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Chapter 35: Angong Niuhuang

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“Do you recognize this?”

After assuring Lin Zhengping, Xia Xu casually picked up a small box and raised it in front of Qian Chenghe’s nose. He said calmly, “I think you would find it familiar, and you must have eaten a lot of these, right?”

“What are you trying to say?”

Qian Chenghe was in a daze the moment he saw something drop out of the Buddha statue, but it didn’t seem to be the heartache or regret of letting someone else pick up a bargain. Instead, his eyes were blank.

After Xia Xu handed the box to him, he focused his eyes again and staggered half a step back.

“Angong Niuhuang Pill. I remember it is also called the Soul Returning Pill, right? Unfortunately, the human soul had returned, but he couldn’t bring back the human heart.”

Xia Xu’s voice was surprisingly calm, so calm that it was a little cold.

These small boxes contained the things that Zhang Jianmin should have picked up in the plot of «Person About to Die». They were the original Angong Niuhuang Pills produced twenty to thirty years ago, they were very special ‘antiques’, and also a kind of medicine.

Because Traditional Chinese medicine was difficult to verify and learn in modern society, it had become unconventional. It was either called a scam by fellow countrymen or was overhyped.

The former meant traditional medicine was completely belittled. The latter regarded traditional medicine as an omnipotent immortal secret technique and used all kinds of brainless and unreasonable methods to seek out traditional medicine. Neither was desirable.

But it was undeniable that the thousands of years of Chinese culture did contain countless treasures and wonders. For example, the Yunnan White Drug that many people were familiar with, this was a top-secret Chinese medicine formula that was permanently kept secret by the government!

The Angong Niuhuang was only slightly inferior to the Yunnan White Drug. It was a top secret formula of the country, and it was also known as the Soul Returning Pill. It had the ability to treat all kinds of warm illnesses, stroke coma, meningitis, cerebral hemorrhage, and so on. It could save lives even for cases suffering from severe illnesses.

(Author’s Note: Please do not take any drugs recklessly. The author does not know much about medicine. Just stating in advance that I am not responsible.)

However, one of the medicinal materials in the Angong Niuhuang Pill was a rhinoceros horn. Now, because it was forbidden to use it, it could only be changed to concentrated powder from the water buffalo horn. The other medicinal materials such as the bezoar and musk pod were also changed to artificial materials, so the medicinal effect was much weaker than before.

What fell out of the Guanyin Buddha statue was the Angong Niuhuang Pills that were produced more than twenty years ago. It was made of the original raw materials, and each pill cost at least tens of thousands yuan.

Although in theory, it should have passed the shelf life, with the wax seal and various preservation measures, these Angong Niuhuang Pills should still be usable.

At the very least, Xia Xu saw in the plot summary of «Person About to Die» that Lin Zhengping had saved his wife with the Angong Niuhuang Pills in the Buddha statue.

But it was also the pills that fell out of the Guanyin statue that led to a sealed past covered in dust.

“What are you trying to say?”

When Qian Chenghe heard Xia Xu’s words, he was surprised.

He staggered a step back, and Xia Xu quickly took a step forward with a smile on his face. “What, you don’t recognize it? This is the treasure you’ve been looking for, the treasure your father left you.”

“Impossible!”

Qian Chenghe instinctively refuted, then he suddenly reacted and said, “You… What nonsense are you talking about! What about my father? I’m already so old, my father has been dead for decades.”

“You are already so old? Then why did I hear you say that you can still live for decades? Are you perhaps a man blessed by longevity?”

Xia Xu’s smile faded, and his voice and eyes gradually turned cold. “Okay, since you don’t remember, right? Then I’ll help you remember.”

“You have been weak and sick ever since you were a child, and you would fall into a coma from time to time. The countless times you survived were all because of your father sacrificing everything to buy these Angong Niuhuang Pills.”

“As you grew up, your health gradually improved, but unfortunately, you don’t learn to be a decent person. You felt that your family was too poor and embarrassing, so you went outside to cheat others at an early age.”

“The only time you were filial was when you made a lot of money and bought this Buddha statue for your father when you went home…”

Xia Xu’s words were calm, but for Qian Chenghe, it was like a nightmare.

“Shut up!”

Qian Chenghe’s face and neck turned red when he heard Xia Xu’s words. He quickly interrupted Xia Xu.

But Xia Xu was unmoved. He continued to speak calmly, “Your father was overjoyed. He was overjoyed for a long time. He said to everyone that his son was sensible and filial to him, that he could also earn money.”

“Unfortunately, he doesn’t know that the money his son earned was earned by abducting a fool from a neighboring village and selling him to a black brick kiln. He used this money to buy… Oh no, in your words, invite the Bodhisattva. However, a Bodhisattva invited using this kind of dirty money would not be efficacious.”

“Enough!”

Qian Chenghe was struck where he hurted most and exposed for his crimes. He rushed forward in panic and anger to attack Xia Xu, but he was kicked in the chest by Yang Bowen.

Although Yang Bowen did not have any combat talent, he was still a cargo driver who pulled and unloaded goods all day long. He had a strong body and enough brute force. In addition, he was furious when he heard this, so he easily kicked Qian Chenghe to the ground.

Qian Chenghe covered his abdomen with a painful expression and bowed his body like a cooked lobster. However, Xia Xu’s demonic voice continued to ring beside his ears.

“Since you don’t want to hear this, let’s skip it and talk about the rest.”

Afterwards, you often heard your father say that he left a treasure for you, and that he would pass it to you after he died. Every time you heard this, you would be very happy, and you would become more filial and come home more often.

Unfortunately, good times did not last long. One time, when you couldn’t repay your gambling debts, you thought of the treasure your father mentioned. You rushed home overnight to ask for it, but you were refused.

“Your father said that there was no treasure, but you didn’t believe him. You even flew into a rage out of humiliation, thinking that your father is not giving it to you because he wants you to serve him obediently, so you might as well go all out…”

Xia Xu paused for a moment, then said vividly, “I guess you must have acted like this back then. No? You are not giving it to me? You’ll pass it to me after you die, right? Then why don’t you just die…”

“Stop… stop talking.”

Qian Chenghe’s face was hideous from the pain. Veins popped out on his neck, but he still forced out a few words.

Obviously, compared to the physical pain, Xia Xu’s calm explanation stimulated his nerves.

“In the end, you still didn’t find the treasure your father left for you, right?”

Xia Xu’s eyes were indifferent and cold, but he had a smile on his face. He handed a box of Angong Niuhuang Pill to him. “This is the treasure your father left for you. Your father hid them in the Guanyin statue and prayed day and night, hoping to receive a blessing from the Bodhisattva besides the pills’ medicinal effect!”

“By then, the formulas of these Angong Niuhuang Pills had already changed. Thus, he stored these pills aside, hoping that these pills could be used to save his precious son’s life in the future.”

“Enough! Please… enough…”

Qian Chenghe whimpered in pain and madness. “Impossible, it can’t be like this… It shouldn’t be like this… He clearly didn’t care about my life…”

The whimpering eventually turned into sobs, which gradually evolved into heart-wrenching wails.

“I thought you were a ruthless person, how are you crying now?”

Xia Xu’s expression paused, and he suddenly became a little dispirited. He used his foot to sweep together the Guanyin statue fragments on the ground.. “Do you want to consider buying these fragments back? Why don’t I sell them back to you at forty thousand, wait no, how about four hundred thousand!”