"Before I came here, I thought you'd be in your thirties or forties. I didn't expect you to be so young and talented," Tang Zhen said while closely scrutinizing Ning Tao, looking at his features, his figure, even looking behind him at his back, as if she found a male mermaid on a beach.
Ning Tao felt uncomfortable by her observation and politely said, "I'm flattered."
"Do you have a girlfriend?" questioned Tang Zhen suddenly.
Ning Tao was embarrassed, but he couldn't ignore her, so he answered, "No."
"Great, haha," Tang Zhen said with a laugh.
Ning Tao was a little confused.
"Mom!" Jiang Hao's face broke into a look of embarrassment. "Do you have to embarrass Ning Tao when you first meet each other?"
Tang Zhen fumed, "What did I do? For a woman, the most afraid is to marry the wrong person, I am the living proof. How can I not help you with this?"
"Mom, why are you... invo
Upon seeing Lin Qinghua, Ning Tao realized he was worse off than the last time they met. His cheeks were unusually thin, but he was strangely energetic. He kept talking to himself, claiming to be the emperor and mentioning his beloved concubine and something like that. He looked like a man with a serious mental illness. He did not calm down until Lin Qingyu coaxed him to drink a glass of milk with a sleeping pill. Looking at Lin Qinghua, who fell fast asleep, Ning Tao wondered, "The ledger of bamboo slips said Sean was a new demon, but he was not in line with the characteristics of demons except for his madness. Those demons in movies and television dramas were all exceptionally formidable. They're omnipotent, able to fly and get into the ground. But Lin Qinghua even cannot resist a sleeping pill. How could he be a demon?" However, he had only seen demons in movies and television dramas, and had never seen a real one. At this moment, the "ne
Chen Jun's words turned the rapport between them into awkwardness. He and Ning Tao never really met, but he was too rude to say that. In fact, he was embarrassing Ning Tao in front of Jiang Hao and Liang Keming. Ning Tao took his hand back. Getting a little angry, Jiang Hao quipped, "Chief Chen, what do you mean?" "This boy is too young. If he were in our hospital, he could only be an intern. He simply doesn't have the experience or the qualifications to see patients clinically," stated Chen Jun. "Before I came to Shan City this time, Academician Liang asked me to participate in Lin Qinghua's diagnosis and treatment as an assistant to a miracle doctor. Is this boy the miracle doctor?" That was why he was so unfriendly to Ning Tao when he first met him. As a famous doctor who came from the big city Beidu, the local chief physician of his level in his eyes was inferior to him. How could he be willing to work as an assistant for N
Ning Tao settled into the nursing home. In the day, he studied the chapter of elixirs in the nameless medical book, and at night he used the key of the clinic and the blood lock painted on the back of the bedside table to return to the Sky Clinic for spiritual power cultivation. He had to hurry, as the date of his first payment for the Sky Clinic was getting closer. By then the good and evil energy in the good-evil tripod would be weakened, so he had to make the alchemy fire and Primary Elixirs before that, or he would be in danger. Chen Jun and his disciples had multiple consultations, examinations, and tests on Lin Qinghua's condition. However, the shadow that hung over Chen Jun and his disciples grew heavier. They had done the physical examinations that were supposed to be done and had the discussions that they were supposed to have, but they hadn't even figured out the cause of Lin Qinghua's illness, let alone come up with an effective treatment plan.
In the room, Ning Tao put Lin Qinghua on the bed. Then he walked back to the door and locked it from inside before he went to the window and locked it too and drew the curtain. As all preparations had been made, he removed the bedside table and opened the blood lock with the clinic key. The blood spread and an inky hole appeared in the wall. Ning Tao picked Lin Qinghua up and walked through the convenient door. Behind the door was the Sky Clinic. As soon as Lin Qinghua entered the Sky Clinic, the good-evil tripod glowered. Ning Tao put Lin Qinghua on the floor and stared at him. Black and white air gushed out from the good-evil tripod. In a blink of an eye, the whole clinic was enveloped by "mist", which was distinct half white and half black, making it a spectacle. But after a few seconds, all the black and white air returned to the good-evil tripod. After that, Lin Qinghua suddenly ma
Lin Qinghua seemed to fall into a deep reverie, his face anguished. "I'm not sure. It's like, like... a cemetery, a very remote cemetery... I dug a grave according to the man's instructions, and then I found what he said, the prescription and the spiritual soil. Then I perfected the project... Later, I tried to find the place, but... I couldn't find it anymore. And then I made two pills of ancestor seeking... I couldn't resist the temptation, and ate one of them. At first, I could be sane for a while, but gradually I had less and less time to be sane..." Suddenly, Ning Tao struck upon an idea. "Have you seen an old man? He's not tall, thin, and expert in martial arts." Lin Qinghua shook his head. "I, I don't know... Is he the one who called me anonymously?" According to Lin Qinghua, Ning Tao denied that the old martial artist was the one who called Lin Qinghua anonymously. That man was probably the boss behind the scenes. How could he possib
It was a quiet night. The seven-star lamp in the Sky Clinic flickered; The black and white air intertwined in the good-evil tripod; The whole clinic was shrouded in a mysterious atmosphere. Ning Tao sat cross-legged next to the good-evil tripod and practiced the ABC of elementary cultivation method over and over again... This was his 30th day in charge of the Sky Clinic. On the last day when the clinic would collect the good-evil rent, he would do a rush job of practicing and try his best to increase his spiritual power. Otherwise, once the clinic took away the good-evil rent from the good-evil tripod, the good and evil energy would be reduced by two-thirds. By then, the effect of practice was far less than it was now. His aim was to make the alchemy fire for refining Primary Elixirs. Ning Tao had tried no less than 100 times in this fast-flying month, but he still couldn't turn his spiritual power into alchemy fi
After leaving the clinic, Ning Tao got a cab and headed straight to the botanical garden of Blueprint Biotechnology Company. The afternoon sun was particularly strong, and the cab driver turned the air conditioner to the lowest temperature, but it was still very hot. Ning Tao turned on his cell phone, which had been turned off for days, and then called Lin Qinghua. As soon as he got through, he declared his intention immediately, saying, "Qinghua, I need some medicinal and non-medicinal materials. The last time I visited your lab, I saw that there are many precious herbs in the botanical garden. Maybe there are some herbs that I need. I'd like to have a look if you are free now. Also, if there are really any herbs I need, please give me some." When Ning Tao finished, Lin Qinghua said without hesitation, "Where are you? I'll pick you up right away and come to the botanical garden with you. You can take whatever you want." "You d
Ning Tao's embarrassed reaction seemed to make Lin Qinghua realize the ambiguity in his words. "Er, I... I didn't mean that. I'm straight," he explained hurriedly. "I mean I know you're not a normal person. You are a practitioner, aren't you?" Ning Tao nodded and admitted. The man in front of him was a new demon, not an ordinary person, so there was no need to cover up his identity as a practitioner. What was more, since Lin Qinghua had developed the pill of ancestor seeking, it was impossible for him not to know the existence of practitioners and demons in this world. "Are those materials that you want for alchemy?" Ning Tao nodded again and said, "Yes, do you have any of them?" "I just ran through your list," Lin Qinghua replied. "I've got at least a dozen you need, and I'll give them all to you." Ning Tao brightened up instantly and exclaimed, "That's great. Hurry up to take me to have a look." "I