Medical Fairy, Medical Canon

"The stone platform is empty. It seems someone came before and took the things on it. There was probably more than one person, but how did they get past that Blood Pool?" Ling Li was puzzled.

What Ling Li did not know was that the Blood Pool would only appear when someone with Devouring Spirit Clan bloodline arrived. When others entered the passage, they would see an entirely different scene.

"Dark Night?!" Ling Li caught that word. With a wave of his hand, Dark Night, which had fallen not far away, returned to his grasp.

"Ding!"

Holding Dark Night, Ling Li slashed down. The seemingly sturdy stone platform had a corner sliced off with ease, while the erupting Blade Qi carved a huge gash into the floor.

After advancing to the low Xuan rank, Dark Night had not changed much. Its surface was still covered in uneven crystals, but the red hue along its edge seemed more pronounced. Red light also appeared to flicker in the gaps between the protruding crystals, like blood flowing through dried-up trenches.

Ling Li carefully examined the stone platform engraved with a long saber and the words "Dark Night," then looked at the groove in its center. Sure enough, it too was uneven.

"Could Dark Night have come from here?" Ling Li could not help saying. He then walked to the stone platform behind the short sword pattern, took out the Nameless Sword Skill, and placed it on top.

A perfect fit...

"Ah, this..." Ling Li was at a loss for words. When every coincidence came together, it gave one an eerie feeling.

"Black Heavy?"

Ling Li walked to the final stone platform. If the words "Black Heavy" reminded him of anything, it could only be the Black Heavy Ruler in Xiao Yan's hands.

Yet the pattern carved beneath this stone platform was a heavy sword rather than a heavy ruler. There were also messy marks around the groove in the center, as though it had been violently damaged.

Could the Black Heavy Ruler merely be a defective version of this heavy sword, with half of it cut away diagonally?

The thought flashed through Ling Li's mind before he swiftly dismissed it.

How could that be? Perhaps they merely shared the same name. That Black Heavy Ruler was a divine artifact, the Heavenly Flame Ancient Ruler. How could it possibly be defective...

After carefully searching the stone chamber for a while and confirming that there was nothing valuable left to take, Ling Li removed the Nameless Sword Skill from the platform.

The instant the Nameless Sword Skill left the platform, it seemed to trigger some restriction. A force of suction came from behind Ling Li, and when he opened his eyes again, he had already returned to the center of the original plaza.

Ling Li froze again, then ran back to the front of the temple, only to find that Little Doctor Fairy had vanished. He searched all around the plaza and entered both passages to take a look, but this time, there was no Blood Pool or stone chamber in the passages he entered—only sealed-off tunnels.

Ling Li had no way to deal with the black material in these ruins. He could only wait quietly in the plaza while adapting to the strength within his body.

After waiting ten days without result, Ling Li left the Ancient Ruins through the towering stone gate.

Little Doctor Fairy was indeed important. She could help him slowly improve his bloodline, but he could not keep waiting here forever just for her.

Time returned to more than ten days earlier.

Not long after Ling Li entered the passage, Little Doctor Fairy slowly woke up. The absolute darkness before her and the suppressed Dou Qi within her made her panic, but that panic soon turned into relief.

"So this is what it looks like after death? It seems this isn't heaven. Then again, how could someone plagued by misfortune like me enter heaven?" Little Doctor Fairy smiled bitterly.

Darkness, silence, nothing at all...

He did not seem to have come here. That was at least a good thing...

After a moment, Little Doctor Fairy stood up and felt around behind her. The only solid object she could touch seemed to be a wall. She began walking along it to the left.

Before long, Little Doctor Fairy felt a corner. She tried calling out, and the echo told her that this should be a passage.

The passage was very wide, however. Even when Little Doctor Fairy stretched out both arms, she could not touch the other side.

After pausing briefly, Little Doctor Fairy continued exploring forward along the passage.

"Ah!!!"

Not long after, the ground suddenly gave way beneath Little Doctor Fairy's feet, and she fell downward. The intense feeling of weightlessness made her cry out, but only her own echo answered her.

As she fell, Little Doctor Fairy's flailing hands seemed to catch hold of a scroll. The next moment, a force of suction came from below and swallowed her.

Across the vast plain, a carriage raced past, kicking up rolling clouds of yellow dust.

The jolting sensation slowly woke Little Doctor Fairy. Before her was an unfamiliar carriage. Through the window, she could see a faint ray of sunlight falling from the gloomy sky, making her eyes sting slightly. Where the sunlight shone stood a bright and splendid little town, exceptionally conspicuous amid the desolate plain.

Could it be that I'm not dead? Little Doctor Fairy could not help thinking. As soon as the thought arose, she immediately became wary.

Since she was not dead, where was she now? And where was he?

Was this a dream?

From the scenery outside the carriage window, she could roughly tell that this was still the Black Domain Great Plain. The Black Corner Region was no kind place.

"Hoo..."

The carriage curtain was pulled open. Along with the wind and sand that rushed inside, a gentle female voice filled with slight surprise sounded out.

"You're awake!"

The sudden female voice was so gentle that it was almost intoxicating. Even though Little Doctor Fairy was a woman herself, she was briefly dazed by that soft voice. Only after a moment did her gaze follow the sound toward the carriage door.

At the carriage entrance stood a beautiful woman in a pale green academy instructor's uniform, smiling sweetly. A gentle smile rested on her lovely face, and her eyes flowed as she looked at Little Doctor Fairy with a tender gaze, like a clear stream quietly flowing through one's heart. It made one unable to resist lowering their guard and becoming immersed in that water-like gentleness.

The green-clad woman's beauty was no less than Little Doctor Fairy's, but the tenderness she could not conceal, along with the equally magnificent waves beneath her chest, radiated a mature charm tempered by time. This natural allure was far beyond what Little Doctor Fairy's almost girlish figure could compare with.

If that guy were here, his eyes would probably fall out of their sockets, Little Doctor Fairy thought.

Little Doctor Fairy glanced at the green-clad woman's chest, then looked away with a hint of envy.

Ruolin naturally had no idea what Little Doctor Fairy was thinking. She only assumed that Little Doctor Fairy was still on guard, so she took the initiative to speak. Pointing to a book beside Little Doctor Fairy, she said, "My name is Ruolin, an instructor at Jia Nan Academy. Two days ago, I found you unconscious on the plain and brought you aboard. Here, I didn't touch your things. They're right there."

Upon hearing the words "Jia Nan Academy," Little Doctor Fairy lowered her guard by more than half. Perhaps because extremes reversed themselves, the continent's number one academy—Jia Nan Academy—had been established in the Black Corner Region as well. Peace Town, where Jia Nan Academy was located, was the only peaceful place in the Black Corner Region.

Following Ruolin's gesture, she saw an ancient-looking scroll lying quietly beside her hand. Written on the scroll were the words—Myriad Cloud Medical Canon.

Back in that dark place, I really did seem to grab a scroll. Could it be that wasn't a dream?!

"Instructor Ruolin, was I really the only person there? Was there perhaps a man in a Black Tunic as well? He's very handsome, with dark, deep eyes, and... his smile is rather strange," Little Doctor Fairy hurriedly asked.

Ruolin crossed her left arm beneath her chest to support the rather frightening weight, rested her right elbow on her left hand, and stroked her chin with her fingers. Her long eyelashes fluttered as she thought for a moment, then she shook her head. "No. I'm only a Great Fighting Master, so my sensing range is merely three zhang. It seemed that a Black Storm had just swept through that area. Finding you alone was already quite lucky..."

Halfway through, Ruolin abruptly changed the subject. With a trace of urgency and expectation in her gentle tone, she began enthusiastically pitching to Little Doctor Fairy, "Oh, right, are you interested in joining Jia Nan Academy? You've heard of Jia Nan Academy, right? The number one academy on the continent. Your talent is quite good. If you come study at Jia Nan Academy, I can guarantee that you'll have the best cultivation resources in the entire northwest corner of the continent, blah blah blah..."

Every three years, Jia Nan Academy's instructors traveled through the medium and large cities of the surrounding empires to recruit fresh blood for the academy. Ruolin had been unlucky enough to be assigned to recruit students in a medium-sized city called Wutan City. Over the entire trip, she had recruited only one B-grade student, Xiao Yu. Yet every instructor had to meet a minimum quota of at least two B-grade students, and this quota affected an instructor's benefits over the next three years.

Jia Nan Academy's talent evaluation system was simple. At eighteen years old, Dou Qi Level Eight was E-grade, which was also the passing line. Level Nine was D-grade, Fighter One Star was C-grade, Fighter Two Stars was B-grade, Fighter Three Stars to Nine Stars were A-grade, and anything above Fighter Nine Stars was S-grade. Of course, for those under eighteen, the grade requirements would be lowered accordingly.

When Ruolin had treated Little Doctor Fairy's injuries earlier, she discovered that Little Doctor Fairy had already reached Fighter One Star. Her bone age was seventeen, not yet eighteen, making her a solid B-minus talent. Of course, if Ruolin had known that most of Little Doctor Fairy's cultivation had been achieved during the past half year, she probably would not have bothered asking for her opinion and would have tied her up and brought her straight back to Jia Nan Academy.

Looking at Ruolin, whose whole demeanor had abruptly changed, Little Doctor Fairy automatically filtered out her rambling. This sort of personality that completely did not match her age was what he called being a "goofball," right?

After spending so long with Ling Li, the phrase Little Doctor Fairy had heard most often was that strength was everything. When she used to stand behind Ling Li, she had not felt much about it. But now, she too had developed a desire for power. If she had been stronger back then, would she not have held Ling Li back? If she had been even stronger, perhaps she could have protected Ling Li instead...

Ling Li's words seemed to echo in her ears again: "There is no free lunch in this world. If you want something, you have to fight for it yourself."

Enroll in Jia Nan Academy? It seemed pretty good...