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Beautiful short hair moved around in the wind of the ocean as Ning stood on the deck of the ferry that was taking him to an island called Deepskull. It was apparently in the shape of a skull and had thus gained the name.
The ferry had picked him, and the rest of the people up at around 11 am and had only been on the move for 2 hours. According to the sailors, the journey would take them about 5 hours in total, so Ning still had 3 more hours to spare.
Most of the people remaining in the city had decided to move as well, only leaving behind the 2 sects. Ning was sure that the two sects couldn't survive without the other people in the city and would soon have to move as well. That would be the end of Starsight city.
"At least the forest will prosper now," he said to himself.
"Doctor Ning?" a timid voice came from behind him. It was a middle-aged man holding a 6-7-year-old girl on his arm.
"Yes?" Ning asked.
"My daughter's fever isn't going down at all. Would you mind looking at her?" the man asked.
"Yes, sur—"
BOOM
A large column of water shot up as a giant octopus monster revealed itself, wiggling its multiple limbs around. Ning looked at the octopus and checked's its cultivation.
He turned around to look at the terrified man and said, "Just a moment." A sword appeared out of nowhere on his hand and soon it started glowing yellow.
He put little force on the ship, and instead mostly used Qi to suddenly jump towards the octopus.
"Wha— " the man looked in shock. However, the shock didn't last long as in a single swing, Ning cut the octopus monster in half.
He manipulated his qi to bring himself back and landed on the ship deck. "Ok, let's check on your daughter," he said.
He quickly felt her temperature, checked if she was sweating, and looked for overall injuries.
"She's fine. It's just a normal fever. Just make sure she drinks lots of water and gets a lot of rest. She will be fine," Ning said.
The man was relieved, "Thank you, doctor," he said and went back into the cabin of the ferry.
Ning stayed outside and looked at the expansive ocean. "I wonder if I traveled through these places last time I was here? Probably not right?" he thought.
Soon he saw land faraway. It was around 4 in the afternoon so the time was correct. "We are finally here," he thought.
As the ferry got closer, Ning could see several people on the beach. Somewhere running around having fun, some were laying down nets to fish, while some were simply swimming in the ocean.
These people were unaware of the tragedy that took place on an island close by, but it was better for it to be that way. Not everyone needed to be aware of the tragedies around them.
The ferry went around the side and docked to the north side of the island.
The island was oriented such that the right eye of the island was towards the north, and the left eye was towards the south. The ferry docked next to the right jaw.
Ning and the rest of the people walked out. There were people ready to take the mortals to a temporary location, while the cultivators were given free reigns.
"Urghh, I wish I could learn about the city quickly," he said as he sighed to himself.
"Hey mister, you want to learn about the city?" A kid said from behind him. Ning turned back and saw that it was a small kid in a simple t-shirt and trousers like clothes.
"Yes, I want to learn about the city," he said. "Are you going to ask for money for that?"
"Of course," the kid's eyes went wide in excitement.
"How much do you want?" he asked.
"Ummm… uh…. 5 silver coins," the kid asked.
Ning didn't understand if the kid was trying to ask for more than he was worth, but he didn't care. "Do a good job and I will give you a gold coin," he said.
The kid's eyes changed from excitement to surprise, but he quickly shook his head. "No, no, no. I can't take a gold coin. Just give me 5 silver coins," he said.
'Hmm… is he really not scamming me? Or is there some other reason why he is refusing to take the money?' he wondered.
Ning took out a silver coin and tossed it to the little kid. "Start talking."
The kid nodded very forcefully and asked, "What do you want to know about first?"
"Geography, city, sects, different powers, stores, anything you can say. If you can give me a lot of information, I will even give you some additional silver coins," Ning said.
The kid started speaking. The Deepskull island was separated into 3 sections, the Jaw, the Right Eye, and the Left Eye.
The Jaw was the major residential area where everyone lived. It was where most of the mortals farmed and grew crops.
Just above the jaw on the way to either of the two eyes was the market area. Shop, guilds, and other such places were there.
Then came the two eyes. Both of the eyes were private properties of the only two sects of the island.
The Right eyes held the sect called the Blue Dragon sect. They were a normal sect that taught any and everything that a cultivator could want to learn. They were only good enough and what they did but that was enough for the different disciples to want to join them.
The Left eyes held the sect called the Red Tiger Sect. They were a bunch of barbaric fellas who did nothing but cultivate their bodies to the extreme. As such, they were one of the only sects in the scattered isles where everyone was a body cultivator.
Ning found both of these sects very interesting.
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"What about the other areas of the skull, like the forehead and else," Ning asked.
"Those are all surrounding by jungle with strong beasts. The two sects might not look eye to eye, but they work together to protect the rest of us from the beasts," the little kid said.
Ning asked a few more questions regarding the state of the city if there were any physicians in the city or not, and what was usually the accepted amount of gold and silver coins for various minor stuff.
According to the kid, while there were doctors, they were all expensive and normal people couldn't afford them at all. Aside from that, The things around here seemed to be priced about the same as the back in Starsight city.
As for the state of the city, the small kid didn't know any internal politics, only that the citizens were happy.
'I guess that's enough to know about the city,' he thought.
"Alright, last question before I pay you," Ning said. The kid looked at him in desire and expectation.
"Do tell me, why is a little girl like yourself trying to act like a boy and deceive the people you are working for?"
The little kid's eyes stopped showing all forms of emotion and suddenly, her face started getting pale. "W-W-What do y-you mean? I-I am a boy," she said.
"No need to hide kid. I'm a doctor, and can easily tell who is what. If you don't want to tell me why you are doing what you are doing, then it's okay. Here's 5 silver coins. You can leave," he said as he handed her her payment.
The girl took the 5 silver coins... Together with the one earlier, she had been paid 6 silver coins. She hesitated between staying and leaving.
Ning saw that and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Um… are you really a doctor?" she asked.
"Yes, I am," Ning said.
"Um… how… How much do you cost?" she asked timidly.
"Hmm… that would depend on the injury and the different materials that would have to be spent during the treatment, so I can't tell you exactly right now," he said.
"Um… what about a paralysis? How much would that cost?" she asked.
"Paralysis. I would have to check the patient. There are many causes of paralysis. Some can end up costing over 20 gold coins," Ning said. The little girl's face immediately lost all hope. Even getting a few gold coins was hard for her.
This was the first time her spouting out a high number had worked. Usually, people only paid a silver coin or two, and that would be gone by the end of the day when she had to buy food. She felt like tearing up once more.
"… and some can actually cost nothing," Ning said.
"Huh?" the girl asked in confusion. "How can a treatment not cost anything. The doctors make us pay 5 gold coins just for some small fever alone," the girl said.
"Huh? 5 gold coins for some fever? What sort of idiot would pay that price?" Ning said in surprise.
The girl got timid again and said, "Us idiots who know nothing about medicines and diseases who have to do what the doctor says or they won't treat us."
Ning was getting a little angry after hearing that. "Do you know a patient? Show me the way. I will see what I can do," he said.
The girl's eyes shined brightly. She caught him by the hand and started dragging him through the open streets. They were still in the jaw area, and she took him to a small house that looked more like a cottage.
She knocked on the door.
A small 7-year-old kid opened the door and was excited when he saw the girl come home. He was about to say something, but then saw Ning and instead said, "Brother, welcome back."
Ning couldn't help but smile. This brother-sister duo seemed to want to keep the fact that she was a girl from everyone.
"He knows, Anvi," she said and took Ning to the room where her father laid on the bed. The man on the bed slowly moved his head to the right as he said, " Anya, are you ba— Who are you?"
He seemed to be scared that a thief got into their house. "Father, he is a doctor I brought," Anya said as she walked inside.
"Doctor?" the man's face immediately got angry. "We don't need those goddamn rip-offs. Go back your fraud, we aren't going to pay you anything," the father screamed.
"No, Father. He is a new doctor that just came to the island. He isn't one of those stingy doctors from the marketplace," Anya said.
Ning had enough of their talk and walked forward. "Let me check you," he said as he started poking around all over his body, asking if he felt any pain or discomfort when he did so.
The father, after learning that Ning wasn't one of those frauds, answered all of his questions truthfully. Ning quickly understood what the problem was.
"I can heal you, but you will have to suffer pain that will make you feel like you are in hell while I do," Ning said.
"You… can… heal me? For what price?" the man asked.
"Hmm… normally I would ask for gold coins, but right now, I need a place to stay. How about you give me one of your rooms for the next 2 months or so for me to live in?" Ning asked.
"You… want to live in a place like this?" the man asked.
"Yeah. I just need a place to guard myself against the sun and rain. I am not looking for anything fancy," Ning said.
"Yes, father. Let's do that," Anya said from behind.
"Very well, if my daughter says so then I agree," the man said.
Ning turned around to the two kids and said, " Alright, I am going to heal you father. It will hurt him a lot and he will scream a lot, so you guys stay out."
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Ning had locked the door from the inside and asked the man to bite on the corner of the pillow. After that, Ning started massaging.
The man seemed to have gotten into a small accident after which he started to stop feeling his lower body. It started off numb and soon he couldn't move it at all.
From what Ning could tell, the man had most of the nerves responsible for his lower body trapped inside his different vertebra. So, the signal to and from his legs was cut off.
Ning was trying to massage his body such that he would hit the different vertebra and have them separate themselves. Opening up the vertebra would cause intense pain, but he didn't have anything for anesthesia, so the man would have to suffer a bit.
"ARGGG" the man screamed for a total of 5 minutes as Ning continuously used his 10 Fingers Heavenly Massage technique on the old man.
After 5 minutes finally, the man fainted from the pain, and at the same time, Ning was done as well. He opened the door and walked out to find the two kids waiting by the door with teary-eyed.
"O-Our father, is he going to be okay?" the little girl asked.
"Yes, he is fine. Come, let's go away from here. Your father needs to rest," Ning said and took the kids away.
In a different room, he asked the girl, "How old are you?"
"I'm 11 years old, and my brother is nearly 8 years old," she said.
"What about your mother?" he asked.
The girl sneakily looked at her brother, not wanting to say anything, but the brother spoke up this time. "Father says that she died while giving birth to me," he said.
Ning felt sad for the two kids. "So, why were you dressed like a boy? Are girls not allowed to work on this island or what?" Ning asked.
"No, they can. But if someone were to find out that I was a girl, they would soon ask around about my family and learn that my father was not in a condition to work. "
"Then, there will be many people coming to our house, trying to buy me off with the promises of gold and healing my father," she said.
"You could just say no, right?" Ning asked.
"No," the girl said as she shook her head. " I doubt I could've refused. Especially when my father's body would be healed if I got taken away. I would've done that in a heartbeat."
"Besides, the people that usually make those sorts of offers are not somebody you can refuse," Anya said. It seemed there was more to this town than what the girl let know at first.
An hour or so later, the father woke up and walked downstairs by himself.
"F-Father?!" both the kids were both rejoiced and surprised. The family of 3 got into a group hug and Ning just watched from the side.
The father then let go of his children and walked up to Ning before falling onto his knees and started bowing to him in thanks.
Ning quickly caught him and brought him up. The little girl made some tea and the four sat around drinking it. They showed Ning to a room that seemed to be what the brother was using previously.
Ning wasn't particularly picky, so he told the family that he was going to cultivate, and not to disturb him.
Finally, he stayed down on the bed and closed his eyes. He hadn't sat down to think about what had happened the last 3 days. The bugs, the invasion, the deaths, the kills, the aftermath, and leaving the city.
He didn't keep track of how long he stayed on the island, but it was definitely close to a year. While he wasn't attached to it, he was still a little sad to let it go.
Slowly, he started cultivating. He had gained a few different insights on cultivation in general and was using it to try and break through.
Still, he was quite a few steps away from reaching a bottleneck. But breaking through with the number of insights he knew now would be very easy.
He cultivated his mind and body at the same time he was cultivating his Qi. Soon, night came and went and dawn showed its face.
The sun rose up and Ning could see it from his window. He walked out of his room. He could hear some arguments from the living room of the house.
He walked in to see the little girl and the father in a heated argument.
"But I can help," the little girl said.
"Not anymore. Now that I am healed, you will stop working. I don't want to see my children doing any work," the father said.
Ning could understand what the problem was. He listened to the two of them argue for a little while more before he said, "I am planning on opening a small, cheap pharmacy outdoors. How about letting your daughter be my assistant?"
"A pharmacy? Doctor, you know by now. Your kind doesn't have a lot of reputation around here. If they learn that you opened one here, they will come in protest immediately," the father said.
"Let me worry about that," Ning said and took the little girl before walking out. They walked to the market as the little girl showed him where he could find the different furniture.
He already owned a bed, so he just bought a few chairs and desks and boards. Things he would need to make a temporary shop.
He went back to the little girl's home and started building a small shed using the materials he had brought. He set up the different furniture and put up a board in front of the building that said
'Physician Ning's Treatment House - Cheapest in the city'
He didn't get the chance to be a physician back in the Starsight city, so he would become one in the Deepskull city.
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"Please come get yourself treated at Physician Ning's Treatment House. Don't bother going to those frauds in the market, Doctor Ning can treat anyone for a very cheap price."
"Come, Come, Get treated right now."
Anya was doing her best to gather patients for Ning, but it just wasn't happening. Half a day had gone by but no one bothered looking towards his shop.
But he wasn't worried. "Anya, come back. You don't have to keep shouting," he said.
"Huh? But doctor Ning, if I don't shout, how will they know to come here?" she asked and went back to shouting out.
Finally, a person came to visit. It was an old man whose legs seemed to be having some problems. He limped his way to Ning and asked, "I-is it true that you don't take a lot of money?"
Ning nodded and said, "I only take the price of ingredients and a little more for service. I do not take anything else," he said.
The man was still skeptical but he decided to take the chance. "I got bit by something in the sea yesterday in my right leg. I did not know if it is poisonous or not, seeing as I have lived until today, it probably is not. However, ever since yesterday, I have been slowly losing movement on my right leg."
"It still feels everything pretty clearly, but the movement is kind of hard now," the old man said.
"Hmm…" Ning looked at the man's legs and started checking them. On his lower thigh, there was a small cut that was surrounded by skins that had been turned purple, violet, and pink.
"Ah, I see," Ning said in realization.
"It seems you were bit by a Tricolored Octopus. You actually don't have to do anything, as the bite is not poisonous and will only make your legs unmovable for a few days, after which it will go away on its own."
"However, if you do want to cure it immediately, I will get some ingredients from the market right now and treat you. It should cost you about 1 gold coin and 4 silver coins," Ning said.
"Wait, wait!" the man said. "Will I really be healed if I don't treat it at all?" he asked.
"Yes, the toxin in your legs will get washed in a few days and you will be okay," Ning said.
"Um… how many days might it take?" the man asked.
"Hmm… Tricolored rainbow stings usually last for 5 days. Since it's been about 2 days now, you should be able to move your legs in 2 more days, and on the 3rd day, you will be able to move it quite well," Ning said.
"I-If that is so then can I not take the treatment?" the man asked.
"Of course, if that is what you want then you can do that," Ning said.
"Umm… how much will I have to pay you now?" the man asked.
"You can pay me 1 silver coin for the diagnosis," Ning said.
"Ah, only 1 silver coin?" the man was surprised and hastily took out the silver coin and paid before leaving. He was afraid of Ning suddenly changing his mind.
Ning smiled looking at the man and called Anya.
"What is it doctor Ning?" she asked.
"Here for your work today," Ning said as he handed her the silver coin he got from the old man.
"Huh, I don't nee—"
"Just shut up and take it. Get something tasty for yourself and your brother," Ning said.
The rest of the day no other customer arrived so Ning closed the shop and went back to his room and started cultivating.
The next morning, he went to the market and bought a bunch of ingredients he knew he would require for treatments. Then, it was back to treating people.
A few more people arrived and got treated. Ning took as little money as possible from these people. Same for the next day and the day after that.
Learning that there was a doctor in the village that treated patients at low cost, people started flocking to Ning's shop. Furthermore, once someone was massaged, they spread the news, and one after another, more people arrived for massage as well.
Soon, his shop would have a very high number of patients throughout the day.
The little girl Anya was truly surprised seeing how many patients there were and just how much they were paying.
Even when Ning earned 2-3 silver coins on average, throughout a single day, he would make around 25 gold coins throughout the day.
Of that, he would give her about 5 gold coins each day just because she helped with the queue of the people.
After seeing firsthand just how much money he was making, the little girl mustered up some courage and asked him, "Can I learn to be a doctor too?"
Ning thought for a moment and said, "Sure, why not. I will write some books in my spare time that you can read and learn. I will also teach you the massage technique. That should be very easy."
So, the next few weeks, Ning spent some of the time writing the different medical knowledge he had into simple books and handed them to the little girl to read.
He made absolutely sure to let her know to hide these books at all cost. He even gave her a storage bag so she could keep the books.
As a bonus, he handed her his Divine Vortex Devouring technique and the Earth-Shattering - Heaven Tempering art as well.
Teaching a little kid about cultivation reminded him of his time with Hyesi all over again. He still wished that he was alive and that he could go see him if possible.
Anya was a talented girl too. As soon as he taught her something, she would understand it. At times, he started doubting if she had an eidetic memory too. However, she would sometimes forget things, so it proved she did not.
Soon, a few months passed and Anya was on her way to becoming a full-fledged doctor herself.
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"Master, there is a man outside with a broken arm, can I diagnose him?" the now 12-year-old Anya said. It had been a few months since she started learning medicine directly from Ning and had thus started calling him master.
He was also her cultivation master, but Ning didn't want to be called a master by a girl who was in the 3rd Qi condensation realm, since he had only reached the 8th Qi condensation realm and was still a month away from reaching the 9th realm.
"Hmm… sure. But you won't get to treat him if it's anything advanced," Ning said.
"Okay," Anya said as she walked out of the giant room.
The 'hospital' was now huge. After getting a lot of patients, Ning had expanded the facility. Anya was also working in the hospital now and was used to handling patients with non-serious problems.
She did what volunteers did back in Physician's hall.
"So, since his bone is cleanly broken, we can make a healing paste with Abyssal Tree sap and a Bald Turtle's blood essence, right?" she asked.
"Normally yes. But see that his arm is broken right from the joints? Your paste wouldn't work. Instead, you need Blazing Chicken's Feathers, Spirit Pear's vine, Demon Caterpillar's precious silk, ground-up Tetraheaded snake's skins, Hanging tree's sap, and upside down gourd water. Only that paste can fix his broken arm," Ning said.
"Ah I see, I see," Anya said.
"Alright, go out and treat the rest. I will patch him up," Ning said and started to make a paste using the different ingredients.
He proceeded to treat a few more patients until Anya came to the room and with her were 4 different buffs, barechested men.
"Doctor, are you treating us like crap? We come here to pay and get treated, yet you have a kid who is not even a teen check us. Are you looking down on us?" one of the men said.
Ning was a little surprised at the aggressiveness of the men but said nothing. Instead, he asked Anya, "What's wrong with them?"
"I— I do not know master," Anya said timidly. "They said they had a stomach ache and I checked for it, but I couldn't figure out why at all."
Anya had tears in her eyes cause she wasn't able to diagnose the men properly. "It's okay. Just sit back and I will diagnose them," Ning said.
He called each man forth one by one and checked them. He asked them various different questions and looked for signs of any physical trauma but he couldn't find any.
"From what I can tell, you guys don't have anything serious. If you really do have a stomach ache, just drink some warm water and it should go away in under a day," Ning said.
"Oh, then what about the money," one of the men asked.
"It's a silver coin each for the diagnosis," Ning said.
"What? BullSh*t. You didn't even treat us and you want so much money? I was right, this doctor is nothing but a phony. We should have gone to the proper doctors in the marketplace. They are the righteous ones that don't take unnecessary money from everyone," the man shouted.
Ning was a little surprised by the man's sudden shout. He felt like something was off. 'Ah, I see,' he thought. He quickly checked the men's cultivation. While they didn't have any Qi cultivation, they had body cultivation.
'So that's what is going on,' he thought.
"I am sorry, dear customer. I tried to take money from you for nothing. How about I treat your broken shoulder for free?" Ning asked.
"Huh? Yes, that's more like it. You should— no, wait. My shoulder isn't br— "
CRACK
"AHHHHH" the man screamed as he had never before. The entire hospital shook from his cries. The other 3 saw that Ning had his left hand tightly grasping the man's right shoulder.
"Hey, what do you think you— "
SHING
Before they could even finish their sentences, Ning brought out the sword and pointed right at them. The men got scared seeing the nice-looking sword.
"Y-You won't dare use that. We are from the Red Tiger sect. If you attack us, you will be the enemy of our sect," the men said.
"Oh yeah, why don't you try me and see if your sect will avenge your death?" Ning said.
The men got a little more scared. The man with the broken shoulders was on his knees, crying, desperately trying to remove Nings hands from his shoulders, but he was failing to at every single attempt.
The men started to understand that Ning was strong and not someone they could mess with.
Ning too had only started this trouble after checking their cultivation base. He had seen that they were all about 4-5th level in body cultivation, with the man he harmed having the highest of them all.
By beating him first, he deterred the rest of the gang.
"P-Please spare us," the men said.
"Spare you? Hmm… how about this? I will let you go after treating your stomach ache," Ning said.
"Our… stomach ache? Umm… we don't have any. We— we were just trying to mess with you. We now see that we were wrong and will just leave like that," the men said.
"Nope, can't let you guys leave like that. If I say you get a stomach ache, you get a stomach ache. Choose, do you want to get punched in the stomach by me, or this little girl?" Ning said while pointing to Anya.
"Um… the little girl," they said. It was an obvious choice.
"Alright then, You, come forward," he called a person. The man came forward and stood there.
"Anya, go and punch that man as hard as you can in the stomach," Ning said.
Anya was confused as she didn't know if she could do what he had said. "Umm…."
"C'mon little miss. You can hit me. I am ready," the man said.
Anya finally lost all hesitation and walked forward. She barely came up to the man's chest with her height. She stretched as far as she could and delivered a single, perfect punch to the stomach.
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Ning let go of the man's shoulder and watched the other man fall to the ground while holding his stomach.
"Arhhh," he screamed as loudly as he could to rid away the pain. The other 2 men looked at the man and then onto the little girl in fear.
"Next one," Ning said. He called forth another one of the men and asked them to get beat. They were about to refuse, but once they saw Ning's fist, they willingly came forth.
Anya hit both of them on their stomach once each and they too fell to the ground in pain.
'That's what you get when you get punched by someone in the 3rd Qi condensation realm and 4th level of body cultivation,' Ning thought.
Anya's cultivation speed was quite fast in general, but her body cultivation was beyond quick. In just a few months, she had managed to break through 4 different levels of body cultivation.
She was on par with the thugs in front of her.
"Alright, let me diagnose you guys," Ning said and started to list out the problems with the different men and prepared medicines for them.
"Alright, eat these and you will be fine," Ning said as he handed the 4 of them their individual medicine. The four of them took the medicines and turned around to leave.
"Wait!" Ning said.
"Umm… what is it, sir?" one of the men asked.
"Where is my payment? Ning said.
The men started to get scared again and quickly took out a bunch of gold coins before giving them to Ning. They didn't dare stay behind any longer.
Ning chuckled a bit and went back to treating the patients. Finally, once he was done with the hospital work, he went to his room and started cultivating.
"10 more months," he thought. It had already been 6 months since he lost the system, 4 months since he came to Deepskull city. He would now have to somehow live his life for 10 more months without trouble.
However, even if one didn't look for trouble, trouble came knocking on its own.
A few days later, another group of people came to the hospital. Even from far away, Ning could tell that they were strong.
He walked to the front of the hospital and waited for these people to speak. He quietly checked their cultivation and realized that while their Qi cultivation was quite poor, their body cultivation was in double digits.
'They're stronger than me,' he thought. 'Are they here to take revenge on those 4 from before?'
"Are you the doctor named Ning?" one of the men in the group asked. He was big and buff. He had a head full of white hair but that didn't stop him from looking like he was in the prime of his life.
"Yes, I am Ning," he replied.
"My name is Preso, and I am an elder from the Red Tiger sect. Is it true that our disciple's got beat here a couple of days ago?" he asked.
Ning didn't like where the situation was going but still decided to answer truthfully. "Yes, that is true. I beat them," Ning said.
"Hmm…. Is that really true?" the man frowned as he asked again.
"Of course that's true. I really did beat them. You can ask them yourself," Ning said.
"Hmm… that is the thing, doctor. I did ask them, and they said the one that beat them was a little girl," the man said.
"Oh, if you meant who hit them, then yes it was the girl, but she did it under my order," Ning said.
"Oh, so it's true," the man's eyes started shining.
'What is going on?' Ning started to believe the situation wasn't how he thought it was.
"Can I see the little girl?" the man asked.
Ning frowned. "What do you want?" he asked in a serious tone.
"Oh, we don't come with malicious intent. Please, can we just see the little girl. Don't worry, we won't harm her in front of so many civilians. While we might not look like it, we care for our reputation too," Preso said.
Ning thought what he said made sense, so he called Anya to the front. Anya timidly walked to the front in front of so many members of the Red Tiger sect. She knew how ferocious they were and was thus scared quite a bit.
"Hello, little miss, what is your name?" Preso asked.
"A-Anya," she replied.
"Miss Anya, can you tell me if you beat the 4 men about a few days ago?" Preso asked.
"Not all, only 3. Master beat the last one. But that was only because they were trying to fake their injury and ruin our business. We didn't attack them for no reason. They asked for it," Anya tried to explain why her master had to do what he did.
"I see, I see. Then can you come here and hit me too?" Preso said as he put forth a hand for Anya to hit.
Anya hesitated and looked towards Ning. Ning started to suspect what was going on. He looked towards Anya and nodded.
After getting the go, Anya walked forward and hit the man's palm as hard as she could. While her little pre-teen hands weren't very large, the force they packed behind them wasn't weak either.
With a 4th level body cultivation, the sound her fist made on impact was loud enough that the other members of the Red Tiger sect that were standing behind them were flabbergasted.
"So strong," he murmured. They had expected the girl to be strong, but at some level underneath, they couldn't believe that a little girl could have the same level of cultivation base as their inner sect disciples.
Preso looked at his own palm in shock. While he didn't feel any pain, the slight numbness still remained. He couldn't believe her power either.
However, he managed to wake himself out of the shock and looked straight at Anya before saying, "Miss Anya, would you like to join the Red Tiger sect as a direct disciple of mine?"
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"I…" Anya couldn't say anything. On one hand, it was an incredible opportunity, on the other hand, she already had a master. Calling someone else a master while having one was disrespectful to the original master.
Ning decided to ask some questions himself.
"Mr. Preso. What exactly is your status in the Red Tiger Sect?" he asked.
"I am the third Elder of the sect, behind in status only to the second elder, first elder, and the sect leader," Preso said.
"You said you want to take Anya as a direct disciple, right? What benefit would she get?" Ning asked.
"Little Anya will be a direct disciple of mine, so she will learn a lot of different things from me directly. With her current cultivation base, she will become an inner sect disciple directly, and soon due to her age, may even end up becoming an influential figure in the Red Tiger sect," Preso said.
Ning thought for a moment. "What do you say Anya?" he asked. This was an amazing opportunity for her and he wanted her to take it.
" I- I don't want it, master. I have you as a master already. I don't need another one," she said.
"Silly girl, I can't stay here and teach you everyday. I need to live my own life too. Besides, your life will be awesome once you join the sect. Given how young you are, you will become an amazing person in the future," Ning said.
"But— but, I don't want to leave my father and brother," she said.
Preso walked forward and said, "Don't worry child, the sect will take care of your family too. We have a special housing area where the family of our important sect members live. We will keep your family there too."
"Think, Anya. If I am not here, how are you going to take care of your family," Ning said.
Finally, Anya's eyes showed determination and said, "Okay, I will do it." On her own, she drooped down her head and bowed to her new master.
Ning smiled and then looked at the third elder and the rest of the group and said, "I am weak right now, but I won't remain such forever. If I ever come to find out that you or your sect has mistreated Anya, I will personally come wreck havoc."
The elder saw Ning's serious face, and while he didn't necessarily believe Ning could do that, he still nodded in respect and admiration. "I will put my name on the line and promise that we will treat her the best we can," Preso said.
"Very well. You guys leave for today. I will come tomorrow morning to deliver her directly to the sect," Ning said.
The Red Tiger Sect members hesitated for a bit, but then they left. Ning closed the hospital for the day and decided to have Anya spend the rest of the day with her family.
They let know the father-son what had transpired and soon, they were rejoicing too. Hearing that his daughter would be a direct disciple to one of the elders in the Red Tiger sect, the father was beyond happy.
The family shared a hearty meal that night and went to sleep. The next morning, Ning stored all of their possession in a storage bag and left with them.
He walked with them for more than half an hour before he reached the gate to the Red Tiger sect. Preso seemed to be waiting for them, and when he saw Ning and Anya, his face lit up in happiness.
He made a disciple show the father and brother to the sect housing area while he took Anya towards the inside. Anya left his hands and returned to Ning one last time to give him a hug.
She started crying.
"Hey, it's okay. I am not going anywhere so soon. I will come to see you from time to time. Just study hard and remember what I taught to okay?" he said.
Anya nodded and finally left with the third elder. Ning now didn't have anything to do. He mindlessly returned back to the house, but it was empty.
He opened the hospital and focused his attention there. It worked for a few days, but soon he realized it wasn't so fun. He wanted more with life.
"Sigh, I should just go to the marketplace and set my hospital there," he thought. So, he did it. Over the next couple of days, he let the village folks know that he was going to shift places and on a fateful day, left the place.
The house would soon be occupied by a brother of the neighbor.
He set his new hospital in the middle of the marketplace and very soon, business was booming. He was the cheapest doctor around and had a much better attitude, so soon, he was stealing business away from the other doctors away as well.
They were already angry that Ning had taken away their customers from the city, and now he was taking the customers away from the marketplace as well.
But they couldn't do anything. Ning wasn't doing anything illegal, so they couldn't complain to the two sects. As for kicking him away, they had already tried that once and failed.
There was only one thing they could do, and that was begging Ning to stop his practice or at least increase the prices so that the others could compete.
But Ning didn't listen to any of them. In the end, the doctors couldn't do anything so they threw caution to the wind and went to complain to the two sects.
For the first few days, the sect showed no reaction as to whether they were listening to their complaints or not. However, after a few days of relentless complaints, even if the sect didn't care at first, they were now curious as to how a single person could disrupt the entire medical industry.
So, they finally decided to check what the fuss was all about. The Blue Dragon sect was going to take some action.
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Ning bandaged up a man's forehead after applying some sort of paste under it.
"Alright. The swollen parts should disappear in about 3 days. After it stops hurting, you can remove the bandage yourself," he told the man.
"Thank you, doctor," the man said and paid Ning a bunch of silver coins before leaving.
He welcomed another patient but was a little surprised this time. 'A cultivator?' he thought as he felt the aura of the man walking in.
'7th realm?' he thought and quickly checked the man's cultivation base. It was in the 8th Qi Condensation realm. 'So close,' Ning thought.
"Hi, what can I help you with?" Ning asked.
The cultivator was really polite and explained what the problem was. Ning listened with full attention and checked the person. He then prepared some medicine and asked for a price of 5 gold coins.
The cultivator paid the amount without hesitation and left.
'That was weird,' Ning thought. For some reason, cultivators never came to get checked. It was always mortals. It was almost like there weren't that many rogue cultivators in the city at all.
And the few that did come were never this strong at all.
However, thinking that this was a one-time event, Ning decided to forget it. However, the next person that came through the door was also a cultivator.
'Another 8th realm cultivator?' he was shocked. The person was a woman who had a stomach problem. Ning gave her medicine too and she politely thanked him and paid him before leaving.
This was a very weird experience for Ning in this city. He treated not one, but two cultivators in a single day.
'What's going on?' he wondered.
Anther cultivator with 7th Qi Condensation realm came in and ask for treatment. Ning complied and treated the man.
After him, another came. And another, and another.
By the end of the day, he had treated over 30 cultivators, all of whom were at least above the 7th Qi Condensation realm.
Just when he thought it was over, however, another person came. However, this person didn't feel like a cultivator. 'Finally, a mortal,' Ning thought.
But when he looked up and saw the man, he was sure he had made a mistake. Just from the man's long white beard and blue robes, he could tell that he was a cultivator.
As for why he had no aura, Ning checked him.
5th Foundation Establishment realm.
Ning's eyes went wide. 'So strong,' he thought.
"Hello, Doctor Ning. How are you doing?" the man spoke with an amicable smile.
"I'm fine. May I ask who you are?" Ning said.
"My name is Palio, I am an elder of the Blue Dragon sect," the man said. The situation reminded him a lot of what happened with Anya.
"Are you here to recruit me as a disciple?" Ning asked.
Palio's eyes went a little wide as he wasn't expecting Ning to understand his purpose. Still, he managed to smile and said, "Close, but not quite."
"Hmm?" Ning didn't understand the meaning.
"I am here to recruit you as a doctor for our sect. What do you say?" the man asked.
"Doctor… for the sect?" Ning asked curiously. "Do you want to exclusively take me as sect's doctor?"
"Ah, it's good that you understand. Yes, that is exactly what we want to do. You see, the local doctors complained to us that you are in the way of their business just because of how good you are."
"We wanted to see, and it turns out you are really good. Much better than the doctor we currently have. So, Doctor Ning, I would like to formally invite you to the Blue Dragon sect to stay as an exclusive doctor," Palio said.
Ning fell into deep contemplation. 'I still have 8 months before I get my system back. I was doing this all just to pass time, so…'
"What benefits do I get?" Ning asked.
"As a sect doctor, you will get all the materials needed for treatment paid by the sect. You will get free access to all the books and techniques in the sect library, aside from the forbidden ones," Palio said.
'That's not very bad I guess,' Ning thought. However, what Palio said next sealed the deal.
"Finally, you will get 5 spirit stones every single month."
"Sorry, Spirit Stones?" Ning's eyes went wide. He had heard of those things, but they were incredibly rare. Even though it only cost about 100 gold coins, just finding one was impossible.
"Where do you guys get the spirit stones?" Ning asked.
"We have connections with a major sect up north near the mainland. We get a steady supply of it from them," the man said.
Ning didn't need to think anymore. "I agree."
Pali0 left with a smile. Ning promised to go to the sect exactly 1 week after he finished treating the people that were waiting for him.
He made sure to let everyone know that he was leaving. Some were saddened by it, some angry too, but they couldn't stop him from doing what he wanted to do.
He made sure to go around the different doctors in the area and threatened them to return if he ever learned about them hiking up the price.
Once everything was ready, a week later, in the morning, Ning walked to the Right eye of the Deepskull island.
The Blue Dragon sect was hidden a little away from the markets in the thick of the forest. Once Ning walked up to the gate, he could see the tall walls of the sect going all around it.
'That's quite a big sect,' he thought. He had heard a lot regarding the two sects on the island but had never personally seen them.
Finally, he walked up to the guard and told them why he was here. The guards didn't waste any time and immediately went to call Palio.
Palio came out of the gate with a happy smile, saying "Good Morning, Doctor Ning. Welcome to the Blue Dragon Sect."
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"It's just a little sprain. Don't practice as hard for a few days and you will be fine," Ning said as he patched up a girl's sprained ankles. She had been training for the past few days a little too excessively and ended up spraining her ankle.
Ning had had many such disciples come to him for treatment for the last 3 months. Some had minor injuries, while others had major.
He made sure to fix everyone properly each time. The problem however was that they would come to him every single time they had a problem, which they had a lot. So, he hadn't managed to find a lot of time to cultivate.
What little time he did get, he used efficiently and easily broke through to the 9th Qi Condensation realm. Now, he was simply 1 step away from reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Still, he was happy with what he was doing, since by now, he had managed to gather 15 spirit stones. He could keep it as currency for later on or simply just use it and gain a tremendous amount of Qi at once.
"Thank you, doctor," the girl said and left the room.
Another disciple soon followed. This one was a boy.
"Doctor, I think I sprained my right arm. The wrist hurts a lot," he said.
"Let me check," Ning said and checked the wrist for damage. As expected, it was in fact very damaged. "What's up with you guys? This is already the 3rd such injury I've seen today. You guys seem to be practicing quite hard today," Ning said.
"Of course Doctor Ning. We need to get a high rank in the upcoming competition or we won't be able to take part in the Triennials at all," the boy said.
"Oh, you have a competition coming up? I'm quite surprised honestly. I can't wait to check it out," Ning said.
"Yes, doctor. Just watch me, I will enter the top 10 for sure," the boy said. Ning didn't even know who the boy really was as he only focused on treating them. Still, he cheered him on.
"By the way, who gets to take part in this competition? Only Core disciples?" Ning asked.
"Well, it's a combat-focused competition so, it's mostly going to be core disciples," the boy said.
"And how many participants? Is there anything for the winner?" Ning asked.
"No rewards actually. Well, the reward would be the opportunity to go to Hub island to take part in the Triennial Tournament. As for participants, it's going to be a competition between the Blue Dragon sect and Red Tiger sect, and of them, only 15 will get to go."
"It's an Island vs Island event, so there won't be many," the boy said.
"I see," Ning said. He quickly patched up the boy and sent him away. More disciples came after him with similar problems and Ning healed them all.
He was quite surprised by how excited the disciples were for the competition.
Once night fell and no more disciples came, he finally left the clinic and walked out. His room was above the clinic as well, but he needed some fresh air for now.
It was evening time and the sun had just gone down. The clinic was in the center of the sect, along with other major buildings. Ning only had a walk a small distance if he wanted to go to the library or the training plaza.
He had looked through the assortments of techniques that the Blue Dragon sect had and had even liked a few, but he had had no time to practice any.
If he had to say a bad thing about his current situation, then it would definitely be the lack of time.
He roamed the sect for a while. He saw the many disciples still training throughout the sect. Some were using swords, some spears, some bows and arrows, some whips, some staffs, and a lot of other nonconventional weapons.
Some even used nonweapons during their practice. He saw a person use a flute during practice. Ning didn't know how he fought, but he did and that was interesting. Some used Beasts to fight too. All in all, there was a variety of fighting styles that could be found in the sect.
Ning returned back to the clinic and went to his room to cultivate.
A few more days passed and it was finally the day for the inter-sect competition. He was notified about the competition a day ago since he needed to stay in the fighting arena for emergency medical care.
He complied and let them know what he needed.
The sect was under fanfare as the disciples were celebrating the competition as if it were a festival.
'They really love this competition huh?' Ning thought.
A massive arena of sorts was prepared around the fighting area that could hold a massive audience. People started arriving that filled the audience pretty soon.
Most of the seats however were filled by the disciples of the two sects. The competition was to be held in the Blue Dragon sect, so the disciples from the Red Tiger sects had started arriving.
The disciples of either sect were quite easily distinguishable. The uniform of the Blue Dragon sect was blue, while the Red Tiger sect was red.
Even then the Red Tiger sect didn't wear any uniforms for most of the time and liked to be bare-chested, which was also quite easily distinguishable.
The arena slowly filled and the important peoples of both of the sects started arriving as well. The two sect leaders of either sect as well as a few important elders filled the podium that was set high up. They consisted of the elders like Palio and Preso as well.
Ning tried searching for Anya, but it seemed she was kept away from the competition. Ning approved of it. Showing a bloody battle to a little girl wasn't necessary.
Soon, everyone had arrived and a giant horn blew marking the start of the competition.
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One of the elders of the sect walked up to the fighting arena and started giving a speech. The elder was going to be the main host of the competition and would thus be in charge of the battles today.
Ning looked around and was quite surprised at how many disciples from both sects were ready to fight here today.
'Can they even finish it all in a single day?' he wondered. However, he soon realized that there was going to be more than a single battle at a time.
'Ah, so that's how they are going to speed up the competition huh?' he thought.
Over 50 disciples from each sect were called up to the stage and made to pick up some pieces of paper with numbers on them.
"The matches are going to be one on one battles where everyone that got the same number will fight against each other regardless of the sects you come from," the host said.
"The purpose of the competition is to select the best of the best amongst you guys to take you to the Triennial Tournament that will take place in the hub island in 5 months' time. The ones selected from this competition will be put through rigorous training so that you can end up being the best you can be in the next 5 months," the host said.
The disciples got excited hearing that such change would come soon to them if they could only succeed right here.
'15 disciples from this group of 2 sects right? That's not really a lot,' he thought. He wondered how Starsight city handled this when they had 3 different sects that could make up the 15 disciples list.
'Pure Cleansing sect probably didn't get a lot of spots since they aren't so good at fighting,' Ning thought.
Suddenly, the arena started separating, surprising Ning who was staying to the side. A few elders walked out from inside, both of them consisting of the two sects.
4 of them walked onto the stage while the rest walked up to next to Ning and stayed there. Ning greeted them and they greeted back.
Ning was wearing an elder's clothing so they didn't dare be disrespectful.
They struck up conversations and Ning soon came to learn that they were actually referees for the competition and would switch with the ones on the stage from time to time.
Finally, the competition started and 8 disciples were called on stage. 5 of them were from the Blue Dragon sect and 3 from the Red Tiger sect. Without even the robes, just based on their body types, the two disciples were easily separated.
The Blue Dragon sect disciples had a lean body and usually held some sort of weapons, while the Red Tiger sect disciples were body cultivators with big and buff bodies that didn't like using weapons.
The 4 pairs were randomly chosen by themselves so, 4 of the disciples from the Blue Dragon sect and 2 from the Red Tiger sects had to fight their fellow disciples.
However, that didn't mean they were going to go easy on them. As soon as the competition started, the disciples immediately rushed to attack the opponent as fast as they could.
This was a contest of raw strength and skill, and as such none of them held back. They used various weapons and fought with each other to the best of their ability.
The four referees looked after the competition on the 4 different stages and made sure the disciples didn't accidentally hurt each other more than they should.
2 of the fights ended normally, while the other 2 continued on. Different abilities flew through the air and another one came to a close as well.
The final one was between the two sect's disciples and the disciple from the Red Tiger sect nearly heavily injured the disciple from the Blue Dragon sect. Was it not for the elder stopping him in time, the outcome would have been disastrous?
Ning immediately stood up to go check on the disciple, but everything was fine, so he returned back to his seat.
"Brother Ning must really care for the disciples of the sect. You ran up there so quickly," one of the elders said.
"Haha, it's nothing like that. I was just doing my job as the doctor of the sect," Ning said.
"I see, I see. By the way, how old are you, Brother Ning? You don't look very old," the elder asked.
"Me? I am…" Ning hadn't calculated his age in a long while. "… around 22 years old," he said.
"Oh wow, only 22? Those disciples up there are probably older than you," the elder said. The few other elders around him got surprised too.
"Haha, I doubt that is true," Ning said trying to sound humble.
The few elders talked for a little longer as another set of fights took place in the arena. Some of the fights took a long while, while some were over in an instant.
Ning checked the cultivation base of every single one that came to the stage and was honestly surprised at how weak everyone was.
Even though he thought that after comparing the disciples with himself, the strongest disciple on the Blue Dragon sect was at the 8th Qi Condensation realm, and the strongest disciple on the Red Tiger sect was on the 8th level of body cultivation.
He had them both beat in their own game. However, he didn't tell anyone that. He was simply a doctor and wasn't even a disciple, so he would just take the 5 spirit stone he was given until his system would come back and then make some other plans.
The elders switched places and the referees changed. The disciple's fight kept on continuing for the next hour or so. The battles themselves were quite fun to watch and honestly very entertaining.
However, since Ning was always on edge about someone needing immediate medical care every time the fight got intense, he couldn't enjoy the better battles at all.
In the end, the entire first round of battles ended and not a single one of them required Ning's attention.
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The second phase of the battles started. The 112 people that fought in the first round were now down to 56. Of them, 32 belonged to the Red Tiger sect and the remaining belonged to the Blue Dragon sect.
The body cultivators were in general stronger than the Qi cultivators and were thus coming out on top in the competition.
Soon, the host made them all pick up small pieces of paper to choose their opponents again and the second round began.
This time, the arena was transformed so that only 2 stages were available at the same time. 2 of the elders walked up as referees.
4 disciples walked up to the stage once their numbers were called and thus the next round of battle began.
This round of battle was way more intense. Since the strong ones were already filtered, those who remained were all stronger in general. Ning got to see some very intense fighting from such a match-up.
Although it couldn't bring forth the same thrill as when he fought those blue-skinned women, seeing two very strong cultivators fight each other had a special charm to it.
While the Blue Dragon sect disciples used various different methods, sending out blasts of energy and using weird Qi techniques; the Red Tiger sect disciples would always fight in close combat with their bodies and fists.
Even when they did use weapons, they would use swords and spears and go into close quarters for those fights too.
Ning waited for his role in the tournament to heal the injured, but no such problem ever arose. One after another, disciples were called to the stage as it was their turn to fight, and before anyone knew it, the 2nd round of battles had ended too.
"Ah, that was great, wasn't it?" one of the elders sitting close to Ning asked.
"I wasn't expecting such intense battles when you mixed together two different battle styles," another elder said.
"The disciples this time around are stronger than they were 3 years ago, aren't they?" another elder asked.
"The sect leaders must be really happy with the batch of core disciples this time around," Another elder said while looking at the podium among the audience that housed the sect leaders and other important elders.
Ning looked towards them once and looked back to the stage.
After a few minutes of the resting period, the host walked up to the stage and spoke.
"We now have 28 contestants remaining. Of them, the winner from the next 14 battles will be guaranteed to go to the Triennial Tournament."
"However, don't be worried because even if you lose, due to there being 15 participation limit, one of you who fails may be able to get into the roster if you manage to impress the sect leaders."
"So, even if it seems unlikely that you will win, try your best and you might just luck out," The host said.
The disciples started to get unusually excited once they heard that. One more win and they were guaranteed to go to the Triennial Tournament.
Everyone was getting hyped up and with that, the third and final round of battles started.
This time, the disciples were made to go up onto the stage for one battle at a time. The first battle was between a Blue Dragon disciple and a Red Tiger disciple.
The blue-robed and red-robed disciples walked up onto the stage and this time, the host himself stayed as the referee.
As soon as the competition started the two fighters got into action. The blue-robed disciple took out a sword, while the red-robed disciple simply ran forward with his bare body.
The fight was intense as one person continuously tried to create some distance with their sword while the other one tried to close the gap to not let the other one gain any advantage.
The fight came to a standstill as neither one could gain an advantage over the other. In the end, the red-robed disciple took the brunt of one of the blue-robed disciple's sword attacks and got in close to defeat them.
The red-robed disciple's arms were bloody, but he had won.
Ning immediately ran up to the stage and helped get the disciple down. Once off the stage, he immediately created a simple paste to help close the bleeding and heal the wound.
"Thankfully, your bones aren't broken so you will be fine. Just try not to do anything extreme for the next 5 days," Ning said to the red-robed disciple.
"Thank you, doctor," the person said and left with a big smile on his face. He had won.
Ning went back to his seat and looked at the second match that had started between two Blue Dragon sect disciples. This one was a little better as they could both fight freely without fishing for advantage between the two.
Before long, one of them came out as a clear winner, and soon after that, the 3rd match started.
The third match was between a female body cultivator and a male cultivator that played music. This was a very interesting match as neither knew how to fight against the other.
The body cultivator couldn't close the gap since she didn't know what sort of weird techniques the male cultivator would have, and the male cultivator's long-distance attacks were mostly useless since the girl's ears were very strong and the sound didn't affect them as much.
She didn't have Qi to block her ears, but she didn't need to given how strong they naturally were. Soon, they came to a standstill.
The girl finally managed to win after deciding to do the same thing the first guy did and took an attack directly to get to the male cultivator and tossed him off the stage.
As such the third match was done as well.
Similarly, 10 more matches took place, each with its own magic and wonders to show. Out of the 5 Blue Dragon sect disicples, and 5 Red Tiger sect disciples managed to win.
Finally, the last match of the day was going to commence.
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Two contestants walked onto the stage. One was a tall, handsome-looking man with long flowing hair. The other was a bald man with a well-muscled body.
The first person was a disciple of the Blue Dragon sect, and the second person was a disciple of the Red Tiger sect.
The host was the referee for this match and this was the final battle of the competition.
The blue-robed man took out a long spear, while the red-robed man took out a small metal club.
'Oh, that's an unusual weapon,' Ning thought. 'However, given his extreme physical strength, that will like work very well against the enemy if he can get close," Ning thought.
With a single shout from the host, the match started.
The red-robed man immediately dashed forward to get close and attack, but the blue-robed man didn't have such ideas. Instead, he jumped backward and at the same time attacked with his spear, sending out purple slices towards the bald man.
The bald man stopped the attack with his club but was in return forced to stop. He once again followed behind the blue-robed man, but the blue-robed man used some sort of movement technique and managed to easily dodge the bald man's attack.
Once he created some distance, he once again let out attacks with his spears. This time the attacks were much faster and stronger.
The bald man barely managed to put up his club, but two of the flying attacks managed to get through and hit the bald man's face, leaving two small cuts along his cheeks.
"Grrr," the bald man grunted and looked at the blue-robed man angrily before following him. The red-robed man kept on following his opponent for a few more turns before he finally managed to corner him.
Seeing that there was no more way for him to run away, he finally stood his ground and fought with his spear.
CLANG
A moderately loud sound rang as the spear and the club rang. The bald man was a little surprised seeing a Qi cultivator being strong enough to block his attack.
Still, he tried to press on and attack. He brought the club back and slammed it down once more. The blue-robed man hit the club from the side and slid it down his left side, barely missing his shoulders.
With the same movement, he then pushed forth his spear and cut the right side of the bald man's face, introducing another cut along his face.
He then escaped from the corner and started running around to send out long-distance attacks.
"That fighting style is quite cowardly don't you guys think?" One of the red-robed elders near Ning said.
"Yes, it is. However, that doesn't mean it's a bad fighting style. Especially since it works," one of the blue-robed elders said.
"Sigh, I can't argue against that. However, we are used to seeing more brutal and intense fights in the Red Tiger sect. Seeing such a cowardly approach to a battle just makes the victory feel underserved," another red-robed elder said.
"I think that is because the disciples aren't used to fighting someone that just wants to go into close combat. The closest fighters they fight are sword users, and even they don't ever come this close during battles," a blue-robed elder said.
"Yeah, I even explained to a few of them that despite not having the same body strength, their Qi will make up for in strength. But they seem to ignore that and just run around. I think they will understand that fighting head-on is not so bad against a body cultivator if they were made to fight with them a few more times," a blue-robed elder said.
"Yes. Also, our disciples only focus on the body and never techniques. I am going to force them to learn some weapon techniques or movement techniques next. That should help them a lot in the Triennial Tournament," another red-robed elder said.
Ning was watching the competition at the same time he was listening to the elders. He knew that the Qi cultivators in the fights were inexperienced and that the body cultivators would be a lot better if they had a little more Qi cultivation as well.
The fight on the stage reached an intense moment. The bald fighter had more than a few cuts on his body and was unnaturally angry.
He hadn't managed to land a single hit until now. Due to this, the blue-robed disciple started getting cocky. He started teasing the red-robed man and sent out verbal remarks.
However, he didn't calculate the limit the bald man was willing to go in the fight. Suddenly, the bald man started running towards him.
The blue-robed man prepared his spear and got ready to block. However, the red-robed man threw the club as soon as he was close.
The blue-robed man was caught off guard. He blocked the club and parried it to go behind him, however, he missed the bald man that had jumped behind the club as well.
The blue-robed man tried to bring back the spear and managed to hit the red-robed man in the left shoulder, but that wasn't enough to stop him.
With a single punch to the face, he sent the blue-robed skidding across the stage and then onto the ground near Ning.
Ning rushed forward to check up on the disciple, but it seemed the bald man was not done with his attack. He was still angry from the teasing.
When the host was focused on the blue-robed man, the bald man took out the spear on his shoulder and ran forward to reach for his club before jumping directly onto the blue-robed man on the ground.
The host turned around and saw the bald man jump but didn't realize in time that he was trying to attack the opponent who was already down.
The bald man landed directly in front of the blue-robed man and let down a massive swing with an angry face.
BANG