Unrivaled Miracle Doctor: The God-Defying Demonic Consort novel Chapter 475

Chapter 475: Chapter 119: Retribution Comes So Soon!

The next day.

Mu Qingge woke up enveloped in sunlight. Last night, she fell asleep very late. She wasn’t sure if it was due to the discomfort of being in a new place or because someone who used to be by her side was absent.

Sitting on the bed, Mu Qingge shook her head hard to dismiss the second possibility entirely.

How could it be that she couldn’t sleep because someone wasn’t there to hold her as she drifted off?

"It must be because I’m not quite used to the new environment!" Mu Qingge said with determination.

"Junior brothers and sisters, come out and receive your disciple robes and registration proof." A voice suddenly called from outside the treehouse.

Mu Qingge lifted her long robe, got out of bed, and pushed the door open to exit.

Standing in the corridor outside the door, she looked down to see two unfamiliar plain-clothed disciples holding some clothes and waiting below.

As she came out, others from the treehouse also stepped out, looking toward the new arrivals.

"Mu Ge, let’s go get the clothes," said Wei Qi, who lived in the treehouse to the left of Mu Qingge, before jumping down from the treehouse.

Mu Qingge smiled slightly and followed closely behind.

After receiving the clothes and registration proof, Mu Qingge realized that the so-called registration proof was actually an entirely white jade pendant.

The jade pendant was round with decorative patterns on the top and bottom, with three sharp towers carved in the center, symbolizing the Medicine Tower.

On the reverse side, two lines of characters were engraved.

The upper line indicated the level. For instance, the one Mu Qingge was holding had the words [Low Level]. The one Shui Ling had read [Intermediate].

The lower line contained a numerical identifier.

A bit like the student ID numbers Mu Qingge understood in her previous life.

Shui Ling was an Intermediate Alchemist, something she had learned yesterday. However, Shui Ling had only recently entered the intermediate level, and the elixirs she made were merely intermediate substandard, and she couldn’t always produce intermediate elixirs.

As for Fu Tianlong, like Mu Qingge, he was a low-level alchemist, but the elixirs he produced were high grade, slightly inferior to the low-level top grade elixirs Mu Qingge could take out to handle situations.

Both Wei family siblings held the status of attendants, and their identification proof was a verdant oval jade token.

It had no level, merely the symbol of the Medicine Tower, and even lacked a number.

In Mu Qingge’s understanding, attendants were like auxiliary staff of the Medicine Tower, not officially part of the inner ranks.

After everyone received their clothes and identity tokens, they each returned to their treehouses to change their clothes.

The disciples’ robes of the Medicine Tower indeed showed some thoughtfulness.

Mu Qingge took off her usual red robe and donned the loose-fitting white disciple robe, with the lapels and cuffs meticulously embroidered with silver thread, understated yet not simple.

After changing, she even felt that she exuded a more ethereal and transcendent aura.

She hung the identity token on her belt and pushed the door open to step outside...

As soon as she stepped outside, she felt several surprised gazes fall upon her.

Looking up, she saw her nine roommates and the two Medicine Tower disciples waiting for people to finish changing.

They all stared at her with a stunned expression. Mu Qingge looked down at herself questioningly and asked, "What is it?"

"Nothing!" Wei Qi was the first to react and said to her, "We were used to seeing Mu Ge in red clothing. We didn’t expect that white robes would look so fresh and elegant on you, handsome and graceful."

Mu Qingge pulled at the corner of her mouth and said speechlessly, "White clothes naturally make one’s temperament appear purer."

She really didn’t think she looked any more beautiful in white.

Involuntarily, she thought of a certain enchanting figure in white, and Mu Qingge immediately felt that it was Wei Qi and their limited experience that was to blame!

"Ahem. Since everyone’s changed, let’s go. We need to take you to the alchemy room area to complete our task." One of the Medicine Tower disciples cleared his throat and said aloud.

"What about us attendants?" Wei Guanguan asked eagerly, ignoring the scornful glances from the other five people.

"Attendants?" The previously silent Medicine Tower disciple looked at Wei Qi and Wei Guanguan with disdain before saying coldly, "Attendants report to the medicine field themselves. Once there, someone will naturally tell you what you need to do."

After speaking, he arrogantly turned and left.

"What’s with this person?" Wei Guanguan muttered discontentedly with her mouth pouting.

Wei Qi patted her shoulder, comforting her, "When we become Pill Masters, they’ll naturally treat us differently."

Mu Qingge also said to her, "Work hard; your personal growth is more important than any gossip."

Wei Guanguan nodded vigorously and promised Mu Qingge, "I’ll work hard! Mu Ge, wait for me; I’ll become a Pill Master soon."

"I believe you." Mu Qingge smiled faintly and bid farewell to the two.

At this moment, Mu Qingge was still unaware that her name had begun to spread throughout the Medicine Tower.

Her stunning performance in the Spiritual Consciousness Tower and the subsequent surprising alchemy results fueled increasing debate over whether she was a genius or mediocrity.

The alchemy room area was located in a relatively open space.

The grid-like alchemy rooms, resembling a honeycomb, were embedded in the cliff walls. Each row was connected by chain bridges, or one could fly across using personal spiritual power.

Outside the alchemy rooms, a map was drawn, marking the locations of different numbered alchemy rooms. The areas for low and intermediate alchemy rooms were naturally separated. They were divided by a stunning waterfall hanging down from the cliff, a meter wide.

"Well, we’ve led you this far. Now you must familiarize yourselves with everything else." After saying this, the two disciples turned and bid farewell, seemingly unwilling to linger any longer.

The five individuals respectfully saw off the two disciples, then automatically distanced themselves from Mu Qingge and the other two, beginning to find their respective alchemy room locations.

Only occasionally, when some glanced over at Fu Tianlong, did they carry a teasing look.

It seemed they hadn’t expected the three who had a ’dispute’ in the first match of yesterday’s entrance examination to be together again.

The way they interacted, plus Fu Tianlong’s woeful aura, was almost like that of a resentful husband.

Fu Tianlong felt uncomfortable with those gazes, clenched his fists, and seemed to be on the verge of making a move.

"Fu Tianlong, what are you doing?" Shui Ling, who had been watching him closely, noticed his strange behavior and quickly stopped him.

As soon as Shui Ling spoke, Fu Tianlong deflated instantly, standing silently aside.

Mu Qingge glanced at this scene indifferently, turned around to leave, and did not plan to visit her alchemy room.

"Mu Ge, where are you going?" Shui Ling asked subconsciously.

In an instant, she felt the air around Fu Tianlong pause.

Mu Qingge stopped, looked sideways, and replied, "I’m going to the Pill Recipe Hall to take a look." With that, she strode away without any hesitation.

Mu Qingge’s straightforwardness left Shui Ling somewhat dazed.

After a while, she returned to her senses, bit her lip, looked at Fu Tianlong, and said, "Come with me." Surprisingly, she didn’t head toward the alchemy room but instead walked toward a secluded forest.

Fu Tianlong was taken aback and followed Shui Ling away.

This made the crowd watching this ’drama’ start gossiping again.

"What do you think those two will talk about? Could it be that Shui Ling is about to confess and switch her affections to Mu Ge?"

"Even if that’s the case, it’s quite normal. Anyone can see the difference between Fu Tianlong and Mu Ge. If I were a girl, I’d choose the latter too."

"Hehe, our batch of newcomers will certainly have much excitement to watch."

A person who couldn’t bear the gossip spoke up, "Come on, instead of minding others’ business, we should hurry and find our alchemy rooms and leave marks. Afterward, we need to report to the medicine field and see what arrangements there are."

"That’s right, there’s enough work of our own to deal with without getting involved in these love affairs."

The crowd dispersed, each heading to their respective alchemy rooms.

On the other hand, Shui Ling brought Fu Tianlong into the forest; once she confirmed there was no one else around, Shui Ling looked at him with an eye full of resentment.

"Shui Ling, why did you call me here? Just say it." Fu Tianlong said muffledly.

Shui Ling pursed her lips and gritted her teeth, "Mu Ge and I are not in the kind of relationship you think. Don’t trouble her anymore. Also, don’t drag her into our matters."

"Did you call me here just because of that pretty boy?" Fu Tianlong’s temper flared instantly.

Shui Ling stomped her foot in anger and said furiously, "Am I such a fickle person in your eyes?"

"No! You’re not! How could you be that type of woman?" Fu Tianlong, seeing Shui Ling angry, immediately panicked and said, "I know you’re not that kind of person; it’s all that Mu surnamed pretty boy’s fault."

"I told you, it’s unrelated to others!" Shui Ling shook with anger.

Seeing Fu Tianlong still looking bewildered, she clenched her fist, her shoulders trembling, and said, "Mu Ge has no other thoughts for me, and I have no improper thoughts for her. Do you understand?"

"Shui Ling..." Fu Tianlong stood frozen in place.

At this moment, in Fu Tianlong’s eyes, Shui Ling seemed like a little girl who had been wronged.

She looked just like when she was a child, accused of stealing someone else’s fruit, forced to admit it under their aggressive questioning.

He knew that this was Shui Ling’s character.

I say I didn’t do it, yet you don’t believe me. If you insist I did, then I will show you.

He remembered that after Shui Ling admitted to stealing the fruit, she went and picked all the other fruits from the orchard that night, left them untouched, and stomped them into a pulp on the ground.

Later, when others came around, she coldly said, "Didn’t you accuse me of stealing your fruit? If I hadn’t done it, wouldn’t I be proving your accusation wrong?"

Now in Fu Tianlong’s eyes, Shui Ling seemed to have returned to her childhood.

He said she and Mu Ge were ambiguous, and she denied it. If he didn’t believe her, perhaps she would really do something about it.

A kind of fear surged in Fu Tianlong’s heart, and he quickly opened his arms and hugged Shui Ling tightly, shouting in her ear, "I believe, I believe, Shui Ling, I believe you. If you say there’s no issue, then there is none. I promise not to bother Mu anymore. I’ll be good."

Suddenly embraced tightly, Shui Ling struggled slightly.

However, Fu Tianlong’s frantic tone and helpless words made her stop struggling, allowing him to hold her.

After a while, she slowly raised her hands, hugging Fu Tianlong’s broad back, her eyes moist.

This man, she loved him to the core.

But she didn’t know whether his concern for her was genuine or due to their arranged marriage.

A bitter tear flowed from Shui Ling’s eye, and she murmured to herself: ’Ling Tong, oh Ling Tong, you let me see through countless disguises in the world, why can’t you let me see through one person’s heart?’

...

"Pill Recipe Hall." Mu Qingge glanced at the sign hanging on the tower door, puzzled.

Clearly it’s a tower, why call it a hall?

With a pout, she stepped inside.

Upon entering, she felt a force sweep over her, which dissipated after detecting the identity token at her waist, seemingly verifying her identity.

Soon, she heard a majestic voice descend from above: "Low-level Pill Master, can access books on the first and second layers. Each reading session is limited to two hours. Proceed."

With surprise, Mu Qingge entered the Pill Recipe Hall.

She felt she had miscalculated.

She hadn’t expected that rank was linked to privileges.

Low-level Pill Masters could only read books from the first and second layers, and the reading time was limited. Thus, if she needed more time or wanted to read higher-level collections and recipes, she would need a higher rank.

Suddenly, Mu Qingge realized that instead of this Pill Recipe Hall, she should be heading to the place where she could assess and confirm her Pill Master rank.

"Since I’m already here, I might as well take a look." Mu Qingge said with a sense of resignation.

She walked into the quiet Pill Recipe Hall.

The hall was octagonal.

Many bookshelves stood from bottom to top. Each shelf could rotate and was arranged from the outside in according to the octagonal shape, maximizing the number of books it could hold.

Although Mu Qingge could currently access only the first and second layers, the first layer had a substantial collection.

Even with unlimited time, reading all those books would likely take several months.

This was assuming a highly abnormal reading speed.

Mu Qingge walked along the rows of bookshelves, glancing briefly at the books on the first layer.

Most of the first layer contained introductions to herbs, distribution of medicinal materials, and some other topics.

"I guess the elixir recipes will only appear on the second layer." Mu Qingge murmured to herself.

Her mind already contained an immense variety of herbal knowledge, so this layer held little attraction for her.

Realizing she had only two hours and half an hour had already passed, she decided to leave the first layer and head up to the second.

Ascending the stairs, Mu Qingge arrived at the second layer.

Sure enough, as she expected. Some low-level elixir recipes were placed on the second layer. Additionally, there were certain introductions to the interactions between medications.

There were even books on alchemy insights.

These books undoubtedly provided an opportunity for Medicine Tower disciples who had not yet joined a sect to self-study.

Though low-level elixir recipes didn’t particularly interest Mu Qingge, she stayed on the second layer, skimming the collections there. Instead, she focused more on the books discussing alchemy insights and solutions for difficult problems.

The Pill Recipe Hall had very few people.

There were only about twelve to twenty people on the second layer, all engrossed in the ocean of books, not disturbing each other.

Mu Qingge got absorbed in her reading, noticing eventually that those who arrived before her had gradually left, leaving only herself standing before the bookshelf, engrossed in the contents of the book she held.

A beam of light from the top of the tower illuminated her, as if enveloping her in a halo.

Shang Zisu, descending from the upper floor, saw this stunning sight.

She had never seen any man so beautiful that you couldn’t take your eyes off him. Even shedding his red robe for pure white garments, he still conveyed a sense of wild arrogance and nobility as if dominating heaven and earth, beholden to none. His gaze was so transparent but hid intense defiance, his straight posture seemed to be made of proud bones, unable to be bent even if the sky fell.

Sensing she was being watched, Mu Qingge lifted her eyes and met Shang Zisu’s slightly dazed gaze.

In that brief eye contact, Shang Zisu felt a sharp light shoot from those clear eyes, piercing her core and shattering all her defenses.

For the first time, a trace of panic appeared in her calm, beautiful eyes.

She didn’t even know what to do next.

Mu Qingge lightly closed the book and nodded slightly, "Sister Shang."

"You know me?" Shang Zisu blurted out. But as the words fell, she felt surprised.

In the past, when fellow disciples called her, when had she ever responded?

Displeased with her unusual response, Shang Zisu’s expression instantly cooled, more akin to the ice-cold beauty the rumors depicted.

"Sister Shang’s reputation as Medicine Tower’s top beauty, and her popularity ranking being third, though I am new to the Medicine Tower, I’ve heard of it." Mu Qingge said calmly. Her lips seemed to hold a slight smile.

Though respectful in her words, Shang Zisu didn’t see the carefulness and admiration in Mu Qingge that other disciples showed when facing her.

It seemed that, in Mu Qingge’s eyes, she was no different than any stray cat or dog without any special significance.

This feeling made her curiously size up Mu Qingge a bit more but quickly withdrew her gaze without leaving a trace.

With a faint nod, Shang Zisu descended the stairs, leaving Mu Qingge’s sight.

After watching Shang Zisu leave, Mu Qingge once again focused on the book in her hands.

The contents were indeed interesting, vividly described, making reading them much engaging. The solutions for difficult problems were unexpectedly novel.

A long time passed, and suddenly the jade pendant at Mu Qingge’s waist shimmered again.

The majestic voice descended once more: "Time’s up, exit."

With that, Mu Qingge felt as though a giant force pulled her, dragging her out of the Pill Recipe Hall.

Once the force dissipated, she was already standing outside the hall.

’Such a strong forbidden technique!’ Mu Qingge silently marveled.

She had studied forbidden techniques and could recognize that the force dragging her out of the hall was indeed a forbidden technique.

Looking down at her jade pendant, Mu Qingge could only helplessly leave, planning to return the next day to continue reading that intriguing book.

Recalling her alchemy room still lacked an imprint, Mu Qingge began to head towards the alchemy room area.

After taking a few steps, she overheard people talking about how certain newcomers were chosen by certain Alchemy Masters as disciples.

To this, Mu Qingge felt indifferent.

Arriving at the alchemy room area, standing before the honeycomb-like cliffside, there was hardly anyone in sight.

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