Chapter 32 The Mysterious Old Man
The group of people took a two-and-a-half-hour flight to the central city, because Zhu Zibin had already booked a hotel for the five of them in advance, and Qiu Xiangjing also checked into the same hotel.
After the five people put away their luggage, Liu Ping and the other three said they would go to the equipment store first to see if there were any participating teams that had arrived early and get some news.
Fang Yaqi expressed that she wanted to take a stroll around the central city. Lin Manman originally wanted to see if there was any suitable equipment, but then she thought about the fact that the prize money in the competition was not much, so it was better not to spend that wasted money. So I chose to go out for a walk with Fang Yaqi.
The central city is even more lively than the Puhuai District we visited before, with people and various spiritual beasts everywhere on the streets. There are many tall buildings, but century-old trees can be seen everywhere. In the July weather, a breeze blows, and the fresh and cool breath makes people feel comfortable both physically and mentally. I originally thought that lively places would always be a bit impetuous, but here people feel like they want to settle down.
"Have you seen the tallest tower? It is said that there is such a tower in the central city of every region. Some people say that the tower has a protective magic circle that can cover the entire city. I don't know if it is true or not. It has not happened in so many years. I've seen it opened, but there's not much information on the Internet." Fang Yaqi ate ice cream and walked with Lin Manman under the shade of the tree.
"Isn't it a good thing that I didn't see it? If possible, I don't want to see it when I'm alive."
"Don't you have any curiosity at all?"
"If you're curious about this kind of thing, it's better to be curious about what delicious food to pick for my furry children today." Lin Manman rolled his eyes. What's so curious about this kind of thing? When the day comes when the big array opens, I'm afraid I'll regret it. Too late.
"Master, I am your exclusive humanoid spiritual pet. I want to eat hot pot today."
Lin Manman slapped Fang Yaqi on the back of the head, "How many hot pot meals have you had this month? There is no hot pot. I will treat you to noodles at most."
"Hiss, differential treatment. Humans are worse than beasts alive!"
"I said you old man can't understand human language? After all, you are a veterinarian and I am a veterinarian. If you continue to point fingers here, I will kick you out."
Just as the two were laughing and playing, there was a sudden noise from a spiritual pet shop on the roadside. Lin Manman and Fang Yaqi were also attracted by the sound.
"This Salamander just ate bad food, but you insist on operating on it. Which school did you graduate from? Who is your tutor?" A kind old man who looked to be in his sixties, dressed cleanly and plainly , with meticulously combed hair, frameless eyes, and a slight beard, very elegant. It feels like an old professor teaching in a university.
"Hey, you're still excited, aren't you? This is a regular spiritual pet store with a business license. I'm also a regular veterinarian with a practicing certificate. I've been working here for not more than three years but more than two years, and I haven't treated anyone yet. Death of a spiritual pet. I think you are just looking for trouble." The person who spoke was a young man in his twenties. He seemed to be angry when the old man pointed at his nose and asked, and he reached out to push the old man.
The old man was pushed and staggered, and was helped by onlookers.
"Speak properly and don't do anything. I'm so old."
"That's right. If there are any problems, it's better to communicate and solve them. It's wrong to take action."
The people who were attracted to watch quickly spoke out to persuade them to make peace.
Fang Yaqi and Lin Manman stood on the outside eating melon from a distance. Although they also felt that it was a bit unqualified to do something to such an old man, they didn't know the reason and they didn't comment easily.
"Don't you want to mess with the business? The client sent a poisonous salamander. He said that he has lost his appetite recently and has not eaten anything at all. The energy in the body is disordered, abdominal pain, and lack of energy. Based on my professional experience, I judge that it is crystallized I'm going to have an operation. Is there anything wrong with this? This old man came in and started to accuse me. I've been very good-tempered now." The young man had a fierce expression on his face, and no one around him was trying to support the old man. Dare to say anything more.
"Then let me ask you, the biggest basis for judging crystallization is energy crystallization. This can be found by doing a whole-body energy imaging. Have you done it?" The old man has been very calm after being pushed, and after the other party finished speaking, Ask your own questions. "You... I've been optimistic about crystallization diseases in the past few years, but I don't have a thousand or even eight hundred. Why do I ask customers to spend more money?" Surprise flashed on the young man's face for a moment, and then he waved his hand impatiently. "Forget it, forget it, I won't argue with you as an old man, I have to go back for surgery, and I don't have much time to waste here with you."
As he spoke, he raised his hand to drive away the old man and the melon-eating crowd.
"Oh, energy imaging is not as expensive as crystal surgery. You..."
"You old man, you don't know how to appreciate..."
"hold head high……"
Just when the young man couldn't help but push the old man again, the poisonous salamander on the operating table in the store suddenly jumped up and spit out a mouthful of poisonous fire at the crowd.
The incident happened so suddenly that Lin Manman didn't have time to think too much. He subconsciously summoned Brother Flathead and shouted at the same time: "Open the shield!"
Brother Flathead unfolded his rock armor the first second he appeared. The thick and hard black rock formed a pair of armor, and the poisonous fire sprayed on the armor, making a sour sizzling sound.
"Little girl, let your spiritual pet control it." The old man's voice sounded.
"Brother Flathead, stop it." Lin Manman quickly ordered.
The flat-headed brother didn't hesitate at all. He put one paw on the poisonous salamander's back and the other on the poisonous salamander's mouth. The four restrained Salamanders couldn't move, and couldn't use their mouths to use skills. They could only use their tails to continuously hit Brother Flathead. But Brother Flathead not only has strong defense, he also has a layer of rock armor. The attack power of the Salamander's tail is just to scratch it.
The young man and the onlookers were stunned. The old man quickly found a needle on the operating table and accurately inserted it into the lower neck of the Salamander, which had relatively weak defense. After a while, the Salamander, which had been slapped by Brother Flathead, finally calmed down and made no movement.
"This poisonous fire lizard has just recently eaten a large amount of spiritual food with conflicting energy. The energy interaction is difficult to absorb, so it has energy disorder and a loss of appetite. You performed an operation on it, and its body became weaker during the recovery period and could not bear it. With chaotic energy, the spirit beast is likely to go crazy. You saw what happened just now, do you still want to make this dirty money?" The old man stared at the young man seriously.
The man gritted his teeth and stared at the old man, his face turning red. After realizing that the people around him looked at him less trustingly, he had no choice but to say: "Then let me do another energy imaging on it."
The onlookers sighed, and the man looked at the old man and Lin Manman with even more unkind eyes.
Lin Manman scratched her head innocently, why was she still lying on the gun? She acted bravely and helped restrain the spiritual beast that almost committed an attack.
"Little girl, come on, let the old man chat with you." The old man waved to Lin Manman, and then walked to a big tree not far outside the store.
Lin Manman and Fang Yaqi looked at each other. Although they didn't feel any energy fluctuations from this old man, on the outside, he looked like a completely ordinary person, but he gave Lin Manman a way to say no. A sense of dissonance emerges.
(End of chapter)