Invincible Immortal Doctor
Chapter 198: Redeeming Faults with Merit

Chapter 198: Chapter 198: Redeeming Faults with Merit

As Zhou Shihao strangled her neck, the sensation of suffocation came instantly, causing Shen Qingzhi’s face to show a pained expression, and her fair cheeks gradually grew flushed.

However, she didn’t struggle; instead, she managed a difficult smile and said, "Killing me will ... set me free!"

"Want to die? I won’t grant you your wish! I will make you unable to live or to die!" Zhou Shihao snorted coldly; he actually released Shen Qingzhi.

Shen Qingzhi clutched her neck, coughing repeatedly and gasping for air; it took several seconds before her breathing smoothed out.

"Su Luo, whether I can live or not now depends on you!" The reason Shen Qingzhi had said those words just now was to deliberately provoke Zhou Shihao; otherwise, in his rage, she might very well have met her demise.

But she couldn’t help worrying.

Because the intelligence she had secretly passed to Su Luo told him only to expect a martial artist of either the fourth or fifth rank of Grandmaster realm, which she had overheard from Zhou Shihao.

Now, however, Chen Lihua and Zhuo Qingfeng, both fifth-grade Grandmasters, had arrived!

With such a miscalculation in strength, Su Luo could be at a great disadvantage.

How, in these circumstances, could she pass the message on to Su Luo?

Shen Qingzhi seemed to forget her current situation, not contemplating how to preserve her life but rather how to get the message to Su Luo once more.

Beside her.

Chen Lihua spoke up, "Let’s keep her alive for now; she might still be useful."

"Sister Chen, she is useful?" Zhou Shihao looked at Chen Lihua in confusion. Since Shen Qingzhi was no longer intact, she could no longer be used by the president of the Dragon Soul Chamber of Commerce for cultivation as a cauldron, so what use was there in keeping Shen Qingzhi around?

"You might have misunderstood something! It’s not only virgins who can be used as cauldrons! While she was untouched, we could gather from her, but now that she’s not, if she has decent cultivation, she can also engage in dual cultivation!" Chen Lihua didn’t value Zhou Shihao as much as before but decided to win him over to their side, and so she explained.

"Gather from her?"

"Dual cultivation?"

Zhou Shihao furrowed his brow slightly; these terms were actually quite unfamiliar to him!

But quickly, he understood the essence of the matter.

There were so many women in the world, with many pretty virgins among them, one could catch a handful with each scoop, but why did the president of the Dragon Soul Chamber of Commerce specifically choose Shen Qingzhi?

It must be because Shen Qingzhi had some special quality.

This meant that no other woman could compare to Shen Qingzhi.

Zhou Shihao looked at Shen Qingzhi, then invited Chen Lihua aside, asking in a low voice, "Sister Chen, do you mean ... not to kill Shen Qingzhi, but to cultivate her, to make her a stronger martial artist, and even ... to become a Grandmaster? So, even if she’s no longer intact and cannot be used for my foster father’s solitary gathering, she can still engage in dual cultivation, and by that time, I would be able to account to foster father?"

Chen Lihua nodded.

"Exactly, this is also your chance to atone for your mistakes. Otherwise, should the president be angered, your head might well be moving house, as there is no one in the world who could keep you safe!"

Hearing this, Zhou Shihao felt a shiver down his spine.

Indeed, the president of the Dragon Soul Chamber of Commerce was nominally his foster father, but that was due to Shen Qingzhi. If Shen Qingzhi lost her usefulness, he, as a foster son, would be of no use to the president either.

Cultivating Shen Qingzhi in the shadows, working for the president of the Dragon Soul Chamber of Commerce, was a task of the highest honor. If done well, one could soar to great heights.

But similarly... since it was a task personally assigned by the president and highly valued, failing it could also bring about calamity.

"Thank you, Sister Chen!"

Zhou Shihao expressed his gratitude.

Chen Lihua patted Zhou Shihao on the shoulder and said meaningfully, "Our Elder Wan values you greatly. Whatever I can do to help you, I will do so with all my strength."

"Thank you, Sister Chen, thank you, Elder Wan." Zhou Shihao quickly said while clasping his fist in thanks.

However, deep in his eyes flitted a glimmer of darkness.

He could naturally perceive that Chen Lihua’s attitude towards him had shifted from that of a previous partner to something more akin to a superior dealing with a subordinate. He also understood that her words were a hint for him to be grateful to Elder Wan.

Although he was somewhat displeased, he couldn’t show it.

After all, Shen Qingzhi was no longer intact, and even if he gave his all to cultivate her into a Grandmaster ahead of his foster father’s demand for her dual cultivation services, that at best would be considered making amends for a fault.

That his foster father did not punish him was already a stroke of great fortune – he dared not even to dream of suddenly ascending to become an Elder of the Dragon Soul Chamber of Commerce.

In this situation, he truly needed to rely more on Elder Wan’s lineage.

At this thought, Zhou Shihao was struck with a cold sweat.

Fortunately, when he was in Jinling, the plan had changed and he had not been able to hand over Shen Qingzhi. Otherwise, if he had delivered her to his foster father without realizing her true condition, he couldn’t even begin to imagine the consequences.

"Shen Qingzhi!"

Zhou Shihao gritted his teeth, wishing he could tear Shen Qingzhi limb from limb to vent the fury in his heart.

But at this moment, he had to endure.

He could not only keep Shen Qingzhi alive, but he also had to find a way to strengthen her Martial Arts cultivation.

However.

"Shen Qingzhi can be spared, but her lover must die," Zhou Shihao’s eyes were filled with endless murderous intent.

Destroying his prospects was akin to killing his entire family.

Once he forced Shen Qingzhi to reveal who her lover was, he was determined to slaughter the man’s entire family, making him wish for death yet unable to achieve it!

"Zhao Li, go investigate Shen Qingzhi’s movements immediately. Trace back three years from now, clarify every day for me, and report every moment she spent alone in detail," Zhou Shihao instructed.

"Yes, Mr. Zhou!" Zhao Li immediately departed.

"If you want to know who that man is, why go through such trouble? Just make her confess on her own, that would suffice," Chen Lihua suddenly said with a laugh.

"Given her nature, unless subjected to extreme torture, she will say nothing," Zhou Shihao felt that even under torture, Shen Qingzhi might not speak.

"If you still want to use her to make amends, torture clearly won’t do. You can’t damage her body. But naturally, I have my methods to make her talk," Chen Lihua said with a smile.

"What methods?" Zhou Shihao was alarmed. This made him cautious, wanting to understand clearly to be on guard in the future.

"Hypnosis!" Chen Lihua smiled faintly. At the Grandmaster Realm, her spiritual power was extraordinary. Coupled with her unique hypnosis technique, it was tough to resist for anyone below a Grandmaster, unless they had willpower as solid as a rock.

Obviously, Shen Qingzhi did not seem to be someone who had been through such mental fortitude training.