From Evil Sect Leader to Doctor

Chapter 671 - 641: Jingfu Building

Hua Zhuyue sighed softly and said, "Do you think I schemed to draw you into this from the start?"Xu Chunliang said, "I’m also trying to figure out what role I played in this matter? But no matter how I think about it, my biggest role seems to be helping to save people, treating Ji Jiajia’s ALS."

Hua Zhuyue said, "I admit, I was the one who recommended you to President Ji. President Ji has done me a great favor, Jiajia is his only daughter. Chunliang, no matter how you view me, I don’t want to drag you into this."

Xu Chunliang said, "I now believe your ability is enough to manage the situation at Orchid Sect."

After saying this, Xu Chunliang felt a sense of relief, as if the stone pressing down on his heart for the past two days had finally been lifted.

When Xu Chunliang left, Hua Zhuyue did not see him off. Some words were meaningless to say, and Xu Chunliang, by nature, was extremely proud. Since she had hidden so much from him, he might well hold a grudge.

Soon after Xu Chunliang left, Ji Jiajia came in and said curiously, "Master left? Why didn’t he say goodbye to me?"

Hua Zhuyue coldly said, "Who told you to go to Dongzhou Restaurant to find him?"

Ji Jiajia laughed and said, "You like him, don’t you?"

Hua Zhuyue angrily said, "Impudent!"

Ji Jiajia was not afraid of her at all. She sat opposite Hua Zhuyue, rested her chin on her hands, and said, "Feeling emotional is inevitable. My master is so outstanding, not only you, even I feel a bit moved."

Hua Zhuyue said, "If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t deceive him. If it weren’t for you, your father wouldn’t put everything aside."

Ji Jiajia sighed and said, "Don’t keep saying it’s for me. I didn’t ask you to deceive him, and I don’t care about any of it. Don’t make yourself sound so noble. You’re not much different from Pan Tianhua; you just covet our Ji family’s assets."

Hua Zhuyue looked helplessly at Ji Jiajia, suppressing the anger in her heart without exploding.

Ji Jiajia said, "Holding the emperor captive to command the feudal lords, your main reason for working so hard to support me is ultimately to use me."

Hua Zhuyue tossed the Orchid Order in front of Ji Jiajia and left without looking back.

In his room, Xu Chunliang browsed through the latest news about Pan Tianhua and his son. Suddenly, negative news regarding He Dong erupted, clearly a well-planned scheme. Ji Buyao must have planned everything before going missing, with Hua Zhuyue likely being the implementer. Initially appearing weak and passively caught in unfavorable situations was just a strategy to deceive the Pan father and son.

It’s laughable that he was worried about Hua Zhuyue’s safety, trying every means to help her out, only to be deceived by her himself.

Xu Chunliang decided not to meddle in Orchid Sect’s affairs anymore. Qiao Rulong’s reminder was spot on; Blue Star Group’s foundation wasn’t clean, and it’s best not to meddle in their internal affairs.

Due to this matter, Xu Chunliang also reassessed his relationship with Hua Zhuyue. Hua Zhuyue is calm and rational regarding the big picture, but she hid a lot from him during this incident. It’s impossible not to feel somewhat dejected.

From the start, there were many doubts about this matter until Xu Chunliang received the Orchid Order, and all the doubts flooded his mind, prompting him to reevaluate everything.

Actually, he didn’t lose anything; the real reason he felt vexed was Hua Zhuyue. If viewed from a friend’s perspective, Hua Zhuyue didn’t act straightforwardly. But from her standpoint, based on Orchid Sect’s perspective, her approach can’t be faulted.

Xu Chunliang realized Hua Zhuyue holds a place in his heart more than just an ordinary friend, possibly because they share the experience of life and death together.

On the last day of intensive learning, Xu Chunliang received a call from Wang Jiancheng, who asked about his location and specifically came to Shuimu to see him.

The bell rang for the end of class. Xu Chunliang left the classroom and saw Wang Jiancheng waiting under the shade of a tree.

He walked over with a smile: "President Wang, what brings you here?"

Wang Jiancheng said, "I came specifically to ask for your help. Remember the Ghost Panlong you mentioned last time?"

Xu Chunliang nodded. Wang Jiancheng’s father, Wang Zhengdao, contracted a strange disease after consuming the soup made from ghost bats. In essence, he was poisoned, and Xu Chunliang provided an antidote method, which was to find ghost bat feces commonly known as Ghost Panlong.

This matter sounds simple but is hard to execute. After all, ghost bats are extinct, not to mention their feces.

To find Ghost Panlong, Wang Jiancheng spent large sums, tracing the lead that his father ate the ghost bat soup on Babor Island, so he went there himself. But he didn’t find Ghost Panlong, nor even a ghost bat, despite consulting paleontologists who confirmed the species went extinct in the late 19th century. How his father came to consume it remains unknown.

Wang Zhengdao’s condition relapsed over the past few months, and someone recommended a renowned doctor to Wang Jiancheng. This doctor’s diagnosis coincided with Xu Chunliang’s; he also believed it was poisoning, but his prescription did not include Ghost Panlong.

Under his treatment, Wang Zhengdao’s condition rapidly improved.

Xu Chunliang was inwardly amazed. According to "The Poison Manual," the toxins of ghost bats could only be neutralized by Ghost Panlong, but it seems "The Poison Manual" is flawed, not encompassing all antidote methods.

Xu Chunliang said, "Then congratulations are in order." He found it odd—if Wang Zhengdao’s toxins truly were resolved, Wang Jiancheng wouldn’t have come all this way for that matter.

Wang Jiancheng said, "I’m here today on behalf of this doctor who wants to meet you and discuss my father’s condition."

Xu Chunliang asked, "Do I know this doctor you’re talking about?"

Wang Jiancheng replied, "You probably haven’t met him. He’s a Korean national of Chinese descent named Huang Youlong."

Xu Chunliang paused for a moment, "Huang Youlong of the Mingde Group?"

Wang Jiancheng nodded, "That’s him."

Xu Chunliang thought to himself, this guy has finally made an appearance. According to Zhou Renhe, this Huang Youlong is the little boy who escaped the massacre back then. Huang Youlong’s beastly father killed his grandaunt Xu Changying. Zhou Renhe avenged Xu Changying by poisoning the entire Huang Family, but Xu Chunliang’s great-grandfather stepped up to take all the blame.

This old case was left unresolved when it was discovered that Huang Youlong’s father was a spy hidden in the mainland. Zhou Renhe also narrowly escaped punishment. The little boy Huang Youlong, who survived back then, has now grown up and become an internationally renowned doctor and the president of South Korea’s leading Han Medical Group, the Mingde Group.

In fact, Xu Chunliang had already had a confrontation with the Mingde Group in the past few days, represented by their chief Korean doctor Lu Taiyin,

Lu Taiyin was even able to neutralize the poison of the Five Poison Heart Attack Pill. After Xu Chunliang discovered this, he planted the Seven-Ring Life-Stealing Pill on Li Changmin. Lu Taiyin proposed to exchange it for a dragon bone, and the matter is still ongoing. Unexpectedly, Huang Youlong reached out to him on his own accord.

The reason why Wang Jiancheng was willing to mediate their meeting was that Huang Youlong helped detoxify his father. The Wang Family owed Huang Youlong a big favor.

Although Xu Chunliang owed nothing to the Wang Family, he was also curious to meet Huang Youlong. He was curious about how Huang Youlong had cured Wang Zhengdao.

Xu Chunliang got into Wang Jiancheng’s car and accompanied him to the Chinese Division of the Mingde Group located in Wangjing.

From Wang Jiancheng, he learned that the Mingde Group’s Chinese Division was only recently established. Although Wang Jiancheng did not explicitly say so, Xu Chunliang could infer that he must have helped with this matter.

Recently, Xu Chunliang heard a lot of news about the Mingde Group, and this Han Medical Group was rapidly expanding domestically through mergers, acquisitions, and cooperation. Now that they have connected with the Wang Family, Xu Chunliang felt wary. The Mingde Group’s frantic expansion might not be just about opening up the Han medical market.

Xu Chunliang and Wang Jiancheng got out of the car at the entrance of Jingfu Building. Looking up, the 66-story skyscraper stood like a giant before them, with a courtyard on top.

Wang Jiancheng and Xu Chunliang entered an observation elevator that ascended rapidly.

Xu Chunliang asked, "Do you have shares in the Mingde Group?"

Wang Jiancheng laughed, "Not yet, but my father is very optimistic about the Mingde Group’s development and is currently evaluating several of their projects."

Xu Chunliang inquired, "Do you know much about Han medicine?"

Wang Jiancheng shook his head. As a businessman, it seemed unnecessary to know too much. He only knew that the Mingde Group was the largest medical group on the Peninsula, primarily involved in medical aesthetics and traditional Han medicine.

Xu Chunliang said, "I heard that this Huang Youlong is of Chinese descent."

Wang Jiancheng replied, "He speaks Mandarin excellently."

The elevator took them directly to the top floor. Exiting the elevator, they walked along a luxurious corridor to a traditional-looking, antique door. Two beautiful women dressed in traditional Xian Clan attire bowed to them and opened the door.

Passing through the door, a blooming courtyard came into view, built in a style that reflected traditional South Korean architecture on the rooftop of the building.

They walked through the winding Nine-Curve Bridge. The pond below was crystal clear, with colorful koi swimming under the sunlight. The water was so clear that the fish seemed to be flying in the sky. The surface of the water reflected the white clouds in the sky. The fish would sometimes appear above the water, then hide among the clouds.

If not experienced firsthand, it was hard to believe this was built on the rooftop of a 66-story building.

Xu Chunliang remarked, "Isn’t this an illegal construction?"

Wang Jiancheng couldn’t help but laugh, "It’s not considered illegal. The renovation was approved."

Xu Chunliang sighed, "If it’s approved, it’s called renovation; if not, it’s illegal construction. So it all depends on connections."

Wang Jiancheng said, "The Mingde Group is very powerful. This building was formerly called Wangjing Building; they bought the entire building and renamed it Jingfu Building."

"I recall there’s a Jingfu Palace in Seoul?"

Wang Jiancheng nodded, "Yes, if you look closely, the architectural style here resembles a Little Jingfu Palace."

Xu Chunliang said, "The Capital City only has the Forbidden City; there shouldn’t be a place for a Little Jingfu Palace."