303: Chapter 304 Treatment Costs Extra! Abyss Core Formed into a Pill

The black heart was held in Lin Qi's palm, still beating pulse by pulse.

From the irregular cracks on its surface, wisps of black mist would occasionally emerge, only to be automatically suppressed by the white light overflowing from Lin Qi's palm.

Lin Qi weighed it in his hand.

"This thing has a nice feel to it."

His expression was very serious.

So serious that it didn't look like he was toying with an Abyss Core capable of destroying the world, but rather like he was picking out a watermelon at a market.

"Brother Qi," Zhang Wei leaned in, glanced askance at the pitch-black object, and looked disgusted. "This thing looks like expired chocolate. Are you sure it's usable?"

"Fatty, what do you know?" Lin Qi rolled his eyes.

"This is the purest source code of the Abyss Law, the solidified Origin of stowaways from an entire plane. Try looking for it in the auction house; you couldn't buy it even with money."

As he spoke, his fingers began to tap unconsciously against the surface of the heart.

It was just like tapping on a calculator.

Zhang Wei knew his boss too well; seeing this action, he immediately knew—Brother Qi was calculating the bill again.

"What are you thinking about?"

Instructor Su Qing also walked over. She had recovered most of her condition, but her face was still a bit pale.

Lin Qi didn't look up, muttering to himself.

"I'm thinking if this thing were in 'martial arts era', it would have to be worth at least a few million gold coins..."

Instructor Su Qing: "..."

Zhang Wei: "..."

Fine.

The Tongshen Realm land immortal who had just formatted an Abyss BOSS with one hand was now squatting on the ruins, appraising a monster heart.

Who wouldn't be confused by this contrast?

"But having said that."

Lin Qi stood up, holding the heart, and looked at Instructor Su Qing.

"Instructor Su, I can indeed use this thing to lift the curse on you."

Instructor Su Qing's body tensed involuntarily.

This curse, which had plagued her for years, caused her to fall from her Peak to the bottom of the valley, and earned her the title of "Witch of Despair"—could it really be lifted?

She tried hard to control the waves in her heart, maintaining her ice-queen persona.

"Are you sure?"

"I am sure." Lin Qi nodded, "But—"

Here it comes, here it comes.

Zhang Wei perked up his ears.

He was too familiar with Brother Qi's "but."

Every time those two words came out, it meant a string of astronomical bills would follow.

Sure enough.

Lin Qi held up the heart and began counting on his fingers.

"Purifying the Abyss Core counts as material costs. Operating the Yin and Yang Law counts as a technical fee. Me doing it personally counts as a labor fee. The energy consumption during the treatment counts as overtime pay."

"Most importantly, this is high-risk work, so it needs insurance."

"The total of the above fees is—"

He looked at Instructor Su Qing and stated a number.

After hearing it, a rare crack appeared on Instructor Su Qing's cold, frosty face.

"You might as well go rob someone."

"Robbery is illegal." Lin Qi said earnestly, "This is legitimate charging; I'll even give you an invoice."

Instructor Su Qing took a deep breath.

"I'm a cripple now, my Rank is locked, and my savings are gone. How is quoting me this number any different from asking a beggar for a fortune?"

"That's easy to solve."

Lin Qi had been waiting for this exact sentence.

"If you don't have enough money, you can work for it."

"Work?"

"Yes. From now on, your life belongs to me. You work for me, and your wages will directly offset the treatment fee."

"Preliminary estimate, based on your current ability assessment, it will roughly take—"

He pinched his fingers.

"—starting at five years."

Instructor Su Qing: "..."

Zhang Wei stood by, his mouth agape.

This move by Brother Qi was textbook-level freeloading!

Exchanging an Abyss Core that was going to be thrown away anyway for a five-year indentured contract of a top-tier combatant like Instructor Su Qing?

He wouldn't even dare to dream of such a deal.

But what could Instructor Su Qing do?

How many years had Longya Academy studied this curse? How many times had the Federation's top Law scholars looked at it?

No one could solve it.

Not a single person.

The eighteen-year-old youth before her was her only hope.

Moreover, she had seen it with her own eyes just now.

With a press of his finger, that Abyss monster, which even a Rank 5 Expert was helpless against, was gone.

Not even a trace was left.

She believed that such an existence could lift her curse.

After a few seconds of silence.

Instructor Su Qing raised her head and looked at Lin Qi.

"Fine."

Just one word.

Crisp and decisive.

"My life is yours now; don't mention five years, ten years is also fine."

Lin Qi was satisfied.

He loved dealing with straightforward people.

"Then let's begin now."

As soon as he finished speaking, his palm suddenly tightened.

"Crack—"

The cracks on the surface of the Abyss Core instantly expanded, and black liquid gushed out from the fissures.

But before the liquid could spread, Lin Qi's other hand already covered it.

White light shone.

The chaotic and evil black liquid was frantically kneaded, compressed, and purified between his hands.

It was like rolling tangyuan.

No, even rougher than rolling tangyuan.

The scene—the first word that popped into Zhang Wei's head was "washing machine."

It was that feeling of an old-fashioned twin-tub washing machine, with the spin-dry mode fully engaged, frantically spinning a dirty piece of clothing.

The white light represented Yang, and the black liquid represented Yin.

Two completely opposing forces were constantly colliding and merging between Lin Qi's palms.

"Yang at its Peak gives birth to Yin, Yin at its Peak turns to Yang."

Lin Qi muttered in a low voice.

This was one of the most profound Internal Skill Mind-Cultivation Techniques in 'martial arts era'—the core incantation of the Taixu Yin and Yang Art.

In the game, this move was used to refine top-tier Medicinal Pills.

Now, he was using it in reality.

The ball of chaotic liquid was constantly shrinking, eventually turning into a fingernail-sized, half-black, half-white little Medicinal Pill.

The black and white colors were clearly distinct, slowly rotating.

It looked like a Taiji diagram.

"Done."

Lin Qi picked up the Medicinal Pill, looked at it against the setting sun, and was quite satisfied.

"Instructor Su, open your mouth."

Instructor Su Qing looked at the Medicinal Pill, hesitating a bit.

It wasn't that she didn't trust Lin Qi, but the thing really didn't look like anything good.

She could feel the Abyss aura inside—although it had been purified and compressed by Lin Qi, it still made her instinctively repulsed.

"Can I have some water—"

Before she could finish.

Lin Qi's hand was already there.

With one hand, he pried open Instructor Su Qing's mouth, and with the other, he directly slapped the Medicinal Pill inside.

Fast, accurate, and ruthless.

Done in one smooth motion.

Instructor Su Qing didn't even have a chance to react; the Medicinal Pill had already slid down her throat into her stomach.

"!!!"

The next second.

Instructor Su Qing's body began to tremble violently.

Dense black patterns appeared on the surface of her skin—that was the materialized form of the Abyss curse.

And those patterns were being washed away, inch by inch, by a warm white current rising from within her body.

It was like developing a photograph, the jet-black background slowly being bleached.

This process was clearly not very comfortable.

Instructor Su Qing gritted her teeth, and cold sweat fell in large drops.

Her clothes were soon soaked through with sweat, clinging to her body, outlining—

"Don't look! Don't look!"

Zhang Wei shouted, turned around, and covered his eyes with both hands.

Then he peeked through his fingers.

He quickly closed them again.

"No, no, I have principles."

Lin Qi had no time to pay attention to him.

The curse inside Instructor Su Qing was deeper than he had expected, having already permeated to the level of her meridians and Law imprints.

Relying on the power of the Medicinal Pill alone was not enough.

He extended a finger and tapped the center of Instructor Su Qing's back.

An extremely gentle yet incomparably overbearing Origin power was transferred from his fingertip.

Instructor Su Qing's body jolted, then gradually calmed down.

The speed at which those black patterns were fading significantly increased.

"Brother Qi..." Zhang Wei stood with his back to them, rubbing his hands, "How much longer... will you guys be?"

"What's the rush?"

"It's not a rush, it's just that from this angle, the wind is a bit strong."

"Go further away to blow."

"Alrighty!"

Zhang Wei trotted off to twenty meters away and found a stone to sit on.

While gnawing on the half-eaten apple left from earlier—the kind Lin Qi had casually conjured—he muttered to himself.

"Brother Qi is really something; curing someone is like flipping kebabs..."

After taking two bites, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

He looked down at the apple in his hand.

This thing was conjured out of thin air by Brother Qi using Law.

So... does it count as organic or inorganic?

Is it a fruit or a handicraft?

Can it be listed for sale?

What's the profit margin?

A series of business questions exploded in Zhang Wei's mind.

"No, this project needs to be established and researched."

He took out his phone to make a memo, only to find there was absolutely no signal in this ghost place.

"I have to have a good chat with Brother Qi when we get back."

"Purely natural with no additives, essence organic apple."

"Nine thousand nine hundred per piece, eat it and it can extend your life."

"I've even thought of the slogan..."

The more he thought, the more excited he became.

On the other side.

Lin Qi was focused on guiding the Origin power, cleaning up the last trace of the curse residue inside Instructor Su Qing.

The process was smoother than he had expected.

Because that Yin and Yang Medicinal Pill had a very good neutralizing effect—fighting poison with poison, using the purified Abyss energy to lure out the curse entity, and then using the Yang-extreme power to burn it away.

Just when the curse was about to be completely cleared—

In the sky, a dazzling red light suddenly lit up.

It wasn't natural light.

It was that kind of artificial light carrying strong Law fluctuations.

Lin Qi's movements stopped.

He looked up at the sky.

That red light came from an extremely high orbit, precisely scanning the entire D-3 Region from above.

A Law analysis reconnaissance satellite.

Someone was spying on him curing the illness.

Lin Qi's face darkened.