Hou Meiling’s eyes were full of shock and suspicion. “Who are you?”

Hong Li’s sight focused on Ning Tao, the expression in his eyes sharp as blades.

Ning Tao ignored her and strode towards that girl.

Master He fumed. “Damn, since when can every Tom, Dick or Harry enter Diecui Villa? Who are you?”

Ning Tao’s voice was cold. “I’m your creditor. Not only you, everyone in this house owes me a mountain of debts. Tonight is the time you people repay me.”

“Why are you guys in a daze? Attack him!” Master He bellowed as if mad. “I don’t care what you do to the guy, but leave the two girls to me!”

Ning Tao snickered and continued walking towards that girl.

Hou Meiling suddenly seemed to realize something, and she bellowed at Hong Li, “Kill this person!”

Hong Li misunderstood her and thought she meant the girl he was holding hostage. The military knife in his hand immediately sliced down the girl’s neck.

Crash!

The window suddenly broke and a golden shadow suddenly pounced in from the window behind Hong Li, biting down on his right arm holding the knife.

Crack!

It was a brutally vicious bite. Its titanium alloy teeth bit down and directly tore off Hong Li’s right hand and wrist!

It was not a dog biting a man, but a shark!

“Ah!” Hong Li screamed and nearly passed out. He subconsciously used his remaining left hand to pull out the pistol on his waist.

The Howling Celestial Dog wagged its head and the titanium alloy teeth in its huge mouth sank deep into Hong Li’s left arm. Although it did not tear it off this time, a layer of skin had gone loose, dangling on his shoulder.

This time, Hong Li failed to remain conscious. He moaned and collapsed to the floor.

“It’s you…” Hou Meiling probably had already guessed Ning Tao’s identity.

A faint cold sneer hovered on Ning Tao’s lips. “It’s me, the debt collector.”

“How… how did you find this place?” She suddenly remembered something and remarked in horror, “Was it Wei…”

She seemed to have really fallen for that Han Wei.

Ning Tao answered, “He was the one who told me of this place.”

“Ah!” Hou Meiling screamed and started to run towards that window damaged by the Howling Celestial Dog.

“Woof!” The Howling Celestial Dog lunged at her, biting down on Hou Meiling’s left ankle.

A noise similar to a blade swiftly severing sugar canes resounded. Hou Meiling’s left foot and half her ankle instantly separated from her body, falling to the floor.

Hou Meiling squealed like a pig undergoing slaughter. She slumped heavily to the floor sprinkled with Hong Li’s blood. It was slippery and her body slid over the smooth tiles and crashed against a wall. This crash caused her head to break, blood trickling down all over her face.

The two bodyguards no longer dared to stay. They both raced to the door.

Clack!

Qing Zhui unleashed her snake claws, glittering with a greenish light. A demon aura permeated the room.

Jiang Hao drew out the Sea Soul Blade on her waist, its cold light gleaming. There instantly appeared on the floor before her a fissure. The temperature of this room immediately dropped. In the corner, water in the drinking machine, more than half-filled in a container, suddenly froze.

In the opinion of the two bodyguards, the dog was the most terrifying presence. There were only two women by the door, so they instinctively dashed there. They did not expect those two women to be even more horrific than the dog.

One of the two bodyguards immediately halted, his knees went limp, and he almost collapsed to the floor.

Ning Tao did not even glance at the two escaping bodyguards. He walked past the frightened and dazed Master He, going to the girl’s side. He reached out and grabbed her wrist.

The girl shivered, her eyes full of anxiety and terror. Her body struggled a little out of instinct, her movements causing the wounds in her internal organs to open. It hurt so much that tears started to flow uncontrollably again from her eyes.

Ning Tao said gently, “Don’t be afraid, I won’t harm you. I’m here to save you.” As he spoke, he injected a whiff of spiritual power into the girl’s body to help stabilize her pulse and heal her injuries, alleviating the pain.

The girl’s condition improved quickly, and she asked tentatively, “Are… are you a policeman?”

Ning Tao smiled, neither admitting nor denying. “Wait a while for me. I will treat you once I settle my business.”

The girl nodded. Although her tears were still flowing, they were no longer tears of terror and pain, but of gratitude.

Ning Tao let go of the girl’s wrist, got up and walked towards Master He.

Master He instinctively stepped back, his voice trembling slightly. “What… what do you want?”

An utterly wicked smile appeared on Ning Tao’s lips. “What do you think I want?”

That smile intensified Master He’s fear. He turned and fled to the door.

Qing Zhui raised her leg and hooked the door latch with her foot, closing it by gently dragging her foot in.

Closing the door and releasing the dog.

“Growl!” The Howling Celestial Dog bared its fangs, dashing towards Master He with a low snarl.

Master He’s legs went wobbly, but he still maintained a toughness in his tone. “Do… do you know who I am? My father’s—”

“Shush!” Ning Tao put a finger to his lips, that wicked smile even more evident. “Don’t tell me. I don’t care who your father is, or how wealthy you are. Or how much power you wield. I don’t care.”

“I… I dare you to!” Master He cried loudly. “I dare you to touch me. One phone call from me…”

Before he could finish threatening Ning Tao, the Howling Celestial Dog had suddenly lunged forward, biting on Master He’s thigh.

Master He gave a horrendous shriek and collapsed to the floor. But the Howling Celestial Dog did not stop, still biting his body. Soon, there were bite wounds all over his body, gushing with blood.

Ning Tao said, “Enough, Celestial Howling. Don’t kill him.”

Only then did the Howling Celestial Dog stop tearing Master He with his fangs. But one second later, Ning Tao turned and squinted at the two bodyguards. The dog pounced again…

Ordinary dogs can guess what their owners want, let alone a cultivation dog like this one.

The Howling Celestial Dog was acting like a scavenger, so neither Qing Zhui nor Jiang Hao need to do such dirty work. But they were happy to share the burden of their job with the dog. In this way, they would no longer suffer the clinic’s oppression each time they entered Sky Clinic with Ning Tao through the convenient door.

Ning Tao took out the ledger of bamboo slips and came to Hou Meiling’s side. He placed the ledger on her forehead. A few seconds later, he picked it up and unfurled it to read the diagnosis.

Contents appeared on the ledger of bamboo slips, “Hou Meiling, born 1975, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. A wicked woman as vicious as a viper. Her first sin: being unfilial to her parents, worth 10 sin of evil intention demerit points. Her second sin: abandoning her husband and son, worth seven sin of evil intention demerit points. Her third sin: scheming and murdering for money on three occasions, worth 21 sin of evil intention demerit points. Her fourth sin: forcing chaste women to become prostitutes on 321 occasions…. In all, her sin of evil intention demerit points: 1,001. A person of utmost evil. Prescribe her a sin of evil intention prescription pact. To atone for her sins through death.”

This result disappointed Ning Tao somewhat. He had spent so much effort trying to nab this woman, and in his consciousness, Hou Meiling could very possibly be the tyrant of Beidu. Once he captured Hou Meiling, it would mean the duty of moving Sky Clinic to Beidu was complete. The clinic would exempt him from a month’s rental fee. But to his surprise, she was not.

But this outcome was reasonable too. This woman was knocked down and bitten by the Howling Celestial Dog in one pounce, so how could she be the tyrant of Beidu?

“Don’t… don’t kill me. I will give you money. I have a suitcase in my room filled with cash. I will give it all to you. I beg you, don’t kill me,” Hou Meiling pleaded.

Ning Tao gathered his thoughts. “I not only cannot kill you; I can also treat you. Otherwise, you will die from excessive bleeding.”

“You… will treat me?” Hou Meiling’s eyes were full of surprise and suspicion. She obviously did not believe Ning Tao would treat her.

Ning Tao said, “I will write you a prescription. All you need to do is to sign on the prescription to receive treatment from me.”

“Save… save me… I admit I was wrong…” Master He pleaded. He knew his predicament well. He had so many wounds on his body, he would die if he did not receive treatment.

Ning Tao took his ledger of bamboo slips and went to Master He’s side. He placed the ledger on Master He’s forehead and took it away a few seconds later, unfurling it to read the diagnosis.

New contents appeared on the ledger of bamboo slips, “He Ping, born 1995, on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. A conceited, overweening villain. His first sin: raping underaged girls on 11 occasions, worth 55 sin of evil intention demerit points. His second sin: planning murder on three occasions, worth 15 sin of evil intention demerit points. His third sin: bullying ordinary folks with his power on 50 occasions, worth 150 sin of evil intention demerit points. His fourth sin: having adulterous affairs with another man’s wife on 20 occasions, worth 60 sin of evil intention demerit points… In all, his sin of evil intention demerit points: 307. Prescribe him a sin of evil intention prescription pact. Cut off his manhood and render him mentally disabled to atone for his sins.”

Cutting off his manhood was euphemism for castration.

Ning Tao felt that the ledger of bamboo slips was more and more like an AI for practitioners. Sometimes, it would come up with some humorous contents. This feeling made a strange thought surface in his mind: could there be some bigwig or divinity in the immortal realm, interacting with him in real time? Someone who was occasionally cracking a joke through it?

This thought merely flashed momentarily across Ning Tao’s mind. He collected the ledger of bamboo slips. “I will write you a prescription. Are you willing to sign for my treatment?”

“I’m willing. Make it fast. I’ll sign.” He Ping was already impatient from the wait.

Ning Tao shifted his eyes to the dying Hong Li. “Are you willing to sign for treatment?”

Hong Li nodded, his voice hoarse. “Yes…”

The two bodyguards who were badly bitten by the Howling Celestial Dog also nodded.

Ning Tao said to Jiang Hao. “Hao, take the girl to another room. I will first treat the ones who are more seriously injured.”

Jiang Hao understood him and went over to carry the girl to another room.

Writing prescriptions, getting them signed and giving them the Fine Primary Elixirs. After that, opening the convenient door to take the patients to Sky Clinic. It was a methodical set of procedures.

As Ning Tao expected, Hong Li was also to atone for his sins by death.

After treatment from the good-evil tripod, Ning Tao gave both Hou Meiling and Hong Li a fatal Sacred Needle to Nasty Diseases. He remained in the clinic. The other two bodyguards did not need to atone for their sins through death. One had his eyes blinded and his ears cut off, the other his hands sliced off and his eyes blinded. After treatment by the good-evil tripod, Ning Tao discarded them and He Ping in the “natural oxygen ward” in Shennongjia, leaving there soon after.

Although the ledger of bamboo slips did not need them to atone for their sins through death, such villains did not deserve to live. Ning Tao discarded them in the primeval forest of Shennongjia, leaving their survival to fate. It was to do those they had harmed justice.

Half an hour later, Qing Zhui carried the girl who had undergone treatment out of the villa. Ning Tao and Jiang Hao followed her closely behind.

Jiang Hao suddenly asked, “Where’s the Howling Celestial Dog?”

Only now did Ning Tao discover the dog missing. But before he could call for it, the dog had scampered out from another villa.

It was dragging a suitcase.

Ning Tao was speechless. “What are you doing?”

The Howling Celestial Dog dragged it by its handle, its voice muffled, “Dad, this is my conversational fee.”

Ning Tao was at a loss for words.