Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Volume 18

by North Night (夜北)

  But the relationship between Elder Ying and Elder Yue was a little peculiar.

  Although the two men had never had any dispute, but Yue Yi had heard Elder Yue say some bad things about Elder Ying before.

  “If you are thinking to destroy the Shadow Moon Palace, maybe you can strike from here, between Elder Yue and Elder Ying.” Yue Yi said in suggestion. Elder Ying had not been feeling all that well over the recent period and his children were still very young, with most of the responsibilities for Shadow Moon Palace’s affairs split two ways and shouldered by the two Elders.

  Jun Wu Xie nodded her head slightly, calculating in her heart how she was going to play her hand in the upcoming round at the Shadow Moon Palace.

  In fact, being diverted to come to the Shadow Moon Palace immediately after the Pure Grace Palace was something out of Jun Wu Xie’s calculations. If not for the fact that she had encountered Yue Yi midway, her plan would not be like this. But Yue Yi’s bitter experience had made her want to bring forward her plan to deal with the Shadow Moon Palace earlier.

  As they were about to reach the Shadow Moon Palace, Jun Wu Xie handed Yue Yi an elixir. Yue Yi immediately swallowed it without the slightest hesitation, not even asking a single word about it.

  “You’re not afraid that I’ll poison you?” Jun Wu Xie asked with her eyebrow arched, thinking Yue Yi completely did not guard against her at all.

  Yue Yi stared honestly at Jun Wu and said: “My life is already yours to have and even if you hand me poison, I will swallow it.”

  Jun Wu Xie stared back at Yue Yi and was silent a moment before she said: “This would make your injuries seemed more severe than they actually are.”

  Yue Yi nodded his head, his heart roughly able to comprehend the reason that Jun Wu was doing that.

  There were quite a number of people from the Shadow Moon Palace who left to go to the Pure Grace Palace but in the end, only he and Jun Wu who was impersonating Chang Huan were coming back. This would be strange no matter which way people looked at it. But because of the turmoil within the Pure Grace Palace, they were able to peg the disappearance of the rest of the disciples onto the chaos that erupted in there.

  It must be said, that Jun Wu’s highly meticulous thinking, really considered all angles well, without leaving anything out.

  Very soon, Jun Wu Xie and the entire group entered into the territories controlled by the Shadow Moon Palace. As Jun Wu Xie could not find any one that Jun Wu Yao and his men could disguise themselves as, and she the fact that she did not think that Jun Wu Yao would be happy disguising himself as a disciple, she quickly decided to let them roam as they wished. Atfterall, with the kind of powers they possessed, where in Shadow Moon Palace would they not be able to come and go as they pleased?

  A single lone horse carriage came to a stop right before the main doors of the Shadow Moon Palace and the two guards standing before the gates immediately went forward to check on the passengers inside.

  Volume 18

  Chapter 1769: “Shadow Moon Palace (3)”

  After they ascertained that there was nothing wrong, they immediately let the carriage past.

  Having gotten to know that the team sent out for the birthday celebrations had come back, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord and the various Elders came out to the palace hall. But when they saw Yue Yi and Jun Wu Xie standing there in the hall, the expressions on their faces became a little strange.

  For this trip to the Pure Grace Palace to deliver their well wishes, the Shadow Moon Palace had sent out quite a number of people, and they had never ever thought that when they returned, there would only be two people and they had even come back a few days earlier than expected.

  “Yue Yi, just what exactly is going on here?” An elderly man with a white streaked beard standing just at the bottom right of the Palace Lord asked, his brows creased together as he stared at the pale faced Yue Yi.

  Yue Yi was kneeling on the ground with one knee, his eyes lowered as he said: “Reporting to my Lord, there was an accident at the Pure Grace Palace that caused the birthday celebrations to be abruptly halted. Moreover, in the midst of all that chaos, a large number of disciples were hurt and now, only me and Chang Huan managed to come back safely.”

  “An accident at the Pure Grace Palace? What kind of an accident?” The faces of the various Elders in the palace hall looked up in surprise.

  [How did a birthday celebration turn into such a disaster?]

  [Not only had the birthday banquet been prematurely ended, but even their Shadow Moon Palace disciples had been implicated?]

  The circumstances before their eyes made everyone’s heart fill with doubt.

  Yue Yi had no choice but to tell everyone in the Shadow Moon Palace everything that happened in the Pure Grace Palace.

  And listening to him, the expressions on every one of their faces twisted up in shock.

  “The Blood Fiend Palace’s Young Lord really killed Zhuge Yin?” Elder Yue questioned with his brows furrowed together. This incident could be considered to be one that would create an extremely big stir among the Twelve Palaces. The Blood Fiend Palace and the Dragon Slayers Palace were both rather mighty powers and it was previously rumoured that the two palaces could possibly work together. But no one could ever have thought that after just one birthday celebration at the Pure Grace Palace, things would take sure a shocking turn.

  “Based on what you say, the disciples of the Blood Fiend Palace and the Dragon Slayers Palace got into a huge brawl which implicated many of our disciples?” Another elderly man asked with a frown as he stared at Yue Yi.

  “Yes.” Yue Yi nodded.

  That elderly man then turned to look at Jun Wu Xie at the side.

  “Chang Huan, you tell us.”

  Jun Wu Xie immediately realized that this elderly man could very possibly be Elder Ying that Yue Yi had told her about.

  “What Senior Yue Yi has said is all true. The situation at that time was highly chaotic and the Pure Grace Palace was unable to control the situation. That was why they asked everyone from the various palaces to leave early.” Jun Wu Xie replied to Elder Ying without missing a beat.

  There was still some doubt in Elder Ying’s heart but Elder Yue at the side had already opened his mouth. “In a case of conflict between the Blood Fiend Palace and the Dragon Slayers Palace, that is a matter that should not involve us. And since the incident happened within the territories of the Pure Grace Palace, by all reason, the Pure Grace Palace needs to answer to all the individual palaces. Why had the disciples we sent there to deliver birthday wishes suddenly lost their lives in their palace for no good reason? I can see that Yue Yi has done everything he could as he still carries injuries upon his body. Having just undergone so many trials, can I ask for my Lord to allow him to leave to get himself treated?”

  The Shadow Moon Palace Lord who was seated in the palace hall nodded his head. He looked at Jun Wu Xie and Yue Yi and then said: “Alright, the palace will handle the matter from here on. The two of you can go rest first.”

  Jun Wu Xie and Yue Yi nodded their head and then left the palace hall.

  Yue Yi led Jun Wu Xie to come to the room that belonged to Chang Huan. They encountered quite a number of the Shadow Moon Palace’s disciples along the way. Those disciples were initially laughing as they walked together but upon seeing Yue Yi and Chang Huan, the smiles on their faces faded quite a bit, almost seemingly avoiding as they gave way to them.

  Yue Yi and “Chang Huan” were not that close so after leading Jun Wu Xie to Chang Huan’s room, Yue Yi immediately left.

  Volume 18

  Chapter 1770: “Yue Ye (1)”

  Inside the room, Jun Wu Xie quickly scanned her eyes through Chang Huan’s room. It was very clean and well kept. She sat down at the table and the little black cat silently landed onto the table.

  “I can feel the great demon lord just nearby.” The little black cat said as it wiggled the tip of its nose. Jun Wu Yao and the others were “abandoned” by
Jun Wu Xie and were not allowed to come into the Shadow Moon Palace together with them. But this place could very well be the same as Jun Wu Yao’s garden at his house and though one could not see where Jun Wu Yao was, the little black cat was however dead certain that Jun Wu Yao was not far away from here.

  Jun Wu Xie nodded her head, but her mind was on something else.

  Before coming here to the Shadow Moon Palace, Yue Yi had once said that the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s health was not well. Jun Wu Xie had when in the palace hall earlier, secretly observed the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s condition. The Shadow Moon Palace Lord was not considered to be too old and compared to many of the Elders there, he could even be considered to be rather young. But the pallor of his face had been highly pale with his lips slightly covered in built up filth, his eye bags were darkened, and his gaze hollow. His situation seemed to display symptoms of deficiencies in his blood’s Qi, and signs of anemia, looking rather unwell.

  But Jun Wu Xie had detected something else out of place. Based on experience, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s situation wasn’t just suffering from deficiencies, but more like….. a case of poisoning.

  “This is getting to be rather interesting. A poisoned Palace Lord, and two secretly warring Elders who appear peaceful on the surface….. There’s quite a great game going on in this Shadow Moon Palace here…..” Jun Wu Xie commented as she rubbed at her chin. Things in the Shadow Moon Palace might not be as simple as how Yue Yi had told her. What Yue Yi knew would merely be the things that Elder Yue had told him about. If it was not mentioned by Elder Yue before, Yue Yi might very well be unaware of it.

  As Jun Wu Xie was considering the different elements hidden under the surface in the Shadow Moon Palace, Yue Yi had already come back to his room. Looking at the highly familiar room once again, Yue Yi’s face however did not relax in the slightest. He stood in his room and did not sit down. After waiting for awhile, he heard the sound of someone knocking on the door outside.

  Walking over to open the door, a Shadow Moon Palace disciple stood outside.

  “Senior Yue Yi, Elder Yue asks for you to go see him.”

  Yue Yi nodded, already very much used to this. Without even being able to rest a moment, he went rushing over to Elder Yue’s room.

  Standing outside Elder Yue’s room, Yue Yi’s hands could not stop the palms of his hands from sweating. Just what kind of a nightmare hid behind that panel of door that stood closed would only be known by him alone.

  “Little Ye is so obedient.” Elder Yue’s deep voice then rang out from behind the door.

  “Grandfather, is this comfortable for you?” The still slightly young tender voice of a little girl sounded suddenly, and upon hearing that voice, a chill shot through Yue Yi’s entire body!

  Yue Yi immediately pushed open the door, to see a little girl with two buns tied in her hair, sitting atop a low stool as she massaged the leg of Elder Yue who was seated upon a chair.

  Seeing that scene before him, the heart that had been lodged in Yue Yi’s heart then quickly settled back in place.

  “Big Brother!” Upon seeing Yue Yi appear, the pretty little face immediately lit up with a highly sweet smile. With happy and delighted steps, she ran to Yue Yi’s side, to leap right into Yue Yi’s embrace.

  “Big Brother, you’re back at last! Little Ye missed you so much.” Yue Ye said as she raised her head up, blinking her large innocent pair of eyes at Yue Yi.

  Yue Ye’s looks was very much alike to Yue Yi’s, but just without the handsome radiance of a strapping young youth, and with an added bright innocence of a little girl instead. When that little figure threw herself into Yue Yi’s arms, Yue Yi immediately felt like he held the whole world in his arms.

  Volume 18

  Chapter 1771: “Yue Ye (2)”

  “Mm. I’m back.” Yue Yi lowered his head to say, his gaze highly gentle as he looked at his little sister. The little girl before his eyes was in the only thing that bound up his whole life and the only kin tied in blood to him in the entire world.

  Yue Ye smilingly wrapped her arms around Yue Yi’s waist as Yue Yi raised his head up, his eyes coming to meet Elder Yue’s gaze. That pair of eyes immediately caused the blood in Yue Yi’s body to turn to ice.

  Elder Yue had done it on purpose…..

  Yue Yi silently drew in a deep breath, pushing down the rage in his heart.

  “Your elder brother sustained injuries this time round and he needs to get some proper rest to nurse himself. Little Ye, you must not go disturb your elder brother if there’s nothing important alright? If you are bored, you can just come here to find Grandfather.” Elder Yue said in a highly benevolent voice as he stared at Yue Yi’s pale face, the words driving chills into Yue Yi.

  Yue Ye had wanted to turn around to say something but was instead held tighter in Yue Yi’s arms.

  “I’m fine. Many things happened in the Pure Grace Palace this time. I will need to speak a little longer to the Elder…..”

  Elder Yue looked at Yue Yi, smiling strangely.

  “Big Brother, you’re hurt? Is it serious?” Yue Ye asked as she lifted her head, to look worriedly and highly concerned at Yue Yi.

  Yue Yi’s heart almost melted under that gaze and immediately shook his head.

  “I am fine. It’s just some superficial injuries.”

  “Alright. Little Ye should run along now. I still have things I need to talk to your elder brother about.” Elder Yue said with a highly amiable smile.

  Yue Ye looked at Yue Yi, and then turned to look at Elder Yue, before she reluctantly left the room.

  After Yue Ye went out and only Elder Yue and Yue Yi were left in the room, Elder Yue lifted up his chin and then patted at his thigh.

  Yue Yi took a deep breath. Lowering his eyes, he went to kneel down by Elder Yue’s leg, his knuckles whitened as his fingers dug deeply into his palms, to steadily pummel at Elder Yue’s leg in massage.

  “What exactly happened in the Pure Grace Palace? Why had so many people lost their lives? How did you and Chang Huan manage to come back in the end? I saw that Chang Huan was perfectly fine. How did you get yourself so severely injured?” Elder Yue asked as he leaned back in his chair, from above in his elevated position.

  Elder Yue did not care about the deaths of the other disciples, he wouldn’t be bothered no matter how many people died. The fact that Yue Yi returned was enough for him.

  But Elder Ying’s subordinate Chang Huan had come back as well, which made Elder Yue rather displeased.

  “Chang Huan is from Elder Ying’s side and that kid is just a piece of useless trash. With this incident having become so big, how did he come out unscathed?” Elder Yue asked, showing his discontent. Now that the Palace Lord’s health was deteriorating by the day, the daily affairs of the palace were all basically handled by him and Elder Ying.

  But though having flowers on the same stem bloom was good, how could it compare with having a lone blossom enjoy its limelight?

  Currently, the other Elders of the Shadow Moon Palace were split into three factions, with one faction supporting him, one faction supporting Elder Ying, and several more of them maintaining a neutral stance. Whoever held the most authourity to speak among the Shadow Moon Palace’s Elders, would also command the most power, and to any one of them there, it posed great allure.

  The weak becomes meat for the strong to eat was applicable everywhere, and it was naturally the same in the Shadow Moon Palace. In this long game of elimination, this was the best way to adopt. If this trip to the Pure Grace Palace had also gotten rid of Elder Ying’s subordinate Chang Huan, then it would naturally have been the best result Elder Yue could have hoped for.

  Towards Elder Yue’s question, Yue Yi already had an answer prepared. He followed Jun Wu’s instructions and replied, rounding up the entire scenario flawlessly. Although Elder Yue was still a little doubtful after listening to him, but he did not find any loopholes in the answer. Moreover, he did not believe that Yue Yi would dare t
o deceive him.

  Volume 18

  Chapter 1772: “Yue Ye (3)”

  Jun Wu Xie had just sat in the room for a short while when someone came to knock on her door.

  Opening the door to take a look, she saw it was a a few youths wearing the Shadow Moon Palace’s uniform, and they looked to be slightly older than “Chang Huan”.

  “Hey Chang Huan, you’re back at last. Come come come, your few elder brothers have something to show you.” While saying that, one of the youths was already going to pull on Jun Wu Xie’s arm.

  Jun Wu Xie deftly avoided his hand, doubt rising in her heart. Based on what Yue Yi had told her, Chang Huan did not have many companions he was close with. But these few youths had suddenly appeared and the only possibility could only be that Yue Yi did not really understand Chang Huan all that well and so the information he gave her was not entirely accurate as well.

  With things happening slightly differing from what she had been prepared for, Jun Wu Xie reacted without showing any hesitation, and in order for her to better grasp the situation in the Shadow Moon Palace as soon as possible, she did not reject the youths’ invitation, but had immediately stepped out to follow them.

  Along the way, the youths chattered on quite a bit, mostly about little things that had happened while Chang Huan had not been around, and about little instances of conflict within the Shadow Moon Palace.

  “You don’t know it, but when we heard from Elder Ying that you were going with Yue Yi to the Pure Grace Palace, it really gave the few of us quite a scare. I had been afraid that Yue Yi would discover that something was amiss midway and do something to harm you.” One of the youths said conspiratorially, his face looking highly frightened.