Chapter 554: Xu Xiang, Worked to Death

A moment later, Zhang Jie opened his eyes.

"Ah Jie, thank you for your hard work."

Xu San thanked him excitedly.

Zhang Jie shook his head: "San-ge, it is too early to thank me now."

The smile on Xu San's face froze: "Could it be that it hasn't been cured?"

Zhang Chulan and the others were also a bit suspicious.

Although Xu Xiang's face was not glowing, it was rosy,

and his spirit was not bad; isn't this a sign of successful treatment?

"It's not that simple."

Zhang Jie's expression became solemn: "Xu-shu's current improvement is just an illusion produced by the nourishment of my internal Qi.

Once this trace of my internal Qi is exhausted, Xu-shu will return to his previous state, or even worse."

"Then Ah Jie, why don't you just give Gouwazi a few more traces of internal Qi."

Feng Baobao said naively.

Since one trace of internal Qi could extend Xu Xiang's life for a period of time,

wouldn't a few more traces of internal Qi extend Xu Xiang's life by several times?

And looking at Zhang Jie's unchanged expression and his still relaxed and regular breathing,

this trace of internal Qi was obviously not a big consumption for him.

Xu San and the others were not as naive as Feng Baobao; they all waited for Zhang Jie's follow-up with solemn expressions.

Since Zhang Jie spoke so solemnly, he must not be talking nonsense.

"This is not a simple math problem; it is not addition and subtraction of 1+1+1... infinite accumulation.

This trace of my internal Qi can have an immediate effect,

because it is the first time Xu-shu's body has come into contact with my internal Qi.

This is like using medicine in medical treatment; the first time has the best effect,

and after that, drug resistance will be produced, and the effect will become worse and worse,

and it may even give birth to drug-resistant superbugs and viruses, having the opposite effect."

Zhang Jie explained patiently.

"Oh."

Feng Baobao, who thought Gouwazi would not leave her, said "oh" in disappointment.

Although Xu San and Xu Si were a bit disappointed, they felt that this was the truth.

If Zhang Jie's internal Qi could really help people extend their lives indefinitely,

wouldn't that be similar to the flat peaches and ginseng fruits in mythological novels?

Just thinking about it, this is not something that should appear in the world.

Even the legendary sages who attained the Dao and ascended did not leave any records of being able to use internal Qi to significantly extend people's lives.

"Being able to breathe air freely and deeply like this, I am already very satisfied."

Xu Xiang was very free and easy, as if the dying man Zhang Jie spoke of was not himself.

"Jie-ge, if you have any methods, just say them; don't keep us in suspense."

Zhang Chulan said.

Although the time he had been in contact with Zhang Jie was not very long, not even comparable to the time he had known Feng Baobao,

to be precise, it had only been a few days, but he knew Zhang Jie's style of doing things quite well.

In short, this is an old riddle-maker with a rather nasty personality.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat Zhang Jie, and he still had many things to ask of Zhang Jie,

he would really want to shout, "Riddle-maker, get out of Gotham!"

"I have two plans now."

Zhang Jie didn't care about Zhang Chulan's subtle teasing, but stretched out two fingers.

"Which two plans?"

Xu Si asked urgently, not even caring that the cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground.

'Ah Jie is becoming more and more unfathomable.'

Xu San was equally urgent while sighing in his heart.

His father's illness had been seen by many medical experts in the extraordinary world,

as well as experts in the ordinary medical world, and the answers they gave were all negative.

Yet Zhang Jie, after just a moment of contact, actually had two plans; it was simply unimaginable.

"I heard that Xu-shu has a precious medicine in his collection?"

Zhang Jie didn't explain directly, but asked instead.

"Yes, Father, by chance many years ago, obtained a 300-year-old wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain."

Xu Si gave a definitive answer.

"Could this treatment plan be related to this precious medicine?"

Xu San reacted immediately.

"Exactly."

Zhang Jie nodded slightly.

Whether the hundred-year or thousand-year-old wild ginseng before transmigration was a tax on intelligence blown out of proportion, he, a commoner, did not know;

after all, regardless of whether it was blown out of proportion, such high-age medicinal materials cost tens,

hundreds, or millions, and were not something that someone with a net worth of less than five figures could come into contact with.

But the "Under One Person" world has extraordinary individuals, wizards, and practitioners who can refine Qi and possess various miraculous abilities;

in the Northeast, there are even immortal families who have cultivated for hundreds of years and are worshipped by disciples;

the five immortals—Willow (snake), Gray (mouse), Yellow (weasel), White (hedgehog),

and Fox (fox)—can open their wisdom, cultivate slowly, and become immortal families;

various medicinal materials born in the mountains and forests also have miraculous effects;

some, when eaten, can greatly increase internal Qi, accelerate the healing of wounds, and even increase lifespan as in legends.

In the world of extraordinary individuals, there is a profession that stands side-by-side with artifact refiners—alchemists,

who can use various heavenly treasures to refine various pills.

However, compared to the rare artifact refiners, alchemists are even rarer,

and each one is a guest of honor for extraordinary sects, families, and even the company.

Xu San thought for a moment and said hesitantly:

"We have also used this wild ginseng, but it seems to have no effect."

Zhang Jie had expected this; since the precious medicine had such an effect and they had it themselves,

and Xu San and Xu Si were also filial sons, how could they not use it for their father, Xu Xiang?

Now that Xu Xiang was on the verge of death, and that old wild ginseng was still kept,

the only possibility was that Xu San and Xu Si had already tried it, but the effect was not ideal.

"The reason why the precious medicine was ineffective for Xu-shu is not that the precious medicine is ineffective,

but that Xu-shu's body is already exhausted, and even the precious medicine is difficult to digest.

And I can use internal Qi to refine the precious medicine and use it to extend his life, which might allow Xu-shu to have more lifespan."

"So that's it."

Xu Si, who had once suspected that the old wild ginseng was a fake and his father had been cheated, suddenly realized.

"Exhausted?"

Listening to Zhang Jie's assessment of Xu Xiang's body, Xu San had unconcealable sadness on his face.

Although his father was over seventy, even with good medical support,

he could be considered elderly among ordinary people, and his passing would be a happy funeral, but he was not an ordinary person,

but an expert who could be considered strong even among extraordinary individuals.

After all, to be able to represent the company and suppress the entire North China region as the person in charge,

he could not be an ordinary extraordinary individual with no power to truss a chicken.

And the stronger an extraordinary individual's strength, the longer their lifespan;

the four major families of the extraordinary world, the head of the Lu family, Lu Ci, the head of the Wang family, Wang Ai,

the head of the Lu family, Lu Jin, and the Old Heavenly Master of Long Hu Mountain, Zhang Zhiwei,

were all centenarians who could still jump around.

Calculated this way, their father Xu Xiang's lifespan could not be just this little.

And the reason why he was exhausted before his time was naturally because he had worried too much,

consuming too much energy, to the point of overdrawing his original life.

"Gouwazi."

Feng Baobao's black and white eyes were full of sadness.

"Heh..."

Although he was not smoking, as an old smoker, Xu Si still habitually let out a breath.

The only person who could make their old father Xu Xiang spare no effort to overdraw his life to protect was Feng Baobao.

Over the years, in order to protect Feng Baobao, they had changed her appearance many times and recruited her as a temporary worker for the North China region.

And temporary workers have to deal with all kinds of things that ordinary company employees cannot handle; fighting and killing with others is a common occurrence.

For this reason, Xu Xiang often took up his blade and went into battle himself, suffering many injuries.

Bearing the name of a regional person in charge, doing the work of a regional temporary worker, he was simply worked to death. ===== CHAPTER 555 =====