Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain
Chapter 444

Chapter 444: 444

Lin Dong, accompanied by Li Qingdai and Zhuge Lingyou, arrived at the hospital.

He went straight to the emergency department.

In the emergency department’s sickroom, Lin Dong found Elder Qiao.

At the moment, he was lying in a hospital bed.

And around the bedside was a large crowd.

Naturally, these were all members of the Qiao Family.

There were Chu Yunxiu, Qiao Bing, Qiao Xue, and a group of relatives.

Even Chu Lan, who appeared that morning, was there.

Seeing Lin Dong arrive, everyone’s gaze turned toward him.

As Lin Dong approached, he quickly asked Director Qiao Bing,

"Sister Bing, what happened? Is Grandfather Qiao all right?"

Qiao Bing shook her head, "Grandfather is not seriously harmed."

Qiao Guoting was sitting at the bedside, and upon seeing Lin Dong arrive, he couldn’t help but laugh and say,

"Lin Dong, you truly are my lucky star. If it weren’t for you this time, I’m afraid Grandfather Qiao wouldn’t have escaped this calamity. It’s all thanks to the Heavenly Bead you gave me before."

Hearing this, everyone was surprised.

"Grandfather, what exactly happened? What does this have to do with the Heavenly Bead Lin Dong gave you?" Curious, Qiao Xue couldn’t help but ask out loud.

Chu Yunxiu, Chu Yunhai, Chu Lan, and the others also felt something weird and were somewhat puzzled.

Qiao Guoting then recounted the day’s events.

After finishing lunch, he planned to go out for a stroll.

However, while walking on the street, he actually encountered a drunk driver.

He was clearly following traffic rules, yet he was still hit.

The drunk driver hit him, sending him flying several meters away, but astonishingly, Qiao Guoting didn’t have a single injury.

He distinctly felt that the moment he was hit by the car, the Heavenly Bead on his body emitted a ray of light that enveloped him.

That was how he miraculously escaped harm!

Upon hearing Qiao Guoting’s story, everyone was shocked and found it unbelievable.

"Really? Fake, right?" said Chu Yunhai skeptically. "This sounds rather mystical, doesn’t it?"

"Exactly, it’s got to be fake. As if Lin Dong is an immortal, to have a casually given Heavenly Bead provide safety?" Chu Yunxiu was also incredulous.

"Of course it’s true. Do you all think I’m someone who makes wild boasts?" Qiao Guoting was somewhat upset.

Chu Yunhai quickly shook his head, "Elder Qiao, that’s not what I meant. I was suggesting perhaps you experienced a misperception."

The others also joined the conversation, all feeling that a Heavenly Bead providing safety was a bit too far-fetched.

Lin Dong, however, knew it was true.

The Heavenly Bead he had given to Elder Qiao had an engravement of a Peace Amulet, capable of protecting him once.

Luckily, he had provided this gift, and Elder Qiao had also been wearing it continuously; otherwise, he truly would have met with an accident.

"This Heavenly Bead truly is, as Lin Dong said, a priceless treasure," remarked Qiao Guoting, feeling emotional.

At this moment, the police arrived with surveillance footage.

After viewing the surveillance, everyone’s eyes widened.

Because they actually saw, at the moment of the car accident, the Heavenly Bead Elder Qiao wore emitted a luminous protective shield, enveloping him within.

It was indeed that luminescent protective shield that kept him safe and sound.

"So it was true!"

"That Heavenly Bead really has such an effect, that’s too amazing."

"..."

Chu Yunhai and Chu Yunxiu looked at Lin Dong again, feeling shame.

Previously, Chu Yunhai had said that the Heavenly Bead Lin Dong gave was stall’s goods, worth only a dozen or so yuan.

Thinking back on those words now, he felt his face burning with pain.

Chu Yunxiu also felt embarrassed; previously she had repeatedly urged Elder Qiao to throw away the ’stall’s goods,’ thankfully Elder Qiao didn’t listen to her advice.

Otherwise, Elder Qiao would probably have passed away.

Chu Yunxiu opened her mouth, longing for such a life-saving object.

"Lin Dong, can you give me one of those Heavenly Beads too?"

Chu Yunhai added, "Lin Dong, I want one too!"

Hearing the words of the brother and sister, Chu Yunxiu and Chu Yunhai, Lin Dong was at a loss for words.

Not all one’s family, not entering one’s home.

These people from the Chu family, are they all so shameless?

Chu Yunxiu, Chu Yunhai, and Chu Lan, their skin seemed to be equally thick.

Each one of them, who do they think they are?

How dared they make such requests?

"There aren’t any! Such life-saving items, they come by chance, not by seeking!"

To alchemy such life-saving items, ancient objects nourished by Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi are required.

Such ancient objects are rare and fortuitous finds.

Lin Dong had only come across such one Heavenly Bead.

It wasn’t something that could be easily replicated.

Moreover, even if it were possible to replicate them, Lin Dong wouldn’t want to give them to them.

They didn’t deserve it.

Chu Yunxiu and Chu Yunhai wanted to say something more.

However, Lin Dong outright ignored them.

Instead, he went to speak with the police to find out the specific details of the car accident.

"That driver died."

From the police, Lin Dong learned of this fact.

Moreover, the driver didn’t die during the car accident.

He had died after the accident occurred.

After understanding this, Lin Dong also fell into silence.

"Was this car accident not simply an accident but an intentional assassination attempt on Elder Qiao?"

Lin Dong now obtained a photo of the deceased from the police.

After looking at it, he was surprised to discover that the man had died from a poison spell.

"Could it be the work of the Hall of Dark King? But why would the people from the Hall of Dark King want to kill Grandfather Qiao?"

"Could it be because of me, that he was implicated?"

The first possibility that came to Lin Dong’s mind was this significant likelihood.

With Lin Dong and the Hall of Dark King in a state of unavoidable rivalry, and given the previous birthday banquet, Lin Dong’s hidden enemies had come to know one thing.

That is, Elder Qiao was a person very close to Lin Dong.

So, to attack Lin Dong, did they start sending people out to assassinate Elder Qiao?

With that thought, Lin Dong couldn’t help but sigh.

While holding that birthday banquet was very impressive, it also brought with it no shortage of troubles.

At that moment, a commotion came from outside the emergency department.

Lin Dong and Qiao Bing stopped a young doctor to inquire, "What happened?"

The young doctor hurriedly responded, "It turns out it’s Director Qiao Bing and Director Lin Dong; there’s been a disturbance over there. A patient’s family is threatening violence."

Hearing this, Lin Dong and Qiao Bing exchanged a glance and quickly headed in that direction...