Chapter 44: Antidote

The sun hung high in the sky, and even though it was early autumn, it still made one feel a trace of heat.

Doctor Mo was sitting restlessly in his room. Although he had confidence in his method of threatening Han Li, he was still a bit worried about gains and losses now that things had reached this point.

A figure slowly walked over from not far away, and it was none other than the target he had been looking forward to for a long time: Han Li.

Upon hearing this familiar sound of footsteps, Doctor Mo was overjoyed and hurriedly ran to the door in one bound, reaching out to push the door open.

Not far away, a figure slowly walked over; it was the target he had long been waiting for, Han Li.

Watching the other approach him slowly, Doctor Mo suppressed the excitement in his heart, and a smile was forcibly squeezed onto his face.

"Not bad, you are very punctual. Seeing that you didn't think of running away, I am very happy, which shows that you are wise. Come into the house now, we need to talk properly."

Doctor Mo's expression at this time was as kind as an elder in the neighborhood, and his face was as bright as a blooming flower.

"Rest assured, there are no tricks inside the room; it is not a dragon's pool or a tiger's den." Seeing the wary look Han Li cast toward the room, Master Mo hurriedly explained and employed a small tactic of provocation.

"Hmph! Since I've already come, would I still be afraid of entering your house?" Han Li gave a cold snort, seemingly really unable to bear the goading, and said.

Then, he took the lead and walked over.

Doctor Mo hurriedly smiled and stepped aside, giving way to the passage into the house. Seeing Han Li walk in, he casually wanted to close the door, but suddenly heard Han Li say without looking back:

"If you dare to close the door, I will think you are playing some ghost trick of catching a turtle in a jar and will not talk to you anymore."

Doctor Mo was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a while, but then left the door and said indifferently:

"I am sincerely discussing matters with you and will not be unfavorable to you. You say don't close the door, then don't close it."

Immediately, Doctor Mo lay back on the armchair as usual. Han Li didn't stand on ceremony either, grabbed a stool, and sat down grandly opposite him. The two hadn't seen each other for nearly half a year, and they looked at each other for a while.

Han Li saw that Doctor Mo was significantly older than before, and there was no difference from an old man in his seventies. He couldn't help but mutter to himself: "Could it be that what he said before was true, and he really just wanted me to restore his essence and didn't have any crooked ideas? Did I think too much?"

Han Li scanned the surroundings and suddenly his pupils contracted. That tall, mysterious man was standing in the corner without a sound, quiet, like a dead object. If he hadn't deliberately looked for him, he wouldn't have been able to detect his existence at all.

At this time, Doctor Mo also finished looking at Han Li, seemingly very satisfied with his state, and said gently:

"Seeing you now reminds me of the situation when you first entered the door. At that time, you were just a child of ten or so, only this tall. Now, you have grown so tall. Time really doesn't forgive people!"

The other's casual conversation made Han Li a bit confused, not knowing what his intention was, but in his heart, he immediately raised his vigilance, reminding himself secretly that the other was an old fox who had eaten more salt than he had eaten rice, so don't fall into his trap by accident.

"Doctor Mo, I have always kept your care for me in mind and dare not forget it. If you have any orders, please feel free to give them." Han Li's expression softened, using an honorific, seemingly returning to the obedient disciple he was before.

"Good! Good! With these words of yours, I haven't wasted so much effort on you in vain. Come, let me first see the progress of your Everlasting Spring Technique." Doctor Mo seemed to have really entered the role of a kind teacher, walked over, and wanted to directly take Han Li's pulse.

"Old fox! Really relying on his age to act old, and having the nerve to come up." Han Li cursed secretly and hurriedly dodged the other's grab.

"Doctor Mo, don't be anxious. I can tell you very clearly that my Everlasting Spring Technique has indeed reached the fourth layer. However, could you please give me the antidote for the Corpse Worm Pill first? Let me resolve my worries, and then I will let you check my cultivation base with peace of mind." Han Li smiled and said to the other with a very sincere tone.

"Oh! Really, look at my brain. People get old, and their memory doesn't work either. I originally intended to give you the antidote as soon as you entered the house." Doctor Mo suddenly realized, as if he had just remembered.

He fumbled out a silver bottle from his sleeve, poured out a black pill from it, and threw it toward Han Li.

Han Li pretended to be in a panic, barely catching the pill, and smelled it under his nose. A pungent smell rushed up. He looked up at Doctor Mo, who was looking at him with a half-smile.

He hesitated slightly, a bit suspicious of the authenticity of this medicine.

But he couldn't not eat it, because the day the "Corpse Worm Pill" would take effect was coming. If he didn't eat it, he would really die! He figured the other still had use for him, so it shouldn't be a fake medicine, so he swallowed the pill with a solemn expression and waited for the medicinal power to take effect.

Doctor Mo, on the contrary, didn't rush this time and lay back to his original place, chatting with him idly, seemingly forgetting the final purpose of finding Han Li.

Not long after, Han Li felt a moment of pain in his stomach, but it passed immediately. He hurriedly checked his body and found that the "Corpse Worm Pill" had melted without a trace, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and a trace of it appeared on his face.

These changes naturally didn't escape the attention of Doctor Mo, who had been facing him. After waiting for Han Li to finish checking the medicinal properties, he said to Han Li with a smile:

"Han Li, as for my giving you the Corpse Worm Pill, that was also a last resort. If it weren't for it urging you from behind, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to reach the fourth layer so easily!"

"Many thanks for your kindness, Master Mo, but next time, it would be better not to use such 'good deeds' on me." Having eliminated a major threat, Han Li's mood had improved significantly; he now slightly believed in his sincerity and no longer countered his hypocrisy with sharp retorts.

"Now, can I take your pulse?"

Doctor Mo still said this sentence that made Han Li difficult. Who knew if the other would take this opportunity to control him.

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