Unrivaled Medicine God, page 144
In their eyes, those two girls were lambs awaiting slaughter. They could take action at any time.
After mocking for a while and seeing that the Tranquil Cloud Sect group were already far away, they also felt bored and turned their attention to those two girls again.
A High Clarity Sect's Sea Transformation Realm elder took a few steps closer and reached his hand out to the ugly girl, saying, "Ugly girl, quickly hand over the Crow Orchid Ganoderma. If you still don't know how to appreciate kindness, then don't blame me for being impolite."
That ugly girl shook her head and said, "It's not that I'm not handing it over. It's that this Crow Orchid Ganoderma is useful to me, so I can't hand it to you."
The elder's face became frosty and said, "Don't reject face when it's given to you! What has it got to do with me whether it's useful to you or not? Are you handing it over or not?"
As he was talking, that elder released the pressure of a Sea Transformation Realm. It seemed like he was going to attack with a single word of disagreement.
But Yan-er sneered coldly and said, "This is really a tiger landing in a plain being bullied by dogs. Some random stray cats and dogs also dare to bully people! I'm not going to surrender it today, what can you do about it?"
Yan-er was just about to take action but was held back by the ugly girl.
"Somebody from that batch of people came back. Hold your hand," the ugly girl transmitted her voice.
When the elder heard Yan-er's words, he was dazed. But he immediately became furious to the extreme and said with a laugh, "Good, good, good! What a razor tongue little lass! Old me have traversed unobstructed in the Southern Domain for so many years, but this is the first time somebody called me a stray animal. Watch if I don't shred your mouth later!"
Finished talking, that elder gathered up essence energy and wanted to make a move.
But right then, a vast expanse of white fog suddenly rose around him.
This fog came too quickly, directly submerging everyone inside. In a blink, one could not even see their hands in front of them. Even those two girls standing opposite could not be seen.
That elder was secretly alarmed. But his hands did not slow. He still fired out an essence energy ball at the place where the two girls stood earlier.
But sadly, he did not hear tragic cries coming from the opposite. It was as if this blow sunk into the sea like a rock without even stirring a wave.
The elder turned around to look, but where was there still any shadows of his companions? The surroundings were all thick white fog. Nothing could be seen.
"What's going on? Why can't we see anything all of a sudden?"
"Ah! Who is it?! Who bumped into me?"
"Ouch! Who kicked me?"
Disorderly sounds came from behind. They were clearly all caught completely off guard by this unexpected white fog.
The elder's face fell, and he yelled out, "Everyone stay right where you are for me and don't move! Face the fearful without fear, and its fearfulness disappears! This is but a tiny little entrapping formation. It's very easy to break! Yu Feng, you work with me to break this formation!"
"Okay," not far away, the other Sea Transformation Realm elder's voice cried out.
These two people did not know array formations, but their advantage laid in that their strength was formidable.
The pair joined forces and wildly bombarded all directions. After 15 minutes, the array formation finally loosened. The vast expanse of white fog started to dissipate.
The elder looked around, but the two girls were long gone. He was so furious that he slapped a palm on the large tree beside him. That huge tree collapsed at the sound of it.
That elder called Yu Feng came up and said, "Brother Wang Fan, do you think this is that group of people from the Tranquil Cloud Sect playing tricks?"
Wang Fan pulled a long face and said, "I know those cowards from the Tranquil Cloud Sect. To be able to set up such an entrapping formation imperceptibly under our eyes, they do not have that capability!"
Yu Feng frowned and said, "But, if it isn't Tranquil Cloud Sect's people, then who is it?"
Wang Fan gnashed his teeth hatefully and said, "Perhaps those two girls have reinforcements. Furthermore, he is an array formation expert! A duck that landed in our hands flew away. So vexing!"
Yu Feng said, "Although the entrapping formation's level was not high, it wasn't simple! He took advantage of geographical conditions to lay out this miniature entrapping formation and even instantly gathered the fog in the mountains for his own use. With our wild attacks, it forcefully lasted for 15 minutes!"
Wang Fan nodded and said, "This person's strength shouldn't be strong, but his Array Dao attainments cannot be underestimated! If he had Sea Transformation Realm strength, then you and I would probably have to die here! Let's go. Later when we enter the mystic realm, I have to properly find trouble with the Tranquil Cloud Sect!"
The disciples could not help taking pity on them. The pitiful Tranquil Cloud Sect became the two girls' scapegoat.
Chapter 292. Diagnosis |
In a deep valley inside the Cloud Dream Mountain Range, three silhouettes moved up and down and stopped at an empty lot.
The three people were none other than precisely Ye Yuan and the two girls.
Yan-er sized up Ye Yuan's young and handsome face and said with a smile, "A Seventh Level Spirit Condensation Realm who is not yet 16 years old. This rate of progress is considered decent."
Ye Yuan smiled too and said, "Miss Yan-er flatters me."
Yan-er said in surprise, "How rare that you actually remembered my name. And it's also rare for the sects to actually have such a righteous, heroic youth like yourself. Truly out of my expectations. Those fellows who stood by and watched us die are all some cold-blood creatures. I hope that they get eaten by demonic beasts!"
"Yan-er! Mister is our savior, how can you talk this way to him?" the ugly girl reproached.
Ye Yuan waved his hands and said, "No harm. Miss Yan-er a straight talker, rather very alike to a friend of mine. It's just that these words are kind of biased and a little vicious. It's not that those seniors of mine didn't wish to save you, but their strength is lacking even though their heart is willing. You saw it too, the High Clarity Sect has two Sea Transformation Realm experts. If we clash, our side will definitely lose out greatly. Also, our sect's strength is beneath theirs. They are all part of the main forces of their sect. If there are any mishaps, the sect cannot bear it either."
The friend that Ye Yuan referred to was naturally Nanfeng Zhirou. Except, this Yan-er and Nanfeng Zhirou had some differences. She was missing some princess temper.
He could sense that this Yan-er's anger was still primarily because the Tranquil Cloud Sect looked on indifferently without lending a hand in their matters.
Actually, in the martial arts world, these sort of deploring was really not very logical.
This Yan-er seemed like a fledgling who had just entered the world, ignorant towards everything.
Yan-er sized up Ye Yuan and suddenly said, "Alright, I forgive them. I take back my words earlier. The demonic beasts won't eat them."
Hearing these words, even if it was Ye Yuan, he also could not quite refrain from laughing. He clasped his hands and said, "Then I'll thank Miss Yan-er on behalf of my seniors."
The ugly girl bobbed a curtsy and apologized, "Yan-er is insensible. Mister, please do not blame."
Ye Yuan chuckled and said, "Miss Yan-er is forthright and is clear about what to love or hate. Why would I get angry with her?"
While talking, Ye Yuan could not refrain from sizing up the ugly girl. She was really quite unsightly.
But Ye Yuan would not discriminate against her because of this. Looks were determined by parents and the heaven. How could one make the decision?
Furthermore, although this girl was hideous, she was highly cultured and sensible, gentle and generous. Her movements had the grace of an influential family. Presumably, her background should not be poor.
"What are you looking at, punk? Don't think that you can have any improper thoughts because you saved us! My family's miss is out of your reach!"
When Yan-er saw Ye Yuan's eyes, she immediately became full of fighting spirit like a mother hen protecting her chicks as if her family's miss was some matchless beauty.
Ye Yuan inadvertently found it funny when he saw the situation and said, "Miss Yan-er is overanalyzing things. From what I see, your family's miss's body seems to be unwell, that's why I took a few more looks at her."
A trace of astonishment involuntarily flashed across Yan-er and that ugly girl's faces. But Yan-er said cunningly, "My family's miss's complexion looks bad. Even a moron can tell that her body is unwell, right?"
Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "Your family's miss's illness is probably not something as simple as her complexion being pale and wan. This one is knowledgeable in medical knowledge, may I take a look at miss? Maybe I can be of help."
Yan-er gave a doubtful look and thought to herself could it be that this fellow perceived something?
"You, a puny little Spirit Condensation Realm martial artist. At the very best, you're just an Alchemy Master too. What can you see?" Yan-er said vigilantly.
But the ugly girl said, "Since Mister can see that my body is unwell, I believe that you learned from a renowned master. There's no harm in taking a look. However, I've seen before many famed masters for this illness of mine, but they were all helpless about it."
Though she said so, the ugly girl reached her dainty hand out and placed it in front of Ye Yuan.
Yan-er was alarmed when she saw it and said, "Miss . . ."
The ugly girl waved her hands and said, "There's no harm. Mister just has good intentions. I guess that Mister came from a prominent master and when he saw this sickly body of mine, he began itching to try his skill."
Ye Yuan could not help being stupefied when he heard this. He chortled and said, "Miss is very astute; this Ye Yuan is very impressed! With my visual prowess, I should be able to see through miss's sickness with one glance. But I got nothing after looking for a long time. This one is indeed itching to test my skills."
Ye Yuan thought to himself that although this lady's looks were appalling, she was very clever and sensible as if she could see through people's thoughts with one look.
Alchemists were all medical practitioners. Helping people diagnose illness was usual practice.
Ye Yuan's abilities went without saying. For common illnesses, he only had to examine slightly before being able to determine it.
But earlier, he stared at this ugly girl for a long time and got nothing. This really made him itch to have a go.
But when Yan-er heard this, she said disdainfully, "You're just a low-rank Alchemy Master, what are you pretending to be capable for? Even if an Alchemy Grandmaster or an Alchemy King came, they might not necessarily be as arrogant as you, right?"
Ye Yuan shot Yan-er a brief glance and opened his mouth to say, "Miss Yan-er's blood vitality has a slight deficit and your complexion a little pale. I think that you had just suffered very severe internal injuries several months back. Now, although your injuries have already healed, the lost blood essence has most likely yet to recover fully. The Crow Orchid Ganoderma that the High Clarity Sect was asking for was probably Miss giving Miss Yan-er to use to replenish her blood essence, right?"
This time, Yan-er was truly shocked. What Ye Yuan said was actually not the tiniest bit off!
If Yan-er's injuries were not recovered yet, there was naturally nothing impressive about Ye Yuan perceiving it.
But her injuries were already practically healed. The average person would absolutely be unable to see from the surface that she had suffered tremendous internal injuries a few months ago!
The injury at that time was naturally to protect the young lady. She nearly died because of it.
But several months had already passed since then. Her wounds were already pretty much healed, and her deficient blood essence was already largely recovered. This Crow Orchid Ganoderma was only used to consolidate her foundation and to replenish her spirit to prevent affecting future cultivation.
Looking on the outside, she was no different from an ordinary person.
But even so, Ye Yuan still saw through it at a single glance!
A puny little low-rank Alchemy Master actually had such visual prowess!
The ugly girl was also surprised as she said, "Mister actually have such visual prowess. What you said was completely on point! Looks like Yan-er and I judged people by their appearance and looked down on Mister. Li-er apologizes to Mister."
As she spoke, she curtsied towards Ye Yuan again.
Ye Yuan hurriedly performed a supporting hand gesture and said smilingly, "Miss need not be so polite! So, turns out that Miss's name is called Li-er. What a nice name."
"Mister is too kind. I still don't know how to address mister," Li-er asked.
Ye Yuan said, "This one is surnamed Ye. Given name is one word, Yuan."
"So, it's Mister Ye. Then please Mister ye, do a diagnosis for Li-er," as she said this, Li-er reached her delicate arm out again.
"Miss Yan-er, now, can I help Miss Li-er take a look yet?" Ye Yuan did not reach out immediately. Instead, he faced Yan-er and asked.
Yan-er pouted and said huffily, "Miss already agreed. What's the use if I don't agree?"
Ye Yuan burst into laughter and reached two fingers out to put on Li-er's wrist.
Chapter 293. Two Types of Spirit Physique! |
When he saw Li-er's slender and exquisite arm, Ye Yuan could not help being stunned.
Her arm was glossy and clear, akin to fine white tallow jade as if it did not belong in the mortal realm.
This arm could virtually be described using the word perfect.
Looking at Li-er's appalling looks again, Ye Yuan felt extremely strong contrast!
Ye Yuan felt very suspicious. How could two of such extremes appear on a girl at the same time?
"Mister Ye?" Li-er voiced out a reminder.
Ye Yuan only recovered then and laughed awkwardly. "Apologies. I lost focus."
Finished talking, Ye Yuan shut his eyes and purged distracting thoughts. He began diagnosing Li-er.
Ye Yuan's eyebrow gradually knitted together, becoming increasingly creased and deep.
Seeing Ye Yuan's appearance, Li-er asked, "Did Mister Ye make out something?"
At this time, Ye Yuan let go of Li-er's wrist. That creamy feel at his fingertips unwittingly made his mind wander.
That sort of touching sensation actually led people to reminiscence endlessly!
Ye Yuan could not help sighing inwardly. How could such a girl have a face like this? What a shame!
Yan-er saw Ye Yuan's reminiscing look and knew that his thoughts were running wild.
Towards her own family's miss's charm, she knew deeply from experience.
Seeing Ye Yuan keeping silent, Yan-er could not resist speaking first. "Can't say it, right? I knew it. A puny little low-rank Alchemy Master imitating other great masters to read the pulse. Many divine doctors have taken a look at my family's miss's sickness and have no inkling at all. I really don't know where your courage came from! I also don't know how you duped us with those words earlier!"
Ye Yuan did not bother with her. Instead, he asked Li-er, "Have Miss Li-er cultivated ocular arts before?"
Li-er originally also thought that Ye Yuan was somebody with superficial knowledge. When she heard this, she involuntarily became alert and said with a nod, "That's right. Li-er has cultivated ocular arts since young."
Ye Yuan nodded and continued probing. "If my conjectures are correct, Miss Li-er must have advanced at a tremendous pace when cultivating ocular arts, right?"
"That's right. Mister Ye can actually even tell this? Could it be that . . . this strange illness of mine is related to cultivating ocular arts?" Li-er asked in puzzlement.
Ye Yuan was only reading her pulse. Under the situation where Li-er did not take the initiative to release her ocular powers, Ye Yuan would simply be unable to detect it.
In the past, those alchemists who diagnosed her all knew that she trained in ocular arts. But Ye Yuan was unaware.
He actually discovered that she had cultivated ocular arts before just based on reading her pulse! He was clearly extraordinary!
Moreover, hearing the meaning behind Ye Yuan's words, it seemed like her illness had a strong correlation to cultivating ocular arts!
Ye Yuan did not answer Li-er's question but continued asking, "Does Miss Li-er feel dispirited every few months and become completely listless whenever you're doing anything?"
At this time, Li-er had already completely put away any form of underestimation and said solemnly, "That's right! In the past, this sort of situation would happen every few months. It would last three to five days each time. But recently, the time between this symptom is becoming increasingly shorter, but the time it persists is getting progressively longer. My father had invited innumerable famed doctors because of this, but nobody could diagnose this illness! I didn't think that Mister Ye actually has such capabilities at this young age!"
By the side, where was there still any hint of despise from Yan-er? She had long perked her ears up to listen intently.
She was right beside when those so-called famous doctors diagnosed Miss. But nobody could explain why.
But this boy only diagnosed slightly and could actually perceive so many things!
Compared to this Ye Yuan, those so-called famous doctors were truly beneath even trash!
This period of time, watching Miss being tormented by her ailment, Yan-er also felt like she was experiencing it herself.
But her concern was just concern. She was at a complete loss on what to do!
Even Old Master was helpless, what could she do?
Hearing Li-er's praise, there was no pleased expression on Ye Yuan's face. He shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying, "Miss Li-er is really a person riddled with paradoxes!"
