Chapter 3448: Assassination

Bei City, East District, Industrial Zone.

The smog in the sky and the chimneys constantly belching black smoke were the most common sights in the East District. It was evening, and most factories only had night-watch lights on. The lop-eared dogs that had slept all day in the factory yards were starting to perk up.

Apartment buildings with lit windows surrounded the factory area. There were poor people everywhere, and the industrial zone was a habitat for them. The air here was filthy, and it was neither a port nor a major transportation hub; instead, its unique environment led to the breeding of crime.

In an ordinary low-rent apartment, on the second floor, Room 205.

Patrol Captain Arle and his wife, who was dressed luxuriously but looked haggard, stood outside the bedroom door. The beautiful woman occasionally poked her head in to look, full of anxiety, yet terrified of making any sound that might disturb the physician's diagnosis inside.

A few months ago, a type of aging syndrome appeared. The physicians secretly gathered by the Wang Zu believed this ailment was not contagious. To be precise, it couldn't even be called an ailment; the patients were simply following natural laws and dying of old age—dying of old age in good health.

It sounded contradictory, but that was how it was. Facing this situation, the Elf Wang Zu took measures. They sent people to secretly pick up patients from various places, concentrating them near the Wang Gong or simply housing them inside the Wang Gong.

Regardless of the patient's status, cremation had to be completed within 6 hours of death.

Right now, Patrol Captain Arle was hiding his son, who had contracted the aging syndrome. If discovered, it wouldn't just be a matter of losing his official position; he would be sentenced to death.

Arle took such a huge risk hiding his son in the slums because, in recent months, everyone in the central district who had contracted the aging syndrome had been secretly sent away by people he dispatched. He knew clearly that these people went to the Rear City District and never came out.

Arle looked into the bedroom. The reason he invited Su Xiao here and let him know a secret that could cost him his head was because of Su Xiao's identity as an outsider.

Arle didn't know why his direct superior had ordered him to test this outsider at the Central Park, but the order he received was that if the person's identity was suspicious, he could kill them on the spot.

Patrol Captain Arle was banking on this: a physician from out of town, even if he couldn't cure his son, wouldn't pose any risk.

Inside the bedroom, Su Xiao picked up the blood sample on the nightstand to examine it. After the "Quality Transformation Reaction," he was even more convinced that the ancestors of the Elf race did not enter the "Talent Awakening Device" themselves to activate it, but rather used the "Talent Awakening Device" to deeply activate the Abyss Power, then absorbed it—or directly drank the Abyss Power that had already reached a liquid state.

According to Su Xiao's long-term observation and research, the Abyss Power was the most adaptable energy he had ever seen, bar none. The erosive and assimilative power of this energy was incredibly strong.

If the Abyss Power eroded ice, the ice could freeze space, time, and even thought. If the Abyss Power eroded fire, the fire would become extremely formidable, but it would also have the side effect of slowly burning the world.

Simply put, the Abyss Power was an extremely dangerous amplifying energy. It had no characteristics of its own; the things it amplified, after becoming particularly prominent in one aspect, would also have very strong side effects.

The aging syndrome appearing in the Elf race could be compared simply: if a bottle was leaking, Su Xiao wouldn't need to spend much energy to patch it and refill it with water.

The Elf aging syndrome was a different situation. It wasn't that the bottle was leaking, but that a 500ml capacity bottle had shrunk to a 100ml capacity.

There were two methods of cure: 1. Remake the bottle, which meant sending it back to the factory to be rebuilt—with Su Xiao's current level of alchemy, he couldn't do this. 2. Forcefully pour water into the bottle, hard-pouring 500ml of water to forcefully stretch the bottle to a 500ml capacity.

If done this way, the mortality rate during treatment would be very high because the probability of the bottle blowing up was too high. The mortality rate of the treatment was probably over 98%, meaning out of 100 people treated, 2 would survive.

Every cause has an effect; this was the cause planted by the ancestors of the Elf race. Now, no matter how terrifying the fruit was, they had to eat it.

Abandoning the premise of a complete cure, Su Xiao had many methods. Although the "bottle" had shrunk to a 100ml capacity, as long as the 100ml bottle was refilled, the aging syndrome patient could recover. The treatment efficiency was exaggeratedly good.

Some things are simple in principle but not so in practice. The aging syndrome was the exhaustion of original life force, initially manifesting as weakness and lethargy, eventually dying from life force exhaustion.

Among the Elf physicians, it wasn't that there were no capable people; they had long determined this. The problem was that no matter what method they used, they couldn't replenish the patients' original life force. Even if they temporarily replenished it with medicine, this life force would drift away.

The fundamental problem still lay in the bloodline mutation. Without solving this problem, replenishing more original life force would be useless, just like not patching a bottle with a broken bottom—no matter how much water you pour in, it will leak out.

What Su Xiao couldn't figure out was which world the Mushroom Prophet had obtained the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine (Medicine Formula)】 from. This was definitely the right medicine for the illness.

If that physician had diagnosed it to this extent just by listening to the Mushroom Prophet's description, the physician's medical skill was breathtaking.

However, this had nothing to do with Su Xiao. The ideas provided by the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine (Medicine Formula)】 saved him a lot of time. He needed to find a place as soon as possible to perfect the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine】.

"Arle, your son's condition is worse than imagined."

Su Xiao removed the electrode pads from the aging youth, his words revealing a hint of regret.

Hearing Su Xiao say this, the beautiful woman who had just raised some hope covered her face and wept. Patrol Captain Arle at the side had a strange glint in his eyes.

Don't underestimate anyone. Although Arle was just a patrol captain, he was also a local snake. Someone who could become a local snake in the Elf capital would never be a fool.

"Physician Bai Ye, is there anything I need to do? I definitely won't refuse."

"It's not a problem of that sort. Your son's condition is very serious. Prepare for the funeral as soon as possible."

As soon as Su Xiao's voice fell, Patrol Captain Arle said urgently: "Physician Bai Ye, I know you must have a way."

"..."

Su Xiao sat back down on the chair beside the coordinate bed. He tilted his head to look at Arle and said: "Before I entered this apartment, I discovered eyes on me nearby. It seems the Wang Zu already knows what you are doing."

Arle nodded. He actually knew long ago that he couldn't hide it, but as a father, he wouldn't abandon his son. Although this son was lazy and gluttonous, he had many merits, such as being filial and having a business mind.

"You deceived the Wang Zu and hid a patient. This point alone is enough for you to die thoroughly."

"I... know?"

Arle nodded heavily. He seemed to have made a certain decision and said: "Physician Bai Ye, use my life to trade for my son's survival. I am ready."

"Don't misunderstand. This isn't a matter of just you dying. If your son suddenly recovers, not only him, but your whole family will also pass away. Rest assured, your whole family will go together."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Arle's eyes were almost bursting with blood. He thought about it carefully, and it was indeed the case.

"However,"

Su Xiao's abruptly stopped "however" made Arle instinctively sprout some hope.

"If you conspire with me... cough~, if you cooperate with me, perhaps this problem can be solved. I was invited by the Mushroom Prophet to come here to earn medical fees. And you, Patrol Captain Arle, were the first to discover me waiting for people in the park. After you dutifully inquired, you learned of my purpose, as well as the fact that my enemies have also come to this world. To ensure I am not assassinated by my enemies, you had to hide some information first. After learning that I can treat the aging syndrome, you took me to see an aging syndrome patient. Finally, I cured that aging syndrome patient, and you, who are loyal to the Wang Zu, reported this matter to the Wang Zu. Arle, tell me, is this story perfect?"

Su Xiao tilted his head to look at Arle, the smile on his face kind.

Arle's eye corner twitched. He was now 1000% certain that this physician in white robes, who looked lazy and casual, was definitely not a good person. What the other party showed was likely all a disguise.

"This... this is overstepping authority."

Arle was hesitating. According to normal procedures, he could only report to his direct superior, the Commander of the City Guard, Pang Kailin. All the city guards in the city were dispatched by this person.

In the Elf race's system, overstepping authority to report was no different from courting death. Ten who overstepped authority, nine died, and the last one was transferred to guard a post in the hot jungle.

"Arle, you have made a great contribution to the Wang Zu."

"But this..."

Arle was still hesitating.

"Who said you are overstepping authority? If you sit in your superior's position, you aren't overstepping authority. There are only so many positions above. If you don't kick one down, can you sit in those positions?"

After hearing Su Xiao's words, Arle lowered his eyes in thought. Finally, he shook his head.

"You don't hope to sit in that position?"

"I... don't have that qualification yet."

Arle was indeed tempted just now, but he quickly calmed down.

"There aren't many people with as much self-knowledge as you. I think highly of you."

As Su Xiao spoke, the "Banishment" in his sleeve gradually peeled off. He was preparing to kill. Just at this moment, Arle, who had been hanging his head, raised it and said:

"I'll do it. I've been unhappy with that old thing for a long time."

Arle's attitude did a 180-degree turn. Why? This was because Arle had a secret: he could sense the approach of death. Just in that instant, he felt the strongest sense of death in his life. This was a hundred, a thousand times stronger than the sense of death he felt when he led a team to fight tree spirits.

"So, you can contact the Wang Zu?"

"I can, and I can't. I'll only know after trying."

"I wish you success. After 12 midnight, come to my newly opened clinic to get medicine for your son."

Leaving these words, Su Xiao walked toward the outside of the apartment.

Out of the apartment, the cool night wind blew. Baha, with blood on its eagle claws, flew over. The few dark sentries following nearby were all dealt with by Baha.

Although Su Xiao wouldn't directly antagonize the Elf race at this stage, he wouldn't overly tolerate them either. With his current identity as a physician from the outside world, having no means to kill enemies would be suspicious. Not showing enough strength could sometimes be understood as having a guilty conscience.

He had to give the Wang Zu an attitude: "I am here to help you treat the aging syndrome, not to be your coolie. Be polite to me."

"Boss, Wood said that the Priest and the others are all living in the front courtyard of the Wang Gong. It seems they already have some friendship with the Elf Wang, Cromwell. As for Sin-Ais, after giving that guy 10 Soul Crystals (Complete), he finally agreed. The time is set for tomorrow morning. But Boss, isn't tomorrow morning a bit too rushed?"

Baha's tone carried some worry.

"The Priest won't give us too much time. Tomorrow morning is already the limit."

Su Xiao raised a hand to Patrol Captain Arle, who was watching him from afar, signaling that he could go back.

Su Xiao had wanted to find a local snake to cooperate with earlier. His original candidate was the wandering Elf, Laigo.

But Laigo told Su Xiao one thing with his actual actions: as long as he was useless enough, he wouldn't be used by Su Xiao.

Laigo gathered many "merits" such as greed, lust, cowardice, laziness, coldness, and profit-seeking. Apart from these, he had no bright spots. Su Xiao had been observing this person since the Sunny Wetlands, all the way to Bei City. Su Xiao thoroughly determined that Laigo was a piece of iron trash. No matter how much he supported him, he couldn't accomplish anything big.

Walking under the streetlights, Su Xiao took out the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine (Medicine Formula)】 to check. Not long after walking, a beautiful figure followed his pace, making a move to hold his arm. After winking her left eye at him, she asked: "Do you have time?"

"..."

Su Xiao ignored her and continued forward. The Elf girl behind gave a light scoff, leaning against the streetlight pole to look for the next target. When she noticed Aiduoer behind, her eyes lit up, and she made a move to strike up a conversation.

Aiduoer quickly quickened her pace. Her image of the Elf race had thoroughly collapsed in her heart.

Out of the slums, Su Xiao took a public train for five stops before getting off. This was a street that wasn't very prosperous. There were many withered yellow leaves on the street. On both sides of the street, which was less than 4 meters wide, some shops didn't have signs, meaning they hadn't been rented out.

Su Xiao stopped in front of a two-story building. The double-opening wooden door with glass embedded in the upper half was open. After walking inside, he found that the ground was paved with black and white floor tiles.

The whole building wasn't big. Su Xiao only intended to open a small clinic. The first floor was for receiving patients, and the second floor was for living.

At this time, on the first floor, a metal surgical bed, IV stand, etc., had already been placed. The wall on the right was a whole bookshelf, with books and specimen bottles placed on it. In one of the specimen bottles, a human heart was soaked, and not far away was a slightly yellowed skeleton.

No matter how you looked at it, this wasn't temporarily set up, but was originally a clinic.

"My dear friend, you've come. Are you still satisfied with this place? Look at these brand-new tools, the smooth floor tiles."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. He was a bit curious about how Caesar had bought this clinic that was in the middle of business.

"Bai Ye, let me grandly introduce to you, these four are the good hands I invited for you. They all come from a fishing village in the countryside, very simple and honest."

Under Caesar's grand introduction, the four people from the fishing village appeared. These four were dressed formally but were rustic. Because of years of wind and sun, their skin was rough, and their faces didn't know how many days they hadn't been washed, looking black and oily. Their hair came with hair gel. The leader used "natural hair gel" to make his hairstyle stand up. When he smiled, he revealed a mouth full of metal teeth—if not gold, then silver.

The leader of the fishing village had a smile that carried ferocity. The second one had a face full of flesh, tall and strong. The third one had a ponytail, wore double ear studs, and had a stubbly chin. The fourth one was the shortest, looking fierce and dull.

The strength of the four people from the fishing village wasn't weak, but their aura could only be described as twisted and cruel. Heaven knows where Caesar found these four.

The leader of the fishing village had a smile on his face and said: "Hello, Mr. Bai Ye."

After speaking, the leader of the fishing village gave a look to his three little brothers, meaning to hurry up and greet him.

Su Xiao raised a hand to signal it wasn't necessary, letting the four go to the rented house opposite to rest.

After the four from the fishing village left, Su Xiao looked at Caesar: "I don't have that many silver coins to hire four thugs of this strength."

"My dear friend, you misunderstood. Their daily pay is this price."

Caesar held up a finger.

"1000 silver coins a day?"

Su Xiao felt that with the strength of the four from the fishing village, it was worth this price. These four were thugs + killers + cleaners + handymen. If needed, they could also repair circuits, furniture, etc., meaning they could guest-star as electricians + carpenters. If there were fishing boats, they could also repair fishing boats and go out to sea to catch fish to improve their meals.

"No, no, no, the four of them added together, 10 silver coins a day."

"Damn!"

Baha exclaimed. It wasn't his fault; this was really too cheap.

"Won't there be any problems?"

"Absolutely no problems. They just entered the big city, and they heard from their family members how dangerous the big city is, so these four didn't dare to easily take jobs. They've been in Bei City for four days and have been hungry for seven meals."

"..."

Su Xiao signaled Baha to buy some food. A moment later, in the restaurant on the second floor, the dining table was full of all kinds of food. The four from the fishing village stood obediently at the side, occasionally swallowing saliva and glancing at the delicacies on the table.

"I'm treating today, don't be polite."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, the four from the fishing village were really not polite and started to feast. Although they ate fast and had no etiquette, they weren't savage; they all used tableware to eat, wolfing down their food. Watching them eat made one feel particularly fragrant.

Hiring these four for 10 silver coins a day, the cost-performance ratio was ridiculously high. After watching the "eating broadcast" of the fishing village group for a while, Su Xiao turned and walked into the room opposite the bedroom.

An hour later, Su Xiao looked around the situation in the room. This room, less than 30 square meters in size, had already been set up by him as a temporary alchemy laboratory.

Sitting in front of the test bench, Su Xiao took out the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine (Medicine Formula)】. It wasn't Su Xiao boasting, but if it came to medical skills, he wasn't as good as the owner of this formula, but if it came to the preparation of medicine, he was far better than the other party.

In most cases, Su Xiao's medical skills weren't enough, so he used medicine to make up for it. If that really didn't work, he would do a major repair.

Su Xiao listed a list of required materials. After paying Caesar 500 Soul Coins for materials and hard work, Caesar took the four from the fishing village out. As long as enough Soul Coins were given, Caesar's power could reach the gods.

Arriving at the Elf capital for the first time, Su Xiao had to bring out a medicine that would make the Elf Wang Zu explode with anger, so the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine】 definitely wouldn't work. This medicine could at most alleviate the aging syndrome.

Through the negotiation with Patrol Captain Arle earlier, Su Xiao finally learned the name of this symptom, which was "Turbid Blood Syndrome." This name was very appropriate, a symptom appearing due to bloodline turbidity and mutation.

Wanting to treat "Turbid Blood Syndrome," the original version of the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine】 had average effects, while 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine 2.0】 could have a slow effect, 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine 3.0】 was a relatively ideal medicine, and 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine 4.0】 had to ensure that after drinking it, "Turbid Blood Syndrome" patients could recover in a short time, while 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine 5.0】 was the ultimate enhanced version, which could cure "Turbid Blood Syndrome."

Wanting to prepare 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine 5.0】 in a short time was dreaming. Su Xiao's goal was to first create 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine 4.0】. The immediate effect of the 4.0 version medicine would be enough to make the Wang Zu stare.

Su Xiao would tell the Elf Wang Zu a secret: they were about to perish as a race.

The appearance of "Turbid Blood Syndrome" represented one thing: the Elf race's bloodline power was about to dry up. This wasn't just one branch of the Elf race, but all Elf races were in this situation.

Su Xiao could determine that the Elf race had a very difficult period in the beginning. Perhaps to resist some external enemy, the Elf ancestors drank the deeply activated Abyss Power in a near-crazy amount. What was even more terrifying was that the entire generation did so. During that period, the Elf race might have been all soldiers.

Su Xiao's conjecture matched the Elf history he had seen before. For a period, the Elf race and the tree spirits were in a full-scale war.

Tree spirits were creatures born after trees were eroded by the Abyss Power. If the Elf race wanted to defeat them, they had to turn into demons in the Abyss themselves, snatching land, resources, etc., from the tree spirit tribes.

Finally, the ancestors of the Elf race won. As for what price they paid, that was unknown.

The Talent Awakening Device, the mutated Abyss Power—adding these two points together, perhaps it wasn't the entire cause of "Turbid Blood Syndrome."

Su Xiao didn't know enough about "Turbid Blood Syndrome." He didn't know why the Wang Zu wanted to burn the corpses of those patients. Could it be that those patients would mutate into monsters after death?

While Su Xiao was thinking, the four from the fishing village returned. They were carrying large bags and small bundles. If you didn't know, you would think they were bringing local specialties to the city to visit relatives.

"Wait."

The four from the fishing village who were about to turn and go downstairs stopped. They looked at Su Xiao in confusion. Although there was no anxiety in their eyes, there was also slight tension. They had finally found an employer who provided food and housing and paid them 2 silver coins and 5 Bu Ma a day.

"This is the reward for one week."

Su Xiao threw a money bag containing 70 silver coins to the leader of the fishing village. The leader of the fishing village, who killed people like killing fish, was nervous at this moment. It was the first time in his life he had seen so much money.

"Dugu Yeshe (Elf dialect)."

Su Xiao didn't understand what the leader of the fishing village said. This wasn't important. It was enough that the fishing village group could understand his words.

The leader of the fishing village wanted to say something, but showed a difficult expression, as if these words weren't easy to say directly to the employer.

Su Xiao looked at Patrol Captain Arle, who had just come to find him and was waiting at the side, letting the other party talk to the four from the fishing village. Without thinking, Su Xiao knew what the four from the fishing village wanted. The four from the fishing village had just arrived in the big city and saw the tender-skinned Elf girls. Plus, they had just received a large reward, so of course, they wanted to go out and have fun and see the nightlife of the big city.

Although Patrol Captain Arle couldn't fully understand the fishing village dialect of the four, after the body language of two of them, Arle understood. The four from the fishing village were asking where they could go to prostitute. These four brothers, besides sending a part of the money home, wanted to experience the nightlife of the big city.

Arle took the four from the fishing village and left. Su Xiao didn't pay attention to these people. He still had to develop the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine】.

Closing the door of the alchemy laboratory, Su Xiao started to prepare the initial version of the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine】. Five minutes later, a bottle of 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine】 was prepared by him.

For Su Xiao, this level of medicine preparation was simply not too simple. What he had to do was to develop a second generation, which was an upgraded version, on the basis of the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine】.

The good news was that the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine】 had many imperfect places. The bad news was that the idea of this formula was correct, but the preparation method and material selection used were really not worth complimenting.

Four hours later, Su Xiao put down the pen in his hand and started to observe whether there were any problems with the ratio ring chart he designed. After confirming there were no problems, he burned it.

After organizing his thoughts, Su Xiao discovered a problem. The formula he perfected, from the 2.0 version onwards, had nothing to do with the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine】. The 3.0 version was a completely new formula, and the 4.0 version was an upgraded version of the new formula.

Spending nearly 4000 Soul Coins to buy the 【Purifying Blood Secret Medicine】 seemed a bit unworthy, but in Su Xiao's view, what was more important about this formula was the information provided, as well as borrowing the identity of the Mushroom Prophet. Besides, wool comes from the sheep.

He prepared the 【Life Force Replenishment and Bloodline Counter-Suppression Secret Medicine】, abbreviated as 【Life Secret Medicine】, and wouldn't give it to the Elf Wang Zu for free. During the diagnosis period, Su Xiao prepared to earn a large sum from the Wang Zu.

Dividing the prepared half-bucket of 【Life Secret Medicine】 into special test tubes, then clipping the special test tubes to the back of the metal injection gun—this wasn't all. He also took out the crystal box and loaded the injection guns into it one by one.

The characteristics of these 【Life Secret Medicines】 were: easy to use, quick to take effect, material costs lower than medicines of the same level, and preparation difficulty extremely high.

This was intentional by Su Xiao. He determined that the Wang Zu would definitely try every means to get the formula. Since that was the case, then wait until the time was ripe to sell the formula to them at a high price.

When the Elf race bought the formula and found they couldn't imitate it, things would be easier to handle.

Su Xiao pushed the door and walked out of the alchemy laboratory. Just out of the door, he saw Patrol Captain Arle sitting there waiting.

"Mr. Bai Ye."

Arle cast a hopeful look. He was indeed a ruthless local snake, but at this moment, he was just a father longing to save his son.

"..."

Su Xiao took out a long strip-shaped crystal box. Just this packaging gave people the feeling that this thing was very expensive. At this time, Arle's feeling was exactly this.

"Mr. Bai Ye, what do I need to do?"

"Inject this medicine into your son, then report this matter to the Wang Zu at the fastest speed."

"Understood."

Patrol Captain Arle left in a hurry. Actually, he didn't trust Su Xiao, but he had no choice—dead horse as a living horse doctor.

An hour later, apartment area, inside the bedroom of the apartment Arle rented.

The light in the bedroom was on. Arle and his wife stared blankly at their son, who was leaning against the head of the bed, skinny and haggard.

The youth's hair was still gray, but the loose skin was much tighter than before. More importantly, he woke up.

"Father, I'm thirsty."

The youth spoke in a dry voice. Hearing him say this, the beautiful woman beside the bed dropped bean-sized tears, but immediately went to the nightstand to pour water.

Arle looked at the injection gun in his hand. He was hesitating: gamble, or take his wife and son and escape overnight.

Just at this time, Arle suddenly felt like a thorn in his back. He looked toward the window and saw Baha outside the window, looking at him with those eagle eyes that revealed red light. Since he had boarded the pirate ship and taken the benefits, don't even think about escaping.

Arle sat on the bed and smiled at his son: "Hungry, right?"

"Hmm."

"Then I'll go find some food for you, power and wealth that you won't be able to eat up in a lifetime."

Leaving these words, after deeply looking at his wife, Arle walked toward the outside of the bedroom. Just out of the bedroom, his body couldn't help but tremble. He was afraid. This wasn't cowardice and timidity, but a normal situation. The matter he was about to involve himself in, just one wrong step, and he would immediately evaporate from the human world.

The street at 11 o'clock at night was very quiet. Arle quickly disappeared into a small alley.

Black tentacles appeared on the wall, gradually forming the shape of a door. The Priest walked out from inside. He looked at Arle's back and raised one hand.

"Ahem!"

The four brothers from the fishing village blocked the front of the small alley, each holding a fish-killing knife, with short axes or hook blades covered in black rust at their waists.

Seeing these four, the smile on the Priest's face disappeared by a point. Although these four brothers looked rustic and like bumpkins, the four of them cooperated with each other, and their strength couldn't be underestimated.

"Pah."

The leader of the fishing village spat a sticky phlegm on the ground, announcing the start of the fight. All four rushed into the small alley.

Half an hour later, the four brothers from the fishing village, covered in blood, sat on the steps of the small alley. The leader of the fishing village spat out a phlegm with blood and gold teeth. At the side, the fourth one was using a fish-killing knife to cut his own ear. On this ear, there was a wriggling black thin tentacle.

"The boss's enemy is really powerful."

The second one from the fishing village spoke in the fishing village dialect. He reached one hand into the wound on his own abdomen. As his face twitched due to pain, he pulled a black tentacle out of his abdomen, then stuffed his own intestines back in, pressing one hand on the wound on his abdomen.

"Of course the boss's enemy is powerful. This is the big city, this is Bei City. Do you think it's like fighting sea monsters in the village? Don't have that bumpkin look."

The leader of the fishing village had a look that he knew very well. Just arriving in the big city, he felt he had seen the world. The people here were also strong. The first job was so thrilling.

After the four brothers from the fishing village calculated, they decided to return to the clinic. Their employer was a physician, plus this obviously belonged to a work-related injury. Going back for treatment definitely wouldn't cost money.

If the Priest knew that the four things blocking him today were hired by Su Xiao for 10 silver coins a day, he would definitely be speechless.

Late at night at one o'clock, the four brothers from the fishing village limped back to the clinic. Although they were severely injured, they were basically physical injuries. Su Xiao had a lot of experience in dealing with the erosion of Ancient God energy.

After some treatment, the injuries of the four brothers from the fishing village were basically stable. With their physique, plus Su Xiao's medicine and spirit shadow threads, they would be able to recover roughly tomorrow.

Compared to physical injuries, they were suffering from high mental damage at this time, especially the third one from the fishing village with a ponytail. His drifting eyes seemed to be asking: "Are doctors in big cities this scary?"

After dealing with the external injuries, the four from the fishing village might have known that their image wasn't good, so each of them took a portion of the late-night snack provided by Su Xiao and sat on the steps across the street to eat.

Halfway through the late-night snack of the four from the fishing village, a carriage with an extra-large compartment stopped. This carriage had a precise structure, and it was pulled by three white horses born with single horns. The owner of the carriage was definitely noble.

A middle-aged man with a fat body got off the carriage first. Behind him, several subordinates carried a long strip-shaped large wooden box. Several people walked into the clinic together.

Less than an hour later, these people came out again. Among them, the fat Elf race dressed luxuriously had an unstoppable smile on his face, and the long strip-shaped box carried by the people behind specially left a gap.

Patrol Captain Arle kept his head down the whole time. Until the carriage drove far away, he, who was kneeling on one knee, stood up.

The four from the fishing village who were eating late-night snacks stared at Arle. Just at this time, Baha flew over.

"Four brothers, you worked hard tonight. This is overtime pay."

Baha put down a money bag. The leader of the fishing village hurriedly opened it. Inside were nearly a hundred silver coins, as well as four bottles of precious inhibitory medicine.

Why did the four from the fishing village have this strength? It was because the four had been fighting sea monsters for years and ate sea monster flesh raw. Over time, they were eroded more and more severely by the Abyss Power.

The four from the fishing village coming to the big city was completely fooled by the village chief. The village chief tearfully sent away these four disasters.

Patrol Captain Arle stopped in front of the clinic door for a moment before leaving in a hurry to deal with follow-up matters.

Inside the clinic, Su Xiao sat on a wooden chair and lit a cigarette. Finally, he made contact with the Elf Wang Zu. The way Arle chose to contact the Wang Zu was very simple. He exhausted almost all his family wealth to buy a piece of information: which Wang Zu or their children suffered from "Turbid Blood Syndrome."

After getting this information, things were easy to handle. With Caesar's secret help, Arle contacted that Wang Zu.

That Wang Zu's attitude was to let Su Xiao rush to the Rear City.

Su Xiao, of course, ignored it. After Xiang Bubu Wang went to "greet" him, that Wang Zu brought his daughter to the clinic. After all, in the middle of the night, in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen knives were nailed to the table in front of him. Anyone would feel creepy, and the note on the table said: "Come to the clinic to find me, waiting for you for an hour."

The first contact and treatment with the Wang Zu was completed in such an unsmooth situation. That Wang Zu wasn't stupid. Although the initial attitude was arrogant, after discovering that Su Xiao could really treat "Turbid Blood Syndrome," the attitude was as enthusiastic as treating his own family.

Su Xiao looked at the time. It was already nearly three o'clock in the morning. He let Baha put the sign that had been prepared long ago at the door, then closed the door and graduated. The sign at the door read: "Open at 7 am for diagnosis, please do not disturb in advance."

Su Xiao came to the bedroom on the second floor to sleep. This sleep was very solid. After all, there were more and more city guards around the clinic. He determined that at this very moment, Elf Wang Cromwell had roughly investigated everything Su Xiao had done since arriving in Bei City.

Sure enough, no one came to disturb him. When the time reached 6:30 the next morning, Su Xiao got up to wash. Just as the clinic door opened, several Elf warriors and a man with a gentle aura walked into the clinic.

"Physician Bai Ye, good morning."

The civil official with a very approachable appearance spoke. Beside him was an Elf female warrior with a sharp aura. She kept vigilantly looking at the four from the fishing village, feeling that the four from the fishing village didn't look like good people.

"Who wants to see me?"

Su Xiao spoke. Hearing this, the civil official smiled and replied: "It's our Majesty."

"Elf Wang Cromwell?"

"Yes, Physician Bai Ye. You might not know yet, your great name has already spread in the Wang Gong in the second half of last night. Of course, now it's limited to big figures who know of your existence."

The civil official bowed and saluted, and patted the Elf female warrior beside him with his hand, meaning to let the other party say something to build a good relationship.

"Lead the way."

Su Xiao had long thought that Elf Wang Cromwell would see him. Just out of the clinic, he saw many soldiers standing on the street that wasn't wide, leaving only a passage that could accommodate one person.

Seeing this level of escort, Su Xiao didn't say anything. Out of the side street, he got on a carriage with a metal compartment.

The compartment was very luxurious. Su Xiao sat on the leather seat and closed his eyes to rest.

The carriage traveled for more than an hour. When it arrived at the Rear City District, it stopped because of a commotion ahead.

Just at this time, a sound of breaking wind came.

Bang!

A black long spear formed by black tentacles pierced into the compartment. The Elf female warrior sitting opposite Su Xiao pounced toward Su Xiao, but was a step late.

Puchi!

The black long spear formed by black tentacles pierced through Su Xiao's chest, and even pierced through the compartment further back.

Su Xiao wouldn't dodge this black long spear. This was the assassination he spent 10 Soul Crystals (Complete) to hire Sin-Ais to launch.

With a loud boom, the black tentacles exploded. These black tentacle fragments suddenly gathered, an arm reached out and grabbed toward Su Xiao.

A sharp short knife cut through, cutting off the arm reaching out from the tentacles. The Elf female warrior backhanded a knife, nailing the arm to the table.

When everything calmed down, Su Xiao, covered in blood, hung his head, and gurgling blood flowed from the wound in his chest.

Two kilometers away, on the top of a high building, the "Priest" grinned. His severed arm regenerated at high speed. After confirming there were no problems, he jumped down and muttered: "Finally, killed him."

Leaving these words, the "Priest" turned into black tentacles and merged into the wall. In the corner, a city guard who was trying his best to shield his aura shrank there.

Ask, if Su Xiao was assassinated just after arriving near the Wang Gong after revealing he could treat "Turbid Blood Syndrome," this situation was no longer as simple as a slap on the Elf race's face, but after stabbing several knives, he even spat a phlegm before leaving.

The person who assassinated Su Xiao had the ability of black tentacles, Ancient God-type aura, the exact same appearance as the Priest, and the city guard who witnessed the Priest acting and then retreating—in the face of these ironclad proofs, what else could the Priest say?

The current situation was: yellow mud fell into the pants pocket; if it wasn't shit, it was shit.

Ask, in this situation, would the Elf race let the Priest and the others go? It was hard to get a physician who could treat "Turbid Blood Syndrome," but just after arriving in front of the main gate of the Wang Gong, he was assassinated by the Priest. As long as the Elf race had a little temper, they would fight the Priest and the others to the death. ===== CHAPTER 3449 =====

May I ask, in this situation, would the Elf race let the Priest and the others go? They finally had a physician who could treat the "Turbid Blood Syndrome," yet the moment he arrived before the main gate of the Royal Palace, he was assassinated by the Priest. If the Elf race had even a shred of temper, they would fight the Priest and his group to the death.