Open a Clinic to Cultivate Myself Chapter 360

The Genesis Biotech Company was just ahead about 200 paces away. Genesis Tower was a skyscraper at least 200 meters high. Its blue glass walls seemed like a mirage in the fog and haze, almost “fairyland-like.”

Ning Tao raised his head to look at its summit, encircled in a cloudy fog. Then he walked towards Genesis Tower. As he walked, he took out his cell phone and dialed Yin Molan again.

Yin Molan's cell phone was still off.

Worry overwhelmed Ning Tao's heart. “Don't be in trouble, or…”

Or what? He dared not think. He was the one who made Yin Molan investigate the Genesis Biotech Company. If something untoward were to befall him, Ning Tao would be conscience-stricken.

Genesis Tower loomed nearer. A few security guards in special service uniform were standing outside the entrance. In the eyes of most men, they were mere security guards. But to Ning Tao, they were warriors with exceptional internal strengths.

Even these security guards were all bona fide warriors. Was this company really so unfathomable?

But it wasn't difficult to guess. This company manufacturing the Ancestor-seeking Elixir for the Institute of Biology under the Academy of Sciences was certainly no ordinary company.

Ning Tao stopped on the walkway leading to Genesis Tower. He stared at its main hall, his heart wondering, “This Genesis Biotech Company couldn't be the Chinese counterpart of the Black Fire Company, could it? If so, this must be where that tyrant is.”

The Sky Clinic had moved to Beidu, and the local tyrant here had become a hindrance to his work. On the construction site, he had given his phone number to Li Biao to entice him to call. Earning treatment fees was only one of his motives. The other was to locate the local tyrant.

In Guan City, he had located the local tyrant thanks to him saving the kidnapped girl. Between wicked men, there would often be an inexplicable link, like between a king and his general, or between a general and his soldier. As long as he grabbed the right vine, he would be able to trace the tyrant.

After halting momentarily, Ning Tao walked towards the entrance. The Genesis Biotech Company was just ahead, but he could not enter just like that.

Ring, ring…

His cell phone started to ring with an incoming call.

Ning Tao was hoping desperately it would be Yin Molan, but it turned out to be Li Biao. He continued to walk, swiping up the reception panel to receive the call.

“CEO Ning, do you have anything on tonight?” Li Biao's voice sounded very polite.

Ning Tao replied, “No, I'm free. Anything the matter?”

“Oh good. I was worried you won't be free. Well, I'd like to treat you to dinner. My men have prepared some local products for you. I'm sure you will like them,” went Li Biao's voice.

“Local products?” Ning Tao was somewhat curious. He could not think of any local products he liked from Beidu. Would that be snowballing usury, or fermented mung bean milk?

Li Biao chuckled twice. “CEO Ning, why don't you come and see for yourself? Where are you? I will send a brother… no, no, I will send my company's special driver to pick you up.”

Ning Tao replied, “That won't be necessary. Give me the address and I will come.”

“Okay, This evening at six, Dragon Gate Inn. I won't send you the map. Just ask around our village,” Li Biao said.

“Dragon Gate Inn?”

“It is one of my food, beverage and entertainment enterprises. Many famous CEOs and rich young men from Beidu like to frequent this place. I'm sure CEO Ning would like it too. So that's settled. Be sure to come tonight.”

Ning Tao said, “Sure, I will.”

After the conversation ended, Ning Tao glanced at the time on his cell phone. It was already three in the afternoon. He wanted to sneak into the Genesis Tower, but he had not come prepared. He would run the risk of being discovered. He thought better of it and decided to give up this plan. This place was no ordinary company. He must come up with a thorough plan and be fully prepared.

A schoolgirl with a satchel came up to him. She was fifteen or sixteen, wearing a school uniform. Her pretty face was still quite immature, but her bosom was already well developed. She had already entered puberty.

Ning Tao merely glanced at her. He kept his cell phone and prepared to turn back.

The girl suddenly asked, “Uncle, could you give me ¥100?”

Ning Tao was startled slightly. Were kids nowadays all so direct? At this moment, he suddenly detected something, his nose twitching a little.

The girl walked to Ning Tao's side, extending her hand graciously, asking for money as though she was well justified.

Ning Tao smiled wryly. “Miss Tang, do you find this game amusing?”

This fifteen to sixteen-year-old schoolgirl was none other than Tang Zixian. She had used a Yingu Soul-suppressing Talisman to change her appearance. She was indeed impossible to guard against. If she were an assassin from the Tang Sect, she would have many chances to shoot him before he discovered her identity. Yet if she were to approach him with murderous intent, his sixth sense would have detected her and raised his guard. But since she had approached him as a hoax, it would be quite easy for her to bluff her way in unless he first identified her odor.

Tang Zixian retracted her hand. “I know you will be here. So I was right.”

Ning Tao asked, “What are you doing here?”

Tang Zixian said, “I have been studying this place for three days. I find it different every day. Yesterday, I even managed to sneak in.”

Ning Tao's heart shook. He watched from the corners of his eyes the doorway of Genesis Tower and lowered his voice. “What did you find inside? Did you see my friend Yin Molan?”

Tang Zixian walked past Ning Tao. “This is no place to talk. Come with me.”

Ning Tao nodded. “My electric motorbike is parked straight ahead. I'll bring it here and we can find a place to talk.”

Tang Zixian followed Ning Tao, the two of them striding past Genesis Tower. Then they departed on God's Will.

A few minutes later, Ning Tao stopped by the road. “Can we talk now?”

Tang Zixian dismounted God's Will and said blandly, “I didn't see your friend there. But I found this company to be quite abnormal.”

Ning Tao felt some disappointment in his heart. Even he could tell from outside that this Genesis Biotech Company was not normal. She need not have said that. But he still kept his unruffled front. “What else?”

Tang Zixian said, “You aren't the only person in charge of the project of ancestor seeking. The Genesis Biotech Company is one other. It is even more highly valued by the authorities. You are just a reserve choice.”

Ning Tao said, “That's pretty normal. Even if I were the supervisor, I would more likely trust a large company, not a clinic doctor. Go on.”

“I know you want some useful intelligence. Since you gave me an Ancestor-seeking Elixir, I'll offer you one. The real owner of this company isn't Zheng Shan in the CEO's office, but Song Beikun, a very low-key man who rarely showed his face. His son, Song Chengpeng, was his polar opposite, a very active childe. He is well known in Beidu's high society.” Tang Zixian paused and watched Ning Tao's face. “So what are you going to do next?”

Ning Tao was silent for a moment. “I haven't decided yet. Besides, you haven't told me why you sneaked into Genesis Biotech.”

Tang Zixian gave a nonchalant smile. “Why must I tell you? When have you ever told me your secrets?”

Ning Tao shrugged. “Let me ask another question. What was your purpose in visiting the Feminine-moon people's ruins? Were you trying to unlock the formation? How did that formation come about?”

“Take your time to figure it out. I don't have time for guessing games with you.” After she said this, Tang Zixian turned and left.

Ning Tao watched her departing figure and said quietly to himself, “Actually, you are the most abnormal person.”

At six in the evening, Ning Tao rode God's Will to that village west of Beidu.

The village was called Peach Blossom Village. There were many peach blossoms in this village and every March, this place would be a veritable sea of blossoms. The season was also the village's busiest period, with many tourists visiting for spring hikes. They would admire the blossoms and climb a section of the Great Wall. Gradually, its tourism started to prosper. The villagers refurbished a few restaurants and inns to emphasize their antiquated charms and receive visitors. But after the flowering season, business would stall. The restaurants and inns would close until the following March. Only one hotel would remain open throughout the year—Li Biao's Dragon Gate Inn.

A mobster chief running an inn with a strong underworld vibe. It was certainly no surprise.

He did not need to ask the way there. Ning Tao soon located the Dragon Gate Inn. It was at the rear of the village, occupying several acres. Its buildings were all faux antique, with pavilions and terraces. It did not look like an inn at all but an ancient princely abode.

Ning Tao rode God's Will to the entrance. He had already cleared his mind of worries over Yin Molan and things about Tang Zixian. There would be time for them. They were not problems he should be mulling over now.

The Dragon Gate Inn's door was tall and broad, painted in red lacquer and studded with bronze nails and bronze knockers. Its threshold was over 30 centimeters high. Guarding at its sides were eight men in Western suits and leather shoes. They were all burly and frostily unapproachable.

The car park beside it was full of cars. A few limousines were worth a few million, or even ten million.

Ning Tao had noticed that the threshold was over 30 centimeters high. He parked God's Will sensibly in an empty parking lot and then walked to the entrance.

“Stay where you are!” A man in a Western suit and leather shoes raised an arm and blocked Ning Tao's way. He asked fiercely, “Where's your invitation card?”

Ning Tao shook his head.

“Member?”

Ning Tao shook his head again.

The man in the Western suit blocking his way snorted. “Know what this place is? It's Master Biao's club. You don't have an invitation card, nor are you a member. So why are you trying to get in? You want me to break your arms or your legs?”

Ning Tao felt somewhat amused. He could guess that this was a situation Li Biao had prepared for him. He was trying to scare him first, and then give him some benefits, in order to achieve his goal.

Ning Tao said blandly, “I have neither invitation nor membership card. What should I do?”

“D*mn it, you must be here to make trouble! Brothers, let's bash him!” The man blocking him was about to strike.

The group of burly men in Western suits all surged up to him. Some were brandishing knives and looking exceptionally savage.

“Hold it!” Someone suddenly bellowed from within the door.

Chapter end