Solving the Trouble

"Awroo~"

The little bear cub squeezed out of the crowd and bared its teeth at the two men.

The two were also Soul Masters and recognized it as a Soul Beast at a glance. Though it was only a cub, they did not dare let down their guard.

"Big Bear, come back."

Jiede called the little bear cub back and, ignoring the two men's attempts to stop him, walked past them. "I'm a physician. Let me take a look."

As his Soul Power entered the scar-faced man's body, Jiede frowned.

Sure enough, there was a serious problem with this so-called Brand Poison.

It was not poison that had accumulated over time, but a potent toxin formed recently, mixed together with the original Brand Poison.

As long as someone deliberately triggered it, the poison that had accumulated before would erupt completely in an instant.

"I can treat your illness, but the cost will be high. It will require tens of thousands of Gold Soul Coins. You should prepare yourself."

Jiede looked at the scar-faced man and spoke seriously.

"As long as you can cure my big brother, I'd climb mountains of blades and descend into seas of fire!" Yellow Hair hurriedly withdrew his martial soul and said excitedly.

Red Hair quickly nodded as well. "Me too!"

The scar-faced man opened his eyes at that moment and looked at Yellow Hair and Red Hair.

"You don't need to do this. Save the money to marry wives. My illness probably can't be cured, so don't waste it. You're still young."

"Waaah, Big Brother, don't say that! We'll definitely cure you."

Yellow Hair and Red Hair gave all their savings to Jiede.

Jiede weighed the money in his hand. There were less than ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.

He glanced at Yellow Hair and Red Hair. Although it was shameful that they had caused trouble at the clinic, they had not actually attacked anyone. They were still loyal men.

Besides, the family's white sugar business was growing larger and larger, and they lacked capable Soul Master bodyguards.

This scar-faced man was their big brother, so his strength had to be greater than Yellow Hair and Red Hair's.

"The money isn't enough."

Jiede paused, then added.

"How about this? I'll cure him, and the three of you will work for me for five years. Of course, I can pay you wages during that time."

"Deal!"

Before Yellow Hair and Red Hair could answer, the scar-faced man agreed immediately.

"You two have been following me around for years, constantly living on the edge. That's no way to go on. Better to follow him for a while and settle down."

Yellow Hair and Red Hair nodded. "We'll listen to Big Brother."

The clinic's back hall.

"Junior Brother, are you really certain you can cure him?"

"I have my own methods. Help me take out all the Snow Ginseng of every age for use."

Lu Cheng nodded and went to fetch the medicine.

"If you ask me, people who cause trouble at clinics like this just need a slap."

Huo Yan stood at the doorway with his arms folded.

"You think everyone is a violent maniac like you?" Jiede curled his lip.

"Without three-hundred-year Snow Ginseng, let's see how you plan to treat him."

"Then just watch closely. You keep thinking I'm fooling your Huo Wu every day. Pill refining is easy for me."

"Keep bragging! Go on!"

"You're wrong, Jiede, you're wrong. Huo Wu is mine..." Feng Xiaotian muttered under his breath.

Huo Wu kicked him from the side. "Go die!!"

"Someone's calling for me outside. I'll go take a look." Feng Xiaotian fled in embarrassment.

Huo Wu snorted coldly, then her gaze suddenly fell on the ground beside Jiede's feet.

"Why does your bear look like it's gotten bigger?"

Jiede scratched his head blankly. "Has it?"

"Stop pretending. Even its aura is different. It has already reached ten years."

Huo Yan cut in and exposed his lie.

"As everyone knows, I'm a pill refiner. Helping my Soul Beast break through isn't difficult." Jiede spread his hands.

At that moment, Lu Cheng entered carrying a large batch of Snow Ginseng and placed it on the ground.

"Junior Brother, this is all the Snow Ginseng we have."

Jiede nodded, sat cross-legged before the Snow Ginseng, and tossed the low-year Snow Ginseng pieces into the Mystic Pellet one by one for refinement.

Huo Yan and Huo Wu watched the scene without blinking.

The former tried to see through Jiede's methods and the principles behind his pill refining, but unfortunately, he could not make sense of it.

Huo Wu's eyes shone frighteningly bright. "A martial soul can be used like this?"

"So that's how it is."

Lu Cheng nodded slightly, deep in thought.

Jiede intended to refine the essence from the low-year Snow Ginseng, remove its impurities and medicinal toxins, and use it as three-hundred-year Snow Ginseng.

According to medicinal principles, quantity could not bring about a qualitative change. Only quality could.

This was something only Jiede could accomplish.

An hour later.

All the Snow Ginseng had been used up, and a pill containing the concentrated essence of all the Snow Ginseng had been successfully refined.

"Senior Brother, use this in the medicine."

Jiede wiped the dense sweat from his forehead and handed over the pill with a tired expression.

"Alright. Junior Brother, get some rest."

Lu Cheng took the Snow Ginseng Pill, crushed it, divided it into several portions, and tossed one portion into the decoction that had already been prepared.

"It's fine. I've just exhausted my Soul Power."

Jiede stood up. "Let's go check on that scar-faced man."

The group came to the bedside, and Lu Cheng fed the antidote decoction to the scar-faced man.

A quarter of an hour later, the blackness on the scar-faced man's face gradually faded, and a hint of color returned to his complexion.

"Thank you, benefactor, for saving my life!" The scar-faced man knelt and kowtowed.

Red Hair and Yellow Hair offered another round of thanks.

"It was only a transaction. Take the antidote for two more days, and the Brand Poison in your body will be completely removed," Jiede said.

Seeing that the matter was no longer in doubt, Huo Yan lost interest and turned to leave the ward.

"Uncle Huo, I'm going shopping." Huo Wu waved and skipped out of the clinic.

"Go on. Be careful."

With all the troublesome people gone, Jiede asked, "Where have you sought treatment for your Brand Poison?"

Liu Luo thought back. "I was poisoned about three years ago. I've been receiving treatment ever since, on and off..."

"What about recently?"

"Recently? I've only been treated at Yu He Clinic across the street..."

The moment Liu Luo answered, he suddenly realized something was wrong and froze.

Jiede took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly, "After he treated you, was that when the poison flared up?"

"That old man said my big brother's Brand Poison had already seeped into his internal organs and there was no saving him."

Yellow Hair added from the side.

"Afterward, we left Yu He Clinic and heard some passersby say that this place had superb medical skills and miraculous pills, so we came in to try our luck."

"Could that passerby... have been a plant from Yu He Clinic?"

Liu Luo slapped the table and sprang to his feet.

"What, are you planning to go to Yu He Clinic and demand an explanation?"

Jiede reminded him, "Where's your evidence? Without evidence, if you really smash up their clinic and get taken away by the city lord, what then?

Will I have to bail you out too?"

Liu Luo was silent for a while before sitting back down dejectedly.

"I've made my living hunting Soul Beasts all these years, yet I never expected to be schemed against by such a petty man."

"The Brand Poison that erupted in your body was Yu He's doing. He's targeting me..." Jiede sighed.

Yellow Hair and Red Hair were enraged. "We must avenge this! That old bastard Yu He actually dared use our big brother's life as a pawn."

Jiede set down his teacup. "If you trust me, leave this matter to me."

"But!" Yellow Hair and Red Hair said anxiously.

"He's already our boss. Don't cause trouble."

Liu Luo rebuked the two men. "The city is different from the Soul Beast Forest. We must act cautiously."

Jiede's time was precious every day. He had neither the time nor the patience to keep tangling with Yu He.

If he wanted to solve the trouble once and for all, there was currently only one way...

On a dark and windy night, a little bear cub carrying a backpack walked down the street, humming a children's song it had just learned.

"The sun has set~ The flowers smile at me.

The little bird says, late, late, late, why are you carrying a pack of dynamite?

I'm going to do a mission~

No one knows.

I'll throw it and then run, boom, and the enemy will be dead as a doornail~"