Chapter 270: Doing your best to help is a must (1/2)

Chapter 270: Doing your best to help is a must

Long Feiye was about to ask Han Yunxi why she was in such a hurry to pack up when he stopped at the sight of Third Elder. Third Elder couldn’t be bothered with Long Feiye either, and asked as soon as he entered the room, “Qin Wangfei, just what is the matter with the crown prince’s old ailment?”

Only then did Han Yunxi stop with a cold smile. “Third Elder came to ask me? Why not ask Director Xi instead?”

Han Yunxi had given up the bet so easily and now had this kind of attitude. It only made Third Elder all the more suspicious. “Qin Wangfei, you let this old man win on purpose!”

Third Elder didn’t want to lose or have a tie, but he definitely didn’t want a young woman like her to yield to him. It was a point of great humiliation for a seventh-ranked Sage Doctor like himself. He couldn’t get over it!

“No, Third Elder’s overthinking things. Why would I yield to you?” Han Yunxi had worked so hard to cure Long Tianmo’s poison, so why would she yield to Third Elder on purpose? She was just concerned about the effect of exposing Gu arts to the world again. There was nothing good about that kind of skill because it caused great harm to others. When Cloud Realm Medical Academy had exterminated the Poison Sect, the primary reasons probably came from its use of Gu arts. Right now, there were very few people who knew the Gu arts. If she explained in public that Long Tianmo had been afflicted with Gu, then it would be telling everyone that the Gu arts still existed in this world. People would certainly go hunt down Gu and start learning the arts for themselves. Then she’d be the chief culprit of that calamity, because the resurgence of Gu arts could only cause chaos across the world.

The real man that was Han Yunxi kept insisting on being a little woman. She had nothing to do with the rise and fall of nations, but when it came to things like this, she still chose to look after the big picture. Third Elder was rendered speechless by her words. Because of this illness, they’d come to a disagreement from the first instance they met. In the end, it was still Han Yunxi who had won, so there was no reason for her to yield. Perhaps I really am overthinking things, Third Elder mused.

But Han Yunxi simply finished packing her things, sat down, and said leisurely, “I only yielded because I didn’t want invite serious trouble to the medical academy.”

“You!” Third Elder felt like he’d been played. “Even if you’ve won, the medical academy has no need to invite serious trouble!” Han Yunxi was the victor, but he’d only agreed to help her with one request. The consequences of her victory weren’t that exaggerated. This damned lass, she’ll overflow as soon as you pour her some well water! It looked like he’d come for nothing. Tired of talking, Third Elder rose and prepared to take his leave when Han Yunxi suddenly turned serious.

She lowered her voice and said, “Third Elder, you couldn’t tell that Xi Yubo was using the Gu arts, right?”

Third Elder’s head snapped back to look at Han Yunxi, astonishment on his face! Never mind whether Han Yunxi was lying or not, just the fact that she knew about “Gu arts” was enough to make him nervous. Why would someone of her age be aware of its existence? Long Feiye and Tang Li were startled as well, but all they did was exchange glances and keep quiet. Gu arts was a taboo in the medical academy. Only the oldest members knew about it, but most of their knowledge came from rumors. It didn’t mean they really understood how it worked, much less how to use it.

So how did Han Yunxi know?

Han Yunxi knew she’d made the right guess when she saw Third Elder’s shock. Third Elder hadn’t been able to tell after all. “Third Elder, there was a Gu bug inside Long Tianmo’s stomach. That’s why his old ailment seemed to come back overnight. Xi Yubo’s claim of chronic ascites doesn’t hold water at all!” Han Yunxi said seriously.

All right, she could admit she was doing this on purpose. By giving up so easily, she was able to lure Third Elder here. Some things really weren’t meant to be discussed in public. Third Elder’s forehead wrinkled as he stared at Han Yunxi without speaking. Of course he knew that chronic ascites didn’t exist. He also understood that Long Tianmo’s old ailment reappearing had something to do with Xi Yubo himself, but he always assumed it was one of the man’s own secret arts, not the Gu arts!

“Third Elder, the crown prince’s stomach originally had a poisonous cancer that I treated previously. It was dissolved into blood and water and witnessed by Emperor Tianhui himself. When the old ailment showed up again, it was only because Xi Yubo planted Gu into his body. Then, when the crown prince was kidnapped on the way here, someone treated his Gu and poisoned him instead.” Han Yunxi explained everything clearly. If she had spoken these words just then in public, she really would have won.

But now she was only telling them to Third Elder. When she noticed the Elder still furrowing his brows, she added, “Xi Yubo suspected that the crown prince was a fake because he was too self-confident. He thought that nobody would be able to treat the Gu he personally implanted inside.”

By now, Third Elder was forced to believe her even if he couldn’t. If not for the bet between him and Han Yunxi, it would’ve just been Xi Yubo, Luo Zuishan and a few Elders discussing Long Tianmo between them. He had no faith in Xi Yubo’s claim of ‘chronic ascites’ from the very beginning. He always assumed that Xi Yubo had used some secret arts to be so confident that Han Yunxi couldn’t crack the case. But the Gu arts seemed more likely!

Many secret arts existed, and many doctors had their own skills and techniques. Unless they were passed down personally, no one else would understand the secrets behind them. Even the person who’d kidnapped Long Tianmo wouldn’t have been able to figure it out! But the Gu arts were different. Typically, only the person who implanted the Gu would understand what was going all, but that wasn’t always the case when another Gu arts expert showed up. After analyzing the situation, the use of Gu arts was the one explanation that could solve all the doubtful points in Long Tianmo’s illness!

Suddenly enlightened, Third Elder could only mutter to himself in disbelief, “So that was it! So that was it!” Very quickly, he became on guard. “Esteemed wangfei, who was it that kidnapped Tianning’s crown prince?”