124: Chapter 124: Poison!

"Wishing Coin?? System, is this thing useful to me?"

Chu Xiao asked curiously.

[Ding!]

[[A Cursed Wishing Coin] is... useful to the host! But not significantly! It functions like an equivalent exchange; when a wish is granted, it will also devour the host's Luck, bringing about a backlash of misfortune!]

The System's voice flashed through his mind.

Chu Xiao rubbed his chin and habitually said, "Let's see the price!"

[Ding!]

[①. [A Cursed Wishing Coin] Price: 50,000 pleasure points!]

[②. [Heart-Eating Gu Egg] Price: 2,000 pleasure points!]

[③. [Supreme Divine Fishing Rod] Price: 10,000 pleasure points!]

The System's voice flashed again.

Chu Xiao thought for a moment and said, "I'll choose [A Cursed Wishing Coin]. Also, I'll buy the [Heart-Eating Gu Egg] and the [Supreme Divine Fishing Rod]."

[Ding!]

[Consuming 12,000 pleasure points!]

[Pleasure Point Balance: 705,232.19!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: [A Cursed Wishing Coin], [Heart-Eating Gu Egg], and [Supreme Divine Fishing Rod]! (Stored in the System Space!)]

The System's voice flashed.

Chu Xiao immediately moved the Heart-Eating Gu Egg into the max-level beast taming garden for cultivation. In the blink of an eye, the thing had multiplied into countless numbers.

"I seem to have discovered an incredible BUG!"

Chu Xiao muttered to himself while rubbing his chin.

Although the [max-level beast taming garden] wasn't expensive, its function was truly invincible. For example, the [Heart-Eating Gu Egg] reproduced extremely fast.

In a few blinks, it had already reproduced tens of thousands of offspring. If he waited a few days and let it breed tens of billions, then released them all at once...

Earth... would be finished in an instant.

The more Chu Xiao thought about it, the more excited he became. He muttered, "As expected, the Zerg are the strongest! If I find some powerful Exotic Divine Insect to breed in the future... I can't even imagine it!"

He finished selecting from the prize pool.

Qing Ji and Yu Shu were also almost ready. They had both changed into modern clothes, yet they still possessed a strange, bewitching beauty.

A person's temperament is something very difficult to change with clothes!!!

...

Kyoto City.

In a prosperous CBD area, inside an office building on the top floor, a middle-aged man who was slightly chubby but still retained a bit of a handsome air was reviewing documents.

He did look like a handsome uncle—wealthy and talented—which was very attractive to young girls.

This person's name was Xu Maoliang, the very scumbag who had abandoned Chu Xiao's maternal aunt back then.

Now, through his own means, he had created a business Empire of his own. To be able to gain a firm foothold in a place like Kyoto, the power behind him was undeniably terrifying.

Knock knock knock~~

A scantily clad secretary with a hot figure pushed the door open, carrying a plate of freshly cut fruit. She smiled flatteringly, "Chairman, it's time for your fruit."

Xu Maoliang put down his pen, gave her a practiced squeeze, and smiled wickedly, "Hehehe... do you want me to eat the fruit, or eat you?"

"You're so bad~~" The little secretary swayed her hips, lowered her head to pick up a slice of watermelon with her mouth, and said affectionately, "You can eat both together~~"

The middle-aged man bit into the watermelon in her mouth... and the two became entangled...

They didn't notice at all that several insect eggs, smaller than sesame seeds, were attached to that slice of watermelon.

Downstairs.

In a coffee shop, Chu Xiao sat drinking coffee while looking at a newspaper in his hand. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, but his eyes flashed with endless coldness and chill.

Three minutes later.

Inside the office, Xu Maoliang suddenly let out a loud cry, clutching his chest. He curled up on the sofa in pain, sweat instantly soaking his body. His screams were particularly terrifying and agonized.

The Heart-Eating Gu... had taken effect!

The pain this thing brought was tens of thousands of times more agonizing than being burned across the entire body; he didn't even have the luxury of fainting.

Some pain can be automatically blocked by the brain, or one might enter a state of shock or coma to reduce the sensation of pain.

But the Heart-Eating Gu was different.

This thing was gnawing at his heart and releasing a toxin. The toxin followed the blood, traveling through the blood vessels of the entire body, corroding everything and bringing an incredibly painful, bursting sensation.

The female secretary sitting on Xu Maoliang turned pale with fright and hastily cried out, "Chairman! Chairman, what's wrong with you!"

She had only called out twice before the Heart-Eating Gu inside her own body also took effect.

The agonizing screams of the two quickly alerted the staff outside. They banged on the door and asked, "Chairman! Are you alright? Do you need us to come in?"

Xu Maoliang was already in unbearable pain. Ignoring his disheveled appearance, he roared, "Get in here! Call an ambulance!!!"

The staff broke down the door. Seeing the scene inside, they said nothing and hurriedly called for an ambulance.

Soon.

The two were carried away by emergency personnel and sent to the nearest hospital.

Hospitals in Kyoto were always packed, especially the emergency rooms, and with the recent Spiritual Qi Recovery, many people were going for checkups.

However, Xu Maoliang didn't need to wait in line; he went straight through the VIP channel.

Half an hour later.

"Doctor... I... what... kind of illness is this... ah!"

Xu Maoliang curled up on the hospital bed. He had already become visibly thinner from the pain. The intense agony caused him to sweat constantly, and his fat was being rapidly consumed.

This kind of pain was worse than death!

Under normal circumstances, those afflicted by the Heart-Eating Gu wouldn't wait three days to die; they would take their own lives first.

But this fellow had a determined will; he didn't want to die, he really, really didn't want to die.

He wasn't an ordinary person.

He still had endless wealth and glory. He had so much money that if he died like this, he wouldn't be able to rest in peace even as a ghost.

With money, he could enjoy the best medical resources in the country, even the world.

Even if it meant a total blood transfusion or replacing all his organs, he could have it done within 48 hours without facing any legal consequences.

The experienced doctor stared at the blood test results and CT scans in his hand, frowning in silence. In his decades of practice, this was the first time he had encountered such a frightening situation.

He didn't speak.

Just then, on the adjacent bed, the young and sexy secretary could no longer endure the pain of ten thousand Gu eating her heart. She screamed, tore at herself, jumped up from the bed, and charged toward the open window.

Without a second of hesitation.

She jumped.

Boom!

Panicked cries from pedestrians came from below. The young, sexy secretary lay shattered on the concrete ground, making the surrounding crowd gag in horror.

Not far away, Chu Xiao watched all this coldly, the corners of his mouth turning up: "Serves you right!"