Chapter 18 The Magical Runes of Healing

The door of Self House was inconspicuous and even looked a little shabby. However, when Wang Ke stepped into the door, he felt an indescribable feeling arose in his heart, and even the spirit energy in his body rushed towards his eyes without his control. If he had not reacted quickly enough to control his spirit energy, the painful but refreshing feeling would have caused him to waste the use of the extraordinary vision. Weird! What was going on? Did Zhao Menfeng own any treasures? Otherwise, how could the spirit energy rush towards the eyes? It could not be like that, either. He had not concentrated his eyes on one item, or mobilized his spirit energy, or had an idea of using the extraordinary vision. Why did this happen? Suppressing his confusion, Wang Ke looked towards the entrance hall and found that no one was there. Why was nobody here? Wasn't Zhao Menfeng afraid that someone would come and steal the antiques in the shop? "You've come." Said Zhao Menfeng standing on the stairs. While Wang Ke was looking around downstairs, Zhao Menfeng looked at him with a smile. He looked at Wang Ke without any surprise, as if he had known that Wang Ke would come. Looking up the stairs, Wang Ke put on an astonishing look. When Zhao Menfeng walked down the stairs, Wang Ke asked in doubt, "Mr. Zhao, you know that I will come?" Zhao Menfeng nodded with a smile. Suddenly, he frowned slightly because he and Wang Ke both heard the rush and messy footsteps outside, signaling that some people were rushing towards here. With the noisy footsteps, a dozen of middle-aged people who looked like migrant workers came in soon, holding each other up. "Mr. Zhao! Mr. Zhao, please help them! There was an accident at our construction site, and they're all injured." Among those people, only this person saying in hasty did not get any hurt, but he also got dirty and looked pathetically embarrassed. However, judging from their look, Wang Ke found that these people had either their arms or their legs broken. He thought it a little funny. Looking at those migrant workers with painful looks, Wang Ke shook his head slightly and thought, "This is not a hospital. Why did these people come here after being injured? Does Zhao Menfeng have some medical skills?" Zhao Menfeng frowned and looked at those migrant workers with pathetic looks. Then he said with a deep voice, "All the injured people sit on the floor." Then he drew a yellow note out from his bosom. A rune? Wang Ke's eyes rounded suddenly. He knew this rune, as he once saw it by chance. At that time, that person with this rune made chain lightning, which tore an old locust tree in sunder. That's right. At that time, it was also this kind of yellow note with weird blood-red symbols written on it with cinnabar, looking like the tadpole-shaped characters in ancient times. Why did Zhao Menfeng have this note? Wang Ke trembled slightly with excitement. He was dreaming of having this rune. It was the thing he had always dreamed of. It was extremely difficult to draw and make runes. He once searched for the information about the runes on the Internet. Although the introduction was not very detailed, it indicated that this type of runes was precious. Today, not many people were able to make this kind of runes. Even though some people were proficient in this aspect, the runes they drew sometimes did not work. Zhao Menfeng pulled out one of the yellow runes, and his lips squirmed a few times, giving out a few weird notes from his mouth as if he was chanting a spell. Something magical happened. The yellow paper rune floated away from Zhao Menfeng's palm and flew into the midair four or five meters high under the eyes of everyone, seeming to become a living creature possessing wit. When Zhao Menfeng gently pressed the broken place of one of the injured migrant workers with his skinny palm, the flying rune exploded in midair for an instant. The silver light spots exuded soft lights. The mysterious and unpredictable Milky Way seemed to appear in front of everyone. Wang Ke's eyes released a strong light. His vision was better than that of ordinary people, so he was able to keenly discover that the silver light spots seemed to be surrounded by traces of flame, and the symbols drawn on the yellow note were looming in every silver light spot. With the last weird note of the spell Zhao Menfeng chanted disappearing, the light spots scattered in midair seemed to be drawn by a certain summoning and then formed a bond-like scene in a flash, quickly blending into the migrant worker's broken leg that Zhao Menfeng pressed. Wang Ke leaned forward spontaneously. His eyes were glowing with a faint green light with shock and ecstasy. He was like a person who was about to die of thirst in the desert but suddenly found a source of water. Excited and greedy, he could not wait to draw a rune and weave the magical power by himself. This rune was different from the one he saw last time. At that time, it was the chain lightning that appeared, which had strong aggressivity. However, the rune now in front of him formed bright light spots like a trailed bond. What was its function? Wang Ke stared unblinkingly at both Zhao Menfeng's hands and the fractured injury of that migrant worker. That migrant worker's broken leg was healing at a visibly quick speed. It was like a miracle, shocking everyone in the house. "Eh? It isn't painful. So comfortable!" That middle-aged migrant worker who had a painful look just now had his eyes widened in excitement and surprise, seeming to be even bigger than copper bells. "It isn't painful, is it? I tell you that Mr. Zhao's runes do work, which could make your injuries heal in a short period. Previously, my arm was broken by an iron pillar and was cured by Mr. Zhao with a rune. And I was able to continue working on the construction site only after two days of rest!" The only worker who was not injured said with a natural smile on his face. Zhao Menfeng did not totally unfold his tight eyebrows, seeming not to hear those two people's words. He slowly released the hand pressing on the person's broken leg. Until the silver light spots integrated completely into the wound, he said, "Stand up and have a try. Don't use too much force. Try to walk." That injured person had some disbelief in his eyes. He did not stand up but asked, "Can I stand up and walk now? Mr. Zhao, although it isn't painful now, it is broken! How could it be cured now? Are you kidding?" Zhao Menfeng said, "You stand up and walk, and then you'll know whether I'm kidding." That injured person hesitated for a moment, and then he stood up slowly with others' help. He took three or four steps forward carefully and then turned around with great surprise, "Am I OK? Though I can still feel a little painful, I could also feel that my leg is cured." Zhao Menfeng nodded and said, "Avoid energetic exercises these days. Do not work. You'll be no different from before after two days of rest." That middle-aged worker quickly nodded and thanked Zhao Menfeng constantly in great gratitude. Other injured people also looked excited. They had planned to go to the hospital. However, their friendly workmate strongly recommended that Mr. Zhao of Self House was good at healing injuries with runes. They all knew that their workmate's previous injury had recovered in just two days, so they rushed here half in belief and half in doubt. It did work. As workers, they earned money relying on their strengths. If they were delayed from work due to injuries, it would be a big loss for them and their families and the financial burden would also increase. Now they could recover after taking a two-day rest, which was undoubtedly great news for them. Other injured people stared at Zhao Menfeng and those notes in his hand eagerly. The runes of healing! Wang Ke looked at those runes left in Zhao Menfeng's hand in excitement. He roared in his heart, "These are definitely the runes of healing, runes with extremely powerful healing effect." As for the runes, the information on the websites showed that there were a variety of kinds, and he remembered clearly the kinds with the widest application. They were the runes of attack, the runes of healing, the runes of power, the runes of speed, the runes of cloaking, the runes of gravity, and so on. He once saw the rune of attack, and he was sure that the rune in front of his eyes was for healing. Learn it! He thought he must find some ways to learn how to make this kind of runes. Wang Ke clenched his fists, having great determination in his eyes. Zhao Menfeng turned his head and looked at Wang Ke, who was trembling, clenching his fists, and having eagerness and determination in his eyes. Then a strange smile appeared on his old face. Then he walked to other injured people and cured six of them within four or five minutes by using the runes of healing. At this time, nothing was left in his hand. The runes were used up. Zhao Menfeng quickly stood up, shook his head, and smiled bitterly, "I only have seven runes, so I can only cure seven people. Now, I have cured the seven most injured among you, and I can't help the others. Take them to the hospital." The runes were used up? The other injured who had not received treatment looked bad. They had seen hope, but Zhao Menfeng's words extinguished their hopes. Go to the hospital? How much would it cost to go to the hospital? And how much would they suffer? Even if the contractor would pay them a sum of money, that stingy fat man would not give them very much! Big cost, great suffering, and delay of work. The other injured people pleaded with Zhao Menfeng with pathetic looks, "Mr. Zhao, please! I have both the elderly and the young in my family, and they are all waiting for money. Regardless of the delay in making money and suffering, I do not have much money, and the contractor is stingy. If I can't be fine soon, where can I get the money to treat this injury!" "Yeah! Mr. Zhao, you can help me, right? You can treat them with the runes of healing. Then you must have a way to help us. We pinch and scrape every day. We earn money desperately every day because our families are too poor. If we go to the hospital, we will spend a lot of money and suffer a lot. What's terrible is that we won't be able to work on the construction site for a long time! As the old saying goes, ‘Injury in muscles and bones takes one hundred days to recover.’ If we can't make any money during these one hundred days, I'm afraid we won't be able to afford our children's board expenses at school!" "Mr. Zhao, my mother is old and lives upon medicine. I'm not sure whether she could be alive without the medicine. Please, help us. We'll bear in mind your great kindness forever!" "..." Among the pitiful voices, even came out a voice crying. They worked from dawn to dusk every day and could only go back to the makeshift work shed to rest every day when they were extremely exhausted. Sometimes, they were not willing to buy themselves some meals but just ate a few cold buns to satisfy their hunger so as to save money for their family members. All of them were dignified men but persevered in the hardship and struggled in poor life. If Zhao Menfeng could heal their injuries with the runes of healing, they would all be willing to kneel and kowtow to him to express their gratitude!