“Oi, stop playing dead, get up and take a look. Is this really the Tai Sui meat you were talking about?”
Zhu Fu hurriedly opened his eyes, staring at the Tai Sui meat in Xu Fei’s hand for a long while before recognising it with difficulty.
“This… this is that piece of Tai Sui meat, isn’t it, Mr. Xu? What’s the problem?”
As soon as he spoke, an idea sparked in Xu Fei’s mind.
“That old Zhang tou actually fooled everyone! What a cunning plan!”
Though Xu Fei had never seen real Tai Sui before today, he had heard of this miraculous substance. His master, Mo Wentian, had seen the genuine article in his youth.
Even Mo Wentian, a legendary physician, spoke of Tai Sui with a wistful expression when recounting it to Xu Fei.
“The ultimate realm we physicians strive for is to bring the dead back to life and heal bones with a mere touch. The only thing that can easily achieve this is Tai Sui.”
According to Mo Wentian, when he saw Tai Sui in his youth, he could sense the vibrant life force surrounding it even before laying eyes on the real thing.
It was said that when the Tai Sui was unearthed, a forest sprouted out of nowhere on that barren land!
Yet now, as Xu Fei held the Tai Sui extracted from the monstrous fox’s stomach, he felt no trace of life force, only a lifeless, stagnant aura.
The only reason it might be considered Tai Sui was its surface resemblance.
Looking at Zhu Fu, who was on the brink of death and entirely reliant on Xu Fei to save him, Xu Fei knew this man had no reason to lie.
That left only one possibility: Zhu Fu wasn’t the one who knew everything. In other words, old Zhang tou had deceived everyone from the start, including Xu Fei.
“He kept saying he was afraid his fake Tai Sui would harm someone and needed my help. Now it seems he just wanted me to clean up his mess. I’ll have to settle this score properly!”
Xu Fei then chose to skin the fox, wrap the Tai Sui in its hide, and began treating Zhu Fu.
Luckily, Zhu Fu was blessed with great fortune and decent luck.
He had indeed lied: when he brought back the Tai Sui, he only sneaked a small bite.
Though Xu Fei deemed the Tai Sui fake, it still had some effect, enough to preserve Zhu Fu’s life at a critical moment.
To heal the man, Xu Fei had to channel his Yang energy to grant Zhu Fu powerful self-healing abilities. Otherwise, with such severe injuries in a place like this, survival would have been unlikely.
“I’ve healed your wounds, but you’d better keep this quiet unless you want unnecessary trouble!”
After Xu Fei spoke, Zhu Fu nodded repeatedly, promising to keep his mouth shut.
Zhu Fu then led Xu Fei out of the Zhou family’s back garden to the manor’s entrance.
“Mr. Xu, I’ve been waiting for you. Where are you headed next? I’ll arrange for someone to take you.”
Wang Qiang, still waiting at the entrance, maintained a highly respectful attitude toward Xu Fei.
Xu Fei waved his hand and said, “I’ve got some urgent matters to handle. You head back first, we’ll catch up later.”
With that, Xu Fei called Bai Zhan.
“Send someone to Zhou family manor to pick me up immediately, and tell that old Zhang tou I’ve got the Tai Sui.”
Bai Zhan, receiving the order, didn’t dare delay and promptly arranged for a car to fetch Xu Fei.
After about an hour’s drive, Bai Zhan’s men brought Xu Fei back to the small village where Duanmu Qing was.
