Blood Queen - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Mysterious Transaction

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August 3rd, Saturday.

Several days ago, Jiang Yao was actually able to get out of bed, and her broken arms had basically healed.

For normal people, injuries of this severity would probably take two to three months to recover from, but under Jiang Yan’s insistence, Jiang Yao had to continue resting in bed. After all, the damage to internal organs caused by the boiling blood during the menstrual period far exceeded skin and flesh injuries.

Feeling the subtle changes in her body, Jiang Yao was a bit secretly surprised.

After recovering from this serious injury, her strength had not decreased but increased, directly entering the upper Servant-level realm. The so-called menstrual period boiling blood taboo, which was said to cause permanent damage to the body’s foundation, seemed to be somewhat untenable.

In Jiang Yao’s perception, Jiang Yan was the same. Now when in close proximity, she vaguely felt that compared to a month ago, the other’s strength was also advancing by leaps and bounds, reaching the mid-level Servant standard.

Zhao Peng had gradually become numb to Jiang Yan and Jiang Yao’s peculiar growth rate, and had also issued strict gag orders to some informed people.

During these days of Jiang Yao’s recovery, Zhou Ping had been caring for her wholeheartedly, and also shared with Jiang Yan and Jiang Yao many insights about controlling boiling blood and pheromones, which greatly benefited the two.

“…Actually, if it weren’t for the Little Golden Pills being quite expensive, if we ate them often, we could grow even faster. I really didn’t expect Sister Wan to give you a whole bottle directly, she’s so biased!”

Zhou Ping handed the black plastic bottle back to Jiang Yao, deliberately showing a trace of discontent on her face, making a kind-hearted joke.

“Little Golden Pills? What a rustic name, shouldn’t it be eaten at that time? Can it be eaten often?”

Jiang Yao touched the medicine bottle, a bit confused: “However, I also felt that after taking this in the past few days, my body felt very comfortable, just like ingesting blood.”

“This is actually made with some blood components added, the effect is a bit better than fresh blood, and currently only the Wang family has stock. But Sister Wan discovered a new use, it can control the blood thirst disorder during the relative’s visit… Hehe, since a few years ago, Sister Wan has been treating Little Golden Pills as extra benefits for the sisters, making those men so envious!”

Speaking of this, Zhou Ping seemed to remember something else, and her expression became much more dejected: “Unless you can be accepted by those Orthodox Vampire families from the beginning, otherwise for female vampires like us, the first few years of blood invasion are very difficult to get through.”

“Due to various reasons, female vampires are easily hunted by the Black Blood Clan, and their numbers have always been very small. It’s said that the earliest few sisters are all gone…”

Peeling an apple on the side, Jiang Yan also nodded slightly.

In her impression, the proportion of Knight-level female vampires she could encounter was usually only one-fifth to one-tenth of male vampires. As for what caused this, it wasn’t until Sister Tan fell that she gradually realized the cruelty contained within.

Except for those who sought refuge with Orthodox Vampire families, most of the female vampires attempting to live in seclusion probably fell before becoming Knights or even Servants. After all, not everyone had the abundant financial resources to cope with the enormous blood expenditure and the deadly physiological cycle taboo.

They either died from blood thirst disorders during their menstrual period or were exposed during their menstrual period and hunted by the Black Blood Clan, always the most vulnerable group.

“Ding dong!”

A series of ding dong sounds came from the three women’s phones simultaneously, as if someone had sent messages to all three at the same time.

“Wow! Last month’s performance bonus has arrived!”

Zhou Ping flipped through the bank information on her phone and said sweetly: “The night Xiao Yao was attacked, I just fired three shots, don’t know if I hit or not, and got allocated 10,000. Hehe! Bonuses are still the best!”

Sister Wan encourages everyone to fight against the Black Blood Clan, and there’s such a good thing? Jiang Yan and Jiang Yao were stunned again and quickly opened their own mobile banking.

“50,000? How do I have it too?”

Jiang Yan almost thought she had seen it wrong. No matter how she thought about it, she felt that her actual working time at the Golden River Club added up to at most a week, and during this period, she had not had any contact with the Black Blood Clan. Where did this bonus come from?

Oh, right, the first time she met Sister Wan with Xiao Yao that night, she was ambushed by a Black Blood Clan member… It really is true that killing and arson bring gold belts, these Black Blood Clan members are walking RMB! Jiang Yan suddenly realized.

“Xiao Yao, how much did you get?”

Jiang Yan thought for a moment, then quickly nudged the light golden-haired girl beside her who was dumbfounded and had fallen into a state of stupor.

“Ah… I… 350,000…”

Jiang Yao was stunned for a while before she came back to her senses, showing Jiang Yan her phone screen with the bank transfer information: “Sister, this isn’t in yen, is it?”

“Cough cough!”

Jiang Yan almost slid off her chair, coughing violently.

“That day, Xiao Yao alone took down a lower Knight and an upper Servant. If calculated for full credit, 300,000 to 400,000 is not excessive.”

The envy and confusion on Zhou Ping’s face alternated, but thinking that the other was personally brought into the club by Sister Wan, perhaps there were other unknown encounters, she became resigned.

“Hehe, Xiao Yao, you’ve recovered well. Oh, has everyone’s performance bonus arrived? Satisfied?”

Just as the three women were envying and being jealous in various ways, Zhao Peng walked into the room and saw the three whispering over their phones.

“Brother Zhao Peng, can I participate in battles? As long as it’s against the Black Blood Clan.”

Jiang Yan stood up, her expression seemingly calm, but with a hint of killing intent in her eyes.

“Wait for Sister Wan’s arrangements, no rush.”

Zhao Peng pondered for a moment, not directly refusing, but instead changed the subject by taking out another small black plastic bottle from his pocket: “Xiao Yao, Sister Wan knows about your situation now, she told me to give you another bottle to consolidate your body, don’t leave any lingering illness.”

“Oh…”

Seeing Zhou Ping’s face full of envy, Jiang Yao lowered her head awkwardly.

“Brother Zhao Peng, there’s something I don’t know how to do.” Jiang Yan thought of something and quickly reopened her phone, “I want to anonymously transfer money to an elder I used to know, how should I operate?”

Zhao Peng was stunned, then smiled: “For this kind of thing, go find Zhong Jing!”

Him? Oh right, almost forgot…

A young man’s face and the interior scene of a certain shell company appeared in her mind, and Jiang Yan felt greatly relieved.

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Night fell, and Zhao Peng accompanied Wan Yue, who had not appeared for many days, into a large private hospital called “Shengci Hospital” in W District, then through a hidden elevator, they went down several floors underground.

Hidden beneath the skyscrapers and bustling traffic of the bustling city was a secret underground room similar to a morgue.

On both sides of the metal walls were densely packed squares as far as the eye could see, and in the center of the room were seven or eight metal platforms arranged in a row.

The ventilation fans were buzzing, and Wan Yue was smoking casually. Beside her stood Zhao Peng, and on the other side was a middle-aged man with glasses dressed as a doctor in a white coat.

On the metal platform in front of the three, five corpses still emanating cold air were laid out in a row, some of which had obvious defects in appearance, especially the leftmost one, which was completely a grotesquely distorted one-armed monster.

“Wow, quite a big move, three Knights… Those little kids of yours are getting bolder and bolder, with the style of the Hermit Alliance.”

The white-coated man slowly examined the Black Blood Clan corpses in front of him, his eyes gleaming, and the words he spoke to Wan Yue were obviously teasing: “Yueyue, this doesn’t seem like your handiwork at all.”

“Hehe, shut up, go to hell.”

Wan Yue smiled without mirth, showing no interest in expanding on the topic in response to this so-called professional’s attempt to get close.

“This one that has completely mutated, most of the organs inside, even the bone marrow has necrosed, it has no value. The heart, brain, and eyeballs are a bit better, I can only give you 300,000 for it.”

The white-coated man put on gloves and carefully turned over the mutated Black Blood Clan Knight’s corpse with a scalpel, observing certain details, his brows slightly furrowed: “Wan Yue, if I’m not mistaken, this lower Knight who mutated from blood thirst should have died from the ‘Blood Poison’ ability of the Iberian vampires. The few Iberian vampire Barons in the country are all along the coast, where did you pick up this corpse from?”

Wan Yue made no comment, just blowing smoke rings, silently looking at the emaciated, mutated Black Blood Clan Knight corpse in front of her. But behind her, Zhao Peng, who was standing quietly, had his pupils violently constrict.

Blood Poison, the signature ability of Iberian vampires, whose ancestral lineage originated from the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, and later spread widely to North Africa, West Africa, India, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Like other ancestral lineages, the Blood Poison ability could only be awakened and used after advancing to Baron.

The mutated Black Blood Clan lower-level Knight in front of them was probably killed by the Jiang sisters on a certain night about two months ago. At that time, they should have been at most upper Thralls… No wonder Sister Wan had always expressed doubt about the ancestral lineage test results of the Jiang sisters.

Zhao Peng felt his brain go a bit numb, and a layer of cold sweat even appeared on his back.

“The remaining four are quite fresh, except for this upper Servant whose organs were partially damaged by gunshots, the others are basically intact. That upper peak Knight is more expensive, so I’ll calculate a total of 5 million for you.”

The white-coated man successively checked the remaining four Black Blood Clan corpses and showed a satisfied smile.

“Eh? Wait! Let me look again…”

The touch on his hand felt a bit off, and the white-coated man’s gaze began to re-examine another lower Knight’s blackened corpse, raising his scalpel again.

The subcutaneous muscle tissue of the corpse was cut open, followed by several large arteries and veins. Everywhere visible, all the blood vessels were filled with powder-like substances similar to charcoal, without any blood clots. Even most of the body muscles and organs showed an effect of being roasted at high temperatures internally, but there were no traces of being hit by silver weapons inside the body.

“Tsk! This… this died from the ‘Blood Ash’ ability! Wan Yue, have you broken through to Count? Did you do this?”

The white-coated man turned his head and stared hard at Wan Yue’s beautiful and charming face, drawing in a sharp breath, incredulous. Beside him, Wan Yue emanated the typical chaotic aura of vampires above Baron level, making it completely impossible to discern her true strength.

“If I dare to say I did it, do you dare to say you believe it?”

Wan Yue blew out a beautiful smoke ring, her face full of mockery.

“Hmm, I don’t believe it, it’s a bit far-fetched… But I haven’t heard of any Siberian vampire Counts from China coming out to play recently… Where did you pick up this corpse from again?”

The white-coated man became more and more confused, suddenly feeling that the goods Wan Yue provided this time were a bit strange, and even his tone of speech began to become awkward: “Killed by Blood Ash, all organs are ruined, it’s such a waste, we’ll have to deduct 1 million.”

“Too much nonsense, we don’t want cash this time. Exchange 2 million for Big Golden Pills and Little Golden Pills, 1 million for ordinary blood, and the rest all for internal and external hormone inhibitors. Better if there’s boiling blood medicine. Don’t tell me the Wang family still doesn’t have stock this time. Xiao Zhao, you calculate the account with old Jin, I’m leaving first.”

Wan Yue threw away her cigarette butt and walked towards the elevator in the depths without looking back.

“Master Jin, Sister Wan has to take care of a big family, please understand.”

Zhao Peng was not unfamiliar with the senior Baron of the Wang family in front of him, who he had dealt with many times. Although the other’s seniority and realm far exceeded his own, he still maintained a proper and neither servile nor overbearing attitude: “Sister Wan means that if such fresh goods still can’t be exchanged for the needed things, she’ll consider changing to another family to do business with in the future.”

“You’ve all learned to bargain? Xiao Zhao, tell me honestly, where did these goods come from?”

The white-coated man regained his steady demeanor and showed a serious expression to Zhao Peng: “Several of these were killed with one strike, you haven’t reached Baron yet, you shouldn’t be able to do these things, Knights aren’t something you find everywhere.”

“I’m sorry, Master Jin, Sister Wan has issued a gag order. Now we and the Wang family are just in an ordinary business relationship. If we’re talking about friendship, actually if Sister Wan sold directly to the Hermit Alliance, the price might be even higher.”

Zhao Peng smiled, neither servile nor overbearing. As Wan Yue’s first confidant, he naturally kept his mouth very tight.

“You guys… Wan Yue took you away from the Hermit Alliance, and it’s been 20 years since she left. Is she still unable to let go of the hatred in her heart? Hehe, why not join the Wang family…”

“Let’s leave it at that for today. The things you want will be transported here in three days, remember to come and collect them.”

The white-coated man took off his glasses, his mood a bit off, as if remembering some things from years ago.

“Master Jin, for such a big matter, how could a small fry like me make the decision? Thank you, Master Jin, for personally making the trip this time. Zhao Peng takes his leave.”

After saying this, Zhao Peng bowed slightly and also left with big strides.