A:N- The lore is now Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss. It's an interesting manhua read online.
Unlike Feng ni Tian Xia with complicated stuff regarding cultivation, cultivating here seems simpler in nature.
In the Manhua of Genius Doctor, its quite simple.
Everyone starts cultivating at age 14, when their Spirit Familiar awakens at age 14.
There are three types:
Its either a Weapon Familiar, Animal Familiar or a Plant Familiar...in order of rarity that Plant Familiars are so rare they may as well not exist, and also, the most difficult to work with in cultivation. Upon awakening, they take the form of a ring on the owner's hand.
And in terms of cultivation levels, it's in the colors of rainbow. Red the weakest, and Purple the strongest.
To cultivate and get stronger, methods are different. In the world of Black Belly Miss, one must acquire consumables the familiar likes to get stronger, if one hopes to ascend in strength.
And in the original manhua, reincarnate is a genius doctor who was also her insane grandfather's guinea pig, stealing all her work for himself and his own fame, and testing his ideas on hers, equivalent to a life of torture.
Here, I'll have Huang Beiyue the original take over this time. And her story will be a looot different.
From Nasty Family to Good Family
She woke up.
At the bottom of the cliff, all injured.
And it's night and raining, thus she was soaked to the bone. And she's hurting in many places, pain she can't put in words.
She was only alive out of sheer dumb luck.
'Owww...' she winced. 'I could've sworn I died in the Ancestral Hall from freezing to death...' she gasped out as she got up using her elbows to prop herself up before she got memory-assaulted about her new life.
She is the only miss of the Lin Prefecture, controlled by Lin Wang, Jun Xian. Her grandfather.
Lin Wang and the founding Emperor of Qi went way back. They have a great relationship that they swore upon the heavens to be sworn brothers.
When the Kingdom was founded, Emperor granted Jun Xian the title Wang, rendering him almost akin to royalty. So respected was he that his son and grandson after him who took the throne when their turn came had to be courteous to him. Lin Wang has two sons, Jun Gu and Jun Qing whom he loved, and pampered his granddaughter a great deal, making her who she is today.
She was notoriously known as the overly-pampered and spoiled daughter of the Lin Family. Hence she grew up arrogant, haughty and unreasonable.
Everyone was a minuscule existence in her eyes, royalty included.
When she took a liking to Second Prince, Jun Xian coerced the current Emperor to betroth his granddaughter to Second Prince just on her whims. And on her memory, Second Prince looked like he swallowed a bug. Idiot girl can't even read body language and facial expression. The girl knew if they marry, she won't be treated well for forcing him to marry her.
Falling in love is OK and all, but didn't Jun Wuxie BOTHER character check first? Fell in love with him for his pretty face and that's it?
Hah, she's seen prettier boys!
"I can't believe it." the girl shook. "I, Huang Beiyue, the most hated trash of Nanyi Country, reincarnated in this girl who horrifyingly reminds me of how my older and younger half-siblings treated me?!"
She was once a princess born to her mother, the Princess Royal Huang Huiwen, a known War Goddess who has the power to turn the tides of war in Nanyi's favor in the past. Powerful, beautiful, a genius.
Yet was cursed with a daughter who cannot cultivate, was sickly and a known coward.
Mother and daughter knew how everyone sees her, so mother tries her best for her.
Until one day, her mother died when she was age 8, and her status fell a thousand zhang, that everyone can freely bully her and nobody from the royal palace cared about her any more.
Her maid Dongling certainly tries her best, but both girls are bullied and mistreated.
'Oh Dongling, I'm dead. Very, very dead...and irony of ironies, I woke up in a girl's body reminding me of my horrible family!' Huang Beiyue exclaimed in dismay as she crawled to the cave for shelter. This body is somewhat stronger at least, unlike her previous weak, sickly body!
Then she felt strange.
'Eh?'
She began emitting red spirit energy. '...huh?'
In her old life, she cannot cultivate.
Now, she could and suddenly, gained such power when before, she was powerless.
This brought her tears of joy.
"I'm not a trash anymore!" she sobbed. She can finally cultivate and do martial arts! Nobody dare to mock her again after this!
She continued searching this girl's memories.
Spoiled brat Jun Wuxie may be, but when she turned 14?
Nothing happened the whole day on her birthday. No Spiritual Awakening, NADA.
Her familiar did not awaken, thus was mocked citywide for being a waste.
In this world, everyone can cultivate upon Spiritually-Awakening at 14.
Upon birth, Contractual Spirits will form a bond with the human soul and sleep within the soul, until the host turns 14 years old. A ring will appear on the right ring finger.
Each spirit is like an evolution of the soul where each person's spirit's form is different.
Some are Weapons, some are Animals, and some are Plants.
But given what she is, laws CHANGE when she is concerned.
Her soul still follows the laws of her old world in some way.
Can only cultivate upon gaining a familiar?
Bitch, please!
People of her world can cultivate AT AGE SIX!
Huang Beiyue never gave up in hopes her situation would change. That she kept cultivating even if it would disappear into her Dantian until she became too ill to do so.
Now, her effort from her past life came with her now.
She's a powerful Red Cultivator bordering on breaking through, as a ring formed in her finger at long last.
In this world, levels are based upon the colors of the rainbow.
Red being the weakest, followed by Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Purple the strongest. But she knew there could be higher levels nobody in the countryside knew about no doubt. Knowledge would be limited, based on resources to keep people from pursuing impossible dreams, no doubt.
In her world, stages are based on chosen professions of Warrior, Enchanter, Pharmacist and Summoner. Lots more levels compared to here's Rainbow-Class system and more than that, she has to find out what.
However, not even she can compute equivalents.
Her cold-hearted father stopped her education since her mother died, not wanting to waste money 'on a waste', yet has the nerve to spend HER money on everyone else and himself while forcing her to live in a filthy shack?!
May Karma come!
(It did, when a vicious girl of the same name reincarnated in HER body)
At least, Jun Wuxie was so prideful she studied hard to look down on everyone else, and have the bite to back the bark.
Sighing, she cultivated to speed up her healing upon reaching the cave.
Using her senses, she has several fractures and wounds in both legs she owed to trees cushioning her fall, as well as one broken left rib and a dislocated right wrist.
If there were no trees, she'd be a pile of goo and gore by now.
She healed what she could to lessen her burden, but not even she can fix her own rib and dislocated wrist. She's no expert doctor dammit. She just force-wished regeneration on her body using her ki to help things along.
She can walk now, but stuff she can't fix ached.
But she also sensed someone here.
Out of curiosity, she followed...to see a handsome older man chained with enchanted chains. But his eyes...
...they weren't human.
Purple with slits!
His good looks can't compare to men of her world, but close. His cultivation level, reminded her of her mother somewhat.
'Er...?'
'Hooo? So you're the one outside the cave.' he said as he eyed her up and down. 'You were nearly dying but you saved yourself. Impressive, little one.'
'I'm not about to die again, Mr. Immortal.' Beiyue, no, WUXIE deadpanned. 'Dying once is enough. I don't know why you're here, but I'm not about to leave anybody the way I see you now.'
'Even if I might be a really bad person?' the man joked. Wuxie sighed as she took out her hairpin.
'Even then. What, I died before, dying's nothing new. I'll just reincarnate again!' 'Wuxie' grumbled, trying to lockpick her way through, her words making the man raise an eyebrow. 'I've done nothing wrong and never wronged anyone, yet people around me wronged me horribly! Gods probably thought they'll give me a better life after a miserable past one, but this girl whose body I woke into was ironically the rotten girl making me remember what sort of people my half-siblings are! Irony of ironies and what pisses me off is she took for granted what I long wanted, a good family who'd love me!'
She told the man what kind of girl Jun Wuxie was, that horrified her, Huang Beiyue. Even worse, her arrogance bit her in the rear when she became a known waste, when her familiar didn't awaken on her 14th birthday...two days ago. Now for how Jun Wuxie treated people, people she mistreated can now fight back and can openly mock her in revenge! Had she treated people nicer, she would still have a lot of friends!
And when idiot girl came to meet Second Prince who called her out to a cliffy area and naively went there...has it occurred to this lovestruck spoiled brat what usually happens if one were to call you there? Second Prince who clearly loathed being forced into being betrothed to her must have decided to clear the stain on his name by arranging an accident!
It was thanks to trees this body is still alive, but the horror of being pushed to her death by a masked man, an assassin must have horrified Jun Wuxie into dying than live with the fact that 'her beloved prince' killed her. Enabling Huang Beiyue to wake up as her.
'Ohoho! Now isn't that interesting~' the man laughed as Wuxie managed to free him though the lock to his seal went BOOM!
'Yikes!' she shielded herself. 'OK, that usually happens as a catch to whoever helps...'
'Oh it does, little moon.' the man smiled darkly. 'I owe you a debt, so what can I do for you, hmm?'
'I guess take me home...to the Lin Palace.' said Wuxie. 'I'm looking forward to a new life where family cares about me for once. This stupid girl...has she no idea how many people want to be in her shoes? She really makes me mad...usually in noble families, its a ruthless world...yet Jun family deeply loves and cares yet it seems she's born in the wrong family...she'd fit in more with those cold-blooded folk than a happy caring family with an attitude like hers...'
'Well, now you have it.' the man reassured her. Wuxie smiled brightly.
'Yeah! Good things really do happen to good people! Just like how mother always tells me!' she chimed. 'I can finally...eh...?!' she felt faint as she swayed where she stood from a sudden bout of weakness, and the man picked her up.
'You exhausted yourself, child.' the man gently rebuked. 'Rest now. I'll do the rest.'
So she did.
xxx
The man looked at the young girl he carried, analyzing her body and spirit.
This body died once.
This body was a failure or rather, the previous soul was, because they didn't bother with the fundamentals in order to awaken their familiar.
As little moon says, 'too arrogant'.
This newcomer, Huang Beiyue, a twelve years old girl at least did everything right, starting at a young age as laws where she came from works differently. They start at six years old, thus her soul still follows rules from her old world. She kept cultivating despite her failure of a dantian in hopes to change herself. And upon reincarnating here, her futile efforts paid off here in her next life.
Her red ki is very potent, potent enough to awaken the familiar within her body where original Jun Wuxie failed at. But to break through, her familiar must consume required goods, thus her red ki is powerful and potent. Like that of very aged wine.
But she must breakthrough soon, for at this rate, she will get hurt while posing as Jun Wuxie and then spiritually ruin herself that she too, would be a waste again.
For now, he'll gladly bide his time, and watch things close by as he took the girl home to Lin Residence.
Took him a while to modify memories of EVERYONE in Lin Residence and the whole frigging city. Two days' tops, while looking at the girl's memories.
He will now pose as 'Jun Wuyao', 'Wuxie's older brother.
He can see that this family is by Beiyue's standards, the good family she dreamed of.
She now has a loving, doting family but their way of doing it gave birth to a very arrogant and despotic daughter nothing like them. In fact, she reminded her of Concubine Qin, her father's favorite wife!
He has seen her life in some other reality where there are also cultivators.
A princess and a fairy just like her mother, but sadly a foundational failure, and due to her being a royal, she was known as the national trash and horribly mistreated at home, and mocked nationwide. She was kind and gentle like her mother, but became a coward because she had no way of defending herself. If she tried to fight back, they won't hesitate to break her body for fun and she knew it. Thus enduring little abuse by her standards, was better than what's worse that their cruel minds can come up with.
Only her mother loved her thus was devastated with her death. In fact, her life became pure hell when she died. That being a royal princess or trueborn wasn't even her defense, because everyone knows the father doesn't give a damn about her and that was basically legal license to bully her. Her mistreatment either didn't reach the Royal Uncle's ears or ignores her, was Beiyue's worst fears that she's all alone in a country that only hurts her for what wasn't her fault.
He shook his head.
Maybe karma does exist, that she reincarnated into what she wanted upon death.
xxx
The story now was that Wuxie cultivated for two days in the mountains to get her ring that came very late, but got into a mishap when Jun Wuyao found her. She got into a bad fall and how a broken rib and a dislocated wrist for her trouble on the way home and that was how she was found.
Jun Xian called doctors to give his granddaughter top tier care immediately. It was through these doctors that its known she has a familiar with a red-colored ring when normally, the spirit gems on one's spirit ring is colorless...but to already have a colored ring at the get go after a late awakening, made people talk.
Cultivation does NOT work that way! Upon birth, cultivation is colorless, equivalent to worse than weak! Not only that, one cannot use energy till half a year later, so how?!
Now the question is, what is her familiar when she wakes from medical care?
Half a month later, Wuxie woke up.
'Mm?'
'Oh, you're awake?' Wuyao hovered above her face.
'Eek! That mister from the cave!' Wuxie yelped, startled. 'Uhm, you stayed over?'
'Yes.' the man smiled as he moved aside so she can sit up on her bed. 'For now, I'm posing as your big brother Jun Wuyao.' Wuxie shuddered at his name.
It means 'no medicine'!
'Erm, isn't that name unlucky? Why choose it?'
'I have my reasons.' Wuyao playfully flicked her forehead, making her rub it with a pout on her face.
'I wonder what happens now though...I'm nervous with my second life.' Wuxie shook. 'I wonder if I can pull off being Jun Wuxie...I'm gonna study her through her memories...but I'm NOT gonna be her! She reminds me way too much of Aunt Qin!' she rapidly shook her head. Wuyao laughed at that.
This girl was child-like and remained pure despite all her hardships. But for someone who's 12, she was mentally younger, being alone for so many years she never matured, due to lack of social skills...with good reason.
She was isolated.
And now, she's physically 14. Engaged to a prince who clearly loathes 'her' and she knew it. He can agree with little moon that Jun Wuxie, is a spoiled idiot. She could have chosen a nicer man who would at least, CARE for her?!
This new Wuxie, as a result of suffering, looks at the world in a more practical way, just wanting a peaceful life and people nice to her for she never did anyone wrong nor did bad in her life. Being a good person and a decent human being, was her source of pride for herself.
'For now, we should focus on your familiar don't you think?' Wuyao suggested. 'One's familiar determine's one's future as well.'
'Mmmm...how do I do that?' Wuxie wondered, looking at her ring.
'Just wish for it to come out.' Wuyao encouraged her.
So she did and what came out, is a White Lotus! And the room is filled instantly with a deep lotus scent!
'Oh! A lotus! Does this mean I'll be a pharmacist if my familiar is a plant type?' Wuxie lit up in excitement. Wuyao thought this girl is really too innocent and naive. Any plant can mean anything. A gamble if you're a life-giver...or a poisoner. But hey, what makes her happy. 'Heeey! What can you do?' she asked her flower, playfully poking it.
'Hi master! I'm Bailian!' the lotus greeted. 'My petals can store energy as well as remove impurities within the blood and my seeds can purify marrow and make strong bones!' this clearly delighted Wuxie. 'My body can recondition upon consumption too.'
'It's official brother Yao, I'm gonna be a doctor!' Wuxie cried in delight, happily glomping the chuckling man. Huang Beiyue wasn't a violent person after being made to know pain for so long, she'd definitely want a more peaceful career. 'But little lotus, won't uhhh plucking parts of you gonna hurt?'
'Ehhh I admit it does, but they regrow back.' Bailian admitted. Wuxie paled at the idea.
'Aiya, I better be careful...I'm not a sadist.' Wuxie gulped. 'But I hope you can help me help Uncle Jun Qing...I'm gonna study medicine too.' she swore in determination. 'It seems Pharmacist Career here is different from mine or the same, I got no idea so I really gotta study...' she said thoughtfully.
'Well, this world certainly doesn't have ranks in Pharmacy like yours.' Wuyao informed her. 'Yellow, Mystic, Earth and Heaven, four levels each, right, and a Pharmacist must be an Earth Elemental Affinity in their ki? Here in my world its different. But as my career is different, I have no clue about Pharmacy here.'
'Heee...there must be a school for one, right?'
'Yes, the Qingyun Sect.' said Wuyao. 'Get a little stronger first before you go there, OK?' he advised. 'That way you're not entirely a sitting duck.'
'Mm.' Wuxie nodded. 'I don't like being a liar or pretender...but I have no choice now...' she gulped. 'If I say the truth, they'll probably call a priest or something and exorcise me out. Can I see grandfather about my future, Brother Yao?'
'I'll call him but you might want to mature your voice, like that of original Wuxie's.' Wuyao reminded her. 'Your voice is that of your old self no doubt, a beautiful, melodious voice.' he said appreciatively. Wuxie gulped.
'This is gonna take time isn't it?' she sighed. 'Her voice is kinda deep. Deep for fourteen years old. Did this girl try to sound mature to impress nasty Second Prince and went about it wrong?'
Wuyao chuckled as he left her.
Minutes later...
'Wuxie! You're awake!' Jun Xian happily embraced her as he and Jun Qing came in, the latter pushed in a wheelchair by his bodyguard. 'It took you half a month to heal! And Wuyao says you have a White Lotus Familiar?'
'Yes.' Wuxie nodded, using Jun Wuxie's familiar cool attitude. 'I'll aim to become a doctor with his help. But grandfather, you cannot allow anyone to know what Bailian can do...'
'Why is that, my dear?'
'If you do...Uncle Qing has no chance of walking ever again. I'll be killed for sure and make it look like accident just so our family will collapse without him.' said Wuxie grimly to her family's horror. 'Bailian has the means, 50%. I need to study medicine to make that 100% success.'
'...what can Bailian do?' Jun Qing asked her anxiously. His niece can confidently say so that he has a chance of walking again yet fears for her skills to be known that she wants her skills secret?
'Bailian's petals if freshly-plucked for consumption, can purge the body of all impurities.' said Wuxie. 'That ability may get better as he gets stronger and purge more. His seeds can purify the bone marrow for stronger bones, and various parts of his body has other healing effects too.' her new family froze as they let those words sink in, into their minds. 'But like I said, if cultivation gets better, his abilities will be more invaluable. But right now I'm a Red and not even a single knowledge...' she croaked out glumly, letting out some red ki from her left hand, stunning her family. 'There's little I can do as of now. I really need to study.'
Red ki she has indeed.
But it's so potent and profound that she was Red Mastery, not just any 'high level'! Most cultivators her age haven't such potency, wanting straight away to break through and they're no different...
Not only that, how did she get so much in an instant, just after returning home with injury? It normally takes half a year just to be able to use energy outside the body and she can do it so easily in just a short time of awakening?
She must be a genius!
And her familiar is a Plant-type. That means with the right stuff, her cultivation speed is faster, though that's IF they can get it. Not only that, they have the ability to create miracle medicines...or poisons. They get chased around a lot if known. Its why Plant-types are so rare. They're either hoarded by one group, and later assassinated or if lucky, kidnapped by other group. A rough life!
'And we need doctors outside the country outside royal influence and no, not Qingyun Sect either. I have a bad feeling.' Wuxie added. 'If they aren't influenced, Uncle can walk by now and yet they immediately deem him a lost cause after a few needle pokes and a few minutes of staring? Something funny's going on!'
The Lin Clan enjoyed many privileges from the previous emperor, as well as a high status. No doubt plenty of clans resented them due to their high prestige. Not even current emperor, his grandson can hold a candle to Lin Wang. Even HE had to defer to him! Most likely, current emperor resented this and did all he could to subtly undermine the clan.
When it was known Jun Wuxie had 'nothing', a lot of people no doubt saw opportunity. That with Jun Wuxie and a crippled Jun Qing...they're now no more, than Paper Tigers!
'Master...' the man pushing the wheelchair stammered towards Jun Xian who looked deep in thought. His name is Long Qi, Jun Qing's bodyguard ever since he got crippled.
'I see...you suspect something, don't you?' Jun Xian said softly. His granddaughter has a bad feeling and nobody knew. 'Very well. I'll make arrangements.'
'I'll make arrangements too.' Wuyao smiled. Well, this adorable reincarnate is interesting. It helps that she was a really sweet kid who's way too good for a treacherous world...
...and the good tend to die too young in a world like theirs.
'So Bailian, what do you need to get stronger?' Wuxie asked her familiar.
'Well, plant me!'
'...huh?'
Plant him like planting him in a farm and wait for harvest day?
'Plant and water me master! But the water is no ordinary water...I can tell that much.' said Bailian. 'My previous master never figured things out either without knowledge needed, he couldn't cultivate thus was very upset with me.' he said sulkily. 'We need knowledge on how to water me. It can't be any water...'
'...Perfume? Honey? Sugar water? Wine? Fruit Juice? Meat soup? Vegetable soup? Salt water from the ocean? Fresh water anywhere? Swamp water? Pesticide? Liquid Fertilizer? Poisonous liquids? Blood? Urine?' Wuxie rapidly fired, making the men sweatdrop at the last three and Bailian wailed.
'WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE LAST THREE?! SO SCARRYYYY!' Bailian freaked out. 'I don't wanna be watered by gross things! Nooooo!'
'Hey, any water could be the jackpot you know.' Wuxie shrugged. 'But we have to find books for those...'
'Your chance will be in Ghost City, Xie'er.' Wuyao told her. 'Goods not sold just anywhere, will be found there.'
'Mm. I'm gonna go.' Wuxie said in determination. Its good her crappy host body knows even that, Wuxie thought wryly.
'But that place is dangerous!' Jun Xian protested. 'Moreover that place doesn't deal with money, it deals with barter trade and even then the so-called prices are difficult to get!'
'I'm gonna gamble.' Wuxie frowned. 'Besides, I have a good big brother and I can cross-dress, so I have nothing to worry about!' she stated happily. 'I look good as a man, right?'
'Wuxie!' was Jun Xian's scandalized exclamation of dismay.
'But first you need to make wares of your own.' said Wuyao. 'Ware you can use to trade with, otherwise you can't get in. Technically no goods no entry. Does grandfather have medicine books and some resources she can use?'