It was silent on the summit of Mount Fu Yao and the slanting rays of the brilliant dusk sun fell over the dense woods, shrouding the green mountain with a faint warm glow.
Gu Ying walked down from the summit and after coming aways not to far away, he stopped in his tracks on one side of the wide broadwalk. He then turned himself around and stared in the direction of the Cloudy Brook Academy.
Volume 17
Chapter 1611: “Madly in Love with Medicine (1)”
The glorious glow of dusk washed upon Gu Ying’s handsomely featured face, the slight smile at the corners of his lips deepening its arc quietly, filling up with a murderous edge that replaced the original gentle smile. Under the dusky glow, it looked a little strange.
Suddenly, a black shadow leapt over to come to Gu Ying’s side.
“Young Lord.”
Gu Ying turned his eyes and looked at the black robed man.
“Those old folks in the Cloudy Brook Academy have their guard up against me and if we are to locate that thing, it seems that you guys are needed.” Gu Ying smile was tinged with the same bloodthirstiness that Jun Wu Xie was once familiar with before, a completely different person from when he had been in the Cloudy Brook Academy.
“What the Young Lord means is?” The black robed man asked warily.
“The fact that the Cloudy Brook Academy was able to hold its own sitting between the Twelve Palaces and the Nine Palaces and have some many powers wary of them all this time must have been due to a good reason. That old thing was not willing to reveal much and if you guys are going to investigate, you will have to be careful and not let them have a handle against us.” Gu Ying said with softly with both his hands clasped behind his back. His voice then paused for a moment before he continued on to say: “When you are searching for that thing, help me check on a person as well.”
“Who?”
“The person staying right opposite Gu Xin Yan, Jun Wu.” Su Ya had protected Jun Wu too completely and he had attempted a few times to divert the topic onto Jun Wu, trying to make Jun Wu speak up. But all his attempts were completely quashed by Su Ya and Jun Wu did not even speak a single word from beginning to end, making it impossible for him to determine any further facts from it.
Without knowing why, there was a very strong premonition in Gu Ying’s heart that this Jun Wu was intricately linked to Jun Xie in some way.
Those eyes, had been too similar.
“Then would you need your subordinate to have him killed?” The dark robed man then asked, his tone of voice filled with intense murder.
Gu Ying however shook his head. “You will only need to force him to summon out his Ring Spirit and you must not take his life.”
Some delicacies, he would like to leave for himself to savour.
“Of course, severe injuries or its like, I do not mind.” Under those words said with a smile, was a strong sinister intent.
“Your subordinate will carry out your orders.” The dark robed man acknowledged.
Gu Ying nodded his head in satisfaction, a slightly haughty smile on his lips. He slowly walked down towards the foot of the mountain, while in the dense woods behind him, several tens of dark shadows fleeted speedily pass in flashes.
Upon the silent Mount Fu Yao, everything happened without a sound.
After sending Gu Ying out of the Cloudy Brook Academy, Tian Ze went immediately to the little old man’s study. But searching an entire round for him, Tian Ze could not find any signs of the little old man. He was mulling things through when he suddenly caught the faint fragrant scent of herbs.
An ominous premonition rose up within Tian Ze’s heart. He followed that scent and passed through the quiet courtyard, before coming to a stop in front of a room at the back of the courtyard.
The location of this tiny room was well hidden, situated in a far corner of the residence of the Cloudy Brook Academy’s Headmaster. Evergreen pine and cypress were planted all around the place and there was a rack of shelves placed outside the room, filled with layer upon layer of bamboo hats. Those bamboo hats placed on the shelves had all been turned over where they were filled with various kinds of herbs.
Under these Heavens, the one person who used bamboo hats to hold all kinds of herbs were surely a rarity.
The door of the little room was tightly shut but that faint fragrant scent of herbs continued to waft out from inside.
Tian Ze immediately felt his eyelid twitching furiously and he moved almost like lightning as he charged straight to the door and pushed the door right open!
“Master! Haven’t we come to an agreement that you are only allowed to cultivate medicine only for one day in a month? If you are to burn down this place once more, what are we going to do! ?” In the very instant Tian Ze pushed the door open and shot himself inside, he immediately howled out mournfully in dismay.
Volume 17
Chapter 1612: “Madly in Love with Medicine (2)”
Within the room, a hunchbacked figure was huddled over as he squatted beside a medicine stove. The entire room’s four walls were completely blackened, the colour looking like the result of them having been scorched and burnt by fire.
A little old man held a palm shaped fan in his hand as he squatted solemnly by the medicine stove, fanning the palm shaped fan in his hand seriously, with a vigor that attempted to make the flames burn more intensely. In his other hand, was a crumpled piece of paper held in his grip. He would for a moment gaze at the piece of paper awhile and then switch to watch the flames in the medicine stove for awhile after, his gaze highly focused, to the extent that when Tian Ze came charging in with a roar, the little old man’s face that usually did not show shock suddenly flashed with a sliver of fright where he very nearly threw the piece of paper he held in his hand right into the medicine stove.
“You little scoundrel! What are you hollering about! ?” The little old man then carefully held the treasure he had managed to get his hands on after much effort in his hands, his eyes glaring in contempt at Tian Ze who had come charging in. It was not known from when his white grey beard had been smudged with ash and people who did not know any better would have thought it was some beggar who had sprouted out of nowhere. Who would have thought that this very decrepit old man here would be the Headmaster of the Cloudy Brook Academy! ?
Tian Ze was suddenly feeling a little short of breath from the little old man’s shout and he instinctively shrank his head into his shoulders, unable to laugh or cry as he stared at the absolutely hilarious look his own Master was sporting at that very moment.
“It was wrong of me and I should not have shouted, but Master, haven’t we come to an agreement? We can only carry out the cultivation of medicine only on the academy’s rest day every month? Tell me, if you burn up this place one more time and let the disciples see it, wouldn’t it kick up another bout of ruckus?” Tian Ze was really at his wits end here. This Master of his was really the most unconventional and eccentric Master under the Heavens. As the Headmaster of the Cloudy Brook Academy, he didn’t bother with anything but only knew how to dump everything onto this poor unfortunate disciple of his.
If he was merely just dumping all his duties on him, it would still not be that bad, but the little old man had absolutely zero talent for Medicine and he had to be so madly intrigued and infatuated towards cultivating elixirs and trying to learn all sorts of medical skills. Many a time, he would inadvertently dredge up a whole mess of various kinds of herbs, bringing with him some sort of medical prescription that he had swindled out from any one of the teachers from the Medical faculty and then hide himself here to secretly attempt to cultivate.
If it was merely cultivating medicine, then it was just a little medical cultivation being carried out here. But this Master of his did not possess the capability to successfully cultivate any kind of medicine but was more than able to burn down the place. Tian Ze had already lost count on the number of times his Master had destroyed this place with fire and he really did not want to recall th
e number of times he had been forced to ingest all those insane and maniacal “poison” his Master termed as medicine!
Tian Ze could still remember when there was one time he was merely suffering from a slight cold and he would just need to take a little medicine before it would go away in a day or two. But his Master had then appeared before him laughing as he took out a lump of some unidentified substance he had concocted and insisted that it was medicine that he had just managed to cultivate, that was best for treating a cold with miraculous effects. He had then forced Tian Ze to swallow it.
The effect had indeed been miraculous!
It had caused Tian Ze’s slight cold to deteriorate so badly that he sustained internal injuries where he had vomited blood for three days straight. All the teachers from the Medical faculty had to be driven into a fluster before they managed to save this little life of his.
Ever since then, Tian Ze knew that his very own Master was not cultivating medicine, but concocting lethal poison!
A person who had absolutely no talent in Medicine but just insisted on picking it up, wasn’t that just torturing himself?
“Hmph! Who are you calling Master! Address me as Lord! You’re really becoming more and more unfilial! You dare to actually doubt your Master’s skills in Medicine! ? Are you already tired of living! ?” Being grumbled at by his disciple, the little old man became so angry his eyes glared and his beard bristled in indignation, almost wanting to stuff that disciple of his right into the medicine stove to have him incinerated.
Volume 17
Chapter 1613: “Madly in Love with Medicine (3)”
“You don’t allow me to call you Master, but still claim on your own to be “your Master’s”…..” Tian Ze could not hold himself back from saying.
The little old man picked up a piece of firewood beside him and threw it towards Tian Ze which Tian Ze just barely managed to dodge.
“Unfilial disciple! What have you even come here for? To come frustrate me! ?” The little old man blustered angrily.
Tian Ze was feeling highly helpless. “Master, I really do not mean to do that, but your medicine cultivation is really…..” [killing me!]
“You dare say one more word, would you believe that I will put you right into the stove to cultivate you instead! ? You dare to doubt your Master’s medical proficiency! Do not forget! Your Master is a Doctor! !” The little old man continued to bluster in protest.
Tian Ze secretly smirked to himself. [What doctor! ? Wasn’t that a title you only managed to get for yourself through threats and bait, having beaten people up so badly they had to search for the teeth on the ground?]
“How infuriating! I will now cultivate this peerless and unmatched elixir to show you immediately!” The little old man become more agitated the more he thought about it.
Tian Ze’s face was one of hopelessness.
“What are you doing still standing there in a daze? If you have nothing better to do then come help me fan the fire!” The little old man shouted as he threw the palm shaped fan in his hand onto Tian Ze’s face.
Tian Ze could only resign himself to his fate and went to take the little old man’s place with the fan held in his hand, squatting beside the medicine stove to fan the fire.
The little old man had finally freed himself and without considering his own disciple’s suffering, he brought a little stool over and sat down on one side as he urged Tian Ze to work harder at it.
Tian Ze could only obediently comply when he suddenly remembered his objective for coming here in the first place. He said as he continued with the fanning: “Master, Gu Ying has left.”
“Good riddance. Having him stay in the Cloudy Brook Academy and needing you to watch him is such a hindrance. It’s a lot less trouble now that he’s gone.” It was clear that the little old man couldn’t be bothered whether Gu Ying left or stayed. All that he cared for was whether the medicine within the medicine stove would come out well.
He had followed every single step written upon that highly detailed prescription he had gotten from Jun Wu this time and towards the result he would get, the little old man was feeling highly confident!
Very soon, he would be able to prove his “proficiency” and talent in Medicine!
Tian Ze was stumped by the little old man’s words and everything that he wanted to say were all stuffed back down his throat, not even given the chance to be voiced out.
Hence, the two men, one old and one young squatted inside that tiny room as they continued to work on the medicine stove.
Night fell upon them silently as the darkness shrouded the entire Cloudy Brook Academy. The bright moon hung in the air and all the youths who had toiled for a day were finally able to drag their exhausted minds and bodies back to their room for some much needed rest.
Jun Wu Xie came back to her room and stretched to loosen up her limbs. She had not forgotten that while on her way back here, she had vaguely discovered Lin Hao Yu hiding in the shadows, his gaze sinister as he watched her.
Towards a character like Lin Hao Yu, Jun Wu Xie really could not be bothered to waste her time on him.
“Young Miss.” The figures of Ye Sha and Ye Gu silently appeared before Jun Wu Xie. They had followed Jun Wu Xie’s orders to go inform Qiao Chu and the others and they had then stayed within the shadows to protect Jun Wu Xie, against any moves that Gu Ying might make.
“Hmm?” Jun Wu Xie sat herself down upon a chair, and both Lord Meh Meh and the Sacrificial Blood Rabbit jumped out from Ye Sha and Ye Gu’s arms, tottering as they bounded over to come beside Jun Wu Xie’s feet, one on each side as they tried to win Jun Wu Xie’s attention. Jun Wu Xie good naturedly summoned Little Lotus to bring out some lotus leaves for the two dumb beasts and when she saw the two of them eating the lotus leaves so happily, Jun Wu Xie’s eyes softened quite a bit.
“Gu Ying has left the Cloudy Brook Academy.” Ye Sha said.
When Tian Ze sent Gu Ying out, he and Ye Gu had been hidden in the dark shadows, where they saw with their own eyes, Gu Ying walking out from the gates of the Cloudy Brook Academy.
Volume 17
Chapter 1614: “Dangers Under the Dark Night (1)”
“Gu Ying had already left the Cloudy Brook Academy.” Ye Sha said.
When Tian Ze sent Gu Ying out, he and Ye Gu had been hidden in the dark shadows, where they saw with their own eyes, Gu Ying walking out from the gates of the Cloudy Brook Academy.
“Left?” Jun Wu Xie’s eyes narrowed slightly. [Gu Ying has left just like that?]
Having seen Gu Ying once more, Jun Wu Xie could not help but feel that things were a little too simple. From the moment Gu Ying had appeared till he left, everything had been so normal that it felt a little too strange, very unlike his character. In Jun Wu Xie’s mind, every time she met Gu Ying, it was always accompanied by death and blood. With things being so peaceful this time, it had not only not made her relaxed but had instead pulled the string in her heart taut.
“Did anything unusual happen after he left?” Jun Wu Xie asked.
Ye Sha shook his head. “We only followed him up to the gate and did not continue following after that.”
Ye Sha’s and Ye Gu’s main objective was to ensure Jun Wu Xie’s safety and as the people in the Cloudy Brook Academy did not only include people from the Twelve Palaces with quite a number of disciples from the earlier batches belonging to the Nine Temples, they did not dare to stray too far away from Jun Wu Xie which made them decide to not continue to tail Gu Ying.
Jun Wu Xie was thoughtful as she lowered her eyes. The appearance of Gu Ying somehow made her feel that things would not end so simply.
Ye Gu who stood at the side did not say a word but just kept silent as he continued to stand there. But all of a sudden, he seemed to detect something and his gaze turned to look outside the window.
“Ye Gu?” Jun Wu Xie noticed Ye Gu’s unusual reaction.
Ye Gu’s eyebrow arched up and he said: “Intruders.”
“Who are the
y?” Jun Wu Xie immediately asked.
“It’s still not clear but the one certain thing is that they are not people from the Cloudy Brook Academy. When Young Miss came into the Cloudy Brook Academy, Ye Sha and me have already sensed out everyone’s aura within this place completely but the presence I sense now are a number of unfamiliar auras that have blended into the place.” Ye Gu’s eyes were narrowed. There were a good number of those unfamiliar spirit energies but they were not concentrated together in one place. But suddenly having so many of them appear within the Cloudy Brook Academy had caused his guard to rise.
Jun Wu Xie had also detected the strange phenomenon. “How are their powers?”
Ye Gu quietened down and sent out senses to probe before he said: “They’re all of the Purple Spirit’s third level and above. There are about more than twenty of them and a few of them among them should have already reached the realm of the Silver Spirit.”
Ye Gu’s power was far greater than Ye Sha’s and that was why before Ye Sha sensed anything, Ye Gu had been able to sense the intruders.
“Silver Spirit?” Jun Wu Xie was slightly taken aback. He had thought that these intruders very probably had something to do with Gu Ying but Ye Gu was saying that among these people there were Silver Spirits?
Throughout the Twelve Palaces, only the various Palace Lords themselves had been able to attain the Silver Spirit and the Palace Lords would naturally not run such a risk themselves like this.
Gu Ying was merely a member of the Blood Fiend Palace and even if he wanted to make a move, how was he able to convince a Silver Spirit do his bidding? And from what Ye Gu said, there was more than one Silver Spirit among this group of people. If the Blood Fiend Palace had more than two Silver Spirits among them, why would they need to struggle against the Flame Demons Palace for so many years and there was still no clear winner between them?
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