Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Volume 3

by North Night (夜北)

  His Hidden Cloud Peak? Hua Yao smiled, marveling at the kid, Jun Xie’s ingenuity who had changed the leadership of the Hidden Cloud Peak without anyone of the Qing Yun Clan finding out. He started to believe Jun Xie’s words when he had said he wanted to wipe out the Qing Yun Clan. With such intellect and skills, he might just be capable of it.

  Two Hidden Cloud Peak guards were standing outside the building and leaning lazily against the wall when the doors suddenly opened and they scrambled to stand at attention.

  “Ke Cang Ju” stepped out from behind the doors with his hideous face sinister and the two guards hurriedly greeted him with their heads lowered, and they were shocked when they suddenly noticed two figures following behind the Elder.

  Were those two not the very same sacrificial sheep sent within just hours ago? Why are they walking out from the building unscathed?

  It was known that every sheep sent within had not ever walked out alive before, and they would only be carted out after their lives had expired and buried under the herb beds.

  Things were different today!

  The two disciples’ puzzled looks displeased “Ke Cang Ju” and he narrowed his eyes, staring coldly at the two offending disciples before he said in a sinister tone: “Stare again and I’ll have your eyes gouged.”

  The two disciples shivered and quickly averted their eyes from the other two figures who followed behind the Elder, and kept their thoughts to themselves.

  Ke Cang Ju’s moods were extremely unpredictable and killed without discretion. If anyone of them angered him, even as disciples of the Inner House of the Hidden Cloud Peak, they were not spared from his wrath.

  Once the two nosy disciples seemed to realise their place, “Ke Cang Ju” shuffled off with a dark face and made Qiao Chu and Jun Wu Xie follow him. Before he left, he left instructions to the two shivering disciples guarding the building.

  “Go deal with the fertiliser in the basement.”

  Volume 3

  Chapter 293: “Substitution (2)”

  Hua Yao brought Qiao Chu and Jun Wu Xie to Ke Cang Ju’s living quarters, and they passed many Hidden Cloud Peak disciples along the way. They all bowed in obeisance without exception, and seemed to have lost any traces of the arrogance and sneering complacency that was seen in their attitudes within the disciples’ quarters earlier. They fawned and adulated deeply and quickly stepped out of Ke Cang Ju’s way. Their eyes had then showed astonishment when they subsequently noticed the two figures, Jun Wu Xie and Qiao Chu following right behind their “Elder Ke”.

  Jun Wu Xie and Qiao Chu had put on a duet performance of them falling in a dead faint earlier that morning and the Hidden Cloud Peak disciples recognised the two actors involved. They had thought they would never see their faces before them again, but who would have thought, barely two hours later, they now found the two youths still very much alive before their eyes, and even holding on to the tailcoats of Elder Ke!!

  In name, Ke Cang Ju was the Master of those disciples, but none of them within the Hidden Cloud Peak dared follow Elder Ke all over the place.

  Elder Ke’s unpredictable temperament was well known within the Qing Yun Clan. Except for a short period of time daily where Elder Ke made an appearance when he handed out his instructions for the day, he had absolutely hated to have any disciples being around him at any other time.

  Needless to say, having two of them dogging him throughout the mountains.

  What did those two brats do to impress Elder Ke so? They should have on their way to become fertiliser for the herbs by now, but they had somehow managed to come out of the underground chamber alive and well?

  That had never ever happened before in the Hidden Cloud Peak!

  Under the puzzled stares of the disciples, Hua Yao led Qiao Chu and Jun Wu Xie into Ke Cang Ju’s living quarters brazenly.

  Ke Cang Ju’s quarters was extremely spacious and luxuriously fitted. Within the whole of the Qing Yun Clan, the only place more spacious and luxurious was the quarters of the Sovereign, Yue Qin himself.

  Within the courtyard, several grey robed servants were sweeping the floor with their heads lowered. They had not noticed the entrance of Hua Yao and the two disciples, and they only raised their heads when Hua Yao stood right before the servants.

  Qiao Chu gasped loudly when the servants raised their heads.

  Their faces, were no longer what he would call a face. Except for their eyes and mouths, nothing else could be differentiated from the faces. The faces looked as if they had been burned by fire, the flesh were all scarred and twisted. The lips had been cut, and half their mouths sewn together, leaving only a small gap open. Their ears and noses had also been removed, their heads deliberately smoothed out to become like a featureless ball.

  If Ke Cang Ju’s face was thought to be hideous, he had made his servants’ faces to be downright revolting.

  “These people…..” Qiao Chu was shocked by these horrifying looking servants.

  “They were previously disciples of the Hidden Cloud Peak, and they offended Ke Cang Ju. They were then brought here to his living quarters to serve as lowly servants.” Hua Yao said, reverting his voice back to his original clear and youthful voice.

  “They cannot hear, nor speak. Hence, you do not have to worry that they will divulge anything of us. In their eyes, I am Ke Cang Ju.” Jua Yao said bitingly.

  Jun Wu Xie looked at the faces of the servants and she could not find any signs of awareness. Qiao Chu’s and Hua Yao’s exchange did not seem to have been heard. They only widened their eyes in fright at the sight of Hua Yao, and shivered like mice before a cat, their fear of Ke Cang Ju, painfully obvious.

  Volume 3

  Chapter 294: “Substitution (3)”

  “That despicable Ke Cang Ju, really deserved to die.” Qiao Chu said, suppressing his anger.

  The three of them entered the room, and Hua Yao searched the wardrobe for a clean suit of clothes to change into. Ke Cang Ju only had clothes of a dark shade and did not find one that suited his taste.

  In Ke Cang Ju’s study, there were many medical books. From the worn and tattered state of the books, their pages had been obviously well flipped. The most worn ones of them were several books on poisons. Jun Wu Xie flipped through them quickly and threw them in a corner.

  “So Brother Hua can even change his voice? I had not known about that, this is a first.” Qiao Chu was sitting on a chair at the side, and suddenly remembered that when he had heard Hua Yao speak earlier, his voice had been exactly the same as Ke Cang Ju’s.

  Hua Yao did not answer him and turned to Jun Wu Xie: “What do you want to do next?”

  Jun Wu Xie’s objective was not in conflict to theirs, but they were still different after all.

  “Why don’t you tell me what are your intentions instead?” Jun Wu Xie walked to the side and sat down slowly, feeling their cooperation had been rather smooth so far.

  Hua Yao and Qiao Chu exchanged a glance for a moment before Hua Yao finally said: “We need to find a map.”

  Jun Wu Xie raised an eyebrow.

  “I had initially suspected the map to be in Ke Cang Ju’s hands, hence, I got myself admitted to the Hidden Cloud Peak as a disciple to find it. But I had just searched the premises here and did not find anything. If I am not wrong, the map should be with Qin Yue at the moment.” Hua Yao continued to explain.

  “I’ll kill them, and you’ll look for the map.”

  “………..” Qiao Chu was speechless at Jun Wu Xie’s nonchalant tone when speaking of committing cruel murder and blatant thievery.

  Jun Xie was being just too calm about it!

  “When do you intend to make your move?” Hua Yao asked.

  “Not right now. After all, I am eyeing the whole Qing Yun Clan.” Jun Wu Xie said as she lowered her eyes. She was in no hurry to make her move yet as the Qing Yun Clan was huge after all. Even for her, to wipe them out in its entirety would not be a simple task. It would not be too hard to just kill Qin Yue, or the El
ders, what was difficult to achieve was to send the whole Qing Yun Clan into the abyss at the same time.

  The Qing Yun Clan’s Inner House had disciples totaling near a thousand, and they are spread all over the Cloudy Peaks with the twelve individual peaks also housing disciples who resided in their summits. If they were to stir the hornet’s’ nest and kill Qin Yue, it would drive the other Elders into action, and Jun Wu Xie might not be able to get out of it in one piece.

  Moreover, she still did not intend to spare anyone of them.

  People might call her cruel or even vicious, it did not matter.

  The disciples of the Qing Yun Clan were not innocent in her eyes.

  Qin Yu Yan had been determined to obliterate the whole of the Qi Kingdom just for the Soul Calming Jade, and she had not bothered to concern herself about the innocence of the people and the commoners.

  From Jun Wu Xie’s point of view, anyone who harmed her grandfather and uncle would pay the price with their lives. And her vengeance would not only be upon the mastermind, but onto any persons involved or linked to it!

  She wanted the whole Qing Yun Clan to disappear from the face of these lands at the same time, and she needed a little more time to prepare for it.

  “Ke Cang Ju and Qin Yue enjoyed an exceptional relationship. With this appearance, I might be able to gather important information.” Hua Yao was extremely pleased with the way things are going for them. If not for Jun Wu Xie, he would not be able to disguise himself as Ke Cang Ju so completely. Killing Ke Cang Ju would have been easy for him, but he would not be able to substitute himself for Ke Cang Ju’s double, and Jun Wu Xie had helped them solved a thorny issue for them.

  “If there is anything you need from us, just let us know. As long as it is within our capabilities, we will give it our best shot.” Hua Yao said.

  Volume 3

  Chapter 295: “Substitution (4)”

  Jun Wu Xie nodded slightly and felt it to be refreshing to work with intelligent allies.

  “Qin Yue trusts Ke Cang Ju a lot, and gave him great autonomy and authority. Ke Cang Ju loved poisons to the point of obsession, and I think if he were to ask to be allowed to choose suitable candidates to help him from the other peaks, Qin Yue would not reject him.” Jun Wu Xie said softly.

  Hua Yao’s eyes brightened, “I am sure now, you meant every word you said when you said you wanted to wipe out the whole of Qing Yun Clan.”

  Jun Wu Xie raised an eyebrow. Qiao Chu stared puzzled at Jun Wu Xie, and then turned to stare blankly at Hua Yao, scratching his head to show….. that he really could not keep up with the conversation!

  “Wait wait wait wait!” Qiao Chu said suddenly, “Can you guys be a little more straightforward, and spare a thought for this not so intelligent mind?” Yes, he had to admit, he was not as meticulous in thought as Little Xie or Brother Hua. He had lost himself somewhere in the conversation and the other two had babbled on happily leaving him confused.

  “You finally admit you are lacking in the intelligence department?” Hua Yao asked wickedly.

  “You think everyone’s like you and Little Xie? Talking in riddles and expecting everyone to understand you.” Qiao Chu retorted.

  Hua Yao sighed and started to patiently explain: “Jun Xie’s intention is to create a division among the Qing Yun Clan. Qin Yue favours Ke Cang Ju and allows him to act with impunity within the Qing Yun Clan. We saw that as a fact when Ke Cang Ju could get away with snatching disciples favoured and picked by Mu Chen right before his very eyes. Although Ke Cang Ju was highly arrogant, he was not stupid. He might have suppressed the Cloud Treading Peak blatantly, but he kept his hands off the other peaks. Because of this, the other Elders chose not to see Ke Cang Ju’s vile actions. And what if Ke Cang Ju were to suddenly decide not to be so discreet and abuse the indulgence Qin Yue allowed him onto the other Elders. It would be our guess that the Elders of the other peaks would not take it lying down.”

  Qiao Chu was suddenly enlightened, “So, what Little Xie meant was that the other Elders would only know too well what Ke Cang Ju needed their disciples for, and if he were to blatantly go seize disciples from the other peaks, and the purpose was for the testing of poisons, it would definitely anger the other Elders. Am I right?” He finally understood what was going on.

  Jun Wu Xie nodded and continued for Qiao Chu’s benefit: “Having had your own disciples taken away forcefully and showing their own Elders of their peaks being completely unable to protect them would be as good as slapping the faces of the other Elders. No matter how patient and benevolent they might be, none of them would be able to swallow the insult. And if Qin Yue were to insist on taking the side of the Hidden Cloud Peak, the other peaks will feel the injustice and react, and by that time, the Qing Yun Clan would not be as harmonious as before.”

  Jun Wu Xie lowered her eyes, hiding the chill within her eyes.

  Stirring up conflicts between the Elders and Qin Yue was just an appetizer. What she wanted went way beyond just internal conflicts within the Qing Yun Clan.

  “How do you know that Qin Yue will allow Ke Cang Ju to do as he likes? He isn’t that dumb is he? He should be able to see that Ke Cang Ju’s actions would result in great discontent from the Elders of the other peaks.” Qiao Chu tried to reason.

  “He will.” Jun Wu Xie said softly. Other people might not know of the inner workings within the Qing Yun Clan, but Bai Yun Xian was a direct disciple of Qin Yue’s and she knew the finer intricacies and things about Ke Cang Ju that not many people knew about.

  “If he does not, Ke Cang Ju would drag his name into the mud.”

  “What does that mean?” Qiao Chu asked curiously, and even Hua Yao looked questioningly at Jun Wu Xie.

  “The reason Qin Yue was able to become the Sovereign of the Qing Yun Clan was all due to Ke Cang Ju’s poisons. If Ke Cang Ju had not helped him poison the former Sovereign, the Qing Yun Clan would have fallen into Mu Chen’s hands.” Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes as a chill flashed briefly within.

  The Sovereign of the most revered clan throughout the lands, killed his own teacher, usurped the position of Sovereign. Such a crime, even for Qin Yue, would be devastating if pinned on him.

  Volume 3

  Chapter 296: “Substitution (5)”

  When Ke Cang Ju had helped Qin Yue seize the leadership of the Qing Yun Clan, he had naturally kept close to himself a hidden hand against Qin Yue to prevent him from burning all bridges after he assumed the leadership as the Sovereign of the Qing Yun Clan. With this hold over Qin Yue, Ke Cang Ju forced Qin Yue to accede to his demands and was helpless against Ke Cang Ju’s vicious and malicious deeds within the Hidden Cloud Peak as Ke Cang Ju held knowledge of events that could turn Qin Yue’s reputation beyond redemption.

  This secret, was accidentally overheard by Bai Yun Xian when Qin Yue and Ke Cang Ju had once quarrelled. Jun Wu Xie had not intended to use this against them, but Ke Cang Ju had forfeited his own life when he forcibly brought Death into his Hidden Cloud Peak, and he couldn’t blame anyone else.

  Since this path was chosen due to unexpected circumstances, Jun Wu Xie would naturally use everything to her fullest advantage.

  This secret hidden within the Qing Yun Clan, shocked Hua Yao and Qiao Chu. They both knew that Qin Yue had used underhanded means to ascend to the leadership position in the Qing Yun Clan, but they had not expected him to have employed such an extreme and despicable method by murdering your own Master!

  In their worldly view of things, there was nothing more despicable than killing your own Master.

  If word of this got out, Qin Yue would not only lose his position as the Sovereign, he would be cursed and spat upon wherever he went throughout the lands.

  “With that information in hand, it is little wonder you were so sure Qin Yue would accede to such atrocious demands.” Qiao Chu almost clapped for Jun Wu Xie then, how did that kid know such shocking secrets that could hold Qin Yue by his throat?

  Jun Wu Xie continued to say: “Ke Cang J
u had kept evidence of Qin Yue’s murder of the former Sovereign, and Qin Yue had always wanted to find it, but to no avail. We might not know where and what the evidence is, but that would not stop us from threatening Qin Yue with this information devastating to him.”

  It did not matter whether they held the evidence in their hands, even if they still failed to locate it, Qin Yue would be forced to submit to their threats, without knowing that Ke Cang Ju had actually been replaced secretly.

  Hua Yao nodded, understanding fully what Jun Wu Xie meant.

  “We’ll carry it out just like what you have said, let’s go stir up some chaos within the Qing Yun Clan!”

  Within the chaos, opportunities would surface. After Jun Wu Xie had wiped the Qing Yun Clan out, the two of them could then turn the Qing Yun Clan upside down to find the map that they wanted.

  Moreover, using Ke Cang Ju’s unique relationship to Qin Yue, digging for information on the location of the map through conversations with Qin Yue would be easier and faster than if they were to run all over the place searching for information on it.

  There was no doubt, the petite youth that Qiao Chu brought in, was more than a great help in their plans!

  No matter if the elixirs they needed would be successful or not, they both owed the petite little youth more than they could repay!

  That was the when the decision to drive the Qing Yun Clan into chaos, within that very study, was agreed upon. Till the day doom swept across the Qing Yun Clan’s Cloudy Peaks, no one knew that the calamity had first sparked off from right within the Qing Yun Clan.

  Outside the door, hidden within the dark shadows and hearing every single word exchanged within the room, was Ye Sha, growing more shocked the more he heard.