fictionpage Chapter 392: Change
Chapter 392: Change
Fang Bai and the man in the black shirt were different. Fang Bai wore a white casual shirt and always had a faint, barely perceptible smile on his lips, giving off a sense of sunshine, positivity, and harmlessness to people and animals alike.As for the man in the black shirt, his attire was the complete opposite of Fang Bai’s in color, his expression was cold, and his demeanor was aloof, making people respect him from a distance.
Undoubtedly, Fang Bai’s appearance and demeanor made him more easily liked by others.
At nine o’clock, the conference officially began, and the whole room fell silent.
As customary, Wen Yu, the Pavilion Master of the Doctor Pavilion and the host of this "World Traditional Chinese Medicine Conference," first took the stage for a brief speech, followed by representatives of various Ancient Medicine Sects, and finally, a Deputy Minister in charge of Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Huaxia Ministry of Health spoke on behalf of the current Prime Minister.
The content of everyone’s speeches was the same old tune, not very substantial, nothing more than encouraging colleagues in the medical community to actively promote the culture of Traditional Chinese Medicine and gain wider recognition worldwide.
The conference ran from nine until about twelve o’clock, after which Fang Bai followed the crowd out of the convention center. Just as he was about to head to the restaurant to see if there was anything appetizing to eat, he noticed Wen Yu, the Pavilion Master of the Doctor Pavilion, approaching him with a smile.
Accompanying Wen Yu was Lin Ruoxue, mother of the sisters Dongfang Rushi and Dongfang Ruhua.
Lin Ruoxue was a direct disciple of Wen Yu, holding a much higher status than Wang Miaomiao. After marrying into the Dongfang Family, she was not only busy with raising her family and teaching her children but also managing the family business, which left her no time for her sect, resulting in less and less contact with them.
Recently, because of her acquaintance with Fang Bai, Lin Ruoxue had been summoned by Wen Yu several times to inquire about matters concerning Fang Bai. This time, Wen Yu called for Lin Ruoxue, hoping to use her connection with Fang Bai to discuss an important matter with him.o guide him to the dining hall, Wang Miaomiao had disappeared.
Luckily, Fang Bai didn’t harbor any dissatisfaction toward Wang Miaomiao. Otherwise, if he had encountered someone with a quirky temperament and a narrow heart, a scene could have erupted, and it was even possible that he would make a dramatic exit.
Just as Wen Yu was in a huff, Wang Miaomiao appeared in her line of sight, her face alight with irrepressible joy as she made her graceful way toward them.
Fang Bai saw the cheerful expression on Wang Miaomiao’s face and knew that, during the time he had been in his meeting, she must have had many insights.
"Pavilion Master... Sister Lin..."
As Wang Miaomiao approached, she saw Wen Yu and Lin Ruoxue present and respectfully greeted them. Then she noticed Wen Yu’s displeasure—realizing it was because she had not stayed by Fang Bai’s side—and bowed her head, earnestly waiting for Wen Yu’s reprimand to fall.
"Miaomiao, I asked you to stay with Doctor Fang. What have you been doing? Tell me, where did you go?"
Wen Yu’s face turned stern, her voice demanding an explanation with severity.
"I..."
Wang Miaomiao glanced at Fang Bai and stammered, "Doctor Fang transmitted a cultivation technique and some medical skills to me, and I went back to my quarters to practice and comprehend them..."
Wen Yu paused, taken aback. She had thought it would be quite something if Fang Bai could simply offer some guidance to Wang Miaomiao in medical skills, but she had not expected him to actually transmit a cultivation method to her.
In the Ancient Martial World, martial artists place extreme importance on the transmission of cultivation techniques, only teaching them to their closest kin or disciples and never passing them lightly to others.
Little did Wen Yu know that Fang Bai himself was a veritable treasure trove of cultivation techniques, his mind a repository for countless methods of cultivation—he had learned in the past and even those he had realized and created himself—as vast as a sea and unnumberable.
The technique Fang Bai passed on to Wang Miaomiao was merely the most common and lowest-ranked among the methods he had learned in the Cultivation World before ascending to the Immortal Realm.
Even so, if Wang Miaomiao were to reveal the cultivation method she learned from Fang Bai to the outside world, it could cause a sensation in the Ancient Martial World of this realm, which is why Fang Bai instructed her not to share it.
In this realm, a Heaven Level Martial Artist’s Heaven Rank Techniques are already considered treasures coveted by martial artists who would risk their lives to fight for them. The technique Fang Bai passed on to Wang Miaomiao was unknowably superior to those of Heaven Rank, making it seem like a scripture from heaven to the martial artists of the Secular World.
Of course, Wang Miaomiao could not yet fathom the profoundness of the cultivation technique given to her by Fang Bai. Only through practice over time would she gradually comprehend its value, a realization far beyond Wen Yu’s imagination.
Wen Yu, unable to discern Fang Bai’s true strength, speculated that he must be no less than the intermediate level of the Profound Level since he could defeat Wang Huashan of the Yanjing Wang Family with ease. As for how high his realm might be, Wen Yu did not dare to speculate, feeling it was only reasonable he wouldn’t exceed the Profound Level.
If Fang Bai had reached the Earth Rank Realm, then he must be a disciple of a Hidden Sect; in Wen Yu’s mind, only the powerful and mysterious Hidden Sects could cultivate such a young and strong practitioner by leveraging abundant cultivation resources.
In the Secular Ancient Martial World, it wasn’t to say there were no Earth Rank strong men, but the existence of an Earth Rank practitioner around twenty years old was simply inconceivable.
Not only did Wen Yu think so, but this was also the prevailing belief among martial artists of the Secular Ancient Martial World.
"Doctor Fang is supremely skilled in medicine and possesses remarkable strength. The things he passed on to you must be excellent... Huh? Miaomiao, your strength... you’ve advanced in rank?"
Only then did Wen Yu notice the extraordinary change in Wang Miaomiao, sensing it more carefully she realized that Wang Miaomiao’s cultivation level had reached the high rank of Yellow Level.