Chapter 156: Medical Assembly, Meeting by Chance
Tian Yun City, Tian Long Nation.
The stream of people coming and going flowed without stopping. Tian Yun City could be considered a city that was bustling with noise and excitement. The more they proceeded towards the central area, the more crowded it was. Ye Wuchen was feeling just like he was back in the Tian Long City.
“In less than a week we shall reach the Yan Long City. Fairy Meng, where you came from and where you were planning to go, I really don't want to know, but even if you really were a fairy, you must pay what you owed. Until today you have been with us for a whole eleven days, you relied on meal for all your food and drinks, every meal was first-rate delicious fine food unique to my Ye Family style roast, and have stayed in the softest bed. Since we are already familiar with each other, I will charge you twenty taels of silver per day. For eleven days it will be two hundred twenty taels of silver. Saving your life twice, each for three hundred thousand taels… Why are you staring at me? Are you saying that your life isn’t valuable? It must be, right? You’re a fairy, well, each for ten million taels, so twice will be twenty million taels. To sum them all up it will be twenty million two hundred twenty taels of silver. Forget about it, to be generous with you, I will no longer get the remainder, just twenty million taels. The medicine and clothes that were used to treat your wound, as well as for the use of the horse I will just forget them… When we arrived at Yan Long City, you should pay the amount in full or else you will not be allowed to slip away.”
As Ye Wuchen badly calculating the figures, with gritted teeth Meng Zhi did not say a word and just let him talk endlessly. These days, she had been teased endlessly by him in many ways. Every time it just confused her heart, so after repeated times of lecture, she eventually became smarter. No matter what he said, she would just keep her silence, because to argue with him would just be similar to pouring oil on fire.
“Brother, there are so many people here, it’s very noisy.” Ning Xue who had been taking a nap lifted her head and rubbed her not yet fully opened eyes.
“En, they must be assembling for some kind of activity, similar to the competition in Tian Long City. They have all kinds of clothing and we can frequently hear people asking for directions, so they must be travellers from foreign lands.” Ye Wuchen said.
“Today is the Medical Assembly of the Tian Yun City.” Leading along the horse, Meng Zhi seldom took the initiative to speak, so this could barely be considered as returning the favor to Ye Wuchen. The wound on her foot had almost healed, so there was no need to ride the horse, adding to Ye Wuchen’s fallacious explanation about “women shouldn’t be riding a horse”, she did not dare to ride the horse again. This rarely seen precious horse could not be abandoned, so the fairy could only assume the task of leading the horse.
More than ten days had already passed, so there was no longer any chance, moreover… She secretly glanced at Tong Xin who was chewing at a candy. After she learned about her terrible ability, she knew that her chances of success had dropped to zero. But she also could not afford to give up, so she gritted her teeth and as she went to Yan Long City with them. Because Ye Wuchen did not want her, a woman “deep in debt”, to go too far. If she did not pay back in full, then she could not leave. In this case, her only option was to go to Yan Long City with them, then get away.
“Medical Assembly? A medical expertise competition?” Ye Wuchen’s face was uninterested, then suspiciously asked, “Fairy Meng, for the matter that even I don’t know, how could a fairy on her very first journey like you know about it?”
Meng Zhi turned her head away, and did not make eye contact with him, “The Medical Competition is held once every five years. The four nations hold it simultaneously and the venue in the Tian Long Nation is Tian Yun City. Most people know about it.”
“Fine… I’m not a physician, it’s normal that I don’t know about it.”
Ye Wuchen was completely uninterested about this Medical Assembly. This kind of competition attracted so many experts in the art of healing, yet the real extraordinary talented medical experts do not join this competition to show their faces in public, in the same way that real extraordinary young talents had not joined the competition for young extraordinary talents in Tian Long City. For him, those who joined this competition were those people with medical clinics who earn their living by practising medicine. When they earn their reputation after this event, their business would automatically roll in.
The medical field in the Tian Yun City was well-known in the whole world. Everyday, a lot of people travelled a long distance to come here to seek medical treatment. This was the reason why the Medical Assembly would always be held in Tian Yun City. What was close to Ye Wuchen’s expectations was that majority of the participants were those who had either famous or nameless medical clinics, the rest were all kinds of independent physicians.
The central area of the Tian Yun City contained a huge public square. Every time the competition was held in this area. This moment, the considerably wide open area was already full of people, but not in the slightest bit chaotic. It was neat and tidily arranged with seats on each of the four sides leading to the central stage. When Ye Wuchen and the three other people passed through this area, the Medical Assembly had just begun. An old man with a head full of white hair and white beard, with his teeth almost fall out, was yelling his opening speech hoarsely.
“... In order to promote our Tian Long’s medical skills and customs, help people with medical expertise to help the dying and heal the injured, and benefit thousands of people… We finally welcomed you to the Forty-Eighth Medical Assembly…”
Ye Wuchen did not bother to listen more to the boring and useless speech. When they were about to move around to get through the crowd, the old man’s next statement made them halt their steps, and lift their heads to look at the direction of the stage.
“... This time, we are lucky enough to invite the Medicine Expert, who is as brilliant as the Big Dipper in the medical world, to assume a position in the judging panel. The winner of this Medical Assembly will not just earn his rewards for the former years, but will also be able to receive personal guidance from the Medicine Expert for ten days!”
He just finished speaking when an old man, everything about him white, stood up from his seat and gently made a gesture of recognition. The title “Medicine Expert” made the crowd emotionally stirred, because the title was like thunder piercing the ears for both medical and non-medical people.
Moments ago, Ye Wuchen had not glimpsed at the stage, now he turned around and looked. He discovered the old man was indeed the Medicine Expert Shui Nanhe.
“A few days before, he just met him in the Tian Long City, now this old man unexpectedly showed up here, it’s really a coincidence. Could it be that he had especially travelled from Tian Long City just to attend the Medical Assembly here? Based on his capability, why would he be interested in this kind of competition?” Ye Wuchen laughed without interest. As he was about to leave, he felt that Shui Nanhe’s gaze already fixed on him. He obviously knew that Shui Nanhe had unfortunately discovered him.
Shui Nanhe unintentionally discovered Ye Wuchen among the crowd, at first he was startled, then he immediately stood up. Without poise, he shouted from the stage, “Little brother! Little brother… Little brother!”
When Shui Nanhe did this crazy act, immediately, all the gazes were fixed onto Ye Wuchen’s location. Ye Wuchen could only let go of Ning Xue, then in a low voice he said, “Just stay there, don’t move.” Without a choice, he proceeded ahead.
As much as possible, he would not allow too many people to see Meng Zhi and Tong Xin. With Tong Xin’s presence, he did not worry about their safety, nor about Meng Zhi’s escape.
Since he could not avoid it, he would just find out what the old man wanted. Ye Wuchen was not shy, he directly squeezed through the crowd and proceeding towards the center, making Shui Nanhe feel at ease. His only reason for coming to join the Medical Assembly was to see if he would be able to meet that mysterious woman that he had met five years ago. Seeing Ye Wuchen this time, he had the feeling of meeting an old friend. This old friend was also one of the two persons he admired the most, and could also be considered his savior.
“Medicine Expert, how are you lately? I did not expect that after our meeting in Tian Long City, after we departed, we would also able to meet each other here. We really can’t avoid this fantastic destiny.” Ye Wuchen’s smile was palpable, stepping onto the stage without regard for others, he greeted Shui Nanhe, and at the same time he nodded as he greeted other old men.
Shui Nanhe was full of excitement as he said, “Originally I thought that it would be difficult for us to meet again. I didn’t expect we would meet again so soon, I am truly consoled.” He lowered his voice and said, “You must be heading out to get that Heavenly Fire Dragon Fruit, right?”
Although he already knew the poison in Lin Xiu was planted by Ye Wuchen, and the healing that was done on Lin Xiu’s body was completely fake. But the statement he had pointed out before he saved Lin Xiu truly made him accept it willingly. Moreover, a “poison” that he could cure with a plant in of itself had already won him over. For someone who could win over him in the medical expertise, he would never forgethim, furthermore he would certainly treat him with respect.
Ye Wuchen slightly nodded his head and asked, “Elder Medicine Expert, what brings you here?”
“Hohohoho, I am looking for a mysterious person, yet I didn’t expect that someone even more mysterious like you will be here.” He slightly raised his voice, not knowing what to do in the presence of Ye Wuchen. He turned to the host of the Medical Assembly beside him and said, “President Qin, this little brother has already reached the border level in his medical skills, with truly unfathomable depths. Before him, I can only play second fiddle, this I am convinced of in heart and word. If anyone was able to receive his guidance, they will truly reap the benefits throughout their whole life.”
The words were not said that loud, but as if it had a penetrating power, it made all the people in the public square hear very clearly. After speaking, Shui Nanhe exposed a mischievous smile at Ye Wuchen that could not be easily detected.
Three dark lines appeared in Ye Wuchen’s forehead, he was so hateful that he wanted to stab this old man with a sword. Shui Nanhe evidently remembered his rejection before, so he was making use of this event to witness his medical skills. The higher one’s medical skills were, the more they looked forward to see medical skills higher than their own. Shui Nanhe’s move was obviously to seek out the truth. He slightly curled his mouth, then firmly turned around, meeting the gaze of one person among the crowd. The gaze was momentarily evaded, but Ye Wuchen still clearly saw the owner of those eyes.
An unfamiliar face… Ye Wuchen was puzzled. Her eyes became enthusiastic, those eyes just like a predator finding its prey, what did it really imply?
The crowded audience and the medical masters were looking at this young man who suddenly went up the stage. With his exquisite appearance, and after hearing the words of Medicine Expert, they were all astonished, exposing an incredible expression.
What is a Medicine Expert? To those who were able to attend this Medical Assembly, majority of them had thorough medical knowledge and surely knew the importance of this famous title. This man standing on the highest position in the medical world was evidently not just an ordinary person. Could this mean that this young man in less than twenty years of age really possessed such amazing medical knowledge that the Medicine Expert could only play his second fiddle?
If these words had not come from the Medicine Expert himself, they would never have believed it.
Translated by:
Fatty_Uncle
Edited by:
seriouspotato patrick_father_of_dragons