Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Volume 8

by North Night (夜北)

“The Yan Country’s Grand Adviser, goes by the name of Wen Yu?” Jun Wu Xie asked.

  Fei Yan nodded.

  “It is afterall Senior Wen’s personal matter and it will not be nice for us to probe into it. But it at least provides us with some reaffirmation that Wen Yu is not our enemy.” Fan Zhuo said with a smile. Although he did not know what was written in Wen Xin Han’s letter, but if he had tasked Fan Jin to personally deliver the letter, he strongly believed Wen Xin Han’s actions was led by some personal motive, like requesting for him to watch over them a little or something along those lines.

  “Cough….. I also heard….. that the Yan Country’s Grand Adviser looks….. enchantingly beautiful.” Qiao Chu said suddenly, a faint pink tinge even starting to show on his face.

  Fei Yan shot Qiao Chu a glance filled with disdain, in helpless silence.

  [Whenever this moron lays his eyes on beautiful people, no matter male or female, he always puts on this sick puppy face!]

  “It is said he looks very beautiful, and that he possesses the most beautiful face in the Yan Country. But do not repeat this unofficial title outside. The Grand Adviser does not seem to like people commenting on his looks.” Fei Yan reminded.

  “I’m not going to do that. Where would you find a man that likes people telling him that he is pretty?” Qiao Chu grumbled.

  Jun Wu Xie listened to them quietly. Without thinking about it, after she heard about Wen Yu’s revered beauty, she subconsciously turned to look at Jun Wu Yao beside her. Her slightly cold gaze swept over Jun Wu Yao’s flawless and perfect features, carefully scrutinising his face.

  It might be that Jun Wu Xie’s stare had been too obvious, where even Qiao Chu on the other side noticed it.

  “Little Xie, there’s no need to stare so hard. I dare guarantee it! That Wen Yu fella, could never be as good looking as our Big Brother Jun.” He had never seen anyone looking more attractive than Jun Wu Yao in his life! If someone told him that a person existed that looked better than Jun Wu Yao, he really wouldn’t be able to imagine what kind of monster that person could possibly be.

  Jun Wu Xie was startled and she quickly averted her eyes, lowering her head to sip at her tea. But her conspicuous attempt to hide made it all the more obvious to Jun Wu Yao’s eyes, and that elicited a light laugh out of him.

  Volume 8

  Chapter 758: “Flame Spirit Auction House (1)”

  After lunch, the companions parted ways.

  Having come to the Yan Country’s Imperial Capital, Fei Yan gathered more sources of information and in this period before the Spirit Battle Tournament commenced, he continued to gather more intelligence. Besides information on the Yan Country’s Crown Prince, he researched a little on the academies taking part in this year’s Spirit Battle Tournament.

  In the short amount of time they took to have a meal, the news that the Zephyr Academy had sent only a meager ten people quickly spread throughout the various academies’ teams. Many of them were already thinking that the Zephyr Academy had fallen from grace this year and when they heard the news, they were even more certain that they had been right.

  After finishing her lunch, Jun Wu Xie did not remain in the inn. With the Yan Country being the mightiest power throughout the lands, the resources they possessed was something other countries could not compare to. And in the Yan Country’s most prosperous Imperial Capital City, there were places that no other cities could compare to as well.

  According to Fei Yan’s sources, Jun Wu Xie got to know that the Yan Country’s Imperial Capital City housed the world’s biggest Flame Spirit Auction House. It was opened by the Yan Country’s wealthiest merchant and they can be found in all the cities throughout the Yan Country, with the flagship and biggest branch situated right here in the Capital City. They had all kinds of rare treasures and extraordinary things here, more than one could count, and it was the place the tiny Chan Lin Auction House could not dream to compare to.

  Although they had been well caught up with so many tumultuous events all this time, Jun Wu Xie had nevertheless not forgotten the elixir that Yan Bu Gui needed. In order to succeed in its cultivation, she needed to first gather the herbs that she needed. Hence, she had her eyes set on the Flame Spirit Auction House at that moment, wanting to go take a look and see if they have anything suitable herbs that she needed.

  As the Capital City had an abundant flow of customers, the entire city was dotted throughout with many auction houses big and small. The most successful and prosperous Flame Spirit Auction House among them even opened up for business everyday, allowing everyone to go pick out treasures anytime they wanted.

  It was high noon and the Yan Country’s Imperial Capital City was filled with the hustle and bustle of people, everywhere you looked, the place was teeming with crowds of people.

  As the Spirit Battle Tournament was nearing, the Yan Country’s Imperial Capital was filled with people from the various entourages from the numerous academies, and also people who came from other mighty powers and factions who were seeking to pick out potential candidates to recruit. They had all flocked to the Capital City, gathered here together to wait for the tournament to commence, filling up the city to the brim.

  In regards to the intentions of the various powers in their city, the Yan Country had always been silent. It was not that they freely allowed others to come try to snatch any potential gifted disciples that they had their eye on, but it was because the Yan Country had complete confidence that anyone they approached, would never reject their invitation.

  That was the confidence of the mightiest power throughout the lands!

  Jun Wu Xie followed the map that Fei Yan gave her and passed through the main streets and small alleys, making her way towards the Flame Spirit Auction House. And right beside her, a tall slender figure followed closely.

  “Does Little Xie have anything she wants to buy?” Jun Wu Yao asked with a smile, looking at Jun Wu Xie. He seemed to have nothing to do in the recent period and he attached himself to Jun Wu Xie. There were only a few occasions that he would disappear only for just a few hours before he would quickly reappear.

  Jun Wu Xie had never asked him about his disappearance even when she detected the faint stench of blood on him every time, and just frown slightly but remaining silent.

  “I needs some herbs.” Jun Wu Xie replied.

  “Are you going to cultivate elixirs again?” Jun Wu Yao asked, his eyes narrowed as he looked at Jun Wu Xie. All this time, he had from the beginning till now always been able to smell the light fragrant scent of herbs emanating from her, totally unlike the overpowering smell of scented powder that was commonly found on girls, and different from the sickening sweet smell of a variety of flowers. Jun Wu Xie had a scent about her that was faintly bitter and it might be slightly discomfiting initially, but after getting used to it, it kinds of grows on you and feels extremely comforting.

  Volume 8

  Chapter 759: “Flame Spirit Auction House (2)”

  That was a scent that was uniquely Jun Wu Xie’s.

  For no other reason, but just because it belonged to her, so Jun Wu Yao liked it.

  Jun Wu Xie shook her head, and then nodded.

  The elixir was not what she needed, but what she had to do.

  Acknowledging Yan Bu Gui as her Master, was her own decision. Although she had not stayed at the Phoenix Academy for long, and she had not interacted all that much with Yan Bu Gui, Jun Wu Xie had however taken in that slovenly dressed man as her Master in her heart. As a disciple, it was a given that she should shoulder her Master’s worries.

  Without having to mention anything else, just the gifting of the Heaven’s Flask and the Cosmos Sack had been incredibly helpful to her.

  When people showed her kindness, she might not always verbally thank them, but her gratitude was always hidden beneath her actions taken towards it.

  Watching his little darling’s conflicting response, Jun Wu Yao only found it endlessly endearing. Remembering when he had first met Ju
n Wu Xie, she had been just like a little kitten on edge, her guard up against everyone around her, her icy glare always looking at him warily. And at any moment that he took the slightest step closer to her, her claws would immediately come flying at him in response.

  And unconsciously, they were somehow able to get along in “harmony” now.

  His little darling’s attitude towards him had gradually softened in recent times and Jun Wu Yao was in a very good mood. It did not matter that he had to resolve his own matters in an extremely short period of time daily, he was only too willing to do that.

  If the day came that his little darling’s attitude towards him improved even further, he would not mind it in the least even if it made things more troublesome for him.

  The squeezy crowd threatened to swallow up Jun Wu Xie’s tiny frame. Averse to the touching others, Jun Wu Xie subconsciously closed the gap between her and Jun Wu Yao. Due to the difference in size of their bodies, when her tiny frame drew closer, it looked completely as if Jun Wu Xie was slipping into Jun Wu Yao’s arms. The smile on Jun Wu Yao’s face grew wide and he naturally raised an arm and pulled the tiny figure into an embrace, carefully shielding her. He had initially wanted to release a bit of his spirit power, to drive the crowd back away from him, but he immediately threw that idea out of his head as his heart gladdened in glee, his arm clasped around Jun Wu Xie as they traversed their way through the crowd, towards the direction of the Flame Spirit Auction House.

  The Flame Spirit Auction House sat on a massive and sprawling space. As Jun Wu Xie had only been to the Chan Lin Auction House before and when she compared the two auction houses together, the huge disparity in scale was immediately clear to see.

  Judging just based on the size of the land, the space the Flame Spirit Auction House in the Yan Country’s Imperial Capital City sat upon was more than ten times that of the Chan Lin Auction House. At the entrance, an endless stream of people were going into the premises and many of them were youths dressed in the uniforms of many other academies, drawn to come here due to the place’s famous reputation.

  The youths who came to take part in the Spirit Battle Tournament mostly held thoughts of pride and glory in their hearts and they moved around wearing their uniforms because they knew that many talent scouts from the various powers were hidden everywhere in the capital city waiting to poach for new gifted talents. As they knew that they had no chance of achieving the top ten ranks before the disciples from the top three elite academies, these other disciples had no other choice but to blatantly exhibit their identities in such a fashion at all times possible, carrying themselves in a manner to present their best front, quietly hoping that a talent scout would discover their potential.

  Jun Wu Xie was not wearing the Zephyr Academy’s uniform and was just dressed in common clothes. Although her looks could be considered delicately attractive, she did not stand out. Added to that, she was petite in size and would be easily overlooked, lost in the massive crowds of people there.

  However, this time, Jun Wu Xie would not be overlooked that easily. All the way from the moment she left the inn till she reached the Flame Spirit Auction House, countless pairs of eyes had gauged and scrutinised her from head to toe, but they had not be drawn because of her, but it was all due to…..

  Volume 8

  Chapter 760: “Flame Spirit Auction House (3)”

  The man standing next to Jun Wu Xie, Jun Wu Yao!

  Jun Wu Yao was dressed in very ordinary clothes, in full black, plain and simple in design, without a single ornamental or decorative aspect on it. But just that one flawlessly handsome face had been more than enough to draw all eyes to turn towards him. Throughout their entire journey, his tall graceful figure had mesmerizingly fleeted past, having captured and imprisoned an uncountable number of ladies’ hearts. The bolder ones among them had even tailed the two people and come to the Flame Spirit Auction House. When they saw Jun Wu Yao going into the premises, all of them had rushed to follow after even though they had absolutely no interest in any of the auctions.

  With such a blindingly bright and prominent entity at her side, it was arduously difficult for Jun Wu Xie to remain unnoticed. As a girl, she had crossdressed as a boy for convenience, but as she was very petite in size, and with someone having happily cradling her tightly within his arm the entire way, one really couldn’t be sure of her gender. If they didn’t look closely at the clothes she was wearing to ascertain that she was actually “male”, she would have been insufferably cursed so badly by the train of ladies trailing closely behind them.

  After confirming Jun Wu Xie’s “gender”, some of them who were a little concerned with his gender orientation quickly justified it themselves in a great show of magnanimity. They not only convinced themselves that there was absolutely nothing inappropriate in Jun Wu Yao holding a young male youth so tightly but told themselves that he was just being extraordinarily gentle and considerate, protecting his weak and frail little companion in the crowded sea of people.

  Outrageously good looking, gentle and considerate. With that intoxicating smile playing across his lips, Jun Wu Yao immediately sent the gaggle of ladies swooning in rapture, unable to take their eyes off him.

  It was only after Jun Wu Xie went into the auction house with Jun Wu Yao that she realised just how vast the place really was. On the ground level, the several hundred seats seemed to be all filled. And while the private rooms on the second level looked slightly similar to the ones back at Chan Lin Auction House, the number and sheer size of them surprised her. Looking up from the ground floor, it was clear that all the private rooms on the second level was fully taken up as well.

  Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao managed to find seats for themselves right at the furthest corner of the hall.

  As Jun Wu Yao settled into his seat, many sets of eyes from the ladies locked onto him at the same time. Their gazes were pretentiously coy as they secretly peeked over in the direction of the unparalleled and fabulously handsome man, and if it was not for the societal norm that proper ladies should practice necessary self restraint, they would have all swarmed over him and tried to chat him up.

  However, despite having become the focal point of the mass of ladies, Jun Wu Yao seemed to be completely oblivious. The only reaction his deep pair of eyes showed was only the slightest narrowing of the eyes as he accompanied Jun Wu Xie for the auction.

  If Jun Wu Xie had wanted any other treasure, he could very well have ordered someone to get it for her, but when it came to herbs, he really haven’t much of an idea about them or he wouldn’t have allowed her to even need to patronise such a noisy and boisterous place like this. Just seeing the darkened expression on that tiny face, Jun Wu Yao knew that she did not like the crowded and squeezy environment and he subconsciously use his tall frame to block out as much of the noisy clamour around them as possible from her.

  At that moment, the auctioneer on stage was carrying out an auction for a precious and beautiful piece of jade. That was always a well loved item of the ladies but all the eyes of the ladies in the hall were instead focused onto another certain spot which suddenly caused the item that should have people fighting to bid for to lose its expected attention.

  When Jun Wu Xie saw that the item on stage was not what she seeked, she immediately lowered her eyes and went through the list of herbs that she needed for the elixir in her mind.

  In one of the private rooms on the second level, a young girl sitting by the window had initially been bidding for the beautiful piece of jade on stage when that she had suddenly spotted that astounding figure fleeting past out of the corner of her eyes. She was stunned a moment before she turned her head to look down onto the first level.

  Volume 8

  Chapter 761: “Flame Spirit Auction House (4)”

  “What a unbelievably handsome man!” The pretty girl exclaimed with a sigh at the sight of the incredible attractiveness.

  The youth sitting beside her frowned suddenly as he followed the girl’s gaze an
d saw the handsome man sitting in a corner.

  “Ling Yue, just a person like that can catch your eye?” The youth’s voice sounded like he was a little jealous, but his expression was a mask of disdain.

  Qi Ling Yue glanced at the youth and she raised an eyebrow as she challenged by asking: “There’s nothing wrong with my eyes. Can’t you see that all the eyes of the females are all staring at that man?”

  The youth sulked and turned his head to look towards another girl. The girl was sitting straight backed on her chair, her chin slightly raised. Her beauteous looks when compared to Qu Ling Yue’s pretty face, was an additional acute sharp chill, that made people not dare to get near her.

  “Our Senior Fu did not even look at him. Who said he was good looking?” The youth retorted.

  Qu Ling Yue glared at the youth and she got up to cross over to Fu Xian who had been sitting silently on one side. “Senior Fu, can you take a look at the man and tell me whether he looks very attractive?”

  Fu Xuan’s eyes lifted and turned to look out in the direction where Qu Ling Yue’s finger was pointing. That one glance caused a ripple within her calm eyes, like something had caused her heart to jump in shock!

  “Isn’t he just too good looking?” Qu Ling Yue could not help but ask when she did not get a reply.

  Fu Xuan only recovered half a beat later and she nodded slightly.

  Qu Ling Yue immediately turned to look triumphantly at the youth who was sitting at the side in indignant anger.

  “I didn’t think that such a attractive looking man existed in this world. Senior Fu, tell me who do you think looks better when you compare that man with the Grand Adviser, Wen Yu, who is widely acclaimed most beautiful man in the Yan Country?” Qu Ling Yue ignored the youth and turned to audaciously ask Fu Xuan, who had approved of her standards in the appreciation of aesthetics.