Undying and indestructible people?
Long Fei Ye naturally knew of them and had seen them before. Han Yunxi, however, had only heard of them. Supposedly, undying and indestructible people were Poison Gu humans created through poison nurturing techniques. Like zombies, they looked like normal people, but were undying and indestructible. They wouldn't even age.
"Is it because of Poison Gu humans?" Han Yunxi asked.
Kenzō nodded and began to talk about the history of the medical academy and the Poison Sect.
The medical academy had existed in Cloud Realm Continent for a very long time, even longer than the Great Qin Empire. At first, it was just a school that taught medical skills, but after hundreds of years of growth, it grew into the number one power in Cloud Realm Continent today.
The true rise of the medical academy should have come after the Great Qin Empire was destroyed. At the same time, it established a medical association to control all the doctors in the world.
Because the medical academy was the beginning of Cloud Realm Continent's medical community and the Medical Sect, most doctors learned their medical skills from there. Thus, the establishment of the association won the support of all doctors without much resistance. After all, all doctors hoped to gain the protection of the association and rely on its strength to further their medical skills and careers.
While the Medical Association provided the doctors with protection, it also had the power to restrain and even control the doctors in the world.
Once the association grew strong enough, a single doctor wouldn't be able to contend against it. Once they did, it meant that they'd run into walls everywhere in the industry and be restricted in every way until they couldn't make a living.
There were bound to be plenty of doctors who refused to accept the medical academy's actions against the south central region's commander-in-chief's estate today, but most of them didn't dare to voice their discontent.
"That's why it's best for the imperial court to keep control of industries that affect the people's livelihood, such as military equipment, grain, medicine, and irrigation. Otherwise, they'll be blackmailed by these industries sooner or later," Han Yunxi said.
She'd understood this principle long ago, but said it especially for Long Fei Ye's benefit. Cloud Realm Continent's commerce was very advanced, but the various countries' imperial courts only controlled the land. They were too lax in many of the key industries.
Long Fei Ye glanced at her before nodding thoughtfully.
Kenzō admired Han Yunxi even more now. He sighed in his heart. If only this girl wasn't a daughter of the Poison Sect!
He took a sip of tea and continued.
The Poison Sect used to be an important part of the medical academy. It was an independent branch of the medical academy known as the Poison Doctor, and had a long history.
The medical academy's Poison Sect was known as Cloud Realm Continent's "Head of Ten Thousand Poisons." Whether it was Jun Yi Xie's Hundred Poisons Sect, the Tang Clan's former Poison Sect branch, or other powers in the poison world, their poison skills all originated from the Poison Sect.
Before the Poison Sect was founded, the concept of "poison" in Cloud Realm Continent was limited to snake venom. Even the treatment of snake venom was considered ordinary.
Medicine and poison were one and the same. It was precisely because medical doctors found more and more fatal cases of accidental ingestion of poisonous herbs in the process of medical practice that the medical school began to research poisonous herbs and began to develop the concept of "poison".
Gradually, doctors discovered that many medicinal herbs contained a certain amount of toxins. If they were not used properly or matched properly, it would cause the human body to show signs of being poisoned. It could even be fatal. Other than medicinal herbs, there were also some unknown plants that had no medicinal value but were highly toxic. Not only poisonous snakes, but many animals also carried a certain amount of toxins.
Thus, the medical academy established its own independent school of thought and called it the Poison Sect. It organized a group of doctors to specialize in the study of poisons.
Once the Poison Sect was established, the medical academy split into two factions: the Medical Sect and the Poison Sect.
But any method that could save lives could also harm others.
Doctors were the most frightening killers in the world, and poison doctors were even more so.
The Poison Sect's poison skills started out as detoxification techniques that specialized in treating poisoned people. The Poison Sect had strict prohibitions that forbade any poison master from using poisons for any reason except for the research and development of antidotes.
But no matter how strict the prohibitions were, there were still people who disobeyed them.
As the study of poisons developed, more and more poisons were recorded in the books. Gradually, outside powers began to infiltrate the market and tempt poison masters with all sorts of conditions to buy ready-made poisons and even their prescriptions.
Humans died for wealth and birds died for food. No matter how strict the prohibitions were, it was impossible to resist the temptation for everyone. Less than a decade after the Poison Sect's establishment, the number of poisoned people in Cloud Realm Continent each year was already skyrocketing.
Thus, the Poison Sect began to investigate the spread of poisons and ferret out many poison doctors to execute as a warning to others. However, the Medical Sect was wary of the Poison Sect's growing power and seized the opportunity to slander the Poison Sect everywhere. In less than five years, the Poison Sect and the medical academy were like fire and water.
Because the Medical Sect controlled most of the medical academy's power, the Poison Sect secretly launched a "Poison Nurturing Plan" in self-defense.
At this point, Han Yunxi hurriedly asked, "Is this the Poison Nurturing Art of today's poison world?"
"Exactly. The Poison Nurturing Art that many people in today's poison world know originated from the Poison Sect." Kenzō nodded and continued, "The Poison Nurturing Art is divided into three realms: Poison Humans, Poison Corpses, and Poison Gu. Poison Humans are the most common and are no different from normal people, but their lifespans are limited and they have some resistance to low-level poisons. Poison Corpses are similar to death warriors and have some resistance to mid-level poisons. As for Poison Gu … "
Han Yunxi grew a little agitated at this point in Kenzō's explanation. She had studied Poison Humans and Poison Corpses in the ancient texts, but she couldn't find any information on Poison Gu.
Everything about Poison Gu seemed to have been purposely erased by the predecessors, leaving behind only fragmented details.
"From what I know, there are three types of Poison Gu: grass, insects, and humans," Han Yunxi said seriously.
"That's right." The Sword Sect Master nodded and said with a smile, "Little girl, you're actually studying the Poison Gu Arts as well. How much have you grasped now?"
"Not a single thing. I only found out last year that I was a descendant of the Poison Sect." Han Yunxi glanced at Long Fei Ye. After getting his permission, she told Kenzō about her background, including the Mu Clan in Medicine City.
"So you don't know who your father is?" Kenzō was surprised. He thought that Long Fei Ye had colluded with all of the Poison Sect's remnants.
Han Yunxi didn't want to talk about this. She was more interested in Poison Gu, so she retorted, "If I don't study it, how can I cure Poison Gu?"
Kenzō was shocked. "What? Someone's been poisoned by Gu today?"
Han Yunxi told Kenzō about how Long Tianmo's stomach had swelled up for no reason. Long Tianmo's stomach had swelled up because of Xi Yubo's Poison Gu. Later, Long Tianmo ended up in Jun Yi Xie's hands. Jun Yi Xie cured the Gu, then poisoned Long Tianmo to slander her.
This incident had caused quite a stir in the medical academy, but the real reason for Long Tianmo's swollen stomach hadn't been made public. However, Long Tianmo's strange illness had flared up again. It could be deduced that Xi Yubo, Luo Zuishan, and Jun Yi Xie all knew Poison Gu.
In truth, Han Yunxi wasn't completely aware of the truth behind Long Tianmo's strange illness. However, Long Fei Ye knew full well.
Long Tianmo's strange illness had flared up all those years ago because of the white-robed man, Gu Beiyue.
Gu Beiyue was the one who'd taught Xi Yubo how to plant Gu. Gu Beiyue had used Poison Gu on Long Tianmo for two reasons. One, to confirm Gu's identity, and two, to lure Han Yunxi to the Poison Sect's Skypit.
Luo Zuishan didn't actually know Poison Gu, but he was one of Gu's men. Thus, Gu had told Luo Zuishan the truth behind Long Tianmo's illness so that Luo Zuishan could contend against Xi Yubo. He'd wanted to expose Xi Yubo in a public setting like this and bring shame to the medical academy.
Unfortunately, Jun Yi Xie had interfered and ruined Gu's plans. Even so, Gu Beiyue had still lured Gu to Medical City and confirmed that Gu was Medical City's ghost genius, Xiao Qi.
The medical academy had been interrogating Xi Yubo and investigating Jun Yi Xie all these years, but they'd never suspected that Gu Beiyue and Gu were the two instigators.
Long Feiye didn't speak from beginning to end.
"I didn't expect so many people to know about Poison Gu. It looks like Medical Sect didn't completely exterminate the Poison Sect back then!" Kenzō sighed with emotion.
"What happened back then?" Han Yunxi asked.
"Medical City exterminated the Poison Sect because of the Poison Gu technique. The highest level of the Poison Gu technique involves using humans as Gu to raise Poison Gu humans who won't age, die, or die."
As soon as Kenzō finished speaking, Han Yunxi anxiously asked, "Did they succeed?"
Long Fei Ye was also curious about this matter. He knew that Gu had an undying and indestructible body, but he didn't know if he was' immortal 'or not. Long Fei Ye didn't know the real reason why Gu had been expelled from Medical City when he was very young, or when he'd gained an undying and indestructible body.
"No." Kenzō was very certain. "Using humans as Gu was nothing more than a hypothesis. There weren't even any Poison Gu recipes or Poison Gu techniques. There were only Grass Gu and Insect Gu. Moreover, Medical Sect destroyed the Poison Sect back then and destroyed all records related to the Poison Gu technique. "
Han Yunxi furrowed her brows. "So the Poison Sect didn't do anything outrageous and the Medical Sect destroyed them just because of a hypothesis?"
It was only now that Kenzō realized that Han Yunxi was a descendant of the Poison Sect. Before this, he'd almost forgotten that this girl was a member of the Poison Sect. She really sounded like an outsider when she talked about the Poison Sect.
After all, anyone who could make the poison beasts submit had to be a direct descendant of the Poison Sect. No matter what, they were still connected by blood. Kenzō couldn't understand why Han Yunxi was so cold to the Poison Sect.
"This noble one only knows the rough details. As for how the Medical Sect destroyed the Poison Sect, how many people they killed, and how many orphans escaped, I'm afraid only the medical academy knows." Kenzō said indifferently, "After the Poison Sect was destroyed, the Medical Sect took control of Medical City and the medical academy."
"One day, we'll get to the bottom of this!" Han Yunxi's eyes shone with hatred.
Kenzō and Long Fei Ye both assumed that she wanted to avenge the Poison Sect as a descendant of the Poison Sect. Who knew that she was a transmigrator and had no blood ties with the Poison Sect? What she was truly dissatisfied with was the Medical Sect's selfishness.
Kenzō didn't chat any longer, but immediately arranged for a few disciples from the Abstinence Courtyard to treat Long Fei Ye's wounds. That very day, he announced that he'd pass on his position to Long Fei Ye within the next three months. Then he'd put Cang Qiuzi on trial.
Cang Qiuzi was stripped of his position as an elder and head of the Courtyard. His martial arts were crippled, and he was locked up in Celestial Prison. Long Fei Ye had left him with his last breath and crippled his martial arts. Even if he didn't die, he was probably at death's door. Granny You was temporarily the head of Lockheart Courtyard. Everyone guessed that Long Fei Ye would choose a new head of Lockheart Courtyard after he took over the position. Thus, all of the branch factions were very loyal to him.
Everything seemed to be getting better until that very night, Xu Donglin suddenly barged in with an urgent secret missive in both hands. "Master, this subordinate deserves to die! This missive arrived eight or nine days ago … "
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