Ning Rui was suddenly terrified under Gu Ying’s murderous glare, his eyes red, completely bloodshot.
“What….. What happened…..”
“We have been played out by Jun Xie. Fan Jin’s rescue by Wen Xin Han must be linked to him in some way.” Gu Ying said through narrowed eyes, as his rage rose to scorching levels.
“How is that possible….. Jun Xie doesn’t know Wen Xin Han….. And moreover, weren’t you with Jun Xie all this time? How could he have the opportunity to get in touch with Wen Xin Han?” Ning Rui gulped when Gu Ying turned his murderous glare back on him.
“He might not have had the chance to get in touch with Wen Xin Han, but Gu Li Sheng did!” Gu Ying thought back to the time after Jun Xie had just met with Gu Li Sheng, when Jun Xie had led him away from the Spirit Healer faculty, using the excuse of teaching him Spirit Healing, to lure him far away, which prevented him from knowing Gu Li Sheng’s movements.
Jun Wu Xie had made her ploy completely watertight, and it had been carried out noiselessly without anyone knowing. Before the whole matter exploded in the enemies’ faces, no one could possibly guess what she was really planning.
Gu Ying had been defeated this time. He had lost to his own recklessness of youth and had been overconfident and too sure of himself.
Jun Xie and Gu Li Sheng’s disappearance had completely eliminated Gu Ying’s plan coming to the Zephyr Academy. Now, Gu Ying had no other choice but to push for the disciples of the Zephyr Academy to go explore the bottom of the Heaven’s End Cliff as soon as possible to prevent any more accidents from happening!
“Wen Xin Han is gone, and now you call the shots in the Zephyr Academy. In three days, I want the entire student body of the Zephyr Academy to move out from here!” Gu Ying was filled with rage with the disaster his single oversight had caused him.
Volume 8
Chapter 715: “My Move (2)”
“Three….. Three days? Wouldn’t that be too big a rush?” Ning Rui was sweating profusely. He had drawn Gu Ying into the Zephyr Academy to avenge Ning Xin.
But now, though Fan Qi was dead, and Fan Jin had lost his mind, but Fan Zhuo and the Rui Lin Army were not dealt with yet and Gu Ying was already forcing them to move!
Without Gu Li Sheng and Jun Xie as his bargaining chips, Ning Rui did not dare to imagine what the future would be like.
“If it is not done when the three day’s time is up, I wouldn’t mind killing you and sending all those brats on their way myself.” Gu Ying threatened, his eyes narrowed to a slit, as they flashed with a murderous glint that showed the unbridled rage boiling within him.
Ning Rui’s eyes widened, as he stared in disbelief at Gu Ying. Looking into that pair of bloodshot eyes, Ning Rui knew that Gu Ying meant every single word he said!
Gu Ying threw Ning Rui onto the ground and immediately turned and left. He was afraid if he stayed another second in there, he would not be able to hold himself back from killing that useless piece of trash.
Ning Rui remained sitting on the ground, his face filled with despair, and he suddenly looked like he aged a lot.
Once the disciples of the Zephyr Academy were brought to the Heaven’s End Cliff, that would mean that he would have outlived his usefulness to Gu Ying. And when he remembered those blood red eyes of Gu Ying’s earlier, Ning Rui could not help it but to curl up and wrap him arms tightly around himself, sudden fear completely overwhelming him, as an icy chill ran through his entire body.
A great storm was about to hit the Zephyr Academy and not too far away, another scene was playing out in Chan Lin Town.
Gu Li Sheng was sitting in a room within the inn, his hands clasped together on the table. When he heard approaching footsteps, he quickly stood up and every nerve in his body was suddenly taut.
The little black cat lazed languidly upon the table, its tail swaying it the air.
A series of knocks sounded upon the door and Gu Li Sheng hurried over to it. However, he paused to take a deep breath right before the door before he opened it.
Outside the door, stood the figure of Jun Wu Xie.
“Jun Xie!” Gu Li Sheng exclaimed happily. The moment his eyes saw Jun Wu Xie, the tensed expression on his face immediately relaxed and his heart was finally able to settle down.
“What happened?” Jun Wu Xie looked at Gu Li Sheng’s deathly pallor and she swept her eyes around the room inside. Besides the little black cat, she did not see anyone else. And Gu Li Sheng looked to be fine, why was he looking so terrified?
“Nothing at all! Did Senior Wen manage to rescue Fan Jin from there?” Gu Li Sheng asked, casting his gaze behind Jun Wu Xie, but he did not see any sign of Wen Xin Han and Fan Jin.
“I have arranged accommodations for them. Did you manage to bring all your disciples out?” Jun Wu Xie asked as she stepped into the room.
Gu Li Sheng shut the door tightly and immediately replied: “I did. I have arranged other rooms for them to stay in as well. Today’s events had really taken me by surprise. I really wouldn’t have thought that your ring spirit would come and inform me to evacuate all the disciples.”
As Gu Li Sheng said that, his gaze fell upon the lazy form of the little black cat lying on the table.
Just at the time Wen Xin Han was bringing Fan Jin out of the academy, this little black cat had stealthily made its way to the Spirit Healer faculty just as Gu Li Sheng had just received the news that Wen Xin Han was forcefully bringing Fan Jin away and was still filled with glee when he suddenly saw a familiar looking black cat jump in through his window.
He had seen Jun Wu Xie carrying that little black cat before and he knew that it was her ring spirit. He was still wondering curiously why the black cat had appeared when it suddenly opened its mouth and spoke!
“My mistress says that you are to immediately bring all of the disciples of the Spirit Healer faculty out of the Zephyr Academy. The horse carriages are all waiting outside and you have five minutes to pack your belongings. We move out in five minutes.”
Volume 8
Chapter 716: My Move (3)
Gu Li Sheng did not know what kind of expression he was making on his face at that time but the little black cat’s words had made him realise that when Jun Wu Xie asked Wen Xin Han to so blatantly break Fan Jin out of his imprisonment, her intentions behind it went beyond just merely rescuing Fan Jin!
She had wanted to use the moment when everyone’s, including Gu Ying’s and Ning Rui’s attention, were all drawn towards Wen Xin Han’s actions, to draw their eyes off the Spirit Healer faculty.
That would give the Spirit Healer faculty their only window of opportunity to escape!
Gu Li Sheng had not given it another thought and immediately informed all his disciples to gather as quickly as possible behind the little black cat. In a short while, they were all out of the Spirit Healer faculty and seated inside the prepared horse carriages before their gates, on their way to Chan Lin Town.
Upon reaching Chan Lin Town, Gu Li Sheng settled his disciples in and had remained in that room without taking a single step out.
He felt like he had just narrowly escaped from the clutches of death and his entire being was fully tensed up.
“If I didn’t ask you to leave at that moment, when do you want to wait until?” Jun Wu Xie asked Gu Li Sheng, her tone questioning.
Gu Li Sheng’s mouth gaped open. Jun Wu Xie was making it all sound so natural and logical but did she not realise that she had just returned to the Zephyr Academy for barely two days, and without anyone’s knowledge, she had already dreamed up such a devious plot and it was….. executed just beautifully!
Should this be something a fourteen year old lass be capable of? Gu Li Sheng really wished he could delve in Jun Wu Xie’s mind at that moment and see what her mind was filled up inside.
“You are right, that was the best moment. When did you dream up such a devious plot? Having Wen Xin Han create a commotion to draw everyone’s attention to allow us opportunity to escape from their clut
ches. And those horse carriages, and the inn…..” Gu Li Sheng had to take his hat off to Jun Wu Xie. In two days’ time, she had been able to devise such a perfectly flawless ploy and made all the necessary arrangements every single step of the way. From the horse carriages outside the faculty grounds to their accommodations when they came to Chan Lin Town, not a single detail was missed out.
If he had not been aware that Jun Wu Xie had left the Zephyr Academy for a long period before this and had just returned two days ago, Gu Li Sheng would have thought that Jun Wu Xie had planned all this from the day Fan Qi was killed.
“Ever since I heard Wen Xin Han was there.” Jun Wu Xie did not hide anything and answered Gu Li Sheng candidly.
Gu Li Sheng’s eyes widened, staring in disbelief at Jun Wu Xie.
How long had that only been, after she returned to the Zephyr Academy? Half a day! ?
“Fan Zhuo is staying in this inn. About Fan Qi and Fan Jin….. you tell it to him.” Jun Wu Xie said with her eyes lowered. When she got here, she had not first gone to see Fan Zhuo at the first instance because she did not know how to break the news to Fan Zhuo.
[Tell him his foster parent is dead? His adoptive brother has lost his mind?]
The ever calm and collected Jun Wu Xie suddenly did not know why, but felt those words….. would not come out of her mouth.
Hence, she came to ask Gu Li Sheng to do it.
“Tell it to him now?” Upon hearing Fan Zhuo’s name, the smile on Gu Li Sheng’s face suddenly disappeared, replaced by a look of grief.
[Those very words, to Fan Zhuo, will undoubtedly strike a devastating blow onto him!]
[In just a short month, his family was broken up and a member has died…..]
Jun Wu Xie nodded slowly.
“He needs to know, or the steps after this, cannot be carried out…..”
As Gu Li Sheng heard Jun Wu Xie’s reply, he knew she must have something more planned and he did not question her further on it. He only asked where Fan Zhuo was, and immediately stood up to go.
Jun Wu Xie sat at the table unmoving, except biting on her lip in consternation.
[So what if she was deemed a divine and genius doctor? She was still unable to save Fan Zhuo’s father…..]
Volume 8
Chapter 717: “Parting Pains (1)”
Jun Wu Xie sat at the table for a long while. The suffocating quiet surrounding her caused her to feel a little flustered. The little black cat drew near to her and hopped into her arms to give her its familiar warmth.
Suddenly, a loud crash sounded from a distance away. Jun Wu Xie’s head jerked up, the struggle within her showing in her eyes.
“Do you want to go take a look?” The little black cat asked, as it raised a paw to paw at Jun Wu Xie’s sleeve.
Jun Wu Xie stood up solemnly and walked towards the source of the crash.
When Jun Wu Xie came before Fan Zhuo’s room, she stood before it silently a moment. All was quiet in the room and as she pushed the door open, a very faint stench of blood wafted past her. Standing in the room was Gu Li Sheng who had turned his head to look at her, but then averted his gaze when he could not find the right words to say.
Jun Wu Xie walked into the room and gazed upon the sight of the familiar back facing her.
Fan Zhuo was sitting on one side of the room, his back to Jun Wu Xie, and he was giving Lord Meh Meh its medicinal bath.
Lord Meh Meh’s condition had made some improvements and it was already able to open its eyes. Its clear gaze was looking at Jun Wu Xie a moment before it turned its tiny head to look at Fan Zhuo, who had his back turned to face Jun Wu Xie, and it struggled valiantly to give out a weak bleat.
“Meh…..”
“Leave us for a while.” Jun Wu Xie said when she saw the broken pieces of porcelain scattered upon the ground by Fan Zhuo’s feet, realising that must have been what had caused that loud crash.
Gu Li Sheng nodded and went out of the room, carefully closing the door behind him.
In the room, only Jun Wu Xie and Fan Zhuo were left.
“My big brother….. Is he alright?” Fan Zhuo’s voice did not sound any different from usual but as Jun Wu Xie could not see his front, she did not know what kind of expression was on his face.
“Not good.” Jun Wu Xie replied.
Fan Zhuo’s back stiffened upon hearing that.
“Can you cure him? You were even capable of curing me, right?”
“I have not had time to take a good look at him yet.” Jun Wu Xie answered honestly, but her throat seemed to hurt as the words came out, as if she should not have phrased them in that manner, and not have the words come out so cold and unfeeling.
“Little Xie.”
“Hmm?”
“I beg you. You must cure him.” Fan Zhuo’s voice was becoming heavily suppressed.
“Alright.”
Fan Zhuo did not move. He continued to use his back to face Jun Wu Xie, his hands holding Lord Meh Meh’s tiny body, as Lord Meh Meh continued to soak in its medicinal bath.
“You asked me to stay behind here to care for Lord Meh Meh because you received the news before you left?”
“Yes.”
“You did not want me to find out and hence you went back on your own to find out what was happening first?”
“Yes.”
A long bout of laughter spilled forth from Fan Zhuo’s mouth, but there was not a single ounce of mirth felt from it, only bitterness and despondency, a laughter that made people’s heart wince.
“Then why would you tell it to me now?”
Jun Wu Xie was silent a moment before she said slowly: “Only you, can prove Fan Jin, of his innocence.”
“Where is Ah Jing?”
“Third level, room two.” Jun Wu Xie had put Ah Jing and Gu Li Sheng in the same inn with Fan Zhuo. “Aren’t you going to ask where Fan Jin is?”
Fan Zhuo shook his head.
“I do not dare face him.” Fan Zhuo’s voice had become very raspy and almost inaudible, like it had been forcibly squeezed out of his throat, causing it to feel suffocating for the one hearing it.
Jun Wu Xie did not reply. She walked to go in front of Fan Zhuo without a word, finally seeing the expression on Fan Zhuo’s face. That was a look that Jun Wu Xie would not forget in her life!
Enclosed in darkness, seemingly the opposite of light, that made one feel fearful to go near to.
Leaving the little black cat in Fan Zhuo’s arms, Jun Wu Xie lowered herself and gave Fan Zhuo an awkward hug, pressing Fan Zhuo’s head onto her thin shoulder.
“Cry it out.”
Fan Zhuo did not say a single word. He tried to suppress his feelings, hide his emotions…..
But Jun Wu Xie could feel that her clothes upon her shoulder had already been soaked…..
Volume 8
Chapter 718: Parting Pains (2)
Jun Wu Xie brought Fan Zhuo to see Ah Jing. She stood outside the door and did not go in. As she heard Ah Jing’s sobbing cries coming out from inside the room, she turned and walked towards another room.
Wen Xin Han opened the door and when he saw Jun Wu Xie standing outside, his face broke into a smile. He had only just managed to find out that Jun Wu Xie’s plan had involved not just his rescue of Fan Jin. When he saw Gu Li Sheng in the inn, he had realised that the Young Miss of the Lin Palace had devised a more elaborate plan than he had thought.
In the room, Fan Jin sat staring blankly by the bed. He did not speak and refused to sleep, he only sat there unmoving. The filth had been washed off from him and his clothes had been changed. Someone had combed his hair and his appearance now looked a little closer to what he had been like before.
But just that pair of eyes, they were devoid of the excited exuberance from before.
Jun Wu Xie came to stand beside Fan Jin and held up his hand, before putting the tips of her fingers on his wrist.
The physical injuries on Fan Jin were not too severe, and they would only require a little careful nursing b
efore recovering from them. But the most difficult affliction to cure was his brain.
The two palm strikes from Gu Ying had inflicted serious damage to his brain that caused him to turn into a mindless empty shell.
Jun Wu Xie gave Fan Jin a meticulous and thorough checkup before she finally let go of Fan Jin’s hand.
“How is it?” Wen Xin Han asked, watching from the side.
Ever since Jun Wu Xie’s elixir had miraculously saved his granddaughter’s life, he had developed a deep and profound respect for the Young Miss Jun. And not long after he had stepped out from his seclusion, he had heard of the obliteration of the Qing Yun Clan. He saw Mu Chen when he reached the Lin Palace and he realised then that the words that Jun Wu Xie had said to the disciples of the Qing Yun Clan outside the gates of the Lin Palace had not just been a threat. She had carried out her word completely!
The most established clan throughout the lands, and they were annihilated by her just like that!
“He can be treated, but not right away.” Jun Wu Xie said.
Fan Jin’s injury to his mind was rather serious and it would require quite a long period of time to treat. And assessing the time she had at her disposal now, she did not have enough.
Things back at the Zephyr Academy was not finished yet and if she gave up now, only Ning Rui would stand to gain from it.
Jun Wu Xie stared at Fan Jin and not bothered whether he understood her at that moment, she went on to say to Fan Jin: “When I was admitted into the Zephyr Academy, I was fortunate to have been protected by you. The overdue vengeance for you and your father, I will seek due redress on your behalf.”
Wen Xin Han was deeply moved as he watched from the side.
“What do you intend to do?” Wen Xin Han had thought that Jun Wu Xie only intended to have Fan Jin rescued but after hearing her words now, he knew the matter was still not over.
“I will need to trouble Senior Wen to watch over Fan Jin for a period longer. I have some elixirs here and I would like to further request that you feed one to him three times a day.” As she spoke, Jun Wu Xie put some bottles of elixirs on the table and carefully explained the elixirs effects and dosage before she left the room.
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