Ning Tian Seeks Treatment

Although Bai Luo personally disliked Shrek Academy.

When it came to this matter, however, he did not actually think Shrek Academy had done anything wrong.

People were creatures driven by self-interest.

From the standpoint of profit, there was nothing inherently wrong with that.

What made Shrek Academy unpleasant was that they liked to play the emotional card while doing the business of a typical cold, profit-driven organization.

Ma Xiaotao and Bai Luo were different.

The two had completely different initial feelings toward Shrek Academy.

That was also the most important reason Ma Xiaotao's emotions were so complicated right now.

Bai Luo viewed it from the perspective of an outsider.

But Ma Xiaotao viewed Shrek Academy through the lens of family.

That was utterly different from a typical cold, profit-driven organization.

The very definition of family had always been tied to emotion.

They were two extremes.

It was precisely this extreme contrast that led to the immense disappointment buried within Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan.

She fell silent.

Ma Xiaotao knew that everything Bai Luo had said was the simplest, truest truth.

But precisely because it was true—

It hurt even more.

Because she suddenly felt that the Shrek Academy she had once considered so wonderful seemed to possess even less human warmth than the Life Association, an assassin organization.

Seeing Ma Xiaotao like this, Bai Luo merely sighed softly, shook his head, and said nothing more.

A sickness of the heart required medicine for the heart.

Even with medical skills unmatched across the continent, there was nothing he could do for Ma Xiaotao at a time like this.

All he could do was give her time to slowly accept the gap between reality and imagination.

"Aunt Yun, sorry to trouble you. I'll continue seeing patients."

Bai Luo stood up and stretched.

"Rest assured, Boss."

Huo Yun'er smiled gently and nodded.

Bai Luo continued seeing patients as usual.

"Next."

After casually treating a patient whose condition was not difficult, Bai Luo spoke indifferently.

A faint fragrance drifted into his nose.

Then came a gentle yet anxious voice:

"Please, Doctor, take a look at her injuries."

Bai Luo looked up.

Two figures entered his sight.

One had wine-red hair. She was still young, but her figure had already begun to develop.

She radiated a fiery aura.

The first impression she gave was that she did not have a good temper.

Her face was somewhat pale, and she did not appear to be in good physical condition.

In contrast, the person beside her possessed an entirely different temperament.

Her short golden hair reached just to her shoulders.

Her skin was white as snow, and her gentle demeanor was as refreshing as a spring breeze, making people instinctively like her.

She exuded a composure and ease that did not belong to someone her age.

Yet at this moment, she revealed anxiety and concern she could not conceal.

Ning Tian was not in a good mood right now.

Wu Feng, who had grown up alongside her and was as close as a best friend, had been accidentally injured while accompanying her to obtain her third soul ring.

As the most outstanding genius of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's current generation,

Ning Tian's talent naturally needed no questioning.

Although she was an auxiliary-type Soul Master and cultivated more slowly than ordinary Soul Masters,

not long after entering Shrek Academy, Ning Tian had successfully reached Rank 30.

Making countless peers look up to her.

Because Shrek Academy was some distance from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect,

Ning Tian, unwilling to waste too much time on the journey and delay her cultivation, submitted an application to the academy for assistance in hunting a soul ring.

For the request of one of the most outstanding geniuses among the new students, who was also the young sect mistress of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect,

Shrek Academy naturally responded.

They sent a Soul Emperor-level teacher to accompany Ning Tian in hunting a soul ring.

After all, the soul beast she needed for her third soul ring was only a little over a thousand years old.

A Soul Emperor-level teacher was more than enough to handle it.

Wu Feng had always been inseparable from Ning Tian.

So she went along as well.

But perhaps Shrek Academy's traditional bad luck had struck again.

What should have been an utterly safe soul beast hunting trip had gone wrong.

Perhaps the Soul Emperor teacher believed there was no need to be too cautious on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

So he lowered his guard and failed to properly watch every area.

As a result, while they were returning after obtaining the soul ring, a snake-type soul beast suddenly sprang out from the shadows and attacked the unprepared Ning Tian.

The Soul Emperor teacher, who had been clearing the way ahead, had no time to rush back.

Wu Feng, who had stayed beside Ning Tian, instinctively used her own body to block the sudden attack for Ning Tian.

Although the snake-type soul beast was later slain by the Soul Emperor teacher, who hurried back,

Wu Feng had been poisoned by its venom.

That snake-type soul beast was an extremely rare, highly venomous soul beast.

Though the venom was not fatal,

it could destroy Wu Feng's foundation.

It would leave her unable to cultivate ever again, reducing her to an ordinary person.

Ning Tian knew that for the ever-proud Wu Feng, that was not much different from death.

Shrek Academy had no suitable method to resolve the snake venom.

Furthermore, the return trip from the Star Dou Great Forest to Shrek Academy had taken too long.

The venom had already spread throughout Wu Feng's body, so it was no longer possible to force it out with Soul Power.

Shrek Academy could only regretfully tell them that there was nothing they could do.

Considering Ning Tian's status, they dismissed the Soul Emperor teacher for negligence.

But Ning Tian did not care about that at all.

All she cared about was whether Wu Feng could be cured.

After growing up together, their relationship could no longer be described as a simple master-servant relationship.

Wu Feng held an extremely important place in Ning Tian's heart.

She was unwilling to give up just like that.

So she came here.

She hoped that Bai Luo, the little divine physician who had gained considerable fame across the continent, would have a way to resolve the snake venom in Wu Feng's body.

Their distinctive combination of appearances had already allowed Bai Luo to vaguely guess their identities.

His gaze fell upon Wu Feng.

With only a brief examination, he saw the problem.

"Poisoned?"

His voice carried a hint of surprise.

There had been no such incident in the original story.

Could this be another butterfly effect caused by him?

But after that brief surprise, Bai Luo quickly calmed down again.

After all, he had caused no small amount of trouble since transmigrating here.

It was perfectly normal for the original timeline to have shifted.

The original story also did not contain the changes in Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan's views toward Shrek Academy.

"Mm!"

Seeing that Bai Luo had identified Wu Feng's problem with a single glance, Ning Tian's eyes lit up, suddenly filled with hope.

She asked anxiously, no longer able to care about the bearing a young sect mistress was supposed to maintain, as taught by the sect's teachers:

"Do you have a way, Doctor?"

"If you can remove the snake venom from her body, I, Ning Tian, guarantee in my capacity as the young sect mistress of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will absolutely offer satisfactory compensation!"

"Young Mistress!"

Wu Feng looked deeply moved.

Bai Luo frowned.

He seemed to smell lilies blooming.