He was an Internal Energy Martial Artist with formidable strength. To deal with an ordinary person like Ning Chen, a single move would be enough to finish him off.
However, he could not kill Ning Chen right now; deterrence was needed.
And given the perception of ordinary people, the deterrent force of a firearm was clearly much greater.
No one could remain calm with a pistol pointed at their head.
Yet.
He miscalculated.
Ning Chen was an exception.
Ning Chen remained completely calm, saying, "More than once, people have pointed guns at me. But unfortunately, they all ended up dead."
Hm?
The armed bodyguard suddenly sensed a wave of danger.
Before he could react, and before he even saw how Ning Chen moved, the gun in his hand had been snatched away by Ning Chen. At the same time, his right hand holding the weapon was struck by a surge of force, resulting in a comminuted fracture.
That was not all.
The moment Ning Chen seized the gun, he directly pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
Accompanied by the gunshot, the bodyguard who had been pointing the gun at Ning Chen took a bullet straight between the eyebrows. His whole body instantly stiffened as he fell backward, dropping dead on the spot.
Until his dying breath, he had no idea how he had even died.
He died with everlasting regret!
This sudden turn of events caught everyone completely off guard.
"Protect the old master."
The next instant, all the bodyguards sprang into action, drawing their guns one after another. Even Gu Xianwu appeared beside the hospital bed in a flash, taking the lead to ensure the old master's safety.
As for the vice president, he was scared out of his wits.
Damn it.
He had wanted to score some merit, not throw his life away! He could practically imagine that Ning Chen's actions were not only going to get Ning Chen killed, but drag him down into the disaster as well.
After all, Ning Chen was introduced by him.
He simply could not withstand the wrath of the Chen Family. At that moment, the vice president even mentally pictured what his own funeral would look like.
Yet.
Right at this critical juncture, Chen Yaowei's voice rang out: "Hold on."
All the bodyguards immediately stopped what they were doing.
At the same time, after executing that bodyguard, the handgun in Ning Chen's grip was casually crushed into a lump of scrap metal by him and tossed onto the floor.
This sight made the expressions of those bodyguards shift once again.
What terrifying strength!
"You're Chen Yaowei, right? I can tell you plainly, you have at most three days left to live. In the entire Chuzhou, besides me, no one can save you."
"Even if you manage to go somewhere else and find someone to treat you, there won't be enough time."
Ning Chen ignored everyone's threats, turned around, and looked at Chen Yaowei, speaking calmly.
As soon as these words were uttered, Chen Yaowei's expression instantly turned rather grim.
Even Gu Xianwu's expression shifted markedly.
Old Master Chen had only three days left to live?
He looked toward the two doctors in white coats and demanded, "Is what he said true?"
The doctor hurriedly replied, "Old Master Chen's heart is failing rapidly. According to our projections, there are indeed only three to five days left. We have already urgently contacted foreign experts in cardiology, but the chances are... slim!"
Gu Xianwu's expression shifted once more.
Chen Yaowei seemed to have already known this news, so his expression did not change much; instead, he stared intently at Ning Chen with burning eyes.
He had not expected that Ning Chen would be able to state offhand that he only had three days to live.
Chen Yaowei's attitude instantly underwent a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn as a smile appeared on his face: "Miracle Doctor Lin, it was my fault just now—I wanted to test your foundation and medical skills. My heart problem is indeed not an illness in the traditional sense, but rather caused by an injury sustained while practicing martial arts. If you can cure my heart condition, you may name any condition you like."
As for the bodyguard who had just been shot dead by Ning Chen, he did not even mention him. As long as his life could be saved, let alone one bodyguard, he wouldn't care even if Ning Chen killed ten more.
"To save your life, there are two plans. One of them is to slow down the aging rate of your heart, allowing you to live for another year or a half."
"The second plan is to completely cure your injuries and make your heart condition fully recover."
Ning Chen stated.
Hearing this.
A look of shock instantly appeared on everyone's faces.
Ning Chen could actually provide a complete cure?
Was he really not just blowing hot air?
"I choose the second one."
Chen Yaowei said without the slightest hesitation.
He wasn't sure whether what Ning Chen said was true or false, but right now, he had no other choice left; he could only choose to believe Ning Chen.
"Don't be in such a hurry. Hear out my terms first before you decide," Ning Chen said indifferently.
"Sir, please go ahead," Chen Yaowei said immediately.
"Plan one: one hundred million in cash!" Ning Chen declared.
Hearing this.
Chen Yaowei and the others frowned slightly.
Ning Chen was opening his mouth like a lion asking for a huge price—one hundred million?
And that was just the price for the first plan. One could only imagine how absurd the price for the second plan would be.
However, as long as he could live, forget one hundred million; Chen Yaowei was willing to use any amount of money to buy his life.
Chen Yaowei and the others stared at Ning Chen, quietly waiting for the requirements of his second plan.
Ning Chen paused for a moment before speaking again: "Plan two: one billion in cash, plus a thousand-year divine herb."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yaowei almost sat straight up from the hospital bed.
"Mr. Lin, do you know what you're saying?" Chen Yaowei's expression instantly sank.
"One billion is the medical fee I want; the thousand-year divine herb is for your treatment. If you want to live, get them ready. If you don't want to live, then pretend I said nothing." Ning Chen sneered.
The reason he decided to step in and treat Chen Yaowei was because... half a month from now, on the seventh anniversary of his parents' death, he needed Chen Yaowei to kneel before his parents' graves and repent.
Therefore, Chen Yaowei could not die just yet.
However, to save Chen Yaowei just like that would make it far too easy for him, so Ning Chen naturally made an exorbitant demand.
The one billion in cash was what he wanted for his elder sister and brother-in-law.
He had that black card given to him by the gatekeeper, which had an unlimited limit, but it could only be used by himself; there was no way to withdraw large amounts of cash with it, so he needed one billion to give to his sister.
As for that thousand-year divine herb... Ning Chen wanted it for his own cultivation.
A thousand-year divine herb was something hard to find anywhere in the world.
Yet as long as Chen Yaowei did not want to die, he would definitely pull out all the stops and rack his brains by any means possible to hunt down a thousand-year-old divine herb.