The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert

Chapter 1566 - 1871: Dark Pavilion (2)

Guo Hong shook his head with a bitter smile, "Who says it isn’t? However, for people like us, many times destiny is not something we can control. Especially someone like Li Haibin, who devoted himself wholeheartedly to his cultivation just to take revenge on the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion for that deep-seated hatred. This mission previously seemed that if successful, it could strike the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. For the sake of vengeance, these sacrifices seem worthy to him."

Ling Chen nodded, the methods of this Dark Pavilion truly demand caution. After all, with such methods, they can conjure many destructive experts. Although time is short, just a few days are enough for them to do many things they want. But, what exactly is their aim?

"I understand." After learning some other things, Ling Chen stood up and said, "Thank you for your cooperation, rest assured, I won’t go back on my word." With that, Ling Chen turned and walked out of the room.

At this moment, Li Haibin was sitting in the courtyard, staring at the dark night overhead, lost in thought. Ling Chen walked over straight and said, "I have gathered some information from Guo Hong’s mouth."

"Probably nothing too important," Li Haibin replied faintly, "I just recalled the past and indeed found many doubts. I was taken away by the Dark Pavilion when I was very young. They took me to a very remote village where there were many children my age with similar experiences. We underwent unified training, it was very strenuous every day. Besides training, nothing was allowed for us. Also, the Dark Pavilion set rules; if we didn’t meet their requirements within the deadline, we would face severe punishment. At that time, I witnessed several peers who couldn’t endure the punishment and died from pain."

"But at that time, my eyes were already blinded by hatred. I was indifferent to everything. In my heart, it was revenge and nothing but revenge; it was my only motive to live." At that point, Li Haibin seemed to remember something and said, "Back then, someone would come to talk to me every once in a while. At that time, I was clueless, now thinking back, I understand their intentions."

"What happened?"

Li Haibin chuckled mockingly, "Their purpose in speaking with me was simple: brainwashing, to incite hatred within us, to keep us in such a state. Reflecting on it now, it seems my past decades have passed this way. Besides hatred, I had nothing."

Upon hearing that, Ling Chen asked, "Do you still remember the location of that village?"

Li Haibin shook his head and said, "How could I remember? I was only a few years old when I entered, and only left that ghastly place when I was over thirty. Back then, Dark Pavilion arranged a car and hooded me, I couldn’t see anything, didn’t even know where I was."

"Over thirty... Where did they take you?"

"To a more brutal training site. Those who had breakthrough strengths on the Earthly List were sent there. For over a decade, I stayed there until my ability reached the peak of the Earthly List. They then arranged a place for me to train alone. Though I lived alone, there was a dedicated guard outside, even going out required reporting. Of course, I wasn’t always confined to the house; sometimes they would assign tasks to me. If I completed them successfully, they would take me to a place called ’Paradise,’ where food, wine, women, everything was available, allowing you to enjoy an emperor-like treatment."

"Some gradually became obsessed with such a life, eager to perform tasks every day just for more and better enjoyment. For this, Dark Pavilion set a rule: if you complete a hundred tasks, you can stay in Paradise forever, indulge without any need for work."

Ling Chen asked, "Has anyone truly achieved this?"

"Indeed!" Li Haibin nodded, "Some have indeed done it, living in Paradise every day, possessing everything. Countless people in Dark Pavilion envy them, working desperately to complete tasks with hopes of enjoying like them. Dark Pavilion releases a list every few intervals, marking various tasks. Initially, people still had a conscience, abandoning inhumane massacre tasks. But later, for enough task completion, regardless of how brutal the tasks were, people scrambled to do them. With all this mentioned, I suppose you understand what kind of organization Dark Pavilion is."

"Very cruel and very realistic," Ling Chen said.

"Ling Chen, I can’t do anything now; dealing with Dark Pavilion rests on you."

"You..." Ling Chen opened his mouth, ready to speak, but was stopped by Li Haibin’s gaze, "We’ve all taken the slow poison of Dark Pavilion, and without the antidote within the deadline, I will surely die. The last time I received the antidote was a month ago, and if I calculated correctly, the day after tomorrow is the day to receive the antidote. If I fail the task, the leader surely won’t give us the antidote, so Guo Hong and I will not survive more than two days."

"Uncle Li, don’t worry, I’ll find some skilled people in medicine to help you later; maybe they’ll manage to cure you."

Li Haibin smiled faintly, seemingly disregarding Ling Chen’s words.

"By the way, I’ve already asked Sir Chen to look for Wang Dong. At that time, I hope you can explain to him."

"No problem, I’ll do my best."

About an hour later, Chen Junfeng and Zhu Qing finally returned to the pavilion, accompanied by a forty-something middle-aged man, precisely Wang Dong mentioned by Guo Hong.

Looking at Wang Dong, who was bound with ropes, Ling Chen did not say much but directly had Chen Junfeng take him to see Guo Hong and Li Haibin. With these two explaining in person, Wang Dong should believe them.

Outside the room, Zhu Qing led someone over after waiting for a moment.

"Brat, what do you want with me?" As soon as Ling Gengqiu saw Ling Chen, he immediately called out.

Ling Chen greeted with a smile and said, "Big brother, isn’t your medical skill excellent? I’d like to ask for your help."

Entering the room, Wang Dong was sitting in a chair with his head down, expressionless, lost in thought. Looking again at Li Haibin and Guo Hong, both gently nodded, they seemed to have settled Wang Dong.

"Uncle Li, this is my big brother, his medical skills are very formidable, let him take a look at you; maybe he can cure your poison."

Without a word, Li Haibin took a seat and placed his hands on the table. Ling Gengqiu extended two fingers, placed them on the other’s pulse, and checked earnestly. After a while, Ling Gengqiu released his fingers, a thoughtful look on his face.