Chapter 226: Is This Really an Assessment?! (3.5k
“Let me take a look!” a clear female voice rang out, Zi Yi’s voice said lightly.
Hearing the rather arrogant voice of the young girl, the surrounding crowd looked over. Knowing Zi Yi’s level, they parted to create a passage. With a clear space, Su Jiu also looked through the gaps in the crowd, her eyes narrowing. This is…
She saw a young man in a black t-shirt leaning on a chair, his complexion somewhat pale. His hands were covered in dense red rashes, tightly packed and slightly oily, looking quite terrifying.
“Sister Su Jiu, can you figure anything out?”
Lin Ling, standing beside her, looked at Su Jiu’s hesitant expression and asked with some confusion. Unlike others, she had recognized Su Jiu’s strength when she was still only a Warrior Class and naturally had blind confidence in her.
“This might… not be some sort of skin rot disease. It looks somewhat like nettle rash, but nettle rash shouldn’t be this severe.”
Hearing this, Su Jiu frowned slightly, stating uncertainly. Clearly, without actual contact, she dared not be certain. After all, she had only gained the experience of the strange doctor, not the knowledge of the differences between various ailments.
While Su Jiu and the other were conversing, Zi Yi had already reached the young man. She took out a pair of off-white plastic gloves from her skirt pocket, put them on with confidence, and then slowly approached the young man.
“The texture is rather hard, and it’s spread in patches, which can also cause the patient to experience temporary suffocation and coma.”
She gently pressed the rashes on his hands and observed them for a moment. She revealed a knowing smile, then put away her smile and shouted to the surroundings, “This is precisely the current popular skin rot disease. I now need two assistants. When I use the Qingmian Technique later, it will cause some stinging, and the patient will have a tremendous reaction. One assistant is responsible for holding his hands, priority to half-step Battle Generals… The other is responsible for using Great Healing Arts to maintain his vital signs.”
“This…”
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding people looked at each other. Some girls even felt a physical revulsion looking at the red arms. They said priests only needed to wave their staffs, but to have to get this close to such a scene was truly nauseating.
Seeing that nobody moved, the girl named Zi Yi frowned slightly. She had forgotten that not everyone came from a medical family; many people’s parents might just be ordinary priests. It was fine for them to fight, but when it came to healing people, it depended on the situation…
After a quick scan, her gaze landed on Su Jiu. She noticed that Su Jiu was also looking in her direction. As their eyes met, Zi Yi was slightly taken aback.
Su Jiu’s demeanor was too calm, unlike the other students who were making a fuss. She looked like an experienced priest, assessing how to heal.
“Let’s do it, the two of us.”
Noticing that many people were looking in Zi Yi’s direction, Su Jiu smiled, stood up, and walked over. Lin Ling, who was beside her, also followed.
“Su Jiu, is it? You’re responsible for restraining this young man, and the one behind you can simply use Great Healing Arts.”
Zi Yi quickly regained her composure and then turned to speak to Lin Ling behind her. She wasn’t too surprised, as Su Jiu was also the top student among the freshmen.
Under everyone’s gaze, fearing that external qi might harm him, Su Jiu got a glove from someone nearby and walked a bit closer, lifting the young man’s arm. Then, her gaze sharpened. Up close, she discovered that his symptoms were different.
“These symptoms…”
The girl she treated on the plane before seemed to have rashes distributed in a coral sea pattern. If one looked closely, they were completely different things; one was like fish scales, and the other was coral-shaped.
With the strange doctor’s experience, if it were ordinary measles, this young man would now only need to take some cooling herbs to neutralize the main ingredient and he would recover.
However, following classmate Zi Yi’s procedure for treating skin rot disease would also be feasible: first using the Qingmian Technique, then healing, and then waiting for the teacher to prescribe herbs. It would just involve two extra, unnecessary treatment steps.
Su Jiu saw that the other girl didn’t seem to like her very much, so she didn’t say anything to explain. She just quietly held the young man’s arm and watched her operate.
Rather than increasing the other’s dislike, it was better to wait for the teacher to return and have her explain. After all, such a clear difference – anyone with a bit of skill could see it.
On the ceiling and in various corners, miniature monitoring devices moved constantly, and the place of transmission was…
In the unseen monitoring room, the teacher who had been wearing green leaves and branches stood at the front of the room, holding a textbook and showing monitoring videos to those behind her.
An oval red lacquered wooden table was in the center, with Zi Chen sitting at the head. He lightly tapped the table, his expression unreadable, making it impossible to discern any emotion.
“Heh heh…”
To his left sat an old man wearing the same priest’s robe. His robe had a school badge different from the Oriental Pearl. His face, full of wrinkles, held a slight smile. His slightly narrowed, cloudy eyes occasionally darted towards the screen, but it was unclear what he was smiling about.
“Dean Zi’s granddaughter truly has skill. She’s only just started university, and her movements are already so practiced.”
“The girl using the healing art is also quite good. If she’s cultivated further, she might even become another Battle King Level Priest.”
Beside the seats, three or four elderly men with white beards and hair were discussing Zi Yi’s commendable points. At this moment, an old lady wearing a Level 2 Bauhinia Medical Badge looked at the red rash on the boy’s hand through the LCD TV and frowned slightly. She suddenly spoke out and asked, “Teacher, you know that skin rot disease currently has no complete cure. This boy shouldn’t have skin rot disease, right?”
The female teacher who had been standing by also smiled and explained to the leader’s query, “It’s indeed not skin rot disease. This student is a part-time worker I found for 500 credits. The rash on his arm was caused by some special herbs I used, resembling a very similar type of measles, not any sort of skin rot disease.”
“No wonder, with my experience, I saw this was not skin rot disease. Hearing you say this makes it understandable, but this is not quite right… Alas.” Hearing this, the old lady wearing the medical badge nodded slightly, but her eyes held an unreadable expression. She glanced at Zi Chen on the stage, then sighed softly and said no more.
“Brother Zi, your school’s ability to practice treating skin rot disease is indeed excellent. Even the freshmen have skilled hands and can even be called practiced… However, their diagnostic eyesight is still slightly inferior to that of our Shenhai University.”
Glancing at the female teacher who had just answered the question, the old man on Zi Chen’s side finally stroked his beard and spoke with a strange smile.
As the last of the Five Great Universities, Shenhai University, unlike the balanced Four Great Universities, specialized solely in the profession of priests. It was even known as the Divine Priest University. Precisely because of this… the old man, the Vice-Dean of Shenhai, was sitting here.
“Lin Jiu, these are just freshmen. It’s normal for their eyesight to be a bit lacking. If they could discern it from the start, would they still be called freshmen?”
Hearing the old man’s teasing, Zi Chen’s expression remained unchanged. He had immediately realized this was not skin rot disease. If it were any other time, he would have let it go as practice. However, with colleagues from other schools observing this time, the significance was completely different. If no one could tell that this was not skin rot disease, it would be extremely embarrassing.
Chuckling, Lin Jiu looked at Su Jiu and the other two on the screen. He took out his phone and sent a video, saying softly, “Although Brother Zi’s students are not up to par, it doesn’t mean students from other academies aren’t. These are freshmen I’m personally mentoring. They can already treat skin rot disease and various difficult ailments on the streets of Magic City.”
“Indeed…”
Looking down at the video the other person sent, Zi Chen’s old eyes sank for a moment. He sighed, then glanced at the female teacher not far from him and said lightly,
“Do you think what you’re doing by… is meaningful? This is very detrimental to the students’ growth. Should we consider canceling the freshman aptitude test?”
The female teacher seemed not to understand Zi Chen’s meaning. She quite incomprehensibly raised the medical book and illustration in her hand and said to Zi Chen and the other who were subtly competing, “Dean Zi, this type of measles will not only not harm the students but can also be educational for them. There is no need to cancel the eligibility for the top students.”
“Haha, indeed! This teacher speaks wisely… I heard that your medical school has admitted a freshman chief from the combat department. I wonder if she can see through it?”
As soon as she said this, Lin Jiu, the Vice-Dean of Shenhai, who already found the situation amusing, burst into laughter. Then, he changed the subject, his tone a mix of envy and teasing. Such a genius with dual attributes and high combat power was rare.
Hearing the conversation between Lin Jiu and Zi Chen, the female teacher actually pointed at Su Jiu, who was holding the male student’s arm, with little insight and said, “Dean Lin, Su Jiu is this one. She was also late for class today.”
Following the female teacher’s gesture, Dean Lin narrowed his eyes and took a look. He then smiled faintly, with a trace of teasing in his tone, and glanced at Zi Chen, saying, “It seems the freshman chief isn’t very capable either.”
“Su Jiu, she only has great combat talent. No one is perfect. Where would she have so much time to study related medical books?”
Being questioned by Lin Jiu like this, Zi Chen’s expression turned unpleasant several more times. He had initially had expectations for Su Jiu and his granddaughter, but seeing them merely following the treatment steps, he felt somewhat helpless.
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“Thank you…”
Soon, Su Jiu and the other two finished treating the young man. The young man “Youyou”ly woke up and was about to thank Su Jiu and the other two when a shout from the other side interrupted him.
“Come quickly! This girl also has skin rot disease! Her body has started convulsing, she’s foaming at the mouth, she looks like she’s about to die!”
“Foaming at the mouth should be a symptom of skin rot disease… That day on the plane, that girl also had traces of saliva at the corner of her mouth.”
“Quick, get out of the way! Don’t crowd together!”
Hearing this, Su Jiu was stunned at first, but she quickly reacted. She activated her Avatar, placed a hand on the desk, and leaped forward, landing in the center of the crowd. Seeing the coral sea-like red rash on the girl’s neck, she immediately used external qi to gently push away the surrounding students, creating a ventilated circle.
She no longer had her lazy demeanor. One hand emitted a dark jade-green light. After a few breaths, she found that the girl had not improved and her gaze continuously swept around, searching for the cause…
At this moment, Zi Yi and the other also arrived. The former noticed Su Jiu’s serious gaze and was slightly taken aback. She was clearly just a obedient little assistant moments ago.
Soon, her expression returned to normal. Zi Yi cautiously stepped forward. Noticing that Su Jiu had not used the Qingmian Technique and was about to use it, suddenly, a hand like a pair of vise grips held her wrist. Blue vertical pupils stared at her quietly, and a cold voice transmitted,
“Don’t move… You’ll kill her like this. Go find the teacher quickly!”
…
In the monitoring room, Zi Chen watched Su Jiu’s actions without a word, his eyes narrowed as he looked at the girl. Lin Jiu beside him also frowned, his gaze shifting to the female teacher, and he questioned her with a stern expression, “Is this girl really meant to be an assessment!?”
