Chapter 19 019 Things Went Too Far

"Don't just stand there, let me see if I can remove the hair from your body."

Yue Ling froze, and her action of taking off her clothes also stopped.

The man chuckled softly, fanning himself with a folding fan. "What, you thought I sent you here to be a drug human?" He closed the fan and lifted the boy's chin. "Look at you, covered in hair. Even if you were a drug human, there wouldn't be any effect. Wouldn't I be at a loss?"

The man was speaking happily, but Yue Ling slapped his fan away with one hand, her youthful face still showing a hint of naivety as she looked at him.

"Stop talking nonsense," he said. "Just go in."

After saying that, he took off his clothes and jumped into the bathtub filled with medicinal herbs.

Man: "...Hey! Aren't you afraid I'm lying to you?"

Yue Ling lowered his eyes slightly, the medicinal herbs in the bathtub coming into view. Fear? He wasn't afraid of anything. Long ago, he had lost the feeling of fear.

Fear is the most useless thing.

Speaking requires two or more people speaking simultaneously; if only one person is speaking, it's called talking to oneself. Since Yue Ling wouldn't cooperate, the man had no choice but to shut up.

However, soaking in a medicinal bath takes a long time, and after a while, the man can't stand it anymore, so he starts rambling on and on about other topics.

“I know you.” He leaned against the wall next to the bathtub and said to the boy in the tub, “I heard that you were born covered in hair, that you killed your parents, and that you were kicked out of your home. I also heard that you are a loner, have no friends, no relatives, and no one you like. You’re so miserable.”

Yue Ling kept her eyes downcast and didn't say a word, looking like an emotionless corpse.

"But I'm curious, why were you willing to pay any price to save that boy?" The man didn't care about Yue Ling's attitude, and only said, "You know, before this, you had no idea about the effects of this barrel of medicine. What's your relationship with him?"

Under the man's persistent questioning, the boy finally gave a response. He raised his face, which was so damp from the mist that his hair clung to his skin, and said calmly, "None of your business."

man:"……"

So unlovable!

One hour later.

The man, with a sour face, plucked some hair from the boy's body, checked the effect, and said, "It works, but it's not enough. Next time I'll increase the dosage to remove all the hair on your body. It will probably take about a month."

Yue Ling didn't react at all, only asking if they could leave now, showing no concern whatsoever about whether the hair could be removed.

man:"……"

"Don't you care at all what you'd look like without your body hair?"

What could it be like?

Without his hair, he might look normal, but so what? Does losing his hair erase all the experiences he went through in the past?

With hair, he was a monster; without hair, he was still a monster.

He is no longer a normal person.

Yue Ling dressed and walked out of the room without any expression, under the man's astonished gaze. He walked across the veranda, through the garden, and over the small bridge, finally arriving at the courtyard where Yin Chu Jiu was. To his surprise, Yin Chu Jiu was nowhere to be seen. Thinking of something, Yue Ling turned around and ran back the way he came.

Yin Chu Jiu was shocked, utterly shocked. He stared at the man in front of him, dressed in purple robes, holding a folding fan, with a seductive and bewitching look, and fell into deep shock.

He was still wearing his pajamas, with only a thin outer garment over them.

Just now, when he woke up, he found that Yue Ling was not in the room. He immediately thought of what Yin Chu San had said about Yue Ling helping the doctor. Remembering the doctor's setting in this world, Yin Chu Jiu couldn't sleep. She quickly put on a coat and got up, searching for the person everywhere in the clinic.

During the day, since he hadn't gotten anything out of Yue Ling, he thought he would ask her what Yue Ling was doing after seeing the doctor. But unexpectedly, Yue Ling disappeared in the middle of the night.

He searched for a long time but couldn't find Yue Ling. Just when he was about to give up, he encountered a man in a purple robe strolling in the garden.

Based on his years of experience writing novels, Yin Chu Jiu judged that the person was definitely not a passerby or a minor character. In this clinic, the only person who could be taking a walk in the middle of the night was the doctor.

Without thinking, Yin Chu Jiu called out to the man. When the man stopped, Yin Chu Jiu walked towards him, but when he saw the man's face, he was immediately stunned.

After a long pause, he couldn't help but murmur, "May I ask, is your name Zi Zhuo?"

Zi Zhuo raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly, "Little brother, how did you know I was Zi Zhuo?"

Yin Chu Jiu: !!!

It really is Zizhuo!

That's impossible!

Impossible!

Zi Zhuo is a character who hasn't appeared yet, so why is he here?

Zi Zhuo: A character who appears later in "The Great Sage of Illusion". He is a powerful subordinate of the protagonist and is famous for his superb medical skills. He and Hei Dao Mo Ling are known as the protagonist's right and left hands.

Although he appeared late in the story, it does not mean that he already existed in this world long ago.

but!

In his setting, Zi Zhuo was not a resident of Yundu City at all. He was someone the protagonist met and took in in the east after he turned evil!

So why did Zizhuo appear at this time and place?

For a moment, Yin Chu Jiu even had the illusion that he might have misremembered, and that the world was not developing as he had written.

But the protagonist's childhood experiences, as well as the recent appearance of Gong Yunxi and the girl, clearly tell him that this world is still the world of the novel he wrote.

what is going on?

"Hey, little brother, I didn't tell you my name, how did you know?" Yin Chu Jiu was stunned, but Zi Zhuo spoke up, "Could it be that Yue Ling told you? Did he tell you about the drug trial too?"

Wait, a drug trial?

Upon hearing this word, Yin Chu Jiu immediately snapped out of his shock. Yes, although it was strange that Zi Zhuo was here, what he needed to figure out right now was what kind of experiment Zi Zhuo had Yue Ling do.

Before he could even ask, Zi Zhuo continued, "That young man was willing to pay any price for you. The price was helping me test the medicine. He told me not to tell you about this, but I think he's been so good to you, you should know."

Yin Chu Jiu was stunned again. Was he saved because Yue Ling was willing to pay any price?

Sure enough, his guess was correct.

Then he became even more anxious.

In his character design, Zi Zhuo is a ruthless person who will stop at nothing to improve his medical skills. He once had people volunteer to test his drugs on him, and in the end, everyone became neither human nor ghost, unable to live or die. Although he later followed the protagonist and his aspirations changed—after learning about the protagonist's childhood experiences, he began researching hair removal techniques to pursue beauty—he changed his mind.

But at this moment, Zi Zhuo is that perverted ghost doctor...

Moreover, once someone becomes his drug user, unless he voluntarily releases that person, they will have to help him test drugs in the future.

Zi Zhuo continued recounting Yue Ling's drug trial process, but he was interrupted by the boy who was only wearing a single layer of clothing.

"Let me do it."

What?

"Let me try the medicine."

Since he can't leave Zizhuo, then let him take Yueling's place. It was his injury that caused this situation, so let him pay the price himself.

"You're here to test the medicine?" Zi Zhu blinked and asked softly.

Yin Chu Jiu nodded, "Yes, it's me. You let Yue Ling go, let me do it." Afraid that Zi Zhuo wouldn't agree, he started to promote himself: "I can cultivate, my body is better than Yue Ling's, I'm healthier, I can withstand more damage, and I'm more suitable to be your medicine man. Yue Ling's body is weak, he's not suitable, I'm suitable."

"Oh?" Zi Zhuo looked the boy in front of him with great interest. After a long while, he smiled and said, "Alright, come with me."

These two boys are so much fun; they're both willing to do anything for each other. This one's easier to talk to than the previous one. Yue Ling didn't want to reveal his relationship with this boy, so he'll test him.

Otherwise... by the time you realize that the other person is very important to you, but they are no longer there, it will be too late.

He led the boy inside, filled another pot with the medicinal soup, and had the boy take off his clothes and go inside. Then he went out and sat in the pavilion in the garden, waiting for the boy in a rather leisurely manner.

The person he was waiting for arrived shortly afterward.

The boy ran very fast, his clothes almost soaked with sweat. He ran over and immediately asked if he had seen the little boy from earlier. Zi Zhuo, wanting to test him, naturally told him.

"That little boy volunteered to be my medicine man, so I gave him another bucket of medicinal soup. Don't worry, the effect will definitely be different from yours. Sigh, it's been a long time since I've tortured anyone. That little boy said he's in good health, so I'm relieved."

"Since he means nothing to you, you probably don't care, right?"

The lights in the room behind him were still on, confirming the truthfulness of his words.

Yue Ling was stunned, then shocked, then silent, and finally burst into uncontrollable anger.

Why look for Yin Chu Jiu? Why use him as a drug donor? Isn't he enough?

Why hurt the only thing he has left!

A surge of intense anger welled up within him, erupting from the depths of his being to the surface of his body. His eyes began to bloodshot, and his hands trembled slightly involuntarily. He felt as if he were in a furnace, his entire body radiating intense heat.

Yue Ling thought it was all an illusion, but in fact he really had a fever, his skin was red, his body was hot, and his eyes were bloodshot, as if he had lost his mind.

More importantly, power was continuously emanating from his body, as if some kind of constraint that sealed his power had cracked, and that power slowly accumulated, eventually transforming from a small force into a mighty one.

Zi Zhuo was stunned. Before he could react, Yue Ling rushed towards him. Before Yue Ling could reach him, he was knocked away by the force emanating from her and crashed into the wall of the house before coming to a stop.

Zizhuo: Oh no, we've gone too far.

Seeing Yue Ling about to rush over, he quickly shouted, "Stop hitting her! It's whitening soup! Whitening soup, not some dangerous medicinal soup!"

Seemingly having understood Zi Zhuo's words, Yue Ling stopped.

In that instant, the aura emanating from him ceased to be terrifying, as if he had sensed the absence of danger and begun to recede. When his aura became imperceptible, Yue Ling, who had lost consciousness, returned to normal.

But he seemed unaware of the previous changes. He stared at the unconscious Zi Zhuo not far away with a sullen face, a hint of doubt appearing in his eyes.

However, he didn't hesitate for long before rushing into the house.

Author's Note:

Yue Ling (angrily): Why did you hurt what he only had!

Zizhuo (who went too far): It's a skin-whitening soup!!

Yin Chu Jiu (⊙⊙): Whitening soup? Am I, a grown man, supposed to have skin as smooth as porcelain?!

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