Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Volume 7
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Volume 7
Chapter 670: “Crisis (1)”
Lord Meh Meh let out a pitiful bleat and suddenly, its tiny body leapt powerfully at Jun Wu Xie, knocking her away from the spot she was in!
The ball of green fire immediately hit Lord Meh Meh’s tiny body, its flames fully engulfing Lord Meh Meh entirely in a blink, as all its snowy white wool on its body turned black and burnt in an instant!
Jun Wu Xie’s heart skipped a beat, as she saw the all black and burnt Lord Meh Meh falling to the ground. She immediately pounced over to the tiny figure, clasping Lord Meh Meh into her arms, completely ignoring the burning heat scorching her arms, as she embraced the little pitiful form tightly!
A loud boom resounded loudly from within the mist.
Upon seeing Jun Wu Xie under attack, Qiao Chu and the others suddenly stopped in their tracks and sprinted over towards Jun Wu Xie!
In that instant just before they were able to reach Jun Wu Xie, a gust of incredibly strong wind kicked up from within the mist. The wind was so powerful that it threw all the members of the team into the air, and they all found themselves each caught in an uncontrollable spin within the wind!
“Little Xie!”
Qiao Chu’s eyes saw with his eyes wide open, within the screaming malevolent tornado, Jun Wu Xie being flung out by the ferocious wind, to disappear into the far reaching misty fog before he found himself similarly flung far and wide, just like everyone else!
Right into the blinding white mist went all the team members, disappearing from sight one after another!
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In the darkness, Jun Wu Xie stirred awake, her mind still groggy. Her head was throbbing heavily with pain and she felt as if all the bones in her body had been broken. The ground was cold below her as she struggled to stand within the darkness, but a searing pain suddenly shot through her left leg!
Cold sweat ran down from her temple as Jun Wu Xie endured the excruciating pain and her hand reached out to feel about blindly within the all encompassing darkness.
Her hands finally touched the cold chilly surface of the Spirit Fire Globe and she immediately grasped it, and inserted a spirit stone into it.
The light flickered and it drove back the darkness.
The surroundings was an endless palette of grey and white. Scorch marks filled the ground seemingly burnt by great flames. A tiny black and burnt form lay weakly in a heap upon the ground, not moving in the slightest.
Jun Wu Xie propped herself up with a struggle and she tried her hardest to move. Her left leg had been broken from the impact and with her every slightest move, it made cold sweat run down her face. Nevertheless, she clenched her jaw hard and dragged herself excruciatingly slowly to come to the side of the tiny form lying in a motionless heap.
The burnt and blackened form lying in Jun Wu Xie’s arms, was actually Lord Meh Meh who had blocked off the green flamed fireball for Jun Wu Xie with its own body. But at that moment, none of its thick snowy white wool remained and its skin was badly burnt. Its wounds at split in some places, revealing bright splotches of red blood, flowing out down its burnt flesh.
Jun Wu Xie did not care about her own injuries and hurried to check Lord Meh Meh’s condition. The serious burns covered Lord Meh Meh’s body entirely without a spot left whole, and it was breathing in short and weak gasps. The earnest eyes were now tightly shut and its blackened face was showing signs of pain and suffering.
Jun Wu Xie’s hand trembled, but only for a moment.
Very quickly, she forced herself to calm down. She quickly retrieved several bottles of medicine from her Cosmos Sack and unhesitatingly poured them all out and mixed them all with water, before she carefully and gently started to applying it onto Lord Meh Meh’s body.
The burnt and badly damaged skin was slow to react and absorb the healing salve and Jun Wu Xie could not help it but to apply the salve onto Lord Meh Meh’s open and bleeding wounds. Every single time the salve touched the wounds, Lord Meh Meh’s tiny figure would shiver from the excruciating pain.
If Lord Meh Meh was thought to be roundishly cute and cuddly before, the tiny figure in Jun Wu Xie’s arms at that moment, had been reduced to become a ghastly ball of flesh. Its bleeding wounds stained Jun Wu Xie’s hands red but she did not hesitate in the slightest, to carry Lord Meh Meh gently and securely in her arms, to carefully treat its painful wounds.
Volume 7
Chapter 671: “Crisis (2)”
The temperature in the surroundings was chilly enough to make one shiver. Having lost the protection from the loss of all its wool and being grievously wounded, Lord Meh Meh was extremely weak. The pain from its wounds and the freezing temperature made Lord Meh Meh shiver uncontrollably. The weak shivering was reflected onto Jun Wu Xie’s eyes and the sight made Jun Wu Xie’s eyes tremble ever so slightly.
The black beast appeared suddenly. Without needing Jun Wu Xie to ask, it curled its body around Jun Wu Xie and Lord Meh Meh, trying its hardest to transfer as much heat as its furry body could give to its other two companions.
Jun Wu Xie loosened the outer layer of her robe and clasped Lord Meh Meh close to her belly to keep the little sheep warm.
Lord Meh Meh was a Guardian Grade Spirit Beast and almost nothing else in the Lower Realm would be able to stand up to it, not to mention harming it in the slightest. But that green fireball had with a single hit burnt the Guardian Grade Spirit Beast and inflicted such severe injuries to it!
And if Lord Meh Meh had not leapt forward and knocked Jun Wu Xie away, with Jun Wu Xie’s level of power, she would have immediately died the moment she touched the green flaming fireball!
She wouldn’t have stood a chance of escaping death then.
“Will that monster pursue us?” The black beast asked, his voice sounding a little teary. Everything had happened too fast just now and it had not even had the chance to appear before it found that everything had ended. Seeing Lord Meh Meh in such a pitiable state, the black beast could well imagine just how powerful that monster must have been to be able to drive fear into the heart of the mighty Lord Meh Meh.
Not to mention just Lord Meh Meh, even if Drunk Lotus and all the other ring spirits of Qiao Chu and the others were to carry out a combined attack, they would not be a match for the monster. They would not even…..
Be able to hold back the monster’s attack at all, and would fail to buy time for Jun Wu Xie and all the other teammates to escape.
At that moment, the black beast was filled with gratitude for Lord Meh Meh’s selfless sacrifice. If not for Lord Meh Meh, Jun Wu Xie might very well be dead at that moment.
Even when it was a Guardian Grade Spirit Beast who had taken the hit, it had still sustained such grave injuries. There was no need to guess what would have happened if that had been Jun Wu Xie.
“It won’t.” Jun Wu Xie’s voice was a little hoarse as her head was lowered looking at the tightly curled up form of Lord Meh Meh within her arms, and her heart could not help but wince in pain.
“Before we were sent flying, I heard the sound of the clanking of heavy chains. If such a powerful monster is guarding the place, needless to mention all the countless people the Twelve Palaces had sent out before, even if the Rulers of the Twelve Palaces were to come here themselves, they might not be able to take down that monstrous beast. When the parents of Qiao Chu and the others discovered the location of the Dark Emperor’s tomb, they must have found some ways to avoid that monster. That monster’s movements must have been restricted and restrained by chains or we would all be dead now.” Jun Wu Xie said, calmly analysing all the aspects of the situation they had encountered earlier.
They had all barely escaped from the clutches of death this time.
She had broken her leg on her left calf and it needed immediate attention. Carrying Lord Meh Meh in her arms, she did not dare move too much and she had to slow down her treatment process. She used the remaining three segmented nunchucks in the Cosmos Sack as a splint and used bandages to wrap
them around her injured leg before she lifted her eyes to scan her surroundings.
The terrain here, was completely different from any of the places they had passed before. The place was free of moss and sinkholes, and the entire ground was blackened, looking like great scorch marks left behind by a big fire. Although the ground was slightly wet, it was nevertheless very hard and firm. Compared to having the ground littered with countless sinkholes, it was much safer here.
Jun Wu Xie thought herself rather fortunate, that she had been thrown to this area. Although she broke her leg from it, it was lucky she had not fallen directly into a bottomless bog.
If they had been thrown unconscious into an endlessly hungry sinkhole, they would have died without a sound.
Jun Wu Xie used the illuminating light from the Spirit Fire Globe and continued to look all around her. Seeing no sign of Qiao Chu and the others, she finally ascertained that she was alone in that wide and endlessly bare expanse of grey and white.
Volume 7
Chapter 672: “Crisis (3)”
That powerful tornado must have scattered all of them and she had no way of knowing where Qiao Chu and all the others were at the moment.
The bottom of the Heaven’s End Cliff was by itself filled with endless dangers. It’s terrain shrouded from sight, and no one knew what would happen next. The freezing chill, pitch black darkness and dangers that could manifest at anytime made this place feel just like one had just stepped into hell.
Burdened with a broken leg and it was not known whether Lord Meh Meh would survive, Jun Wu Xie could not move from her spot.
Although she had prior experience as a vet before, but Spirit Beasts were however different from those pets. She could not be sure whether she would be able to heal Lord Meh Meh back to a complete recovery.
The mist that surrounded her grew thicker and Jun Wu Xie could not let down her guard. She summoned Little Lotus and Jun Wu Xie took out the jug of wine she had previously prepared from the Cosmos Sack and handed it over to Little Lotus. Little Lotus looked at Jun Wu Xie and shifted his gaze to look at the severely weakened Lord Meh Meh. His lips trembled and he toddled over, before he took out a lotus seed from within and put it in Jun Wu Xie’s hand.
“Let it swallow that. It might help. If that doesn’t work….. really really doesn’t work….. I’ll let it bite me directly.” Little Lotus looked at Jun Wu Xie with earnest and serious eyes as he said that. Just like that time in the Cloudy Peaks, when he had bravely bitten off a part of himself and fed his flesh to Jun Wu Xie, Little Lotus was firmly determined.
After proclaiming his selfless offer, Little Lotus lifted the jug of wine to his mouth and tilted his head back. He was well aware of the fact that in such place so filled with dangers in every direction, the other him, would be much more useful than he could be.
Moments later, the slightly flushed Drunk Lotus appeared before Jun Wu Xie’s eyes. The moment he saw the sorry state that Jun Wu Xie was in, his eyes immediately flared with fiery rage as he swooped to come beside Jun Wu Xie in an instant.
“Damn it.” Drunk Lotus said, punching both his fists into the ground.
“Go survey the surroundings. If you meet any of the others, bring them here.” Jun Wu Xie said calmly. In the crisis they all faced earlier, she wondered if everyone was still fine, and whether they were all still safe.
“I will.” Drunk Lotus glanced once more at the wound on Jun Wu Xie’s leg and answered seriously. His figure blurred a brief moment and he quickly disappeared to go around inspecting the surroundings.
Ring Spirits do not need their sight to search out a path. They were spirit forms and spirit forms were able to detect detect life forms from their auras. If they were to encounter any dangers, the ring spirits would be able to quickly morph into their formless spirit state and return to their contractual owners instantly.
Having Drunk Lotus go inspect the area greatly reassured Jun Wu Xie. After she finally managed to relax a little, she then took a little time out to check on her own unhygienic injuries.
The injury to her left leg was the most obvious one, and besides that, the great jarring force from when they had been forcibly thrown far out had caused some rather severe injuries to her body as well and she was feeling the pain in several places all over her body, with the sore ache on her back being the most obvious.
What she found most fortunate was, although she was covered all over with many wounds and injuries, at least not a single one of them was fatal.
Jun Wu Xie stuffed the lotus seed Little Lotus had left behind into Lord Meh Meh mouth and washed out down Lord Meh Meh’s throat together with Water of the Heavenly Spring, hoping the the Guardian Grade Spirit Beast’s might would be enough to help Lord Meh Meh pull through.
Not too long after, Drunk Lotus returned. He did not manage to find any of the others but he did discover an old stone dwelling, that looked like it had been abandoned for a rather long time.
“Stone dwelling?” Jun Wu Xie asked, with an eyebrow raised. A stone dwelling at the bottom of the Heaven’s End Cliff?
“Yes, but it look like it has been abandoned for a rather long time.” Drunk Lotus added.
Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes in thought. The stone dwelling’s existence was rather strange, but it must be said, in regards to her current situation, any form of shelter that shielded her in any way would be a most welcome place for her to go to.
Volume 7
Chapter 673: Stone House (1)
The black beast carried Jun Wu Xie and Lord Meh Meh on its back, following behind Drunk Lotus to go to the stone dwelling he discovered earlier.
From the outside, the stone dwelling did not look big. The stone structure was extremely simple and crude, built up by simply piling up various pieces of stones of different sizes together.
Several pieces of stone slabs littered the inside of the structure. There was no bed nor any table or chair, but the mere fact that such a stone dwelling existed at the bottom of the Heaven’s End Cliff was really queer.
The small little stone structure, although hopelessly inadequate, would nevertheless at least block out part of the chill.
Drunk Lotus raised his hand and several large broad lotus leaves appeared in his hand. He extracted and absorbed all the water from them, turning them into dry leaves and laid them one atop another in a corner of the stone structure. As the quantity of dried lotus leaves increased, as more and more were produced, Drunk Lotus finally created a bed out of a pile of stacked up lotus leaves.
Although lotus leaves were not soft and in fact was slightly prickly, but under the current vile situation, they would at least be able to prevent the chill in the ground from seeping into the body.
Jun Wu Xie took out a few pieces of clothing from the Cosmos Sack and she got Drunk Lotus to lay them on top of the lotus leaves before she sat down, still carrying Lord Meh Meh in her arms.
The loosely laid lotus leaves might not be all that comfortable, but they still provided a sliver of softness, and if composted to sitting upping the cold hard ground, it was many times better.
Sitting upon the lotus leaves laid over the ground, Jun Wu Xie put the Spirit Fire Globe on one side. The white mist was very thin within the stone dwelling and at the side of the doorway, a huge stone slab stood standing. Drunk Lotus shifted it easily, closing up the opening.
The cold wind no longer blew into the stone dwelling and the temperature within gradually raised a little. The white mist slowly dissipated and the dwelling began to feel a little more cosy.
“I’ll go outside and patrol the area. If you need anything, just get the black beast to give a roar.” Drunk Lotus said as he looked at Jun Wu Xie sitting in the corner, his eyes showing a little bit of anguish seeing her in that state. He thought if he stayed within the dwelling any longer, he would not be able to hold himself back from going to settle the score with that monster.
Jun Wu Xie nodded.
After Drunk Lotus stepped out, he shifted the huge stone
slab back into place to seal up the stone dwelling and he was thoughtful enough to leave just a tiny gap to allow the air within the stone structure to circulate.
Jun Wu Xie’s wounds were still throbbing with pain. She had consecutively swallowed several elixirs and her body was beginning to warm up. She did not dare ingest any medicine with any effect of painkillers as with the decrease or dulling of the pain, her awareness of her body’s condition would be misled, and that would hinder her from accurately assessing her body’s condition in her healing process.
In order to bring her mind off the pain, Jun Wu Xie made herself look over the situation within the stone dwelling.
That one look, made her find something rather surprising.
She noticed upon those pieces of well weathered stones, there were several clean cut marks. She raised her hand to brush away the dust upping a brick like shaped some and saw that broken off part of the stone had been cut off cleanly. Although the differed in size, but those stone blocks had obviously been and intentionally cut into rectangular blocks and stacked up atop each other.
Jun Wu Xie picked up a pebble of the stones around her and she attempted to crush it. But even when she used all her strength, she had not even managed to even chip the little piece of stone in the slightest!
These stones here, were not ordinary rocks!
Although she was injured, but she had not used up much of her spirit power. Even after concentrating all her spirit powers, she had not even been able to crush a tiny pebble, and that was rather unusual.
At the bottom of the Heaven’s End Cliff, a crude little stone dwelling put together with slabs of incredibly hard stone…..
Just whose hands were responsible for this?
Jun Wu Xie frowned, and she raised her hand once more to check the other pieces of stones close to her. On one particular piece, she suddenly felt obvious grooves on them!