Chương 16: Healing Bracelet
Biên tập viên: Dragon Boat Translation
Hong Lajiao (Red Chili Pepper)?
As soon as Zhao Hao heard the name, he thought of a girl.
The girl's online name was Red Chili Pepper.
However, there were honestly too many girls with the name Red Chili Pepper online. Zhao Hao was not sure if this Hong Lajiao was the person he knew.
He sorted out his thoughts and asked for the information he urgently needed. "Has no one ever walked out of the Endless Forest?"
The bald man looked at him strangely.
"What?" Zhao Hao asked.
The bald man said, "My dear ancestor, beyond this forest is nothing but despair. There are deserts, ruins, icebergs, volcanoes, and everything else. You might not be able to find food or even a drop of water after walking for a month. The Endless Forest is already considered a good place. There are wild beasts roaming around to eat and mountain springs to drink from. Many of the people in the forest right now actually came from outside it. The eighth mistress is one such person."
Zhao Hao was stunned.
He thought that paradise could be found outside the forest. He did not expect that in the eyes of many people, the forest itself was already paradise.
Have I been taking my luck for granted?
Zhao Hao laughed at himself before asking the bald man a series of questions.
After asking all the questions he needed to ask, he chuckled and said, "You can feel free to heal yourself up. I'll go and ask the eighth mistress some questions first to verify if you're telling the truth. If you think you can run faster than my pet, you can try running."
The bald man was trembling non-stop. He recalled how the black dog was so fast that all he saw of it was its afterimage. His scalp went numb just thinking about it.
Zhao Hao walked up to the eighth mistress and stared coldly at the vicious woman who was being tortured by Handsome Black until she was on her last breath.
He found a rock to sit down on, then said slowly, "Eighth mistress, let's have ourselves a good chat."
The eighth mistress was sitting with her back against a tree. Her face was pale, and her voice was weak. "That baldy is more afraid of death than a mouse. He has probably already told you everything. What else is there to talk about?"
"There is naturally stuff to talk about." Zhao Hao walked over and tore off the eighth mistress' shirt. Looking at her miraculously healed right arm, he said with a smile, "For example, your reattached arm is a very interesting topic to talk about."
The eighth mistress waved her left hand. There was an inconspicuous little bracelet on it. Then, she winked and said, "I knew I wouldn't be able to hide it from you. This thing is called the Healing Bracelet. It's a piece of advanced primeval jewelry. As long as I do not suffer a fatal injury, this bracelet can heal me back up."
Zhao Hao was surprised. This eighth mistress felt too proactive.
"What a pity." The eighth mistress swiftly changed her tone and said, "The Healing Bracelet is bound to my soul. You won't get it even if you kill me. You can try torturing me and see if I'll hand it over."
Zhao Hao smiled. "Eighth mistress, you seem quite confident in yourself."
"It's not confidence, it's desperation." The eighth mistress said, "You're a smart person. I underestimated you. But do keep in mind, one wrong step, and many more wrong steps will follow. With how intelligent you are, do you really think that Boss Ghost would give me such a life-saving item?"
Zhao Hao: "Don't flatter me. My intelligence has no lower limit. I often fail my exams."
The eighth mistress looked at him bitterly. "The Healing Bracelet is my biggest secret. Even Boss Ghost does not know about it. With so many people having seen it today, even if you don't kill me, Boss Ghost will force me to hand it over. This is all thanks to you."
"If I remember correctly, you're the one who tried to stab me when we met. If you do not seek death, then death will not come for you."
"You're right. I'm merely suffering the consequences of my own actions." The eighth mistress admitted without hesitation, "It's useless to say anything now that things have developed to this point. Let's make a deal. I'll transfer the Healing Bracelet to you."
"Continue speaking."
"In exchange, you need to kill the baldy and the black man," said the eighth mistress. "Afterward, bring me far away and the Healing Bracelet will be yours.""
"Haha!" Zhao Hao laughed. "Eighth mistress, you're good at stalling for time. Unfortunately, I'm in a hurry."
"I'm already like this. Is there a need for me to stall for anything?" The eighth mistress asked innocently.
"There should be at least one expert from the Ghost Head Gang's headquarters that followed you to the eighth branch and is meant to protect you. If I were to guess, the expert who is meant to protect you was probably recuperating at the entrance of the branch or refining a crystal, and you made use of that opportunity to slip out. The bald man said that Little Ying, who ran away, is your maid," said Zhao Hao coldly. "It is thus reasonable to assume that she immediately ran to seek help. She should be able to bring some people over soon, right?"
The eighth mistress' body trembled slightly, and her pupils constricted.
"Would you really like to see if your protector is faster or if I am faster?" Zhao Hao's lips curled into a smile. "There's another question I'm curious about. Can your limbs, ears, and nose be healed after being eaten by my pet?"
The eighth mistress trembled even more. She felt that the young man's smile was like that of a demon.
Zhao Hao squatted down and patted Handsome Black's head. "Go and try biting off a piece of her flesh."
Handsome Black was innocent and unpretentious. It pounced over and bit off a piece of flesh from the eighth mistress' arm, swallowing it directly into its stomach.
"Ah!"
The eighth mistress let out a heart-wrenching scream as blood flowed out of her arm.
The piece of flesh that was bitten off did not recover.
It was obvious that the Healing Bracelet had a long cooldown time.
"So, it can't actually recover everything?" Zhao Hao said calmly, "There are two types of people who I hate the most. The first are those who lie to me, and the other are those who try to kill me. Unfortunately, you fit in both. The next target is your nose. I wonder what a beauty would look like without a nose. Eighth mistress, you have five seconds to reconsider.
Five, four, three, two..."
"Stop, I'll give it to you!"
The eighth mistress had been traumatized by what Big Black had done earlier. She would not be able to stand the disfigured life without a nose.
She handed the Healing Bracelet over and Zhao Hao put it into his sea of consciousness.
He was not satisfied. He stretched out his hand and said, "That's not all."
"What else do you want?" The eighth mistress glared at him with hatred.
"The dagger you tried to stab me with," said Zhao Hao in a deep voice.
The eighth mistress was on the verge of breaking down and helplessly handed over the dark red dagger.
Looking at the attributes of the two pieces of combat equipment, Zhao Hao felt that luck was on his side once again.
[Blood Dagger: Advanced primeval combat equipment. Durability: 168/200]
[Healing Bracelet: Advanced primeval combat equipment. Can heal light and moderate injuries. Cooldown time: 3 days.]
Zhao Hao picked up a one-shoulder bag dropped by the eighth mistress and welcomed his second round of fortune.
There were 28 evolution crystals in the bag. They should be the result of the eighth mistress' "collection work" as an envoy. It seemed that she was not someone who trusted anyone, so she brought everything with her.
Zhao Hao knocked the eighth mistress unconscious and hid in the forest with Handsome Black.
In the end, he did not kill anyone. On one hand, he was not that ruthless. On the other hand, there was no benefit in killing them. Moreover, living evolvers would be able to bring him more good things. He was looking forward to the eighth mistress wearing a full set of top-tier equipment, along with another group of people, bringing him another plentiful harvest in the future.
This thought quickly became a reality.
Half an hour later, five people sneaked over from afar.
One of them was Little Ying.
The other four people were fierce-looking men, and the middle-aged man in the lead had an especially powerful aura.
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