The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine
Chapter 958 - Chapter 958 Chapter 958 Found the Dry Well

Chapter 958: Chapter 958: Found the Dry Well! Chapter 958: Chapter 958: Found the Dry Well! Huang Xiaolong, accompanied by Ma Chuxia, Huo Bingyan, and Heimei, wandered around the vicinity of the Suzhou Maternity and Child Health Hospital, searching for traces of that Dongying specter.

As Huang Xiaolong walked, he narrated in a leisurely manner, “The Dongying specter I just mentioned is called ‘Slit-Mouthed Woman’. It’s said that before her death, the Slit-Mouthed Woman was a great beauty. One day, she went for a plastic surgery, and because she kept moving due to the smell of wax coming from the doctor’s head, the doctor accidentally cut the sides of her mouth. Angered by her disfigured reflection, she killed the doctor and left. Later, she was shot to death by the public who mistook her for a monster. After that… her resentment lingered, and she became the famous ghost ‘Slit-Mouthed Woman’ from the Dongying islands.”

“It is said that carrying pomade can scare away the Slit-Mouthed Woman, due to the smell of the wax. Another theory is that when the Slit-Mouthed Woman asks if she is beautiful, one should answer ‘just so-so’ and then escape while she is confused. Or you can say, ‘I am a friend of Tanaka’, which can also make her spare you.”

“Around the 1970s, the ‘Slit-Mouthed Woman legend’ spread like a contagion, sweeping across school campuses throughout the Dongying islands, causing extreme public unease. Initially, it was just a topic of conversation among elementary school students. It wasn’t until some students were too frightened to go to school alone that the parents realized the severity of the situation and wrote notes in communication books, requesting teachers pay special attention to the students’ safety. The situation even escalated to the point where schools sought police assistance to strengthen patrols around campuses, with the most affected areas seeing local schools being forced to close completely.”

After obtaining information about the majority of Dongying’s specters and monsters from Heimei, Huang Xiaolong had now become quite familiar with all sorts of supernatural knowledge from Dongying, as if it were at his fingertips.

This was like adding wings to a tiger for Huang Xiaolong in exterminating the various Dongying ghosts lurking in Huaxia.

As Huang Xiaolong walked, he was searching for the aura of the “Slit-Mouthed Woman.”

“Little Long, I smell blood…” Ma Chuxia pointed towards a dark, narrow alley not far ahead.

“Hmm~ let’s go take a look,” Huang Xiaolong said, taking the lead into the alley.

Upon entering the alley, the pungent smell of blood hit them in the face.

They saw several young people lying on the ground.

Some had been cut in half at the waist, their intestines and various organs scattered around, clearly dead.

Others had their mouths cut open, their faces covered in blood, and they lay on the ground convulsing.

Additionally, there were some blood-stained ribs and leg bones on the ground, and even horrendous skulls.

“This~~” At the sight of such a gruesome scene, Huo Bingyan quickly shrank closer to Huang Xiaolong’s side.

Ma Chuxia steadied herself and said, “The Slit-Mouthed Woman did this… Some of these people were killed by scissors or sickles, others were eaten alive. Even if they weren’t dead, they all had their mouths cut open…”

Huang Xiaolong nodded slightly. “It seems that these guys gave various answers to the Slit-Mouthed Woman’s question and ended up with quite different fates… but no doubt, all of them are pretty tragic.”

After a pause, Huang Xiaolong threw out several “Blood Stopping Talismans” and “Pain Stopping Talismans,” allowing those in the alley who were in agony from having their mouths cut to be healed.

“The Slit-Mouthed Woman hasn’t gone far~~Let’s go!” Huang Xiaolong quickened his pace and passed through the alley.

Outside the alley!

The desolate street was flanked by dim streetlights.

There was a very slender woman walking alone in the cold wind, looking very lonely and desolate.

The woman was wearing a red coat with her hands tucked into the pockets, walking with a strange gait. From her, a terrifying aura of resentment and ghastliness emerged!

“Heh heh~~Found you!” Huang Xiaolong chuckled coldly and then shouted loudly, “Wait~!”

The woman turned her head around.

Just as Huang Xiaolong had described earlier, the woman was wearing a large mask that nearly covered her entire face. However, her eyes were large. At first glance, they were a pair of delicate and beautiful eyes, but they were filled with a cold and crazy murderous intent, full of venom.

Slit-Mouthed Woman!

This was the Dongying female ghost, the Slit-Mouthed Woman!

Huang Xiaolong was like a hunter who had spotted his prey, striding forward with a beaming smile on his face.

At that moment, the slit-mouthed woman spoke.

To everyone’s surprise, she could speak the Huaxia language, though her tone was a bit stiff and strange, as if she could only say a few simple sentences–

“Am I pretty?”

“Hahahaha~~~~” Faced with this question, Huang Xiaolong suddenly burst into uproarious laughter, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. “What… you’re just an ugly, disgusting, filthy piece of trash from Dongying… bitch!”

Huang Xiaolong cursed at the slit-mouthed woman with venomous words and even repeated it in the Dongying island language.

“Hehe~~ If hubby answers like that, the slit-mouthed woman is gonna lose it right away.” Zhao Bing snickered.

“You! Are! Lying!” Sure enough, the slit-mouthed woman roared angrily, her frenzied grudge and ghostly aura erupting skyward from her.

Her long hair stood on end as if moved by an invisible wind, and her eyes rapidly turned blood red, oozing drops of terrifying blood!

“I will eat you!” The slit-mouthed woman removed her mask right away.

Below the mask was a face that had been quite pretty, but the mouth seemed to have been viciously torn open with scissors, not only ruining the beauty but also creating an extremely horrifying visage, even more dreadful than some malevolent spirits.

Roar~~~!

With a howl, the slit-mouthed woman opened her huge bloody mouth, the corners of her mouth tearing up to her ears in an instant, and her teeth, cramped and extending to where her ears were, some of them stained with bloodied flesh.

At this moment, the slit-mouthed woman looked ferociously vicious, with a gaping maw that exuded a fishy stench, assailing Huang Xiaolong.

The next moment, the slit-mouthed woman lunged to bite Huang Xiaolong’s head.

With such a big mouth, if she managed to bite down, it was likely that she would crush his entire head to pieces.

Huang Xiaolong chuckled and casually tossed out a few talismans.

The talismans turned into a golden light and in an instant, they were thrust into the gaping maw of the slit-mouthed woman.

Boom~~~!!!!

Sharp golden light, from the inside out, tore through the body of the slit-mouthed woman.

The golden light swirled, and the terrifying slit-mouthed woman was instantly shredded into pieces, as if butchered by a skilled chef.

Fragments of flesh and blood exploded everywhere, and with a sweep of the golden light, all that filthy residue was purified into nothingness.

“Although this slit-mouthed woman is peculiar, she’s not very strong.” Huang Xiaolong smiled slightly. “That’s right, a ghost from the 1970s, not even fifty years ago, not any match for our Huaxia’s purple-robed fierce spirits, just with somewhat more bizarre methods and a knack for cursing.”

After taking care of the slit-mouthed woman, Huang Xiaolong led the others around nearby for a while, and finding no more anomalies, they decided to head back to the hotel.

Chuxia knew Huang Xiaolong was somewhat worried, so after taking a bath, she dutifully attended to Huang Xiaolong in bed, compliant and responding to every request, and after the deed, she nestled into Huang Xiaolong’s arms, soothing him with a gentle voice. “Little Long, don’t be too anxious. Although we didn’t find the withered well female ghost spreading the horror video tonight, we’ve annihilated the slit-mouthed woman, which counts as doing good and accumulating virtue… Don’t worry, Xiaohong and Qingqing are so clever, they might find that well very soon…”

The next day.

As Huang Xiaolong had predicted, the entire Suzhou City fell into a state of panic the next day!

The number of people who died from that horror video last night had reached the triple digits. Moreover, the spread of that video was now beyond imagination.

One share led to ten, ten to a hundred, a hundred to a thousand…

If we don’t swiftly put an end to the ghost at the bottom of that well, the instigator of all this, then the situation will spiral into an apocalyptic kind of madness!

The relevant departments are in complete disarray, and although they’ve figured out that the terrifying video is the problem, they’re utterly helpless. They can only keep urging the public not to randomly download any videos, nor accept any videos sent by others…

In the afternoon, Qingqing and Xiaohong, the two little demons, returned to Huang Xiaolong’s side, somewhat dejected. They had searched all night, scouring both the suburbs and the outskirts of Suzhou City, but they hadn’t found a well like the one in the horror video at all.

Huang Xiaolong also retrieved the Thousand Souls Flag and inquired the ghostly envoys from the Dongying netherworld inside it, but to no avail.

At this, Huang Xiaolong also felt slightly annoyed.

All the remote countryside around Suzhou City had been turned upside down, but they had not found that dried-up well even after digging three feet into the ground.

Just then, Huang Xiaolong’s phone rang.

Looking at the caller ID, the person calling him was–Zhao Bing.

The superstar Zhao Bing!

The leading diva of the new generation in the Huaxia music scene! A singer-songwriter par excellence!

Huang Xiaolong smiled slightly, the memory of his several encounters with Zhao Bing surfacing in his mind.

Especially that last visit to Rong City, Huang Xiaolong had even stayed at Zhao Bing’s home for a few days, which led to the involvement of various demons such as the Fox Fairy, the Snake Fairy, the Yellow Ghoul, Qingqing, and Xiaohong.

It was during the time in Rong City that Zhao Bing developed a fondness for Huang Xiaolong, something he was well aware of. However, since he had to go after the Yellow Ghoul last time, their relationship hadn’t progressed any further.

Lately, Huang Xiaolong had seen news about Zhao Bing on his phone as well; she’d transitioned from music to acting and was now officially entering the film industry, having begun filming movies.

Huang Xiaolong answered the phone.

“Little Long~~” On the other end of the line came Zhao Bing’s sweet voice, filled with longing and yearning.

“Haha, superstar, how are you?” Huang Xiaolong chuckled.

“Eh~~ How can I be okay~~ Little Long, you didn’t stay in Rong City for a few more days last time… And also, you stopped contacting me after you left. You really are heartless. My parents often talk about you and told me to bring you home for a meal…” Zhao Bing’s voice was laced with grievance. Tsk tsk, it was as if Huang Xiaolong had abandoned her after stirring up her emotions.

Huang Xiaolong laughed. “I’ll visit you when I have some free time. By the way, I heard you’re filming a movie, when can I see the film you’re working on?”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Bing’s voice sank, then she spoke somewhat anxiously, “Little Long~ my reason for calling you today is about the movie I’m shooting…”

“Hmm?” Huang Xiaolong was taken aback.

Huang Xiaolong was puzzled; Zhao Bing was in the middle of shooting a film perfectly well, so why was she reaching out to him?

Zhao Bing’s voice, filling with hints of panic and fear, drifted slowly. “Little Long, this is my first movie, and it’s a ghost film where I play the lead actress. The film is called ‘Haunted Village Affairs’, and it’s being shot in a desolate mountain village. But… But… weird things started happening in the crew a few days ago… Starting a few days ago, our makeup artist, the lighting technician, they… they began disappearing one by one. Just vanished into thin air… unable to be contacted again. We… we suspect… could it be… we’ve encountered ghosts…”

Hearing this, Huang Xiaolong understood the situation.

Zhao Bing continued, “Little Long, I… I know you are the most powerful at catching ghosts and exorcising evil spirits. Since the crew is in a state of panic and I’m really scared, could you… could you please come over… help us drive out the ghosts… Besides… Little Long, I really want to see you… I’m afraid that one day, like them, I’ll suddenly disappear, and then… I’ll never get to see you again…”

Zhao Bing’s words, trailing off towards the end, overflowed with tenderness.

It was nothing short of an open declaration of her feelings for Huang Xiaolong.

Such a life under the spotlight, extremely glamorous, worshipped by the masses–a big star’s personal confession also satisfied some vain pride in Huang Xiaolong.

However, at this moment, Suzhou City was fraught with danger. To say it wasn’t an exaggeration, if those terrifying videos continued to spread, there was even the possibility of the city being wiped out! This was not fearmongering!

Huang Xiaolong didn’t want to refuse helping Zhao Bing, but he genuinely had trouble getting away. However, Ma Chuxia and Huo Bingyan were there, and when the time came, they could go. As for regular ghosts, as long as no formidable ghost king showed up, they could handle them.

“Hey~~ Big Star, don’t rush. Here’s what we’ll do. Take some pictures of where you are, the place your crew suspects is haunted, and send them to me on WeChat. I’ll take a look and see what’s going on,” Huang Xiaolong said with a chuckle.

“Alright then, Little Long, I’ll take the pictures now and send them to you on WeChat. I’ll hang up the phone,” Zhao Bing obediently responded.

End of call.

It wasn’t long before Zhao Bing sent over the photos.

Huang Xiaolong began looking through the pictures.

The filming location chosen by Zhao Bing was an abandoned village that had been in ruins for who knows how many years, a veritable ghost town.

Everywhere you could see crumbling clay walls and jutting rocks among the overgrown weeds.

Just from the pictures, Huang Xiaolong could make out layers of haze-like yin energy.

Indeed, Zhao Bing’s guess was right–this abandoned village was haunted!

And the ghosts were quite formidable!

In a few pictures, there was an old-style courtyard. Weeds overgrew within it, standing amidst the courtyard was a dilapidated clay wall building. It was two stories tall with walls covered in moss and creeping vines, making it appear especially eerie and weird.

The courtyard was quite large, some sections had been cleared of the messy weeds.

Just then!

On one of the pictures, Huang Xiaolong spotted–a dry well!

Yes, a dry well! The well was wide with a circumference made of blue bricks, with streams of yin energy rising from the depths.

Using his Heavenly Eye, Huang Xiaolong took a closer look and amidst the thick yin energy, he saw a ghastly pale ghostly face–a female ghost! And it was… the very same female ghost from those horror videos!

Huang Xiaolong’s heart shook, and he immediately called Zhao Bing.

Suppressing the turmoil inside him, Huang Xiaolong asked, “Big Star, where are you guys filming? In Suzhou City?”

“Um… Little Long, our location base isn’t in Suzhou. We’re in ‘Wuxi City’…” Zhao Bing hurriedly answered. “Little Long, Suzhou and Wuxi are neighboring cities. This deserted village where I’m filming is right at the boundary between the two cities. Though, it’s technically under the jurisdiction of Wuxi City…”

“Got it. Big Star, send me the exact location of where you’re filming. I’m coming over to find you right now,” Huang Xiaolong said, without any further ado.

After hanging up the phone, Huang Xiaolong turned to Ma Chuxia and the others. “Found it! The dry well, we found it!”

Without another word, Huang Xiaolong shared the photos that Zhao Bing had sent to Ma Chuxia and Huo Bingyan for them to see.

“So that’s how it is!” Ma Chuxia realized in enlightenment. “No wonder, we’ve almost searched every mountain village in Suzhou without a single discovery. The female ghost spreading those horror videos has been hiding in an abandoned village on the boundary near Wuxi City!”

“Enough talk, let’s set off right now! To the deserted village where Zhao Bing is filming!” Huang Xiaolong’s eyes flashed with an excited flame, brimming with murderous intent. “This time, I’m definitely going to kill you!”

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