Chapter 294 - 156: Torture

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"Doctor Chang, Wang Yao Ren is your Medicine Man; it is up to you to control him," Grandmaster Wen’s words fell, and all the Doctors and Yao Rong present were shocked. They knew that this time, Wang Yao Ren would indeed be expelled from the Medicine Emperor Pavilion, but they had not anticipated that the punishment awaiting him would be even more severe than expulsion. What is this from Grandmaster Wen? Behind Grandmaster Wen, with an expressionless face, Qi Fangfei looked at the crowd. Wang Yao Ren was so frightened that he trembled like chaff, shouting incessantly: "Grandmaster, Qi Medicine Man, please spare me, I dare not anymore, please let me live, I have an elderly mother and brothers to take care of at home." The master of Wang Yao Ren, Doctor Chang, had a face full of reluctance; he wanted to plead for Wang Yao Ren. "Do I need to do it myself! Doctor Chang! Control Wang Yao Ren," Grandmaster Wen’s expression turned stern. "Let me do it," Doctor Chang gritted his teeth, he stepped forward, looking at Wang Yao Ren who had a pleading look on his face. Doctor Chang had raised Wang Yao Ren from a Medicine Gathering Boy to a Medicine Man, a journey of seven or eight years, but he never imagined that he would commit such a grievous error. Trembling, Doctor Chang held down Wang Yao Ren’s hands; another Medicine Man stepped forward and restrained his feet. Some of the more timid Medicine Gathering Boys closed their eyes in fear at this moment. Yao Rong’s brows furrowed, wanting to say something, but after glancing at Grandmaster Wen’s expression, she turned her head away. Even Cheng Sihai showed a trace of reluctance on his face at this moment. In front of everyone’s eyes, Qi Fangfei stepped forward. "Wang Yao Ren, your deeds are graver than grave, representing the Medicine Emperor Pavilion, I will apply the Ghost Valley Five Needles, do you have any grievances?" At this moment, Qi Fangfei no longer had the usual amiable expression, a severe look filled her beautiful eyes. As soon as the Ghost Valley Five Needles were mentioned, the expressions of everyone present changed. Wang Yao Ren shook his head. Qi Fangfei, seemingly a Medicine Man under Grandmaster Wen, also holds another identity—that of the Medicine Supervisory Envoy of the Medicine Emperor Pavilion assigned to the capitals of major nations, with direct authority over life and death for all doctors below the Imperial Physician level. Thus, even someone as presumptuous as Cheng Sihai never dared to behave recklessly in front of Qi Fangfei. Qi Fangfei nodded in approval, her hand suddenly gleamed, directing towards the top of Wang Yao Ren’s skull and his wrists and ankles. The gleam flashed and disappeared, and Wang Yao Ren emitted a heart-wrenching scream of pain. His hands and feet began to convulse. "Little Ci’en Hall, cannot be spared," Qi Fangfei’s tone was unlike that of a young woman of twenty; her eyes were filled with looming shadows. Since its establishment, the Medicine Emperor Pavilion had never faced a real adversary, even when confronting a powerful entity like the Magic Temple, they never truly determined a victor due to their different areas of expertise. But in this free clinic, the Medicine Emperor Pavilion definitely lost. After a few needle shadows, Wang Yao Ren’s pleading voice became lower and lower, until in the end, all he could emit were foolish giggles. Just with a few needles, Wang Yao Ren was turned from a normal person into a fool muttering and laughing senselessly. The Five Punishment Ghost Needle, the punitive needle of the Medicine Emperor Pavilion. Capable of destroying one’s Divine Sense and ruining all six senses, anyone within the Medicine Emperor Pavilion who commits severe errors must endure the Medicine Emperor Ghost Needle. "Everyone, disperse. Take Wang Yao Ren home to properly care for his widowed mother and young brother," a few Medicine Men who were on good terms with Wang Yao Ren carried the now deranged Wang Yao Ren out. Just now, when Qi Fangfei questioned Wang Yao Ren, if he had any complaints, his family would lose the protection of the Medicine Emperor Pavilion. Wang Yao Ren willingly accepted the punishment, which in turn secured his family’s livelihood without worries, as the Medicine Emperor Pavilion always clearly distinguished reward from punishment. Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Cheng Sihai also wiped off his cold sweat; Qi Fangfei, compared to Grandmaster Wen, struck even more fear into him. In front of Qi Fangfei, he dared not utter an extra word. In the Medicine Emperor Pavilion, there circulates a saying unknown to the outside, "He who saves lives is a doctor, he who kills, a Ghost Doctor." The Ghost Valley Five Needles by Qi Fangfei are exceedingly eerie, killing without a trace. "Yao Rong, Cheng Sihai, you two stay," Qi Fangfei suddenly called out to the two of them. Yao Rong’s expression shifted slightly as if aware of today’s events, Qi Fangfei and the power backing her would not let this matter rest. No one can afford to offend the dignity of the Medicine Emperor Pavilion, especially not the Jade Capital Medicine Emperor Pavilion presided over by Grandmaster Wen. "Cheng Sihai, do you say that today’s events were caused by that female disciple of Fan Zhi?" Qi Fangfei had a deep impression of Yun Sheng, recalling that she embraced Fan Zhi’s concept of Dual Cultivation of magic and ancient medical skill. This concept is at odds with the Medicine Emperor Pavilion. It is also something that the controlling force behind Qi Fangfei, which manipulated the Medicine Emperor Pavilion, could not tolerate. Fan Zhi had initially planned to leave the Medicine Emperor Pavilion, and the previous Medicine Supervisory Envoy was ready to punish him with the Ghost Valley Five Needles to render him incapacitated. But it was under Yao Rong’s promise of lifetime loyalty to the Medicine Emperor Pavilion and Grandmaster Wen that Fan Zhi narrowly escaped that fate. It was also because, at that time, the Medicine Supervisory Envoy thought that merely Fan Zhi alone could never raise too great a disturbance. Unexpectedly, years later, there appeared Yun Sheng, who also pursued magic and ancient medical skill. What worried Qi Fangfei and the Medicine Emperor Pavilion the most was Yun Sheng’s young age. A young age means she has greater potential to grow. From six to eight years old, in just two short years, from becoming a Medicine Man to entering the Royal Magic Academy and then concocting a Holy-grade Elixir, with medical skills proficient enough to rival the Four-direction Wanderer Doctor, this little girl named Yun Sheng has already, with her actions, challenged the traditional ancient medical arts. Qi Fangfei was unsettled. "Yes, what Qi Medicine Man said is true. I have long said that this female doctor named Yun Sheng cannot be kept," Cheng Sihai spoke up, his eyes gleaming with excitement. Today, Yun Sheng made him lose face in public and repeatedly cut off his avenues for making money. Now that Qi Medicine Man himself has stepped in, how could that little girl’s medical skill, no matter how brilliant, matter anymore? Instead of reflecting on his shortcomings, Cheng Sihai today felt humiliated by Yun Sheng and blamed all the faults on her, exaggerating and condemning how Yun Sheng looked down upon the Medicine Emperor Pavilion and how these days, Little Ci’en Hall has been gradually seizing their clientele. Cheng Sihai thought to himself: This time, let’s see if that little girl and Ci’en Hall can survive this torment, Fan Zhi, no matter how capable your disciple is, she is just a physician, how could she possibly stand against a behemoth like the Medicine Emperor Pavilion. Regrettably, Qi Fangfei inwardly sighed as she remembered the medical talent that the six-year-old Yun Shengge displayed when she first met her. If a genius cannot grow up, they are not a true genius. "The matter with Little Ci’en Hall can no longer be delayed. Listen up, starting tomorrow, all pharmacies and drugstores across Great Zhou are to stop supplying medicinal herbs to Little Ci’en Hall, and anyone who dares defy will not be spared," Qi Fangfei said sternly.

Chapter 294 - 156: Torture

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