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Gu Qishao often scorned Gu Beiyue, but for so reason, he cald down at the other man’s touch. Compared to Gu Qishao, Han Yunxi was less of a worry on Gu Beiyue’s mind, because she could quiet down with a single glance from him. She was smart and quick enough to figure out the current situation.
If they insisted on having their way against the dical academy now, they would only suffer more losses than gains, thus isolating their position from any help. Departnt Head Huo’s excuse might have been shirking responsibility, but it had its own logic, too. The dical academy destroyed the Poison Sect to eliminate dissidents. If it was just the academy head’s wish, he wouldn’t have been able to accomplish anything. The dical academy must have supported him. Thus, the entire dical academy did have a part in the plot against the Poison Sect!
When the poison manuals were hidden away and passed down to successive generations, that beca more of a personal flaw than the fault of the academy, because none of the academy heads had ever used the knowledge to do anything terrible. All they did was keep the texts for themselves to study and research in private. Aside from the academy head, no one else knew the truth. Gu Yuntian taught Gu Qishao enough for him to raise an army of Poison corpses, but that could be considered a special case.
Now that right and wrong had been established, the next step was to assign responsibility. Sotis, that was harder than pinning down a culprit, because it involved multiple factors of benefits and interests to different parties. Forcing the dical academy to assu responsibility now would affect all of the interests and profits of its mbers! Leaving aside its upper echelons and most famous doctors, even the youngest dical assistant didn’t want dical City to be ruined. It was already hard enough for them to test into the academy and find a chance to follow a well-known doctors.
No one wanted the building that housed all of their future hopes to collapse. Moreover, if dical academy fell, then what kind of chaos would overtake the dical community of Cloud Realm Continent? How many powers would seize the chance to step in and rule instead? Many of the academy’s insiders had voices of support for Han Yunxi’s side. If Han Yunxi insisted on making them take the bla now, she would both lose this support and give Northern Li and Tianning a chance to reap the spoils. They could then join forces with the dical academy to seize an advantage against Han Yunxi’s group.
Han Yunxi looked at Gu Beiyue with a gaze that said don’t worry. She knew how the chips laid, so she wouldn’t act rashly at a ti like this. Gu Beiyue nodded before murmuring to Gu Qishao, “Little Qi, if we can’t destroy them, we can control them.”
In other words, they could utterly wreck them by controlling them!
Gu Qishao’s lips curved into a grin. “Heheh, doctor, this young gentleman’s really underestimated you! You’re more crafty than Long Feiye!”
“This one will assu that you’re putting on the sa level as Long Feiye as a complint,” Gu Beiyue smiled.
If Gu Qishao knew that Long Feiye had been keeping his eye on every step of the proceedings at dical City, how would he feel?
Gu Beiyue finally walked out from behind Han Yunxi and Gu Qishao and asked, “Then as Departnt Head Huo sees it, how should matters be handled?”
“Who are you?” Departnt Head Huo asked.
Gu Beiyue took off his fake beard and made a bow with hands clasped that was neither haughty nor humble. “This one is Pill Fiend Pharmacy’s stationed physician, Gu Beiyue.”
“It’s actually him!”
“This guy’s a fifth rank Divine Doctor. He could count as coming from the dical academy as well. His grandfather was Gu Yuandong, a famous director at the academy.”
“He used to be Tianning’s head imperial physician, right? So he really was on Han Yunxi’s side!”
“A re fifth rank Divine Doctor can show off a bit outside, but what’s he doing flaunting himself in dical City?”
Amidst the whispers, Departnt Head Huo showed a hint of disdain as well. It was obvious that the seventh-ranked Sage Doctor didn’t think much of the little Divine Doctor before him.
“Just...who are you speaking for?” Departnt Head Huo’s tone grew strange. He was implying that Gu Beiyue had no right to speak up here at all. First, he wasn’t a mber of the Poison Sect and couldn’t represent them; secondly, he was only a fifth rank Divine Doctor who didn’t have any post in dical City and so lacked the right to question him.
“This one is speaking on behalf of tens of thousands of citizens in the south central regions.” Gu Beiyue’s voice wasn’t very loud, but it silenced the entire crowd. “Departnt Head Huo, the dical academy eliminated the Poison Sect for the sake of saving the world’s people. Why would they threaten the lives of the south central region now? Could it be that they don’t count amongst the world’s people? This one is untalented and wants to ask Departnt Head Huo for instruction. What is the ‘world’s people?’”
Departnt Head Huo’s mouth was drawn into a long line at the awkward situation. Actually, he and many others in the dical academy knew that this was extrely unjust, but they didn’t move to stop the academy’s actions or propose any other suggestions. It almost seed to be habit to suppress anyone against the academy with such thods, Poison Sect or otherwise. In so ways, the dical academy wanted to use its doctors as collateral against Cloud Realm Continent despite having no nation nor emperor to its na.
“Departnt Head Huo, you don’t know who the world’s people are either?” Gu Beiyue pressed.
Departnt Head Huo was forced to reply. “This matter...this matter is naturally the dical academy’s mistake. In the past, it was also because of the Poison Sect that...in any case--in any case, the Poison Sect’s injustice has already been cleared. Naturally, the dical academy will imdiately stop sanctions against the south central region’s commander-in-chief’s estate.”
“In other words, the dical academy would have continued imposing sanctions against the south central regions if the Poison Sect wasn’t exonerated today? You would still put pressure on the common people’s lives?” Gu Beiyue’s smile was full of ridicule as he turned towards Han Yunxi. “Esteed wangfei, you have to learn to be a bit smarter. Don’t ever disobey the dical academy’s intentions in the future, or else...the consequences will be unimaginable!”
Han Yunxi smiled coldly. “It’s not only this wangfei that needs to get smarter, but all the ladies and gentlen here. Isn’t that right? dical City’s dical arts can compensate for the power of an entire army. They’ve swept everyone away before them without losing a single battle!”
Her mocking led to a bubble of jeers and laughter from the crowd. Departnt Head Huo wiped away his sweat. If this was the past, he could put on a straight face and babble out a bunch of logical excuses, but the dical academy had just exposed its weak point. He didn’t have the confidence to keep blustering! Looking around the crowd, he spotted many of dical academy’s own people lowering their heads in sha. He always knew that the academy’s actions against the south central regions had left many of their doctors angry and dissatisfied, even if they didn’t dare speak out. This looked like a great chance for him to establish an image as a person of high morals and collect support from various sides.
“It was always the academy head presiding over such matters. Actually. This old man had always brooded on the matter and wanted to discuss it with Academy Head Gu, but I never found the chance.” Departnt Head Huo began to push responsibility again. “Ladies and gentlen, since such unforeseen misfortune has fallen upon the dical academy, this old man can only represent the academy head to oversee its conclusion! Whether it’s Gu Yuntian’s punishnt, the Poison Sect, compensation for the south central region’s commander-in-chief’s estate, reflections on the academy’s long history of malpractice, self-examinations, or reforms, we must choose a new academy head to head it all. Only then can the dical academy give everyone a clear account.”
Gu Beiyue’s mouth curved upwards silently at the words. Departnt Head Huo prattled on, “After the Apricot Woods Conference, the dical academy will select a new academy head to oversee the ending! May our ladies and gentlen keep calm. This old man swears by the na of the Vice Council today that the dical academy will definitely give everyone and the world a satisfactory summary!”
Wasn’t Gu Beiyue waiting for those exact words? He didn’t speak, but simply bowed and retreated into the crowd. Nothing major had been settled with results, so everyone had nothing worth talking about. All they could do was wait....
As they fell into silence, their hearts began calculating the results. Those from the dical academy were trying to figure out the academy head’s position from the Vice Council, Council of Elders, and various directors. The sayings went that ‘when the tree falls, the monkeys on it scatter’--hanger-ons to an influential person dispersed after he fell from power. Gu Yuntian had toppled, so the balance of powers within the dical academy would be broken as well. The new struggle for dominance had begun.
Those not from the dical academy were calculating which faction of the academy to support for the most benefits! Different academy heads would deal with Gu Yuntian and the Poison Sect differently, which in turn would affect events across Cloud Realm Continent. Thanks to today’s unexpected events, Departnt Head Huo announced that the Apricot Woods Conference would began tomorrow morning instead. Han Yunxi required him to imdiately issue orders to stop sanctions against the south central region’s commander-in-chief’s estate. Once she was sure the orders had been sent, her group left.
No matter what happened, they had to settle this first. Ning Cheng and the Baili Clan troops had already sent out their soldiers and would start fighting very soon. That would only place more pressure on treatnt options in the south. With this danger out of the way, they could relieve the pressure back ho and remove reservations for the Baili army.
After coming out of the dical academy, Han Yunxi imdiately instructed Xu Donglin, “Hurry and write a ssage to His Highness. Tell him that the chance to put Ning Cheng in his place has co!”
The south central region’s commander-in-chief’s estate had a strong military to begin with, while Ning Cheng had fought for months against Tianan and Western Zhou. Even with red coat cannons at his disposal to preserve his vitality, his troops should still be fatigued! anwhile, they had a navy on their hands, so who was really afraid of whom?
Even if it was just a stalling ga, they had to hold out until Northern Li sent its own troops south. With Ning Cheng forced to defend south and north, he would end up as the stepping stone between Long Feiye and Northern Li’s struggles.
“Yes!” Xu Donglin went to report in high spirits while Gu Beiyue remained unmoved.
Han Yunxi’s group hadn’t gone far before dicine City’s old Wang and a few elders t them. Old Wang made to speak before he stopped. He wanted to explain, but didn’t have the face to say anything, so he only said, “Esteed wangfei, this old man has already ordered dicine City to restore all of its previous agreents with Pill Fiend Pharmacy. The Council of Elders has approved it as well. For the next three years, all dicinal ingredients going to the south will have a 60 percent discount.”
Not everyone could be as devoted and loyal as Gu Beiyue and Gu Qishao, nor did they have the duty or obligation to try. dicine City might have cooperated with dical City, but they didn’t do anything to make the situation worse. Han Yunxi wasn’t an impetuous child, so she smiled and bowed with hands clasped. “I’ll be thanking the Council of Elders on behalf of His Highness.”
“Then esteed wangfei, may we et tomorrow,” Old Wang and the other elders rejoiced. Once they left, Han Yunxi’s group headed for their living quarters.
At the gates, Gu Qishao said coldly, “Poison lass, that fellow’s been tailing us for a while now. Aren’t we going to chase him off?”
After leaving dical City, a single person had been following them all this ti. Han Yunxi had noticed as well.
That person was none other than...
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