Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss

Chapter 1621 - 1640

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Chapter 1621:- Dangers Under the Dark Night (8)'

Under the dark night, they stood still outside the treasury, their eyes bright as they stared at their final destination.

In that instant that the dark robed men wanted to get closer to the Cloudy Brook Academy's treasury, a ray of silver spirit light flashed under the pale moonlight, drawing a silvery arc right before their feet that was like a new moon, instantly driving the dark robed men back!

Bathed in the glow of the moon, a tall slender figure suddenly appeared outside the treasury!

Su Ya stood elegantly under the moon, staring at the group of dark robed men with her chin slightly raised, her eyes filled with absolute arrogance and dominance!

"Death to all intruders into the Cloudy Brook Academy." Her voice filled with chilling murder spilled out from Su Ya's mouth, the silvery glow emanating from her body matching the glow of the moon perfectly!

The group of dark robed men recomposed themselves and then immediately released their spirit energies. Among a crowd of Purple Spirits, they were a few Silver Spirits mingled within them!

Su Ya's powers were extremely powerful but among that group of dark robed men, there was no lack of pugilists who were similarly at the Silver Spirit level like her. Even if she could crush them in terms of spirit power level, but with such overwhelming numbers, the cirsumstances were nevertheless still not optimistic.

But there wasn't the slightest trace of fear upon Su Ya's face. She stood like an arrogant queen among heroes, her piercing gaze still filled with highly chilling murder.

"Little Ya, I had not thought that you are still so protective of our Cloudy Brook Academy, that really gratifies your Master's heart to see." Just at the moment that the battle was about to start, an old and gratified voice suddenly rang out from behind everyone.

They saw only one hunchbacked little old man, both his hands held behind his back with his entire body even covered with soot and ash, looking really decrepit and sloppy as he slowly walked towards them in approach.

Behind the little old man, Tian Ze followed closely. When he saw the group of dark robed men, his gaze turned cold.

When Su Ya saw the figure of the little old man, her face showed a moment's surprise before she turned her face away in a show of tantrum.

"Who would care to protect such a doggone academy. This woman is just worried that these bunch of trash here would come to harm my little disciple." Su Ya sneered, contrary to what her heart felt.

"Little Ya, you're still being so strongheaded." The little old man shook his head helplessly, but his tone of voice was still highly indulgent.

Su Ya folded her arms across her chest, turning her head to one side and pouted, refusing to say another word to the little old man.

And being completely ignored, the faces of the people in the group of dark robed men turned a shade one uglier than the next. [Where had this worthless old man come from? That he was disregarding all of them so completely! ?]

"Stupid old man! Do you want to die with this slut here?" One of the Silver Spirits spat venomously.

The little old man turned his head to look at the Silver Spirit pugilist and his eyes were ablaze as he said in a tone tinged with displeasure: "When this old man is speaking with his disciple, I detest to be interrupted by others." Upon saying that, he suddenly raised up a hand, and waved it once in the direction of the Silver Spirit pugilist who had spoken.

None of them knew what had happened, but when they came back to their senses, the extremely powerful Silver Spirit pugilist who had still been highly cocky just a moment before suddenly exploded to smithereens. The highly sudden explosion, caused sticky blood and blown up flesh to fly in all directions, immediately turning the people who had been standing close to that Silver Spirit pugilist into completely bloodied men from head to toe!

A powerful Silver Spirit pugilist who held power on par to a Palace Lord of the Twelve Palaces, had actually been turned into ground meat from one lone strike by the little old man? That terrifying scene immediately sent chills running through the bodies of all the dark robed men!

[What kind of terrifying power was this? That it could kill a powerful Silver Spirit in a second?]

A bone biting chill crept into the heart of every single one of them, turning their body temperature almost to zero in an instant

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Chapter 1622:- Dangers Under the Dark Night (9)

"Haiz, although this old man would really have liked to receive our "guests" from afar properly, but all of you had to insist on bullying this old man's disciple. With that, this old man would not be so friendly to talk to anymore." The little old man said with a sigh, like he regretted the circumstances very much.

[He dared to call his Little Ya a slut?]

[This entire group of people, no longer had any reason to live anymore.

On that night, a bloody massacre commenced quietly. There was no intense battle, and there wasn't any clashing of spirit powers. Those dark robed men merely saw with their own eyes the little old man slowly take a step forward, and the hunchbacked figure shimmered slightly before their eyes. When that shimmering figure disappeared from sight, they all suddenly felt an aura so powerful they were finding it hard to breathe shrouding every single one of their hearts.

All of a sudden, more than ten dark robed men including the several powerful Silver Spirits had before they could even utter a cry, exploded in an instant, blood and gore spraying everywhere, to stain the moon lit ground red!

The spray of blood and gory flesh rained down in splatters, falling stickily onto the ground in countless loud splats.

The brows of Su Ya and Tian Ze then creased up, as they looked at the little old man who stood with his hands behind his back under that rain of blood.

[That one there was the one person that made both the Twelve Palaces and the Nine Temples have no choice but be wary!]

[Their Master!]

After executing an instantaneous kill of more than ten powerful pugilists, the little old man stepped through a path filled with blood stains and tiny shreds of flesh, to slowly walk towards Su Ya. His face still had that slightly mischievous smile hanging on it, his half narrowed eyes tinged with mirth as he looked dotingly at Su Ya.

"Little Ya, don't be angry anymore. Your Master has avenged you. Come come come, you have not come out of that wine cellar for a long time. On this rare occasion that you came out today, will you accompany your Master for a drink or two?"

Having just brewed a storm of blood filled massacre, the little old man had in the next instant reverted back to become a smiley and playful old man, extending an invitation to drink with his own disciple.

However, Su Ya merely looked at the little old man's smiling face and her lips stiffened for a while before she finally said.

"Better not, I'm tired." After saying that, Su Ya turned to leave, unwilling to speak with the little old man any longer.

The little old man opened his mouth and could only stare at Su Ya's highly determined back, his eyes could not help but show a tinge of despondency and helplessness.

"Haiz." The little old man sighed deeply, not showing the tyrannical air of having massacred all the enemies, nor the slightest glee, but was instead looking rather desolate. He lowered his head slightly and left while sighing, his back awashed with the moon's pale light making one feel only pity to look at it.

Tian Ze looked on helplessly at his Master and Senior. [How many years had this situation gone on for already?]

[With that incident in the past, Senior still has not unraveled the knot within her heart.]

[In his Master heart, he should be wishing so much that he would be able to reconcile with Senior right?]

"Little Tian." The little old man who had walked about ten steps ahead suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Tian Ze's eyes suddenly turned stern. The little old man like this always made him feel rather pitiful.

The little old man turned his head back to look at Tian Ze.

"Before daybreak, get this place cleaned up so we don't scare the kids. Your Master is going back to rest first." upon saying that, the little old man then turned his head back and went walking away.

Tian Ze immediately felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

[This was too damned great a disparity in treatment wasn't it!?]

[Senior is your disciple and I am also your disciple. But why do you always dump all the dirty and tiring tasks onto me!?]

Tian Ze was suddenly regretting the ounce of pity he had felt for the little old man earlier.

He should be the one getting pitied you know!?

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Chapter 1623:- Dangers Under the Dark Night (10)

In the dormitory for the freshmen, the thick stench of blood lingered in the corridor.

Six dark robed men were now lying barely breathing upon the ground. Not even in their dreams would they have thought that a day would come where they would be defeated by a bunch of youths who still had not weaned off milk. What made it even more blood vomiting inducing was that they had been defeated without even being able to retaliate at all.

Although Qiao Chu and the others were marked with quite a few wounds as well, but compared with the state the dark robed men were in, they were in way much better circumstances. Moreover, with Jun Wu Xie concocting elixirs for them these wounds to the companions, were not even worth mentioning.

"Tsk, I had thought how long these guys would be able to hold their mouths but they had confessed to everything after just a couple of rounds!" Qiao Chu said as he rubbed at his chin, his gaze looking at one of the dark robed men.

That dark robed man had been the fourth level Purple Spirit whom battled Jun Wu Xie. A Purple Spirit at the fourth level would definitely be an Elder just below the Palace Lord but now, such a powerful pugilist had been reduced to a state where people would not be able to look at him squarely, as his limbs had been twisted up in weird angles, the joints all covered in purple and blue bruises.

Those eyes of his had swollen up to look like a goldfish's, and the wounds upon his body were bleeding with dark tainted blood.

The other severely injured dark robed men were curled up together on the side, their bodies shaking. They had really been frightened out of their wits by what had happened earlier. Who would have thought that with just one elixir, it would be able to make a fourth level Purple Spirit taste a fate so much worse than death itself?

They had seen with their own eyes Jun Wu feeding that man with an elixir and Jun Wu had done nothing else after that. That man's joints had then given out highly crisp cracks, where his joints had been forcibly snapped off, to lose all control over his bones and become completely helpless but to lie limply upon the ground while groaning in agony.

That kind of inhuman pain, was chilling enough just to watch.

They would rather die, than to have to experience such unimaginable torment!

"We've almost asked everything we should have asked. Let's not waste any more time as the skies will brighten soon." Fan Zhuo said as he looked at the skies outside the window and saw that the horizon was gradually lightening. They had battled for quite a long while this night and they had gotten quite a bit of information from the dark robed men. It should be enough.

"Alright. Should I end their misery quickly?" Qiao Chu asked as he squatted down to look at them, cracking his knuckles loudly. But he did not make any moves as he wished but instead swung his gaze over to look at Jun Wu Xie, seemingly asking for Jun Wu Xie's opinion.

Jun Wu Xie looked at the group of dark robed who had been scared out of their wits. From the mouth of the leader among them, she had gathered that the men had indeed been sent here by Gu Ying. But there was one point that Jun Wu Xie felt to be highly suspicious. No matter how she hard she interrogated them about the origins of the group of dark robed men, she was not able to gain any conclusion. They had either clenched their jaws to refuse to speak, or they seemed to genuinely not know where they had come from. The only thing they knew was the objective they had come here for.

Looking at the skies outside, Jun Wu Xie knew that she could not drag on much longer. Before these dark robed men had arrived, she had used some special medicine to send all the youth into an unwakeable sleep. Now that the effects of the drug was fading off, everyone would soon wake up in shock under the strong stench of blood.

She wouldn't want her own identity to be exposed at this juncture.

"Don't kill them first, I still have some use for them." An idea suddenly came into Jun Wu Xie's mind. This bunch of dark robed men were undoubtedly doomed, but she felt that their deaths could be carried out in a different manner or method.

It could be considered as a "reciprocal gift" for someone."

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Chapter 1624:- Reciprocal Gift (1)

When the first rays of sunlight spilled onto the ground, driving away the silence of night, the birds sang shrilly upon the branches and the temperature began to rise once more.

The youths in the Cloudy Brook Academy awoke from their dreams, and it was a little different from previous mornings, feeling that they had slept more soundly than before as they got out from bed, all prepared for a new day's cultivation training. But those youths could faintly detect a strange scent permeating through the air and that scent smelled completely like the stench of blood.

Many of the youths opened their doors with trepidation as they gazed around towards the source of the scent.

Lin Hao Yu was feeling especially refreshed when he woke up, the exhaustion and torment he had been under over this period had caused him to be unable to sleep so soundly for a long time, an uninterrupted dreamless sleep till daybreak, which alleviated the depression he had been in for awhile by quite a bit. He made his bed and Lin Hao Yu then stood before his bronze mirror to check his dress, feeling highly satisfied with how he looked. He tugged at the corners of his clothes to straighten them out and after thinking he looked just perfect, he then went to the door and stretched his hand out to open it.

But in the instant that he opened the door, Lin Hao Yu was stunned. He saw a dense crowd of people surrounding just outside his door, everyone of their eyes filled with terror.

Lin Hao Yu creased up his brows slightly, not knowing why these people have crowded up outside his room's door so early in the morning.

Before he could open his mouth to drive them away, a thick stench of blood suddenly shot up his nose. Lin Hao Yu subconsciously lowered his head and on the ground right before his door where everyone was backing away from, he saw a pile of gory bloody flesh!

The blood had already dried up a little as they stuck to the bits of torn and shredded flesh of unknown origin, piled up in layers like a little hill, blocking up the front of his door. The blood and gore staring at him right in his face immediately turned Lin Hao Yu's face white!

It was not just the floor, as even his door was splashed with blood, a scarlet red.

At that moment, Lin Hao Yu was frightened so badly that his teeth began to chatter. Although his life had not been smooth sailing over the recent period but he still had never seen such a gory sight with so much blood before!

That sight of that huge pile of bloody flesh, made his head hum incessantly, where he did not even dare to imagine what that pile actually was exactly!

What else could be more terrifying than seeing such a pile right at your doorstep bright and early in the morning?

Was this a threat? Was it just to terrorize him? Or could this be a warning?

Lin Hao Yu had just woken up but he was feeling like he was trapped within a pitch black winter's night where he could not see his hands before his face, the temperature in his body being sucked out of him completely, causing him to shake and tremble violently.

The faces of the youths surrounding the place were looking just as ugly in shade, feeling eternally grateful that that pile was not in front of their door but in front of Lin Hao Yu's, where it was obvious to see that the person who dumped this pile here was only targeting Lin Hao Yu!

Everyone could not help but secretly guess in their hearts, just who could have been responsible for this?

Wouldn't this mean that someone was after Lin Hao Yu's life?

The same big question hovered within the minds of everyone there and the gazes directed upon Lin Hao Yu became strange. Even the disciples of the Blood Fiend Palace subconsciously took a few steps back, deeply afraid that they might be dragged into the trouble.

Although Lin Hao Yu was the grandson of an Elder in the Blood Fiend Palace, but he had obviously offended someone extraordinary. Who knew how powerful the enemy must be to be able to carry out such atrocities within the Cloudy Brook Academy?

Their future might be important to them, but their very own lives was even more important!

The youths who had usually stuck closely around Lin Hao Yu were now all secretly telling themselves that they must temporarily draw clear lines with Lin Hao Yu for now.

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Chapter 1625:- Reciprocal Gift (2)

The shade on Lin Hao Yu's face became uglier and uglier as the whisperings of the surrounding crowd of youths made his heart grow weak, and his gaze appears highly panicked and flustered as he looked at the youths around him. Within the many pairs of distant eyes filled with all kinds of suspicions, Lin Hao Yu attempted to find the culprit, but ended up feeling everyone was suspect.

That pile of bloody flesh, had been like a rope, a noose around his neck that made it hard for him to breathe.

[Was it the Flame Demons Palace's Qiao Chu?]

[Or was it someone from another palace?]

[Are they seeking to kill him?]

[No.....]

[He didn't want to die.....]

Under the high anxiety and the intense beating his nerves were taking, Lin Hao Yu's eyes suddenly rolled back in his head, to fall into a dead faint. And for the poor unfortunate Lin Hao Yu, at the moment that his body fell, not a single youth surrounding him then dared to go up to hold him up, but allowed his body to fall straight forward, right onto the pile of bloody flesh with a splat. A great splatter of the blood and gore flew right onto several youths who were standing a little closer, covering them with the disgusting gore, immediately eliciting a series of screams.

Among all that chaos, a tiny little figure walked past silently, looking through the gaps within the crowd, to see Lin Hao Yu collapsed in a dead faint within that pile of blood and gore.

Last night, after Jun Wu Xie and her companions subdued the group of dark robed men, she had come to know everything from the mouths of the dark robed men. She had met Gu Ying before and she had also guessed that Gu Ying might be suspicious of her identity. But Gu Ying must have paid her notice only because of Lin Hao Yu's urging.

Considering the fact that Lin Hao Yu had "taken good care" of her so many times ever since she came to the Cloudy Brook Academy, Jun Wu Xie thought she should really reciprocate and send him a "gift" in return. The might of the Face of Sylvan was enough to tear those few Purple Spirit pugilists to complete shreds and those powerful Purple Spirits pugilists whom people revered and pursued incessantly had now ended up as a pile of ground meat before Lin Hao Yu's door. As for what that pile of flesh had actually been before and what they had originated from, who could possibly know?

After having admired Lin Hao Yu's reaction to her "gift, Jun Wu Xie then passed the crowd unhurriedly, to make her way towards the Spirit Mastery faculty, calm and composed like nothing had ever happened.

Lin Hao Yu fell ill, ill for no rhyme or reason, and it had happened very suddenly.

After having been greatly frightened by that pile of bloody flesh in the morning and then falling face flat into it, he was carried away under the orders of Gu Xin Yan whom people had rushed to bring over, and he had fallen ill. Or it should be said..... he lost his mind instead.

Lin Hao Yu fell so ill that he could not even get out of bed, his body at one moment cold and the next moment hot. He was delirious and his mouth just uttered strange things intermittently. Even when Gu Xin Yan wanted to ask him a little about it, he would suddenly start shouting and screaming indiscriminately, to cower in the corner of his bed as he shook and trembled.

When Lin Hao Yu had just come into the Cloudy Brook Academy, he had been highly spirited and full of mettle. But what he came to encounter after was endless terror and fear, having been repeatedly beaten to a pulp by Qiao Chu, and then frightened completely out of his wits by the events today. It caused him to just suddenly snap and truly went mad.

He would never in his dreams ever have thought that he would come to such a sorry end.

Gu Xin Yan was completely helpless against Lin Hao Yu's condition and even after having asked the Cloudy Brook Academy's teachers from the Medical faculty to treat him, it had been to no effect. Hence, she could only leave him with his insanity as he hid inside his room, refusing to come out.

Left with no other choice, Gu Xin Yan had to write a letter to the Blood Fiend Palace, to ask for someone to come bring Lin Hao Yu back for treatment .

Towards Lin Hao Yu's situation, the Cloudy Brook Academy did not make things difficult and quickly agreed to release the disciple for him to return home.

But they would need to erase Lin Hao Yu's identity as a disciple of the Cloudy Brook Academy.

Afterall, with the condition that Lin Hao Yu was in, he would no longer be able to continue any cultivation training within the Cloudy Brook Academy anymore.

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Chapter 1626:- Mischievous Old Man (1)

That night's bloody battle, had not seemed to have left any mark on the Cloudy Brook Academy. Besides knowing that Lin Hao Yu had lost his mind, their people did not know of anything else. After a period of heated debate, the youths then all fell back into their regular pace of life in there, continuing to learn and cultivate, working towards their goal.

And Jun Wu Xie cultivated as she had been doing at the Spirit Mastery faculty, receiving instruction from Su Ya.

Su Ya's emotional state seemed to be a little distraught, her person having been a little more indolent. Although she still drank herself tipsy every day, but she spoke quite a lot less, most of time contented enough to hole herself up within the wine cellar to nap instead.

Jun Wu Xie did not dare to ask her about it and could just proceed with her cultivation on her own.

Jun Wu Xie was very much used to cultivating quietly and peacefully like this, but someone just had to come shatter that tranquility she was enjoying.

It was just past noon and Jun Wu Xie had just finished lunch. She was about to go continue with her cultivation training when a figure stood conspicuously within the Spirit Mastery faculty.

"Hey! Little one! I'm here again!" The little old man was all smiles as his highly eager eyes looked at Jun Wu Xie.

Jun Wu Xie's steps suddenly halted.

[What was this fella doing here again! ?]

Having thought that she had successfully gotten rid of the little old man, Jun Wu Xie suddenly felt a headache coming on in her head when she saw the little old man.

Truth to be told, she really wasn't good in communicating with a little old man whose mind wasn't working that well.

Especially when the other party was so eagerly desiring to milk for more medical knowledge from her.

Jun Wu Xie's steps faltered only for a slight moment before she reverted back to normal, merely giving the little old man just one glance but not saying a single word.

The little old man however seemed to have gotten used to Jun Wu Xie's chilly demeanor and was absolutely beaming happily on his own as he came over in approach with a laugh, with a medicine bottle clasped in his hand.

"Heh heh. Little one, the thing you gave me before is really great. I have just successfully concocted this medicine and I have immediately brought it here for you to see it. Hurry up and help me see whether it is just so perfect?" The little old man completely ignored Jun Wu Xie's reaction but had instead shoved the bottle of medicine straight into Jun Wu Xie's hand, his mouth continuing to praise his "outstanding achievement" incessantly.

Jun Wu Xie was speechless as she stared at the absolutely gleeful little old man. She had already detailed every single step required in concocting that medicine on those pieces of parchment and basically anyone who could read and follow those instructions would not have any problem completing it. Hence, she did not think that this was anything to be proud of at all.

But seeing the highly fervent eyes of the little old man, Jun Wu Xie felt that if she did not say something, the little old man would not spare her from this.

Left with no choice, Jun Wu Xie could only make herself open up the bottle of medicine, and pretend to take a whiff.

There wasn't much of a problem with the quality of the medicine, it was as it should be.

"Adequate." Jun Wu Xie said in a disinterested tone.

But that one highly mediocre word of assessment from her caused the little old man's face to shine with absolute delight. He took the medicine bottle from Jun Wu Xie's hand and his hands did not know he should hold that highly precious bottle as his face just beamed with smiles, the corners of his mouth almost reaching his ears.

"I've said it before! How could I possibly be unable to concoct this absolutely perfect medicine! And I've really done it! I am really humbled by the kind of prodigious talent I have been blessed with..... I have merely taken three tries and I have already succeeded! !" The little old man's voice was filled with pride.

But Jun Wu Xie almost vomited out a mouthful of blood!

[Three times!]

She had already written down every single step in such great detail that even a child would be able to succeed at concocting it! And this little old man had needed three tries before he was able to succeed.....

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Chapter 1627:- Mischievous Old Man (2)

Jun Wu Xie could be said to have completely given up all hope on the little old man.

With such a lack of aptitude, it was better that he distanced himself from practicing any form of Medicine.

Jun Wu Xie heart was almost crumbling but the little old man did not seem to think that there was any problem as he carefully cradled the medicine bottle in his hand in glee, and his mouth continued to prattle on with unabashed praise for himself, unrestrained and unbridled, like the success of having concocting this one lone bottle of medicine, was enough to elevate him to the very pinnacle of his life, his ability eradicating all need for physicians, like his existence was equal to a unparalleled miracle doctor.

Just as the little old man was going on and on singing high praise of himself, a deep low voice suddenly rang out. "I had thought why I could not find you anywhere. So you have come to Little Ya's place to disturb her peace. What? You're not afraid that Little Ya would throw you out?"

In the instant that the voice sounded, the smile on the little old man's face stiffened slightly. Jun Wu Xie turned to look in the direction the voice had sounded from and saw a white haired old man standing at the door, his face showing the benign smile that a proper elderly person should be exhibiting.

The eyes of that elderly man were clear, his countenance eminently outstanding. It was not difficult to see the peerless magnificence he must have possessed in his younger days as even when he was now wizened with a head full of white hair, it did not diminish his outstanding looks in the slightest.

"You old thing! When did you come here! ?" The little old man immediately blustered and glared, his beard bristling upon seeing the elderly man, his face showing utter contempt.

The elderly man was however still good naturedly showing a steady smile upon his face towards the little old man's discourteous reaction.

"Haven't seen you for so long and this is how you welcome an old friend?"

The little old man curled the edges of his mouth and said huffily: "Don't come act so friendly here. I am not on such familiar terms with you! Go back to where you come from! Do you believe that I will get someone to throw you out now! ?"

The elderly man could not help but laugh as he shook his head, not taking to heart the little old man's words in the slightest.

"Of course I will believe that. But do you really think it appropriate to make things difficult for the juniors like this? They have to listen to you and they also wouldn't dare to chase me out. Is there a need?"

"If you don't want them to be caught in a difficult position then you can just get out of here on your own! No one's asking you to stay." The little old man said rudely.

Jun Wu Xie stood quietly by the side as she watched the two highly different old men happily squabbling. All the hair on both their heads had already turned white and grey but they were still fighting furiously like two little kids. Jun Wu Xie was just speechless.

Towards the little old man's repeated orders for him to leave, the elderly man had very naturally chosen to ignore. But his gaze then quickly turned upon Jun Wu Xie, his eyes tinged with puzzlement and smiles.

"This little kid brother has a highly unfamiliar face. I haven't seen you around before."

The little old man immediately came to stand before Jun Wu, blocking him off from the elderly man as he waved his arms to say: "Go go go! Don't start having any ideas on this little kid! He is Little Ya's disciple. If you come to offend this little kid, Little Ya will then come deal with you!"

Surprise showed on the elderly man's face. He did not bother himself with the little old man's incessant pestering but continued to look at Jun Wu Xie as he asked: "Are you really Su Ya's disciple?"

Jun Wu Xie nodded slightly.

The surprise did not leave the elderly man's eyes.

"I really wouldn't have thought that Little Ya will accept another disciple. I had thought that after that incident back then, she would no longer accept another disciple again."

"That depends on who it is! This little kid possesses exceptional talent, and he has a honest and considerate personality. A very rare and remarkable talent. Little Ya wouldn't give up on such an outstanding disciple." The little old man snorted disdainfully.

Jun Wu Xie rubbed at her nose secretly. She would admit to possessing exceptional talent, but as for having an honest and considerate personality..... she felt that she had no connection with these words at all in this life and she did not know from where the little old man had gotten his confidence from to be able to praise her like she was some kind of deity.

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Chapter 1628:- Mischievous Old Man (3)

Being praised to the skies with such impudicity, Jun Wu Xie really wasn't too used to it.

But the little old man really wasn't bothered whether Jun Wu Xie was used to it or not, looking like he was unwilling to let the elderly man take another glance at Jun Wu by standing right before the kid to block the elderly man. But as he was born short and cursed with his little stature, even when he stood before the tiny Jun Wu, his head merely reached the tip of Jun Wu's nose.....

Jun Wu Xie's line of sight remained completely unhindered.

"Why are you being so agitated for? Don't tell me you are afraid that I will snatch Little Ya's disciple?" The elderly old man laughed rather helplessly against the little old man's nervousness.

The little old man said: "If you dare to snatch him, Little Ya will surely pull your beard off. See if you still dare to do it."

Jun Wu Xie was speechless as she looked up into the sky. The two old men looked to be of rather similar age but why did the feeling they each gave people differed so much? Compared to the elderly old man, the little old man was acting highly wilfully like a child.

"Alright, I don't want to squabble with you anymore. It's been so many years and you're temperament still has not changed at all. If you continue being like this, whether Little Ya pulls my beard off or not, I wouldn't know, but what I can be sure of it she will definitely not forgive you. I am thinking that you are here now because Little Ya is not here at the moment? Otherwise, with the way she feels towards you, she would have already blasted you out of this place." The elderly old man said with a sigh.

The little old man wanted to retort, but with his conscience feeling rather guilty, he just pouted his mouth and was unable to say anything.

[Su Ya was not around?]

When Jun Wu Xie heard the elderly old man's words, she was slightly surprised. She had thought that Su Ya would have been in the wine cellar resting but the elderly old man's words had awoken her to this fact.

Although she had seen with her own eyes Su Ya going into the underground cellar, but that did not mean that there wasn't any secret passage in the underground cellar, and she could not be certain that Su Ya had not left the place while she had gone up to the third floor. The few times that the little old man had come, he had been rather noisy but Su Ya had not appear. With the powers Su Ya possessed, it was impossible that she was unable to detect the little old man's arrival. Reassessing the situation anew, Su Ya might really not be in the Spirit Mastery faculty at all.

But if Su Ya was not in the Spirit Mastery faculty, then where could she have gone?

"I came to find you because I have something serious to talk to you about. You should restrain your fiery temper a little." The elderly old man said.

The little old man was still looking highly infuriated but he still seemed to have accepted the elderly old man's suggestion as he dawdled slowly to put the bottle of medicine carefully into his robes.

"You still have not given up? I've already said that you are not suited to pursue Medicine." The elderly old man said as his sharp eyes spotted the medicine bottle in the little old man's hand.

The little old man immediately exploded in fury.

"What do you mean by not suited! ? These words of yours are not pleasing to hear at all! The problem with that does not lie with me at all! The problem stems from all of you! It's because all of you do not know how to teach and instruct properly! This bottle of medicine came out perfect! Look at it if you don't believe me." What the little old man was unable to tolerate the most, was when someone doubted his "ability" in Medicine!

Upon saying that, the little old man then shoved the bottle of medicine he held in his hand over to the elderly old man.

The elderly old man took it and had absolutely no intention of opening it at all. But when he saw how stubborn the little old man was being, he had no choice but to open the bottle to casually glance at it.

And that one single quick glance was enough to shock the elderly old man.

The medicine was actually perfectly normal!

With the little old man's aptitude in Medicine, not turning a tonic into poison was already a miracle by itself and this bottle of medicine was even not too badly concocted! Although not exactly considered perfect, but it was at least done without any mistakes, which was just completely impossible for the little old man to achieve.

The shock upon the elderly old man's face greatly delighted the little old man, the glee that had just faded away immediately rising once more onto his face.

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Chapter 1629:- Mischievous Old Man (4)

"How is it? Not bad right? I did that with my own hands and Little Tian can be my witness." The little old man said proudly with his chin tilted up, an expression of "I'm the absolute best" on his face.

The elderly old man stared at the medicine and then turned to look at the old man, his face twisted up in disbelief.

"Whatever you say, Little Tian would naturally not dare contradict."

The little old man was then infuriated once again. "Nonsense! This medicine was concocted by me! If you do not believe me, I can concoct it once more to show you!" As he spoke, the little old man started scrambling to dig for something within his robes. After a while, he carefully took out a brocade bag, and then gingerly pulled out two crumpled pieces of paper from it.

If Jun Wu Xie's eyes had not seen it wrongly, those two scraps of paper should be what she had used to get rid of the little old man, but..... they had now become so crumpled that they were no different from toilet paper.

"See here! This is the prescription! This here details the method to concoct it! See how detailed people have recorded it!" The little old man exclaimed as he triumphantly waved the two pieces of crumpled parchment before the elderly old man.

The elderly old man quickly swept his eyes over them and he did not see anything exceptional at first. But when he realized that they were filled with highly detailed steps to concoct the medicine, his face immediately contorted with pure astoundment!

"Where did this thing come from! ?" The elderly old man shouted in surprise as he snatched the pieces of parchment with written full with the steps to be taken to concoct the medicine.

The little old man pointed with his thumb right behind him and said: "Little Ya's disciple gave it to me. What? You are unable to produce such work right? This here is the little fella's most prized heirloom of their tribe! It's not something that outsiders are able to see. If it wasn't to show you how stupid you are, I wouldn't have wanted to show it to you!"

Jun Wu Xie stood silently in her spot. Fortunately, that had been something she had casually compiled easily. If it had truly been some prized treasure, having the little old man revealing it to people for such a hilarious reason would really make her want to cry.

The elderly man's eyes then looked more strange.

His eyes made Jun Wu Xie start to recall whether she might have made a mistake when she compiled it.

In actual fact, that had been written out in a hurry and as Jun Wu Xie only wanted to be rid of the little old man, she had not wanted to spend too much time to put it together. Moreover, that medicine was not something that extraordinary and she had not paid it much mind.

But if it was carefully analysed, there were some parts in it that would not really make sense. The little old man did not know all that much about medicine and hence, would not discover anything wrong with it. But if it was someone who was well versed in medicine concoction, they might be able to detect what was so strange about it with just one glance.

Having to write down the steps in such great detail, it would be an extremely draining task to a regular person, and the kind of drain that called for, had been employed upon a prescription that was not considered to be highly prized. That brought about a gaping and obvious lapse of sense in the whole thing. Moreover, though the kind of detail that was provided by those steps were rare to see, but for that unbelievable amount of work to be used upon a medicine that was not that precious, comparing these two points together, the value of just the details in those steps portrayed was much higher.

All of these factors had not been considered by Jun Wu Xie at that time but merely that the only kind of medicine she had revealed before the little old man was just that one type. If she had changed it to another kind, she would surely be pestered endlessly. Only seeking to rid herself of the little old man quickly, she had naturally not thought too deeply into it.

This could very well be the first time since Jun Wu Xie's rebirth, when she had executed a plan without thinking deeply into it.

As a result.....

That moment of laziness, had brought her this little "trouble".

The little old man stared at Jun Wu Xie for a long while and Jun Wu Xie showed complete calm on the surface, rendering the elderly old man to be unable to find anything amiss in the slightest. But it was the little old man who was instead displeased.

"What are you even staring at! ? I've already said that this is Little Ya's disciple and you had better not have any stray thoughts! Give my things back to me!" The little old man snapped, snatching the pieces of parchment back.

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Chapter 1630:- Bai Xu (1)

The elderly old man ignored the little old man but continued to look at Jun Wu Xie to suddenly ask: "Little brother, that thing might not really have been a prized heirloom of your tribe, is it?"

The elderly old man's question made Jun Wu Xie pause for a moment in her heart.

The little old man was similarly frozen.

Jun Wu Xie looked at the elderly old man and did not say a word. She knew that the elderly old man must have sensed something was not right to have asked such a question.

"Little brother, there's no need to be nervous. I hold no ill intentions against you. You are Little Ya's disciple and I will naturally not make things difficult for you. I merely want to ask you if you know who wrote this thing here." The elderly old man said, trying to make his voice become more gentle. Jun Wu Xie looked to be of a young age and she was also petite in size. He really did not want to scare her.

"What do you want to do?" Jun Wu Xie's words had seemingly admitted to the elderly old man's suspicions.

The little old man's eyes flared wide.

[This really wasn't the tribe's priceless heirloom as Jun Wu had claimed?]

The elderly old man's smile became warmer. "I merely seek to meet the one who possesses such a gift. Truth to be told, I am similarly just a little skilled in the field of Medicine and am capable of concocting medicines as well. But if I am asked to write down the steps required in such great detail, it would be entirely impossible for me. Concocting medicines is mostly based on how familiar the Medical Cultivator is with the process, their control of the fire and their grasp on the required timing, a kind of habit that is extremely hard to put down in words. Hence, even if we are able to concoct medicines perfectly, we are all unable to fully replicate the method upon another person. But the person who compiled this was able to. He was able to clearly and accurately reflect and depict the details of the habits hidden within his awareness, which clearly shows that the concoction process to him, is not longer just a habit, but carried out with highly precise confidence."

The quantities of herbs could be controlled, the timing could also be controlled, and even the fire's intensity was the same. But with the exception of the quantities of the herbs that were to be used, when you combine the timing with the intensity of fire to be controlled at the same time, it brought about many other variables into the entire process. Even for someone who frequently concocted medicines, it would be impossible for him to repeat the process within a static pattern, as nobody would be able to ensure that there would be no deviations within the process. But depicted in those steps, were recorded clearly all possible deviations that could occur in detail, and they were conducted based on specific and precise stages of progress.

It was data compiled in such minute detail, that it was just terrifying.

It was like, the things that could be perceived by a whole group of people, had been clearly compiled by this one person, things that others could only see hazily, could be perceived in great detail by him, without missing a single thing.

The kind of capability the little old man possessed in Medicine could not be any clearer to the elderly old man. If the kind of aptitude the little old man had could also use the step by step guide to concoct medicine perfectly like this, that was enough to tell him just how accurate the prescription really was.

Jun Wu Xie listened to the elderly old man's words silently. For the elderly old man to be able to detect that something did not fully make sense in the detailed steps depicted within her prescription, he could not just merely be someone like he claimed, a person who had just a little skill in Medicine.

The little old man saw that the situation did not feel right and though he had squabbled with the elderly old man for so long, at that moment, he still opened his mouth to help by saying: "Little one, do not judge this old fellow here just because he does not look like a good person, but he possesses quite great abilities in Medicine. He is the Middle Realm's one and only Medical Saint, Bai Xu. If you know anything, then just tell him. I guarantee that he will not do anything inappropriate. He is just an idiot who is crazy about all things Medicine.

Medical Saint Bai Yu?

Jun Wu Xie was surprised. This was the second time she had heard this name. The little old man had mentioned Bai Xu when he saw the step by step guide.

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Chapter 1631:- Bai Xu (2)

The Medical Saint Bai Xu. The first time that the little old man had mentioned him, Jun Wu Xie had asked Ye Sha and Ye Gu about him, though..... she had not harboured much hope when she asked, as Ye Sha and Ye Gu had not come back to the Middle Realm for a thousand years already.

But she was surprised to find out that Ye Sha and Ye Gu had actually heard of Bai Xu before.

Before the time that they had left the Middle Realm, Bai Xu was already widely known.

Bai Xu did not belong to any one power and maintained absolute independence. His skills in Medicine was perceived to be the most prodigious throughout the entire Middle Realm and even though he did not submit himself to anyone, no one dared to offend him as no matter how powerful a man was, one would eventually not be able to escape the torment and agony of illness. No one could be absolutely certain that they themselves would not require the helping hand of the Medical Saint one day.

Hence, in the Middle Realm, Bai Xu was accorded a high status and even the Nine Temples and the Twelve Palaces were highly courteous towards him.

Only the Four Sides and the Dark Regions did not require the skills of a "physician" and they were highly indifferent with Bai Xu but neither did they make things difficult for Bai Xu as well.

Back in the day when the Dark Emperor unified the entire Middle Realm, he reigned over the Four Sides, Nine Temples and the Twelve Palaces but that did not extend to individual persons.

Bai Xu was usually like the fleeting clouds and wild geese, never with a fixed abode. If one had a need to request for his help, he would need to go to his residence and write down the details on a letter to hand over to the white cranes that Bai Xu kept. The white cranes would then send the letter into the hands of Bai Xu but whether he chose to answer the request was based purely only on Bai Xu's whim.

Jun Wu Xie fully understood the kind of status a person with unsurpassed skills in Medicine was able to enjoy.

Back when she had been dragged into the organization, she had also made several strict and harsh demands but the person who linked up with her had still agreed to every one of her demands.

They had been so generous only because of the skills in Medicine she possessed that were unparalleled, a situation not all that highly different to Bai Xu's.

After Jun Wu Xie was reborn, among all the persons in the same profession she had encountered, not many of them was able to gain her notice and the lone one who had been able to just make the mark would only be Mu Chen alone. But the appearance of Bai Yu now had instead made Jun Wu Xie acknowledge his skills immediately.

Not because of his fame as the Medical Saint, but because he had been able to sense something amiss between the detailed steps in the prescription she had written hastily.

Such astuteness was not what any regular physician could possibly possess and one must have undergone a great number of trials and countless setbacks before one knew the most crucial points in medicine concoction to be able to detect it.

"I am Bai Xu but I am not any Medical Saint. That is just an vain and empty name people gave. But there are things he said correctly of me as well. I am just a fool who is infatuated with knowledge in Medicine. I wonder if our little brother here will be willing to lend a hand by giving me the privilege of knowing who is the owner of this?" Bai Xu said humbly. Fame, to him was like smoke passing over his eyes. What he pursued with all his heart was just the pinnacle of medical knowledge and nothing else.

Bai Xu's eyes were highly sincere.

Jun Wu Xie looked at Bai Xu's sincere gaze and said coldly: "I need to go continue with my cultivation training already."

Upon saying that, Jun Wu Xie immediately turned herself around, leaving behind her the little old man's and Bai Xu's surprised stares as she walked on her own towards the stairs like she had not heard what Bai Xu had said at all.

Bai Xu was visibly stunned for a moment. Although he did not care about fame, but ever since he became famous, Jun Wu Xie was the first one whom after knowing his identity as the Medical Saint, had not only not tried to win his favour, but had completely disregarded him instead.

That kind of a feeling made Bai Xu feel a little unused to it.

He had not seeked to use his identity to ask for anything.

But.....

[Little fella, you shouldn't snub people so completely to walk away with just a single turn of your back! !]

The self confidence that Bai Xu had built up over so many years was crushed to a crumble by a single indifferent turn of Jun Wu Xie's back.

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Chapter 1632:- Bai Xu (3)

The little old man saw Bai Xu being snubbed so completely and his face was all a snigger with laughter. Even Jun Wu's usual silent treatment towards him had now seemed highly "passionate" as at the very least, Jun Wu had not turned away and walked off right after he spoke right?

"Old Bai, I think your title as the Medical Saint isn't all that much you know? This grand-disciple of mine doesn't seem to care much about it at all." The little old man said gloatingly.

Bai Xu shook his head helplessly. This was the first time that someone had snubbed him in the face so completely .

"Alright, we should be dealing with the more serious issues. You mentioned before that someone attempted to sneak into the treasure vault. Has that thing been discovered already?" Bai Xu asked, his face turning serious.

The smile on the little old man's face faded a little and his eyes became a little more stern as well.

"Exactly who sent them is still not clear but since they have come, they must have known that the thing could possibly be in my Cloudy Brook Academy. Haiz..... although we managed to deal with it this time, but as long as those people hold information of this, my leisurely days here would surely come to an soon." The little old man could not help but sigh a long sigh.

"Continuing to leave the thing here would be too dangerous. I came to find you this time because I wanted to ask you whether we can shift that thing." Bai Yu said.

The little old man was silent for a moment. "That isn't exactly impossible but the days ahead for the Cloudy Brook Academy isn't going to be peaceful. I am thinking I should quickly get all the little runts to get their behinds out of here and be done with it."

Bai Xu patted the little old man on the shoulder.

The two old men who had been squabbling all this while then walked shoulder to shoulder, walking slowly out of the Spirit Mastery faculty.

Jun Wu Xie's cultivation training still continued. After the initial instructions Su Ya gave in the beginning, she threw Jun Wu a few books and did not say anything much but just let Jun Wu bring them back to read them herself.

After half a year of cultivation, Jun Wu Xie gradually came to discover something that could sustain Spirit Reinforcement for a longer period of time, and that was wine!

By right, wine and spirits should evaporate faster than water but Jun Wu Xie discovered that her spirit powers had undergone a highly subtle change and when she blended that change into Spirit Reinforcement and used wine to write the runes, they could last up to a period of twenty minutes. Compared to the time she was able to maintain the effects before, this had already increased by several folds at least.

This astounding change made Jun Wu Xie highly satisfied and she began working even harder at her cultivation.

Time passed day by day and after Lin Hao Yu lost his mind, the Blood Fiend Palace brought him back. Without Lin Hao Yu's instigations from behind, Jun Wu Xie's days in the Cloudy Brook Academy quietened by quite a bit. And the oppression of the Blood Fiend Palace from the other palaces also gradually dissipated under Qiao Chu and the other companions' secret and imperceptible influence.

Everything seemed to be falling onto the right track.

But on the day that the season was just entering into winter, all the disciples of the Cloudy Brook Academy received a piece of news that stunned all of them and left them at a loss for words.

The Cloudy Brook Academy gave notice to all its disciples the every single one of them could leave the Cloudy Brook Academy and they would all be considered to have completed their cultivation training at the Cloudy Brook Academy.

And that piece of news immediately elicited an uproar throughout the entire bunch of youths.

The harsh strictness of the Cloudy Brook Academy was well known to everyone, easy to gain entry but hard to leave. Till now, there were people who had spent thirty years of their lives in the Cloudy Brook Academy and they still had not been able to qualify for graduation. But the Cloudy Brook Academy had suddenly changed so drastically which properly shocked everyone greatly.

It was a little bit better for the seniors. For those who had just been admitted this year, the youths who had spent merely eleven months in the Cloudy Brook Academy were completely struck dumb with shock.

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Chapter 1633:- Heart Breaking Parting (1)

Although the Cloudy Brook Academy's cultivation was harsh, dull and dry, but the speed their cultivation progressed at far exceeded any of their previous record. They had just adjusted themselves to the brutality of the Cloudy Brook Academy and were preparing their hearts to properly train themselves hard and well when the Cloudy Brook Academy said..... they could now scram?

At that moment, all the freshmen found that they were unable to accept this decision and the voices of debate rang out in constant waves.

For those seniors who had been here for several years or more than ten years, they heaved a big sigh of relief. Compared to the regret the freshmen felt, those seniors had had enough of the cultivation training where they could not see the way ahead. They felt rather good about themselves and they thought that they were good enough to report back to their respective palaces to make a good name for themselves.

Within the Cloudy Brook Academy, the reactions of the youths were split into two types.

One was the tears of absolute delight from the seniors and one was the clenched jaws and gritted teeth of the freshmen.

But no matter which type it was, they were unable to change the Cloudy Brook Academy's decision.

After Jun Wu Xie came to know of the news, she was a little stunned as she stared at Su Ya who was seated upon the comfy lounge with complicated emotions in her eyes.

On this rare day that Su Ya did not drink at all, she sat there quietly and it was not known what was going through her mind. It was after a rather long while that she patted the seat beside her and said: "Sit here."

Jun Wu Xie obediently went over to sit down.

"Thinking back, you have been here for almost a year. I had thought that I would be seeing how you would oppress all those little scoundrels after a year but a pity that it seems that there wouldn't be a chance of that happening anymore." Su Ya's voice was filled with regret and a tinge of reluctance to part. To be honest, Jun Wu was not a disciple of many words. He did not speak much nor made any fuss. He just was so quiet everyday that made it easy overlook his presence completely.

But, what he accomplished in silence, had been more than anything anyone else could have done.

Every single level of the Spirit Mastery faculty, would be cleaned by Jun Wu periodically. When Su Ya drank herself asleep, Jun Wu would cover her with the little blanket he had specially prepared. And everytime she woke up from her drunken stupor, she would always find a bowl of hangover brew placed right by her soft lounge, with the taste of it made light and clear with a faint tinge of sweetness which made it more palatable.

Su Ya sometimes could not help but think, that having such a disciple might be a form of compensation from the Heavens to her. Jun Wu never caused her any worry, but would instead take care of her as the Master. Even when she drank a bit too much and caused a bit of an outrage, Jun Wu would still quietly follow behind her to help her pick up the pieces, never uttering a single word of complaint.

Su Ya looked at Jun Wu. He obviously had a highly unremarkable..... at most considered to be delicately featured face. But the more she looked at that face, the more she felt that her little disciple looked more pleasing to the eye than anyone else.

She really wanted to continue guiding this little disciple of hers.

She still had not handed everything to Jun Wu, why did they already have to part?

Jun Wu Xie looked at Su Ya and just sat there quietly. It could be because most of the friends around her were male and there were no females among her closest family members, Su Ya gave her a feeling that was subtly different, as her Master, and even more like a mother.

Su Ya might not be good at expressing her own feelings and neither was she good at taking care of people. But she had her own way of protecting Jun Wu.

Like how Su Ya had once said. Her disciple must not be bullied by anyone.

Protecting her so fiercely, to Jun Wu Xie who had been so used to relying only on herself to solve her own problems, was something that felt so new, and warmed her heart.

"Foolish kid. After you've gone back, you'd better not forget this Master of yours! Otherwise, even if I have to search till the ends of these lands, this woman will chase after you and thrash you up so bad you'll vomit out blood!" Su Ya said as she raised her hand and rubbed Jun Wu on the head. Although she was laughing, she did not feel the slightest bit of joy in her heart.

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Chapter 1634:- Heart Breaking Parting (2)

"I will come back to see you." Jun Wu Xie promised. She was not adept at sweet and flowery words, and did not know how to express the warmth she felt in her heart at that moment. She only knew, that even if she left the Cloudy Brook Academy, she would still remain as Su Ya's disciple. She still had a Master here, who protected her, who cared about her, and that person was Su Ya.

Su Ya laughed. "People who walk out from the Cloudy Brook Academy, are not allowed to return. The summit of Mount Fu Yao will not welcome a kid like you to come back here in future."

That was how the rules of the Cloudy Brook Academy were. After graduating and leaving the place, they would no longer be disciples of the academy. All who left from the Cloudy Brook Academy, would not be able to return here to visit.

Jun Wu Xie's lips stiffened. She did not like this. She did not want to never see Su Ya again.

The feeling was different from how she felt towards Yan Bu Gui. It might be because she had remained here with Su Ya for a long period of time and the feelings had grown into those of kinship.

"Alright. Don't put on that melancholy face. It's enough that this woman knows you are filial. If there an opportunity presents itself in the future, I will go find you. Aren't you just at the Spirit Jade Palace on Mount Fu Yao?" Su Ya could finally no longer stand the depressing atmosphere and she quickly tried to change the topic with a laugh.

Jun Wu Xie continued to look at Su Ya. [She actually knew where the Spirit Jade Palace is?]

Su Ya saw the surprise revealed on Jun Wu's face and she found it rather amusing in her heart. [Whatever goes through this kid's mind, it actually shows up completely on his face! How is this kind of personality going to survive out there in this world?]

Never did Su Ya know that Jun Wu Xie would only react like this in front of people she cared about.

"You little fool. You really think your Master does not know? Mount Fu Yao is within the Cloudy Brook Academy's territory and without the academy's Headmaster's approval, do you really think the Spirit Jade Palace would be able to hide themselves here? All of that is merely just a form of silent consent." Su Ya rubbed her hand upon Jun Wu's little head once more. There hadn't been this much intimacy between Master and disciple the entire time and Su Ya was seeking to make up for it all on this day.

"The world outside is filled with all kinds of evils. The struggle between the Twelve Palaces and the Nine Temples remains never ending. You made an enemy of the people from the Blood Fiend Palace here in the Cloudy Brook Academy. In here, the academy rules were able to hold them and with this woman here, they did not dare to do anything to you. But once you go out from the Cloudy Brook Academy, the Blood Fiend Palace would no longer have anything holding them back so you must be extremely careful. But it just as well that you're from the Spirit Jade Palace as that moron will definitely protect you. You had also better not go running around heedlessly and just remain inside the Spirit Jade Palace to work on your cultivation." There were a million and one words that Su Ya wanted to remind Jun Wu about but time felt like it was running really short.

Jun Wu Xie listened without a word but merely nodded in silence, giving Su Ya every single moment they had left to finish saying all the words she had not said before.

"To cultivate one's Soul Power, the best place would be in the Spirit World. But that place doesn't welcome people like you. That place is the territory of spirit bodies but if there comes a day that you are able to go there, you must not miss that opportunity." Su Ya went on to say, and then pulled out her own Cosmos Sack as she dug into it to search for something.

But when Jun Wu Xie saw Su Ya's Cosmos Sack, she was slightly taken aback. Su Ya's Cosmos Sack looked exactly alike the one Yan Bu Gui had given to her! The only difference was that the petals of the crabapple flowers on her had a little more pink in them or otherwise, they looked exactly the same.

Noticing Jun Wu Xie's gaze, Su Ya smiled faintly and asked: "Doesn't it look familiar to you?"

Jun Wu Xie nodded.

Su Ya seemed to be recalling something and she put her Cosmos Sack aside for awhile as she picked up the wine gourd at the side to take a long pull from it, her gaze looking far outside through the doors.

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Chapter 1635:- Heart Breaking Parting (3)

"Do you still remember what I asked you the first time when you came here and you took your Cosmos Sack out?" Su Ya had a faraway look in her eyes as she opened her mouth to ask.

"I remember." Jun Wu Xie replied. She had not forgotten the kind of anxiety and shock Su Ya had shown when she saw Jun Wu bring out his Cosmos Sack that very first time.

"Your Cosmos Sack and mine were originally a pair. The crabapple flowers on them were personally embroidered by my disciple with his own hands. Before you came along, I had taught quite a few students, but those who were able to catch my attention and become my very own disciples had only been two people. One of them is you, and the other is your Senior fellow disciple, the one who embroidered the Cosmos Sacks." Su Ya's mind seemed to have drifted back to a very very long time into the past.

"Your Senior is the first disciple I accepted and I had been rather exasperated with your Grandmaster at that time, so I randomly picked out a disciple from among the new batch of freshmen and took him in, thinking to groom him into someone with unparalleled power to win me some pride. But I had never thought that before the time was ripe, I lost the chance to do that." The corners of Su Ya's mouth curled up into a bitter smile and she poured a big mouthful of wine down her throat, like she wanted to let the burn from the wine drive off the depressing feeling in her heart.

"Your Senior wasn't as smart as you are, and not as trouble free as you are. He would cause me trouble every few days and he made quite a number of people to become displeased with him at that time when he was in the Cloudy Brook Academy. He took every chance he had to go pick a fight with those other rascals in the academy which infuriated me so much that I wished I could just trample him into the ground and give him a sound thrashing. But....."

"He wasn't all that bad. Although not as considerate as you here, he still knew to be respectful and filial to his Master." Su Ya said with her chin propped up by an upturned palm, sipping at her wine while she revealed what had happened to Jun Wu Xie, memories that no one else knew about.

Su Ya's temper then, had been more explosive than it was now, her interactions with her disciple at that time, usually done through her fists. Jun Wu Xie knew the kind of power that Su Ya possessed and a single punch from her would cause even a strong and well built man to vomit out blood.

In the beginning, Jun Wu Xie's senior fellow disciple was basically the most frequent visitor to the Cloudy Brook Academy's Medical faculty where he would be sent there for treatment every few days when he was beaten up till he vomited blood.

If that had been anyone else, one would not have been able to endure such harshness and run away in escape.

But every single time, after that person had been treated, he would run back to Su Ya's side with a laugh, and no matter how tyrannical Su Ya was towards him, a smile would still hang upon his face, never complaining a single time, remaining like Su Ya's tail on her back, following behind Su Ya wherever she went.

But Su Ya would still be the same as before, unable to control her own temper and the strength that she had, making the life of that person just pitiful.

Someone had once spoken to Su Ya about that, saying that that was not good. But Su Ya had thought nothing of it.

One was happy to lash out, and the other happy to be beaten. What's wrong with that? Moreover, this was just between them as Master and disciple, and her disciple had not said a single word in negativity, so why should these nosey bunch be cackling about it at all?

Things continued on like that and although Su Ya did not show any mercy, she nevertheless did everything she could in instructing her disciple. That person's powers grew exponentially and it was until the third year that that person had acknowledged Su Ya as his Master where he had on Su Ya's birthday brought out a pair of embroidered crabapple flower Cosmos Sacks he had made personally, gifting one to Su Ya, and keeping the other one for himself.

After that.....

Some things began to change.

The subtle changes happened little by little, and the flavour of things between the Master and disciple changes as well.

Su Ya had thought that she might very well succumb under the hands of that brat and not never thought that things would turn out like that in the end.

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Chapter 1636:- Heart Breaking Parting (4)

The Cloudy Brook Academy would open up their doors for a period every month and disciples whose powers got acknowledged would be able to temporarily leave the premises and return home for a couple of days before they came back.

Su Ya's disciple did not leave the Cloudy Brook Academy much only till he was almost into his fourth year that he started to leave on the days the academy opened its doors. In the beginning, Su Ya did not pay it much attention but every time her disciple came back, he acted somewhat abnormally, the smile on his face becoming a little strained when he faced her.

Su Ya had asked him about it before but did not manage to get anything out of him. That person pretended like nothing had happened before but..... Su Ya could feel that her own disciple was intentionally or not, distancing himself from her.

They were obviously no longer purely just Master and disciple but that person had suddenly politely and seemingly in an attempt to alienate her, addressed her as Master, his gaze tinged with a trace of avoidance.

Su Ya did not understand what was happening till one day, when one of the times the periods the academy opened their doors ended and she did not see that person return. Till the very end when everyone else had come back, he still did not appear. She stood at the main gates of the Cloudy Brook Academy waiting from dawn to dusk, till the moon hung high up in the night sky, waiting till the night fell completely silent and that person still did not come back.

Finally, it was Su Ya's Master who handed a letter to Su Ya.

The letter had been left behind by that person, saying that he had already gotten the Headmaster's permission, to be able to graduate from the Cloudy Brook Academy and leave the place. A man's ambition lay outside in the wide world and he was not willing to be constrained within the tiny Cloudy Brook Academy. He was thankful to Su Ya for having groomed him but destiny had decreed that they part then, to be separated on different ends of the world, and for her to take good care of herself.

Su Ya read the letter repeatedly over ten times at least, scrutinizing every single character over and over again, unable to convince herself that her disciple had left like that.....

And she as the Master, was the last one to find out about it.

[Why didn't he tell her?]

[She was sure she had told him that if the day came that he needed to leave, she could go together with him.]

[But in the end, he had abandoned her, to carve out a path on his own.]

Su Ya's voice became a little choked as she spoke right at the very end. She gulped down the fine wine throwing her head back, her eyes closing slowly, with a faint trace of tears right at the corners of her eyes.

"Jun Wu, you must remember this. If in the future you come to meet a scoundrel named Yan Bu Gui, you must help this woman tell him this. That this woman does not have such an ungrateful disciple." Su Ya said with reddened eyes, spitting her words out through gritted teeth.

[Yan Bu Gui!] Jun Wu Xie was completely taken aback.

[It really is Yan Bu Gui!]

Jun Wu Xie had guessed that Su Ya and Yan Bu Gui had known each other but never would she have thought that there would be such a deep grudge between the two of them.

The two of them were both Jun Wu Xie's Master and although she had not had much of a chance to interact with Yan Bu Gui, Jun Wu Xie however did not feel that Yan Bu Gui would be such a ungrateful person. He had undertaken such a great risk to go save Qiao Chu and the others, to have even brought them up. Such a person would definitely not be one who, towards a Master he was indebted to, to a person he loved, just sever all ties so callously.

There must be some kind of reason or misunderstanding behind all this.

Jun Wu Xie did not tell Su Ya she knew Yan Bu Gui. She had to get to the bottom of the matter first.

To Jun Wu Xie, she wished very much for Yan Bu Gui and Su Ya to be able to reconcile and before she was able to get a clear picture entirely, she did not want the situation to take a turn for the worse in anyway. Even though Su Ya's words were highly resolute, Jun Wu Xie could still feel that her grief and hatred, stemmed from the regret and her reluctance to part from the past.

Su Ya had never let it go all this time and her obstinacy had been brought about from her obsession about the matter.

"I will." Jun Wu Xie nodded.

Su Ya smiled and rubbed Jun Wu Xie on her little head.

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Chapter 1637:- Heart Breaking Parting (5)

"Let's not talk about all this already. That bastard is nowhere as good as you. Come come come, your Master will give you something." Su Ya swept away the depression she was feeling and she pulled out a bangle from her Cosmos Sack. The bangle was forged from gold and it was inlaid with various gems, highly eye catching.

"If you have a chance to go to the Spirit World in the future and the people there dares to stop you, you just show this to them and they will definitely let you right in. This woman has nothing much else to give you and let this be considered as the last gift to you from your Master." Su Ya said as she pulled on Jun Wu Xie's little hand, putting the gold bangle on. The gold bangle was not small but when it was put on Jun Wu Xie's wrist, it suddenly shrank by a size making it just right .

"Little brat, if an opportunity arises, your Master will go see you, but do not come back to this Cloudy Brook Academy anymore or you'll be thrown right out." Su Ya said with a laugh.

Jun Wu Xie looked at the bangle on her wrist and her heart filled up with warmth.

She got up and walked to come before Su Ya before kneeling down solemnly and silently kowtowed three times loudly before Su Ya, every single knock resounding clear.

Su Ya watched beaming with smiles, her eyes filling up with tears.

Before Jun Wu Xie left, she left Su Ya a bottle of elixirs. That was cultivated from Little Lotus' lotus seeds and they could be used to retain one's life at the most critical junctures. That elixir was extremely difficult to cultivate and every single pill needed five lotus seeds to make. Till now, Jun Wu Xie had only managed to cultivate only five of them and she had left two of them with Jun Xian and Jun Qing while she gave the remaining three to Su Ya.

After bidding her final goodbye, Jun Wu Xie returned to her room. The freshmen within the loft building were a little flustered. They didn't want to have to leave so fast as they felt that their cultivation training was still not enough and they no longer had the chance of remaining in here.

When she came just before her door, Jun Wu Xie sat Gu Xin Yan just opposite her. She stood quietly before her door and under the raucous clamour that was going on around her, her gaze remained fixed upon the figure of Jun Wu, looking like she had something she wanted to say to Jun Wu.

Jun Wu Xie was in no hurry to leave and just looked back at Gu Xin Yan where they stood facing each other.

Truth to be told, if one put aside Jun Wu Xie's enmity with the Twelve Palaces and based just on Gu Xin Yan herself, Jun Wu Xie would feel that Gu Xin Yan wasn't all that bad a person. If all of this had happened at another time and they held other identities, the two of them might very possibly become companions.

A pity.....

Gu Xin Yan looked at Jun Wu Xie for a long while, like she wanted to imprint the image of Jun Wu deeply into her soul. After that, she just lowered her head and silently turned around to go into her room to pack her things.

Jun Wu Xie then returned to her room as well.

It was till the room door was shut, that Gu Xin Yan leaned her back upon her door and started sobbing soundlessly, the strength seeping out from her body as she slid down weakened to the ground with her back against the door. She fell to the ground and clasped her hands over her mouth tightly, not letting the sounds of her sobs spill out.

Gu Xin Yan knew clearly that while within the Cloudy Brook Academy, no matter what happened between the Blood Fiend Palace and Jun Wu, they would still occasionally be able to see each other. Regardless that she might only be able to steal a glance at him from afar. But once they all left the Cloudy Brook Academy, with her being the daughter of the Blood Fiend Palace's Palace Lord's daughter, there would only be enmity towards Jun Wu, never would it be again be this quiet and tranquil.

Even when she had not even spoken a word with Jun Wu over this period, it was better than having them be against each other.

Parting was the most heartbreaking and it was not known within the Cloudy Brook Academy, just how much of sorrow and pain there was.

At the moment when the sun was setting, all the disciples of the Cloudy Brook Academy had no choice but to pick up their baggage to leave this already familiar mountain wilderness, to step forth into a future that truly belonged to themselves.

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Chapter 1638:- Heart Breaking Parting (6)

The Cloudy Brook Academy's decision was known by the Twelve Palaces and the Nine Temples earlier and they could not enter Mount Fu Yao so they could only remain at the foot of the mountain to wait to pick up their disciples and bring them back.

Qiao Chu and the other companions each found their own way to slip away from the crowd where they gathered to meet with Jun Wu Xie within the thick woods.

It was already winter and there was a flurry of snow, a white blanket covering over the evergreen trees, wrapping everything in silver and white.

"We're finally out." Qiao Chu lamented as he stretched his limbs. Under the cover of the tree's leaves, there wasn't a single snowflake upon his body as he looked smilingly at Hua Yao and the others standing around him.

This would be the last time they gathered before going to the Twelve Palaces.

"After this, it's time to see what we're capable of." Fei Yan said feeling rather restless with eagerness. They had had to hide their strength for many years waiting just for this moment for revenge. From the moment that they set foot inside the Twelve Palaces, the fire of vengeance would truly begin to burn with a blazing rage.

And their plan, would begin in earnest.

"Little Xie, you'll be remaining within the Spirit Jade Palace?" Fan Zhuo asked as he looked at Jun Wu Xie. They all had their objectives but Jun Wu Xie would be taking a different line from all of them.

"I do not know yet. That is what I have decided for the moment." Jun Wu Xie said softly. She composed her emotions before raising her eyes to look at all her young companions.

"The incident between Qiao Chu and Lin Hao Yu will surely cause the Flame Demons Palace to fight the Blood Fiend Palace and you guys should set your sights properly on your own targets then."

Qiao Chu had continually bashed up Lin Hao Yu in the Cloudy Brook Academy and besides venting it out on him on behalf of Jun Wu Xie, there was a deeper motive behind it.

The Flame Demons Palace and the Blood Fiend Palace are almost equally matched among the Twelve Palaces and they both seek to gain the top position's throne. But the two powers had not blatantly gone against each other on the surface but had only secretly schemed against each other behind the scenes. Lin Hao Yu is the grandson of an Elder in the Blood Fiend Palace and Qiao Chu is new found strength that the Flame Demons Palace are paying much attention to. Among either one of them, they both carry a significant amount of weight within the powers they serve respectively and the grudge formed between Qiao Chu and Lin Hao Yu within the Cloudy Brook Academy would definitely be brought over into the two palaces.

Especially now that Lin Hao Yu had gone bonkers. It did not matter whether his insanity had been caused by Qiao Chu or whether it had been due to Jun Wu Xie's actions but the Blood Fiend Palace would not let things lie.

And this was the first seed that Jun Wu Xie had buried among the Twelve Palaces.

To incite the Blood Fiend Palace and the Flame Demons Palace into battle.

And this was just merely the beginning.

"Rest assured. We know what we should do and since we've come all the way here, we will definitely make them pay back for everything one by one." Qiao Chu said through narrowed eyes. He still could not forget the annihilation of his father and his entire family clan, and the nightmare of having seen his mother die before his eyes.

All of this, had been caused by the hand of the Twelve Palaces.

In order for them to gain and reap more benefits, they had had no qualms about sacrificing people who were absolutely loyal to them. The debt of blood they left owing must be sought back one by one.

The flurrying snow flew and the people from the Twelve Palaces waiting at the foot of Mount Fu Yao did not know that they would soon invite destruction to go back with them to the respective palaces they served.

The gears of destiny were turning and Lady Fate was slowly weaving everything in the future together.

After a short moment of discussion, Qiao Chu and his companions quickly split and went their own ways to quietly blend in with the crowd going down the mountain, taking the first step towards their road to vengeance.

Jun Wu Xie stood within the mountain and the snowflakes fell gently, causing her shoulders to become covered with a layer of pure white.

"Young Miss." Ye Sha and Ye Gu silently appeared. Ye Sha then draped the cape he had prepared over Jun Wu Xie's shoulders.

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Chapter 1639:- Heart Breaking Parting (7)

Jun Wu Xie stood there within the mountain for a rather long period as she stared in the direction of the Cloudy Brook Academy. After a long long while, she turned her gaze away and then walked off towards the Spirit Jade Academy.

In the Cloudy Brook Academy, Su Ya sat drinking with her heart heavy. Her little disciple has left and the Spirit Mastery faculty was completely empty once more. Having gotten used to having the presence of such a person around and then now reverting back to one year ago where she was all by lonesome. Without knowing why, the quietness of this place suddenly seemed to feel so suffocating.

She looked at the stairs and kept thinking when would the figure of Jun Wu appear from there once again, quietly going about the chores without a word and carrying the little blanket to come cover her.

Her chest felt so stuffed up it was agonizing and Su Ya suddenly stood up, to take big strides out of the Spirit Mastery faculty.

Snow fell heavily outside and the entire ground was completely layered in white. The figure of Su Ya morphed into a streak of light and sped through it all, the speed she moved at not even allowing enough time for the snowflakes upon her body to melt away.

Within the Headmaster's study, Tian Ze stood before the table, holding a stack of things in his hands.

"The disciples of the Cloudy Brook Academy have all left and I have informed all the teachers for them to leave and descend the mountain tomorrow. Master, are we really going to close the academy?" Tian Ze's browed creased up slightly, as he looked worriedly at the little old man seated behind the table.

The little old man held a long pipe in his hand, as he put it to his mouth to puff away.

"What can we do if we don't close it? We wait for those people to come here and slaughter every single last one of those little sheep?"

The teachers of the Cloudy Brook Academy hold rather great power and that was widely acknowledged. But the little old man's words were just terrifying to hear.

Tian Ze then sighed helplessly.

"I have let Old Bai bring the item away. Those people will come here sooner or later. Without getting a clear grasp of the situation here, they will not give up. Now, they can feel through the place as thoroughly as they want." The little old man said nonchalantly, his calm gaze not showing the slightest bit of anxiety.

Others might not have noticed it, but Tian Ze knew clearly that the spirit energy that was most abundant on Mount Fu Yao was reducing at an alarmingly fast rate. It would not be long before Mount Fu Yao, the place where spirit energy was most abundant throughout the Middle Realm, would be just like any other place, to become a mountain as ordinary as any other.

"About our decision to dismiss all the disciples, the Twelve Palaces have sent people to come inquire about it but there hasn't been any activity from the Nine Palaces. Do we need to explain anything to the Twelve Palaces?" Tian Ze asked.

The little old man shook his head. "Explain? Explain what? This old man has already done them the biggest favour by being willing to lend guidance their disciples and they still dare to come question me? Tell them to go away as far as they can. Little wonder those morons at the Twelve Palaces have not been able to triumph over the Nine Temples all this time. The Nine Temples are being a lot more understanding in this matter."

While the little old man was speaking to Tian Ze, a slender figure suddenly swept right into the room with a fierce gust of wind and bringing in a flurry of snowflakes.

Tian Ze almost jumped out of his skin and when the figure materialized, the form of Su Ya appeared before the two men.

"Senior!" At the moment that Tian Ze saw Su Ya, his face broke out with a highly wide smile. How many years had it been? This was the first time that Su Ya had been willing to step into the Master's room of her own accord.

"Hey! Little Ya! What brings you here today?" The little old man was also filled with smiles upon seeing Su Ya.

"It happened?" Su Ya asked coldly.

The little old man was taken aback a moment before he laughed softly. "That's right. It happened. From now on, the Cloudy Brook Academy would no longer be the place that your Master will be able to retire in."

"The two of you had better go pack up as well. Us three Master and disciples will have to find ourselves another place to idle."

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Chapter 1640:- The Plot Begins (1)

Inside the Spirit Jade Palace, the Spirit Jade Palace Lord's beautiful face twisted up, the corners of his mouth twitching as he stared at Jun Wu right before him, and..... the two men behind Jun Wu.

"Haven't you had enough of this! ? Why are you back here again for!" The Spirit Jade Palace Lord exclaimed as he pointed a trembling finger at Jun Wu. Just looking at the men, one tall and one short behind Jun Wu, was enough to make his skin crawl.

[I must have owed him in my past life!]

He could forget that the kid had come to the Spirit Jade Palace to bump of free food and lodgings before, but this time he was truly making people turn purple with rage!

The kid had the audacity to even bring two other people with him!

And they were..... Heavens be damned, two men at that!

The Spirit Jade Palace Lord would have liked nothing better than to kick the three of them out with his foot!

"The training at the Cloudy Brook Academy has ended and I came here to bring you a gift." Jun Wu Xie said calmly as she looked at the Spirit Jade Palace Lord whose face was all twisted in fury.

"This is the kind of gift that you are giving me?" The Spirit Jade Palace Lord exclaimed as he pointed his finger at Ye Sha and Ye Gu behind Jun Wu, his body shaking more visibly.

The Spirit Jade Palace had always not allowed men to enter and letting Jun Wu come in was already the limit of what the Spirit Jade Palace Lord could accept. But Jun Wu just had to do it. Besides having barged in here once again, he had even brought in two others! Just what was happening here! ?

The kid was getting more and more overboard.

"I refuse it! You just get these two out of here immediately or I will not be so nice anymore! !" The Spirit Jade Palace Lord said, absolutely seething with rage.

An eyebrow arched up on Jun Wu Xie's face and she raised her hand at Ye Gu.

Ye Gu immediately took a step forward.

The Spirit Jade Palace Lord's face darkened.

"You won't be able to beat him." Jun Wu Xie stated without any mercy, to reveal the disparity between the might of the Spirit Jade Palace Lord and Ye Gu.

[She wasn't too sure about Ye Sha, but if it was Ye Gu.....]

Throughout the entire Middle Realm, people who were able to take him on would really be few and far between.

The Spirit Jade Palace Lord almost exploded from his rage but he went on to discreetly send out a probe and could not ascertain just how powerful Ye Gu really was as he had not detected a single trace of spirit power on Ye Gu's being.

It was either Ye Gu was a completely useless piece of trash who did not possess a single bit of spirit power, or his powers was a lot higher than his.

Jun Wu had already put it across so clearly so it was obvious that the first line of thought was not possible.

The Spirit Jade Palace Lord wanted to blast them out from the place but with Ye Gu thrown right in front of him by Jun Wu, the Spirit Jade Palace Lord was feeling a little..... unable to crow as he liked.

He was not afraid of taking a beating. What he was worried about was that what Jun Wu was seeking to do was not something as simple as just having Ye Gu beat him up.

In the event that there was contact between their bodies..... Just thinking about it already sent chills up the Spirit Jade Palace Lord's spine.

No matter how unwilling the Spirit Jade Palace Lord was towards letting Ye Sha and Ye Gu remain here, it had already become an unchangeable fact. The two men then just came to stay within the Spirit Jade Palace with Jun Wu.

Just like that, all the girls within the Spirit Jade Palace were thrown into a frenzy. Fortunately, the Spirit Jade Palace Lord had strictly restricted the areas that Jun Wu and his people could move about in and after getting to know that Ye Sha could cook, the Spirit Jade Palace Lord left that chore to him, and only ordered for people to periodically send fresh fruits and vegetables to the doors of the courtyard, leaving the rest of it to Jun Wu and his people to deal with it themselves.

Jun Wu Xie did not mind that kind of an arrangement. She only needed a little bit of time to tidy things up to see how she could make the game of chess more resplendent.

Jun Wu Xie sat within her room and stared at the jade token in her hand. That jade token had been one of the treasures they had taken out from the Dark Emperor's tomb. There were a total of nine pieces of such tokens and every single piece was linked to all the others. If one used the special item to write something on one token, it was manifest upon all the other tokens as well.

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