The sound of water running came from Joanna's room. She seemed to be showering.
After coming out from his room, Ning Tao walked through the corridor with the small medicine chest in his hand. He arrived in the living room, sat on the sofa and turned on the television.
A news program was showing on the television. Ning Tao did not actually want to watch the television, but had only wanted to make some noise to notify Joanna that he had returned. However, it just so happened that the channel was the Guan City Network, and the program was about the Asian Technological Forum which would be opening tomorrow. He was instantly interested and intentionally increased the volume.
On the television was a prim and elegant anchorwoman wearing a proud expression and speaking confidently, "Our city's esteemed entrepreneur, the founder of New World Technology, Mr. Bai Sheng had demonstrated their company's latest technological research outcome during the op
After charging with spiritual power, the condition of Joanna's body had streamed into Ning Tao's consciousness again. It was like there was a Bluetooth connection between him and the plucking talisman. Joanna's body became the sender of the information while his brain was the receiving device. The first plucking talisman had removed all the germs and toxins from Joanna's body. Even her level of apolipoproteins had returned to normal. That would mean that this particular talisman would have nothing left to pull, apart from her breast. "Ba Mi Ne Chi En..." Ning Tao recited the spell on the plucking talisman, as he was thinking to himself inside. "Logically speaking, I should be able to control the plucking talisman. Otherwise, it would be meaningless as a talisman." Paper talismans should be under the complete command of its user. For example, the legendary Body Tracking Talisman, if it could not obey the command to track down the target, and
Ning Tao retrieved the ledger of bamboo slips and placed it in the hand of the black armed man. He retrieved it after a few seconds. A diagnosis appeared on the ledger of bamboo slips: "Louis, born in 1998. A person of evil. The first sin is being unfilial to his parents, amounting to 10 points of the sin of evil intention. The second sin is killing 17 people, amounting to 119 points of sin of evil intention. The third is harming others... All amounting to 151 points of the sin of evil intention. He could get a prescription pact for the sin of evil intention and atone for his sins with his life." Foreigners did not use the Lunar calendar; thus the ledger of bamboo slips did not provide any date of birth in the traditional format. That was all the difference there was. Following, Ning Tao got up to the table and drafted a prescription pact of the sin of evil intention. He took the prescription pact and a pen, along with a medicine containing
When Ning Tao returned to Joanna's presidential suite, Qing Zhui and Bai Jing were sitting in the living room watching television. Joanna's bodyguard had been carelessly thrown across the carpet, and had yet woken up. It was in fact very dangerous to be unconscious under the state of anesthesia, but the snake demon sisters obviously did not care about the life of the black buddy, as they continued watching the animation on television gleefully. It turned out that they were actually watching the Calabash Brothers battling the snake demon. Ning Tao approached speechlessly. "Brother Ning, you're done?" Qing Zhui got up and walked towards him, appearing to be really happy. Ning Tao nodded his head. "Just let me deal with such things the next time, so you all would commit fewer sins." Bai Jing was still immersed in the animation and ranting, irritated, "How could they make it this way? Isn't it misleading children? Are
Early in the morning, there was a stir of exciting commotion at the venue of the Asian Science Technological Forum, thanks to a microchip—more advanced, it was said, than even Gerton Company's Scaled Dragon 845 Microchip. Many cell phone manufacturers had hurried here because of the news. There were also many reporters and famous personages from all over the world. It would not be an exaggeration to call it a world sensation. After all, the fervor over this chip was not over yet—it was still raging thanks to the timing of this forum. Ning Tao must be the only one still sober at the forum. He did not believe Bai Sheng could come up with any advanced microchip. What he could not understand was this: if the microchip had come from Hanks in America, it could likely be manufactured by Gerton Company. What sinister scheme were they hatching now? One after another, all the guests had trod on the red carpet and taken out their invitation cards to register. Report
But Ning Tao's finger on the trigger did not pull. If he were to kill Bai Sheng here, he would be the sensation of the world—a clinic doctor killing a genius who had just come up with the Divine Microchip. What followed would be a manhunt from all quarters. He could never roam the streets again like he did in the past, or even develop the Shenzhou Charity Company to earn merits of good intention. Even if he escaped arrest, he would surely die because of the lack of treatment fees. But when he thought of those girls who were hideously slew, and Bai Sheng's coercion of Qing Zhui and Bai Jing, he felt an irrepressible rage arise in his heart. Facing this wicked fiend, his malicious side had surfaced and it would be hard for him to control it. This was the reason why he pulled out this refined Mauser pistol. " 'I rest within the womb, listening to the sound of the Way.' " Ning Tao's heart quietly chanted the first line of Your Text.
At the door, Wu Xiaolin and Liu Xian'er paid him respects with clasped hands. Although Ning Tao was opposed to Bai Sheng, these two youths were still as polite as Young Pioneers. Ning Tao's gaze swept past the faces of this couple. His heart could not help but sigh a little. Why were such fine youths so loyal to Bai Sheng, that villain? Although he lamented this in his heart, Ning Tao said nothing. He went to the entrance from where he had entered. Soon, he could see Joanna among the guests. She was chatting with Bai Jing, looking very amiable. Bai Sheng obviously did not send Bai Jing an invitation. But given her abilities, Bai Jing could easily sneak in without anyone being able to stop her—unless it was Bai Sheng himself. Ning Tao wanted to go over, but the voice of a woman speaking in English suddenly rang out from behind him. "Excuse me... are you Doctor Ning?" Ning Tao turned around and found a middle-aged white woman ent
"When you see this letter of mine, I might no longer be alive in this world. Either you or they would have killed me. I'm sure you know who "they" are. When I received the order to execute this operation, I could already foresee my end, because they wanted me to bring along my wife. I knew why I must do that, but I had no other choice. "If it was you who had killed me, believe me, I would not hate you. We are enemies and our scheme is so despicable. So it is only right for you to kill me. What I want to tell you is this: I love my wife very, very much. She is the only treasure I have in this world. She is the most precious gift God has given me. For her, I am willing to do anything—even if it means going against the whole world. "Before the operation, I received lots of detailed information on you. I know you are someone I can trust. Although we are enemies, I know you will help me and protect my wife. She is a kind woman. My sins are heavy and I deserve
The opening ceremony had already begun. It was that familiar procedure—a leader giving the opening address: be down-to-earth and look ahead to the future; work together in a win-win situation. Bai Sheng was standing on the stage, his white Chinese Tang costume so tidy that there was not a crease or wrinkle to it. His excessively pretty face made him look like a popular star, not any leader of a technological enterprise. There was a combination lock box in Bai Sheng's hand. One end of its chain was fastened to his wrist. The Divine Microchip was in that box. Ning Tao's eyes landed on that combination lock box. He summoned the states of looking and smelling in his eyes and nose. Unfortunately, he could see nothing but the box. He could detect no other odor except that of the box itself. Bai Sheng's gaze shifted over and fixed on Ning Tao. Ning Tao was also staring at Bai Sheng. The expression in his ey