The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine-Chapter 875 - The Monster in the Throat
Chapter 875: Chapter 875 The Monster in the Throat
Chapter 875: Chapter 875 The Monster in the Throat
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Huang Xiaolong left Rong City and tracked the signs all the way.
Finally, the car drove into a city named ‘Liu City’.
This was a strong second-tier city, comparable in standing to Rong City.
Qingqing and Xiaohong had not been to Liu City before. As soon as they got out of the car, their eyes gleamed, watching the bustling crowd on the streets. These two little demon creatures beamed with joy. It seemed they were quite at home in the human world.
Huang Xiaolong found a hotel and parked the car.
“Young Master, let’s go out and take a stroll~” Xiaohong also imitated Su Miaoling’s behavior, eagerly hooking her arm through Huang Xiaolong’s.
After spending time together, Xiaohong and Qingqing’s initial grievances with Huang Xiaolong had completely thawed. They had come to understand that Huang Xiaolong was easy to get along with, and they were now quite familiar with him.
“Let’s go.” Huang Xiaolong answered without a change in expression, but his eyes subtly narrowed.
Qingqing asked from the side, “Young Master, did that yellow-skinned creature escape to Liu City?”
“It’s strange…” Huang Xiaolong said with a half-smile, “Really very strange…”
“Young Master, what’s so strange? How about we find a place to eat first?” Xiaohong chuckled.
“Little Sister Xiaohong, don’t distract the Young Master from important matters,” Qingqing scolded.
“I’m certain, that yellow-skinned ancestor ran to this city, but… just now, the tracking sign I left in her aura was wiped away.” Huang Xiaolong pondered a moment. “Who did it? Who is helping that yellow-skinned creature?”
“Uh~~ Young Master, could it be that the yellow-skinned creature discovered the sign you left and erased it herself, to avoid being hunted down by you?” Xiaohong frowned and said.
“No. The sign I left in the yellow-skinned ancestor’s aura is hard for any demon or ghost to detect,” Huang Xiaolong mused. “Unless… it’s a monk or Taoist with decent mana…”
Huang Xiaolong felt somewhat helpless.
Back when he stood against the Demon King’s Demon Art, Fairy Huang escaped, and Huang Xiaolong couldn’t afford too much distraction. He had only used a tiny fraction of his Taoist power to leave a traceable sign in her aura. Now, after tracking her to Liu City, that sign was suddenly eradicated.
“Although at that time I used only about one percent of my Taoist power to leave that sign, erasing it isn’t something an ordinary monk or Taoist can do. Hahaha~~~ Interesting, this Liu City is truly full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons,” Huang Xiaolong suddenly beamed with a smile. “Alright, let’s go eat first.”
“Young Master, what kind of monk or Taoist would dare oppose you? They’re really too audacious!” Xiaohong blustered. “Young Master, why don’t Qingqing and I handle him for you? One bite and we could kill him! Sister Qingqing, do you feel like eating human?”
“Quiet down, both of you!” Huang Xiaolong said with a laugh. “You two little demons, just stay out of trouble and don’t add to my chaos.”
As he spoke, Huang Xiaolong took out two talisman charms and handed them to Qingqing and Xiaohong. “Here, keep these close to you; they’ll disguise your demon aura. There are monks and Taoists with not-so-shabby mana in Liu City. Don’t get caught, or they might eliminate you.”
“With the Young Master here, we’re not afraid of anyone,” Qingqing chortled.
Passersby glanced at Huang Xiaolong, wondering how a man could bring two stunningly seductive girls out for a stroll, their eyes filled with curiosity, envy, jealousy, and resentment.
A man and two demons entered a restaurant that seemed quite decent.
They chose a seat by the window and settled down.
The server came over with menus.
Qingqing took charge of ordering. She actually ordered thirty-eight servings of frogs just for herself.
Xiaohong refused to be outdone and ordered herself a dozen chicken dishes and an equal number of tomato and egg stir-fries.
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The waiter was stunned into silence.
Huang Xiaolong was also taken aback.
It was only after the waiter left with the menu that Qingqing said somewhat sheepishly, “Young Master, we snakes just like to eat frogs. Heehee~~ I never worry about gaining weight no matter how much I eat.”
Xiaohong’s laughter caused her eyebrows to curve. “Young Master, foxes love chicken the most, didn’t you know?”
“I’ve found that taking you out is simply a mistake within a mistake,” Huang Xiaolong shook his head, smiling wryly. “In a few days, I’ll be eaten out of house and home by you two.”
Qingqing quickly changed the subject. “Young Master, according to your calculations, that detestable ‘huangpizi’ is in Liu City, and it has even teamed up with a monk or Taoist with considerable mana, right? They’re in cahoots?”
“Maybe,” Huang Xiaolong lit a cigarette. “However, perhaps the ‘huangpizi’ ancestor doesn’t know we’ve silently tracked it down to Liu City. So, we need to be extra vigilant about whether any particularly strange, supernatural events have recently occurred in Liu City. Let’s eat first, and afterward, I’ll find a secluded place to summon the spirits of Liu City. I want them to search for me, even if it means digging three feet into the ground, I must unearth that ‘huangpizi’!”
Soon, the dishes arrived.
Plates of frogs and chicken were piled high, covering the whole dining table.
“Well, today we’ll just have a frog feast and a chicken feast,” Huang Xiaolong picked up his chopsticks reluctantly.
Qingqing and Xiaohong had already started eagerly tucking in.
Huang Xiaolong’s eating manner could be considered unseemly, but these two little demons were even worse.
At that moment, the restaurant burst into a round of raucous laughter.
“Young Master, who’s laughing at us?” Xiaohong looked up, somewhat displeased.
“No,” Huang Xiaolong’s gaze shifted to the entrance of the restaurant, a look of surprise and peculiarity flashing in his eyes.
Some patrons laughed loudly, “That guy is here again… Hahahaha~~ The Echomimic has arrived!”
A man and a woman walked into the restaurant.
Both middle-aged, their attire did not suggest poverty. The woman was plump and had a certain charm, but her face was etched with worry.
The man looked bizarre, wearing several thick masks! His eyes brimmed with a blend of helplessness and sorrow.
“Young Master, how weird~~ What’s wrong with that man, wearing so many masks?” Qingqing was astonished.
“Just focus on eating. In a while, I’ll show you something interesting,” Huang Xiaolong’s eyes twinkled with a playful light as he murmured, “This Liu City really has some oddities… No wonder the ‘huangpizi’ wound its way through several provinces and cities before finally arriving here~~”
The man and woman found an unoccupied seat and sat down, as if they knew their way around, looking like regulars here.
The other patrons in the restaurant laughed even harder, a mocking, farcical atmosphere inundating the place.
The woman stood up, a mix of anger and resignation in her voice, “Everyone… We’re all regulars here, so please… don’t talk to my husband. I’m asking you all for a favor.”
“What kind of rule is this? We can’t talk to her husband?” Qingqing was confused.
Huang Xiaolong just smiled, saying nothing, as if he already knew the whole story.
That’s when something eerie happened! The man with the masks blurted out, “Everyone… We’re all regulars here, so please… don’t talk to my husband. I’m asking you all for a favor.”
He had repeated the woman’s words exactly, word for word, imitating even the intonation perfectly.
Although he wore several layers of thick masks and his speech was muffled, every word and sentence was clearly audible.
However, after speaking, the man appeared extremely distressed, grasping his hair and his eyes filled with pain and indecision.
“Hahaha~~~~~” The people in the restaurant all burst into laughter, rocking back and forth.
A waiter came over.
The woman gave the waiter a meaningful look, and the waiter nodded slightly without saying a word, simply handing the menu silently to the woman.
The woman passed the menu to the masked man and then took out a piece of paper and a pen from her bag, wrote something on the paper, and showed it to the masked man.
Great, the communication between this couple was like that of deaf-mutes, not speaking, mainly communicating through writing.
Qingqing and Xiaohong could only look at each other in dismay. Although they were both monsters and had lived for several hundred to a thousand years, they had never seen anything as bizarre as what happened today.
The masked man quickly ordered the dishes and handed the menu back to the waiter. The waiter received the menu and gestured for silence to the patrons in the restaurant.
Just then, a hulking brute seated near the strange couple couldn’t hold back any longer and slammed his fist on the table. “What kind of rule is this? Damn it! I’m paying to eat here, and you’re telling me I can’t even speak?”
No sooner had his words fallen when the masked man shouted, “What kind of rule is this? Damn it! I’m paying to eat here, and you’re telling me I can’t even speak?”
Once again, the diners in the restaurant burst into uproarious laughter.
The hulking brute, probably not a regular of this restaurant, was immediately riled up upon hearing the masked man mimic him. He stood up abruptly, pointing at the masked man’s nose. “What the hell! You dare to mimic me? Are you mocking me? Stand up, you!”
The masked man immediately responded, “What the hell! You dare to mimic me? Are you mocking me? Stand up, you!”
Despite saying this, the distress in his eyes only deepened, and he frantically waved his hands to indicate that he wasn’t intentionally mimicking anyone.
As the commotion escalated, Huang Xiaolong finally stood up, “Enough, stop the noise.”
The masked man echoed, “Enough, stop the noise.”
“And who are you?” The hulking brute turned towards Huang Xiaolong with a hostile expression. He was just looking for trouble.
Before Huang Xiaolong could speak, Xiaohong stood up, her eyes shimmering like spring waters, and talked to the brute in a coy voice. “Big brother, why haven’t you left after finishing your meal? Please hurry up and leave. There are so many cars outside; just find one to crash into, hehehe, wouldn’t that be fun?”
To the brute, Xiaohong’s voice sounded like music from heaven, flowing into his ears. His eyes opened wide, and drool actually started dribbling from the corners of his mouth as he stuttered, “Alright, alright, I’ll pay up and leave right now. Yes, there are so many cars outside, I need to find one to crash into!”
After speaking, the brute indeed pulled out his wallet, threw several hundred-yuan bills on the table, and rushed out in a hurry.
“Young master, that guy was really annoying. He wanted to charge at you, so just let him go out and bump himself to death,” Xiaohong said nonchalantly.
Huang Xiaolong shook his head, thinking to himself that monsters will be monsters, and sometimes they just take things too far.
Huang Xiaolong gave Qingqing a look, and she discreetly followed the brute outside.
At this moment, Huang Xiaolong approached the masked man’s table. “You’re sick.”
The masked man replied, “You’re sick.”
The woman, incensed, scolded, “You! You! Is there anyone like you? I already told you not to talk to my husband, you… you just have to be so unreasonable! Forget it, forget it, we’re not eating here anymore! Old Li, let’s go home, don’t embarrass ourselves like this again. If you like the food here so much, I’ll just order takeout for you. Ahh~~ if it weren’t for you not going out for half a month, and I wanted to take you out for some fresh air, I would never have let you come out!”
The masked man repeated the woman’s words again.
The people in the restaurant weren’t laughing anymore, and in their eyes, there was more or less a hint of sympathy.
“Sister, don’t be anxious, I’m not here to make fun of your man. I’ve come to treat him,” Huang Xiaolong said with a smile.
The masked man simply repeated Huang Xiaolong’s words.
“Treat him?” The woman looked at Huang Xiaolong skeptically, then shook her head. “If it could be treated, it would have been done long ago. Over the past few years, I don’t know how many hospitals we’ve visited, how much money we’ve spent… but nothing has cured him. My heart is completely worn out, wu wu wu wu~~~~”
As she spoke, the woman began to cry.
Qingqing walked back into the restaurant from outside, gave Huang Xiaolong an “OK” gesture with her hand, and then returned to Xiaohong’s side.
“As for his illness, doctors can’t really cure it. Because, well… let me be frank,” Huang Xiaolong said with a teasing smile. “Your man, you see, is possessed by a demon.”
A demon?
Possessed?
Upon these words, the whole restaurant fell silent.
Even Qingqing and Xiaohong were utterly confused.
“Sister Qingqing, is the young master spouting nonsense? If that masked man were possessed by a demon, we would definitely be able to tell, because we are demons ourselves,” Xiaohong muttered with a pout.
“Xiaohong, can you not start with a demon and end with a demon? Right now, we are humans! Humans!” Qingqing said irritably, “But, I also don’t think he looks like he’s possessed by a demon.”
The next second—
“Hahaha~~hahaha~~”
The entire restaurant was filled with roaring laughter.
“A demon? Damn, today is really interesting. That echo was funny enough, and now here comes a lunatic. Where’s the demon? Where is it? I’ve lived this long and have never seen a demon in my life! I really want to see one with my own eyes!” A young man laughed uproariously.
Xiaohong was about to erupt, but Qingqing grabbed her and said coldly to the young man, “Are you sure you want to see a demon with your own eyes?”
The young man turned his head and, seeing the stunning Qingqing and Xiaohong, he said with an awestruck expression, “Beauties, hello… hello to you…”
“Believe it or not, that’s up to you, but in any case, your man is possessed by a very unique demon, and I can treat him. Seeing that you’re in a tough spot, I’d like to help. Of course, you’re welcome to refuse,” Huang Xiaolong said with a light smile.
The woman’s expression was extremely conflicted. She was an atheist herself but was truly at her wit’s end, and she instinctively asked, “How… how do you treat it?”
“Dealing with this kind of demon is simple,” Huang Xiaolong said playfully, looking at the masked man. “It lives in a person’s throat and makes the host repeat every single word spoken by nearby people… Sister, I see there’s a Wenxuan Bookstore outside the restaurant. Go buy a copy of Shennong’s Herbs. This book is also known as ‘Herbal Classic’ or ‘The Classic,’ and is one of the four classic works of traditional Huaxia medicine… Most Wenxuan Bookstores sell it.”
“Buy… buy a book?” The woman seemed to doubt her own ears.
“You mean, buy a book to… to… to drive out the demon growing in my husband’s throat?” The woman was flabbergasted.
“That’s right. Go buy it,” Huang Xiaolong said with a calm smile.
The restaurant was again filled with waves of laughter.
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