Chapter 202: A Minor Incident (3k)
The transit flight station for Magic City seemed to have experienced a “zombie incident” causing Vile to be unable to head directly to Magic City. They could only transfer via an Australian flight station.
Su Jiu stroked the admission letter in her hand, feeling a sense of fate’s playfulness.
Magic City, the pinnacle city of Dragon Country, was a place Su Jiu had dreamed of working hard in during her past life. Now, in this magic-warring world, even Battle Generals wouldn’t be uncommon in such a major metropolis.
After all, the opportunities to be found here were countless times greater than in a small county town like Huayang!
After the two boarded the plane, since they had purchased tickets on short notice, Su Jiu couldn’t secure business class seats and had to sit in economy class with Bairnis, squeezed together and leaning against each other.
There were no computers here, so Su Jiu continued fiddling with the small alchemy box. She had previously discovered that the dagger and the box were a set, but lacking any alchemy foundation, after half an hour of fumbling, she could only stare blankly at the dagger and the box.
“Still no progress. Many of the Mo Family’s theories are profound. What I’m lacking are basic knowledge.”
Sensing something, she put the two items away and looked up at Bairnis, who had been staring blankly at the night sky outside the window, smiling as she asked, “Aren’t you going to sleep?”
“I’ve slept enough over the years. I want to see the outside world.” Hearing Su Jiu’s words, Bairnis paused, shook her head gently, and looked back at Su Jiu with sincerity, her azure eyes blinking like the sea.
“Mmm, it’s a bit chilly… You seem to enjoy reading. This is what’s used to read in this era.”
Meeting Bairnis’s gaze, Su Jiu suddenly reached out, pinched the other’s seemingly cold but contrastingly expressive little face, and then handed her phone to Bairnis, switching it to the novel interface.
“Thank you, Miss.”
Being touched on the cheek by Su Jiu, an indescribable emotion welled up within Bairnis. She didn’t resist, but instead took the phone and swiped through it as Su Jiu had taught her.
If one looked closely, beneath the fair skin, a faint red hue could be seen.
“I’m going to sleep. You can read slowly and call me if there’s any sudden situation.”
After giving the other person this instruction, Su Jiu touched her luminous Dragon Head ring. It had been a while since she had entered the ring.
She hadn’t dared to use the ring casually when she was at the Vile hotel, fearing she wouldn’t know how she died if she were suddenly attacked.
“After this sleep, my compression has reached 36%, and my physical fitness has improved so much. I’m afraid I can easily kill monsters inside now.”
Using her blood to enter the space again, Su Jiu found that they were indeed just high-rank Battle General level monsters, precisely the vine monster she had encountered before. She directly attacked the latter with “Elegy”…
With flickering sword shadows, Su Jiu easily dispatched the opponent. This time, besides an increase in her Coagulated Blood value, she surprisingly obtained a Red Fruit, as if corresponding to reality.
As she was about to exit the illusion, Su Jiu suddenly remembered:
“Speaking of the vine monster’s Red Fruit, I think I still have one left. I’ll give one to Little White later; it’ll be perfect.”
Sunlight gently shone on Su Jiu’s face. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at the back of her fingernails. The butterfly orchid seemed to have become more delicate, and her Blood Clan bloodline had slightly improved.
She considered it a minor enhancement, better than nothing.
“We’re about to land. Where did that girl go?”
Suddenly finding the seat beside her empty, Su Jiu looked at the phone left on the seat and became somewhat anxious. She then put away the fruit in her hand.
In her opinion, Bairnis was like a classical young lady from the last century, knowing nothing. If she encountered a bad person, wouldn’t she just be taken advantage of?
But Su Jiu overlooked an important point – what kind of person could take advantage of someone with the combat power of a Battle General?
“Is that girl capable? She looks too young?”
“Let’s see. Anyway, the doctor from business class should be here soon; the flight attendants have gone to fetch her.”
“Her treatment method is so peculiar! It’s not green leaves.”
Soon, Su Jiu heard a commotion from the restroom. Judging from the voices of passersby, some situation seemed to have occurred inside. She gently pushed the crowd aside with her External Qi, squeezing through like an earthworm.
She found Bairnis squatting there, with a blue phantom butterfly floating around her hands. Lying in front of her was a girl, a beautifully dressed Dragon Country maiden, whom Su Jiu estimated to be around her own age.
In this cabin filled with Caucasians, she seemed somewhat out of place.
Su Jiu scanned the girl and noticed her breathing was rapid. Her arm was covered in dense red pustules, which joined together like a coral reef, looking particularly horrifying as if infected by something.
As if noticing Su Jiu’s arrival, Bairnis turned her head slightly, slowly stood up, and explained to Su Jiu, “Miss, I heard someone needed a doctor, so I came over first. Her condition doesn’t seem very good. I can only keep her stable with healing arts.”
She then seemed to hesitate for a moment before saying uncertainly, “This girl may be infected with some virus. Ordinary healing arts are unlikely to be effective. Without knowing the source of the virus, I dare not treat her easily.”
“There are no professional alchemy instruments here. I’ll try to investigate using ancient methods.”
Su Jiu nodded gently, her gaze returning to the girl. She bent down, cut open the girl’s wrist, rubbed some ice crystals onto the wound, and after a moment, her brow furrowed slightly. She said in a low voice:
“This is not an ordinary virus; it might be related to some unknown monster. It’s also a type of spore, much finer than those of ordinary plant demons.”
Hearing the word “spore,” Bairnis suddenly thought of something and said to Su Jiu with some expectation, “Miss should be able to cure this, just like Mrs. Wenders.”
“It can alleviate the symptoms but not cure the root cause. The spores on her are highly active. Rashly breaking them might stimulate the spores to move faster. Without knowing the basic monster type, using medicine or internal cleansing is a very dangerous approach.”
“We can only try the most basic methods.”
Shaking her head gently, Su Jiu looked at the girl with a grave expression and increased the dosage of her healing. Bairnis’s approach was correct; this girl could not withstand any stimulating treatment.
Seeing this, Bairnis dispersed the surrounding crowd. This sort of thing might be contagious. Both from her experience and from basic practices, this should be the case.
“What are you two doing? Shouldn’t her situation be treated with Qingmian Technique to clear negative states first?”
Suddenly, a female voice rang out from behind Su Jiu. The person was wearing a white coat and, with just a casual glance, made a deduction.
Su Jiu turned to look. It was a female doctor who looked a few years older than herself, with yellow curly hair in pigtails and an intern’s badge on her clothes. She was also dressed like a Dragon Country native.
“Qingmian Technique won’t work; this is not considered an abnormal state. Just watch.”
Then she lowered her head again, continuing the healing work. To be honest, this intern doctor was a high-rank warrior, and Su Jiu didn’t pay her any mind.
According to the conclusions in the strange doctor’s medical book, her current experience combined with her immense vitality could rival some Battle King level Priests, and even surpass them in certain specialized areas.
It could be said that in some aspects, she even surpassed Duke Bairnis in the Feather Butterfly clan!
Seeming to sense Su Jiu’s indifference, the twin-tailed girl became somewhat displeased. She took out her intern’s badge and thrust it in Bairnis’s face, who was blocking the way, and said coldly, “My teacher is Professor Stanbo. My purpose in coming to Magic City, Dragon Country, is because she was invited by Magic City University, and I’m here ahead of time to scout…”
“Noisy!”
Bairnis gave her a cold glance, and a Battle General level aura instantly erupted from her, stunning the blonde twin-tailed girl.
She might look soft-hearted, but that was only towards Su Jiu or some equally gentle people. She wouldn’t show much courtesy to someone who was yelling nonsensically and disturbing Su Jiu.
“Battle General Level!?”
This stunned not only the blonde twin-tailed girl, who had previously thought Bairnis was a maid of some noble lady based on her appearance, but now she was a Battle General level maid?
The surrounding people were even more stunned, and then they looked at Su Jiu, who was treating the patient, and a sense of dread arose in their hearts. Then what level of existence must this “Miss” they called her be?
The flight attendant nearby, seeing the atmosphere about to turn hostile, quickly stopped the twin-tailed girl. No need to ask why – he wouldn’t dare to stop Bairnis; he was content to just act as a mediator.
The blonde twin-tailed girl followed the flight attendant obediently to the side, looking at Su Jiu and Bairnis with some trepidation, and muttered to herself, “Could they also be professors invited by Magic City University? Just that they look younger?”
Thinking this, she didn’t dare to act smug and could only obediently watch Su Jiu’s actions. To be honest, Su Jiu’s movements, apart from not following her expected procedures, looked exceptionally solid in terms of basic skills.
After some more time passed, the girl lying down finally woke up. She looked around in confusion. Hearing the cheers of passersby, she understood the situation and thanked Su Jiu and Bairnis repeatedly:
“Thank you both for your help. Without you, I’m afraid I would have died on this plane.”
“It was just a small effort.”
Su Jiu waved her hand, stood up, and said earnestly to her, “The illness on your body is not cured yet. If you can’t find the source of the disease, it will be difficult to treat completely. Perhaps you can go to Magic City and try finding a Battle King level Priest.”
“Battle King level…”
Hearing about a Battle King level Priest, the girl was slightly stunned, and her expression immediately turned grim.
She only studied at Magic City University and was not from Magic City. To ask a Battle King level Priest to expend their life force to treat her would be more than she could afford even if she sold everything!
Her illness was something she hoped could be treated by taking a chance abroad. Now she was returning out of helplessness.
Seeing her condition, Su Jiu sighed inwardly and turned to say softly, “If you can’t find a good solution, you can also come to Magic City to find me. Just tell the admissions office that it’s Su Jiu.”
After saying this, she turned and left with Bairnis. The blonde twin-tailed girl heard Su Jiu’s words and muttered to herself doubtfully, “Is there a famous Grand Priest named Su Jiu in Dragon Country? But why is she mentioning the admissions office? Normally, wouldn’t one contact the Principal?”
At this moment, the broadcast interrupted her thoughts – “The plane is about to land. Please fasten your seatbelts!”
