his head. “Didn’t kill him. The police showed up, and now he’s been taken away by them.”
“Zi Yue, find him. Deal with him for me. That ungrateful wretch wants me dead. He might start blabbing and trying to drag me down with him in police custody.”
Chen Lin lied.
In fact, he’d already concocted this excuse by the time Zi Yue arrived.
Zi Yue knew absolutely nothing about any of the events.
And the other Underworld Guards who had participated in the ambush on Bai Jinghong were all dead. Chen Lin could pull any crazy story out of his ass, and no one could question it.
It wouldn’t disrupt unity either.
This move would also save his face. Truly killing two birds with one stone.
Heh heh, what a freaking genius he was.
