Chapter 82

The sudden slam of the door left Xiao Sheng standing there, utterly perplexed. What was Chen Shuyuan trying to express with her behavior? Had he not informed her about his date? It shouldn't be a big deal, right? [Com Text].

With a myriad of doubts, Xiao Sheng, his legs slightly weary, walked leisurely towards his small abode. Chen Shuyuan, standing by the window, quietly watched Xiao Sheng's back as he entered his house. She herself didn't know who she was performing that act for, and she couldn't understand why she had revealed the 'heavenly secret,' merely because of the words Zhang Yi had said to her before leaving.

"If one day, you can truly control Xiao Sheng, your future achievements will not be less than mine." A puzzling statement, but it seemed to subtly hint at something in the universe.

Xiao Sheng, accustomed to washing his body with cold water, was cleaning the mud off his body at the water pool in the courtyard. With multiple bandages on his body, taking a shower was clearly not a good idea! Back in the room, he picked up the backup communication device and immediately contacted the scout hidden in the shadows. The attack tonight seemed like a minor incident, but it also exposed the shortcomings in Xiao Sheng's strategy. A single moment of carelessness had given the enemy an opportunity, nearly causing him harm. This was undoubtedly a wake-up call for Xiao Sheng!

With multiple fronts to fight on, and being in Hongcheng with no prior knowledge, Xiao Sheng and his team found it difficult to obtain useful intelligence in the first place. Building an intelligence network in the underground of Hongcheng was now an urgent matter!

After the incident, guided by the scout, AK, who was originally investigating the Mad Dog case, rushed to the scene to secretly gather solid evidence. These pieces of evidence were crucial for Xiao Sheng's comeback. A local gray-area boss could wreak havoc on him, and Xiao Sheng couldn't afford to lose face. If it weren't for the involvement in the Huaxin Pharmaceutical drug production, Xiao Sheng would have struck back with a thunderous blow. But now, with his multiple identities, he had to carefully 'manage' this line. He couldn't act too early until the mastermind revealed themselves!

"Three days. Tell AK that within three days, I need a detailed map of all the underground forces in Hongcheng, marking any group with more than ten members." Hearing the stern command from their class leader, the usually carefree scout put on a serious tone and replied:

"Yes."

Taking off his shirt, just as Xiao Sheng was about to soak his clothes for washing, Yan Ruxue's business card fell out. Bending down slowly, Xiao Sheng, with a cigarette in his mouth, leaned back in his chair and carefully examined the card with the neat calligraphy: "Shangyu Culture Co., Ltd., Director of Planning!" Since the term 'martial arts' had gradually faded from the public eye, many martial arts families had turned to business, which was no longer a rare occurrence. Even the Shaolin Temple in Yusheng Province had a semi-commercial nature, let alone the Yan family from Fujian Province, who had roots in Southern Shaolin? But what puzzled Xiao Sheng was how Yan Ruxue's younger sister could have contracted such a 'disease'?

Xiao Sheng, who had spent some time with his grandfather, Xiao Chengshan, as a child, held the old man's miraculous medical skills in the highest regard. If it weren't for his grandfather's insistence on a military career, Xiao Sheng would likely be a refined traditional Chinese medicine practitioner by now!

The Xiao family's medical skills were also passed down through generations. The childless Xiao Chengshan had passed his medical knowledge to his two daughters: one was Xiao Sheng's mother, Xiao Shan, once known as the 'Female Zhuge Liang,' a powerful and influential woman! The other was Xiao Man, a member of the Chinese Medicine Association Council! As a towering figure in the Chinese medicine community in Hunan Province and even nationwide, the name Xiao Chengshan represented the ability to bring the dead back to life! He was a pioneer in the development of modern Chinese medicine, known for his travels and charitable acts, earning him the nickname 'Xiao the Half-Immortal'!

Xiao Sheng, with his sharp mind and deep affection from the old man, had also received personal guidance from Xiao Chengshan. However, it was his aunt, Xiao Man, who had truly helped him excel. Xiao Man, who had always been single, had often tormented Xiao Sheng as a child, even using him as a guinea pig to test her formulas, a memory that still made Xiao Sheng shudder.

Once, due to his anger over a woman, Xiao Sheng had smashed the North Country Club, angering several influential young men in the capital. Grandfather Nalan had sent him to Hunan Province to lie low for a while. This wasn't out of fear, but to give an account to the elders behind those young men. At that time, with his medical skills still developing, Xiao Sheng's greatest hobby was to read his grandfather's notes and insights on traditional Chinese medicine. He vaguely remembered reading about a shocking disease called 'gu poison' in a travel journal from Yunnan Province.

Xiao Sheng, who had a great interest in gu poison, had once sought advice from his grandfather. His grandfather's response was vague, but from his wary eyes, it was clear that this disease was extremely difficult and even terrifying to treat! The more challenging it was, the more it piqued Xiao Sheng's curiosity. He delved into research and memorized the symptoms of hundreds of types of gu poison. Today, while examining Yan Ruxue's younger sister, he noticed that her symptoms matched those of a specific type of gu poison he had memorized: a pale yellow forehead, a pale face with no blood color, black and swollen lips, and red rashes behind the ears. If Xiao Sheng's guess was correct, the victim would experience excruciating pain periodically, especially during emotional fluctuations.

"Jin Chan Gu?" Xiao Sheng muttered to himself, sitting in his chair. Jin Chan Gu had been mentioned multiple times in Jin Yong's novels, but it was often described in a fantastical manner. The real Jin Chan Gu has two forms: the male form, which is yang and has a short incubation period, causing the victim to die from intense pain within three months; and the female form, which is yin and has a long incubation period, potentially tormenting the victim for life, making their life worse than death. Clearly, if Xiao Sheng's guess was correct, Yan Ruxue's younger sister had the yin form and had been suffering for quite some time.

The Yan family from Fujian Province had always been known for their good relations and never involved in any conflicts with martial arts circles. How could they have contracted such a gu poison, which is unsolvable from a modern medical perspective? The Miao people in Yunnan Province? Did they have a deep-seated grudge against the Yan family, leading to such a severe curse?

After pondering for a long time, Xiao Sheng, unable to come to a conclusion, pressed the business card under the table and refocused his thoughts. At the same time, in a high-end villa in Hongcheng, Yan Ruxue, anxious and worried, watched her younger sister, who was in agony, tossing and turning in bed. Several private doctors she had brought from Fujian Province were treating her.

"Uncle Wu, Xiao Xin's episodes are becoming more frequent. What should we do?" The elderly man standing beside Yan Ruxue, the CEO of Shangyu Culture Co., Ltd., Yan Zhengqi, had a look of endless worry and pain. He sighed and replied softly:

"We've been treating her for nearly ten years, and no one has been able to cure this gu poison. What can we do?"

Hearing her uncle's despondent response, the heartbroken Yan Ruxue suddenly remembered the surprised look in Xiao Sheng's eyes when he left tonight. Her woman's intuition told her that this skilled man had definitely noticed something.

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