Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

Metropolis is full of treasures, but the Nile Doctor had been lying low for so long that he never had the chance to prove it.

"How much more change can you bring, young delivery driver?"

He looked at Liu Zheng, his gaze complex and unreadable.

"I'm full. You can let Niu Daji try the medicine later."

Liu Zheng immediately became alert.

"There's no need to test the medicine. I can tell its effects just by tasting it. This medicinal feces is a unique skill of mine. I usually don't even use it when treating patients. You're just blind to the value of a good heart."

"Dr. Nile said irritably."

"That's like a dog biting Lü Dongbin, not recognizing a kind heart. Besides, you speak so well, why didn't you eat more when you were cutting hemorrhoids in the sewer last time?"

He rolled his eyes.

"Feces are feces, and medicine-treated feces are medicine. How can they be the same?"

"That's what the Nile doctor said with conviction."

"hehe."

Liu Zheng was too lazy to criticize his double standards.

"Hey? Mr. Liu, could you please stop the car?"

Bai San looked at the surrounding terrain and exclaimed in surprise.

"Okay. Fourth brother, stop the car."

Liu Zheng gave the order.

"Okay, Mr. Liu."

The fourth brother immediately slammed on the brakes.

Bai San took out a roll of tanned hedgehog skin from the medicine box and spread it out.

There was nothing on the slightly yellowish-white skin, yet he stared intently at it.

"Mr. Liu, may I have a word with you in private?"

After watching for a while, he put away the hedgehog skin and asked.

"what happened?"

"The law should not be passed on to six ears."

Bai San shook his head slightly.

"Alright. You guys stay put, I'll be right back."

Liu Zheng gave the instructions.

"Yes."

Everyone obeyed the order.

After getting out of the car, Bai San led Liu Zheng to a place more than a hundred meters away from the bomb disposal vehicle before stopping.

That wasn't all; he took out paper and pen from the medicine box, apparently feeling that talking wasn't safe enough.

"Mr. Liu, are you interested in the Wan Nian Han Yu Quan (Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade Spring)?"

Bai San wrote on the paper and then handed the paper and pen to Liu Zheng.

"The Eternal Jade Spring? What's that for?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"It is a great tonic for cultivators who practice the Yin-cold method. If it is combined with hot medicinal materials and refined into pills over a low flame, ordinary people can also take it to strengthen their bodies and prolong their lives."

"Moreover, it is said that the Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade Spring is also a top-grade material for refining weapons. However, since none of the five families outside the pass are skilled in weapon refining, we have only heard about it and have never tried it."

Bai San said.

"That place must be very secluded, right?"

“That’s right. The Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade Spring is located in a cultivator’s cave. That cultivator set up an array to shield it from external perception. My Bai family’s ancestor went mad after accidentally eating poisonous fungus and dug holes randomly, which is how he discovered this cave.”

Bai San replied.

"If that works, then did the trend of eating poisonous mushrooms start up around you later?"

"That's true, nothing can be hidden from you, Mr. Liu."

Bai San said admiringly.

"Heh. There's nothing new under the sun."

In reality, there are plenty of people who deliberately eat undercooked mushrooms just to encounter bad people, let alone now that there's actually a profit to be made.

“The production of that Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade Spring is extremely unstable. Sometimes we can accumulate a bottle in a month, and sometimes we can’t accumulate a bowl in several years. So as long as the warning measures left there are not triggered, we will only send someone to take a look occasionally.”

"I remember sending someone to check last half a year ago. At that time, only half a bowl of cold spring water had been collected from the spring, and it had all been taken away."

"Since we happen to be nearby, it can be said that Mr. Liu has a connection with this Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade Spring. I will go and check the spring now. If there is any accumulated spring water, I will decide to sell some to you at cost price."

Bai San said solicitously.

Having witnessed Liu Zheng's connections, Bai San's confidence in his ability to rescue Bai Tianshi increased, and he naturally decided to increase his investment.

"That's a good feeling."

Liu Zheng naturally wouldn't refuse.

Since the money earned from this dungeon can't be used in the next dungeon anyway, it would be better to exchange it for extraordinary items.

"But let me make this clear from the start: the location of this Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade Spring is a closely guarded secret of my Bai family. Mr. Liu, you must not secretly follow me or reveal it to anyone. Otherwise, my Bai family will fight you to the death."

Bai San said seriously.

"Don't worry, Brother Bai. To put it bluntly, I know too many treasures. Even if you asked me to pick them up, I wouldn't have time to do so."

He said it with great arrogance.

Of course, that's the truth.

There's a perfect-quality prop lying in the trash can at the entrance of the Green Garden Crazy City residential area, but Liu Zheng didn't take it, not wanting to cause any unnecessary trouble.

What good is a treasure like the Eternal Cold Jade Spring, which is designed for long-term benefits, to a player who won't stay for more than a few days and will just run away?

Of course, it's not completely unavailable; it can be exchanged.

But he certainly wouldn't do something as foolish as befriending one family and offending two.

"Mr. Liu is so impressive. I'll be right back."

Bai San made a hand seal, and a wisp of white smoke rose from the ground. After the smoke dissipated, he disappeared without a trace, leaving only a patch of freshly turned soil on the ground.

Now that Bai San had left, Liu Zheng returned to his car, and everyone tactfully refrained from asking any further questions.

After being pricked with the medicine stick for so long, Niu Daji finally wasn't so bloated anymore, so he simply got out of the car to exercise and digest his food, and also to show off his muscles to the newcomer.

After Niu Daji did more than a dozen sets of pull-ups using a tree (because he couldn't do push-ups, squats, burpees, etc.), the panda who was lying down eating bamboo suddenly stopped eating and stood up.

"what happened?"

Liu Zheng noticed its unusual behavior.

"It looks like a really strong guy is coming."

The panda twitched its ears and said.

“Mr. Human, someone is burrowing underground.”

At this moment, Shi Tiantian also closed her eyes and spoke.

The one who burrowed underground was probably Bai San, but he certainly wasn't a very strong guy, so the panda must be referring to someone else.

"Were they robbed on their way to fetch the cold spring water?"

Liu Zheng was puzzled, but that didn't stop him from immediately issuing the order.

"Prepare to engage the enemy and provide cover for Bai San!"

"Yes!"

Niu Daji was the first to respond, summoning his armored steel fork and standing in front of Liu Zheng.

Fortunately, its ancestral armor can change with its body size, otherwise it would have had to fight bare-chested.

I wonder if the armor's defensive capabilities will be weakened by expanding its area so much.

The Nile doctor then stood to Liu Zheng's left.

The panda pursed its lips, but still returned to its original size and stood next to Liu Zheng.

As for Shi Tiantian, it hesitated for a moment but still didn't move.

The Stone Spirit clan has been able to occupy the Hundred Thousand Mountains for countless years, watching the changing of the royal flag with amusement, firstly because of their formidable strength, and secondly because they have always maintained neutrality.

If they show any excessive bias, not to mention the barbarians and the demon king, even the city hall might not be happy.

If things go wrong later, stepping in to protect Liu Zheng is the best I can do.

"Mr. Liu, help me!"

A moment later, Bai San, now transformed into a giant hedgehog, emerged from the ground and sprinted toward Liu Zheng.

"No one can save you today!"

With a boastful roar, a large horse emerged from the woods.

It was pure white, with pale purple ice armor covering its face, feet, and tail, and a row of icy spikes on its head, making it look magnificent.

But its pale eyes added a touch of ferocity and terror.

Xue Ma acted decisively. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his head, and the ice spikes on his head shot towards Bai San like machine guns.

"Doctor, Abao!"

Liu Zheng immediately shouted.

Both he and Niu Daji lacked the means to launch long-range attacks, so they could only pin their hopes on Doctor Nile and the panda.

And the Nile doctor did not disappoint him, taking action before he even had to shout.

With the bow drawn to its fullest extent, a tangible arrow of light shot out, striking the first ice arrow that had caught up with Bai San.

When the two arrows collided, the light arrow was actually shattered into tiny specks of light.

Fortunately, the ice arrow was momentarily halted, allowing Bai San to dodge in a sorry state.

"What a powerful horse!"

The Nile doctor gasped, but was actually delighted rather than alarmed.

Because he sensed the pure natural power and a trace of divinity emanating from the other party.

The sun god Ra has seven animal forms: eagle, snake, sheep, horse, cow, crocodile, and scarab beetle.

These seven animal images symbolize both one of His powers and are manifested as the seven attendants of His presence.

In that epic war of the gods, all seven of Ra's subordinate gods perished, with only a trace of their divinity returning to Ra's original form.

But the sun god Ra himself was half-dead, and had no extra power to nurture these divinities.

Without the seven attendants, the divine power of the sun god Ra could not form a small cycle, thus failing to recover quickly and becoming a vicious cycle.

Therefore, He needed to find divine beasts capable of bearing these divine attributes and to re-nurture the seven subordinate gods.

This is naturally not as good as differentiating itself, but He had no other choice.

The Winged Dragon of Ra is one of the seven divine beings, corresponding to the eagle among the seven animal forms.

Now, the Nile doctor has his eye on this snow horse and wants to turn it into a shooting star horse.

"Don't use any lethal moves, I want to capture it alive!"

"The Nile doctor said loudly."

Without hesitation, he rubbed his palm across the three gemstones. His dried but still hot blood was absorbed by the gemstones, radiating a dazzling light.

Three phantom images simultaneously entered the Nile Doctor's body, granting him the strength and defense of a scarab beetle, the explosive power and venom of a scorpion, and the speed and flight ability of a dragonfly.

"Alright, everyone, do not kill this horse as long as you can protect yourself, but if it is absolutely necessary in a critical situation, then kill it."