940 You Call That a Human? (1/2)
Miao Tianchuan also looked up at the cliff that was getting further away from them.
Miao Xihe's powers were far above what he had expected them to be. He had been well-prepared for the trip. He had even thought of grasping the rare opportunity to take Miao Xihe out right there and then. That was why he packed so much firepower. From a machine gun to high explosive grenades to other powerful explosives, he had packed enough to cause a landslide if the situation called for it. He packed so much firepower and had the element of surprise, yet Miao Xihe was able to survive all the same. Worse still, he seemed to have survived completely unscathed. Is he even a human anymore? That's a monster in human form!
That's just insane!
They had been able to escape partially due to ample preparations. The rest had been sheer luck.
Miao Chengtang sighed as he said, ”Miao Xihe sure is one hell of a powerful assh*le.”
”Yeah, very much so. He's far more powerful than I thought he was,” Miao Tianchuan added.
”After getting your message, I thought about taking the chance to kill him. Even if he managed to survive, it still would have been a good thing to cripple him. I didn't expect him to be so insanely powerful.”
”That wasn't a human. That was a monster.”
”He has been using methods passed down throughout the ages in the village. He has been stimulating his body with medicines to make himself indestructible.”
”Indestructible against blades and blunt weapons, sure, but that's a machinegun you've got there, as well as grenades! He shouldn't have been able to survive being blasted by grenades!”
”We'll talk later once we get out of here. We'll take our time thinking about how to take him on after that.”
”Sure.”
Miao Qingshan manned the boat and quickly went down the raging river.
Miao Xihe looked at the river from atop the cliff far away. He remained silent the whole time.
”Chief?”
”Let's go home,” he said as he waved.
”Yes, Sir.”
He never thought things would turn out like this. It should have been a guaranteed success, yet those people managed to escape.
”Miao Tianchuan is a rare prodigy,” he said to the man beside him.
”Indeed, he is rare and difficult,” the middle-aged man added.
”Yeah, I was careless this time,” Miao Xihe said.
”This is not your fault, Chief. It's just that he's too cunning.”
”Saying the enemy was cunning is nothing more than an excuse for one's failure. I'm the one who was at fault in this case.” Miao Xihe was being honest, admitting that it was his fault for not being amply prepared. He had been ill-prepared. He had been high and mighty for too long in the village. Things in the village had been peaceful since that ruckus 16 years ago. No one doubted him. Everyone revered him like he was a god. That changed his mindset somewhat. He thought that he would always have everything under control and that those people out there were little more than clowns who could not accomplish much. However, the series of recent happenings, especially what happened that night, made him realize what was wrong with him.
”Contact our guy outside and put him to work. We need to find those three at all costs.”
”Yes, Chief.”
The boat drifted downstream. Before long, it was nearly 10 miles away. They eventually arrived at a remote shore. They made their way through the woods without making any stops. By dawn, they emerged from woods into a town hundreds of miles away.
”Alright, it should be safe here for the time being,” Miao Tianchuan said. ”We'll rest for the morning and think about what should we do from here on out. We need to decide if we should leave southern Yunnan or not.”
”Leave?” Miao Chengtang was baffled when he heard that.
”Yeah, after what happened last night, Miao Xihe will probably use all the resources he has amassed throughout the years against us,” Miao Tianchuan said. ”All those resources he has accumulated for over 10 years are no joke. I've looked into it somewhat. From officials and rich people at the top to punks and thugs at the bottom, he has people working for him outside the village. If he were to put those resources to good use, things would get terrifying. We'll be all exposed if we're not careful, and we'll have to deal with people coming for our us like leeches going after blood.”
”It's best if we resort to using external resources too. What do you think about that suggestion I proposed before?”
”Do you mean the two detectives from town?”
”Yeah, them.”
”It's a plan worth thinking over.” Miao Tianchuan had some other plans in mind, as well as someone more up to the task.
Cough, cough. Miao Chengtang suddenly started to cough.
”What's wrong?”
”Nothing. There's probably some water left in my lungs.”
In the Valley of Thousands of Medicine…
Miao Xihe stared at the mound of bloodstained dirt before him and remained silent for a long time.
”It's the Blood Orchid.”
”Blood Orchid? How is that possible? How did he get his hands on that?” The man by his side was surprised.
”This can't be anything else,” Miao Xihe said. ”Everything makes sense now. This explains how he is still alive after being poisoned. The Blood Orchid took care of the poison for him.”