Invincible Immortal Doctor
Chapter 85: Another Breakthrough

Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Another Breakthrough

"Shen Jie."

After Shen Qingzhi pressed the answer button, Rose’s voice came through the phone.

The voice wasn’t in a rush, but instead sounded worried.

"Why are you calling me so late?" Shen Qingzhi’s tone was somewhat cold.

On the other side.

Having heard Shen Qingzhi’s voice, both Rose and Su Luo breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Rose also signalled Su Luo to keep quiet.

Because when Shen Qingzhi answered her call, she wouldn’t normally start with such an interrogative tone. This unusual situation could only mean that it was inconvenient for Shen Qingzhi to talk on the phone.

Rose immediately said, "Shen Jie, I wanted to ask if you are still coming to the bar tonight?"

"No," Shen Qingzhi answered.

"Okay, Shen Jie. After I finish work tonight, I’m going to meet my boyfriend. I might be out of contact for a while," Rose purposefully brought up a topic, mentioning Su Luo to convey Su Luo’s message to Shen Qingzhi.

"No problem," Shen Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Su Luo was safe.

Otherwise, Rose wouldn’t have intentionally said she was going to meet Su Luo.

Had Xiao Da not found Su Luo, or had Su Luo killed Xiao Da?

Shen Qingzhi was puzzled, but she obviously wouldn’t inquire about it right now. After hanging up the phone, she returned to her previous activity.

Meanwhile.

Wan Chuanxiong also shook his head at Zhou Shihao, indicating that there was no problem.

Zhou Shihao nodded, then asked, "At this point, Xiao Da should have started acting, right?"

"If things are going smoothly, the action might already be over," Wan Chuanxiong replied.

Zhou Shihao nodded again. Xiao Da had never failed in his tasks, so he wasn’t worried. Instead, he continued to play chess with Wan Chuanxiong, quietly waiting for Xiao Da to bring Su Luo back.

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Qing Zhi Bar.

Inside the room.

"Shen Jie is probably with Zhou Shihao right now and can’t speak freely, but she is safe," Rose turned to Su Luo and shared her judgment.

Su Luo relaxed. "It’s good that Aunt Shen is alright."

"Su Luo, take advantage of the moment. While Zhou Shihao and the others haven’t realized that Xiao Da is dead, you should leave Jiangbei as quickly as possible. Otherwise, once Zhou Shihao finds out that you killed Xiao Da, he will not let it go," Rose said urgently, more concerned than the relaxed Su Luo.

"I can’t go," Su Luo shook his head.

Rose said anxiously, "If you don’t go, do you want to end up dead at Zhou Shihao’s hands? Or do you think Shen Jie can protect you? If Shen Jie steps in to protect you, not only will she fail to keep you safe, but she might also get involved. Once Zhou Shihao finds out about your relationship with Shen Jie, she will also be doomed. Do you understand?"

Su Luo took a deep breath and said, "Of course I understand your concern, but it’s precisely because of this that I cannot leave. If I run away, Aunt Shen might find a way to get out of this, but what about you? To the outside world, we are a couple. If I run, do you think Zhou Shihao will let you go?"

"You don’t have to worry about me. You are Shen Jie’s man. Your life is more important than mine," Rose said through clenched teeth.

"My life is important, but your life is equally important. I won’t make that choice, and neither would Aunt Shen," Su Luo shook his head, refusing Rose’s suggestion.

Rose became anxious and said irritably, "Why are you so stubborn?"

"Don’t worry, even if I stay, it’s not a guaranteed death sentence. After all, I killed Xiao Da, and I can’t implicate you and Aunt Shen no matter what," Su Luo’s gaze was firm. Facing danger, he could certainly flee and seek revenge later when he was stronger, but that was on the condition that he wouldn’t bring trouble to those close to him.

Aunt Shen was his woman and had helped him a lot. Rose had no obligation to him, yet she consistently helped him. If Su Luo only cared about himself and ignored their safety, then he wouldn’t be worthy of being called a man.

"You..." Rose clenched her teeth, glaring at Su Luo. In the end, she didn’t say anything harsh, but instead felt moved inside.

She thought that it was worth it for Shen Jie to have given herself to this man.

"What assurances do you have?" Rose asked.

"A secret," Su Luo smiled, doing his best to give Rose a sense of confidence, so she wouldn’t worry too much.

After that, Su Luo said goodbye to Rose and left secretly through a window.

He couldn’t let Zhou Shihao know that, after he had killed Xiao Da, he had visited Rose.

After Su Luo left, he once again went to Huichuntang. Regardless of the year of the herbs, as long as Su Luo felt they contained medicinal properties that could be of help to him, he bought them all.

Moreover, Su Luo even asked Wei Hongbo to acquire a large batch of herbs overnight from other herbal stores and even Traditional Chinese Medicine hospitals.

This time, the remaining millions on his person were nearly all spent.

But Su Luo didn’t mind at all, only thinking about hurrying to refine elixirs, hoping to enhance his strength throughout the night.

After all, Xiao Da had been killed by him, and his body had been cleanly incinerated by the Fireball Technique, effectively disappearing. If Zhou Shihao’s side couldn’t get in touch with Xiao Da, within at most a night’s time, they would start to take action.

His time was extremely urgent.

But at this moment, the voice of the mysterious woman in Su Luo’s mind resonated once again, "If you are only absorbing the medicinal properties and Spiritual Energy in these herbs to increase your cultivation, you can directly consume these herbs. Using the Chaos Creation Technique to refine and absorb the Spiritual Energy within will be much quicker and more convenient than concocting elixirs."

"Direct consumption?" Su Luo was startled.

"Only for the simple absorption of medicinal properties and Spiritual Energy to enhance cultivation," the mysterious woman’s voice rang out again and then fell silent.

When Su Luo asked again, he received no reply.

Su Luo pondered and roughly understood what she meant. If the herbs had other uses, like Fasting Pills, Youth Preserving Pills, Foundation Establishment Pills, and so on, they would need to be refined into elixirs. However, if he was just absorbing the medicinal properties and Spiritual Energy to enhance his cultivation, there was no need to process the herbs into Qi Replenishing Pills, Xiao Peiyuan Pills, and the like; direct consumption followed by refinement with the Chaos Creation Technique could achieve the same effect.

And perhaps, the effect would be even better.

It avoided the loss of some medicinal properties during the elixir concoction process, where different herbs are fused together.

This turn of events excited Su Luo.

He felt an even deeper gratitude towards the mysterious female predecessor within the Chaos Bead.

"Mr. Su, the Pill Furnace is ready and can be used at any time," Wei Hongbo, after preparing the Pill Furnace, found Su Luo and told him.

However, Su Luo smiled and said, "Elder Wei, thank you, but this time, I won’t need the Pill Furnace. I only need to borrow a room."

Bringing all the useful herbs into a room, Su Luo swallowed them raw, as the mysterious female predecessor instructed, and then used the Chaos Creation Technique to fully refine and absorb their medicinal properties and Spiritual Energy into his body.

Because the Chaos Creation Technique was a creation-level cultivation method, it truly achieved the impossible—during the refinement process, it wasted none of the medicinal properties.

A night passed.

Su Luo had consumed and refined all of the herbs.

Finally, at dawn, Su Luo broke through once again, ascending from the pinnacle of the Fourth Level of Qi Refinement to the Fifth Level of Qi Refinement. Even though it was just the early stages of the Fifth Level of Qi Refinement, his strength had undergone another transformation.

His power had reached a new height.

Just at that moment,

Su Luo’s cell phone rang.

Looking at it, he saw it was a call from Rose.

Immediately answering, Su Luo didn’t let down his guard and did not speak right away.

"Is this Su Luo?"

A male voice came through after a moment on the line, causing Su Luo’s heart to skip a beat as his expression grew stern.

"I’m Su Luo. Who is this? How did you get Rose’s phone?"

Su Luo asked.

"I’m Zhou Shihao. Don’t worry, Rose is fine. I have invited her to the Zhou Mansion. If you want to see her, come to the Zhou Mansion. Of course, if you run away, her fate will be something no ordinary woman could endure," Zhou Shihao said indifferently, as if no emotion could be discerned in his voice.