Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Volume 18

by North Night (夜北)

  Zi Jin had not even finished with her sentence when the gaze the Spirit Jade Palace Lord was looking at Zi Jin with turned sharp and incisive, immediately causing Zi Jin to be unable to finish the words behind.

  “Zi Jin, what are you saying?” The Spirit Jade Palace Lord asked as he stared at the highly emotional Zi Jin through narrowed eyes. He was not a moron. Seeing Zi Jin so quick to jump to someone’s defence, he detected something strange. And what he found more terrifying, was the fact that the very Gu Ying Zi Jing was defending so adamantly….. was actually…..

  “My Lord…..” Zi Jin began as she looked at the Spirit Jade Palace Lord rather nervously.

  “You say that Gu Ying is a good person? Of righteous character?” The Spirit Jade Palace Lord asked as he drew in a deep breath, suppressing the urge to smack the life out of Zi Jin with a single slap of his palm.

  At that moment, the other Spirit Jade Palace disciples were also looking at Zi Jin with shock in their eyes.

  “Do you know how Ming Xin whom you grew up with actually died! ?” All of a sudden, the Spirit Jade Palace Lord’s voice had turned so cold it made one shiver to hear him.

  Zi Jin was slightly taken aback, as an image of a pretty and soft spoken girl appeared in her mind.

  Ming Xin was two years older than Zi Jin and she had led Zi Jin to practice cultivation together with her since they were very young. Although the two of them did not share any blood ties, but Zi Jin had always seen Ming Xin, who had been so protective of her in so many ways, as her real elder sister.

  Ming Xin was very kind, and strong spirited, seen as one of the leading disciples among the younger generation of the Spirit Jade Palace. She had grown up unable to bear to see the Spirit Jade Palace continue with its decline and had wanted to hide her identity to infiltrate herself into the other palaces. She had then hidden her identity and went to take part in a Battle of Deities Grand Meet in the earlier years, where she had been fortunate enough to be picked by one of the palaces, gaining entry into the Cloudy Brook Academy.

  But after Ming Xin entered the Cloudy Brook Academy, Zi Jin had then not heard any news about Ming Xin ever since.

  The Spirit Jade Palace Lord’s question now, immediately caused Zi Jin’s heart to quake in shock!

  “I could not bear to tell you this before I was afraid you would be sad. But since you are showing me you are completely unable to tell right from wrong, then I’ll tell it to you now! Your Senior Ming Xin, had her eyes dug out by people! She died under the hands of the Blood Fiend Palace’s Young Lord, Gu Ying, the one and same person you are now heaping such high praise upon!” The Spirit Jade Palace Lord roared out, in an insuppressible rage!

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  Chapter 1765: “Sinners Must Not Live (4)”

  “ It’s impossible….. Impossible….. My Lord, you are lying to me aren’t you? Senior Ming Xin….. How could she possibly have been murdered by Young Master Gu….. That’s not possible….. It can’t be true….. It’s not true…..” Zi Jin was acting like she had lost her soul as she knelt there shaking her head, teardrops the size of a bean falling incessantly from her eyes.

  She did not want to believe that Ming Xin who had been like a sister to her had really been killed by Gu Ying…..

  The Spirit Jade Palace Lord looked highly pained as he looked at Zi Jin, and then hung his head low as while raising a finger up towards the silent and speechless Spirit Jade Palace disciples at the side.

  “You girls here can tell her….. how Ming Xin had actually died!”

  In a blink, the young girls from the Spirit Jade Palace had all fallen to their knees in a row, their faces all unwilling, as they covered their faces to sob softly.

  Their reactions only caused Zi Jin to become even more flustered. She raised up her teary eyes to look at the sisters who were usually filled with smiles and laughter.

  “How did Ming Xin die….. How….. did she really die?” Her voice was shaking with a tremble, deeply afraid that the answer she would hear would drive her into despair.

  “Zi Jin….. What our Lord….. Our Lord speaks the truth….. Ming Xin she….. was killed by Gu Ying. When we found her body, her eyes…..” The young lady who spoke up could not make herself continue.

  Ming Xin’s death was not any secret in the Spirit Jade Palace. The only person they hid that from, was only Zi Jin who was as close to Ming Xin like a real sister.

  Zi Jin fell forlornly to the floor, her eyes immediately turning bloodshot, her tears dripping onto the ground just before her, wetting it. Upon the bright clear floor, Zi Jin saw her own reflection, looking wretched, so worn and haggard, so stupid…..

  She suddenly recalled the words Jun Wu had said before.

  When Gu Ying was in the Cloudy Brook Academy, just because he had thought that a young girl had a beautiful pair of eyes, he had reached out to dig the girl’s eyes out. She had thought that Jun Wu was merely trying to find an excuse to justify his own actions and was just intentionally smearing Gu Ying’s name. But now, she finally realized it.

  That all of this was completely true!

  Jun Wu’s words might possibly be untrue, but her Lord, and her fellow sister disciples, would never lie to her regarding Ming Xin’s death.

  At that moment, the faith and naivety Zi Jin had always held on to came crumbling down in that instant. She lay in a heap upon the floor to sob mournfully unbridled, overcome with remorse at her own stupidity and ignorance.

  When the Spirit Jade Palace Lord saw Zi Jin in such a state, his heart winced painfully. He endured through the sorrow he was feeling and raised up his head, to look at Jun Wu, his handsome featured face looking a little tired and exhausted.

  “Young Master Jun, you have done no wrong. You have held up your end of the bargain. You are indeed the most intelligent youth I have ever met” The Spirit Jade Palace Lord said highly sincerely. He had thought that Jun Wu was only going to the Pure Grace Palace to see if he would be able to find a chance, never had he expected that the youth would be able to keep to his word, to stir up the Twelve Palaces into a swirling mess.

  Just by hearing the complaint that Zi Jin had raised earlier, the Spirit Jade Palace Lord could already guess at the kind of turmoil that had erupted within the Pure Grace Palace.

  With the Blood Fiend Palace’s Young Lord have murdered the Dragon Slayers Palace’s Young Lord, and having the entire incident happen during the celebrations of the Pure Grace Palace Lord’s birthday. It could very well be imagined whether it was the Blood Fiend Palace as the culprit, or the Dragon Slayers Palace as the victim, and even the Pure Grace Palace who hosted the event, they had all been driven into an irreconcilable mess by Jun Wu in one single stroke.

  Zhuge Yin’s death shall forever be a never ending grudge between the three palaces and only upon death would they ever rest!

  The Dragon Slayers Palace would henceforth not let the Blood Fiend Palace have any peace and the two palaces that could have allied together had now turned mortal enemies.

  And who could have ever imagined that this was all stirred up by Jun Wu’s hand alone?

  The Spirit Jade Palace Lord could not be any more convinced and he had to completely take his hat off to Jun Wu.

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  Chapter 1766: “Sinners Must Not Live (5)”

  And who could have ever imagined that this was all stirred up by Jun Wu’s hand alone?

  The Spirit Jade Palace Lord could not be any more convinced and he had to completely take his hat off to Jun Wu.

  Jun Wu Xie did not show any sign of joy as the Spirit Jade Palace Lord’s praise did not make her feel that there was anything to be happy about, but instead…..

  “Since we’re allies, then let me gift another sentence to you today.” Jun Wu Xie said.

  “Please speak.” The Spirit Jade Palace Lord replied.

  “Be careful of the Blood Fiend Palace. Gu Ying already knows that Zi Jin is from the Spirit Jade Palace.” Jun Wu Xie threw that one statement highly indifferently,
not willing to remain in the Spirit Jade Palace another moment. The Spirit Jade Palace Lord was very intelligent and was able to grasp the situation. He had not mentioned a thing about Zi Jin’s punishment and Jun Wu Xie could sense he could not bear to do it.

  Although furious, but Zi Jin was still a child he had personally brought up. So how could he bear to punish her strictly?

  Jun Wu Xie understood and was not thinking to go as far as seeking Zi Jin’s death.

  But…..

  Since the Spirit Jade Palace Lord wanted to protect Zi Jin, then for all the things that Zi Jin had done, the consequences would naturally have to be shouldered by the Spirit Jade Palace.

  The Spirit Jade Palace Lord was completely shocked by Jun Wu’s sudden revelation. He stared incredulously at Zi Jin who was sprawled on the floor and weeping mournfully, his eyes immediately flashing with a chilling glint of rage!

  The fact that the Spirit Jade Palace could enjoy their peace till now was because they had always laid themselves low. But he had never once thought that having Zi Jin make one trip to the Pure Grace Palace would actually make her expose her identity and origins directly to Gu Ying!

  He just did not dare to imagine, with the kind of trust Zi Jin had in Gu Ying at that time, would she have revealed even more of the Spirit Jade Palace’s secrets to him.

  If the Blood Fiend Palace came to know where the Spirit Jade Palace was…..

  Then the doom of the Spirit Jade Palace would be arriving soon!

  The other disciples of the Spirit Jade Palace had all turned to stone from that piece of news. They all stared incredulously at Zi Jin, not one of them daring to believe for a moment that Zi Jin would really commit such a stupid mistake!

  “Zi Jin….. You….. you really told Gu Ying….. that you are a disciple of the Spirit Jade Palace?” The Spirit Jade Palace Lord could not help himself as his voice shook.

  Zi Jin lifted up her head fearfully, choking on her sobs as she nodded her head.

  The Spirit Jade Palace Lord sank into his soft lounge limply as the strength in his body seemed to be sucked out of him.

  “Did you….. Did you tell him, where the Spirit Jade Palace is at?”

  Zi Jin looked at the Spirit Jade Palace Lord’s face which had turned pale and pallid, and then looked around at the surrounding fellow sister disciples looking at her with highly fearful eyes. Endless remorse and bitter regret that encompassed the sky filled up every nook in her heart. She forcibly pushed herself up, to stand on her feet.

  “My Lord….. I did not….. I did not tell him that…..”

  The Spirit Jade Palace Lord let out a slight sigh of relief.

  “My Lord, Zi Jin realizes her mistake….. I’ve been stupid….. ignorant….. and I mistakenly trusted an evil person…..” Zi Jin drew in a deep breath, and turned her head to look towards Jun Wu who had already reached the Spirit Jade Palace’s door. She looked at that small petite figure, and the feelings of disdain and rejection against the figure in her heart disappeared without leaving a single trace in that instant.

  She seemed to have returned back to that day, when she had been surrounded and attacked on the summit of Mount Fu Yao. That same figure had descended down from the heavens, to rescue her from her desperate predicament.

  She did not know herself just what had happened to her in the Pure Grace Palace, why she had so inconceivably doubted her own benefactor….. Why, she had chosen to rather believe in Ming Xin’s murderer, than to trust Jun Wu, choosing not to believe in her benefactor…..

  “Young Master Jun!” Zi Jin summoned up every ounce of strength she could in her to shout towards Jun Wu’s back.

  Jun Wu Xie’s steps paused just briefly, but did not turn around.

  Volume 18

  Chapter 1767: “Shadow Moon Palace (1)”

  “I was wrong…. I am sorry…..” Zi Jin’s hot tears rolled down her cheeks, and in an instant before anyone had time to even react, she suddenly ran headlong to crash into a stone pillar in the Spirit Jade Palace’s main hall!

  Bright red blood stained the rock hard pillar, to spill upon the clear floor…..

  “Zi Jin!”

  Jun Wu Xie lowered her eyes in silence, looking straight into the path ahead as she continued forward, not turning her head back, and neither did she take a single glimpse of the blood behind her.

  …..

  Stepping out from the Spirit Jade Palace, Jun Wu Xie looked up at the bright sun in the sky, as she lifted her foot to depart.

  Time did not stop, and Jun Wu Xie’s steps would not stop as well.

  At the rendezvous point, Jun Wu Xie met up with Yue Yi once again. Yue Yi saw that Zi Jin was no longer with Jun Wu and her group but he did not ask about it.

  “You intend to go back with me to the Shadow Moon Palace?” Yue Yi asked as he looked at Jun Wu. According to what Jun Wu had mentioned before about his plans, when he came back from the Spirit Jade Palace, Jun Wu would be going to the Shadow Moon Palace together with him.

  But, Yue Yi was instead looking at Jun Wu rather worriedly.

  Returning to the Shadow Moon Palace would not be the same as going to the Pure Grace Palace. People at the Pure Grace Palace did not know what the disciples of the Shadow Moon Palace looked like but it was impossible for the Shadow Moon Palace to not know it.

  “But with your looks…..” Yue Yi was a little worried.

  Jun Wu Xie replied: “I will deal with that myself.”

  Upon saying that, Jun Wu Xie went ahead to climb up into the horse carriage, while Yue Yi and the others could only wait outside. After a while, Jun Wu Xie came walking out from the carriage, with her looks completely changed. The originally unremarkable looking youth, had changed to become attractive and handsome looking, and within that handsomeness, there was a tinge of gentle femininity.

  Yue Yi’s eyes suddenly widened. The way Jun Wu Xie looked, didn’t he look exactly like that very disciple of the Shadow Moon Palace who had been killed at the front of the horse carriage before?

  “You…..”

  “What is this guy’s name?” Although Jun Wu Xie was unable to do it like Hua Yao, who was able to completely duplicate a person’s body and looks, and while she was also unable to change the shape and size of her bones, she had other ways of disguising herself.

  She had noticed that the youth that had been killed before was rather similar to her in size, so she had only needed to carry out some alteration on her looks, and to slip herself into the Shadow Moon Palace’s uniform, before she could pass herself off as the real thing.

  Yue Yi gulped as he studied the way the way Jun Wu looked. After awhile, he then answered: “He is called Chang Huan.”

  Chang Huan is just a regular disciple in the Shadow Moon Palace who merely possessed highly average powers. He would not stand out at all if you threw him among a bunch of disciples but for some unknown reason, Chang Huan was rather highly valued by Elder Ying from the Shadow Moon Palace. The reason that Chang Huan had come to join the team going to the birthday celebrations had also been arranged by Elder Ying as well.

  “Is there anyone he is close to in the Shadow Moon Palace?” Although Jun Wu Xie’s disguise was exquisitely done, but she was still unable to replicate every single minute detail. Her looks might be able to fool some people, but it would not be able to withstand the scrutiny of people Chang Huan was very close to.

  Yue Yi shook his head. “Chang Huan….. does not have anyone especially close to him in the Shadow Moon Palace. He has a rather strange personality and did not seem to be really all that likeable to other people.”

  But compared to Yue Yi himself, Chang Huan was slightly better, but not by all that much.

  Jun Wu Xie nodded. If that was the case, then she would not have to worry about anyone seeing through her disguise.

  After ascertaining that there was no problem with her disguise, Jun Wu Xie immediately climbed back into the horse carriage, only this time, Jun Wu Xie took the same carriage as Yue Yi, while Jun Wu Yao to
ok another carriage with Ye Sha and the others.

  When they were getting into the horse carriage, Ye Sha saw the expression on Jun Wu Yao’s face, and he could not help but lit a candle for Yue Yi in his heart.

  As the carriages sped along on their way, Jun Wu Xie asked Yue Yi about things within the Shadow Moon Palace. In order to avoid giving herself away, she needed to understand as much as possible about the Shadow Moon Palace during this return leg of the journey.

  Volume 18

  Chapter 1768: “Shadow Moon Palace (2)”

  As the carriages sped along on their way, Jun Wu Xie asked Yue Yi about things within the Shadow Moon Palace. In order to avoid giving herself away, she needed to understand as much as possible about the Shadow Moon Palace during this return leg of the journey.

  The might of the Shadow Moon Palace hangs among the bottom rungs of the Twelve Palaces, in a highly similar state to the Pure Grace Palace. Among the Shadow Moon Palace’s Elders, the one most highly valued by the Palace Lord was Elder Yue, immediately followed by Elder Ying.

  The length of time that Elder Ying had been in the Shadow Moon Palace was not as long Elder Yue but if one was just talking about powers they commanded behind them, Elder Ying was ahead by a notch…..

  In the Middle Realm, besides the main powers that reigned over large territories, there were also quite a number of long established family clans. Those family clans had existed from a long time ago and through the accumulation over many years, the kind of might that these family clans had shored up were also not to be underestimated.

  Elder Ying had come from one of such family clans, a highly ancient one. That family clan had once enjoyed immense glory and lived in resplendence, but through the shifting sands of time, they had dwindled greatly in numbers and gradually fallen into decline. Elder Ying was the only heir of the current generation and in his hands, he held many of the treasures accumulated by the family over the years, and that was why he was highly valued by the Shadow Moon Palace Lord.