Chapter 2594

You motherfucker!

At this moment, Hong Tianshi's teeth were almost crushed from clenching so hard.

He never expected that this brat in front of him would be so despicable, so despicable as to make people want to kill him on the spot!

Clearly, I spared his dog's life and let him off easy, yet he not only fails to appreciate it, but dares to speak to me with such disrespect—it's simply 'what can be tolerated, what cannot be tolerated'!

But the more Ye Chen provokes him, the less he dares to fight Ye Chen.

This isn't because he fears Ye Chen; mainly, he fears causing a public order incident here, or even a criminal case.

Once that happens, the police will get involved too. Although I am an eight-star martial artist, I absolutely dare not openly confront the police in a big city like Jin Ling.

In his view, killing Ye Chen is simple—just one punch and his brains will burst.

But how to settle things afterward? That becomes very troublesome.

Once I become a wanted criminal in Jin Ling, how could I possibly search for the Rejuvenation Pill in peace here?!

Moreover, my reason for targeting Shi Tianqi's Jishitang is that, after extensive inquiries, I learned that Shi Tianqi of Jishitang is the most renowned national physician in Jin Ling, and there are even rumors that he once used a divine medicine to cure a high-level paraplegic patient—truly miraculous. Reading novels.

At that moment, he realized: if this is true, Shi Tianqi might very well possess the same kind of pill as Gu Qiuyi.

However, he had previously disguised himself as a patient several times to probe, only to find that although Shi Tianqi's medical skills are excellent, he is not skilled in alchemy, so he could never concoct such a miraculous pill that turns decay into magic.

Thus, he conceived his wicked plan.

He intended to use the provocation tactic, forcing Shi Tianqi to compete in medical skills with him, then scheme to make Shi Tianqi hand over Jishitang to him.

That way, if Shi Tianqi has capable people behind him, perhaps they could be drawn out.

If Shi Tianqi has no capable people behind him, then by defeating him in medical skills and seizing his Jishitang, he could establish his reputation in Jin Ling.

With reputation comes the capital to quickly establish himself in Jin Ling.

He clearly understands that whether in medicine or mysticism, top talents in these fields will become objects of fierce competition among the powerful.

Once he replaces Shi Tianqi, he will inevitably become the fiery, sought-after divine physician in the eyes of Jin Ling's elite, which will also facilitate his swift integration into Jin Ling's upper society and make gathering information easier.

And precisely for this reason, Jishitang has become his first battle that he is determined to win.

Although Ye Chen is arrogant, Hong Tianshi does not believe Ye Chen is the capable person behind Shi Tianqi; he merely sees him as a jumping clown.

Now, this jumping clown keeps jumping up and down in front of him, truly annoying him greatly. He can't strike him, so he darkens his face and says: "Kid, do you know that in my entire life, no one has ever dared to speak to me like you do?"

Ye Chen pouts his lips: "You've got a chicken feather duster stuck in your husky's ass, pretending to be a big bad wolf, trying to show off? Go out and face the Xuanwu Police Station across the street—don't annoy me here, damn it!"

"You!" Hong Tianshi again rages so intensely it attacks his heart, raises his hand to strike, but upon hearing that the opposite side is the police station, he immediately forces himself to suppress his impulse. Unable to vent his anger, he jumps around on the spot, gnashing his teeth: "Kid, what exactly are you? Why do you keep coming here to humiliate me again and again?! To be fair, even if you don't fear my strength, looking at my old age, you should at least give me some respect!"

Ye Chen snorts and laughs: "Running up to me early in the morning like a wild dog, yelling, and still asking me to give you face—I damn well don't even know who you are!"

After saying that, Ye Chen adds: "Come on, tell me your surname, your name, where you're from, and where you're headed!"

"I..." Hong Tianshi's fists are trembling with rage, his body shaking like a Parkinson's patient, he grits his teeth and says: "My name is Hong Changqing! My Daoist name is Changqing Sanren! In North America, everyone respects me as Hong Tianshi!"

Ye Chen pouts, sizes him up, and asks: "Just you, Hong Tianshi?"

Hong Changqing grits his teeth: "Exactly! Hong Tianshi is precisely me!"

Ye Chen smacks his lips: "Hey, everyone else calls me Ye Dashi, but you call yourself Hong Tianshi—I'm 'great,' you're 'heaven,' you have one extra horizontal stroke compared to me. Does that mean you're stronger than me?"

Hong Changqing assumes Ye Chen is still mocking him, and says angrily: "Kid, you're indeed sharp-tongued! But I'm not in the mood to waste words with you! I came here today to find Shi Tianqi—where is he? Let him come out and talk to me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xiaozhao quickly ran in.

While running, she said to Ye Chen: "Ye Dashi, the matter you asked me to handle—I've taken care of it all!"

Hong Changqing stares at Chen Xiaozhao and immediately demands: "Girl! Where's your maternal grandfather?! Yesterday he said he'd accept the loss, but today he's acting like a scared turtle!"

Chen Xiaozhao snorts: "Old bastard, my maternal grandfather is no scared turtle! If we're talking about scared turtles, it's still you! You're that old turtle desperately stretching its head out to bite people!"

"You..." Hong Changqing, recalling Chen Xiaozhao's description, turns pale with fury and snarls: "Fine! If Shi Tianqi doesn't come out, I'll personally tear down his sign!"

Ye Chen immediately steps in front of him: "Wait! You old thing really are shameless—what are you, daring to run into someone else's clinic and demand to take down their sign? Are you a bandit?"

Hong Changqing coldly says: "Shi Tianqi already handed over Jishitang to me yesterday—win or lose, we accept the outcome. Does he want to go back on his word?"

Ye Chen pouts: "Hey, you old thing probably don't understand the law, do you? A clinic like this—building, renovation, furnishings—is worth at least hundreds of thousands. You claim someone lost it to you worth hundreds of thousands? Then you're running an illegal gambling operation!"

After saying that, he immediately tells Chen Xiaozhao: "Xiaozhao, call 110 right now—I want to see what the police have to say!"

Hong Changqing stomps his foot in frustration: "You... you're clearly just being a rascal!"

Ye Chen coldly laughs: "I'm not being a rascal—you're the one who brought up the bet! Besides, how you made the bet—I didn't see it. Do you have any witnesses?"

Hong Changqing coldly replies: "Of course I have witnesses—everyone who came here for treatment yesterday is my witness! Moreover, the woman who voluntarily served as our test subject during the competition with Shi Tianqi can also testify!"

Ye Chen then asks: "Then tell me—what exactly did you two compete on?"

Hong Changqing arrogantly says: "We compared pulse diagnosis! First, who could more accurately guess the other's age; second, who could more accurately guess..."

Before he could finish, Ye Chen cuts him off directly, blurting out: "Alright, alright, don't say more—just tell me this first point. I'm really curious: how did you define the rules for guessing age by pulse?"

Hong Changqing coldly says: "The rule is that we both take the woman's pulse together, then write down the birth year and month we guessed on paper, then have the woman produce her ID card, and see whose guessed date is closer to her actual birth date—the one with the smaller difference wins."

Ye Chen nods, then asks: "Then what were the specific results of your age-guessing yesterday?"

Hong Changqing immediately shouts loudly: "Yesterday I guessed the woman was born on August 8, 1966; Shi Tianqi guessed March 1, 1967; the woman's ID shows August 15, 1966! My guess was only one week off!"

Ye Chen frowns and asks: "You're that amazing? Pulse diagnosis can guess someone's birthday, and with only a seven-day error?"

Hong Changqing snorts and laughs: "You ignorant frog in a well—I can guess far more than that!"

Ye Chen pouts, extends his hand toward him, and says: "Come on, take my pulse—let's see what year, month, and day I was born! I'll tell you in advance: if your error exceeds seven days, you'd better watch out—I'll slap you hard!"