Chapter 333: We Do Not Know

In the Heavenly Martial King's palace, a middle-aged man sat upright on a high throne.

His Majesty the King of the Heavenly Martial Kingdom, Mo Tianxue!

"You say someone at the Physician Guild challenged the president and solved nineteen problems from the Wall of Difficult Ailments?"

He stared intently, full of disbelief.

The Wall of Difficult Ailments at the Physician Guild had recorded countless incurable diseases that had remained unsolved for years. Even a four-star physician would find it hard to solve them all at once. Yet some unknown fellow had not only completed them but solved nineteen in a row, each with a perfect prescription...

This was too heaven-defying!

"Absolutely true!" A gray-clad man stood below, cupping his fists respectfully.

This gray-clad man's aura was faint, and he was actually a master-level expert.

Anyone familiar with the kingdom's history would know this was the most mysterious guard of the Heavenly Martial Kingdom—the Shadow Guard!

The Shadow Guard, personally controlled by Mo Tianxue, secretly carried out unsavory tasks.

With such a major incident at the Physician Guild within their scope of investigation, the King had received the news immediately.

"To solve the ailments on the Wall of Difficult Ailments so quickly and provide perfect prescriptions, this person's medical skill must be at least four-star, or even five-star!"

Mo Tianxue clenched his fists.

"Indeed. With such brilliant medical skill, if he could be used by the kingdom, the hidden ailments that arise from cultivation could surely be cured. Perhaps it would allow Your Majesty to break through and charge into that realm!"

The gray-clad man cupped his fists.

"Right!" Mo Tianxue's eyes lit up, and he quickly looked over: "Have you found out who it is?"

No cultivation technique was flawless; cultivation always produced one hidden ailment or another.

Although they did not affect life or combat strength, they would trap a person at a certain level, unable to advance further.

If such hidden ailments could be cured, perhaps one could take another step in cultivation.

Of course, it was only a possibility, after all, physicians only treated illnesses, they were not masters who could guide breakthroughs. Still, curing hidden ailments would definitely increase lifespan and vitality.

Such an ability was irresistible to anyone.

"We have investigated. He is... a newly hired teacher at the Heavenly Martial Academy, named Liu Cheng! An ordinary teacher who passed the assessment at the Quanhai City Teacher Guild, twenty-four years old, cultivation at the Initial Stage of the Profound Passage Realm, and once taught at Quanhai Academy for a year. Your Majesty, here is his file!"

The gray-clad man finished speaking and handed over a sheet of paper.

To have investigated Liu Cheng so quickly and found all his information—truly worthy of the Shadow Guard, formidable!

"Mm." Taking the paper, Mo Tianxue looked down.

It was densely covered with detailed information about Liu Cheng.

It must be said, the identity crafted by the Master Hall was indeed impressive, with no loopholes. Even the Shadow Guard could only uncover this much.

"To think an ordinary teacher from Quanhai City has such brilliant medical skill! Prepare another set of gifts like those I prepared for Master Zhang Xuan. As soon as he leaves the Wall of Difficult Ailments, go pay him a visit!"

After reading the file and knowing the man was clean and without any issues, Mo Tianxue waved his hand excitedly.

"Gifts for Master Zhang?" The gray-clad man was taken aback.

As a trusted aide, he knew how precious the gifts prepared for Master Zhang were.

"Indeed. Such a genius is already comparable to Master Zhang, and even more useful to us than Master Zhang!" Mo Tianxue said.

"Yes!" The gray-clad man nodded.

"Come, accompany me to the Physician Guild!" With that, Mo Tianxue hesitated no longer and strode out.

...

At the Heavenly Martial Academy, Dean Xie sat gloomily in his courtyard.

Being criticized by a newly arrived teacher would embarrass anyone.

"Dean, Dean..."

Just as he was thinking how to suppress his anger, an elder rushed over.

"What is it?"

Dean Xie frowned.

"That... Teacher Liu has gone to the Physician Guild to challenge the Wall of Difficult Ailments!" the elder said.

"Challenge the Wall of Difficult Ailments? Challenge President Mu Hong? Is this fellow out of his mind?" Dean Xie swayed, nearly fainting.

Why couldn't you just be a good teacher and go to the Physician Guild? And most importantly... challenging their Wall of Difficult Ailments and the president—are you crazy!

"Really troublesome. But this fellow does have some skill and is a future pillar of the academy. He must not get into trouble!"

Though the man had embarrassed him, as a fellow teacher, he had to step in if something happened: "Bring my visiting card. I will visit President Mu Hong now and ask him to let it go for my sake!"

"No, challenging the Wall of Difficult Ailments is equivalent to challenging the president's position. President Mu Hong won't let it go easily... Let's go to the Master Hall and find Hall Master Jiang. If he intervenes, it might be better!"

In an instant, he weighed the consequences and stood up, ready to rush to the Master Hall.

"Ahem... Dean, don't rush. Let me finish..."

Before he could say more than a sentence, the dean reacted so strongly that he couldn't get a word in, leaving him rather frustrated.

"What use is talking? I know President Mu Hong's temper. If challenged, he will surely be furious! This Teacher Liu, though a bit arrogant, is still a member of our Heavenly Martial Academy. Nothing must happen to him, or else where will my academy's face go?"

Dean Xie waved his hand and stepped out the door.

He had only taken two steps when the elder blocked him.

"Dean, let me finish..."

The elder was dizzy.

Why are you so agitated? Can't you let me finish speaking?

"Go ahead. It's not... already too late, and he's been taught a lesson by President Mu Hong, is it?" Seeing the elder so anxious, a bad feeling arose in his heart, and Dean Xie's heart skipped a beat.

"No, it's... Teacher Liu has solved nineteen problems from the Wall of Difficult Ailments and provided perfect prescriptions... Now the entire Physician Guild is in an uproar!"

Afraid the dean would keep jumping to conclusions, the elder quickly said.

"Solved nineteen problems from the Wall of Difficult Ailments? Provided perfect prescriptions..." Dean Xie was stunned, then came to his senses, his eyes nearly popping out: "You mean... this Teacher Liu has broken Physician Mu Hong's record and become the new president of the Physician Guild?"

“Yes...”

The elder smiled bitterly.

When he first heard the news, he too had gone mad, his expression no better than Dean Xie's.

“This... this... how is it possible?”

Dean Xie stood frozen.

...

Outside, chaos erupted once more, but Zhang Xuan inside the Physician Hall was unaware. At this moment, he was staring at the last problem on the Wall of Difficult Ailments.

Although the Library of Heaven's Path could only find flaws and not provide answers, illnesses were different from other professions.

When a human body falls ill, it is because something has gone wrong, flaws or loopholes have appeared. As long as one finds this point and follows the clues, solving it becomes very simple.

For this reason, the previous nineteen difficult and complicated diseases, which were unsolvable for others, were extremely easy for him. Without much thought, he gave the answers.

“Congenital muscle weakness: the body has no strength, lifespan less than twenty. How to treat and solve?”

The last problem, carved on the wall, was only a short sentence, appearing very simple.

“Congenital muscle weakness?”

With a thought, a book appeared in his mind.

The Master Teacher Hall had collected many books on various professions. As one of the top professions in the upper nine ranks, medicine had quite a few, and it happened to include an introduction to this disease.

“Congenital muscle weakness: muscles atrophy, do not grow. People born with this condition can only lie flat in bed, unable to move, let alone cultivate...”

The book only described the condition, with no solution.

“Let's see if there's a way to solve it? Flaw!”

He touched the wall with his finger and focused his mind.

Hum!

A book appeared in his sea of consciousness.

“Congenital muscle weakness: muscle strength atrophied. Flaw: congenital meridian damage...”

The book detailed the flaws of congenital muscle weakness: the damaged meridians, acupoints, and body parts.

“This...”

After reading for a while, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but be startled: “This disease is actually the opposite of the Heaven's Path Golden Body?”

He had never heard of this condition, but knowing its flaws, he found that it exactly corresponded to the cultivation positions of the Heaven's Path Golden Body.

In other words, using the cultivation method of the Heaven's Path Golden Body should easily cure this disease.

“The Heaven's Path Golden Body cannot be leaked. However, this might be the key to testing physicians. If I don't pass, I might not become a true physician...”

He rubbed his forehead.

He didn't know he had stumbled upon the Wall of Difficult Ailments; he thought it was a normal step in the physician examination.

“Since these are the flawed areas, as long as I nourish them with true qi, I can treat them. I don't need the Heaven's Path Golden Body cultivation method!”

After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly slapped his forehead.

All along, he had thought of himself as a cultivator, considering self-treatment, but in fact, treating illness could rely on external force.

As long as he wrote down these flaws and noted the method of nourishing with true qi, without detailing the order of true qi circulation, the Heaven's Path Golden Body technique would not be leaked.

After all, in cultivation, the method of technique circulation is the most important.

“Good!”

Having determined the treatment method, he picked up a brush and wrote on the wall.

...

“This one... I'm afraid there's no hope of completing it!”

Standing at the entrance of the Physician Hall, Physician Mu Hong clenched his fists, his body stiff.

The other had already surpassed him, taking his place as president. Even if he was frustrated, it was useless. Now he only wanted to know whether this fellow surnamed Liu could solve all twenty problems in a row, passing the Wall of Difficult Ailments with perfect prescriptions.

If so, the entire Tianwu Kingdom Guild might become famous because of it.

But... the difficulty of the last disease was such that even four-star physicians found it hard to solve. Could this Teacher Liu really succeed?

Hum!

Just as he was tense, the wall before him shook again.

“There's an answer...”

Seeing this, everyone held their breath, and Physician Mu Hong tensed all over.

Whoosh!

A beam of light shone out.

“It's... white light? What is white light?”

“Failure is red light, correct is orange light. Why is there white light?”

Seeing the light, everyone was stunned.

Even Physician Mu Hong's eyes widened, completely bewildered.

Solving difficult and complicated diseases: either correct or incorrect. That is, either red light or orange light. A white light appearing... what was going on?

“Could it be... the Physician Hall's wall is broken?”

“That's impossible...”

Everyone blinked.

“Look, something seems to be appearing...”

Just as everyone was baffled, not knowing what was happening, suddenly someone in the crowd shouted.

Following the shout, they saw on the previously smooth wall, four large characters slowly emerging—

We do not know!