Master of Ten Thousand Foxes-Chapter 278 - 173: The King of Darkness Who Wants to Be Lao Ba
The night breeze was cool.
The event on the playground tonight was canceled ahead of schedule, and the students grouped up in threes and fives to return to their dormitories.
They complained as they walked.
"What's going on with the cafeteria at West University?"
"No lamb chops today, no cold cuts tomorrow."
"Having lamb stew and getting a stomach ache?"
"Could it be the kitchen didn't clean the dishes well, with detergent residue left?"
The Immortal Grass Experimental Class was also dismissed.
Wu Qingyun and Bai Mo left the playground together.
Though they were quite familiar with each other, neither was much of a talker.
At the playground exit, two square buildings stood there — the restrooms.
You could vaguely hear a "crackle and pop" inside, like firecrackers going off.
Outside, a long line formed, with people clutching their stomachs, faces filled with panic, waiting in line for their turn.
Every once in a while, someone, looking pale, would wobble out, seeming completely drained.
Bai Mo saw Wan Bocheng, who staggered out of the restroom door, eyes dazed, looking completely exhausted, a far cry from his earlier aggressive demeanor.
Bai Mo grinned.
Suddenly he saw Wan Bocheng walking and striking a weird pose… legs bowed, hands raised over his head. Like an ape. He even lifted his head, opened his mouth, mimicking an ape's call.
But returned to normal quickly, continuing to walk. It seemed this pose was subconscious, and he hadn't noticed it himself.
"Huh?
"What's up with this guy?
"Does he have a weird monkey mimicry habit?"
Bai Mo frowned.
Then he saw next to the women's restroom, vice class president Lan Fangfang also wobbling out, looking equally exhausted.
He saw Lan Fangfang only take a few steps and strike the same gorilla pose, bow-legged and hands over head. But quickly returned to normal, not even noticing her own actions.
"Huh?"
Wan Bocheng being a bit dumb could be understood.
But Lan Fangfang is a girl; she probably doesn't like gorillas, right?
Bai Mo was puzzled when suddenly he heard a car horn nearby.
It turned out a few medical vans urgently parked beside the restroom, under a streetlight, setting up small tables with medical staff seated.
"Everyone come get some antidiarrheal medicine!
"And drink some oral rehydration salts to replenish electrolytes.
"Is there any student who can collect a stool sample? Just a swab will do."
Wan Bocheng sat at the small table, receiving treatment from the doctor.
This doctor followed the traditional Chinese medicine route, examining Wan Bocheng's face closely, checking here and there, opening his mouth to check his throat, looked at his tongue, asked a few questions, and took his pulse. Finally, he reached a conclusion.
"It shouldn't be serious.
"It's just that the mutton you ate was not fresh, leading to diarrhea.
"Take the antidiarrheal medicine and rest a bit, and you'll recover.
"Just to be safe, you should get in the van again for a gastroscopy."
Wan Bocheng cursed his bad luck under his breath!
Many classmates watched the scene unfold.
Bai Mo was among them, standing in the crowd with a bemused expression.
His Divine Sense, like an invisible extension, had already entered Wan Bocheng's body, followed him into the van, conducting a thorough investigation... with this investigation, Wan Bocheng truly had no privacy left.
Not just inside his clothes, but even his skin, and muscles were fully revealed to Bai Mo!
A gastroscope can only see the inside of the stomach, but Divine Sense could explore every corner of his body!
In truth, Bai Mo didn't want to look either… it was pretty gross!
"Oh my gosh, he's got meat strands on his intestinal wall?
"Are those mutton strands from the stew?"
Bai Mo smirked.
The gastroscope noticed these meat strands but found nothing unusual and continued the investigation.
But...
"Huh?"
Bai Mo frowned, shocked to find that the meat strand wasn't just adhered to the intestinal wall, but... it had actually grown into it, taking root!
Cooked mutton, how can meat strands grow into the intestinal wall?
Could there really be a problem?
What kind of Immortal Technique is this?
Who did this?
Doing this to a bunch of students, causing such a commotion, what was their intention?
Bai Mo's Divine Sense continued to investigate and found the meat strands in Wan Bocheng's intestinal wall, like tree roots, constantly snaking and branching, burrowing deeper into his gut. As for the specific effect...
"Reverse absorption?"
The intestinal wall is supposed to be where the body absorbs nutrients.
But these rooted meat strands could reverse absorb the body's nutrients, pulling them back into the gut?
The onlookers murmured among themselves.
"Will the cafeteria at West University ever be okay?"
"This time, we demand an explanation."
"My goodness, I really want to check out the kitchen."
As discussions buzzed, Bai Mo's mind was in a whirl as he recalled the literature he had read, the knowledge he had learned, deducing little by little, unraveling the truth. In conjunction with recent occurrences at West State University, he slowly began to understand.
"Is this… part of a step in the Human Vase Immortal Technique?
"Washing the bottle?
"Wan Bocheng's recent actions weren't mimicking a gorilla. It was the influence of this Washing Bottle Technique, subconsciously treating himself as a medicine bottle?"
The Human Vase is the cultivation of Immortal Grass in human bodies. The grown Immortal Grass may have strange side effects... but it grows fast and the potion made is effective.
As for the Immortal Technique Wan Bocheng encountered, Bai Mo speculated it was washing the bottle! It aimed to wash out all unsuitable elements within the body for herb cultivation, restoring the body to its initial state!
There aren't many relevant documents on Fox Mountain. Bai Mo's knowledge was limited. Hence, seeing this Washing Bottle Technique today was an eye-opener.
Wan Bocheng walked down from the van, staggering, his eyes dazed, listless.
