From Evil Sect Leader to Doctor

Xu Chunliang lay on the ground, pale and weak.

Hua Zhuyue and Su Qing stood nearby, full of concern. They hadn’t expected that they could cause such a bloody mess; Xu Chunliang’s blood had stained many places on them.

They originally wanted to call 120, but Xu Chunliang, with blood streaming from his nose, stopped them. He knew his own ailments, and it was merely True Qi gone astray injuring his meridians, not caused by the beauty and allure of the two women. However, this was hard to explain, so he let them assume responsibility.

Hua Zhuyue and Su Qing joined forces to help Xu Chunliang onto the bed, clean him up, and considerately covered him with a blanket.

Xu Chunliang’s whole body felt as if it were being cut with knives; he didn’t want to explain and weakly said, "Don’t worry, I’ll be fine after some rest." As he spoke, his nose bled again.

Su Qing wiped away the blood from his nose, while Hua Zhuyue secretly tugged her sleeve, and the two retreated from the room.

After closing the door properly, Hua Zhuyue sighed and said, "Oh dear, you rushed out here draped only in a bath towel; how could he handle that kind of shock?"

Su Qing’s face reddened, glancing at Hua Zhuyue, she whispered, "I’m afraid it’s not just me who’s shocking him."

Hua Zhuyue wore a lazy and alluring outfit, the kind that hides just enough and attracts the attention of the opposite sex.

They both sighed simultaneously and went back to their rooms to change clothes.

When Hua Zhuyue came out, she was already in a business suit. Su Qing went even more extreme, putting on a denim outfit with a kitchen apron over it. They had the same idea: to dress conservatively and not provoke him further, realizing for the first time that their beauty was a sort of harm to Xu Chunliang.

After resting for a while, Xu Chunliang regained a bit of energy and called the hospital to take leave.

Su Qing, wrapped up tightly, walked in and asked what he wanted to eat. Xu Chunliang wanted some millet porridge, so Su Qing quickly went to the kitchen to make it.

As soon as Su Qing left, Hua Zhuyue entered dressed in a black suit, with her hair tied up meticulously, appearing as a high and unreachable, cold-as-ice career woman.

Xu Chunliang smiled wryly, were they playing dress-up for him? One as a maid, the other as a cool beauty?

Hua Zhuyue asked, "Feeling better?" She even spoke cautiously and in a business-like tone now, realizing only after Xu Chunliang’s nosebleed erupted that her voice had become softly seductive. She felt some guilt, not wanting to tease him further, and seeing him bleed so much made her feel sympathetic.

Xu Chunliang nodded, instinctively reaching for a tissue, fearing he might lose control and start bleeding again.

Hua Zhuyue thought, even dressed this way, you’re still unable to control it. She didn’t want to worsen his condition: "Chunliang, is there anything you need my help with?"

Xu Chunliang pointed to the cabinet ahead and said, "Could you take out that blue porcelain bottle for me?"

Hua Zhuyue nodded and opened the cabinet, seeing many bottles and jars, but not the blue porcelain bottle Xu Chunliang mentioned: "I don’t see it."

"It should be at the bottom."

Hua Zhuyue looked at the lower shelf and saw something covered with cloth. She removed it from the cabinet, and unexpectedly, it split into two halves as she did. Hua Zhuyue only held the bottom part, while the top made a clang as it fell to the ground, rolling around several times.

Hua Zhuyue looked closely and saw it was a naked copper figure, with exaggerated features indicating it was male.

She thought she had damaged Xu Chunliang’s treasured collection. Looking at the part she was holding, it was a female copper figure, and by their posture, it was clear they were originally meant to be together.

Hua Zhuyue couldn’t help but blush, thinking this Xu Chunliang had some indecent collectibles, what a pervert.

Hua Zhuyue said, "Sorry, I broke your thing."

Xu Chunliang said, "It’s no problem. It can’t be broken. Just put them back together."

Hua Zhuyue picked up the copper figure from the ground and looked at the two figures, hesitating for a moment. Putting them back together? Was Xu Chunliang joking with her? In front of him, put them back together?

Thinking again, these figures were originally supposed to be close together. Considering his condition today, he likely wouldn’t joke around. She aligned them and pushed the two copper figures together. Maybe the location was off, the two small figures were still apart. Hua Zhuyue tried rotating them slightly and felt a magnetic attraction between them.

With a click, the two figures collided together, then inside, a creaking noise was heard as if some mechanism was activated.

Hua Zhuyue quickly placed the figures on the ground, thinking she had accidentally damaged them.

Chunliang was also attracted by the never-ending sound. He had tried many times before; no matter from which direction, these two Copper People could easily fit together. The structure seemed ordinary at first glance, yet it secretly housed intricate mechanisms. However, apart from a set of Qi Cultivation techniques hidden on the Copper People that used a yang path with yin essence, he hadn’t discovered anything else.

Chunliang always believed these two bronze figures were not simple and should have other undiscovered secrets. He had even thought about cutting them open to explore further, but since this pair belonged to Tong Guangsheng, and although given to him, it wasn’t meant for destruction. Additionally, he had used physical methods to calculate the density; both Copper People were solid with no visible gaps.

Under their eyes, the Copper People began to disassemble, starting with the heads rolling down, followed by the bodies and limbs.

Hua Zhuyue, like a child who caused trouble, stared at the scattered parts on the ground and reached out to pick them up to reassemble them.

Chunliang said, "Don’t touch!"

Hua Zhuyue’s hand stopped mid-air.

Chunliang came down from the bed, and Hua Zhuyue hurriedly went to support him. Chunliang approached the disintegrated Copper People and carefully observed them. Suddenly, his expression changed: "Sister Hua, quickly close the curtains and turn off the lights."

Although Hua Zhuyue didn’t know the purpose of his actions, since he said it, she immediately followed his instructions.

She closed the curtains and turned off the room lights, then saw golden light gleaming from the Copper People’s broken sections. Chunliang pointed at the door, and Hua Zhuyue tiptoed to the door, guarding it to prevent Su Qing from entering. It wasn’t that she feared Su Qing knowing the secret, but rather worried she might cause unnecessary interference by entering.

Chunliang held his breath, seemingly afraid that even gentle breaths would make the golden light on the surfaces vanish.

The gleaming parts of the golden light were tiny seal scripts resembling fly heads. Chunliang’s brain was operating at an unprecedented speed, ensuring he memorized the text on the sections thoroughly.

Hua Zhuyue heard knocking at the door; Su Qing had finished cooking millet porridge and brought it in. She knew it wasn’t a good time to disturb Chunliang and sent Su Qing a message: "Please wait."

As time passed, the golden light on the sections quickly dimmed. Hua Zhuyue inwardly worried for Chunliang; how could anyone remember so much text in such a short time? The best solution would be to photograph it, but why hadn’t Chunliang thought of such a simple method?

She softly hummed to try and draw Chunliang’s attention, but Chunliang was completely absorbed and didn’t notice her actions at all.

The golden light grew fainter, and this magical scene was gradually disappearing along with the dimming light.

Chunliang opened the curtains and quickly grabbed paper and pen to restore all the text from the sections based on memory.

Hua Zhuyue then opened the door and saw Su Qing, looking puzzled outside. She gestured to keep quiet and not to disturb, then carefully closed the door.

When Chunliang came out of the room, the millet porridge Su Qing had cooked for him had cooled down. He had memorized all the text from the Copper People’s sections. Earlier, he had Hua Zhuyue bring a blue porcelain bottle containing Hundred Flowers Circulation Pills he made himself to help quickly repair damaged meridians.

However, it was unexpected that an accident occurred when Hua Zhuyue moved the statues, and she inadvertently opened the mechanism while combining the two statues, causing them to disassemble.

The mystery of the Copper People was all in the text on the sections after disassembly. These golden glowing words were left by the creators of the Copper People, sealed in such a way within the Copper People. Once the mechanism was opened and the Copper People disassembled, these words would react with certain components in the air and emit a golden light.

The duration of the golden light depended on how much of the special material used for writing was left. Chunliang had considered photographing it but worried improper operation might cause the light to fade faster, so he simply relied on his extraordinary memory to memorize the text.

After the light vanished, Chunliang immediately recorded all the text. To figure out what secrets these words held still required correlating them piece by piece. Some text was missing due to the long passage of time and needed to be deduced and pondered to recreate the full picture.

Chunliang took a Hundred Flowers Circulation Pill, relieving the tearing pain in his meridians slightly.

When Su Qing saw the porridge had cooled, she worried it would cause discomfort for Chunliang and went to the kitchen to reheat it.

Hua Zhuyue did not ask about the statues, speaking softly: "I just contacted Jiajia, now I’ll meet her, and also see Secretary Gao and his wife."

Chunliang nodded; as he hadn’t fully recovered yet, he couldn’t accompany Hua Zhuyue.

Before Hua Zhuyue left, she lightly tapped his chest and softly said: "With your current condition, it’s best not to overthink things; focus on settling your mind."

Chunliang smiled: "I’ll keep that in mind."

When Su Qing came out with the reheated millet porridge, she was surprised to find Hua Zhuyue had already left, and asked puzzledly: "Why did President Hua leave?"

"She went to meet Jiajia."