The Wild Doctor and the Fair Beauty

Shentu Lin was the wisest member of the Shentu Clan. He barely hesitated. "Alright, I’ll buy ten packs."

He had a strong inkling that Jiang Xinghai had to be involved with this allergy poison.

So buying a few extra packs wouldn’t hurt. After all, there were still eight people lying in the operating room.

As long as the antidote worked, it would be enough to get the Shentu Clan through this crisis for now.

As for Jiang Xinghai’s little scheme, they could expose it and take their revenge later.

After all, the Shentu Clan was one of the Six Great Martial Arts Families of Central State.

They had their pride to maintain!

"Elder Lin, give him the account number for the transfer."

Jiang Xinghai didn’t hesitate either, looking toward Lin Qingyuan.

Lin Qingyuan smiled faintly and handed over a card with a corporate account number.

Shentu Lin was refreshingly direct. The four and a half million transfer, plus five hundred thousand in cash, was handled quickly.

"Old Xue, get the goods." Jiang Xinghai nodded, satisfied.

With these ten packs of antidote, the lives of those in the operating room could be saved.

As for the more than two hundred models who had applied the Anti-aging Gel at noon, the earliest symptoms wouldn’t appear until after midnight.

"One pack, two packs, three packs..."

Just then, Xue Zhong pulled a plastic bag out from under the counter. It was filled with hundreds of small, five-gram packets of black powder.

"Dare I ask, Divine Doctor Jiang, is this the antidote for the allergy?" Shentu Lin asked, his eyes wide with surprise.

"We’ve already taken your money. Did you think we’d sell you a fake?" Jiang Xinghai scoffed.

Shentu Lin swallowed hard.

’Keeping such a precious antidote in such an ordinary plastic bag... What a shocking waste.’

"Mr. Shentu, ten packs. Here you are."

Xue Zhong placed the antidote packets into a small plastic bag. "By the way, just mix it with warm water and drink. It will take effect within ten minutes."

"Understood."

Shentu Lin gathered himself to leave. "Divine Doctor Jiang, if the antidote works, I will be back."

Jiang Xinghai ignored him.

’Next time he visits, it won’t be as cheap as five hundred thousand.’

"Master, the raw materials for the antidote cost barely a hundred yuan, and we just sold it for five million in the blink of an eye. Talk about a huge return on investment," Xue Zhong couldn’t help but laugh.

"We’re only targeting the Shentu Clan. For an ordinary person, I’d give it away for free." Jiang Xinghai had his principles.

"Jiang, I’m afraid you’ll have to stay here tonight," Lin Qingyuan said, a sudden thought occurring to him. "After all, the Shentu Clan knows the antidote is here. What if they come back in the middle of the night to steal it..."

"Of course." Jiang Xinghai was already planning to stay the night.

He couldn’t leave and let Jishan Hall become their primary target.

「Half an hour later.」

Central State, at the Shentu Clan’s private hospital.

Shentu Lin returned with the ten packs of antidote.

"Big Brother, Divine Doctor Jiang... he’s President Jiang of the AM Company. He’s Jiang Xinghai!"

Upon his arrival, Shentu Lin recounted everything he had seen and heard, along with his own deductions.

"So it really is connected to the AM Company!" Shentu Shan clenched his fists in resentment.

Hearing this, Shentu Jie felt a wave of despair wash over him.

He understood now. From the moment he’d stolen the formula, this had all been a trap laid for him by Jiang Xinghai!

Little did he know, that wasn’t Jiang Xinghai’s intention at all.

In truth, Jiang Xinghai was simply trying to prevent too many innocent people from losing their lives.

"Second Brother, Fourth Brother, you two personally take these eight packs of medicine to the operating room. Watch them take it, and stay until they’ve recovered." Shentu Shan took the two extra packs of the antidote and turned to leave.

He needed to immediately convene the experts he had summoned to analyze the antidote’s ingredients overnight.

In the conference room.

Top experts from various hospitals across Central State, along with numerous veteran traditional medicine practitioners from the Provincial City, were gathered here.

After Shentu Shan’s explanation, the group hurried to the laboratory without a moment’s delay.

「Fifteen minutes later.」

News came from the operating room: the respiratory failure of the eight people suffering from the allergy poison had been brought under control. Three of them, who had been only mildly poisoned, had already made a full recovery!

This astonishing news finally brought long-absent smiles to the faces of the grim-faced members of the Shentu Clan.

Meanwhile, in the laboratory, the legion of traditional and Western medical experts continued their research into the antidote’s formula.

「Half an hour later.」

Shentu Shan emerged from the laboratory, his face clouded with uncertainty.

"Big Brother, we’ve examined them. The toxins are completely gone. All eight have made a full recovery!"

It was the two brothers, Shentu Jie and Shentu Lin, who had just come from the direction of the operating rooms.

"Excellent!"

Shentu Shan nodded, but his brow remained furrowed. "Unfortunately, while we’ve identified three of the medicinal ingredients, there are at least four more that we can’t yet identify. We need more time."

"Even if we identify the last four ingredients, we’d still struggle to replicate the antidote in time. This path is a dead end," Shentu Lin said, shaking his head firmly.

"That’s right. If the dosage is even slightly off, it could just become another poison," Shentu Shan said.

"So what, are we supposed to go back to Jishan Hall and buy more medicine?" Shentu Jie, wracked with guilt over stealing the formula, snarled, his voice almost a roar.

"Jie, calm down!"

Shentu Shan clapped Shentu Jie on the shoulder. "Once this is over, the Shentu Clan will focus all of its power on him. Jiang Xinghai will not escape responsibility for this!"