The 21st episode: The haunted villa

  "Hmm..." Seeing Li Yan about to leave so easily, Chen Zhenbang suddenly felt a bit short of breath. After a while, he couldn't help but speak up and remind him: "Uh... Li Yan, Dr. Li, aren't you going to bring some medical tools or something?"

  "No need, you guys have everything anyway," Li Yan replied casually, but then suddenly seemed to think of something and reminded them: "Of course, if there are some precious fresh medicinal herbs like wild ginseng, lingzhi mushrooms, Huang Jing, or He Shou Wu, it would be even better. Other types of wild medicinal materials can also be prepared in large quantities, remember, they must be fresh and alive."

  Good grief, I almost forgot that this old man's status and family background are not ordinary at all. Although he didn't plan on taking any medical fees, if he could take advantage of the opportunity to get some precious new medicinal herbs, it would be a great thing after all. After all, such an opportunity is hard to come by, and missing it this time will make it difficult to find again.

  It wasn't until Li Yan had the idea of refining Baicao needles that he realized how hard it was to find fresh medicinal herbs in this city. Yesterday, after running around outside all day, he only got a meager harvest. Although he ordered a batch worth 800,000 yuan from Tongrentang in the city, it would take another week for the goods to arrive, which was really troublesome.

  "Alright! Alright! I'll call them right away to get everything ready!" Since treating illnesses always requires medicine, Chen Zhenbang actually became more convinced after hearing Li Yan's words. He hastily made a phone call back home, repeatedly conveying Li Yan's requests with added embellishments, only then feeling at ease.

  Li Yan heard this and couldn't help but let out a faint, mocking smile. He had known all along that if he could cure this illness, he would be able to collect everything he wanted, and even without the conditions mentioned earlier, he would have agreed long ago.

  The car drove all the way to a luxurious villa area in Donghai, Longtan City, where the sea garden was located. Although Li Yan didn't know much about it, he knew from his previous memories that this ocean garden was situated on the east side of Longtan City, with one side close to the city center and the other facing the East China Sea. After being developed by the largest real estate company under the Hailin Group in Longtan City, the houses inside became a symbol of status. Not to mention the most expensive seaside villas, even the well-developed luxury villas were pricey, with any one of them costing no less than tens of millions.

  "Hmm? This place, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is so dense, could it be that the Sea Eye has arrived in Donghai?" Although he was sitting in the carriage, Li Yan was able to sense it clearly without any hindrance. The closer they got to the seaside, the denser the spiritual energy became, compared to his current residence, it was simply a world of difference.

  Could it be? Is there a natural sea eye in the nearby waters? On this planet where the ecosystem has been destroyed, most of the spiritual veins have been damaged, and except for some famous mountains and rivers, few places still possess such rich heavenly energy.

  It was as if, in an instant, Li Yan couldn't help but speculate that under the circumstances of the land being destroyed, only the spiritual veins in the water domain could still maintain such a rich heavenly and earthly spirit energy.

  His divine consciousness dispersed, his spiritual awareness instantly expanded, covering an area of several thousand meters around him. However, in a flash of thought, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and suddenly opened his slightly closed eyes.

  "Ah! Doctor Li, what's going on?" Seeing Li Yan suddenly react, Chen Zhenbang, who was sitting next to him, was startled.

  The car that was driving suddenly stopped, and drivers Dong Jian and Chen Nan both turned around at the same time, focusing their eyes on Li Yan in the back.

  "There's nothing to worry about, don't panic, let's go, let's go." Li Yan smiled and signaled to everyone that there was no need to worry. Dong Jian was puzzled but still drove as instructed.

  The car turned several bends and passed by a mountain range near Linhai. On the gentle slopes of the surrounding hills, there were one or two villas built in a manor style. The highest peak was closest to the sea, about hundreds of meters away, with the East China Sea to the east and a coastal mountain range to the north, densely forested. However, it was the western and southern slopes that were the most gentle, with four villas built on the western slope and one villa built on the relatively gentle half-mountain waist on the south side. As Li Yan shifted his gaze to look at the luxurious villas nestled in the half-mountain waist, he couldn't help but ask out loud: "What place is this?"

  When he heard this, Chen Zhenbang was taken aback and couldn't respond. Dong Jian also didn't know the answer. But surprisingly, Chen Nan smiled and said: "That's Longkou Mountain, it's the best location in Haiyang Garden, but the villas here are also the most expensive. The estate you're referring to is called Shanheju. The terrain of this villa is a bit dangerous and relatively isolated, so the developer bundled it with the northern mountain forest for sale, worth 1.3 billion! However, precisely because of this, it hasn't been sold yet!"

  "One billion three hundred million, huh! It's indeed expensive!" Li Yan chuckled and couldn't help but curiously ask: "However, although the price is a bit high, there shouldn't be no one in Longtan City who can afford it, right?"

  Chen Nan smiled and said, "Dr. Li, you don't know that although Shanhe Villa is good, it has some strange places. Several rich people have looked at it before, but they all gave up halfway due to unknown reasons. Later, I heard from others that Shanhe Villa was haunted by ghosts. Although the Hailin Group strongly denied this matter and even lowered the price to 96 million yuan, no one is still willing to buy this mansion because everyone in the country is relatively traditional and doesn't want to buy a haunted house."

  "Is that so?" Li Yan responded indifferently, but in his heart he couldn't help but let out a cold snort: It's unlikely to be haunted, but there is indeed a dragon beast. Whoever designed this house has reached new heights of stupidity - it's actually pressing down on the dragon beast's head!

  This dragon beast had been sleeping in the dark river under the belly of Longkou Mountain for quite some time, so it didn't realize that someone had built a house on top of its head. When it woke up, it was naturally furious, but since the dragon beast wasn't a monster and could be considered half-divine, it only slightly teased the ordinary humans who wanted to live on its head.

  It's not that the dragon beast is comparable to ordinary demon beasts. All dragons, by nature, have a proud temperament. Even if the dragon beast only has a part of the dragon clan's bloodline, it's not something that can be compared to ordinary demon beasts. It's impossible for it to allow ordinary humans to live on its head, and it not having the intention to kill is already a magnanimous display.

  Chen Nan turned his head in disappointment, but Chen Zhenbang showed some interest and said: "What's this, Dr. Li is interested in Shanhe Residence?"

  "Uh-huh, I'm somewhat interested." Li Yan said frankly: "It's just that the price is a bit expensive, 96 million yuan, for now, I don't have that kind of money to take out."

  Chen Zhenbang chuckled and said, "Actually, it's not necessarily 96 million. To be honest, I have some connections with Lin of the Hailing Group. Why don't I put in a word for you and see if we can get some discounts?"

  "It's still not possible, this price is too expensive for me, even if it's discounted by 50%, I still can't afford to buy such a high-end villa." Li Yan shook his head helplessly and refused Chen Zhenbang's help.

  Indeed, the Long Beast and the Shanheshan villa with its rich spiritual energy, even the nearby sea area that may have a Sea Eye, all have great appeal to him. Unfortunately, he doesn't have enough money to buy Shanheshan now, for the second time, he felt the importance of money in this world.

  Chen Zhenbang lost interest and had no choice but to turn his body around, sit up straight in his own seat, and remain silent.

  The car soon arrived at a large semi-mountain villa, where two soldiers in uniform were standing at the entrance of the villa.