The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 577: Special Ability!

Chapter 577: Chapter 577: Special Ability!

Xu Qianli writhed in pain on the ground, but quickly realized something was off, as the agony rapidly subsided and vanished in no time, as if nothing had happened.

With a whoosh, Xu Qianli sprang up and slapped Ye Qing’s smug butt with a crisp smack, causing her to tremble all over and let out an involuntary yelp.

Aside from the pain, Ye Qing was even more startled.

After all, her kick had been so fierce that Xu Qianli should have been laid up in bed for days.

Yet, there he was, hopping about as if nothing was the matter.

His recovery ability was too strong, wasn’t it?

"No, no, something’s off, Xu Qianli, your recovery ability is too strong, it defies common sense, there must be a problem!"

Ye Qing was certain that there was something wrong with Xu Qianli. The force of her kick just now was not something an ordinary person could recover from so quickly.

Bai Muqing also sensed the issue and suddenly thought of a possibility, "Could it be that you’ve drunk some Elixir of Eternal Life medicine liquid?"

Drunk medicine?

Xu Qianli said, "Nothing like that. As for why I recover so quickly, I don’t have a clue."

Ye Qing said, "Could it be that you had a mysterious encounter in the cave just now? But that’s not right, we were with you the whole time. If there was a mysterious encounter, we should have noticed it too. Or does it mean just by going there, we’ve obtained such abilities?"

"I’ll test it out," Bai Muqing said decisively, taking a small knife and slicing a small cut on her arm.

Unfortunately, after waiting for quite a while, there were no signs of it healing; she hadn’t acquired a strong self-healing ability at all.

Ye Qing also made a cut on her arm and confirmed she hadn’t obtained any special abilities either.

Their gaze returned to Xu Qianli, watching him intently as if he were some rare object.

Feeling uncomfortable and inexplicably guilty under their scrutiny, as if he had done something shameful behind their backs—although he hadn’t—Xu Qianli finally said, "Alright, I really haven’t done anything behind your backs, and I didn’t find anything special in the cave."

Ye Qing pressed, "Then explain how you’ve obtained such a recovery ability?"

"I don’t know either."

"Perhaps something happened there that I’m unaware of, or maybe the Outer Space Meteorite with special abilities took a liking to me and granted me this ability,"

suggested Xu Qianli.

Ye Qing countered, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You must have done something special. Quickly tell us, did you or did you not have any special encounters in the cave? Even the smallest detail needs to be recalled. Think back."

"I did pick up a gemstone, which you all saw."

"As for anything else, oh, right, I accidentally fell when the cave was collapsing, and my hand got pierced."

"Besides that, there really was nothing special."

Xu Qianli recounted everything that had happened in detail, besides those two events, he really couldn’t think of anything else.

Ye Qing said, "Could it be that the spot where your hand was pricked was exactly where the Elixir of Eternal Life medicine liquid flowed into, and that’s why you’ve obtained the Recovery Ability?"

Bai Muqing said, "That’s a possibility. Son-in-law, you’re really something, to have stumbled into such an amazing adventure by pure fluke. But you said before, those who took the medicine liquid would age faster, living at most twenty more years, and also become unable to have children. Are you the same?"

During the conversation, Bai Muqing eyed Xu Qianli strangely, even deliberately glancing at a certain part of him, as if she were looking at a living eunuch.

Feeling inexplicably annoyed, Xu Qianli straightened his back and said, "Want to know if I can still have kids? Why don’t you give it a try?"

"Try my ass!"

"I’m not at all interested in giving you the chance!"

"You want to touch me, Bai Muqing? Beat me in a fight first."

"The you of right now is far from ready!"

Bai Muqing looked at Xu Qianli with disdain, thinking to herself that he was far from being able to take her down.

Before Xu Qianli could utter a sound, suddenly the sound of an engine came from the sky, a helicopter was approaching.

Ye Qing said, "It’s my colleagues coming. I have a signal transmitter on me, and they tracked the signal here. Listen up, Xu Qianli, I will help you keep your Recovery Ability a secret, and you mustn’t leak it either. Otherwise, you might get yourself into some serious trouble."

Xu Qianli nodded his head. He understood the severity of the situation; having gained such a unique ability, if others found out, he could very well be captured for slicing and studying. It was better to keep it a secret.

Bai Muqing and her maids were trustworthy, there was no need to worry, and since Ye Qing wouldn’t reveal it, everything was manageable.

The helicopter soon arrived overhead, and several National Security experts descended to meet with Ye Qing.

The leader was a man in his forties, with a square face and a tall build. He introduced himself to Xu Qianli as the head of a special combat team under National Security, and asked Xu Qianli and his party to follow them to understand the situation.

Taking the helicopter, the group quickly reached a military camp on the outskirts of Zhongzhou City.

Xu Qianli recounted everything about the underground cave, subterranean river, and the mysterious underground cave with the magical Outer Space Meteorite, along with everything about the Qingshan Association; he even brought out the video he had taken inside the cave.

By the time they left the military camp, it was the afternoon, and Ye Qing personally drove him back to Qingshan Town.

On the way, Ye Qing casually spoke while driving, "This morning, some colleagues arranged for shallow water experts with sufficient equipment to enter again from the cave’s underground river entrance. Do you know what happened?"

Xu Qianli replied, "If my guess isn’t wrong, they probably didn’t find that mysterious cave, and perhaps none of them even made it back."

Ye Qing nodded slightly, "You guessed right. Ten of our colleagues went down, each of them skilled, yet not one came back. What do you think, could the cave have actually collapsed? Since the cave collapsed, they couldn’t find the entrance, so the rapid underground river swept them deep into the ground?"

Xu Qianli said, "It’s possible. But nothing is absolute, maybe they will emerge at some point. After all, you have seen with your own eyes how magical that cave was. Even when that Stone Giant Cauldron shattered, didn’t it restore itself in a blink of an eye? Even if the whole cave collapsed, it might still recover."

Ye Qing said, "I hope you’re right, and I hope they can come back alive. Let’s not talk about others for now, what are your plans for the future? You ruined the Qingshan Association’s plans they had been plotting for three hundred years today. Aren’t you afraid they will come after you for revenge?"

"What’s the use of being afraid?"

"If they really come after me, then I’ll just deal with it as it comes."

"But what about you? Why do I always feel like you have something you want to tell me, but just can’t say it?"