Chapter 147 - 94: The Chaos of Demon Fiends
Chapter 147: Chapter 94: The Chaos of Demon Fiends
The Imperial Hospital was located in a quiet and secluded spot. Although part of the Imperial Palace, its remote location made it convenient for nobles seeking medical treatment away from prying eyes.
"Now that you’re back, do good work."
"Getting married soon and continuing your bloodline will be the greatest comfort to your father’s spirit..."
At the Imperial Hospital, Su Chen met the Chief. The old man, who had white hair and a Second Grade cultivation, patted Su Chen on the shoulder and hurried away.
The Imperial Hospital had a hierarchy: a Chief and Vice Chief, the three great Imperial Physicians, the Palace Imperial Physicians, Grand Doctors, and Medical Officers.
Xu Ge’s medical skills were mediocre. He was merely familiar with pharmacology and held a nominal post as a Medical Officer, just coasting and waiting for death.
Other than the Chief, no one knew he had been the son of a Governor. He had no friends here.
This suited Su Chen just fine.
Hurrying along, Su Chen followed the memories to Xu Ge’s small courtyard. It was filled with flowers and plants, as well as an old tree laden with snow.
A thick layer of snow covered the small courtyard.
"Little Turtle."
"We’ll settle down here."
Su Chen put Little Turtle down, tidied up the courtyard, and then settled onto a lounge chair, slowly sipping tea. His eyes were heavy with sleep, and he looked as though he could never fully wake up.
The Imperial Hospital was very quiet.
Even with the Royal Race gone, the salaries were still paid as usual.
Furthermore, with an approval slip from the Chief, one could leave the Imperial Palace once every seven days. It was a sanctuary within the Palace grounds, yet detached from the Palace itself.
’Not bad at all.’
Su Chen spent seven days at the Imperial Hospital. He admired the flowers, gazed at the moon, drank tea, and watched the snow. When it wasn’t snowing, he simply basked in the sun.
Speaking of which, the snow was relentless and unending. It blanketed the Human World, freezing everything, still waiting for him to take that final step to become an Extreme Realm Grandmaster.
That was right. The snow that filled the sky was a worldly phenomenon triggered by Su Chen’s three great rituals, and it would only end when he stepped into the Extreme Realm Grandmaster stage.
For a long time, Su Chen had been reluctant to take this step.
"I... still have one last wish..."
Su Chen murmured.
「Seven days had passed.」
Su Chen went to find the Chief for an approval slip to leave the Palace. As luck would have it, he ran right into a Eunuch who was rushing to summon a Physician.
The Imperial Hospital had over ten Imperial Physicians and the three great Imperial Physicians.
For some unknown reason, led by the Chief and Vice Chief, they had been secretly working on something, leaving only a group of Medical Officers to wander around the Imperial Hospital.
"This is a terrible emergency!"
"Someone, quickly!"
The Eunuch, dressed in the standard cyan robe of the Western Depot, was pacing around anxiously.
"You, come here."
"Quickly, come with me to treat a noble."
He struck out, revealing his Third-Grade Cultivation. He seized Su Chen as easily as one would grab a chick, dragged him onto a carriage, and took off.
"Who got stuck with that miserable task?"
"Looks like it’s Xu Ge."
"Tsk."
"With his shoddy skills, if he hadn’t pulled strings with the Chief, would he even be qualified to be in the Imperial Hospital? And now he’s going out to save someone..."
"That noble has a terminal illness. Even the Chief himself wouldn’t be able to cure it. It’s beyond the help of any ordinary medicine..."
Seeing that someone had taken the assignment, the other Medical Officers, who had been hiding far away, finally dared to peek out, their faces full of schadenfreude.
「Inside the carriage.」
Su Chen scrutinized the Western Depot Eunuch in the cyan robe.
He was an unfamiliar, new face.
He wasn’t any of the eunuchs Su Chen had known from the Western Depot, or even the Military Supervision Bureau, back when he was in charge.
"Eunuch, may I ask your name?"
Su Chen asked.
"Chen Xuan."
The Third Grade Eunuch replied.
He was in a hurry.
Su Chen was not.
He lifted the carriage curtain and gazed at the Imperial Palace scenery outside, a wave of wistfulness washing over him.
In just seven years, the Imperial Palace had completely changed.
The original Taiye Lake had only been a small pond, but with the diversion of the Jin and Nujiang Rivers, the plains around the Imperial City had become waterways. The water level here rose, submerging numerous palaces and pavilions and transforming it into a great lake.
In the middle of Taiye Lake was a small island, and on it stood a newly built hall that confined a graceful figure in a cyan robe.
"This noble is no ordinary person. You must not offend her in the slightest."
The carriage was exchanged for a cyan boat.
「On the cyan boat.」
Chen Xuan led Su Chen and carefully warned him.
"Is she the noble you were talking about?"
Su Chen paid no heed to Chen Xuan’s warning, his gaze fixed forward. ’In the entire world,’ he thought, ’there isn’t a single person worthy of being called "noble" in my eyes.’
The great hall was empty, save for a single person dancing within. Dressed in a cyan robe, her movements were light and graceful.
"Are you crazy?"
"This is the Wind Snow Sword Immortal’s woman."
"If His Majesty finds out that a lowly Imperial Physician like you dared to be so disrespectful, he will have your head chopped off in front of Jinluan Hall..."
Chen Xuan was scared out of his wits.
「Inside the hall.」
Before her dance was over, the figure in cyan collapsed limply to the floor. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and her once snow-white skin turned deathly pale, ashen as paper and completely devoid of color.
"Sigh!"
Su Chen sighed.
’On the Tower Ship, he had watched her dance for a long time. He wasn’t even sure if he was watching the dance itself, or the dancer.’
’She thinks she’s Cyan Sparrow.’
’The Cyan Sparrow who survived the flood.’
’But she isn’t.’
’The Face Changing Skill and the Memory Alteration Skill are both Immortal Skills. They can transform one person into someone else completely.’
’The cost... is that the person becomes a consumable.’
’She... is about to die.’
"Give me your hand."
Su Chen stepped forward and took her slender, ice-cold hand. Regardless of whether she was willing, he channeled a stream of his Longevity True Qi into her.
"You’re mad!"
Chen Xuan’s face went white with fright, and he moved to attack Su Chen.
But he quickly stopped himself short.
The woman in cyan’s vital energy and complexion had indeed improved a great deal.
Even the two Chiefs of the Imperial Hospital, whose medical skills were unparalleled, and other famous physicians from across the land had all come to treat her, yet none had found a solution.
’But this Physician I just grabbed at random... he actually has a way to treat her?’
’Is this person a new miracle doctor from among the common folk?’
’How come I’ve never heard of him?’
"Take this medicine on schedule."
Leaving a prescription, Su Chen left.
「On the lone boat.」
Chen Xuan stared in shock and suspicion at Su Chen, who stood at the prow of the boat, dressed in robes as white as snow, gazing into the distance at Heaven-Ascension Tower. Finally, Chen Xuan couldn’t hold back his questions any longer.
"Are you a new Imperial Physician?"
"No."
"Then you’re one of the Imperial Physicians?"
"No to that either."
"Then what are you? Don’t tell me you’re going to be the next Chief of the Imperial Hospital."