Chapter 602: Mysterious Medicine [Divine Blood] (3k)
The sky slowly brightened. On the pale blue sea, dolphins, active demon fish, would occasionally leap above the water, emitting various low and long sounds. Everything looked peaceful and beautiful.
Many high school students were on the ship. Accustomed to waking up early, they arrived on deck as soon as it was light to admire the scenery they were seeing for the first time. The staff, under the guise of verifying identities, were taking photos of them one by one.
Su Jiu also took Xiao Yezi to the rooms next door early in the morning. While preparing Xiao Yezi’s breakfast milk, she probed each room from the outside.
She went through the entire floor of rooms, but without exception, they only contained white gas or gas with slight changes.
“Did my deduction go wrong? So many places, and not a single person with yellow external Qi?”
This made Su Jiu feel a sense of surprise. The yellow gas seemed to have vanished all of a sudden. She looked at Xiao Yezi, who looked equally confused and pouted foolishly at her.
“Click!”
Another student opened the door and cautiously bypassed Su Jiu, who was standing in the hallway. The students left in a hurry with their companions, and as they walked further, fragments of their conversation could still be heard:
“This weirdo has been lingering outside every room with a child since this morning.”
“Tsk, maybe they’re sick! Let’s hurry, there’s a photo shoot on deck.”
Soon after these students left, more people opened their doors one after another. They were all young students…
Su Jiu stood still and suddenly looked back at the retreating figures of the students, a flash of understanding in her eyes. She muttered to herself, “That’s right, this entire floor is for Dragon Country students. Although not all of them are from Huayang, they are all students…”
The ship had a total of five floors. The command center on the top floor and the very bottom were for the staff of Shendai Pharmaceutical Company and the sailors. She was currently on the third floor, in the middle section.
Therefore, it was highly probable that the second and fourth floors, which had not yet been investigated, were for the non-student travelers she had seen when boarding!
She suddenly turned her head and looked at Liu Pangzi and the other two in the corridor. She subconsciously took a sip of the milk she had prepared for Xiao Yezi, waved her hand, and called out, “You all come here! I need you to help me verify a hypothesis…”
…
“If my guess is correct, Dragon Country students will absolutely not turn into monsters; they will merely taste this enhancer! Not just these students, any Dragon Country person is safe!”
As the sea breeze lifted the hem of her white skirt, Su Jiu stood in a corner of the ship’s cabin, completely hidden in the shadows. Xiao Yezi rode on her head, looking around, seemingly trying to find the yellow external Qi her father had mentioned.
But just like before, there was no success.
Meanwhile, Su Jiu used her phone to have Youyou search for the ship’s trajectory, which was also to verify one of her hypotheses. Soon, the information from the phone arrived—
[Docked at the Kumal River in Thailand, it received a batch of local medicinal herbs according to the records. However, it is obvious that this ship is not a medicinal herb transport ship, and what was received is debatable.]
After receiving Youyou’s information, Su Jiu also breathed a sigh of relief. Her guess should be correct, and she might even be close to the answer.
Youyou’s messages did not stop, and she continued to send:
[In addition, I also checked the situation of the Kamishiro Family in recent years. It seems they have been dedicated to training talents for the local military, aiming to replace the ordinary Self-Defense Forces involved by the Eagle Country with the local military.]
[However, the results over the years have not been very good, causing the Kamishiro Family much frustration, and they retreated to the second line for a few years. According to records, they seem to have pursued some legends from the Edo period, with the specific purpose unknown.]
[They are now active again, vigorously establishing pharmaceutical companies, and it is very likely that they have achieved certain results.]
“Legends from the Edo period, [Kappa] should also be a byproduct of that. Are they trying to replace the ordinary Self-Defense Forces with this kind of thing?”
Looking at the text transmitted, Su Jiu’s eyes narrowed slightly, but she shook her head, amused by her own thoughts. “Although this kind of monster has the strength of a War General, it lacks corresponding rationality and absolutely cannot replace an army.”
Then what results have they researched? The legends of the Edo period probably involve more than just [Kappa].
“Beep beep!” The phone sent another message.
[Last night, the Kappa you asked me to investigate is actually not much different from what I found on Baidu. It is an extinct demon.]
“It seems that evenYouyou has difficulty obtaining small pieces of information from Cherry Blossom Country. As long as they deliberately conceal it, and one does not specifically investigate on-site, it is normal not to get an answer.”
With a sigh, Su Jiu directly searched for [Cherry Blossom Country Edo Period Legends] herself. The first thing that caught her eye was [Hyakki Yagyō], which had many differences from the Hyakki Yagyō in her previous life, and it wasn’t even the same version.
As expected, the actual information was mixed and chaotic, and no secrets could be obtained.
But she still recorded this alternative Hyakki Yagyō—
[The blood from humans killing each other dyed the earth red. Several lords of the demons awakened from their slumber. There were lords who pitied humans, and there were also top lords like Yamata no Orochi who killed.]
[Afterward, Yamata no Orochi wreaked havoc on the human world for tens of years. Several traveler-level powerhouses tried to encircle and suppress it, but they returned empty-handed when faced with its hard scales. Just as everyone was helpless, they encountered Susanoo, who was said to be instructed by “Amaterasu.” He stepped forward and slew the Yamata no Orochi…]
It was unknown how it was slain, as the text did not say. All they knew was that afterwards, a Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi was forged and had been passed down among the powerful Daimyo of that era.
“Sister Su Jiu, we’re done. Just as you said, on the fourth floor below, there are many Thai and Nanyue people living there.”
Just as Su Jiu was complaining about the unreliability of the Cherry Blossom Country legend, Xiao Guang’s voice called out from not far away. She ran over, bringing Liu Pangzi and the other two with her.
Su Jiu nodded, not feeling surprised by this. She then asked, “Did you sense anything strange about them, or perhaps anything they were trying to hide?”
“Hmm, apart from feeling that they were all very cautious, there was nothing strange…” Xiao Guang pondered for a moment, then shook her head and denied it.
“Nothing?”
Su Jiu blinked, not entirely satisfied with this result. Logically speaking, those people should have had various flaws.
“It’s not entirely nothing. I saw claw marks on the inner door of one room… It seems to be occupied by a Nanyue couple in their late eighties. The person who opened the door was a short old man. I don’t know, is this considered a clue?”
Liu Pangzi said uncertainly. Due to what happened last night, he knew some things about Su Jiu’s basic identity, so he worked harder.
“Good job. It must be them. The Nanyue government is busy dealing with the civil war and lacks people, so they are also quite aware.”
After receiving this answer, Su Jiu smiled and took out a bottle of fiery red potion from her ring. “A body-refining potion, consider it a reward for you.”
“Thank you, Sir.”
Slowly taking the potion, Liu Pangzi was still in a state of confusion. He had just seen Su Jiu wave her hand over her ring and conjure up the potion. What level of powerful person could do this?
“Just call me Senior Sister Su. Let’s go, I also want to see if there’s anything wrong with that person.”
Carrying Xiao Yezi on her back, Su Jiu led the way towards the lower floors. Her gaze swept over several pedestrians not far away who were reading newspapers. The reason she hadn’t gone there before was that she felt she might already be under surveillance.
If she acted rashly, the people from Shendai Pharmaceutical Company might make those with problems hide, or directly eliminate them.
“Senior Sister Su, I’ll lead the way…”
Liu Pangzi exchanged glances with the other two, and then as if waking up from a dream, they hurried after her.
Soon, led by Liu Pangzi, Su Jiu arrived outside the door of the problematic resident. It was a room at the end of the corridor.
Even before reaching the door, she smelled a whiff of rust.
“Daddy, it’s yellow wind!”
Xiao Yezi, sitting on Su Jiu’s arm, suddenly pointed inside with a child-like excited voice.
“It’s a fishy smell, the scent of blood…”
Upon hearing this, Su Jiu’s brows furrowed slightly. She didn’t rush to knock on the door but put on the white coat she had worn in Ers and hung her doctor’s badge.
This series of actions stunned the three of them. Especially when they saw that Su Jiu’s doctor’s badge was real, even Xiao Guang was full of confusion:
“Sister Su Jiu is still a veterinarian?”
After getting ready, Su Jiu raised her hand and gently knocked on the door. Using a pre-recorded translation, she asked in a gentle voice, “Is anyone inside? I’m a doctor from outside. I heard your wife is sick. May I come in and take a look?”
“No, I know you want to take her away.”
There was silence inside the door, and then an old Nanyue voice slowly sounded. Su Jiu was not impatient with the meaning from the translator, which further validated her guess.
“I am a Grand Priest from Dragon Country, not from Cherry Blossom Country. I hope you can believe me.”
After Su Jiu continued to speak through the translator, she used a fluent Dragon Country accent to persuade him again.
At this moment, the door inside “clicked” open. It was an old man, no taller than 1.5 meters, with similar facial features to Su Jiu. His eyes were very dark, as if he hadn’t slept for several nights.
“Are you a priest from Dragon Country? I remember the crew saying that Dragon Country only accepts students…”
The old man glanced at the doctor’s identification hanging on Su Jiu’s neck and asked in slightly awkward Dragon Country speech.
“Of course. Can you tell me about your wife’s condition?”
Su Jiu smiled gently to comfort him and then moved her body sideways, revealing an old woman with dishevelled hair sitting on a wooden chair. Her wrists were bound with shackles, and blood was seeping out slightly from them. The bloody smell came from here.
The old man glanced at the people behind Su Jiu and, seeing that they were indeed not from the pharmaceutical company, sighed and began to speak haltingly:
“Ever since she got that shot, she’s been in a state of mania. Only when she drinks the medicine they sold us does she calm down a bit. She can only communicate simply, as if she’s been cursed by the Thai people next door…”
“Believe in science, not in the supernatural.”
Su Jiu stopped his nonsensical talk with her hand, walked towards the woman, and asked at the same time, “Can you tell me what was in that so-called shot?”
The old man was stunned for a moment, looked around, and seeing no one around, slowly said, “It’s a potion that changes bloodlines. It can allow those with low bloodlines like us to break through to the War General level. Only those chosen have the opportunity to change their fate, and the name of the medicine is—[Divine Blood].”
