Chapter 386 - Meeting Dao Tong Again (1/2)

“Yes, master!” Zhang Lijun said deferentially to Dao Tong.

Then he turned to look at Wang Rubing, saying, “Rubing, there’s something I want to discuss with you.”

“Dad, can’t you wait a moment?” Zhang Hao cried. “Rubing hasn’t blown out the candles and make wishes yet.”

“There’s no point in wishing,” Zhang Lijun said with a wry smile playing around the corner of his mouth. “It’s not going to realize.”

No sooner had he finished than Wang Rubing’s face darkened. What did he mean by saying that there was no point in wishing and that it was not going to realize?

“Dad, it’s Rubing’s birthday,” Zhang Hao yelled discontentedly. “What are you talking about?”

Zhang Lijun ignored him and went on to say to Wang Rubing, “Rubing, I’d like to borrow something from you today.”

Zhang Hao asked, “Dad, what does we lack at home? What did you want to borrow from Rubing?”

“Shut up!” Zhang Lijun gave Zhang Hao a dirty look.

Wang Rubing, a little displeased, still patiently asked, “Uncle Zhang, just tell me what you want. I’ll certainly lend it to you if I have it.”

Zhang Lijun smiled and replied, “I’ll tell you a story, okay?”

Zhang Hao and Wang Rubing were puzzled. They had no idea what Zhang Lijun was up to. First he said he wanted to borrow something, and now he wanted to tell a story.

Ignoring both of their expressions, Zhang Lijun continued, “There is a kind of pill that is said to make one live forever.”

No sooner had he said that than Zhang Hao chipped in, “Dad, you’re a doctor. How do you believe this rumor? There is no such thing as an elixir that could make one live forever.”

“I told you, shut up!” Zhang Lijun glared at Zhang Hao again and continued, “This pill is called Five Elements of Soul-nourishing Pill. It doesn’t really make people immortal, but it does make sure one doesn’t get sick and lives to hundreds, even thousands, of years.”

Wang Rubing stopped Zhang Hao, who was about to argue again, and said, “Uncle Zhang, whether what you say is true or not, I don’t have the Five Elements of Soul-nourishing Pill, let alone lend it to you!”

Zhang Lijun again ignored her words and said to himself, “The Five Elements of Soul-nourishing Pill is refined by the five internal organs of human beings, including the heart of fire property, the kidney of water property, the lung of metal property, the liver of wood property and the spleen of earth property. These five organs and the soul of the dead can be able to refine the perfect Five Elements of Soul-nourishing Pill.”

When he finished, Wang Rubing and Zhang Hao were shocked. Zhang Hao shouted, “Dad, what are you talking about? This is clearly sorcery. How can it be true?”

Zhang Lijun glared at him and snapped, “Your grandmaster taught me that. It’s really true.”

Turning to Wang Rubing, he continued, “After days of hard work, I have collected the heart, kidney, liver and lung together. That means I only need a spleen of earth property, and you happen to have it, so I want to borrow it from you.”

Zhang Hao jumped to his feet and shouted, “Dad, are you crazy? What are you talking about?”

Zhang Lijun’s expression didn’t change much. He just blankly continued, “I’m not being ridiculous, son. You can’t blame dad for being mean. I didn’t want to.”

“I have found two persons with the spleens of earth property, but one of them died in a car accident, and the other went to M Country. Even if I wanted to find him, I could not.”

“But now I can’t wait any longer. Otherwise all the collected organs will lose their effectiveness. So I must gather up the spleen for alchemy tonight.”

With that, he opened a wooden box beside him. There were four neatly arranged incubators. “You see,” he said, pointing to the four incubators, “there’s already a heart, a spleen, and a kidney in here. If I get a lung, we can start refining the pill.”

“Dad, are you telling the truth? Do you know it’s against the law?” Zhang Hao shouted, aghast.

A flash of madness flashed across Zhang Lijun’s face. He yelled loudly, “What is the law? Your grandmaster said, if he refines the Five Elements of Soul-nourishing Pills, he will give you one. You can live forever just like us. Don’t you want to?”

“No, I don’t. I just want to be with Rubing!” Zhang Hao picked up Wang Rubing and was about to leave.

“Stop!” Zhang Lijun stood in front of Zhang Hao and Wang Rubing and said in a cold voice, “How can I let her go when she’s here?”

Zhang Hao felt that Zhang Lijun was very strange to him. He was no longer the father he always admired. “When you asked me to bring Rubing here to celebrate her birthday, you were already ready for this, weren’t you?”

“Yes, right,” Zhang Lijun sneered. “I was so happy that I couldn’t sleep the night you told me her birthday. I was having trouble finding a spleen of earth property, but you brought one for me.”

“Do you know why I decided to ask you to come here? Because this is the best area of earth property, the best place to remove her spleen. Soon we can put together the five organs, and your grandmaster can refine the Five Elements of Soul-nourishing Pill. Then we can all live forever.”

Zhang Hao then realized that it was not for Wang Rubing’s birthday, but a big conspiracy. He stepped in front of Wang Rubing and snarled at Zhang Lijun, “No, I’ll risk my life to fight the one who touches Rubing today. Not even if you’re my dad.”

“You are so stubborn.” Zhang Lijun said, “Is that something you can stop?”

Zhang Hao was about to say something when he felt a pat on the back of his neck. Then darkness came over his eyes and he fainted and plumped down to the ground.

Wang Rubing immediately exclaimed, “Zhang Hao, what’s wrong with you? Are you all right?”