Chapter 782: He wants to destroy Medical City (1/2)
Northern Li, Tianning, Western Zhou, and Tianan didn’t come purely for the Apricot Woods Conference, but to have Medical City take the lead to help them all work together and destroy the Poison Sect, thus facing down the south central region’s commander-in-chief’s estate together.
Who would have expected this turn of events instead?
The medical academy was hard pressed to save itself now, much less coordinate their alliance. What these people wanted was decisive victory. They didn’t care about Gu Yuntian or Gu Qishao’s old scores! Many in the crowd could tell that this Northern Li physician was no simple man. How could a pure doctor say such incisive words now?
But none of them could guess his origins.
Very soon, Western Zhou’s crown prince Duanmu Baiye stood up as well. “For the moral and upright medical academy to know poison arts is really a surprise! Looks like Gu Qishao wasn’t lying. If he can raise Poison corpses, I expect you must know how to as well, right, Gu Yuntian?”
“Heheh, so it turns out the medical academy and the Poison Sect were jackals from the same lair,” Tianning’s military officer guffawed. “As things stand, we not only have to destroy the Poison Sect...but Medical City as well!”
Silence greeted his words.
Destroy Medical City…
What frightening words. At least, no one had ever entertained the thought before today. But now everything had changed. What kind of reputation did the medical academy have left after Gu Yuntian’s box of goods? And its prestige? Most likely, even its own people were losing their heads over it all.
Department Head Ouyang glared at the instigators before he said, “Gu Yuntian’s activities are a reflection on him personally, and have nothing to do with the medical academy! The academy shall punish Gu Yuntian accordingly for the public! If there is anyone with evil intentions to slander the academy, don’t blame us for being brusque!”
Duanmu Baiye and the Tianning officer withered at his words and resentfully shut up. After all, the medical academy still held a monopoly across Cloud Realm’s medical community. If they offended them too much, it would only disadvantage them. Still, the Northern Li physician only laughed coldly.
“Gu Yuntian is the academy head. Could a single sentence from you, Department Head Ouyang, whitewash him or the medical academy? Department Head Ouyang, do you think you’re coaxing a bunch of three year olds?”
“No one else in the academy knew of Gu Yuntian’s doings besides Head Elder Ling! Back then, Little Qi was expelled for stealing medicinal ingredients. That was all we knew!” Department Head Ouyang retorted.
“Heheh, then what about those poison arts? Why does Gu Yuntian know those? And also, the Poison Sect was originally part of your Medical City. The Poison Sect’s forbidden grounds are still under Medical City control. How can you expect everyone to believe that there are no unspeakable secrets between the medical academy and the Poison Sect?” the old imperial physician challenged.
“It’s true that the Poison Sect was one of Medical City’s strengths, but the medical academy destroyed them in the past for the sake of world peace. Truly, it was Medical City’s oversight that allowed Gu Yuntian to learn poison arts and raise Gu Qishao in the forbidden grounds!”
Department Head Ouyang didn’t like to argue, but he was a smart man. He knew what the Northern Li imperial physician was aiming for. After a pause, he added, “Ladies and gentleman, please set your cares at rest. The medical academy won’t shield Gu Yuntian, much less Gu Qishao! Even if Gu Qishao was a victim, he colluded with Han Yunxi and the remnants of the Poison Sect to raise so many Poison corpses. He’s risked the safety of Cloud Realm Continent and committed unforgivable crimes!”
Northern Li’s imperial physician was waiting for those very words. With Gu Yuntian off his high horse, the medical academy would still be willing to take the lead for their multi-nation alliance to suppress the south central regions. That was already enough.
“Someone come, capture Gu Yuntian and Gu Qishao!” Department Head Ouyang ordered.
Gu Yuntian had already abandoned himself to despair. He never took Little Qi’s hatred seriously, nor did he expect to fall so far. He had wanted to be the most outstanding researcher at the Apricot Woods Conference and rise to ninth rank Sovereign Doctor. But a female nobody had stolen his thunder instead! He had wanted to destroy everything about the Poison Sect and formed an alliance to do that while solidifying his position as academy head, but lost all standing and reputation on the same stage!
He shut his eyes and allowed the guards to drag him away, still in the depths of denial. This has to be a nightmare! It must be!
Meanwhile, Gu Qishao’s icy glare simply froze the guards in their tracks. He swept his gaze across the crowd before finally resting on Department Head Ouyang. “Department Head Ouyang, which eye of yours saw this old man’s Poison corpses hurt a single person?”
Department Head Ouyang found himself unable to retort. Had anyone seen Gu Qishao’s Poison corpses injure another human being? No one! All they did was scare off the Carefree City people without injuring a single one.
“You haven’t hurt anyone, but you’re helping the descendant of the Poison Sect! You’re colluding with them!” Duanmu Baiye insisted.
Gu Qishao laughed next. “Crown Prince Ye, may I ask what kinds of atrocious deeds the Poison Sect has ever done? Have they killed your father or coveted your mother?”
“Gu Qishao, you’re seeking death!” Duanmu Baiye lost it and drew his sword to rush the man, but he simply kicked him back into the crowd.
“You can go die instead!” he snapped. Then he turned towards Department Head Ouyang with a face full of smiles. “Department Head Ouyang, why don’t you tell us just what kinds of heinous crimes the Poison Sect committed in the past for the medical academy to kill them all? And destroy their entire sect?”
With Duanmu Baiye as an example, no one else dared to speak up. All of them waited quietly for Department Head Ouyang’s answer.