Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 220: Ruhua Goes Missing

Chapter 220: Chapter 220: Ruhua Goes Missing

During this period of cultivation, the elixirs and Essence Stones inside Fang Bai’s Space Ring had been completely used up. He could only rely on absorbing Heaven and Earth Origin Energy every morning in the deep mountains to compensate, causing his cultivation progress to enter a slow improvement phase.

If there were no elixirs or Essence Stones to assist, relying solely on absorbing the sparse Essence Energy in the deep mountains for cultivation, stepping into the Innate Realm would indeed be extremely difficult.

For a Martial Artist, cultivation is like sailing against the current: one either moves forward or falls behind. Therefore, Fang Bai would rather put all other matters on hold than cease cultivating.

So Fang Bai temporarily stopped teaching Ghost Hand, Baili Mingyue, and others to cultivate. He had even taken a leave from Yanjing Hospital and plunged into the deep forests near Yanjing, searching day and night for cultivation resources.

However, to Fang Bai’s disappointment, after searching restlessly for three days and nights, he hadn’t found even a single hundred-year-old Spiritual Medicine in the vast forests.

Under the weight of his disappointment, Fang Bai had no choice but to leave the depths of the mountains and prepare to return to Yanjing City.

On this day, he reached the edge of the mountain area, and from atop one of the peaks, he could already glimpse the outline of Yanjing City.

The clouds in the sky were growing thicker, seeming somewhat gloomy. Fang Bai sensed an increase in the moisture in the air and estimated that a heavy rain would fall within the hour.

He leaped down from the mountain peak, rapidly making his way toward Yanjing City.

Suddenly, his ears twitched as he heard several people ahead, anxiously shouting someone’s name; thus, he slowed his pace and began to walk briskly.

When he was still hundreds of meters away from where the shouting originated, he finally heard the name being called: "Dongfang Ruhua."

Fang Bai furrowed his brow, unsure if "Dongfang Ruhua" being called by those people was the same person as Dongfang Leiming’s granddaughter.

Fang Bai accelerated his steps and quickly closed the distance to the group, finally seeing that they were a bunch of fourteen- or fifteen-year-old students, including two women around thirty, who seemed to be the students’ teachers.

The group of teachers and students were laden with large and small bags, evidently having come to the mountain area for an excursion.

"Excuse me, sir, have you seen a girl wearing a pink T-shirt... She’s fifteen years old, about one meter sixty-five tall, with big eyes, very fair skin, and very beautiful..."

Seeing Fang Bai suddenly appear, the two women resembling teachers hurriedly approached him, one of them wiping sweat from her forehead as she asked anxiously.

Upon hearing the woman’s description, Fang Bai’s heart skipped a beat, and he was certain that the girl she was talking about was Dongfang Leiming’s granddaughter.

"I know Dongfang Ruhua; she is the granddaughter of a friend of mine. Don’t worry, tell me what happened first... Oh, and what is your relationship to Dongfang Ruhua?"

Fang Bai guessed that something must have happened to Dongfang Ruhua; otherwise, the two women before him wouldn’t be this anxious.

The two women were surprised that Fang Bai knew Dongfang Ruhua. They looked at each other, and the woman who had spoken earlier said, "We are Dongfang Ruhua’s teachers!"

After a pause, she continued, "Today our class organized an excursion for the students. Everyone was having a good time, and Dongfang Ruhua wanted to go a bit further away to play by the mountainside. Seeing she was accompanied by two family members, I agreed. But after they went for over two hours, there was no sign of them returning. We’ve been searching up to now and haven’t found them..."

As she spoke, the female teacher’s eyes reddened, her voice becoming choked up, and she was on the verge of crying.

The other female teacher also looked worried, sighing heavily.

As teachers, they would bear undeniable responsibility if anything happened to their students.

Moreover, they had vaguely heard that Dongfang Ruhua belonged to a prominent family in Yanjing, and if that family took issue with them over this matter, they wouldn’t know how to handle it.

Fang Bai had been so preoccupied with his own affairs lately that he only just remembered it was September, and students would typically be starting school around this time.

"What kind of clothes were Dongfang Ruhua’s two family members wearing?"

Fang Bai pondered for a moment, frowning as he asked.

"Both of them were dressed in black suits, wearing sunglasses, with very burly figures, and they didn’t like to talk much..."

Another female teacher recalled carefully before she spoke.

Fang Bai nodded, the female teacher’s reply matched his own thoughts; those two "family members" accompanying Dongfang Ruhua must be bodyguards provided by the Dongfang Family for her.

Ordinarily, the bodyguards provided by the Dongfang Family for Dongfang Ruhua wouldn’t be weak, and on the edge of these mountains, unless they had encountered a premeditated attack, they shouldn’t have met with any trouble.

"Have you contacted Dongfang Ruhua’s family?"

Fang Bai asked in a deep voice.

Intuition told him that Dongfang Ruhua and her two bodyguards must have encountered some mishap, and the Dongfang Family had to be notified immediately.

Moreover, the Dongfang Family was a major clan in Yanjing, capable of mobilizing extensive manpower and resources. Getting them involved in the search was absolutely essential.

"Ah... We were so anxious to find people that we forgot about this! I’ll call her parents right now!"

The two female teachers, reminded by Fang Bai, were suddenly awakened and hurriedly took out their phones.

"Never mind, I’m quite familiar with Dongfang Ruhua’s family; I’ll contact them!"

Fang Bai said as he took out his cell phone, found Dongfang Leiming’s mobile number, and immediately called it.

When Fang Bai called Dongfang Leiming, the latter was in the yard of his villa, playing Go with his granddaughter Dongfang Rushi.

Dongfang Leiming seldom carried his phone on him; in most cases, he would leave it with his old butler Dongfang Lu, and only when some close acquaintances called would he personally answer. Otherwise, everything would be handled by Dongfang Lu.

At that moment, Dongfang Leiming was intensely engaged in the game with his granddaughter, and upon hearing the ringtone of the phone, his eyebrows knitted slightly, his gaze still fixed on the chessboard, too lazy to ask who was calling.

Dongfang Lu was a distant relative brought from his hometown by Dongfang Leiming, young and having followed him through many battles, utterly loyal. Now that Dongfang Leiming had become a big name in the Huaxia business community, Dongfang Lu too had become the head steward of the Dongfang Family.

The reason Dongfang Leiming entrusted his phone to Dongfang Lu was that he knew Dongfang Lu would discern which calls he should take and which he could handle on his own, so that he would not be bothered with every little thing.

"Old Master..."

Upon seeing the caller ID "Divine Doctor Fang" displayed on the phone, Dongfang Lu’s eyelids twitched, and he walked softly to Dongfang Leiming’s side, whispering, "It’s a call from Divine Doctor Fang, do you want to take it?"

Dongfang Leiming paused for a moment, then immediately took the phone from Dongfang Lu and pressed the answer button.

In Dongfang Leiming’s contact list, there were a few calls he had to take, and Fang Bai was among them.

Sitting opposite Dongfang Leiming, Dongfang Rushi’s usually impassive eyes showed a slight ripple upon hearing the words "Divine Doctor Fang."

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