CHAPTER 416: CHAPTER 414: IS MY MAN UP TO IT?

Xianghe Village was quite far from Imperial City, but Qin Zhao using Sword Control could come over quickly.

However, her energy was not good today, so she needed to sleep extra in the morning and could only come over in the afternoon.

Shangguan Qiu said it was not a problem and told her to rest well before coming.

In broad daylight, the Evil Object wouldn’t run amok; it was more likely to be caught at night.

When Qi Ling woke up, he had no idea about the incident last night.

"We still need to find someone to perform an autopsy."

As Qi Ling was washing up, he muttered to himself.

"The body is gone."

Shangguan Qiu threw a bucket of cold water on him with his words.

"..."

By the time he finished washing up, Shangguan Qiu said again, "What’s that person up to?"

"What does it have to do with me?"

"It’s the person you were following yesterday."

"Huh?"

Only then did Qi Ling perk up and walked toward Shangguan Qiu on the balcony.

"My god! A ghost!"

Upon seeing the person, Qi Ling almost went weak in the knees and knelt down.

Fortunately, Shangguan Qiu held him up.

The two ghosts entwined around that person were really terrifying.

One was a bloody female ghost with a hole in her heart and eyeballs falling out of their sockets, her face ghastly ash-gray as she floated in midair.

The other was a baby, dark as a monster with a mouthful of sharp teeth, coiled around the man’s neck, also with a hole in its heart.

Qi Ling wasn’t afraid of ghosts; it’s just that yesterday he had told Shangguan Qiu that such things didn’t exist, yet today they suddenly appeared, shocking him somewhat.

"You can actually see?"

Shangguan Qiu looked at him in surprise.

"Huh?"

Qi Ling scratched his head, "Yeah, why can I see ghosts?"

He looked bemused, recalling the secret manual given to him by that mysterious person.

He had originally thought it was like those martial arts novels, a manual for internal cultivation.

Damn, was it actually a manual for immortal cultivation?

"Maybe because the resentful energy of these two ghosts is quite strong."

Shangguan Qiu didn’t think much of it, for after all, a few people could occasionally see ghosts.

"Did you see this thing yesterday?"

Qi Ling thought the manual didn’t make sense; Shangguan Qiu could see the ghosts yesterday, why hadn’t he?

"I didn’t see anything when I was with you yesterday. That’s actually why Xianghe Village is strange. So many people died there, how could there be no souls?"

Qi Ling nodded, "You make sense."

"You wait here for me."

After she spoke, Shangguan Qiu jumped down from the balcony.

"Hey, you... be careful..."

Seeing her land gracefully, Qi Ling swallowed the rest of his words.

"..."

Couldn’t this woman stop being so brave every time?

The man entangled by the two ghosts was named Ma Bin, who had previously worked under Xu Xingwen’s command in grey-area industries.

These kinds of industries were somewhat criminal.

So Qi Ling and Chu Yan had stolen quite a bit of their business in secret, and they had suffered but couldn’t complain.

Ma Bin had screwed up several times, causing the Xu Family to lose a lot in the grey-area industries, so Xu Xingwen had pulled him back and stopped letting him manage it.

"Hurry up and sign up; you can get two hundred just for registering. Follow me later for drug trials, twenty thousand for one trial, and it’s only available once, don’t miss it!"

Ma Bin set up a table at the village entrance, with a red banner above it.

#Drug Trial Rewards Twenty Thousand!

The banner read this line.

This village was much like Xianghe Village, both backward and poor.

Before, the people of Xianghe Village had sold blood, and they also had people going to sell blood, but they were just lucky to not catch any disease.

Ma Bin said that registration would reward two hundred yuan, and instantly, many villagers gathered around.

"What medicine are we testing? Will it kill us?"

"Yeah, giving so much money, it won’t take our lives, will it?"

"Do they give two hundred just for registering? I’ll register now, can you give me the money now?"

The crowd surrounded Ma Bin, bombarding him with questions.

"We’re from a pharmaceutical company, and our company specializes in developing medicine that cures and saves people. We’ve already developed it successfully, but we just need some people to test it."

Ma Bin responded with a smile, kindly explaining.

"Generally speaking, there shouldn’t be any life-threatening risks. I’ve been to the village before, and took a batch of people for medication testing, didn’t they all come back just fine?

If someone died during the testing, our company would be investigated, we can’t afford to take that responsibility!"

"So you’re saying, it definitely won’t kill us?"

"Then I might try, trying it out is twenty thousand!"

"Yeah, plus the two hundred for registering."

"Who went to try it before? Call them over to ask."

The news spread quickly in the village, and soon someone had found the people who had previously undergone the medication testing.

Ma Bin had taken five people before, and these few people were called over by the villagers, who asked them carefully about their experiences.

"No big deal, am I not alive and well?"

"They gave me twenty thousand right after the test, no delay in payment!"

"There were no side effects either, I didn’t feel uncomfortable!"

"I think it’s definitely reliable! They’re a big company, those medicines have all been developed, even the lab rats had no problems with them, only then was it given to humans!"

"It’s practically like picking up twenty thousand for free, I think you should try it."

These five people persuaded fervently, and the majority of the villagers were tempted.

Besides, Ma Bin also held a stack of red banknotes, and he handed out money to anyone who registered. This excited others even more, and they clamored to try the medicine.

"I want to register too."

Shangguan Qiu squeezed through the crowd, her eyes focusing on Ma Bin.

Ma Bin paused in handing out the money, looking at her warily.

Mainly because Shangguan Qiu didn’t look like one of the villagers. She wore an expensive parka, had a beautiful face, and an outstanding demeanor.

"Are you from this village?"

"I’m not, I came from out of town to visit relatives, but I’m short on money."

Ma Bin hesitated for a while.

This matter was very sensitive, and they couldn’t afford to let anyone notice anything fishy.

"You can’t."

Ma Bin still refused, he didn’t want outsiders involved, to avoid them noticing anything amiss.

"Why not? Is there a problem with this medication testing?"

"Of course not!"

With other villagers watching, Ma Bin quickly explained, "Look at her, fair-skinned and tender, clearly not used to physical activities, and probably hasn’t done much labor, her physical fitness definitely won’t be up to par.

When we select, we definitely prefer those with better physical fitness, right?

Moreover, there are limited spots, we can only take ten people this time!"

"Only ten spots? Young lady, then don’t meddle with it!"

"Yeah, you don’t look like you’re short on money, don’t compete with us for this chance."

"My family is almost unable to make ends meet, let me go!"

The villagers pushed and shoved, pushing Shangguan Qiu out of the crowd.

"You guys register first, write down your name and contact information, and also your date of birth. I need to take this information back for the staff to do the selection.

Registering rewards two hundred yuan, and only those selected can participate in the medication test, then you can get twenty thousand!

Not just anyone can participate in the medication test!"

Ma Bin shouted this, making others feel even more that this opportunity was rare.

Qi Ling came over from his residence and said to Shangguan Qiu, "What medication testing?"

Shangguan Qiu grabbed him and squeezed back into the crowd.

"Since I am not eligible, what about my man? He’s in great health, he can eat five bowls of rice per meal, he could outfight ten strong men! If you don’t believe it, you guys can try competing with him!"

Qi Ling: "???"

Ah! What is this woman going on about!