Chapter 43 Huang Dalei, You Sure Have a Lot of Pills

Following the techniques of the Three Yang Mysterious Needles, Ye Fan began to pinch and prod Old Luan, causing the old man to howl in pain.

"Is this really going to work?" Chen Shutong asked from the side, her eyes hazy and unfocused.

Ye Fan kept his head down and ripped open Old Luan's shirt. "It's an ancestral technique! Guaranteed to work!"

As he spoke, he exerted force with both hands simultaneously and squeezed Old Luan's chest a few times.

"Sister Chen, hold on just a little longer. I'll detoxify you in a moment!"

Hearing this, Chen Shutong instinctively tightened the collar of her shirt. This wasn't detoxification at all; it was clearly taking advantage of her!

As these thoughts swirled in her mind, she felt her eyelids grow heavier and heavier...

Ye Fan huffed and puffed as he kneaded for quite a while, only to notice that Old Luan's voice was getting weaker and weaker.

"How is it? Feeling a bit more comfortable?"

He looked up at Old Luan and froze in surprise—Old Luan had actually passed out!

Chen Shutong beside him had also gone completely still!

"How could this happen?"

A knot tightened in Ye Fan's chest. He hurriedly patted Old Luan's face and shook Chen Shutong, but neither of them gave any response!

"Could it be that I treated them too late and the poison flared up? Why am I completely fine?" Ye Fan fell into deep thought.

He recalled that over the past two days while practicing the Three Yang Mysterious Needles, a stream of radiant warmth had been flowing within his body. Today, after drinking alcohol, that warmth seemed to circulate even faster, especially when he stimulated his own acupuncture points, which had also made him sweat quite a bit. That must have been when the toxins inside his body were expelled!

Since Old Luan didn't have that internal warmth flowing through him, stimulating his acupuncture points was completely useless.

Chen Shutong was the same; there was no need to even try.

With this realization, he slowly stood up and walked toward the private dining room where Huang Dalei was located. He needed to get the antidote.

The most formidable fighter on Huang Dalei's side, White, had already been crippled by him, and the remaining underlings were just ordinary people. He was confident he could take them all!

Meanwhile, ever since Ye Fan and the others had left, Huang Dalei had been bragging to his henchmen. "Actually, there was no need to fight just now. I spent a fortune buying imported knockout drops long ago. They're colorless, odorless, and extremely potent. See? They've all passed out by now, haven't they?"

He crossed his legs, dangling and playing with Xi Xi and Lan Lan, one in each hand, wearing an expression of complete mastery. His subordinates immediately began to shower him with flattery.

"Our boss is truly brilliant!"

"The boss is both wise and courageous!"

"I'll definitely follow the boss and work hard from now on!"

Basking in the warm shower of his underlings' sycophancy, Huang Dalei was gradually losing himself in self-admiration when he suddenly noticed that one person wasn't speaking—it was none other than White, whose precious parts had just been crushed!

In the recent skirmish, none of them had sustained much injury except for White.

Huang Dalei looked at the twisted expression on White's face, where agony and hatred were inextricably intertwined, and thought to himself that this guy usually had pretty strong combat prowess, though he was just a bit unlucky. It was only right to toss him a sweet reward!

With that thought, he smiled and comforted White. "White, that punk named Ye Fan actually has some moves and even had the energy to fight back. Fortunately, you stepped in to block him, so today you get top credit! Well... are you still hurting?"

Faced with his boss's concern, White felt deeply humiliated; he just nodded and didn't speak.

Huang Dalei stepped forward and patted White on the shoulder. "I have another bottle of imported medicine here, bought at the same time as those knockout drops, but its effect is the exact opposite. It drives a person wild with primal desires and restores their ultimate masculinity! I'm giving it to you today! Once that Ye Fan passes out in a bit, he'll be entirely at your mercy!"

"Really, Boss?"

A trace of excitement flashed across White's face. He snatched the imported medicine and drank it down in one gulp, instantly feeling that the pain in his body wasn't quite as intense anymore.

Right at that moment, a stern shout interrupted Huang Dalei and the others. "You really did drug them! Hand over the antidote right now!"

Ye Fan stood at the entrance!

"Oh? Well, that's strange. How come you're perfectly fine, you little punk?"

Huang Dalei was startled. Beside him, White let out a low, hoarse roar with a flushed face and a thick neck, directly pouncing toward Ye Fan!

Caught off guard, Ye Fan was swept by White's kick and stumbled back a few steps, thinking to himself that if he hadn't reacted as quickly as he did, he definitely would have been injured.

Looking into the opponent's bloodshot eyes, Ye Fan's gaze inevitably grew grave.

Is this White really that formidable? He got his balls stomped by high heels and his head cracked open by a wine bottle, so why on earth has his combat power skyrocketed instead?

Behind White, Huang Dalei wore an expression of extreme excitement. "White, beat him to a pulp!"

Although he didn't know why Ye Fan was immune to the knockout drops, with White having taken the pill, he felt entirely unpanicked.

This medicine was something he had bought at a high price from overseas, originally intending to take it himself to reclaim his youthful vigor, ravish Chen Shutong, and have a thoroughly good time. He never expected that after giving it to White, it would produce such extraordinary extra effects!

Ye Fan exchanged a few blows with White. While his own reaction speed was fast, White was acting like a crazed beast. After trading a few direct hits, Ye Fan felt a dull, agonizing ache in his limbs, whereas the opponent only seemed to grow more excited the longer they fought!

White was actually suppressing him!

"What the hell is wrong with this lunatic!" Ye Fan cursed aloud. "Don't you feel any pain, you bastard?"

Seeing Ye Fan in such a battered state, Huang Dalei burst into hearty laughter. "White has taken the stimulant, so you can just wait to die, kid!"

"More drugs?"

Ye Fan was speechless. I practice internal martial arts, and you rely on chemistry—how is anyone supposed to play this game?

Seeing himself being driven back into a corner, Ye Fan had no choice but to raise his fists, bracing himself to meet White's tempestuous onslaught!

...

While Ye Fan was being beaten to a pulp, in another world, Li Yaoyao was joyfully packing her luggage.

Originally, this trip back to the provincial capital was meant to solve the problem of transmitting living creatures through the box, but this afternoon, after a series of experiments by Ye Fan, they seemed to have figured out the underlying pattern. This gave Li Yaoyao a glimpse of hope that the two of them might truly be able to meet in person.

She technically didn't need to go back now, but she had already made a promise regarding Yang Haiying's situation back in the village, and it wasn't convenient to change her schedule at the last minute. With a sigh, she packed her bags, ready to head back early the very next morning.

"The village's famine problem has been initially resolved; going back now shouldn't cause any issues!"

Li Yaoyao consoled herself with these thoughts. When she remembered what Ye Fan had previously mentioned about opening a clothing store in the provincial capital and letting Yang Haiying manage it, she couldn't help but wonder what kinds of styles Ye Fan would send across. Which young girl didn't love looking pretty? She wanted to wear gorgeous clothes too.

"On top of that, I need to figure out a way to acquire some antiques!"

Li Yaoyao hadn't forgotten what Ye Fan was looking for. She couldn't always be the one on the receiving end of his generosity; she decided she really needed to consult her grandfather. Even if she didn't reveal the secret of the box, as an old Taoist priest, her grandfather undoubtedly knew plenty of influential figures. Perhaps he could help acquire some priceless treasures.

Just as she was pondering this, a knock sounded at the door outside.

It was Yang Haiying!

"Yaoyao!"

Yang Haiying's complexion looked much better than it had during the day. She walked into the room carrying a small cloth bag and began taking out the items inside.

They turned out to be an exquisite set of jewelry!

Li Yaoyao asked, "Sister Haiying, what are you doing with these?"

"Yaoyao, thank you so much for being willing to take us to the provincial capital. I want to stay there for a while, but I can't keep imposing on you either. This was my dowry given to me by my mother when I got married, and it's said to have been passed down through generations. Could you find someone to sell it for me? I plan to rent a place to live in the provincial capital and find a job!"

As she spoke, she tried to push the jewelry into Li Yaoyao's hands.

Hearing this, Li Yaoyao instantly understood the other woman's intentions.

As the saying goes, you can run from the first day of the lunar month, but you can't hide from the fifteenth. If Sister Haiying's parents-in-law came looking to snatch her grandson away, her running off for a brief stay and then returning wouldn't solve anything at all. It would be far better to settle down long-term in the provincial capital so that those people would never be able to track her down.

With this realization, Li Yaoyao smiled, took Yang Haiying's hands in her own, and said, "We really think alike. Coincidentally, there's something I hadn't told you yet, and I wanted to see if you'd be willing."

"I have a friend in the provincial capital who is the one sending me food supplies. You probably know about him."

Yang Haiying nodded. "Oh! His name is Ye Fan, right? I heard Sister Haiying mention him before!"

"Yes, that's him!" Li Yaoyao said. "He wants to open a clothing store in the city and happens to be short of a store clerk, so I recommended you."

"This..." Yang Haiying was so moved she couldn't find her words. She only felt that Li Yaoyao was truly a wonderful person who had thoughtfully anticipated her future livelihood in advance.

Looking at the moist sheen in Yang Haiying's eyes, Li Yaoyao felt a wave of happiness within herself. She thought to herself how incredibly smart and considerate Ye Fan was to come up with the idea of opening a shop in the provincial capital, which solved a major crisis for both herself and Sister Haiying!