[What Is This? How Strange]

"Mm."

After Xiao Wu agreed.

She walked into the consultation room with Cao Mengde, full of unease.

She looked down at the Lovesick Heartbreak Red hidden against her chest and began to pray.

Please don't let him discover my identity.

"Miss Xiao Wu, sit on the sofa."

Why sit on the sofa?

Rather than lie on the bed?

Anyone who had been through it would know.

Sitting on the sofa made the body lower, making it easier to control.

After Xiao Wu sat down.

Cao Mengde took out a black blindfold he had prepared beforehand.

"Put it on."

Xiao Wu took the blindfold without giving it much thought.

The strange illness that left her unable to eat her fill was far too embarrassing, and her stomach also felt heavy, so she wanted to get rid of the illness as soon as possible.

Xiao Wu put on the blindfold.

At this sight.

The corners of Cao Mengde's mouth rose slightly, forming a curve.

"Xiao Wu, remember this during the treatment: you absolutely must not remove the blindfold. Otherwise, your condition will become completely incurable."

Xiao Wu was surprised.

She hadn't expected the treatment for her strange illness to be strange as well.

"Mm."

"Lord Mengde, please begin."

Cao Mengde took a few steps forward and slowly came to a stop in front of Xiao Wu.

He had custom-ordered this sofa.

Based on the average woman's build, when she sat down and he stood in front of her, their relative heights were just right.

"Xiao Wu, let's begin."

At that moment.

Xiao Wu came forward to meet him.

It was this peculiar?

But remembering her strange illness and Cao Mengde's instructions.

She didn't dare take it upon herself to peek.

She began to put her back into it.

An hour later.

Xiao Wu successfully drank the medicinal liquid from the carrot.

The medicinal liquid tasted peculiar.

Since it had been steeped with many kinds of medicinal herbs, it was normal for it to taste strange, and Xiao Wu thought nothing more of it.

"Lord Mengde, can I take off the blindfold now?"

"No."

After all.

Cao Mengde had yet to formally treat her illness.

And there was one more thing.

Tenderness afterward was also extremely important.

Taking the opportunity.

Cao Mengde reached out with his right hand and grabbed Xiao Wu by the head.

"I'll use Soul Power to treat you a little more, and your illness will be completely cured."

As he took advantage of Xiao Wu.

He stirred a thought.

Ninth Soul Skill.

Healing Hands.

A vast green aura erupted.

It not only filled the entire consultation room, but also flowed through the crack beneath the door, illuminating the hall outside.

Tang San's heart trembled.

He sighed with heartfelt emotion.

Was this the power of a Titled Douluo?

This aura was so terrifying.

This light was so green.

His entire body, from the top of his head to his feet, was enveloped in a dense green aura.

That dazzling flash of red?

Could it be the legendary Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring?

Amid Tang San's shock.

The jealousy of Cao Mengde on his face grew even stronger.

[Ding...]

[Disease Treatment System notification to host: Congratulations to the host for successfully treating Xiao Wu's illness. Received one labor-inducing pill.]

A labor-inducing pill?

He had thought the reward would be something like Soul Power, a Soul Bone, or a Soul Ring, but he hadn't expected a labor-inducing pill.

All at once.

A bold idea surfaced in Cao Mengde's mind.

Tang San accidentally getting pregnant.

Could that work?

At the thought.

Cao Mengde couldn't help feeling secretly pleased.

"Miss Xiao Wu, your illness is cured."

Cao Mengde straightened his clothes and put everything back the way it had been before letting her know.

Hearing this.

Xiao Wu removed the blindfold, full of excitement.

Because she could feel it.

Her previously bloated stomach had returned to normal.

That strange feeling of hunger had vanished too.

"Lord Mengde, what a magical carrot! But could you let Xiao Wu have a look at your carrot?"

Cao Mengde put on an act and shook his head.

"This is my treasure for treating illnesses."

"How could I let you see it? If you let the secret out and other healing-type Soul Masters learned it, would I, Cao Mengde, still be able to put food on the table?"

Xiao Wu gave an embarrassed smile.

That did make sense.

As the saying went.

Different trades were separated by mountains.

Xiao Wu knew nothing about medicine, so she didn't pursue the matter.

In a wonderful mood, she ran out into the hall.

"Brother..."

"Brother, my strange illness is gone."

Seeing Xiao Wu so delighted.

Tang San's eyes lit up. "Really?"

"Mm."

"My bloated stomach is back to normal, the hunger is gone, and all the symptoms of the strange illness have disappeared."

After confirming that Xiao Wu had recovered.

The heart Tang San had held in suspense finally settled.

"Xiao Wu, I'm just glad you're cured. Now we can take part in the competition without worrying."

"Xiao Wu, let's go."

But just then.

Cao Mengde's displeased voice rang out.

"You two are something else."

"Never mind not thanking me. You're not even going to pay the consultation fee?"

Only then did Tang San realize.

To be honest.

If the man had been elderly, he would definitely have thanked him.

But Cao Mengde was so young.

Yet he was already a Titled Douluo and possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Tang San couldn't help feeling somewhat jealous.

So he was unwilling to offer any thanks.

Wasn't it just a consultation fee?

He could afford it.

"How much is the consultation fee?"

Faced with such an indifferent attitude.

Cao Mengde really wanted to slap Tang San across the face twice.

But it was fine.

He had the power to plant a gu; the next patient would be Tang San.

"I have no fixed consultation fee."

"I've always let patients pay whatever they see fit."

In that case.

Tang San asked no more.

His hand brushed over his belt, and he took out a money pouch.

Unexpectedly.

He then took a small amount out of the pouch.

"Here are ten Gold Soul Coins. I wonder if that's enough?"

Cao Mengde's face turned livid.

He had the hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins Bibi Dong had given him, so he wasn't short of money.

What angered him was this.

In Tang San's eyes, was Xiao Wu's life worth only ten Gold Soul Coins?

Or was it that.

He, the doctor, came too cheap?

Especially that last question: was it enough?

It nearly sent Cao Mengde into a rage.

After all.

Before this.

Tang San had made quite a lot of money from Ning Fengzhi through the business of ordering Tang Sect Hidden Weapons.

Yet he was only willing to give him ten Gold Soul Coins.

He wouldn't even give him a hundred.

"Fine, it's enough, enough."

What else could Cao Mengde say?

After all, he had said patients could pay whatever they saw fit.

But Cao Mengde, who couldn't stand Tang San's behavior, deliberately cautioned him.

"Don't forget one thing."

"Although Miss Xiao Wu's illness has been removed, the possibility of a relapse can't be ruled out."

As soon as he said this.

Tang San, who had thought everything was settled, felt his heart skip a beat.

To completely resolve Xiao Wu's strange illness.

He steeled himself and asked the man he disliked.

"You just said Xiao Wu's strange illness might relapse? Then how can it be completely eradicated?"

Cao Mengde replied.

"It's very simple."

"Come to Rejuvenation Hall every day and eat a carrot once a day. Keep it up for a month, and you'll be completely cured."

Such a good opportunity.

How could Cao Mengde let Xiao Wu go so easily?

He had to squeeze as much value out of her as he could.

"What?"

"I... I have to keep receiving treatment for another month?"

Xiao Wu asked, somewhat surprised.

Cao Mengde nodded. "Yes, yours is a strange illness. Of course it needs long-term treatment."

Xiao Wu had no choice.

She was going to stay at Spirit Hall for a while anyway.

So she agreed.

"All right."

Tang San placed the Gold Soul Coins on the table.

He took Xiao Wu by the hand and led her out of Rejuvenation Hall.

"Brother, I wanted to thank him just now. Why did you stop me?"

That was right.

Xiao Wu had felt an impulse to thank Cao Mengde.

But the quick-eyed and quick-handed Tang San had stopped her.

At that moment.

Tang San explained.

"Xiao Wu, he's a doctor, and you're a patient. He cured your illness, and we paid him. You could call it an exchange of interests. As for empty words of thanks, there's no need."

"There's another important point."

"When Cao Mengde examined your body with his eyes, he was far too focused. Even if he had no improper intentions, I won't allow another man to look at you like that."

Hearing those words.

Xiao Wu was deeply moved.

She could tell that, between the lines, Tang San's words were full of love for her.

Little did she know.

Tang San had other thoughts.

What he had just said was nothing but a lie.

The reason he hadn't thanked Cao Mengde.

Was the resentment he harbored toward the rich.

He had lived two lives and possessed the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Even he couldn't guarantee that he would reach Cao Mengde's level by the age of seventeen or eighteen.

Whether it was jealousy or the hatred born of jealousy.

As long as he buried it deep in his heart and didn't tell anyone, no one else could know the truth.

In short, to put it briefly.

He didn't like Cao Mengde.

"Xiao Wu, let's hurry and find Teacher and the others."

"Mm."

Xiao Wu had recovered from her serious illness, and with Tang San's sweet words on top of that.

She was in a wonderful mood now. She walked shoulder to shoulder with Tang San, heading toward Spirit Hall.

Meanwhile.

Cao Mengde wasn't idle.

The thought of Tang San's face as he gave him only ten Gold Soul Coins made his blood boil.

System.

Start putting a Gu curse on Tang San.

[**Ding...**]

[Disease Treatment System notifies the host: the host has successfully placed a Gu curse on Tang San: stomachache]

Cao Mengde had it all planned out.

He would use the stomachache to make Tang San come looking for him.

When the time came.

He would have Tang San take the medicine.

That scene.

Surely it would be explosive, wouldn't it?