Bibi Dong Wants to Betroth Hu Liena to Cao Mengde

If Cao Mengde hadn't been so skilled in medicine...

With such unique insights into the Healing System, Tang Hao really wanted to smash him to death with a hammer.

He had brought his son here for treatment.

And Cao Mengde was actually telling them to go back?

"Fine. I'd like to hear your reason for sending us back," Tang Hao said, suppressing his anger for the moment.

If this fellow was making a fool of him...

Or refused to treat Tang San, he would definitely kill Cao Mengde.

Cao Mengde looked at Tang Hao, then glanced at Tang San, who was screaming on the sickbed.

"Treating Tang San's condition requires a special medicinal catalyst. You have to find it for me before I can cure him."

"In the meantime, if you don't take Tang San back with you, do you expect me to feed and look after him?"

Cao Mengde's words were sharp and confrontational.

They made Tang Hao very uncomfortable.

But when he heard that Cao Mengde had a way to save Tang San, he let it pass and immediately asked,

"What medicinal catalyst?"

Cao Mengde answered without hesitation.

"A leaf from the Blue Silver Emperor."

Ah Yin?

Tang Hao froze for a moment.

He truly hadn't expected the medicinal catalyst to be Ah Yin.

"That's right, it's your wife, Your Excellency Haotian."

"It's only one leaf. The Blue Silver Emperor won't come to any harm, so hurry up and pick one for me."

After Tang Hao recovered from his surprise, he gave it no further thought.

He picked Tang San up from the sickbed, intending to let him rest at Shrek's quarters while he immediately headed to Holy Soul Village to bring back a leaf from the Blue Silver Emperor.

Watching Tang Hao's departing figure,

Cao Mengde gave a crafty smile.

What bullshit medicinal catalyst?

He was just fooling Tang Hao and deliberately stalling for time.

The trip to Holy Soul Village and back...

By the time Tang Hao returned, the Soul Master Tournament Finals would be long over.

And with Tang San unable to compete, Shrek Academy would miss out on the championship.

Ah...

I've helped Bibi Dong so much.

I'll have to get a little reward from her another day.

Just then,

A noblewoman holding a scepter walked in through the door.

"Hm?"

"Your Holiness the Pope, are you sick again?"

Cao Mengde was puzzled.

He hadn't even put a curse on Bibi Dong, so what was this woman doing at Rejuvenation Hall?

Could she have fallen in love with me?

"Mengde, there's something I'd like to discuss with you. I hope you can help me. Once it's done, you can ask for whatever you want."

Seeing that Bibi Dong wanted something from him,

Cao Mengde nodded. "Go ahead."

"Tang San from Shrek Academy is sick. I've asked around, and they've sought treatment from many Soul Masters in the Healing System and Support System, but nothing has worked. I thought he would surely come to you for treatment."

"When he does, I hope you can stall for three days."

Hearing this,

Cao Mengde nearly laughed out loud.

He had wondered what it was.

That's it?

Wouldn't I have done the same thing even without Bibi Dong?

Since Bibi Dong was asking him for a favor, this worked out nicely. At least he could make her owe him one.

"Your Holiness the Pope, wouldn't that be wrong?"

"I'm not only a Soul Master in the Healing System, but also a physician from a family that has practiced medicine for generations. Treating the sick and saving lives is my calling. You're asking me to stand by and do nothing in front of a patient. That goes against medical ethics."

Seeing Cao Mengde hemming and hawing,

Bibi Dong grew anxious.

"Who's asking you to stand by and do nothing?"

"I'm only asking you to delay treating his condition. After three days, you can do whatever you like. Can you do that?"

To make Cao Mengde agree,

Bibi Dong had come bearing a generous gift this time.

Or rather,

This was also a way to win him over by building a good relationship with Cao Mengde in the future.

"As long as you're willing to help me this once,

"I'll betroth Nana to you."

Hu Liena?

With such a windfall delivered to his door, why would Cao Mengde turn it down?

He did his best to suppress the joy tugging at the corners of his mouth.

"Do you mean that, Your Holiness the Pope? As far as I know, Hu Liena is your only disciple. You've always held her in high regard."

Bibi Dong did hold Hu Liena in high regard.

She even regarded her as a daughter.

Wasn't the reason she was willing to make such a momentous decision that Cao Mengde was simply too outstanding?

Even now,

Cao Mengde was unwilling to join Spirit Hall.

Through Hu Liena, however, she could strengthen the ties between him and Spirit Hall.

"Do I look like someone who jokes about such things?"

"As for Nana, I'll speak to her after the Soul Master Tournament Finals are over. She's a very obedient child, so I'm sure there won't be any problem. Please keep an eye out for Tang San as well. If he comes to you for treatment, make sure you stall him until the Soul Master Tournament is over."

Cao Mengde laughed.

"It seems Your Holiness the Pope can't bear to award the tournament prizes to outsiders?"

Although that was a little narrow-minded,

Bibi Dong was willing to share a few thoughts with Cao Mengde.

"Everyone has selfish desires."

"I'm no exception. I hope you can understand."

"I understand, I understand..."

Cao Mengde nodded in agreement while quietly putting a curse on Bibi Dong.

System.

Put a curse on Bibi Dong.

Cramp both her hands.

Make it take effect in two and a half minutes.

[Beep...]

[Medical Treatment System notification: Host has successfully put a curse on Bibi Dong. Both hands will cramp in two and a half minutes.]

"Then it's settled."

"I'll be going back now."

"Take care, Your Holiness the Pope." Cao Mengde politely saw Bibi Dong to the door.

He thought to himself,

Before long,

You'll be back anyway.

I have nothing better to do, so putting curses on people and treating them to improve my strength is what matters.

Never mind anything else, what if that bastard Tang Hao tries to kill me one day? I can't keep calling Bibi Dong for backup, can I?

Raising my Soul Power as quickly as possible

Is the most pressing matter.

Cao Mengde sat back down on a stool in the main hall. Struck by a sudden whim, he couldn't resist bursting into song.

Flowers bloomed and withered, filling the sky.

You appeared and vanished before my eyes.

Morning after morning, evening after evening, through the days and nights,

Yet still I could hardly trace your face.

I sighed softly for this fleeting life, sighed for a beauty.

How many years had come and gone?

Who would write the regrets of half a lifetime?

Only passing travelers remained in this mortal world.

Ah...

When the song was over,

Cao Mengde felt a quiet sorrow. What a fucked-up life this was.

"Mengde..."

Just then,

Bibi Dong turned back, her beautiful eyes wide.

Cao Mengde couldn't help teasing her.

"Your Holiness the Pope, this is Rejuvenation Hall, not a market. If you're not sick, why do you keep running over here all day?"

Bibi Dong's expression was taut.

She looked at her right hand gripping the scepter, then at her other hand, which she had raised but which was now stiff.

"My hands are cramping. Quick, take a look."

Cao Mengde stood up and invited Bibi Dong into the examination room.

"Your Holiness the Pope, you came to me over something as minor as cramped hands? Doesn't Spirit Hall have plenty of Soul Masters in the Healing System?"

It wasn't that Bibi Dong hadn't thought of them.

But after her previous illnesses, she had been utterly disappointed in Spirit Hall's Soul Masters in the Healing System.

When her hands cramped just now,

She had tried to treat them with Soul Power. When she found it was no use, Cao Mengde was the first person who came to mind.

"Don't mention those good-for-nothings again."

"Hurry up and take a look. Both my hands are cramping, and I can't move them."

Cao Mengde took a look with an air of professional gravity.

What a beautiful pair of hands for a handjob. Let's see where you can run this time.