Villain: Starting as a Corrupt Tycoon's Wife

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Ling Yun's words were so informative that Zhou Qiao couldn't process them all at once.

Wu Qianyi quickly accepted this premise and became quite excited: "Chairman Ling, can those Gu cultivators also combine their Gu worms to perform some kind of combo techniques?"

"I'm not sure about that. Gu cultivation is a school of thought that uses Gu worms to cultivate. It also belongs to the martial arts body refinement, but the methods are more covert, killing people invisibly."

The young man clearly felt Zhou Qiao's body tremble; she was obviously frightened again.

He didn't continue scaring the girl, even though it was amusing and satisfied his perverse sense of humor, it was pure torture for the patient.

"Please take off your upper clothes, Miss Zhou, so I can help you expel the Gu worms from your body."

"Do...do I need to take off my clothes?"

Zhou Qiao gritted her teeth, feeling incredibly ashamed to undress in front of a man she was meeting for the first time.

"It's dark inside, Miss Zhou, so you don't need to worry about what I'll see. In my eyes, there's not much difference between men, women, and skeletons. If Miss Zhou is still embarrassed, then let Qianyi blindfold me with a black cloth, okay?"

"No need, I'll take it off."

Zhou Qiao took off her pajamas, lifted the blanket, hugged her chest, and looked at Ling Yun with a mixture of anticipation and unease.

Does she need to take off her clothes?

It's completely unnecessary; in fact, it's the worst possible strategy.

The safest way is to first give Zhou Qiao a drug that induces hallucinations, then have her open her mouth wide and hang a piece of meat in front of her mouth, which will lure out the abdominal worm.

This is the old doctor's method; Liu Ruizhe would have done the same.

Lingyun's method was to utilize the unique properties of the "Blazing Sun Technique" to channel true energy into Zhou Qiao's body through the meridians in her hands, thereby forcing out the abdominal Gu.

This requires him to have very precise hand movements; if anything goes wrong, it could result in Zhou Qiao getting injured.

Ling Yun placed his hand on her lower abdomen, and as the girl felt a sharp pain, Ling Yun located the location of the Gu worm.

"I found you!"

The young man sneered, and his scorching true energy slowly poured into her abdomen. The abdominal gu seemed to be directly exposed to the sunlight, emitting a sharp cry.

Hearing the sounds coming from her stomach, Zhou Qiao was in so much pain that she was covered in sweat and terrified.

Wu Qianyi put her hand on Zhou Qiao's shoulder, offering her silent comfort.

Ling Yun continued to exert his strength, driving the Gu worms upwards along the path they had come from.

He hadn't expected the "Blazing Sun Technique" to be so effective. The Gu worms were terrified of his true energy and quickly reached his chest, almost crawling out of Zhou Qiao's throat.

"Open your mouth!"

Zhou Qiao quickly opened her mouth wide, but Ling Yun, fearing she would close it at the crucial moment, pressed her acupoints.

"You beast, come out here!"

Master Ling used both hands to trap the two valleys.

Zhou Qiao was unable to move, her whole focus was on her throat, and she didn't have time to pay attention to how much Ling Yun had taken advantage of her.

Ling Yun moved her hands rhythmically, her true energy surging from both sides to the center, creating a convection current. The scalding Gu worms squeaked and crawled out of her mouth.

Wu Qianyi shuddered in fright upon seeing this and released Zhou Qiao. Ling Yun grabbed the girl and pinched the tiny Gu worm that had spread its wings and was trying to escape.

"Qianyi, turn on the light!"

"it is good!"

Wu Qianyi turned on the light, and under the light, all three of them looked at the insect in Ling Yun's hand.

The insects are very small. Even after feeding on flesh and blood for so long, they only grow to the size of a grain of rice. The larvae are even smaller and harder to detect. People who are infected often don't even know what happened.

Boiling water isn't enough to kill it; Zhou Qiao doesn't care whether it's raw or scalding hot.

Zhou Qiao discovered that she could be exposed to sunlight without feeling any pain in her stomach; instead, she felt warm.

She then realized that she was lying half-naked in Ling Yun's arms, and the young man's large hands were unceremoniously grasping her softness.

Who holds someone like this?

She couldn't say it outright, and besides, Ling Yun's hands were incredibly magical, causing her whole body to go limp.

Ling Yun crushed the abdominal Gu. He sensed a familiar aura on the Gu worm, which was from the same person as the offspring Gu in Lao Mo's body.

The old gentleman next to Gao Qiang is Shan Yaozong!

The other party also suddenly left the capital a week ago, and now it seems that they have come to Peach Blossom Village.

Perhaps this person has some connection with the old doctor.

Since he's part of the main characters, he definitely has to deal with him; he can't let him live a peaceful life. Killing this old scourge is like ridding the world of a menace.

"Mr. Ling, can you let me go now?"

Zhou Qiao blushed and spoke so softly it was almost inaudible.

"No rush. I don't usually take action lightly. When I do, I want to completely eradicate the root cause. So we still need to examine Miss Zhou to make sure there are no other residual diseases."

"I feel like I'm all better now..."

"That's not necessarily true. Miss Zhou wouldn't want other Gu worms hiding in her body, would she?"

Zhou Qiao was intimidated by him and obediently lay on the bed, letting him examine her.

Ling Yun took off her pants and thoroughly examined her from the inside out.

When she saw her daughter come out on her own, Aunt Wang was so excited that she almost cried. She begged Ling Yun to do her a favor and have dinner here that night, and the young man agreed.

He took Ling Lan and Wu Qianyi to the old doctor's grave. Zhou Qiao, bathed in sunlight, gradually relaxed.

"Qiaoqiao, Mr. Ling is such a kind person, he didn't even accept money! I must prepare a meal tonight to thank him properly!"

Zhou Qiao blushed again. Aunt Wang had no idea what Ling Yun had done inside the house, especially when he explored deep into the forest...

Chapter 64 Mysterious Ancient Book [Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets]

At the grave of the old miracle doctor.

A tombstone stands in front of this solitary grave mound, with flowers still blooming in front of it, indicating that someone has already visited today.

The old man had always done good deeds during his lifetime, which is why Ling Yun didn't kill Liu Ruizhe. If it were any other protagonist, he would have been sent to be reincarnated long ago.

Wu Qianyi held a few freshly picked chrysanthemums in her hand and placed them in front of the grave.

A small insect crawled across the tombstone, startling Wu Qianyi, who took a few steps back, grabbed Ling Yun's arm, pointed at the insect, and her lips moved.

"Don't worry, it's just an ordinary insect, not a Gu worm."

The assistant breathed a sigh of relief; she had been on edge.

Ling Yun squatted down and examined the flowers that others had given him. He sniffed them but couldn't detect the familiar scent. It seemed that the old poisoner hadn't come.

If an important character close to the protagonist is the villain in the story of another protagonist, doesn't that mean the two protagonists could be each other's villains?

However, once he, the main villain of this world, appears, all the protagonists' attacks will be focused on him.

Ling Yun stroked his chin. He hadn't been able to achieve his prediction before due to various reasons. He would try to make the two protagonists fall in love and fight each other to see if the winner would be the one with better luck or the one with stronger talent, and what changes would occur on the winning side.

The old doctor's house was a brick and tile house with an old-fashioned lock on the door.

Ling Lan stepped forward and pried open the lock, which was one of her skills.

The furnishings inside were simple and monotonous, stretching as far as the eye could see, and the furniture was covered with a thick layer of dust.

The three of them wandered around the house for a while, and just as they were about to leave, Ling Yun suddenly had a whim and turned to look at a certain corner.

This feeling... Lucky Star!

After defeating Meng Hao, Ling Yun obtained the purple-grade Lucky Star talent. This talent proved invaluable in dealing with Liu Ruizhe and Gao Qiang; otherwise, the battles wouldn't have been so smooth. Coupled with Bai Xin's talent boost, he felt his luck was now on par with those of gold-grade talents.

Ling Lan understood immediately and rushed to the corner to squat down and check.

There was no floor inside, just a layer of bricks with the gaps filled with mud.

Ling Yun stared at the bricks under Ling Lan's feet and pulled out a shovel from his spatial storage.

After digging through the bricks, Ling Yun didn't stop. He continued digging until he dug out a three-meter-deep pit, and the excavated soil was piled up into a small mound.

The shovel touched the foreign object, so Ling Yun widened the pit a bit more, and an old-fashioned box appeared in their view.

He dug the box out and placed it inside the house.

Wu Qianyi was both curious and afraid. The box smelled slightly rotten and earthy, and it was believed that it contained either treasures or fragments of people's lives.

The box wasn't big; it didn't look like it could hold the fragments of people.

Ling Yun knew this was the smell of rotting wood, completely different from the stench of rotting human flesh.

Upon opening the box, there were layers upon layers of wrapping inside. Finally, a yellowed ancient book came into view.

[Congratulations, brother, on discovering a major opportunity outside the main storyline! Your villainous aura has been amplified!]

[Because the older brother possesses the "Lucky Star (Purple)" talent, it has merged with the villain's aura to become the "Scale of Rebellion (Gold)"!]

Scale of Rebellion: Blessed with strong luck, permanently immune to negative effects exclusive to the protagonist, such as the intelligence reduction aura. Those who touch the scale of rebellion will have their fate reversed. It has a certain suppressive effect on the protagonist whose luck is lower than that of the older brother or whose talent grade does not exceed gold. Male and female supporting characters cannot cause fatal damage to the older brother. At the same time, it has a fatal attraction to the opposite sex, and the favorability will never decrease.

"Outside the main storyline?"

For a moment, Ling Yun didn't know whether he should be happy that his talent had been enhanced or that he had obtained an unexpected treasure.

[Yes, brother. Just like some authors who like to create plot holes and never fill them, these kinds of opportunities vary in quality. They were all part of the initial design, but due to considerations of balance or simply being forgotten, they didn't appear in the main storyline!]

The words on the cover of the ancient book were almost illegible, but Lingyun was immediately drawn to its contents after opening it.

The ancient books contained a hidden world; Lingyun felt as if he had entered a library filled with medical books, the amount of content of which was astonishing.

This is an ancient medical book, its real name is "The Secret Record of Immortal Physicians". It not only contains methods for treating diseases and injuries, but also a large number of illustrated books of medicinal herbs and detailed tutorials on how to make various elixirs!

His medical knowledge was as simple and basic as 1+1=2 in the face of this ancient book.

This book is probably the key to how the old doctor became a legendary doctor. Even just understanding a little bit of it was enough to make him popular with thousands of people in the capital.

The old doctor had never mentioned this to Liu Ruizhe, and it was impossible for the latter to have gone crazy and dug up his master's house. Therefore, this medical book was destined to be out of his reach.

Brother, are you still troubled by the complexity of medical books, or frustrated by the lack of a qualified teacher?

"speak English."

[For just 1000 points, someone can help your brother quickly grasp the basic knowledge in the book. More content will be unlocked once your brother reaches a certain level. How about it, are you tempted?]

1000 points is indeed not expensive. Compared to letting Ling Yun try to understand this ancient book from who-knows-where, it is quite worthwhile.

"Okay, deal!"

【Hehe!】

1000 points were deducted, and the ancient book transformed into colorful light that flooded into Ling Yun's mind.

I created, the golden... colorful legend!

Ling Yun was quite shocked; the system's assessment of this medical book was that it was in color!

He digested the surge of knowledge in his mind, and it took him a full half hour to stand up again.

Wu Qianyi looked at him with concern. Ling Lan knew about her conversation with Xiao Ai, so she wasn't worried.

"What did you just see?" Ling Yun asked Wu Qianyi.

"What did you see?" The assistant asked, somewhat bewildered. "I saw you, Chairman Ling, open the package, stare at the air for a long time, and then sit down."

Can't she see this medical book?

Ling Yun quickly realized that a product that was outside the main storyline shouldn't have appeared in the first place, and it was normal that the female lead couldn't see it.

That's good, it saves him from wasting his breath making up lies to deceive Wu Qianyi, since he doesn't have any intention of exposing the system yet.

He searched his mind but couldn't find a way to overcome late-stage cancer in the Profound Realm. It seems that the Blazing Sun Technique is exceptionally effective in some aspects. Once he returns, he can remove the disease from Bai Ning's body.

As for alchemy techniques, only those at the Innate Realm can perform them.

The book is extremely dense with information. In addition to a large number of herbs that do not exist on Earth, it also contains a complete series of realm details, which dazzled Ling Yun.

He knew that trying to do too much at once would lead to failure, and he didn't plan to delve into the subject before he had the necessary skills, lest he be left with nothing but regret.

That evening, the three of them went to Aunt Wang's house for dinner. When Wu's father found out, he sighed and received a few glares from Wu's mother.

To entertain them, Aunt Wang specially killed an Aikun. Ling Yun silently mourned for Gege for a few seconds.

"Dr. Ling?"