The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine-Chapter 840 - The Ferocious City The Ghost City

Chapter 840: Chapter 840: The Ferocious City, The Ghost City

Chapter 840 -840: The Ferocious City, The Ghost City

Huang Xiaolong once again confirmed that on the Book of Life and Death, there was no name of Xu Fu!

In an instant, various thoughts flashed through Huang Xiaolong’s mind. One must know that the Book of Life and Death is one of the three great books of heaven, earth, and humanity, recording the birth and death of all beings, so it certainly couldn’t be wrong. Legend has it that Xu Fu went on a search for the elixir of immortality on overseas fairy islands. Even if he had died abroad, his name should have been listed in the Book of Life and Death. It was impossible that he couldn’t be found!

Huang Xiaolong had previously come into contact with the spirits of alchemists and magicians from the Qin Dynasty in the underworld and had learned their magical arts and Alchemy Technique. During that era, alchemists and magicians were at the zenith of their power, yet they still could not achieve immortality!

This meant that even the most powerful magician could not live forever! Eventually, everyone must return to dust, and enter the cycle of reincarnation.

Hence, the fact that Xu Fu’s name could not be found in the Book of Life and Death presented two possibilities—the first, that Xu Fu hadn’t died at all! He was still alive! He indeed had found the legendary elixir of immortality!

The second, just as Shirley Bai had said, Xu Fu was not human; he was an alien who came to Earth. Of course, this could also be interpreted as Xu Fu being a fairy or a deity, not a mortal being of flesh and bone.

“Little Long?” Ma Chuxia looked at Huang Xiaolong with a puzzled face.

Huang Xiaolong put away the Book of Life and Death and composed himself before speaking. “It doesn’t matter anymore. After all, we only have one goal this time—to find the third black dagger in Emperor Qin’s mausoleum. As for the other mysteries, there’s no need to investigate them deliberately.”

Pausing for a moment, Huang Xiaolong smiled at the mixed-race beauty Shirley Bai. “Since you are so interested in Qin Dynasty culture, well, you can follow us this time.”

“That’s fantastic! Thank you, Grandmaster!” Shirley Bai danced with joy. “Grandmaster, rest assured, my expertise will definitely be of help to you!”

“Alright, as long as your theories don’t cause more trouble, that would be good enough,” Huang Xiaolong said with a wry smile.

The other wives couldn’t persuade Huang Xiaolong otherwise and chose not to add to the chaos.

In the end, it was Ma Chuxia, Ying Aoshan, Yan Pianpian, Feng Hanyan, Xia Ying, and Shirley Bai—six top beauties—who accompanied Huang Xiaolong to Shaanxi Province to secretly explore Emperor Qin’s mausoleum.

The next day, Huang Xiaolong and the beauties flew to Lin County in Shaanxi Province.

This Lin County, bordering Dong’an City, was where Huang Xiaolong had learned from Ying Kexin that some of the tombs she had supervised the construction of were located. It was even possible to find a secret passage from a village in Lin County that allowed for free entry and exit without damaging the tomb chambers!

After arriving in Lin County, Huang Xiaolong’s two black daggers did not produce any subtle fluctuations.

Lin County! This was a small and quaint county town! Beneath the soil of this town lay the great Emperor Qin’s mausoleum! Of course, only some chambers of the vast mausoleum.

Nowadays, Lin County was also brimming with high-rise buildings, exuding a strong modern atmosphere.

However, after arriving in Lin County, Huang Xiaolong distinctly felt a trace of yin energy and ghost energy flowing in the air of this county town!

‘Could it be? Just arriving in Lin County makes it feel like stepping into a gloomy ghost town…’ Huang Xiaolong was astounded. ‘Could it be that Lin County has many supernatural incidents? Or maybe it is plagued by numerous aggrieved and fierce ghosts?’

Ma Chuxia also felt that something was off and whispered to Huang Xiaolong. “Little Long, it’s strange. Look, many pedestrians on the street have ghost energy wrapped around their fate palaces, obviously afflicted with evil. But… for so many people in one county to encounter evil, that’s quite puzzling.”

“Heh~~~ No need to rush. When in Rome, do as the Romans do… let’s take our time and enjoy… Whatever ghostly trickery is afoot, upon meeting me, they are on the path to death… Hahaha~~~” Huang Xiaolong, never one to shy away from excitement, had a gleam of thrill in his eyes.

Then, they went to a hotel they had booked in advance, settled their luggage, and had lunch at the hotel. In the afternoon, Huang Xiaolong took the beauties out shopping.

As they strolled, Huang Xiaolong felt increasingly that something was amiss; among the people they encountered, at least seven out of ten had ghost energy clinging to them, their fate palaces dim, and they were shrouded in ominous energy!

“Little Long, it seems there is some wicked force intent on turning Lin County into a ghost town,” Ma Chuxia spoke with certainty. “A huge calamity is approaching, and the people of Lin County are still unaware!”

“Uh~~ Perhaps I should investigate who is causing this trouble,” Huang Xiaolong said with a slight smile.

Just then, Shirley Bai suddenly exclaimed, “Grandmaster, look! Look! Dr. Fang has come to Lin County! Today at 3:30 pm, she’s going to hold an academic lecture!”

Huang Xiaolong looked and saw an advertisement on a billboard by the street describing a Chinese-American woman, ‘Dr. Fang’, who was an authority in the field of Qin history with great international influence. She was a Chinese-American, originally from Lin County, and was holding this academic lecture on Qin history while visiting her hometown.

“Grandmaster, let’s go to Dr. Fang’s lecture! I’ve been fascinated by the study of Qin history since I was young, and I greatly admire Dr. Fang! She’s quite renowned in the West,” Shirley Bai urged.

Ma Chuxia also nodded slightly. “Little Long, since we’re going to explore Emperor Qin’s mausoleum and Dr. Fang has unique insights into Qin history, why don’t we have a look? It might provide us with some inspiration. As for the many people in Lin County who are afflicted with ghost energy, we can investigate that tonight… After all… If there is a malevolent presence causing trouble, it’s unlikely to show itself in broad daylight.”

“Well then, let’s go listen to Dr. Fang’s lecture,” Huang Xiaolong said with a smile.

Dr. Fang’s lecture was held in the conference room on the 13th floor of an office building in Lin County.

As the saying goes, ‘money talks,’ and after spending a bit of money, Huang Xiaolong and his wives managed to blend into the audience.

The spacious conference room, resembling a university lecture hall, was already filled with various scholars and students, each with a look of admiration on their faces, holding notebooks and pens, and brimming with anticipation.

Huang Xiaolong and the others found seats in the back row and settled down.

At 3:30, ‘Dr. Fang’ made her appearance on time.

The entire room stood up and cheered enthusiastically.

Shirley Bai seemed to be a fan of Dr. Fang, her face beaming as she squealed a few times.

Huang Xiaolong glanced over and was immediately a bit dumbfounded.

Originally, he thought that as an expert in Qin history with such great academic achievements, she should at least be a middle-aged or elderly woman.

But the ‘Dr. Fang’ who appeared on the podium looked to be in her early thirties at most, with fair skin and not a single wrinkle on her face. Both in appearance and temperament, she was one in a thousand!

“No way? She’s so young?” Huang Xiaolong muttered to himself.

“Yes, Dr. Fang is really beautiful and very young. She is a genius in the field of Qin history!” Shirley Bai said excitedly. “Master, don’t judge a book by its cover. Who says a doctor must look old and decrepit?”

“I just have a strange feeling,” Huang Xiaolong furrowed his brows.

The lecture began.

The whole venue fell silent.

Dr. Fang spoke eloquently, her voice very pleasant, melodious, and magnetic—indicative of a charming young woman.

Huang Xiaolong listened patiently.

Truth be told, he was rather dismissive of such lectures.

After all, Huang Xiaolong had acquired the memories of Ying Kexin regarding the Emperor Qin’s mausoleum—Ying Kexin was the foremost swordsman of Great Qin, who had personally participated in the construction of the mausoleum. The information she shared with Huang Xiaolong wasn’t something that modern scholars could research and uncover!

However, Dr. Fang’s lecture deeply startled Huang Xiaolong!

Dr. Fang also talked about the Emperor Qin’s mausoleum.

“The current detection technology estimates the mausoleum’s area to be fifty-six square kilometers, a figure that I do not support. Of course, I do not know the exact size of the underground palace, but I can affirm that the most important part of the underground palace extends a hundred meters into the earth. Within an area of several tens of meters, it is entirely surrounded by mercury, and beyond the mercury, there are copper walls seven feet thick. Even an army of thousands would be unable to breach it, and even explosives would fail to blast open the royal tomb!”

“As to how many secrets entrances lead to the underground palace, we modern people have no clue. Moreover, even the Qin people responsible for building the mausoleum were probably in the dark because at that time, craftsmen were not allowed to communicate with each other. The entire construction process of the tomb is almost a blank in historical records. From my research, all those involved in the tomb’s construction, whether craftsmen, supervisors, designers, or engineers, were killed after the completion of the tomb to silence them. Some may question: such a large underground construction would require hundreds of thousands of participants—could Emperor Qin really have killed so many people?”

“I can assure you, it’s entirely possible! After all, the Qin army is recorded to have slaughtered four hundred thousand surrendered soldiers.”

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Throughout the lecture, Dr. Fang presented several bold conjectures, which indeed starkly contrasted with the ideas of Qin history experts from all ages and around the world!

‘How does she know these things? Impossible! Modern people can’t possibly know this!’ The more Huang Xiaolong listened, the more incredible it seemed because most of Dr. Fang’s lecture content was identical to the information that Ying Kexin had shared with him!

Huang Xiaolong didn’t believe that this American-born Huaxia woman could have researched such accurate scholarly results.

Ma Chuxia whispered into Huang Xiaolong’s ear. “Little Long, it’s so strange. Dr. Fang’s words give the impression that she may have been to the Emperor Qin’s mausoleum, or even as if she had personally participated in the construction of the underground palace…”

Just at that moment!

A surge of murderous intent flashed past Huang Xiaolong’s seat in the front row.

Following the direction of the murderous aura, Huang Xiaolong saw a middle-aged man in the front row, dressed in a black trench coat and wearing a duckbill cap, who seemed extremely agitated. An uncontrollable killing intent erupted from him as he slowly stood up, hands buried in the pockets of his trench coat, quietly walking towards the stage.

Naturally, it was not only Huang Xiaolong who sensed the killing intent of the man in the trench coat. Ma Chuxia and the beautiful Shirley Bai seated next to him also appeared to be on high alert.

Shirley Bai even stood up directly, reaching into her bosom and grabbing hold of a dagger.

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear!

Suddenly, the man in the trench coat moved as fast as lightning, pulling out a silenced pistol from his coat pocket. Without a moment’s hesitation, he fired at Dr. Fang on the stage!

From the way he drew his gun, aimed, and fired, there was no doubt that this man was a well-trained gunman!

Pfft~~~~!!!!

The deadly bullet soared towards Dr. Fang!

The people in the auditorium had not yet reacted, but Dr. Fang on the stage had already made a side dive, dodging the bullet in an extremely awkward manner as quick as lightning!

Bang~~~!!!!

The bullet exploded on the lecture table, sending scraps of paper flying!

Just in a flash, Dr. Fang was rolling and crawling towards the small hall behind the stage, truly as still as a maiden and moving like a startled rabbit!

“No way, he could dodge bullets?” Huang Xiaolong couldn’t help exclaiming in surprise.

At this moment, the whole auditorium erupted into chaos.

All hell broke loose.

“You’re asking for it!” Shirley Bai roared in fury. This man in the trench coat had dared to shoot at her idol under her watch, which was practically a provocation to Shirley Bai!

With a wave of Shirley Bai’s right hand, a flash of cold light streaked by, as a dagger quickly like a bullet stabbed towards the man in the trench coat.

Huang Xiaolong flicked a finger, and his True Qi shattered the dagger in mid-air.

Huang Xiaolong said to Ma Chuxia, “Wife, take this man away.”

Ma Chuxia and Yan Pianpian, one on each side, stepped forward to subdue the man in the trench coat.

The hotel where Huang Xiaolong was staying.

The man in the trench coat had his leg acupoints sealed by Yan Pianpian’s ancient martial technique, forcing him to kneel motionless in front of Huang Xiaolong.

“You… you… who are you…” The man in the trench coat, a man in his forties of Huaxia descent with average looks, had often a fierce and stern look flashing in his eyes.

Considering the way he handled his gun, he was clearly no ordinary person.

However, at this moment, his face was full of fear. He could tell from their appearances that Huang Xiaolong and the others were not to be trifled with.

“You’re dead meat! I’ll slaughter you!” Shirley Bai cursed. “How dare you attempt to assassinate Dr. Fang! I’ll send you to hell!”

“No! I must kill her! That bitch! This… this monster…” the man in the trench coat’s voice was filled with unspeakable hatred.

“What grudge do you have with Dr. Fang?” Huang Xiaolong asked with a smile.

“Don’t kill me! I can’t die! I have to kill her with my own hands! I swear! I must kill her myself!” The man in the trench coat wailed and pleaded for mercy at Huang Xiaolong. “I know you must be very powerful, I’ve been acupointed! It’s said that only a Grandmaster can seal a person’s acupoints… you… you are Grandmasters, who can break a person from a distance with just a thought… Please spare me… I beg you, let me go, and I can tell you a secret to redeem my life!”

“Oh? What secret? About Dr. Fang’s secret?” Huang Xiaolong’s face showed a very interested expression. “Your marksmanship is not bad, at least on par with professional gunmen. You had the advantage yet she managed to dodge your shots… And her speech, I think there’s a big problem with it… She must be a woman with secrets, right? Spit it out, tell me everything you know.”

“This… this… Yes! That bitch has a shocking secret!” The man in the trench coat flashed a complex look in his eyes, a mix of hatred, bitterness, anger, and also a trace of fear.

“My grandfather was killed by that bitch!” The man in the trench coat took a deep breath and said through clenched teeth. “50 years ago, my grandfather died at the hands of that bitch! I won’t forget her! Even if she turns to ashes, I won’t forget her! I swore a poisonous oath at my grandfather’s grave, I must avenge him!”

“Impossible!” Ying Aoshan exclaimed. “50 years ago? Dr. Fang looks at most in her thirties, how could she have killed your grandfather fifty years ago?”

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Huang Xiaolong furrowed his eyebrows. “I’ve observed her using my technique for discerning Qi and determined Dr. Fang’s true age couldn’t be over 35 years old.”

“No! No! No! This is a secret! That bitch… she… she… she’s not human! She’s a zombie! A monster! Fifty years ago, she looked exactly like she does today! She doesn’t age! She’s immortal!” The man in the trench coat yelled, his eyes wide with emphasis. “It’s a secret! Maybe… Maybe you could help me, kill her, and you can take her body for research… I know it’s hard to believe, but I’ve obtained her DNA from 50 years ago and compared it to her current DNA through special channels. It’s confirmed to be the same person! Fifty years ago, she had a different identity, not the American-Chinese Dr. Fang, but… but a Huaxia woman named ‘Du Qiulian’! Please believe me! You must believe me!”

At these words, Ma Chuxia and Shirley White and others looked at Huang Xiaolong with puzzled eyes.

Huang Xiaolong rubbed his temples with both hands. “I’ve observed her and determined that Dr. Fang is neither a ghost, nor a demon, and certainly not a zombie. She’s human.”

After a pause, Huang Xiaolong said with a half-smile, looking at the man in the trench coat. “At the same time, I can also confirm that this guy has not lied.”

Everyone tended to trust what Huang Xiaolong said.

“Little Long, do you mean to say that everything this guy has said is true? That is to say, Dr. Fang, who was called ‘Du Qiulian’ fifty years ago, didn’t become an octogenarian but miraculously retained her thirties, eternally youthful, and changed her identity to become… to become… a renowned Qin Dynasty expert in the Western countries…”

“Mm, I also find it somewhat incredible. She doesn’t practice ancient martial arts, she has no True Qi within her, but her physical condition is exceptionally strong. This kind of physical condition is not something cultivated but rather innate. That’s why she was able to dodge the bullets shot at her…” Huang Xiaolong’s eyes shimmered slightly. “What secret could be hiding here?”

At this time, Ma Chuxia received a phone call. After the call, Ma Chuxia said to Huang Xiaolong, “Little Long, I’ve arranged for the Taoists stationed by the Metaphysics Association in Lin County to track Dr. Fang’s movements. After being attacked, she didn’t report to the police but quietly left the hotel where she was staying and drove to a place by herself.”

“Where?” Huang Xiaolong asked.

“It’s… Xiahe Village,” Ma Chuxia’s gaze flickered.

Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaolong and the others felt a chill in their hearts.

Because Huang Xiaolong had planned to go to Xiahe Village after arriving in Lin County!

According to information provided by Ying Kexin, within the territory of Xiahe Village in Lin County, there was a secret passage that could lead freely into several tombs below!

“Little Long, I think… Dr. Fang, who was ‘Du Qiulian’ fifty years ago, her visit to Xiahe Village is not a coincidence! This person… might have connections with Emperor Qin’s Mausoleum!” Ma Chuxia said with certainty.

Just then—

Suddenly!

The hotel was surrounded by dense, ghostly energies!

Huang Xiaolong and Ma Chuxia were the first to feel something was wrong and walked over to the floor-to-ceiling windows to look down.

“This…” Ma Chuxia felt a surge of terror.

Below the hotel, the masses of lost souls formed lines, moving towards the hotel!

There were so many of them, looking down, one couldn’t see the end!

Some of these souls occasionally looked up, seemingly at the room where Huang Xiaolong was staying, their faces pale and nearly transparent, with expressions of misery, their ghostly eyes revealing a greedy, sinister gaze.

“So many ghosts… Little Long… What is this… This is…” Ma Chuxia was somewhat distressed.

“There really is something that has boldly decided to turn Lin County into a city of disaster, a ghost city… Heh, interesting. This truly is unabashed… Let’s go down and have a look!” Huang Xiaolong turned and headed out of the room.

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