Immortal Realm’s Smuggling Kingpin - Chapter 41

Chapter 41: Give an Injection to Immortal Beast (Part 1)

Zhao Xihe, one of the nine masters of the Beast Cultivators’ Heaven Roll in the Immortal Realm. In the Immortal Realm, there existed rankings for Energy Cultivators, Martial Arts Cultivators, Spell Cultivators, Craftsmen, Alchemists, and Beast Cultivators.

For each of these different types of cultivators, there existed the Heaven, Earth, and Man rolls. All the Immortals listed in the rolls were powerful and influential people, the top talents of their generation and masters of their land. Each roll contains nine names. Over thousands of years, countless people had ascended to the Immortal Realm, and there were more than ten million Immortals in the Immortal Realm now. Among so many people, the power of the 162 people listed on the rolls could be imagined.

Zhao Xihe was one of the nine masters of the Beast Cultivator’s Heaven Roll; the depth of his power was unfathomable. Coupled with his profound background of the Zong Heng Sect—ranked sixth amongst the Eight Great Sects—backing him, there was practically almost nothing that Zhao Xihe couldn’t do. It was because of this that those Heaven Roll Alchemists didn’t beat Zhao Xihe out after seeing him come to their doorsteps with his Immortal Beast. However, the alchemists weren’t veterinarians; in their hearts, they were also not very willing to diagnose and treat, so they naturally didn’t try their best.

Not only did the Clearwater Kirin’s condition not improve after a few months of diagnosis and treatment, but it actually worsened.

After several treatments, Zhao Xihe also realized what was happening: The Heaven Roll Alchemists weren’t willing to treat such an animal because they thought it wasn’t befitting of their identity. However, they weren’t able to reject him directly, so they just dragged on the situation. Because of this, his beloved beast’s condition wasn’t able to be treated in time.

Realizing this, he instantly thought of a countermeasure—the Heaven Roll masters had the same status as him, so there wasn’t a need for them to suck up to him. Thus, they didn’t put in much effort into treating his Clearwater Kirin. However, it was different for the other rolls’ masters. Therefore, he brought his Immortal Beast with him and began to look for the Earth Roll’s and Man Roll’s masters.

Du Lengning’s uncle, Du Boan, was ranked second in the Alchemists’ Man Roll, barely ranking in the top 20 Alchemists. Therefore, he had a small reputation too. In addition, Du Boan was from Faraway Hall, which was definitely happy to receive aid from Cong Heng Sect. Therefore, Zhao Xihe brought the Clearwater Kirin to Mountain Ning Yao.

Stingy Old Du was flattered upon seeing Zhao Xihe’s arrival. While arranging a luxurious and comfortable residence for Zhao Xihe, he sent people to inform his elder brother, Du Boan, and even thought of his son’s friend—Luo Qian, the pharmacist.

Du Lengning dragged Luo Qian to Chuyun peak, the main peak of Mountain Ning Yao. Du Zhongping vacated ‘Water Peak’ of Chuyun Peak’s five floating dust peaks for Zhao Xihe to live in. He strictly ordered everyone not to enter Water Peak without permission and harass Zhao Xihe.

At the risk of being beaten and scolded by his father, Du Lengning brought Luo Qian to Water Peak. The Clearwater Kirin was huge—the size of a hill—but it currently looked very listless. It sickly squatted on Water Peak, completely motionless, not even opening its eyelids. A white-bearded old man walked around anxiously at the side; an aura emanated around him, instilling fear in others without doing anything.

Du Lengning’s uncle, Du Boan, was carefully inspecting the Clearwater Kirin. Du Zhongping was accompanying Zhao Xihe at the side.

“Brother Du, how is it?” Zhao Xihe was asking for help, so he was quite respectful towards Du Boan, calling him Brother Du.

Du Boan closed his eyes slightly and pondered for a long while before he said, “Mr. Zhao, the disease of this Clearwater Kirin is not a serious illness, but a serious condition. It vomits and suffers from diarrhea. It vomits whatever it eats. In this case, how am I supposed to make it consume medicine? As for this illness alone, it is nothing incurable. Even though I have no experience in curing Immortal Beasts, I still have a 70% chance of curing it. The question now is how to make it consume medicine.”

The Clearwater Kirin’s illness has been delayed repeatedly. By now, it was extremely sick and couldn’t eat anything at all.

“There’s the fumigation method, but the Clearwater Kirin has thick skin and thick flesh. Even normal Immortal Artifacts can’t pierce through it. I am afraid that the medicine may not penetrate through its skin, even if it is fully cooked through steaming.”

Zhao Xihe panicked and quickly said, “Brother Du, please save Bi’er no matter what. He is like a brother to me. If you have any needs, please speak up. As long as you can save Bi’er, I will definitely reward you heavily!” He just addressed Du Boan as brother and now he said that the beast was his brother too. He had unintentionally placed Du Boan and the beast together in the same status. However, knowing that Zhao Xihe was very anxious now, Du Boan didn’t fuss over this.

“Mr. Zhao, give me some time to think properly. We must cautiously proceed with this matter. The Clearwater Kirin’s condition is not optimistic. I am afraid that it can’t withstand a few more times of treatment.”

Zhao Xihe knew this too in his heart, and he nodded when he heard this. “I shall leave everything to you then, Brother Du.” As he said this, he bowed all the way to the ground.

Du Boan hurriedly helped him up and said, “Brother Zhao, no need to be so polite. To us healers, all our patients are like our children. Although it is a beast, it is also a living creature too. Don’t worry; I will do my best!”

Du Lengning and Luo Qian hid at one side. When Du Boan came out carrying his medical box, they quickly ran in front of him.

“Uncle, can I have a word with you?” Du Lengning pulled him to one side and introduced Luo Qian. “This is my friend, Luo Qian.”

Du Boan had heard Du Zhongping mention Luo Qian before. Hearing this, he nodded at Luo Qian with a smile. “Little Nephew Luo.”

Luo Qian hurriedly bowed and greeted him. Then, Luo Qian asked, “Uncle Du, do you really have a way to cure that Clearwater Kirin?”

Du Boan’s face turned solemn as he shook his head slightly before saying, “This isn’t an easy task. The disease isn’t complicated; I already have the medicine for it in mind. However, it will be difficult to use the medicine on the Clearwater Kirin. I have studied alchemy my whole life. When saving people, the problem is just determining the right medicine to use. However, I’ve never encountered a situation where I know what medicine to use, but can’t use it. What can I do about this?”

Luo Qian said, “Uncle, can’t you directly inject the medicine into its body?”

“Inject?” Du Boan was confused. Thus, Luo Qian had to educate him on western medical principles.

Du Boan frowned slightly and said, “If this is the case, it is not impossible for the medicine to circulate directly into the body without digestion. Yes, I only need to change some of the ingredients in the medicine and then refine it.” He looked at Luo Qian and said, “It’s just that the Clearwater Kirin has thick skin and thick flesh. How will it be possible to use a small needle to inject the medicine into it?”

Luo Qian smiled and said, “Well, don’t worry about this, Uncle. You just need to refine the medicine; I will ensure your success.”

He turned around to leave but suddenly turned around again. “Uncle, that Zhao Xihe is one of the nine masters of the Beast Cultivators’ Heaven Roll. The reward for curing his Immortal Beast isn’t low, right?”

“This…” Du Boan was embarrassed for a while. “I only care about treating illnesses and saving people; I haven’t considered these things much.”

Luo Qian was helpless. It seemed that he had to talk to Zhao Xihe himself regarding this matter.

Although he had the most powerful syringe in history, the current bullets couldn’t penetrate the Clearwater Kirin’s skin and flesh. For it to be effective on the Clearwater Kirin, he needed the bullet that Xiao Xiangzi talked about. The one which was a mixture of Exquisite Water and Burning Sky. Replace the bullet head with Du Boan’s pill, and it would become a medicine. A sniper rifle’s bullet was deadly to humans, but to such a behemoth—the Clearwater Kirin—it was as harmless to it as needles were to humans. It’s just that such a bullet was quite expensive. Luo Qian didn’t want to have to pay for it himself.

As one of the Beast Cultivators’ Heaven Roll’s nine masters, a person of his status wouldn’t be willing to owe me such a favor, right? Luo Qian thought about the legends where those legendary masters received some help and gave a divine artifact in return. The lucky person who was originally poor and down rose to success because of this, and finally achieved supremacy—this was how it was written in the novels.

Luo Qian fantasized about this as he headed to Silk Cliff. He took out the past two days’ profits—five Superior Immortal Jade—from his pocket and went to find Xiao Xiangzi.

Xiao Xiangzi was surprised when he heard that Luo Qian really wanted to make this kind of bullet. “Old Luo, if this kind of bullet is made, it is not certain whether it will have the expected effect. Are you really willing to spend so many Immortal Jades just for an experiment?”

Luo Qian was also in pain. Two hundred Superior Immortal Jade. Damn it; even I don’t have that much wealth right now.

He suddenly remembered that he still had a piece of the precious Purple Spirit Jade. It’s a very big piece; it should be possible to exchange it for two pieces of top-quality Immortal Jade, right?

Luo Qian took out that piece of Purple Spirit Jade and asked, “How much is this worth?”

Xiao Xiangzi’s expression changed, but after he took it and fiddled with it for a while, his expression became more and more serious. He carefully returned it to Luo Qian and smacked his lips. “Six hundred Superior Immortal Jades!”

Luo Qian was taken aback. Although he knew that the piece of Purple Spirit Jade jade was very precious, he didn’t expect it to be worth so much. He originally predicted that this piece of jade would be worth no more than 200 Superior Immortal Jades, but it was actually worth 600 pieces. Five game consoles for 600 pieces of Superior Immortal Jade; the profit was even higher than that of a massage chair!

“If it was just a piece of Purple Spirit Jade, it would be worth 250 Superior Immortal Jades at most. But if you look carefully…” Xiao Xiangzi pointed to the jade pendant’s thin lines that were as light as smoke and said, “There is a chained array formation in the jade pendant. Three layers of Divine Protection Array Formation. This formation is not something that can be carved by ordinary craftsmen; it was at least done by a craftsman of the Sixth-Order or above. You should know that Purple Spirit Jade’s most important effect is to greatly amplify the power of the Immortal Formation engraved in it. The defensive power of this formation is quite strong, and there are three interconnected layers of it. I am afraid that even an Eighth-Order Immortal also cannot destroy it in one blow. This is an Immortal Artifact that can save the life of the wearer!”

Xiao Xiangzi looked at Luo Qian in puzzlement and asked, “Where did you get such a valuable thing?”

Luo Qian said angrily, “What are you doing looking at me like this? Of course, I got this because my client used it as a mortgage. Did you think that I obtained it through stealing, tricking, or robbing others?”

To his shock, Xiao Xiangzi nodded in agreement and said, “With your character, I am not surprised at all that you will scam, snatch, rob, and swindle…”

Now that Xiao Xiangzi told him about this jade pendant’s benefits, Luo Qian was quite reluctant to sell it. Such a good thing should be used by himself for self-defense. He was already a Tribulation Immortal in the first place—weak in strength when compared to the other Immortals. With this thing, it was akin to having one more life.

“I advise you not to sell it.” Xiao Xiangzi said, “This thing is not easy to get.”

Luo Qian thought for a while, kept the jade, and asked, “Make ten bullets of the kind you mentioned. How much does it cost?”

Xiao Xiangzi said, “It actually only requires 250 Superior Immortal Jades. After all, two top-quality Immortal Jades grounded into a pile of jade powder should be enough to fill ten bullets.”

“That should be 200 Superior Immortal Jades, why is it 250?” Luo Qian asked in surprise.

Xiao Xiangzi rolled his eyes and said, “The costs for the cartridge case and the bullet head’s materials are also counted. Since the ammunition uses such good materials, the cartridge case and the bullet head naturally can’t be sloppily made. Otherwise, the power of the bullet will be affected. In addition… Do you think I am your worker, able to be ordered around as you wish? I charge money for the work required!” The last sentence was almost shouted.