Ning Tao could also not bother to get involved with it. Bai Jing would be put entirely in charge of the Shenzhou Charity Company. Thus, allocating 50% of the shares to her was a necessary measure, so that she could have a better control of the company.

Hu Jilu was indeed ill. His face was swollen, dark circles were under his eyes, his skin pale and lackl.u.s.ter to the extent of looking quite sickly. After exchanging a few words casually, Ning Tao activated his power of sight and smell to make a diagnosis for Hu Jilu's condition, and was able to immediately find out what was wrong with him. He went straight to the topic, “Mayor Hu, I see that you do not look good. Should I take a look at your condition?”

Hu Jilu responded, “I couldn't ask for more. I've wished for Doctor Ning to come treat me anyway. If it's convenient for you, I would request for you to take a look at me at once.”

Ning Tao said, “It's okay. I can clearly make an a.s.sessment about your condition. You'll only need to find a suitable place for the treatment.”

Hu Jilu was surprised. “Doctor Ning, you have yet to give me a checkup and you already know what my illness is?”

Ning Tao said calmly, “Chronic nephritis, and a very serious case of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Your face is swollen, your skin is pale and lackl.u.s.ter, your eyes are unfocused. These are all symptoms of your nephritis. The kidney is a vital organ. Once its ill, it will be instantly apparent. Chronic nephritis isn't life-threatening, but your case was caused by your BPH. It means a difficulty to urinate led to urinary retention, further causing your kidney to be damaged by toxins. The root of your illness lies in your prostate. You'll recover as long as it's treated. If the root of the illness isn't cured, it might really kill you.”

Hu Jilu became anxious all of a sudden. “So serious? Doctor Ning, don't you scare me.”

Ning Tao said, “Your prostate is already starting to suffer a lesion. It's no longer a problem which can be solved by simply applying injections or taking medicine.”

Hu Jilu grew increasingly nervous. “A lesion? Then… then how can it be cured?”

Ning Tao said, “Surgery. In usual cases, the hospital will remove your prostate, but it would have a very drastic impact on you. I'll only be removing the area of your infection, allowing your prostate to be cleared and thus curbing its inflammation. Mayor Hu, you don't have to be worried, it's actually just a minor operation.”

Actually, he still had another plan. That was to open the Sky Clinic for treatment. However, he could not detect any good energy on Hu Jilu. Yet, Hu Jilu was also clearly not a bad person, so there was no need to diagnose him with the ledger of bamboo slips. He could also guess that Hu Jilu had either three to five points of good intention merit, or one to two points of evil intention sins. Ning Tao would be making a huge loss if he were to go to the Sky Clinic. Regardless whether Hu Jilu was a person of minor merits or minor sins, he would be forgotten once he were to go by the means of the clinic. Since it was the period when the Shenzhou Charity Company was still setting up in Shan City, befriending the mayor would not only be advantageous but at the very least, convenient. So, unless he had no other choice, he would not go for the Sky Clinic.

Besides, he had just managed to cultivate the Blade of the Solar Eclipse, how could he not test out the pre-school scalpel method with his Blade of the Solar Eclipse?

“Where will the surgery be? How will it be done?” Hu Jilu asked, looking completely disoriented.

Ning Tao said smilingly, “The lounge will do. Mayor Hu, you really do not need to be nervous. It's just a minor operation.”

“You made the illness sound so grave yet only a minor surgery is needed? I…” Hu Jilu hesitated.

Bai Jing said, “Mayor Hu, if Doctor Ning can't cure you, then no other doctor in the world can.”

“Let me consider. Just for a moment,” Hu Jilu said.

Ning Tao said, “Sure, I'll be around Shan City in the next few days. You can give me a call whenever you make a decision.”

He understood Hu Jilu's hesitations. For the lesion of a prostate to be operated there, anybody would logically be worried about failure, such as the risk of infection or it being life-endangering or something of the sort.

At that moment, an employee walked in with a grave-looking face. “Mayor Hu, another case happened again last night.”

“What? Again!?” Hu Jilu sprang up from his seat, and slammed his desk. “What are they doing? Go tell them, if it happens again…”

Before he could finish his sentence, Hu Jilu's body shook and he collapsed, falling backwards.

That employee hurriedly caught Hu Jilu. “Mayor Hu, look at you now! You have to go to the hospital quick!”

Hu Jilu was seated stiffly in his chair. “It happened again. How can I go to the hospital in peace? You don't have to mind me, just go tell Wu Wenbo to solve the case as soon as possible. Everyone's worried nowadays. The reputation of Shan City has been damaged. It cannot go on anymore. People will think that we're incompetent.”

Wu Wenbo. What a nice name. Ning Tao suddenly recalled. The previous time he and Lin Qingyu were dining together, they ran into Yang Hai and Shen Jun trying to pick on him. Shen Jun had summoned a team leader named Chen Guojun, and it was Wu Wenbo who had helped to resolve the situation. Wu Wenbo was a senior superintendent of the Shan City police enforcement, so this name had also given Ning Tao a bad feeling.

“Mayor Hu, what case?” Ning Tao asked.

Hu Jilu said, “There's a devil who particularly picks on lone women. Just within the short duration of a month, five young women had already been murdered.”

The employee b.u.t.ted in, “It's six. Including the one last night. The victim was a second year student at Shan City Medical University. After a self-revision at night, she came out to get some sanitary pads. Despite her having her period, the b.a.s.t.a.r.d still laid his hands on her.”

Such a description made Ning Tao's blood boil. He fumed silently; his evil side was reawakening. However, after practicing the grade three elementary cultivation method, he had been able to better control it. At the moment, he merely looked scarily cold, but did not lose his cool.

“d.a.m.n it! That guy must be a pervert!” On the other hand, Hu Jilu was not able to control his temper, and he scolded. He then said, “What are you still doing here? Quick, go! Tell Wu Wenbo that I have ordered him to solve the case within a week!”

“I'll go now, Mayor Hu, you should really go to the hospital,” the employee urged before leaving.

“Wait, I'll go with you, and…” Hu Jilu spoke but did not complete his sentence.

However, Ning Tao knew what he had wanted to say. Hu Jilu wanted to also go to see the doctor at the university's hospital, but was too embarra.s.sed to say it before a doctor like him.

“Doctor Ning, that's all. Let me consider. I'll let you know once I'm decided,” Hu Jilu said.

Ning Tao said, “Alright, then I'll be leaving.”

After leaving the city hall's adminstrative building, Qing Zhui looked unhappy. “That Mayor Hu is so stubborn. Brother Ning went to see him out of good will, yet he didn't trust you to even dare allow you to operate on a minor surgery. I say, let's not bother about him anymore, just let him visit the hospital.”

Ning Tao said, “It's normal that he's wary. I told him that I'll be operating on his prostate's lesion in the lounge. It must have scared him. If I had told him that it would be cured with a ma.s.sage or through taking medicine, he could have accepted my treatment. However, as a doctor, I have the responsibility to explain the actual situation to him.”

Bai Jing pouted. “You have so many rules.”

Qing Zhui said, “Of course, Brother Ning has his own rules as a doctor.”

Bai Jing shrugged, and did not continue bickering with Qing Zhui.

Ning Tao said, “Sister Bai, Qing Zhui, you girls go get busy with the company. I'll be going to the university to take a look.”

Qing Zhui said, “I want to go with you.”

Ning Tao said, “You can't enter that kind of place without a permit. A crime happened there, I'm sure the police are there. It won't be convenient for you to go. I'm technically still a student, so I would be able to enter. We'll meet tonight.”

Qing Zhui wanted to say more, but Bai Jing pulled her hand. “Let him go, he's probably thinking of meeting some female cla.s.smate. It's inconvenient for you to be there.”

Qing Zhui giggled as she said, “Then I won't be going. Brother Ning, good luck, and find yourself a wife soon.”

Ning Tao: “…”

After parting with Bai Jing and Qing Zhui, Ning Tao arrived at Shan City Medical University on his G.o.d's Will electric bicycle. Once he saw the campus entrance, a sense of familiarity struck him, overwhelming him with sentimentality. He had studied and lived there for four years, but he could no longer recover the same feeling as a student being back there once again.

A crowd had formed around a small alley beside the campus entrance. A few police cars were parked by the roadside.

That alley was usually dimly lit at night. There was also a garbage dump in it, where the students would throw their garbage. Hardly anyone went there. Ning Tao was familiar with the place. Once he saw that a group of onlookers were at the alley; he knew that the female student had been attacked there.

Ning Tao approached, pus.h.i.+ng the G.o.d's Will electric bicycle along with him.

“So pitiful. Only 20 years old and she's dead.”

“Terrible! What a nice girl. Just take her money if you want money; why would you violate someone to their death?”

“Sigh, it has happened a few times this month. I no longer dare to leave my house at night.”

“What are the police even doing? This b.a.s.t.a.r.d has committed crimes so many times yet they still haven't caught him.”

“I heard that this murderer is very strong in counterintelligence, and did not leave a single trace behind at the scene. How do you want the police to find him?”

The crowd was buzzing with commotion. Some were pitying, some were angry, some were just watching indifferently.

Autumn had just arrived, yet Shan City felt like it had still remained in summer. The sun was still bright and blazing, making the weather incredibly warm. Yet, Ning Tao felt a sense of chill.

Ning Tao had initially intended to track down the culprit by smell, but there were too many people present so he had given up on it. He parked the G.o.d's Will electric bicycle outside of the crowd, then squeezed through the group of people.

“This…” a woman's voice suddenly called out. “Isn't it Ning Tao?”