NABC Chapter 16 Gu Insects, Qingyuan Sect's Recruitment
Chapter 16 Gu Insects, Qingyuan Sect's Recruitment
In the room filled with the strong smell of medicine, the gaunt, black-haired middle-aged man growled repeatedly, his fierceness growing more and more obvious as he watched Lin Zhou approach.
Lin Zhou remained calm as he approached the black-haired patient, holding a curved knife.
After locking onto the strange, swirling scent around the opponent's neck, the short sword flashed out, accompanied by a sharp whooshing sound.
With the help of the enhanced sense of smell, Lin Zhou's strike was swift, accurate, and ruthless. He used his curved blade to pierce the strange creature swimming around the neck, and with a flick of his wrist, he found a blood-red worm the size of a little fingernail on the tip of the blade.
This insect looks like a pill bug, but it is much larger, and you can clearly see the sharp mouthparts at the front of this blood-red insect.
The legs that grow around the insect are all serrated and appear to be very sharp.
"This is!?"
When Peng Dashan saw Lin Zhou suddenly stab the patient, he instinctively wanted to stop him, but he forcibly restrained himself.
He knew that this Pharmacist Lin might have his own methods.
What Peng Dashan never expected was that the pharmacist Lin pulled a blood-red worm from the patient's neck. The strange patient, who was tied up, stopped struggling and the blood in his eyes began to fade slowly.
He lowered his head and stopped moving.
His breathing became extremely weak, and he looked like he was on the verge of death.
"Did it really work?"
When Peng Dashan saw the black-haired patient stop struggling, a look of wild joy immediately appeared in his eyes.
"Pharmacist Lin, how did you know this patient had these bloodworms?"
"What kind of bloodworm is this?"
Peng Dashan's eyes revealed admiration for Lin Zhou; this was truly an unexpected delight.
The intermediate pharmacists had studied the patient extensively, using various methods and examining the entire body, but they had never found any trace of bloodworms.
The strike Lin the Pharmacist made just now was swift, accurate, and ruthless; it was definitely the result of long-accumulated power, not a casual slash.
In the end, they did manage to pull the bloodworms out of the patient's neck.
"Reporting to the leader, my sense of smell has been exceptionally keen since childhood, allowing me to detect the strange odor emanating from these bloodworms. That's why I discovered the bloodworms lurking on the patient's neck."
"As for this strange insect, I am not knowledgeable enough to know anything about it."
Lin Zhou made up a story on the spot.
"No wonder!"
"With your talent, you're truly born to be a pharmacist."
"I don't know anything about this insect either. Perhaps only a high-level pharmacist would know a thing or two about its characteristics."
"Does this tiny bloodworm really have a strange smell?"
Peng Dashan looked quite curious and quickly moved closer. Looking at the blood worm with its head pierced through the tip of the knife, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes. He then took a deep breath and did not smell the strange smell that Lin Zhou had mentioned.
It can only be attributed to Pharmacist Lin's extraordinary talent.
"Pharmacist Lin, you have done a great service. You are hereby awarded 3,000 guild contribution points, which can be exchanged for anything in the guild's treasury."
"If there's anything I can do to help you with, I'll have to trouble you again."
Peng Dashan said in a polite tone.
A person as capable as Pharmacist Lin is almost certain to become a senior pharmacist in the future. With his superhuman sense of smell, he is many times more skilled than these senior intermediate pharmacists when it comes to identifying herbs.
How could ordinary people compare to a genius with such an inhuman sense of smell?
"Thank you, Boss!"
Lin Zhou clasped his hands in thanks, feeling overjoyed.
During this time, he also became clear about the contribution points within the gang, such as Master Liang, who was both a martial arts instructor at the academy and a skilled bone forging expert who went out to perform street patrol duties.
You only get twenty contribution points per month.
The Qi and Blood Soup that Lin Zhou drinks every day is exchanged for one contribution point within the guild, while the medicinal bath is worth three contribution points.
Lin Zhou's five days of cultivation would consume a month's worth of Liang Shi's resources.
And now, for this strange illness, the guild leader directly gave him three thousand contribution points, which is quite a lot!
Now that I've made progress to the mid-stage of Skin Refining, I can also achieve the Perfected Realm of the Myriad Crane Form Fist sooner.
Once you reach the Perfected state, you can progress to the late stage of Skin Refining.
If Wanhe cultivates the Crane Form Fist to its extreme and comprehends a trace of the fist's intent, he can become a master in the early stage of Bone Forging.
Within a gang, a Bone Forging Warrior is considered a mid-level member.
Master Liang had a very comfortable life as a boxing instructor at the academy, but he offended the young leader of the gang leader's faction, which led to this trouble.
"Master, I have another request!"
Lin Zhou placed the short knife on the table beside him and bowed with his hands clasped.
"Oh?"
"explain."
Peng Dashan was not displeased upon hearing this; this Pharmacist Lin was a rare talent.
If another intermediate-level pharmacist had bestowed three thousand contribution points upon him and then made any further requests, Peng Dashan would naturally have felt displeased.
"My teacher, Liang Jingchun, was previously..."
Then, Lin Zhou recounted what had happened with Liang Jingchun.
"This is easy to solve."
"I'll tell Song'er to stop targeting your teacher."
"With you, Pharmacist Lin, protecting him, your teacher will certainly have a good life in our gang."
After listening, Peng Dashan nodded and spoke.
After bowing and thanking him, Lin Zhou wanted to leave.
However, Peng Dashan kept Lin Zhou there until the deputy sect leader of Qingyuan Sect arrived.
Qingyuan Sect!
Lin Zhou had heard Liang Jingchun and his senior brother Wan Zonglin mention it before. It was a behemoth in their Taihu County, the Qingyuan Sect, one of the three factions and two schools, with several Qi Masters in charge.
The Medicine King Gang is also one of the forces affiliated with the Qingyuan Sect.
I waited a short while.
Then a slender middle-aged man, dressed in a blue robe and sporting a goatee, entered the room.
"Sect Leader Li!"
"Sect Leader Li!"
Upon seeing this, Peng Dashan, who was originally sitting on the wooden chair, hurriedly stood up and respectfully clasped his hands in a salute.
The other two elderly intermediate-level pharmacists in the side room were the same.
Lin Zhou also followed Peng Gangzhu's side, imitating him.
"Sect Master, is this the very thing that caused these disaster victims to develop such strange illnesses?"
"Is this some kind of Gu worm?"
Peng Dashan placed the bloodworms that Lin Zhou had previously killed into a box and handed it to Li Sui with both hands.
"Gu worms!?"
Li Sui frowned slightly.
Looking at the bloodworms in the box, and glancing up at the patient who had been placed on the bed next to him, he saw that the violent struggle had subsided and the patient had calmed down.
"How was this insect discovered?"
"And how did he die?"
Li Sui looked at the now quiet patient with a strange expression.
In just one day, the Medicine King's gang found a cure for this strange illness.
This is the first one in Taihu County!
"Reporting to the sect leader, this blood worm was killed by our sect's newly promoted Pharmacist Lin..."
Then, after bowing respectfully, Peng Dashan told Sect Leader Li everything that had happened.
"A young prodigy!"
"good."
"Would you be interested in joining our Qingyuan Sect?"
Upon hearing about Lin Zhou's extraordinary sense of smell, Li Sui was somewhat tempted. Such a gifted individual was extremely rare in their Qingyuan Sect. Recruiting him into the sect and having him become a high-level pharmacist would certainly strengthen his influence within the sect.