Chapter 48: Could This Really Be a Terminal Illness?

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Seeing the centipede monster crawling back from outside, Little Maruko’s eyes lit up.

“Hehe...”

Accompanied by a strange laugh, Little Maruko suddenly opened her blood-red mouth wide.

Even though Mu Han hurriedly grabbed the centipede monster, half of it was swallowed whole by Little Maruko.

Mu Han couldn’t help but grow angry: “Damn brat!”

Little Maruko wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and sneered, “I don’t dare provoke my brother-in-law, don’t dare anger my sister, but am I supposed to fear a sickly wimp like you?”

Mu Han said nothing; instead, he slowly chewed and swallowed the remaining half of the monster, then looked coldly at Little Maruko.

A fierce battle was on the verge of breaking out.

“Husband is reading, don’t disturb him!” Sakura’s calm voice sounded.

The two who were about to fight froze.

In the end, Mu Han gritted his teeth: “You brat, just wait.”

After delivering the harsh words, Mu Han silently returned to his room.

Little Maruko looked unwillingly toward the bedroom and muttered, “Not as good as sister used to be.”

Unfortunately, there was no response.

With no other choice, Little Maruko turned her gaze toward Fang Hui and the other man.

Still terrified, Fang Hui and the man in black hurriedly begged for mercy, “Lord of the Evil God, have mercy...”

They had a premonition that ending up here was far worse than death.

Little Maruko wanted to devour these two snacks but ultimately suppressed her impulse, her gaze turning cold: “Do you know me?”

“You are the Trickster God,” the two answered without hesitation.

“Trickster God?” Little Maruko scoffed.

She moved her lips but no one heard what she said.

Fang Hui and the other man were first confused, then their pupils dilated as they stared at Little Maruko with disbelief and shock.

“Do well, and I grant you eternal life; fail, and you return to oblivion!”

Fang Hui and the other man instinctively wanted to respond but quickly covered their mouths with their remaining one arm and nodded repeatedly.

Only then was Little Maruko somewhat satisfied; impatiently, she waved her hand... after all, she had only snatched a sickly person’s delicacy, otherwise, she really wouldn’t want these snacks that came knocking on the door to leave.

Without thinking, Fang Hui and the other man scrambled away as fast as they could.

After running madly for nearly a hundred miles, they finally stopped.

They looked back toward Zhao Yu’s home, still unable to hide their shock and disbelief.

The man in black instinctively spoke, “She is...”

“Do you want to die?” Fang Hui shouted fiercely.

The man in black hurriedly covered his mouth.

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Some beings, some names, must not be spoken.

Soon, the man in black couldn’t help but ask, “Who are her sister and brother-in-law? And who is that faceless person?”

Since that girl was so supreme... then who were the so-called sister and Zhao Yu the brother-in-law? And who was that faceless one who could rival her and even dared to directly insult her? What kind of terrifying existence could that be?

Fang Hui replied coldly, “The more you know, the worse you’ll die. Someone like you who can’t keep calm... if this matter wasn’t entrusted to us, I’d have killed you by now to avoid being implicated! Now, leave Yin Mountain immediately.”

...

Study Room

Zhao Yu was still diligently flipping through various medical texts.

He searched for a long time but hadn’t found a book matching his wife’s symptoms.

Especially regarding the condition where white is seen as red, he found nothing at all.

Having no other choice, Zhao Yu approached the desk and picked up a storybook.

Muttering, “Book, oh book, I’m really worried about my wife’s illness. Next time you refresh, tell me how to cure her.”

For his wife, he decided not to look at any entertaining books for the next seven days.

The book showed no reaction.

Zhao Yu tapped the cover with his bent finger, “Don’t play dumb, will you give me a straight answer or not?”

Suddenly, a dizzy human face appeared on the book’s cover.

Zhao Yu urged, “Hurry up, yes or no?”

The face looked even more dizzy.

Then, the book flipped its pages on its own, as if stirred by an invisible wind.

“Rustle, rustle...”

After flipping for a while, a few words appeared out of thin air on the last pages.

[Your wife is not ill.]

Zhao Yu narrowed his eyes, “Do I not know if my wife is sick? Worthless!”

He felt the book was less useful than his firewood knife.

The book quickly flipped again.

[Big brother, great ancestor! I’m just a travelogue.]

“I misjudged you.” Zhao Yu closed the book casually, then looked at the study with a headache.

He couldn’t find a corresponding illness for his wife here; maybe he should try a cure-all approach?

He remembered, many years ago, he had seen a book that described a method to cure any disease, even revive the dead from flesh and bones.

Which book was it?

No, it wasn’t a medical book; it seemed to be an alchemy book.

Zhao Yu hurriedly began searching again.

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After nearly half an hour of flipping, Zhao Yu finally found the book he had seen before.

Sure enough, it was an alchemy manual.

He flipped through quickly and found it in the last few pages.

“Seven-Colored Mysterious Pill.”

Zhao Yu examined it. This pill required main ingredients like the Seven-Colored Lotus, Wind-Seeking Herb, and Star Spirit Essence, plus hundreds of auxiliary materials.

The book said that once refined, it was a supreme divine pill, capable of healing all wounds, curing all poisons, and treating all illnesses.

In other words, this thing could definitely cure his wife.

Although he didn’t know how to refine pills, he could brew medicines by following the herbal preparation methods.

The problem was...

Zhao Yu stared at the prescription in a daze, “What are all these ingredients?”

He hadn’t seen or heard of any of the materials listed.

“Indeed, as the book says, you only regret the lack of resources when the time comes to use them.” Muttering, Zhao Yu endured the tingling on his scalp and memorized everything by heart.

All for his wife.

After forcefully memorizing all the ingredients, he got up and left the study.

He secretly decided that when the black wind calmed down, he would go wandering in the mountains... Even if those herbs were rare, as long as he searched carefully, he would surely find them.

Nothing in the world is difficult for the person who means to succeed!

Stepping outside, he saw that the sky had completely darkened without him noticing.

The two men in black Fang Hui had left, whereabouts unknown.

Little Maruko was lying on the table, seemingly recalling something amusing and giggling foolishly.

Zhao Yu stepped forward and patted her head, “It’s already late at night, stop giggling and go to sleep.”

Without him, the head of this family, this household would surely fall apart sooner or later.

Little Maruko snapped back to reality, displeased, “Brother-in-law, don’t pat my head. You might knock some sense out of me.”

Zhao Yu said nothing and patted her head again.

Little Maruko, angry, pouted and glared at Zhao Yu several times before hopping back inside.

“Go to sleep.” Zhao Yu stretched and headed to the bedroom.

“Zhao Yu, don’t go to the bedroom...” The firewood knife suddenly screamed.

But before finishing, it fell silent.

Zhao Yu picked up the firewood knife, “Why are you so jumpy? It’s late at night. If I don’t go to the bedroom to sleep, should I stand here daydreaming in the courtyard?”