Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Volume 8

by North Night (夜北)

  Having been resourceful enough to gather news so quickly about the disciples of the Zephyr Academy, the people in the Immortals’ Loft were all definitely smart enough. Lei Chen’s eviction order had been skillfully issued. He had shown all of them due respect, and had firmly made his stand known.

  At that time, many people from powers all over the lands were gathered in the Yan Country’s Imperial Capital, and none of them would be dumb enough to openly go against the Crown Prince on his own turf. Everyone immediately put on an awkward smile on their faces and nodded as they went out of the Immortals’ Loft one by one.

  Every single one of them could see that Lei Chen had developed an interest in the Zephyr Academy and even if they wished to compete, they knew they were no match for the Yan Country’s Crown Prince.

  As the crowd diminished, the wearied Fan JIn was finally able to heave a sigh of relief. Having had to deal with so many people at the same time, had really been a challenge to him. His face was already cramping up from having to smile so much and his throat was so dry that he thought smoke would be coming out of his mouth next.

  “It must have been hard on Headmaster Fan. Someone go prepare a pot of chrysanthemum tea for Headmaster Fan.” Lei Chen said, smiling at Fan Jin as he ordered the innkeeper of the Immortals’ Loft to prepare it.

  “Thank you Your Highness for your kindness.” Fan Jin’s voice had already turned slightly raspy and he could only smile at Lei Chen.

  Lei Chen replied: “Headmaster Fan, you’re working too hard. I have known that the disciples of the Zephyr Academy were highly capable all this time and their performance today had really shown everyone in the Capital City what they are all capable of. I am afraid that the matter will not rest here today and I think it will continue to be harsh for our Headmaster Fan in the coming days.”

  Fan Jin smiled bitterly and shook his head.

  Lei Chen’s eyes swung up into the second level and he tried to put on an air of careless nonchalance as he asked: “Have they all retired to their rooms to rest yet?”

  Volume 8

  Chapter 797 : “Zephyr Rises Once More (6)”

  Fan Jin had been about to nod his head but he quickly changed his mind and shook his head instead: “They had just gotten back earlier and those people immediately surrounded them the entire time. I am guessing they had not had the chance to go to their rooms yet.”

  Lei Chen laughed. “If they have not gone in to rest, I would like to take the opportunity to treat all of you at the Zephyr Academy to have dinner together. Would that be alright?”

  “If that’s the case….. I’ll go check first.” Although Fan Jin knew that Jun Wu Xie and her companions held some other motives towards Lei Chen, but he did not know what Jun Wu Xie and the others were intending to do, so he did not dare to decide on their behalf.

  Lei Chen nodded his head and Fan Jin immediately went up to the second level to ask Jun Wu Xie and the others for their opinion.

  Lei Chen looked at Fan Jin’s back as he left, the smile on his face gradually fading away.

  He had really not expected the Zephyr Academy to still possess such talented individuals. He had come to the Immortals’ Loft previously only because of Jun Xie alone. But Jun Xie had once and again been coldly indifferent and he had not given Lei Chen much of a chance to recruit him. He had actually intended to have Jun Xie suffer a bit first during the Spirit Battle Tournament so as to make her realise what kind of advantages he as the Crown Prince would be able to bring her.

  But he had not thought…..

  That the other five participants from the Zephyr Academy would hold such overwhelming power!

  Five blue spirits, it was just too unbelievable!

  From another perspective, those five individuals were already just as valuable as Jun Xie now. Although the Spirit Healing Technique was important, but the potential to breakthrough to the Purple Spirit level was just as rare a treasure! And the Zephyr Academy had suddenly thrown five of them into the tournament!

  Lei Chen was feeling highly thankful that he had initially chosen to try to get close to the Zephyr Academy because of Jun Xie. From the way things look now, he felt that it would have made it easier for him to recruit the other five over to him.

  But there were some things Lei Chen did not fully understand. According to the data he received on the youths, the other four people were promoted from the Zephyr Academy’s branch division’s selections while the fifth one was Fan Jin’s younger brother. No matter how he looked at it, all of them did not seem like they would be capable of attaining the blue spirit level, but the facts had proven otherwise.

  “Is the Zephyr Academy holding an unspeakable secret within their premises?” Lei Chen asked himself as he narrowed his eyes. From the few times that he had communicated with Fan Jin, he did not seem like someone who would be scheming. In some ways, it was rather obvious that Fan Jin was still rather unfamiliar with his newly acquired position as Headmaster. Lei Chen had in the beginning wanted nothing to do with the Zephyr Academy who had fallen into decline, and except for the Spirit Healer faculty, the Zephyr Academy did not hold any value that was worth his attention or interest.

  But now, he had changed his opinion of them.

  When Fan Jin came up to the second level, he saw Jun Wu Xie and the others sipping at tea around the table. He was just about to open his mouth to ask when Jun Wu Xie said: “Tell Lei Chen, we agree to have dinner with him.”

  When Lei Chen had entered the Immortals’ Loft, they had all seen the horse carriage belonging to the Crown Prince’s Residence from the window on the second level.

  The speed that Lei Chen had come, was a little quicker than what Jun Wu Xie had expected.

  Fan Jin was taken aback and he hesitated before he asked: “You sure?” Although he wasn’t as intelligent as Fan Zhuo, but he had at least begun to guess at the underlying motives of people’s actions. The meaning behind the fact that Lei Chen had extended a private invitation to them was not lost on him, and it was impossible that Jun Wu Xie was not aware of it.

  By accepting Lei Chen’s invitation, didn’t that mean…..

  Jun Wu Xie nodded. “Avoid unnecessary trouble.”

  The companions had not come here to fame and fortune. With too many people coming and going in the Immortals’ Loft, it would not be good news for any of them.

  Fan Jin thought about it a moment before he turned and went downstairs, bringing to Lei Chen, Jun Wu Xie’s words.

  The fact that the reply had come so quickly surprised Lei Chen greatly. He had not been oblivious to the fact that the people from the Zephyr Academy had not been warm with their reception towards him. He had actually prepared himself to be rejected this time as well, and had not thought…..

  That he would receive such a pleasant surprise!

  Volume 8

  Chapter 798 : “Zephyr Rises Once More (7)”

  Despite his surprise, Lei Chen still had the presence of mind to act sensibly. He had not made a big show of inviting Jun Wu Xie and her companions to the Crown Prince’s Residence with drums and trumpets, but had just ordered a table full of dishes to be prepared right there at the Immortals’ Loft.

  Qiao Chu and the others had gone back to their rooms to wash up while Lei Chen was seated at the table in the hall on the second level, and seated with him at the same table, was Jun Wu Xie!

  Lei Chen took the chance to chat with Jun Wu Xie a little. Although he was thinking of recruiting the blue spirits, he wasn’t going to let go of the one who was proficient in the Spirit Healing Technique as well.

  “Is little brother Jun’s match tomorrow?” Lei Chen asked with a smile.

  Jun Wu Xie nodded, although her expression was still cold and distant, but compared to her complete disregard of him previously, Lei Chen was already very surprised that she had even acknowledged his query.

  “I heard that….. Your opponent tomorrow is Lin Qi from the Dragon Slayers Academy? Lin Qi might not be holding a high rank in the Dragon
Slayers Academy but he is still not to be taken lightly. Little brother Jun, please be a little more careful. The Dragon Slayers Academy and the Zephyr Academy have been competing to outshine each other for a long time and their disciples do not see eye to eye. I hope that little brother Jun would pay extra attention tomorrow and not get hurt.” Lei Chen’s face looking concerned as he looked at Jun Xie, looking extremely worried as he spoke.

  Just as Lei Chen finished his words, Qiao Chu and the others were already changed as they walked into the hall.

  “Little Xie’s opponent tomorrow is from the Dragon Slayers Academy?” Qiao Chu asked, pulling a chair out to sit down, his eyes looking rather amused as he looked at Jun Wu Xie.

  Although….. They not no longer held much expectations for their opponents from the Lower Realm, but the Dragon Slayers Academy was afterall still one of the elite academies and their disciples should be a little more powerful. At the very least….. they wouldn’t be defeated with a single move in a second….. right?

  Truth be told, in this Spirit Battle Tournament, their battles had been….. really boring. Especially for Qiao Chu, he was never a person to be able to hold himself back by nature. Yan Bu Gui had previously strictly forbade them to fight others back then and after so long, when he finally had a completely legitimate reason to beat others up, he found that his opponents were weaker than chicks that wouldn’t even survive a single strike, he had been sorely disappointed. That surging and raging adrenaline rush had died and settled into still placid calm of a mirror lake, without even a single ripple on its surface.

  When Lei Chen saw Qiao Chu and the other sitting down, the sparkle in his eyes grew brighter. He felt that he had touched on a rather interesting topic this time.

  Thinking that Qiao Chu was being worried about Jun Xie’s safety, Lei Chen smiled and said: “It’s someone from the Dragon Slayers Academy indeed. But I know some people in the Dragon Slayers Academy and with little brother Jun being the youngest contestant in the entire tournament, but having to battle an opponent like that in the first round seems rather inappropriate. I will go speak with the people from the Dragon Slayers Academy and ask them to not make the battle tomorrow too intense.”

  “Even if they wanted it to be intense….. it would be impossible.” Qiao Chu mumbled softly to himself. Although Jun Wu Xie’s spirit power level was a level lower than them, but to torment that bunch from the Dragon Slayers Academy, it would not pose her any difficulty. Even if not within a second, that guy from the Dragon Slayers Academy would not last three rounds.

  “What was that?” Lei Chen asked, not having heard Qiao Chu clearly.

  “Nothing! Nothing!” Qiao Chu said, waving his hands hurriedly.

  The waiter from the Immortals’ Loft served the dishes of fragrant and fine food onto the table. Lei Chen chatted and joked with them over food and drinks, consciously and subconsciously drawing himself nearing to the companions. Even the ever silent Jun Xie had spoken a couple of sentences to him and that made Lei Chen secretly glad, feeling more confident than ever that he would be able to win Jun Xie and his companions over.

  They had a good time and everyone drank a little more than they should. Lei Chen secretly glanced at Jun Xie who was already slumped over the table drunk and joy suddenly shone in his eyes.

  It was already in the wee hours of the night that the slightly tipsy Lei Chen was helped into the carriage by his guards to leave the Immortals’ Loft.

  Meanwhile in the Immortals’ Loft, Jun Wu Xie took out a elixir that countered drunkenness and swallowed it. The tipsiness in her mind then gradually began to dissipate till not a trace remained.

  Volume 8

  Chapter 799 : “Zephyr Rises Once More (8)”

  The Zephyr Academy had in just the first day of the Spirit Battle Tournament gained unparalleled fame! They had immediately attracted everyone’s attention. They had only just fallen from their position high up in the clouds and everyone had all despised them, but on the very first day that the Spirit Battle Tournament had begun, they had dealt a hard slap across everyone’s faces!

  As the first round of the tournament had yet to finish, Hua Yao and the others had some free time on their hands the next day. Before the second round of the tournament began, they were allowed to use the free time however they wished.

  The next day, it was the day that Jun Wu Xie was supposed to fight. However, some unexpected situations had cropped up in the first district’s battle arena.

  Normally, the matches in the first round would complete in two days. But something unexpected had occurred in the first district. It was not known whether the problem lay with the drawing of lots but many of the youths had drawn opponents who held similar levels of power to themselves and what could have been short matches prolonged into time consuming drawn out battles. Only twelve matches were completed on the first day and that caused Jun Wu Xie who held a number near the back of the queue to see that they would basically not have a chance to have their match on the second day as well.

  Since it would not be her turn anytime soon, and Jun Wu Xie had no interest in roaming the city, she had actually intended to spend the day in the Immortals’ Loft to cultivate elixirs, but unexpectedly, Lei Chen had once again extended another invitation to the members of the Zephyr Academy. It wasn’t for a meal this time, but to go sightseeing at the lake.

  After the dinner last night, Lei Chen had finally felt that Jun Xie had “softened” his stance against him. Seeing that the others in the Zephyr Academy had at least been polite to him, he continued to try to pull their relationship closer, determined to secure the targets before people from the other powers showed their hands.

  Jun Wu Xie would naturally not reject Lei Chen for having “delivered the goods” to them, so she went with Qiao Chu and the others to honour the invitation.

  Very soon, a piece of news spread very quickly in the Imperial Capital. The youths from the Zephyr Academy who had just suddenly surged to fame had now all been roped in under the Crown Prince, Lei Chen’s banner.

  Once news of that spread, all those people from the different powers who had been furiously eyeing the Zephyr Academy were suddenly deflated and mortified. It did not matter how powerful or mighty the powers they served might be, no one would dare to stand on the Yan Country’s soil and fight for talents with the Yan Country’s Crown Prince!

  All of a sudden, the people gathered around the Immortals’ Loft dispersed gradually, and the exhausted Fan Jin who was getting too tired to deal with them finally heaved a sigh of relief.

  By the time Jun Wu Xie and the others returned from their sightseeing trip, there was no one lurking around the doors of the Immortals’ Loft anymore.

  “It looks like it is taking effect.” Fan Zhuo said smilingly as he surveyed the surroundings outside the Immortals’ Loft restored back to its welcomed bare and empty state. They had found all those people highly bothersome and since Lei Chen had come knocking offering himself to resolve their headache, they were all highly appreciative of his “thoughtfulness”.

  “Pffft….. I am rather curious if Lei Chen knew the real reasons why Little Xie was finally willing to respond to him were because she wanted to use him to stop those people from harassing us and for us to get map from him, how would he react?” Qiao Chu could not help but snigger when he remembered just how caring Lei Chen had been towards Jun Wu Xie, and just how warm and cordial his smile had been to them throughout the sightseeing trip, suddenly finding it ridiculously funny.

  Even for someone as insensitive as him, Qiao Chu had been able to see that Lei Chen had initially only shown interest towards Jun Wu Xie alone but had now suddenly “seen all of them in a new light”, and it was all just because of how they had performed in the Spirit Battle Tournament.

  Lei Chen had not really been that obvious in his actions, and if it had been anyone else, those people might have been so overcome with joy from having been shown such favour from the Crown Prince that everything else would be overlooked. H
owever, among all the companions, not a single one among them thought very much of Lei Chen’s title as the Crown Prince.

  Just when Lei Chen was thinking that he had everything under control, little did he know that he was completely caught in one of Jun Wu Xie’s schemes.

  Qiao Chu was thinking just how amusing it was to watch how people who thought so highly of themselves could be kept in the dark so completely, not realizing it in the slightest!