Open A Clinic To Cultivate Myself Chapter 273 I Never Would Have Expected

“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 G.o.d 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 to die. But she should not suffer any punishment.

“I know this will put you in a dilemma, since we are after all enemies. You are not the least obliged to protect my wife. But I have no other choice. I can only beg for your help. But I won't let you help me for nothing. I will prove to you my sincerity.

“The task I received was to ensure the safe delivery of the Divine Microchip to Hua Country. I must also help Bai Sheng hold the Asian Science Technology Forum. That microchip was developed by Black Fire Company, so of course it must have come out of Nicholas Conway's hands. He is a powerful and terrible man. I don't know how I can describe his intelligence and cruelty. Nor do I know why he must cooperate with a snake demon from the East. But I believe you will surely unravel this mystery.

“I brought the box containing this microchip to Hua Country. I believe there are other things in this box, but I was given no authority to open it. But I guess there must be some other items inside.

“What I know is this: this Divine Microchip isn't really a high-tech microchip. It is a new form of weapon, or perhaps as one should call it, a magic tool. It is very dangerous. Please forgive me, I don't know the specific use of this Divine Microchip. I am fated to be a sacrificial p.a.w.n and I was given very little authority in this Black Fire Company.

“On the surface, the Black Fire Company is a military security company offering mercenary services, but I know this is only a front. It hides some secret I can never uncover. Its headquarters is at Tower 102 in New York. If you visit New York, you can easily find the place, but it's not easy to enter it.

“Finally, I must give you some intelligence worth you protecting my wife. I know the operation the Black Fire Company had carried out in Shan City of Hua Country. They incited the biologist Liang Keming to defect and kidnapped Lin Qinghua, because of some content recorded on a skull. I know this skull was a woman's from Hua Country's ancient history. On her skull was recorded a medical prescription.

“When Nicholas Conway come into possession of this skull, he immediately started a research team to study it. I was one of the team members. I was in charge of a.n.a.lyzing the medical contents and simulating calculations. My body was infected during the process and has mutated. That was a dark period in my life. We were locked in an underground chamber and many people died there.

“Once, an archaeologist went into an indescribable state just before his death. He muttered to himself before me, saying that the cranium had been discovered by him in a collector's house in Nepal. That collector, he said, had had two craniums recorded with medical prescriptions, but a gunman from the Black Fire Company later shot him dead by mistake. Later, I managed to survive, but my body had mutated. I developed some unimaginable powers. Even later, I did a secret investigation on my own and discovered Nicholas Conway had all this while been getting people to hunt down that woman's skull fragment. Following that archaeologist's last words, I went to Nepal and started piecing together the collector's story and trail. Finally, I located a woman he had once loved. I found some very important clues to the other cranium.

“I did not manage to locate that cranium, because I know if I started searching, Nicholas Conway would discover me. He would have killed me and my wife. So I sorted out all the clues I had and put them away in a place only my wife would know. By protecting her and taking her to that place, you will receive all the clues I have.

“Please help me, my enemy.”

This was Hanks's email, a letter written in Chinese. He had very good mastery of the language. This might be why he was a.s.signed this operation.

He had died. Whether he had died because of the Sacred Needle to Nasty Diseases, Bai Sheng or those killers in the Black Fire Company was no longer important. The important thing was this letter. It held the clue to that skull fragment!

In Sky Clinic, Ning Tao finished reading Hanks's letter. He felt an agitation in his heart. Nicholas Conway had a skull fragment but Ning Tao had two himself. If he could find that skull fragment mentioned by Hanks, he would have three. If he managed to seize that other fragment from Nicholas Conway's hands, he would have four. Pieced together, would they lead to the complete Ancestor-seeking Elixir prescription?

It was difficult to guess. But the residual Ancestor-seeking Elixir—refined out of the prescriptions on those two skull fragments—was already so powerful. It would not be difficult to imagine its full power when refined from four prescriptions!

“Hanks, I didn't expect you to have so much in reserve. Looks like I must protect your wife. I must take her to the place you would like her to go.” Ning Tao kept his cell phone and walked towards the lock wall. But he had only taken two steps when he remembered something. He left Sky Clinic and walked to his rented apartment.

The door to his rented apartment suddenly opened and Qing Zhui came out. She saw Ning Tao just coming out of Sky Clinic and gave a slight start. Then she quickly came to him. “Brother Ning, why are you back?”

Ning Tao said, “Hanks's dead. His wife found me and asked me to protect her. So I took her to Cloud-lying Village at Shennongjia, and let Jian Mi take care of her.”

Qing Zhui could not quite understand. “That guy Hanks brought men to kill you, and you're protecting his wife? I don't see why you need to. Just kill her.”

Ning Tao kept his voice low. “She can't die. She's linked to the location of a skull fragment.”

“Oh?” Qing Zhui gasped in surprise. She had not expected such a turn of events.

Ning Tao said, “Let's talk about this later. By the way, where's Lin Qingyu?”

Qing Zhui answered, “I have just got back too. She isn't at home. There's her odor on your bed, and… ”

Ning Tao felt his heart sinking. “And what?”

Qing Zhui said, “And the odor of another man.”

Her tongue was as sensitive as a dog's nose. She could detect Lin Qingyu's odor and also that of another man. Since she had said this, something terrible must have happened. Ning Tao could no longer hold himself back. He raced into the rented apartment.

In it were still traces of Lin Qingyu's odor, and that man's smell. Ning Tao's nose could capture that man's odor one second after he had entered. He did not need to go into his room. But the moment he caught the scent, his entire person froze.

The man's odor was not unfamiliar. It was Lin Qinghua's.

Lin Qinghua had come here and taken away his sister.

The situation had caught Ning Tao by surprise. He had not expected such a turn of events at all.

“I can just catch his scent and follow him. If I'm lucky, I may be able to locate him.” Qing Zhui broke this oppressive silence. Her face was showing her guilt. She seemed to be feeling guilty over Lin Qingyu's disappearance.

Only now did Ning Tao come to himself. He gave a wry smile. “Why go after them? What can you do when you catch up with them?”

“She… left by herself?” Qing Zhui was feeling quite confused.

Ning Tao said, “It was her brother, Lin Qinghua, who took her away. I don't know what his motive was, but he is Lin Qingyu's brother and her closest kin. Even if we manage to track them down and find Lin Qingyu, can I tell her to leave her brother and follow me?”

The moment she heard it was Lin Qingyu's brother, Qing Zhui no longer felt guilty. She said, “Since she has left with her brother, then let her be. We shouldn't concern ourselves with their family affairs.”

Ning Tao nodded. “I'm going back to the exhibition hall now. You go there in a cab. Once you reach there, look for your sister. Don't act rashly.”

Qing Zhui nodded. She suddenly spread out her arms and embraced Ning Tao without saying a word.

Ning Tao asked in surprise, “What are you doing?”

Qing Zhui finally said, “Don't be sad. If you lose her, let it be. I will find you a better girl. Later, I will ask my sister if she knows any beauty in the cultivation world. If that girl is compatible, I will make a trip down and be your matchmaker.”

Ning Tao was speechless.

Qing Zhui suddenly came forward and planted a kiss on Ning Tao's face. She said softly, “Buck up. I'm going for a cab. See you later.”

“Buck up?”

“You are just taking the chance to take advantage of me!”

But Ning Tao did not say out his thoughts.

Qing Zhui went off but Ning Tao was still standing in the living room. Although he claimed he would leave Lin Qingyu alone, his heart would not let go. Not only because of Lin Qingyu, but because of Lin Qinghua as well—that new demon who had always wanted him as his Master. Lin Qinghua had been abducted by Hanks, but now he had suddenly reappeared. He did not contact Ning Tao but had taken Lin Qingyu away suddenly this time. What did it all signify?

“That day, I did not manage to protect you. But I did my best. I hope you won't blame me. No matter what, this cannot be the reason for betraying your kin and friends, and engaging in heinous crimes. If you join Black Fire Company and take part in their operations, then… sorry, I will do what I must.” Ning Tao's heart was telling him this.

A minute later, Ning Tao opened the blood lock on the lock wall leading to the exhibition hall. He strode in…