Chapter 154: Chapter 154: You’ve Been Blocked by Qian 7
On that day, Sea City.
"Zhao Qing is recovering well enough to be up and about and is currently undergoing rehabilitation. He should be back on the battlefield soon," the attending doctor in a white coat said to a tall, silver-haired young man beside him at the warrior medical base.
"Thanks to that vial of potion you provided, we were able to save his life. However, I’ve always been curious. While the potion is indeed capable of bone regeneration, its ability to regenerate blood and tendons shouldn’t be as potent. So how did it manage to reconnect Zhao Qing’s severed body?"
"This matter is inconvenient to disclose," Su Ang replied lightly, as the image of the girl who had stuffed the hemostatic medicine into his arms flickered through his mind. "Also, I would prefer it if you kept the matter of the potion secret. Do not let my father find out."
"Of course." The doctor nodded, then opened a hospital room door. "After you’ve visited Zhao Qing, remember to come to my office for a spiritual power test. Having been in the A-level dungeon for several months, your spiritual power is likely to be hard to control and needs guidance."
Su Ang nodded, watching the doctor leave before turning into the ward.
"Commander Su?" Zhao Qing, who was watching a TV drama in the hospital room, lit up when he saw Su Ang. "What brings you here!"
"How is your health?" Su Ang walked to the bedside, stopping Zhao Qing from getting out of bed. His gaze swept over Zhao Qing’s waist, clearly wanting to assess his condition.
Zhao Qing immediately lifted his shirt. On his waist was a nearly 3cm-wide scar that ran across it. Though somewhat unsightly, he could move as normally as anyone else, barring some fatigue due to damaged muscles and bones.
"I truly never thought I would survive." He recalled dragging half his body, fully expecting to die, only to wake up in a hospital with his lower half perfectly reattached to his waist. For a moment, he thought he was in heaven rather than in a hospital.
He later learned that it was Su Ang who saved his life. Although the doctor hadn’t shared many details, the life-saving debt was undoubtedly owed to Su Ang.
"Commander Su, thank you so much for saving me," Zhao Qing said sincerely, choking up. The big man couldn’t stop tears from welling up in his eyes.
Surviving such a dire situation, no one could remain indifferent. He had no idea how to repay this life-saving grace.
"No need to thank me. Without another person’s help, I couldn’t have saved you," Su Ang said lightly, knowing well that without Qian Qi’s Blood Stopping Magic Potion, Zhao Qing wouldn’t have survived with just the special potion injection.
"Another person?" Zhao Qing wondered. "Who?"
Su Ang’s lips moved, but he remained silent.
After that battle in Song City, he was forced by an urgent mission into a yet-to-be-cleared A-level dungeon. After killing an A-level Moon Silver Demon Wolf BOSS, he was assigned another task, leading to another A-level battlefield. Only today did he have time to visit Zhao Qing.
On the way, he read some current news and saw quite a few articles about Qian Qi.
This included the Magic Plant Research Institute selling Blood Stopping Magic Potions. He noticed that the advertised potency didn’t seem as miraculous as Qian Qi’s version, leading him to suspect that Qian Qi might not have sold the core technology to the institute.
Or perhaps, there was some other secret.
This matter needed more observation, and he couldn’t discuss the Blood Stopping Magic Potion openly with Zhao Qing, lest it attract attention and cause Qian Qi safety issues.
"I’ll introduce you if there’s a chance," Su Ang said after visiting Zhao Qing. "You continue to rest; I have matters to attend to, so I won’t disturb you further."
Zhao Qing quickly nodded, watching Su Ang leave.
After exiting the room, Su Ang contacted the principal for Qian Qi’s Light Brain Number to discuss the matter of the Defense Fruit. However, the light brain notified him that she wasn’t accepting friend requests.
[...]: Principal, has Qian Qi enabled the function to refuse friend requests?
[Afraid of Balding Midlife]: Impossible! She used the friend request response feature just the other day to con Tang Yunde out of more than ten thousand!
[...]: ?
[Afraid of Balding Midlife]: No, two months back, Qian Qi suddenly asked for your Light Brain Number. Didn’t she add you?
[...]: No.
[Afraid of Balding Midlife]: Oh, I see. She blocked you, hahaha——
[...]: ...
Blocked? Why would Qian Qi block him?
Su Ang pondered for a moment before realizing he might have forgotten to pay for the hemostatic medicine these past two busy months.
After a brief silence, Su Ang replied to the principal:
[...]: Principal, could you help me get in touch with her?
[Afraid of Balding Midlife]: Hold on; I’ll ask her~
A moment later.
[Afraid of Balding Midlife]: She replied to me with a "ha."
Su Ang: ... Seems she’s mad.
Rubbing his temples, Su Ang recalled having Qian Qi’s account number from when he purchased the Defense Fruit and the hemostatic medicine. He immediately transferred the money for the medicine to her account.
Two minutes later, Su Ang sent another friend request and saw it went through.
However, Qian Qi did not accept the friend request, so Su Ang used the friend request response feature to send her a message, remembering the principal’s advice.
[...]: Qian Qi?
[I am your uncle]: Why are you calling me, uncle?
[...]: Let’s talk about the prices for the Defense Fruit and hemostatic medicine?
[I am your uncle]: Oh~ Big Uncle Su finally remembers this matter~
Qian Qi rolled her eyes slightly, replying cynically:
[I am your uncle]: Prices have gone up. You need to get me a hovercar worth over three hundred million.
Su Ang waited a moment, seeing no further message from Qian Qi, and then realized that the friend request response function not only had a twenty-word restriction but also could only reply to the last sentence, unable to continuously respond twice.
[...]: A?
[I am your uncle]: Hovercar, only then I won’t block you again!!!
[...]: Okay.
Su Ang agreed too quickly, which made Qian Qi feel slightly unaccustomed. Rubbing her chin, she asked, "When will you get it for me?"
[...]: A suitable hovercar needs to be custom-made. Where are you? I’ll come find you.
Wow, he’s serious?
Qian Qi had said it casually, not expecting Su Ang to take it seriously. But since he was willing, Qian Qi naturally wouldn’t refuse and promptly sent him the address for the Bright Orphanage.
Su Ang set the hovercar’s destination to the address Qian Qi provided before entering the doctor’s office.
Excessive use of spiritual power in a commander can lead to the side effect of spiritual power collapse. While Su Ang’s other Awakened Skills could help him tackle magic beasts when his spiritual power was fatigued, the heavy burden faced on the battlefield since childhood also made him susceptible to spiritual power collapse.
Though the medical base had developed spiritual waves to guide the spiritual power, it only temporarily alleviated the instability and was extremely painful, with very few commanders enduring this guiding pain.
"Let’s just do two hours of guidance today," Su Ang lay down on the bed of the guidance instrument, closing his eyes lightly. "I have an appointment tomorrow and need to set out early."
"Alright." The doctor activated the guidance instrument, attaching it to Su Ang’s temples after a series of precise adjustments.
Soon, the office was filled with the young man’s pained groans.