Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Volume 18

by North Night (夜北)

  “Child’s play like this, is not even worth my notice.” Jun Wu Xie said with a shrug of her shoulders. When she picked up the steamed bun, she had already detected something unusual about it. That a cold and dried up bun would give off a tint of sweet fragrance was not normal in the least. Moreover, Jun Wu Xie’s level of familiarity towards herbs had far surpassed anyone’s knowledge where with just a slight whiff, she was already able to determine what had been added into it.

  Yue Yi was suddenly at a loss for words. He would never have thought that the Soul Severing Flower whose name by itself struck terror in the hearts of men….. when it went into Jun Wu Xie’s mouth, it would be termed as….. child’s play…..

  If not for the fact he knew Jun Wu’s style of doing things, Yue Yi would really think that Jun Wu was just joking with him.

  “You’re….. sure….. that the poison has no effect on you?” Yue Yi was still a little worried.

  Jun Wu Xie nodded.

  Yue Yi fell silent for a while before he said: “Then you just be careful yourself. Elder Yue is seeking to have you dead. Having failed today, he will surely think of more ways to make another attempt in the days to come, so you must be careful. I can see that Elder Ying is rather protective of you and it is said that he said quite a few good things about you before the Palace Lord. The Palace Lord wants to let bygones be bygones and most probably would not pursue you to take any responsibility. Ask Elder Ying to get you out of here as soon as possible or Elder Yue will definitely scheme up more ways to get rid of you.”

  “If he possess that kind of capability, he can come try it anytime.” Jun Wu Xie said calmly.

  Jun Wu Xie’s calm had an effect on Yue Yi’s heart. The anxiety and fluster he had been feeling gradually dissipated under Jun Wu Xie’s influence.

  “Yue Yi.” Jun Wu Xie said suddenly.

  “Hm?”

  “Who tends to the flowerbeds in your younger sister’s courtyard?” For some unknown reason, Jun Wu Xie suddenly asked about this.

  Yue Yi was taken aback and he thought about it a moment before he said: “Those flowerbeds were initially taken care of by the Shadow Moon Palace’s gardeners but as Yue Ye has been rather weak from young, she mostly does not leave her courtyard all that much at all. She has always liked flowers and plants so she started to tend to those flowerbeds from a few years ago. Young Master Jun should have seen it yourself. The plants and flowers in those flowerbeds in her courtyard are a little messy, filled with all kinds of variety. She had planted all those by herself.”

  When speaking about his sister, Yue Yi’s eyes became a lot more gentle.

  Jun Wu Xie just listened quietly, her eyes looking so deep her thoughts were completely indiscernible.

  “Alright, I should be getting back as well. Elder Yue was summoned by the Palace Lord and I brought this here while he was not around. I have to bring it back before he returns.” Yue Yi saw that Jun Wu Xie was fine and his heart became more relieved.

  Jun Wu Xie nodded. Yue Yi thought he should not stay any longer and he kept the wooden box away, bringing it along with him as he left the dungeon.

  Volume 18

  Chapter 1794: “Taken Ill (1)”

  In the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s sleeping chambers, a heart tearing coughing reverberated within the vast chambers as the slight scent of blood tinged the air.

  “My Lord!” Elder Yue came rushing inside, led by a disciple, his heart turning cold a notch when he saw the scene within the palatial chambers.

  The Shadow Moon Palace Lord was lying upon the bed and coughing very hard, the water within the bronze basin placed by the bed already stained the colour of blood, and more blood stains dotted the floor as well, a highly shocking sight to look upon.

  The Shadow Moon Palace’s physicians were all watching over the Palace Lord at the side, their faces nervous and anxious. Besides the sound of that vehement hacking cough, no other sound could be heard in the palatial chambers.

  “My Lord, what happened to you?” Elder Yue went forward anxiously.

  The Shadow Moon Palace Lord had just wanted to open his mouth to say something when that life sucking cough struck once again to interrupt the words he had not yet spoken.

  Elder Yue’s brows furrowed together as he raised his eyes to stare at the bunch of physicians standing at the side.

  “You bunch of good for nothings! Having treated it for so long, why is the Lord’s condition not showing any improvement?”

  With that roar from Elder Yue, all the physicians within the chambers immediately fell to their knees in a neat row, their bodies shaking in fear and their faces pale.

  “El….. Elder Yue, we have tried our best. But my Lord’s illness strikes highly unpredictably and relapses often. We really….. do not know of a better way.” An elderly physician began to say in a stutter.

  To treat this illness for the Shadow Moon Palace Lord, in the eyes of the bunch of physicians, definitely posed to be a great deal of psychological pressure on them, as the slightest bit of carelessness might very well cost them their very lives.

  “An entire bunch of useless trash!” Elder Yue glared angrily at all of them.

  The Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s illness was strange to say the least. He was supposed to be at the prime of his age, and his spirit power cultivation was not low in anyway. It could be said that the current Palace Lord had Elder Yue watch him grow up, and he had not suffered from much illnesses or calamities. He had enjoyed robust health all this while but for some unknown reason, starting from just the recent past few years, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s health had been deteriorating by the day, where he frequently coughed till he vomited blood. But at the times when the illness did not strike, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord would be like someone perfectly healthy, besides just the pallor of his face not looking too good, there weren’t any other problems. And when it struck, no matter how much medicine was used, it was extremely hard to suppress it in the slightest.

  For that, Elder Yue had brought in quite a number of famous physicians but they had not been able to locate the cause.

  The whole bunch of white haired physicians trembled violently from that shout.

  “Hadn’t it gotten better for some time already? Why has it now suddenly relapsed?” Elder Yue’s face was enraged. Because the Shadow Moon Palace Lord had been unwell, hence everything from food, clothing, residence to places he went were given the utmost attention. The food and cuisine was prepared by specialized disciples daily and only the best ingredients from the best sources were picked. Even the incense that used to be burnt in the Palace Lord’s sleeping chambers had now been thrown out.

  Having avoided any possibility that could have brought about the illness, the chances of a relapse of the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s illness still had not decreased, seeing it happen once or twice every single week.

  “This….. We really do not know why…..” The bunch of physicians were almost frightened into tears.

  Elder Yue’s demeanor did not warm up in the slightest as his gaze swept one round within the sleeping chambers, suddenly discovering a little tiny figure that had been all but forgotten by everyone.

  Yue Ye had her head shrunk in her shoulders timidly as she stood in a corner of the sleeping chambers. Because everyone else was busy attending to the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s illness, no one had noticed that there was this little figure still within the vast sleeping chambers.

  Elder Yue’s gaze glanced around and saw all the physicians had their heads lowered, even daring to make a single sound. He then went walking without attracting any attention towards the corner that Yue Ye was at.

  Volume 18

  Chapter 1795: “Taken Ill (2)”

  Elder Yue’s gaze glanced around and saw all the physicians had their heads lowered, even daring to make a single sound. He then went walking without attracting any attention towards the corner that Yue Ye was at.

  Yue Ye saw Elder Yue walking towards her and her face paled, quickly loweri
ng her head.

  “Why did the Palace Lord suddenly suffer a relapse?” Elder Yue asked in a suppressed whisper.

  “I….. I don’t know….. My Lord was perfectly fine at first, and I do not know what happened when suddenly…..” Yue Ye bit her lip, her tiny frame trembling in fear.

  “At that time, besides you and the Palace Lord, was there anyone else in the sleeping chambers?” Elder Yue asked as he looked at Yue Ye. From the time he sent Yue Ye to the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s palace, Yue Ye had not left here.

  Yue Ye shook her head.

  “Did the Lord eat anything just before the relapse?” Elder Yue went on to ask.

  Yue Ye shook her head.

  “Alright. There nothing here you can do. Go back first. Do not tell your elder brother you came to the Palace Lord’s chambers. Understand?”

  Elder Yue’s voice was tinged with a slight chill.

  Yue Ye nodded her head obediently. Under Elder Yue’s instructions, she quietly retreated from the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s sleeping chambers.

  For the entire way as Yue Ye left the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s chambers, she kept her head lowered and did not lift it.

  Disciples of the Shadow Moon Palace who were passing by secretly stared at Yue Ye as she passed before them, their gazes subtle.

  “Little Ye, why are you….. Here?” Having just put the wooden box back to Elder Yue’s study, Yue Yi had not thought that he would bump into his younger sister on his way back.

  Yue Ye jumped slightly in surprise, not expecting it.

  “Big Brother.” Yue Ye called out softly.

  “Why? Are you not feeling well? The colour on your face doesn’t look good.” Yue Yi noticed that the pallor on his younger sister’s face was a little strange and he could not help but ask in concern.

  Yue Ye shook her head.

  “It’s nothing. I was just thinking of asking for some seeds from the gardeners. I just cleared up a little space a few days ago and was thinking what I should plant there.” Yue Ye said with a sweet smile upon her face, which almost melted Yue Yi’s heart.

  Knowing that his sister liked all these plants and flowers, Yue Yi did not think any further about it, but just said indulgently: “If there is any kind of seeds you want, just tell me and I’ll help you get them. Your body’s a little weak, so don’t move about so much.”

  Yue Yi’s gaze was filled with concern under that care and concern, it was underlined with a tinge of worry.

  As Yue Ye grew in age, although not yet blossomed fully into a young lady, she already showed small signs of becoming a beauty that would bring down nations. And as to what kind of a place the Shadow Moon Palace was, Yue Yi knew it better than anyone else. Not just Elder Yue alone, but a large number of the Shadow Moon Palace’s disciples were not all that decent in the least. Yue Ye was still so young, and if she came to be bullied by any of them, there was not much she would be able to do against them.

  Unable to bear having her own sister suffer any kind of hardship, Yue Yi’s heart was constantly wrecked with worry.

  “Mm! Big Brother just came back from the Pure Grace Palace not too long ago and needs to get some proper rest as well. Do not push yourself too hard or Little Ye will be worried.” Yue Ye said as she lifted up her tiny face, to look at the elder brother who was the only person they had to mutually rely upon in this life.

  Yue Yi nodded his head. With a sister like this, how could he not want to strive for a better life for the two of them? He was feeling very grateful that he had met Jun Wu as Jun Wu was the one who had enlightened him, to not let himself to continue to dwell in despondency.

  He still had people she wanted to protect, and he needed to remain strong to live on!

  The siblings spoke for a little while more before they went along on their separate ways.

  After Yue Ye walked away for a distance, she turned her head back to look at Yue Yi’s back, and a strange look flashed briefly within her clear eyes.

  Volume 18

  Chapter 1796: “Taken Ill (3)”

  Over that night, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s condition did not show any improvement and the big group of physicians stood watch within the sleeping chambers throughout the night, not daring to take a single step away. The various Shadow Moon Palace’s Elders heard the news and came rushing in, similarly keeping watch within the sleeping chambers as well.

  That night, the entire group of people who held great power and high authourity within the Shadow Moon Palace could not sleep soundly.

  Meanwhile, in the dungeon, Jun Wu Xie was enjoying a sound and restful sleep.

  Till a slight slight sound rang out, and Jun Wu Xie who had been leaning her back against the wall to rest opened her eyes within the dim candlelight.

  “Young Miss.” It was not known from when that Ye Sha came into the dungeon.

  “Hm?” Jun Wu Xie stretched her neck a little, as she sat herself up.

  “The item that Young Miss ordered your subordinate to find has been found. Will Young Miss please have a look at it.” Upon saying that, Ye Sha then took out a brocade box and put it in Jun Wu Xie’s hand.

  Jun Wu Xie had given the jade piece that Elder Ying had handed over to her to Ye Sha earlier in the day and asked him to go to Elder Yue’s residence to look for clues, never thinking that Ye Sha would act so fast to locate the item in just half a day.

  Jun Wu Xie opened the brocade box and found two incomplete jade pieces lying inside, where the two separate pieces could be joined together perfectly. No matter whether it was by the quality of the jade or from the carvings and lines upon it, the two pieces of jade were originally whole.

  “You found it in Elder Yue’s room?” Jun Wu Xie took the two pieces of jade out and inspected them within her hand. Because of the Soul Calming Jade, Jun Wu Xie had developed a kind of interest towards jade artifacts and the fact that Elder Ying paid so much attention to the jade told her that there must be a special reason.

  Unfortunately, after looking over it for a while, she did not discover anything peculiar about it.

  The jade, was just an ordinary jade ornament. Besides the fact that the jade was of an extremely high quality, it was no different from any other piece of jade.

  “Yes. Elder Yue did not go back today, and it made it highly convenient for your subordinate to search through the place.” Ye Sha admitted truthfully. Actually, with his skills, even if Elder Yue was around, it would still be highly difficult for him to detect Ye Sha’s presence but with him not around, Ye Sha was able to conduct search without any worry.

  Jun Wu Xie nodded her head, and then suddenly stood up from the bed of straw.

  “Young Miss, Lord Jue had something he needed to go attend to and he told your subordinate that if Young Miss needs to find him at any one moment, he would immediately rush back.” Ye Sha said.

  Jun Wu Xie sighed lightly. Towards Jun Wu Yao’s quiet arrivals and soundless departures, she had grown accustomed to it.

  For Jun Wu Yao to have rushed here from the Lower Realm, Jun Wu Xie knew that he must have abandoned many important things behind, and she would not ask for him to remain by her side at every moment. Just like it was for herself, she had things she needed to deal with, it would be very much be the same for him as well.

  “Then what does Young Miss intend to do from here on?” Ye Sha asked.

  Jun Wu Xie kept the jade pieces away properly, and the corners of her mouth curled up into a chilling smile.

  “Since I have the item in my hands now, I should naturally hand it over to the person who has a need for it.” She had not forgotten what Elder Ying had promised her, and she believed that the two jade pieces could very well bring her some unexpected rewards.

  “Young Miss really thinks Elder Ying can be trusted?” Ye Sha asked curiously.

  “Do not suspect the people you use, and do not use people you suspect.” Jun Wu Xie said, lifting up an eyebrow.

  Jun Wu Xie then blatantly walked out from the dungeon, as Ye Sha
remained hidden within the shadows to protect her.

  The jailors guarding the dungeon had already fallen into a deep sleep and were drooling as they lay sprawled across the table, not noticing in the slightest that Jun Wu Xie who had been imprisoned inside was walking out unhindered right before them.

  It was deep into the night and Elder Ying was sitting alone in his room. While the entire group of Elders went to watch over the Palace Lord, only he alone chose to disregard it.

  Volume 18

  Chapter 1797: “Zhan Family Clan (1)”

  Outside the window, the moon shone bright and clear and Elder Ying sipped lightly at his drink as he gazed at the moon, the corners of his lips tightened stiffly, his eyes deep.

  At that moment within the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s sleeping chambers, the large number of Elders were crowded before the Palace Lord’s bed eagerly ingratiating themselves. However, among all those people, Elder Ying was not included.

  Admiring the view of the moon outside, a shadow of a figure suddenly appeared in Elder Ying’s sight.

  “You’ve come.” Elder Ying’s mouth curled up into a smile, as he swirled the wine in his cup, not surprised in the least by the person who appeared.

  Jun Wu Xie went walking inside silently and sat down on a chair beside Elder Ying, to place a palm sized brocade box upon the table. With a light push of her fingertips, she pushed it right across to Elder Ying.

  Elder Ying’s eyebrow lifted. “You’ve found it?”

  “Have a look and you’ll know.” Jun Wu Xie did not answer directly.

  Elder Ying raised a hand and pressed it upon the brocade box, his gaze fixed upon Jun Wu Xie.

  “I was thinking that you would still need a period of time before you would be able to locate the thing that I want, but you have come back here so soon?” Elder Ying was slightly taken aback. Elder Yue kept a very tight rein over the security of his courtyard. Elder Ying had thought up all kinds of ways in the past and it was even with the assistance of Chang Yuan with such deft hands but they had still not been able to find the item he wanted in Elder Yue’s courtyard. Every time a chance came up, they were always unable to complete the task due to having insufficient time.