Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Volume 20

by North Night (夜北)

  “That person must have come back….. That person must have come back…..” He could not be bothered with the wretched state he was in at that moment. He struggled to stand up, brushing away the help from the other spirits.

  “Quickly go inform the Spirit Lord! I have urgent matters I need to report to him!” The man said as he clutched at his chest. Even though spirit bodies had no heartbeat, but the kind of fear that enveloped him in his chest was driving chills through him. Looking at the crystal fragments scattered across the floor, the man’s eyes flashed with nervousness and shock.

  Volume 20

  Chapter 1970: “New Soul (4)”

  With Jun Wu Yao’s guidance, everything was smooth sailing for Jun Wu Xie. But for Qiao Chu and the others who had been forgotten by the great demon lord, they were in for quite a shock upon entering their little treehouses, and they all made a beeline straight towards Jun Wu Xie’s treehouse.

  Jun Wu Yao looked at Qiao Chu and the rest of the gang standing in Jun Wu Xie’s room, five youths all at the same time, without a single one missing.

  “Big Brother Wu Yao…..” Qiao Chu’s face was mournful. Having suddenly come to a world that was completely foreign to him, it was the first time that Qiao Chu felt that he was almost becoming a useless piece of trash. Everything except for the room doors and the Spirit Fire Box, he was not even able to touch, and the unexpected spacious space in the house made him see stars.

  Jun Wu Yao raised his hand up to rub the ends of his eyebrows as he patiently told Qiao Chu and the gang some of the Spirit World’s rules.

  In the Spirit World, no currency existed and all forms of the exchange of goods were carried out based on one’s power of the spirit. Powerful spirit bodies were able to use their own powers of the spirit to create things in solid form. Everything in the Spirit World could be created with one’s power of the spirit, including food and wine.

  No matter what was created and made, it would drain out a certain amount of power of the spirit and in the Spirit World, there was a way where one could release soul power out of their bodies, gathering them into Spirit Fire the size of a bean. Those Spirit Fire could be used to exchange for things that others had created and the Spirit Fire given in exchange could be absorbed by one’s spirit body. With all that said, the basis of exchange in the Spirit World had always been done through the powers of the spirit and people who were too lazy to create things or people who were not meticulous enough in their transmogrification, they could just gather Spirit Fire to go exchange it for things that they need.

  Afterall, not everyone would be able to perfectly create the things that they need.

  For spirit bodies who had never brewed fine wine before, even when they try to transmogrify wine based on their own imagination, the taste of it would be unpalatable. And spirit bodies who never knew how to cook up a meal would create food that taste similar to mud. Lavish and resplendent clothes would also require a certain level of skill before one was able to create it.

  Transmogrifying based only on one’s imagination would never achieve a perfect product.

  In the Spirit World, what was most expensive would be food, even though when spirit bodies went without food and drink, it would not cause them any harm at all. They could go without sleep, without food, and they would not die, but the enjoyment of having delicious food in your mouth was something many spirit bodies craved.

  Qiao Chu and the gang followed Jun Wu Yao’s instructions and attempted to gather a little bit of Spirit Fire. But with the power of the spirit they possessed at the current moment, after trying with all their might, the only Spirit Fire they managed to gather was not even the size of half a grain of rice, almost completely negligible.

  They then begged for instructions on the method to temper their souls before the group of youths went running back to their rooms like they had just gained some kind of treasure, rushing to start on their cultivation.

  Jun Wu Xie did not know how long she had been cultivating for. When she opened her eyes, she found Jun Wu Yao sitting on a chair and looking at her smilingly.

  There was no differentiation between day and night in the Spirit World. Time became something that was not worth anything in here. Spirit bodies only required enough power and they would then never disappear.

  “I want to go out and have a look around.” Jun Wu Xie said as she stood up, to put the Spirit Fire back into the box. The little black cat was pacing around near her feet and it was not known from when Little Lotus and Poppy had popped out from her body, the two of them seated obediently at the side, not daring to make a single sound.

  “Let the two of them bring you.” Jun Wu Yao said slowly.

  “You’re not coming?” Jun Wu Xie looked at Jun Wu Yao in puzzlement. In fact, from the time that they had just come into the Spirit World, she had discovered that Jun Wu Yao did not seem to want to reveal himself here.

  Volume 20

  Chapter 1971: “Spirit World One Day Tour (1)”

  Jun Wu Yao got up and walked over to go before Jun Wu Xie and hooked a finger under her chin as the corners of his lips lifted slightly to say: “Is Little Xie inviting me to go?”

  Jun Wu Xie looked at Jun Wu Yao, at a loss for words. How did words that were meant to be serious and proper sound so suggestive when it came out from his mouth?

  Jun Wu Yao gave a light laugh and patted Jun Wu Xie on her little head as he said: “The last time I came here, I gave the spirit bodies in here quite a big scare. This time, since my purpose is to accompany you in tempering your soul, there is no need for me to go scare them.”

  Jun Wu Yao had put it across casually, but Jun Wu Xie knew that the last time he just mentioned must be the time when he unified the Middle Realm.

  Realizing that it was not appropriate for Jun Wu Yao to show himself now, Jun Wu Xie did not persist, but just brought the little black cat and called Little Lotus and Poppy to come along before stepping out through the door. She had initially thought to call Qiao Chu and the others along, but she got to know through Jun Wu Yao that the few of them were just told of the method to cultivate their souls and they would all be holed up within their rooms to cultivate with a vengeance.

  Jun Wu Yao watched Jun Wu Xie’s departing back as he held his chin in one hand looking rather thoughtful, with no one knowing what he was thinking about.

  From the forest, they walked towards the bustling market. If one disregarded all the different kinds of strange spirit body forms, the streets of the Spirit World was no all that different from any other place. Bars, restaurants, a dazzling array of shops and the calls of hawkers who lined the streets. Of course, if the street peddler carrying the bunch of candied hawthorn stick was not a massive sized bear, the scene before her eyes would look a whole lot more normal.

  “Growl….. Candied hawthorn….. Growl…..” The large clumsy bear carried the bamboo rod well filled with sticks of candied hawthorn as he passed by along the street, occasionally stretching out a fat paw to pick off a stick of candied hawthorn to stuff into his mouth and chew vigorously. Jun Wu Xie deeply suspected that the reason it was carrying so many sticks of the candied hawthorn was not to sell them, but to satisfy his own greed.

  “Where does the Mistress want to go? What kind of things do you want to see?” Little Lotus was like a bird set free, his little body bouncing around Jun Wu Xie, his mouth prattling on non stop as he described everything about the Spirit World.

  Poppy followed behind them quietly, and the little black cat jumped up onto his shoulder to sit there, its tail swishing lazily.

  Jun Wu Xie was still a new soul, and in the Spirit World, she was considered very weak and frail. Poppy had not forgotten, just before they came out, the look that Jun Wu Yao had given him. If he was to let Jun Wu Xie be harmed in the slightest out here, Poppy could very well imagine the kind of fate that awaited him.

  When one’s spirit was destroyed and his soul scattered…..

  “I don’t know. I’ll just have a look around I g
uess.” Jun Wu Xie did not know what she wanted to see. Maybe she just wanted to understand a little more of this strange and mystical land of spirits.

  “Mistress, why not I bring you to the Spiritual Spirit Loft! The things they have there is really delicious!” Little Lotus was really excited about coming back to the Spirit World and he immediately pulled on Jun Wu Xie hand to go running forward.

  Although Jun Wu Xie was not able to touch anything, but there was not much of a problem if it was between two spirit bodies.

  “Spiritual Spirit Loft…..” What kind of a queer name was that? Jun Wu Xie sighed inwardly to herself, but she did not want to dampen Little Lotus’ excitement and just allowed herself to be pulled towards the place he was familiar with.

  Along the way, Jun Wu Xie saw many different kinds of spirits brushing past her. Beast Spirits that were more than ten feet tall, Weapons Spirits that made clanging noises as they walked, and Plant Spirits whose bodies that were filled all over with flowers. The most normal ones she saw, were probably the spirit souls of humans. In the Spirit World, there was quite a number of human spirits. Jun Wu Xie had followed behind Little Lotus a distance and she already saw many human spirits.

  Volume 20

  Chapter 1972: “Spirit World One Day Tour (2)”

  Little Lotus’ destination was a seven storied loft, with a signboard hanging over its door that read “Spiritual Spirit Loft”.

  From within the vast building, its doors showed that the place was as busy as a market. Spirits bodies came and went, an endless stream of patrons went in and out.

  A big eared rabbit wearing an apron bounced before the entrance to welcome its guests, and when it saw Jun Wu Xie’s group approaching, it immediately bounded itself over as it raised up its large doleful eyes to look at them.

  “Will our esteemed guests please come in? What would you like to have? Puu.” The big eared rabbit’s cloved mouth opened, to say earnestly.

  Little Lotus was immediately excited, exclaiming that he was going to have a great feast. The big eared rabbit hopped on ahead, leading them up to the third storey, bouncing up and down the entire way looking highly adorable. Jun Wu Xie did not pay attention to anything else but only focused on the furry little tail bouncing behind the rabbit.

  Before Little Lotus could even get to the third storey and get his food, the sounds of a boisterous argument reached Jun Wu Xie’s ears.

  “Nalan Yue, if you have nothing better to do, you can jolly well go back home and count beans to pass the time. Instead, you choose to come here to nag incessantly, are you thinking I should take your nagging with my rice?”

  The venomous retort reached Jun Wu Xie’s words, and Jun Wu Xie actually found it rather familiar.

  When Little Lotus heard that voice, his eyes immediately widened and his steps unconsciously quickened as he scooted up to the third storey.

  Upon the third storey, quite a number of guests were seated, and the source of the argument currently had a bunch of spirit bodies crowded around them.

  Jun Wu Xie’s eyebrow lifted slightly as she looked at the enchanting man seated in the middle of the gathered crowd of spirit bodies. Wasn’t he that bewitching looking man they saw just outside the forest before?

  “Big Brother Poison Ivy?” Little Lotus blinked his eyes, his face a little surprised as he looked at Poison Ivy seated upon a chair, his face filled with an expression of impatience.

  The person who got into an argument with Poison Ivy, was a human spirit. That person’s spirit was fully solidified and firm, and he was dressed in a light blue Chinese robe, of a highly simple design. The man’s countenance was kindly and gentle, looking to be a highly mild tempered person. Faced with Poison Ivy’s venomous tongue, the man still had a gentle smile on his face as he said in a mild manner: “Poison Ivy, I know that you find me very long winded. But somethings must be properly discussed upon. You are always avoiding me all the time, and now that I finally managed to see you, how can I just keep quiet?”

  Poison Ivy rolled his eyes at the man and with a flick of his hand, the vines coiled around his arm whipped out quick as lightning straight towards that man.

  The vicious whip from the vines frightened the spirits who had been gathered around to watch the show and the immediately scattered in all directions.

  The figure of the man that remained standing in his spot suddenly flashed. Poison Ivy’s vines did not touch his body in the slightest. His movements were so quick that the others could not even see his actions clearly.

  Jun Wu Xie who had just been watching the show could not help but be startled when she saw the man’s movements. She had just been turned into a spirit body and not only had she lost the support of her spirit powers, the kind of speed she had been capable of before had been severely restricted as well. In a spirit form, she was unable to summon up any spirit powers, and she was just like a regular person. Jun Wu Yao had once told her, that a spirit body was different from a real person. Spirit powers was power accumulated within a person’s meridians and when a soul departs from his flesh body, he completely loses the use of his spirit powers as well. The only form of power a spirit body was able to use would be powers of the soul.

  And that man had used just his soul powers, to achieve such a high level of speed, which was almost comparable to a person at the Purple Spirit’s third stage!

  That just made Jun Wu Xie strongly believe, that the effects the tempering of one soul brought, would definitely be astounding.

  Only by strengthening both the flesh body and the soul, would one be able to embark upon the path to the pinnacle of supremacy!

  Volume 20

  Chapter 1973: “Spirit World One Day Tour (3)”

  Poison Ivy and Nalan Shan faced off against each other, one severely belligerent, the other gentle and calm.

  Although the spirits all around were there to watch the action, they all subconsciously freed up some space around.

  “Hasn’t Nalan Shan given up on seeking out Poison Ivy? I can see that Poison Ivy is almost about to fight him already.” A nosy black panther muttered as it swished its tail.

  “What do you mean almost? He already did you know?” A straight backed steel sword snorted derisively.

  “Nalan Shan is afterall the Spirit Master’s disciple, and Poison Ivy is considered one of the leading entities among the Plant Spirits. Is it appropriate for him to get into a conflict so openly with the Spirit Master’s disciple like this?”

  “The Spirit Master has already gone into reclusion for so many years and moreover, don’t you know the Spirit Master’s personality well enough? Even if he comes to know that Nalan Shan and Poison Ivy have developed conflicts, he wouldn’t do anything about it.”

  “Though the Spirit Master has gone into reclusion, but have all of you forgotten that Nalan Shan still has a senior fellow disciple? That one’s personality isn’t all that great you know?”

  “You mean Wu Jiu? You’re not wrong to say that they are fellow disciples, but….. I don’t think they are on that good terms. I once saw…..”

  The entire group of spirits gathered around eager to watch the action had their heads lowered and ear pricked eagerly. When the scene of a lion and a mountain axe stood huddled close together to whisper softly to each other appear before her eyes, Jun Wu Xie felt that she was becoming more and more used to the absurdity of this place.

  “Why is Big Brother Poison Ivy fighting with Uncle Nalan?” Little Lotus’ face was perplexed, and it was clear that he did not just know Poison Ivy, but also knew Nalan Shan who had tangled with Poison Ivy.

  Poppy stood on the side with his arms crossed, all ready to watch the commotion comfortably, seemingly not intending to do anything about it.

  But Little Lotus was not able to hold himself back. He was biting his lip as he saw Poison Ivy’s and Nalan Shan’s fight becoming more and more intense and he immediately rushed right out.

  “Stop fighting! Will both of you stop fighting! ?”

  A r
otund little fatty suddenly went running straight into the malicious battleground, which caused everyone who was watching to be stunned in surprise.

  When Poison Ivy who had been thinking how he was going to throw the persistent Nalan Shan out of the place saw the figure of Little Lotus running in, he immediately retracted his vicious and malevolent vines and Nalan Shan was similarly startled as he stepped himself back slightly, to look at the little meatball who was running straight towards him with a mournful face.

  “Little Lotus?” Nalan Shan scooped up the little meatball, as he stared in surprise at the tearful little face.

  “Uncle Nalan, don’t fight with Big Brother Poison Ivy anymore.” Little Lotus wailed sobbingly as he tugged at Nalan Shan’s sleeve.

  Nalan Shan’s face showed a tinge of awkwardness and Poison Ivy who had retrieved his vines stared at Little Lotus who was looking so useless there immediately felt a twitch tugging at the corner of his mouth.

  “We were not fighting….” Nalan Shan started to say, pacifying the kid good naturedly.

  Watching how the appearance of Little Lotus had abruptly stopped the battle, the little black cat who was seated on top of Poppy’s shoulder licked its paws and averted its gaze, at a loss for words.

  “How did that dimbulb actually managed to survive till this day in the Spirit World?” The little black cat asked.

  Poppy shrugged his shoulders.

  “Poison Ivy and Nalan Shan, are the only two spirits who are so friendly to him throughout the entire Spirit World. In front of them, he had always been like that. Oh right….. before Tenacious Snow Plum Blossom left, he was another one as well.”