Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Volume 7

by North Night (夜北)

  “The Rui Lin Army accepts only men of loyalty.”

  Mu Qian Fan’s loyal and unwavering friendship had proven to Jun Wu Xie that he possessed the qualities to join the Rui Lin Army. And the fact that he had made it back from the Heaven’s End Cliff also proved that his skills were above average. Moreover, Jun Wu Xie did not wish to see a man that she had spent effort on saving continue to live in such a tattered and dilapidated place.

  If Mu Qian Fan was to be her patient, she would not allow him to be in such dire straits.

  Mu Qian Fan suddenly fell to his knees, and prostrated himself before Jun Wu Xie, before he proceeded to knock his head on the ground with three loud thuds in gratitude.

  “I, Mu Qian Fan, would throughout this life, live under Young Master Jun’s orders. I have been lucky to have gained Young Master Jun’s trust and I will repay it with all I have!”

  Jun Wu Xie had not only saved his life, but had also given him a bright future.

  Adventurers toil throughout their lives, just for that bit of money to scrap out a living while constantly putting their lives at risk. Mu Qian Fan’s brothers in arms had all died and if he was to go back to his old trade, he would be moving out on his own, where his exposure to the dangers to adventurers, would all be borne by him alone!

  Mu Qian Fan had never in his life ever thought, that he would one day be able to join the Rui Lin Army!

  Irregardless whether he would just be a mere foot soldier, or even just doing odd jobs in the army, it would still be an unbelievable blessing bestowed upon him!

  “Get up.” Jun Wu Xie said coldly.

  Mu Qian Fan stood up, with tears in his eyes.

  “To join the Rui Lin Army, your body’s current condition will not do. Follow me.” Jun Wu Xie said, her eyes surveying Mu Qian Fan. The injuries to his body might have been suppressed after applying the medicine she gave previously, but she knew that medicine would not be able to completely cure him.

  Mu Qian Fan quickly recovered. Whatever Jun Wu Xie told him, he carried it out to the letter.

  After following Jun Wu Xie back to the inn, Jun Wu Xie handed Mu Qian Fan the elixirs she had cultivated for him. It was made to specifically counter the poison in Mu Qian Fan’s body. It would take another 2 weeks before the poison in Mu Qian Fan’s body could be completely cleared.

  After thanking Jun Wu Xie repeatedly, Mu Qian Fan swallowed the elixir.

  Qiao Chu and the others sat around in the room, watching Mu Qian Fan shedding endless tears of gratitude before Jun Wu Xie and their eyes were clearly tinged with amusement.

  “I’ll say….. Where did Little Xie get this habit of going all around to gather all sorts of people to stuff into the Lin Palace?” Qiao Chu asked wickedly of Hua Yao, his leg crossed in a boorish manner on the chair.

  It had been the same for Yin Yan as well. He had deserved to die, but Jun Wu Xie had fearlessly made Long Qi bring him back to the Lin Palace. This time, Mu Qian Fan had become the next to be thrown to the Lin Palace, in addition to Mu Chen and the disciples of the Cloud Treading Peak who were hustled into working for the Lin Palace, Qiao Chu could only think that Jun Wu Xie was really working tirelessly to increase the power and arsenal of skills of the Lin Palace.

  As long as they were of use, without considering their birth or background, she would not hesitate to shove them into the hands of the Lin Palace!

  Volume 7

  Chapter 635: “Coming to Chan Lin Town Again (5)”

  After Mu Qian Fan had sufficiently composed himself, Jun Wu Xie spoke to him about going to the Heaven’s End Cliff.

  Upon hearing that, Mu Qian Fan was greatly shocked!

  “That must not happen! Young Master Jun, it is not that I am unwilling to lead you there, but the Heaven’s End Cliff is really just too terrifying and not many people are able to survive in there. The place is filled with endless traps and terrifying poisons, the slightest misstep and you will not come out alive. I plead for my Young Master Jun to reconsider it!” Mu Qian Fan persuaded in a hurry.

  “We must go there. You need only lead the way.” Jun Wu Xie said expressionlessly.

  Mu Qian Fan gritted his teeth and tried to persuade further, but he was unable to make Jun Wu Xie change her mind in the slightest. Left with no other choice, he continued to say: “If Young Master Jun is going to the Heaven’s End Cliff, then I must insist to go with you, or your humble servant will never agree to lead the way to the Heaven’s End Cliff! At least I have been there once before and I am a little more familiar with the place.”

  Mu Qian Fan was highly determined. He was fully prepared that if they were to come across any dangers, he will risk everything, including his own life, to protect the safety of his Young Master Jun.

  Jun Wu Xie did not reject Mu Qian Fan’s request.

  Mu Qian Fan began speaking to them in detail on the exact location of the Heaven’s End Cliff.

  From Chan Lin Town to the Heaven’s End Cliff, it would need at least a journey of two weeks and that would allow just enough time for Mu Qian Fan’s injuries to heal.

  Once Mu Qian Fan was certain that Jun Wu Xie and her companions were going to the Heaven’s End Cliff, he immediately started preparing all the things they would need for the expedition. Having gone there once before, he was more aware of what kind of things they would need at the Heaven’s End Cliff.

  The temperature below the Heaven’s End Cliff fell to extremely low levels and if they were not equipped with warmer clothings, it would not be long before all their limbs would turn cold and stiff. Moreover, the foggy mist that completely engulfed the bottom of the cliff turned the low temperature there into a wet and clammy chill, which would quickly penetrate and dampen their clothes, making the freezing temperatures there become an even more unbearable torment.

  Planning for a trip over the Heaven’s End Cliff, the least they had to prepare for was suitable clothing to keep them warm and protect them against the high humidity.

  Although they had quite a number of clothing shops within Chan Lin Town itself, all the shops were targeted mainly at the disciples of the Zephyr Academy, hence no matter whether it was the materials used and in terms of designs, they were plentiful and well made, but all the pieces called for hefty prices.

  Mu Qian Fan could think of many things that would be useful to them at the bottom of the Heaven’s End Cliff, but buying all those things would cost a lot of money, and it was not what a penniless adventurer like him could afford. If he had all this money before, all his brothers in arms might not have perished.

  Seeing that they needed money, Jun Wu Xie immediately sent Hua Yao to the Chan Lin Auction House to receive the money from the sale of the Spirit Stones they had left there the last time, and to hand them the batches of elixirs she had cultivated recently to be put up for auction.

  When He Chang Le saw Hua Yao, his eyes lit up as if seeing the God of Prosperity himself and had he almost knelt before Hua Yao in welcome. Throughout the whole process, Hua Yao did not even need to speak much while He Chang Le made all the necessary arrangements for him. In order to keep this “big client” with them, He Chang Le proclaimed that anything that Hua Yao leaves with them to be put up for auctions in the future, the Chan Lin Auction House would not take a single copper in commission, auctioning off the items for them completely free of charge. The Chan Lin Auction House was not afraid to absorb the loss as the capacity crowds that the elixirs pulled in would more than make up for everything. As long as people come to the Chan Lin Auction House, based on their auction house’s auctioneers’ exemplary gift of the gab, they would be able to gain so much more for their other items put forth in their auctions.

  When Hua Yao got back to the inn and slapped a thick stash of banknotes onto the table, Qiao Chu’s eyes were glued on the stash and his drool was almost reaching the floor.

  “Dumb Qiao, you go gather up the things needed together with Mu Qian Fan.” Jun Wu Xie snatched up a bunch of banknotes, and without even looking at the denomination
s stated on them, she shoved them in Qiao Chu’s hands, almost driving the highly agitated Qiao Chu to delirium.

  Volume 7

  Chapter 636: “Spirit Rings (1)”

  It was the first time that Mu Qian Fan saw a youth being so easy and generous with his money. Even after Qiao Chu dragged him all the way out of the inn, his eyes were still staring blankly.

  When Fan Zhuo and Rong Ruo got back, Qiao Chu had already left with Mu Qian Fan. The big slab of black rock had only yielded them a tiny palm sized piece of Black Silver.

  “Dumb Qiao has gone out to buy things that we will need at the Heaven’s End Ciff, so when will you be able to begin the things on your end?” Fei Yan asked, looking at the tiny piece of Black Silver. The price of Black Silver was also very high in the Middle Realm, although not exactly priceless and invaluable, it was nevertheless still a prized item hard to come by.

  They had still been very young when they were in the Middle Realm. They had heard about Black Silver from their elders then, but had never seen it physically before.

  “Little Zhuo, can you really forge us spirit rings with it?” Hua Yao asked, picking up the piece of Black Silver.

  Fan Zhuo said smilingly: “The way people forge spirit rings in the Middle Realm differ from how they do it in the Lower Realm. Ordinary people would not be able to really draw out the real power within a spirit ring while in the Middle Realm, there is an unique profession, named Ring Forgers. Only a real Ring Forger possesses the ability to forge a genuine spirit ring and my mother happens to have been one of them, a Ring Forger. In the period that she had remained in the Lower Realm when my father was not around, my mother had taught me a little about it when she had the time.”

  “Ring Forgers?” Jun Wu Xie lifted her eyes and looked at Fan Zhuo. It was the first time she was hearing that term.

  Upon hearing it, Fei Yan was getting rather excited.

  “I have heard of Ring Forgers before. It was said Ring Forgers were extremely scarce in numbers and each of the Twelve Palaces employed their own Ring Forgers. The more powerful the Ring Forger himself was, the spirit rings he forged would be more powerful! But I have never met a Ring Forger before, and I would never have expected that Little Zhuo would be a descendant of a Ring Forger!”

  Fan Zhuo smiled bashfully and said: “The benefits a Ring Forger can give is way more than that. You will know what I am talking about after I finish forging your spirit rings.”

  Just being able to increase their spiritual power and battle prowess does not make someone a Ring Forger.

  “Little Zhuo, why didn’t you forge your own spirit ring?” Fei Yan asked, spotting the spirit ring on Fan Zhuo’s finger. It was the same as theirs, common and no work had been done on it.

  Fan Zhuo raised his hand, and looked wistfully at the spirit ring on his finger because saying with a smile on his lips: “Before this, I didn’t even know how long more I had to live, and I did not even give forging my spirit ring the slightest thought.” Upon finishing his statement, his eyes turned to Jun Wu Xie.

  He had already given up hope then, but he had been dragged out from the abyss of despair. When one lived with hope before him, he would finally be strengthened by motivation to advance in life.

  Fei Yan’s mouth gaped open, feeling that he had touched on a rather negative topic. He cleared his throat slightly and patted Fan Zhuo comfortingly on the shoulder and said: “You have us with you in the days ahead. On the road towards the future, we will walk together.”

  Fan Zhuo nodded with a wide smile on his face.

  “Actually, besides the issue on survival, I had nothing suitable in my hands to forge any spirit rings. Using common metals for the forging will only give the spirit rings insignificant effects and although spirit rings can be repeatedly reforged, but without good material, it would not be able to draw on the Ring Forger’s abilities. But we do not have to worry about that now as we have enough Black Silver. A pity we do not have Black Gold. If we had Black Gold, the effects would be greatly amplified.”

  “Black Gold…..” Hua Yao froze a moment.

  “What is that?” Jun Wu Xie asked.

  “Hua Yao narrowed his eyes to say: “Black Gold is an extremely rare and invaluable metal. Even within the Twelve Palaces in the Middle Realm, only a rare few people were able to have their spirit rings forged with Black Gold. I had once heard, that when spirits rings are forged with Black Gold, its effects would exceed merely just adding on power and might. Besides raising their ring spirit’s spiritual power and battle strength, they can….. even change the form their ring spirits take.”

  delirium.

  Volume 7

  Chapter 637: Spirit Rings (2)

  “Change its form?”Jun Wu Xie asked, with an eyebrow raised.

  Ring Spirits, according to what she knew, came in three types. At the moment, she knew of just these three types, weapon spirits, beast spirits, and the other type was what she possessed, a plant type ring spirit.

  The first two types of ring spirits had a fixed form and weapon spirits and beast spirits were unable to change them. But plant spirits did not seem to fall within the same restrictions.

  Fan Zhuo seemed to correctly guess at Jun Wu Xie’s doubts and he said: “Plant ring spirits are different from the other ring spirits. Although spirit rings forged with Black Gold will enable the other two types of ring spirits to acquire the ability to change their form, but….. it is different from your ring spirit. They cannot take human form like yours but achieve certain changes to their shape and appearance. Take a beast type ring spirit for example, after reforging its spirit ring, it can shed its beastial form and transform into a weapon, or even take the shape of armour.”

  “That just sounds, really tempting.” Fei Yan rubbed at his chin, wishing he could get his hands on a piece of Black Gold instantly to put it to the test.

  “Black Gold might give people an unbelievable boost to their powers, but the material is much too rare. To my knowledge, within each of the Twelve Palaces, people who possess Black Gold spirit rings number less than three, and in some of the palaces, only the Lord of the Palace possessed it. To forge a spirit ring with Black Gold, it needs an advanced and highly skilled Ring Forger to personally work on it, even if you gave me the Black Gold now, I will not be able to produce a spirit ring with it.” Fan Zhuo said honestly. The forging of spirit rings he had learned from his mother had been limited and advanced and highly skilled Ring Forgers were very small in number in the Middle Realm. Most of them have already been divided among the Nine Courts and Twelve Palaces, and common people would rarely even meet one in their lives.

  “Don’t think too much on it. To even have a Ring Forger willing to forge our rings for us, we are already feeling greatly blessed.” Hua Yao said, rapping Fei Yan on the top of his head.

  Fei Yan protested mournfully: “I was only just saying it. The fact that Little Zhuo is willing to even forge our spirit rings for us, already makes me feel greatly indebted to him.”

  Fan Zhuo looked at Jun Wu Xie and said: “I have with me some equipment used for the forging of spirit rings left by my mother. We can begin immediately with the Black Silver in hand, but…..” Fan Zhuo eyes showed a sliver of doubt.

  “My mother had never thought me how to forge a plant type ring spirit’s ring. So….. Little Xie, for your spirit ring, I intend to leave it till the last as I am not sure if it will succeed. Because, if it fails, it might inflict a certain level of harm to your ring spirit.”

  Plant type ring spirits, no matter where they were, rarely existed. Even Fan Zhuo, who received tutelage from a genuine Ring Forger, did not dare recklessly attempt it.

  “As you wish.” Jun Wu Xie replied, she did not mind the order of her turn.

  She was more intrigued by the process of the forging of the spirit rings. Ring spirits from a certain perspective, were a form of spirits. The forging of spirit rings was in essence, employing a special method, to amplify a spirit form’s power. To someone like J
un Wu Xie who had previously undergone a joining of spirits, understanding the mysterious and profound secrets behind the phenomenon would be much more valuable to her.

  Soon, it was decided that Hua Yao’s Double Headed Bone Snake would be the first to undergo the reforging of the spirit ring. Hua Yao was from the Bone Shifters’ Tribe and his Double Headed Bone Snake was deemed stronger in both durability and healing than Fei Yan and the others, which made Hua Yao the ideal choice to take the first spot.

  Fan Zhuo did not drag his feet either and immediately removed a hollow bronze ball hanging by the side of his hip. The bronze ball looked normal on the outside, and none of them had expected that a deft twist under Fan Zhuo’s hands, the bronze ball would open up to reveal a burning green ball of flames within it!

  “This is Soul of Flames used exclusively for the forging of spirit rings. Only under this flame, will a spirit ring meld with the Black Silver flawlessly.” As Fan Zhuo explained, he nodded his head at Hua Yao.

  Hua Yao held his breath and concentrated all his spiritual power into his spirit ring. A light glow completely enveloped the spirit ring and Hua Yao carefully removed it from his finger, finally handing to over into the hands of Fan Zhuo!

  Volume 7

  Chapter 638: “Spirit Rings (3)”

  Spirit rings were morphed from ring spirits, a mirage formed from the coalesced form of a spirit, and it was only when the contracted human used his own spiritual power to envelope the spirit ring, that it could be removed. This was the only way that a spirit ring could be removed from its human owner while remaining in its spirit ring form.

  Removing one’s own spirit ring, posed a great danger to that person. The ring spirit would not be able to break the link, and only with the human owner’s conscious efforts would he be able to allow the ring spirit to temporarily leave his body. The ring spirit when detached from the human owner in its spirit ring form, would be extremely weak and vulnerable, unable to even transform into its ring spirit form. While in that state, the link between the human and the ring spirit would be at its most tenuous and delicate and if the human was attacked at that time, the ring spirit would not be able to do anything to retaliate in the slightest.