Open a Clinic to Cultivate Myself

A trident came whizzing through the air.

Ning Tao did not move. He did not even blink his eyes.

Clang!

The trident stabbed into the rocky ground in front of Ning Tao. The rocky ground trembled, and its entire three-pronged teeth, all 30 centimeters of them, penetrated the hard ground. It appeared to be not penetrating into rocks, but bean curd.

The handle of the trident had broken off. The remaining half was in Yang Sheng’s hand.

This was the reason why Ning Tao had ignored the brutal “attack” and did not even bother to move. This trident was the magic tool Yang Sheng wanted him to mend. Since Yang Sheng was asking his favor, why would he attack him when the magic tool was still unmended?

“Haha! You’re a brave man!” Yang Sheng started to guffaw. He strode towards Ning Tao.

Only now did Ning Tao open his mouth. “Senior Yang, aren’t you afraid I might misunderstand you?”

Yang Sheng said, “I like to befriend real warriors. When I test you like this, it means I’m treating you as a friend.”

The thought of a shark was obviously different from a human being.

Yang Sheng came to Ning Tao’s front. He pushed that half trident in his hand deeper into the rock. It penetrated even farther in. That rock was already fissured. As he stabbed it in, it cracked and broke apart. Yang Sheng casually opened his arms, seemingly asking for an embrace from Ning Tao.

Ning Tao could not refuse him, so he too opened his arms and embraced Yang Sheng.

A few seconds later, Yang Sheng released Ning Tao. He pointed at the Iron Plantains. “If you manage to repair this Soul Trident of mine, I will give you all the Iron Plantains on that tree.”

Ning Tao felt excitement in his heart. These Iron Plantains would be enough to weave a Heavenly Gem bed sheet, let alone a magic garment! Perhaps, using that “divine cultivation method” of his, he could cultivate a new Iron Plantain tree.

Yang Sheng’s voice suddenly turned cold. “But if you lie to me and can’t repair my Soul Trident, I will bite off your head and use it to hold wine.”

Ning Tao said blandly, “Senior Yang, you tried to intimidate me with your strength the moment I arrived. Now you’re threatening me. Is this your way to welcome a guest? You said that you wanted to be friends with me, yet I don’t sense the slightest amicable feeling from you.”

Yang Sheng smiled again. “Haha! Getting angry? What kind of friends don’t quarrel?”

Ning Tao merely stared at him without saying anything. The emotional fluctuations of this shark spirit was so quick, he could not adapt to its tempo.

Other than the initial introduction, Zhang Chengdong had said nothing. He was obviously not as close to Yang Sheng as he claimed. But this was not surprising. This shark spirit had such an eccentric temperament, so how could he find himself true friends?

Ning Tao walked to the Soul Trident and reached out his hand to grab its broken handle. He summoned his strength and pulled the trident out from the rock. It felt very heavy in his hand. He was inwardly astounded. This broken trident must weigh at least 250 kilograms!

After that, Ning Tao lifted the broken handle. It must have weighed at least 150 kilograms. In other words, this Soul Trident weighed at least 400 kilograms in all! He might be able to lift it up, but he certainly could not wield it as a weapon.

Yang Sheng looked at Ning Tao, a tinge of astonishment flashing across his eyes. “As a cultivating doctor, you are quite strong. But I’m sure you’re not as strong as me.”

Ning Tao said, “Give me a room, and I will repair the Soul Trident for you right away.”

Yang Sheng said, “You can pick whichever room in this Sea Soul Building you like.”

Ning Tao carried the Soul Trident and walked towards one of the rooms on the first floor. He pushed its door open and found himself in a food storeroom. There was a large quantity of fish and other foodstuffs in this room, as well as condiments like soy sauce and Old Godmother chili sauce.

The smell of the storeroom made Ning Tao frown slightly. Nevertheless, he still walked in.

Yang Sheng asked, “Doctor Ning, are you sure you want to use this room?”

Ning Tao said, “The room is not so important. What’s important are my rules. I have my own set of rules for treating my patients, as well as in mending magic tools. Let me explain myself briefly. When I am mending a magic tool, no one must approach this room. Even more importantly, they must not come in. Otherwise, if the repair fails, I shall not be held responsible.”

Yang Sheng said, “Don’t worry. I will be waiting for you outside. No one can get near.”

Ning Tao said, “Good. Then please go out, the two of you. I will start repairing the Soul Trident now.”

Yang Sheng and Zhang Chengdong went out of the room. Ning Tao shut and locked the door, pushing a large cabinet brimming with fish meat to block the door. After that, he took out an ordinary prescription with a blood lock and opened the convenient door. He brought the Soul Trident back to Sky Clinic.

All was quiet in Sky Clinic. White good energy intermingled with the black evil energy, spiraling upwards.

Ning Tao placed the two sections of the broken Soul Trident in the center of the clinic. He took down the rotten broken tripod from his rack and placed it on the floor as well.

Only now did he compose himself to scrutinize Yang Sheng’s Soul Trident.

Its forked teeth were made of a metal spiritual material. Its handle was made out of another metal. Both its forked teeth and its handle were inscribed with runes, but he could not recognize any of them.

Runes were only a kind of symbol in an ordinary person’s world. They were similar to words. But in the cultivation world, they signified magic prowess, as well as changes in the Five Elements. They were extremely complicated and under different eras and ethnic groups, could signify different things. Therefore, the learning and use of runes were not restricted to any country. In the truest sense, there were no limits to their study.

After returning from Ruitian, Ning Tao would now and then take out Professor Jade’s notebooks and study them. One reason was to learn and master the “divine cultivation method”. The other was to study the runes. Actually, after coming into contact with so many runes, he gradually discovered a pattern. No matter how the runes change, they would follow a certain pattern. Once he mastered this pattern, he could read every rune in the world.

After studying it for a while, Ning Tao took a few photos of the Soul Trident with his cell phone. He snapped pictures of all the runes.

After taking their pictures, Ning Tao put the Soul Trident into the rotten broken tripod. He started to refine its broken pieces. If this Soul Trident was his, he would have added a few precious spiritual materials to improve its quality. But since Yang Sheng did not supply him with any spiritual material, Ning Tao would only mend it.

Before the Sea Soul Building, fish demons from the village had congregated in twos and threes. Some were carrying pots, others holding barbecue grills and condiments. They were very pitifully clad in scanty clothing. The men had the physiques of mermen, muscular and masculine. The women had the figures of mermaids, sexy and alluring. The impression they gave was of a beach party attended by male and female models.

When they arrived, the villagers did not speak. They only stood there quietly, staring at the storeroom door Ning Tao had entered. There were not many of these villagers. Including Yang Sheng’s five wives, there were only 61 of them.

Zhang Chengdong looked at the villagers standing behind him and his expression started to tense. “Um, Brother Yang, what are they doing here?”

Yang Sheng suddenly opened his mouth wide, his normal mouth suddenly turned in a shark’s. It was full of jagged teeth, gleaming sinisterly!

Zhang Chengdong suffered a fright. He took a hasty step backwards. “Brother Yang, what… what are you doing?”

A cold, sinister voice transmitted out of Yang Sheng’s shark mouth. “If he can’t repair my magic weapon, I will kill him. And you too.”

“What?” Zhang Chengdong immediately blanched. Although he was a practitioner with several centuries of cultivation, cultivating doctors were by nature weak in combat. He could not even defeat Yang Sheng himself, let alone the dozens of fish demons here. If they were to fight, he would be slain immediately!

Yang Sheng said menacingly, “In our fish demon world, whoever makes a promise must fulfill it. If he manages to mend my Soul Trident, the two of you will be my friends. All the Iron Plantains on that tree will be his. I will also reward you lavishly. But if he is a swindler and can’t repair my Soul Trident, then the two of you are my enemies. I will devour you two! The flesh of a practitioner is spiritual meat. It not only tastes good, but is also a great tonic.”

Only now did Zhang Chengdong understand why the villagers were holding barbecue grills and condiments. They wanted to stew and barbecue Ning Tao and him!

“My lord.” One of Yang Sheng’s wives suddenly opened her mouth. “That Doctor Ning who just came, they say he is a virgin boy. Later, I shall grill a couple of fish maws for you. They are good tonics. Do you want them spicy or cumin-flavored? Curry flavor will do too.”

Yang Sheng started to chuckle. “I want them spicy.”

The women all laughed.

The spine of Zhang Chengdong started to tingle. He instinctively took a step back.

A few muscular fish demons blocked behind him, cutting off his retreat.

Just at this moment, there was a sudden noise from the food storeroom. The door opened. The moment it opened, a gleam of cold light darted out of the door, hurtling towards Yang Sheng’s chest.

Yang Sheng did not dodge. He merely reached out and grabbed. The cold light darting into his chest was immediately halted. It was his Soul Trident.

It was formerly in two sections and could not be used as a magic tool. But the Soul Trident looked spanking new now. The broken sections had been put back together, restored as one again. There were no signs of it being mended. Even its spiritual energy was more abundant than before. Its quality had improved slightly!

Ning Tao walked out of the food storeroom, his face expressionless and his voice very cold. “Who wants to barbecue me? Let him come and I shall see if his teeth are tough enough.”

No one did.

A pretty female fish demon frustratedly threw the barbecue grill to the ground.

Yang Sheng raised his arms and immediately waved the Soul Trident in his hand.

In that instant, there was a sudden thunderstorm. A strong fetid odor overwhelmed the air, and the demon aura started to surge like a gigantic wave up the beach, raising a huge cloud of sands. Then it ebbed back into the sea. In the twinkling of an eye, the sandstorm had turned into a massive wave several dozen meters high. It rumbled and billowed towards the far distance!

“Great! Great! Great!” Yang Sheng growled thrice consecutively. Then he said excitedly, “It’s really fixed, and even better than before! Doctor Ning my friend, more than 10 cultivating doctors had tried to mend this Soul Trident in the past centuries. You are the only one who has succeeded. You can definitely count as my friend!”

Ning Tao glanced at the large company of fish demons and the barbecue grills they cast on the ground, as well as the condiments, pots and bowls in their hands. He could quite guess the eventual fates of those 10 cultivation doctors.

Such friends…

… I can freakin’ do without!