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.
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