Chapter 249: Chapter 249: To Borrow a Knife to Kill Someone_1
In order not to be so obvious, Pei Yuanbing offered a hypocritical warning, "Immortal Zhen, you should know that the Yin Yang Pond is a forbidden area, right?
Taking Qin Feng into the Suolong Cave and visiting the Yin Yang Pond will enrage the Black Dragon. You don’t need me to remind you of the consequences of angering the Black Dragon, do you?"
"If we don’t get rid of Qin Feng, both of us will die. Rather than sitting around waiting for death, we might as well take a gamble. What if we win the bet?"
"Please wait a moment, Immortal Zhen."
After saying this, Pei Yuanbing went into the inner room.
He found the topographic map of the Suolong Cave from a safe and took out paper and pen to draw a map by hand.
Following this hand-drawn map, one could successfully reach the Yin Yang Pond. However, every place passed along this path was taboo to the Black Dragon.
Pei Yuanbing was digging a trap for Zhen Haoren, absolutely intending to bury him alive!
Some ten minutes later, Pei Yuanbing came out, holding the map he had drawn.
"My apologies for keeping you waiting, Immortal Zhen."
This sudden courtesy made Zhen Haoren’s heart instantly become more alert.
He could, of course, guess that Pei Yuanbing was setting a trap for him, but what kind of trap specifically, that he would have to wait and see.
Pei Yuanbing handed the map to Zhen Haoren, saying, "Immortal Zhen, this is the path leading to the Yin Yang Pond."
Zhen Haoren took one look at the hand-drawn map and immediately realized that Pei Yuanbing was trying to lead him into a trap.
Nevertheless, Zhen Haoren still accepted it.
This map, he had prepared it for Qin Feng.
"Good!"
After tucking the map into his pocket, Zhen Haoren left the Pei Family Courtyard and went to the chicken farm on the mid-mountain slope.
When he arrived, Luo Qiujue was feeding the chickens.
Seeing Zhen Haoren suddenly appear, Luo Qiujue was stunned, staring at him in confusion, asking, "Immortal Zhen, do you need something from me?"
"I’m preparing to leave Anlong Town and wander elsewhere. I thought of your son’s illness, which hasn’t been cured yet, so I came back to treat him one more time."
This statement made Luo Qiujue somewhat suspicious.
Because, since the last time Qin Feng had visited, she had begun to doubt that Chen Youqiang becoming an idiot was Zhen Haoren’s doing.
Now Zhen Haoren had come uninvited and even claimed he wanted to treat her son?
This made her feel somewhat unreliable, always feeling that Zhen Haoren was setting a new trap for her.
However, Luo Qiujue didn’t show her suspicions and instead expressed her thanks, "Then thank you, Immortal Zhen."
After that, Luo Qiujue called Chen Youqiang over, wanting to see what trick Zhen Haoren was going to play?
Zhen Haoren took Chen Youqiang’s pulse and then prescribed a formula, which he handed over to Luo Qiujue.
"Take the medicine according to this prescription, and in at most half a year, your son’s intelligence will be mostly restored. However, for the prescription to take effect, you need to use water taken from the Yin Yang Pond."
Luo Qiujue asked, "Where is the Yin Yang Pond?"
"It’s up the mountains behind the Pei Family Courtyard. You’ve been inside that mountain cave called Suolong Cave. Inside the Suolong Cave, there is the Yin Yang Pond."
Zhen Haoren handed the map to Luo Qiujue, saying, "This is the path to the Yin Yang Pond, and there will certainly be dangers along the way.
Despite the numerous perils, whether you can successfully obtain the water from the Yin Yang Pond is the key to curing your son."
After leaving the prescription and the map, Zhen Haoren walked away.
He believed Luo Qiujue would definitely show the prescription and the map to Qin Feng.
And he was sure that Qin Feng would be able to understand it. After understanding, Qin Feng would certainly follow this map to venture into the Yin Yang Pond.
True to his expectations, no sooner had Zhen Haoren left than Luo Qiujue, carrying the prescription and the map along with an old hen, headed towards the Qiuniu Gold Mine.
In the empty space in front of the dormitory building, Qin Feng was holding a medicine jar, boiling a concoction.
Seeing Luo Qiujue arrive, he was quite surprised.
"Elder Luo, do you need something?" Qin Feng asked.
"Just now, Immortal Zhen came to see me. He took Chen Youqiang’s pulse and prescribed a prescription. He also said, this prescription needs water from the Yin Yang Pond in Suolong Cave to be effective."
Luo Qiujue handed the prescription and a map to Qin Feng, adding, "Immortal Zhen also gave me a map. He said if you follow the map, you can reach the Yin Yang Pond."
Qin Feng looked at the prescription. It was just a common tonic formula, harmless. For Chen Youqiang’s condition, it was completely useless.
The map was hand-drawn and looked quite fresh, as if it had been made recently.
It was a partial map. Even though it didn’t show everything, Qin Feng could tell that following the route marked on the map would be extremely dangerous.
"I can cure your son’s illness. I indeed need to enter Suolong Cave and visit the Yin Yang Pond. However, you don’t need to go. I’ll handle it."
"Thank you, Divine Doctor Qin, then. Take this old hen and make some soup. It’s very nutritious."
After leaving the old hen behind, Luo Qiujue left.
At that moment, Xue Xiaochan came over.
She had been inside the house and didn’t know what Luo Qiujue had talked to Qin Feng about.
So, she curiously asked, "What did Luo Qiujue want from you?"
"She heard you were pregnant, so she brought an old hen over to nourish your body."
"Scram! You’re not serious at all! If I’m pregnant, whose child would it be?"
"Whose would you want it to be?"
"Certainly not yours."
Qin Feng: ...
Xue Xiaochan saw Qin Feng holding two pieces of paper and snatched them away.
After glancing at them, she asked, "This is a prescription, and this is a map. Did Luo Qiujue bring them?"
"They’re from Zhen Haoren. He’s trying to set a trap for me."
"A trap? What kind of trap?"
"Zhen Haoren wants to use Luo Qiujue to lure me into Suolong Cave, to have the Black Dragon finish me off."
Qin Feng pointed to the prescription and then to the map, adding, "The writing on this prescription and on this map are completely different; they come from two different people.
The prescription must have been written by Zhen Haoren, and the map, if I’m not wrong, should be from Pei Yuanbing.
This means that Zhen Haoren and the Pei Family have joined forces. They want to eliminate me, the outsider!"
"What are you going to do now?" Xue Xiaochan asked.
"What else can I do? I’ll counter their scheme, visit Suolong Cave, check out the Yin Yang Pond, and have a meeting with that Black Dragon."
"Do you think you can defeat the Black Dragon?"
"Whether I can or not, I’ll only know after I fight it!"
"What if you can’t?"
"Then I’ll get bitten to death by the Black Dragon."
"You’re not allowed to die!"
"If I die, wouldn’t it be convenient for you to remarry?"
"Remarry my ass! If you dare to die, I’ll definitely crush your bones and scatter your ashes."
"Is that so cruel?"
"Making me live as a widow? Crushing your bones and scattering your ashes would be getting off easy."
"You could consider keeping my body, you know! It might be a bit cold, but when the need arises, you could still make use of it!"
"Scram! I want someone alive."
