"Elder Wei Xue."
"Wei Xue greets Patriarch."
Wei Xue bowed.
"Is there something you need from me?"
"Who is that new face that has appeared in our clan?" asked the Patriarch.
"Ah, he is…"
Wei Xue stopped mid-sentence as he pondered about it for a moment.
'Isn't this a good chance to get on the good side of the patriarch? Ding Yang is a miraculous doctor after all!'
"He is?"
"Ah! Patriarch, he is a guest of mine. A doctor by profession! Rumour has it, that there is no disease he cannot cure!"
"Doctor? Are you sure.."
To the patriarch, his claim seemed surreal. No matter how he sees it Yang Ding didn't seem a doctor to him at all. His aura and his demeanor speak for themselves. If at all he will be a quack and nothing else. As a clan patriarch, he cannot let this matter slide.
"Yes! Many of our clan disciples including me and Wei Zhu have already received his medication. The cultivation backlash I was suffering from due to cultivating a Yang rich resource Violet Emerzed, was also cured by him!"
Wei Xue left no room for praises for Yang Ding but at the end of it, he also mentioned another shocking truth.
"But… his ways of medical treatment are vastly different from what we are used to seeing on the plane. Furthermore, according to him, it can cure any diseases, but he can never heal any injuries."
The patriarch raised his brows. What Wei Xue claimed didn't even make sense. Doctors where ever found, if they are not quacks, they can find ways to mend light wounds if not crippling ones.
"Does such a surreal doctor even exists?"
"Yeah, I thought so as well. I was requesting him to help our injured brothers but he refused. Claiming that he cannot heal injuries."
"Okay, you can go now."
Wei Xue left as his summons ended. The patriarch rested his chin on his hands as he relaxed on his throne. He might look calm and relaxed on the outside but his mind was racing like horses.
"There is an imminent war that is about to happen. Should I worry about a quack that might be lurking in my sect?"
The patriarch shook his head.
"No, he can be someone sent by them to spy on us. I cannot let this matter slide. Not to mention I can't even kick him out of the clan without assurance."
The Patriarch was a true patriarch indeed. He wasn't uninitiated in politics. He doesn't dare to be arrogant.
"If at all I want to get on the bad side of this Ding Yang and kick him out, I have to first figure out his background. But for now, let's figure out if he is a quack or not. Shouldn't be much hard." He was lost in his soliloquy.
"Call elder Wei Hu."
"Yes, patriarch!" A guard at the patriarch's palace responded. He ran off to Wei Hu's chambers to bring him back with himself at the patriarch's summon.
"Wei Hu greets patriarch."
Wei Hu bowed.
The patriarch nodded.
"Is there something the matter Patriarch? Summoning me so late at night…"
"Yes, I have something I want you to do."
***
The rays of the morning sun fell on Yang Ding's eyes. With a jolt, he went awake. But, sleep was still visible in his eyes. His eyes that swept the horizon were still feeling somewhat gloomy.
"This room sure had a nice view. The artisans played their cards right."
Yang Ding said while mesmerizing the sunrise. He was trying to make himself forget the sleepless night he had yesterday. Hours after hours he contemplated as to what he had to do to make his system work. What he was missing? Why the system was against him? But no answer came to him. The more he thought about the more of his stubborn nature surfaced and the more he lost his sleep.
Before receiving the system Yang Ding was at the Ling Unification Realm. At that great realm cultivators' bodies get so rich in energy that their brains simply need no sleep. There is enough energy already in their bodies to nourish their brains. But, being just at the 4th stage of the Ice profound realm now, Yang Ding does need proper sleep and the lack of it was the reason for his gloomy state.
But Yang Ding being stubborn as he is was not willing to accept that.
"Today I need to get some points to cause my tally is still at 27 which is not good at all. I think I will just treat some patients and that would be enough for now. And I can always use the money I obtain later."
Yang Ding sighed.
He wanted to grind in the forest and make a breakthrough in his cultivation as soon as possible but he cannot do that for fear that he might lose a stage in his cultivation instead due to his system.
"What can I say, this system has always been against me."
Yang Ding walked out of his chambers. The guest room wasn't much farther away from the outer core of the clan.
"I have to ask Su Yang to look for patients again."
That's the reason that Yang Ding gave himself for his actions. But in truth, all that he wanted from him were answers, answers for his unwanted questions. But, Yang Ding wasn't yet able to accept that fact and chose to lie to himself instead.
Yang Ding who had reached the outer core knocked on Su Yang's chambers.
*knock* *knock*
There was a still silence after that...
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