After leaving the clinic, Ning Tao got a cab and headed straight to the botanical garden of Blueprint Biotechnology Company.

The afternoon sun was particularly strong, and the cab driver turned the air conditioner to the lowest temperature, but it was still very hot.

Ning Tao turned on his cell phone, which had been turned off for days, and then called Lin Qinghua. As soon as he got through, he declared his intention immediately, saying, "Qinghua, I need some medicinal and non-medicinal materials. The last time I visited your lab, I saw that there are many precious herbs in the botanical garden. Maybe there are some herbs that I need. I'd like to have a look if you are free now. Also, if there are really any herbs I need, please give me some."

When Ning Tao finished, Lin Qinghua said without hesitation, "Where are you? I'll pick you up right away and come to the botanical garden with you. You can take whatever you want."

"You don't have to pick me up. I'm in a cab heading to your botanical garden," Ning Tao said.

"I'm in the lab right now. I'll wait for you," Lin Qinghua stated.

Then Ning Tao hung up and looked out the window. Lin Qinghua's att.i.tude was not a surprise to him. But he couldn't help thinking about the rising rents and upgrades to the clinic. And then there was a deeper question—where were the good-evil rents that the Sky Clinic collected? Were rent increases and clinic upgrades an established mode of operation, or was there another owner?

A motorcycle suddenly pa.s.sed by the cab, moving so fast that it almost brushed the cab.

The cab driver immediately stepped on the brake, swearing, "Do you want to die? Do you know how to ride a motorcycle?!"

Ning Tao looked out the window at the motorcycle. That motorcycle was very cool and worth hundreds of thousands yuan. The motorcyclist was even cooler, wearing a bamboo hat instead of a motorcycle helmet, and a black antique robe instead of a leather motorcycle suit. His first impression of Ning Tao was that he was probably either a cosplay lover or an ancient costume enthusiast, who had a strong personality.

At this point, the motorcyclist suddenly looked back at him.

Then, they stared into each other's eyes.

Every nerve in Ning Tao's body tautened in a flash as he saw a pair of pale green eyes! The motorcyclist's eyes looked the same as Lin Qinghua's when he was in the state of being a new demon! Unfortunately, he could only see his eyes, and could not see his face at all because he wore a big black mask.

Then the motorcyclist with the bamboo hat turned his head, gave a toss of something and a piece of paper flew in from the air and stuck on the cab window.

Ning Tao looked at the piece of paper and saw a sentence written on it, saying, "Go to the Big Bowl Village of Black Dragon Mountain on the night of the 15th day of this lunar month. Not leave without seeing each other."

The piece of paper stayed for only two seconds before it flew out the window.

Ning Tao pulled himself together and cried anxiously, "Catch up with that motorcycle!"

"Are you kidding?" cried the cab driver in an exaggerated tone. "It's an imported motorcycle worth hundreds of thousands yuan. Even if you give me ten times the fare, my car won't catch it!" Then he added, "Dude, we're not making a movie right now, are we?"

Just as the cab driver was speaking, the motorcycle suddenly accelerated into a bend and disappeared. By the time the cab rolled into the bend as well, there were no sign of the motorcycle or the motorcyclist on the road.

Ning Tao got horrified. "There's something clearly wrong with that rider. His eyes are the same as Lin Qinghua's when he is in the state of being a demon. He probably also belongs to the demon, and may even be the one behind the matter, who called Lin Qinghua. But why did he ask me to meet him at the Big Bowl Village at night?" he wondered.

The 15th night of the lunar month was still 10 days away, which meant Ning Tao still had 10 days to decide whether to meet that man or not.

When the cab arrived at the botanical garden of Blueprint Biotechnology Company, Ning Tao paid and got off.

There was not only Lin Qinghua but also Lin Qingyu waiting for him at the gate. Ning Tao had no idea if Lin Qingyu was here this morning or she came as she learnt that Ning Tao would come.

Lin Qingyu was all smiles and looked sweet and kind. She wore a blue miniskirt that just wrapped around her hips, and a tight white T-s.h.i.+rt that showed off the voluptuous curves of her ample b.r.e.a.s.t.s and slim waist. Anyway, the simple clothes made her hot.

Ning Tao walked up to them and greeted them with a smile.

Lin Qingyu rushed to him and asked affectionately, "Doctor Ning, why is your mobile phone always turned off these days? I haven't been able to reach you. If you hadn't called my brother, I would have called the police."

A smile spread over Ning Tao's lips, and he said, "My phone has been dead."

Lin Qingyu gave him a playful wink and said, "Don't you know how to charge your phone? You must have a secret and you don't want to tell me, do you?"

Ning Tao just smiled without explanation. He shut down his phone because he did a rush job of cultivating the spiritual power, but he could not tell her the truth.

Lin Qinghua also went over to Ning Tao and said with a smile, "Tao, you don't know how much my sister was eager to see you. She talked about you in my ear several times. Thanks to your coming, or my ears will suffer again."

Lin Qingyu rolled her eyes at her brother and questioned, "Qinghua! Are you still my brother? How could you say that? Be careful I don't talk to you anymore!"

Then she also called him Tao instead of Doctor Ning. She changed the address with the utmost naturalness, showing the slightest embarra.s.sment.

Actually, Ning Tao was not used to be called Tao, but he couldn't stop them from calling him that.

"Qinghua, this is the medicine I need. Do you have any?" Ning Tao took out the herb list that he had prepared and handed it to Lin Qinghua. That just s.h.i.+fted the awkward conversation.

Lin Qinghua took a look at the list and put it in his pants pocket. Without answering Ning Tao, he just said, "Let's talk inside."

Ning Tao nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk inside."

After entering the botanical garden, Lin Qinghua drove Ning Tao and Lin Qingyu to the lab in an electric sightseeing car.

The botanical garden was quiet, with no workers to be seen.

"Why aren't there any works?" Ning Tao asked curiously.

"I'm going to close the botanical garden," Lin Qinghua replied.

"Close the botanical garden?" Ning Tao was surprised. This was a huge botanical garden, costing at least 10 million yuan. Anyone would be surprised to suddenly learn that the place was being closed.

Lin Qinghua looked back with a smile and continued, "Not only am I closing the botanical garden and my lab, but I'm terminating the project of ancestor seeking."

Ning Tao suddenly realized that Lin Qinghua was executing the only term on the prescription pact for sins of evil intention that he wrote for him—to destroy the demon root himself.

The reason for Lin Qinghua becoming a new demon was rooted in this botanical garden. On the project of ancestor seeking, closing the botanical garden and the lab, and terminating the project was destroying the demon root himself.

"I think it's good. I don't have to worry about my brother having that terrible accident again," Lin Qingyu voiced.

Ning Tao nodded slightly and said, "Well, that's good."

Although he said that, he knew it wouldn't be that easy. Both the pill of ancestor seeking and the project's secret materials were now in the academy of sciences. It was no use for Lin Qinghua to make up his mind to destroy his demon root himself, because no one could convince the academy of sciences to destroy anything related to the project, and no one would persuade the scientists there.

In fact, when he did this deal with Lin Qinghua, he had prepared for that it would be a loss. In other words, he didn't expect Lin Qinghua to finish the term of the prescription pact. That was why he set a time limit of six months, which was the maximum time limit for the prescription pact for sins of evil intention.

"What are you thinking?" Lin Qingyu nudged Ning Tao's arm. "Get something on your mind?"

Ning Tao gathered up his thoughts and smiled. "No. I just think it's a bit of a pity."

"It's no big deal," Lin Qingyu stated. "We'll auction it at an auction house next month and we won't necessarily lose money."

"This place is going to be auctioned off?" Ning Tao looked around the modern greenhouses on both sides of the road, as well as all kinds of rare plants in the fields. He kind of wanted to get this botanical garden.

Lin Qingyu nodded her head and stressed, "This is what my brother and my father have decided, so it won't change."

Ning Tao thought of the delicate perfumed tripod that he had just found and his plan to make money. If he could get the botanical garden, he could use the plants here to make a lot of good things, such as medicines, spices, beauty products and so on. Also, he had every confidence in making a large sum of money out of it.

However, he simply could not afford the botanical garden now.

The electric sightseeing car stopped at the entrance of the lab. Then the three got out and entered the lab.

The lab was empty, without a single staff member.

In the office, Lin Qinghua said, "Qingyu, make Tao a cup of tea. I need to talk to him about something."

"Okay," Lin Qingyu answered and left.

Then Lin Qinghua closed the office door and turned to look at Ning Tao. His eyes suddenly turned starkly green.

Ning Tao was startled for a second and burst out, "What are you doing? Calm down, I don't want to see you in the other state."

In the other state, Lin Qinghua was a new demon with large b.r.e.a.s.t.s and a big b.u.t.t.

Ning Tao had seen the new demon once at the Sky Clinic, and he didn't want to see it again. Lin Qinghua signed the prescription pact for sins of evil intention at the clinic and took a Primary Elixir, but that time Ning Tao just cured his demon disease, instead of turning him back into an ordinary person.

In a way, the purpose of his treatment of Lin Qinghua was not to turn him back into a normal person, but to cure his demon disease caused by taking the pill of ancestor seeking.

The new demon was an ident.i.ty, not a disease.

If a man wanted to become a woman and cut off his p.e.n.i.s, Ning Tao could only have his wound healed and restored him to health through the Sky Clinic instead of putting his p.e.n.i.s back on. So, he tackled what Lin Qinghua couldn't—eliminating the deadly side effects and turning Lin Qinghua into a healthy, normal new demon, but could not change things back.

With an excited expression, Lin Qinghua quavered, "I can't calm down. I get very excited at the sight of you.

Ning Tao became speechless at his words.