The sect's 'Hospital'

Wei Fang woke up in a foreign room. A faint smell of medicine permeated every corner of the room.

But there wasn't a white ceiling, a white curtain, or a white robe.

He was in the healing department. It was the healing department managed under the alchemy hall. Especially built just for the disciple's place of treatment.

The room he was in was a small room of about three square meters. There was a small bed where he lay and a table on his right.

On his left was a window where the curtain was already lifted up, causing a small breeze to caress his face.

It seems there was someone who opened the curtain before he woke up.

Wei Fang has never felt his mind so clear and refreshed before. Of course, only his mind; his body was still badly injured, and there was no way his body would feel refreshed.

He looked at his two hands, which were covered with bandages, and couldn't help but sigh.

That battle that cost him two severely injured hands ended in his lose.

He felt so angry whenever he thought about his battle with Cheng Hu; he would never have thought that face paralysis would be so cunning.

He was already two levels above him and accepted into the sect a year earlier than him; can he be more honest when dueling?

How dare he pretend to be unconscious??

"Haaah, there was no use being angry. Let's see the system's trial. I already made Cheng Hu angry and humiliated like that; the mission must be completed, right?"

[Mission progress: 1/3]

Fack, he cursed. After all his hard work and sacrifice, he only completed one-third of the mission.

"System-sama, how can only one-third of it be completed?"

[Isn't it obvious? Because you only beat one of the three people.]

"Ugh."

He looked at his two hands, which were still bandaged. Should I sacrifice the two of you again?

Oh, my poor hands.

Suddenly, he heard a creaking sound, and a woman in a white robe came in.

"Oh, you woke up already. Great!" The woman was clearly relieved that Wei Fang had already woken up and seemed to little enthusiastic?

Wei Fang, who saw it, felt warm. It was a good feeling that someone was concerned about you even if that someone was a stranger.

"So, you need to pay one spirit stone for all the service and bandage. We only administered first aid to your two hands without giving them medicine because you were still unconscious.

Do you want a healing pill for your hands?"

The woman continued.

The warm feeling instantly vanished; the girl didn't care about him at all, only about money.

To receive treatment from the healing department was not free, and you needed to pay for it; it was like going to the hospital.

This rule was applied only outer disciples though, while others could receive treatment for free. Of course, the pill and medicine they consumed still need to be paid.

The only exception was when they were injured while receiving a special task from the sect or injured because of a sect competition. In those two conditions, any disciple could receive treatment for free, no matter how severely injured they are.

"I don't need a healing pill."

The woman's enthusiasm was greatly reduced.

"And could you please give me some time to pay for the spirit stone? I don't have any right now."

The woman's enthusiasm was entirely gone.

"What is your name?" Even his voice was not as good as before.

"Wei Fang!"

"Okay, Wei Fang. You owe the healing department one spirit stone. Until you pay it, you wouldn't be able to buy any pills from the healing department."

"Can you not be so petty? It was just one spirit srone." Wei Fang complained.

"It was the healing department rule."

"Okay." He could only accept it.

"Eh, where is the vial inside my clothes?" Wei Fang panicked when he realized that the healing ointment was gone. It was his hope to recover his hand quickly; without it, he would need a long time to recover his hands.

"Are you searching for this?" The woman took out a vial when she noticed Wei Fang was searching for something.

"Yes, yes." Wei Fang was relieved; he even said yes two times.

"Is this so precious that it made you panic so much?" The woman was curious because he looked so panicked when the vial was gone.

"Very precious, especially at this time."

"How come?"

"Because I was injured!"

"Is this healing medicine?" The woman asked as he gave the vial to Wei Fang.

"Yes!"

The woman seemed to lose interest after hearing that, but she didn't go out.

Even though it was like a hospital, the health department was not a hospital after all, so there were only one or two patients in it in a week or so. There were also times when there would be no patient in months. The only time it was packed was when the tournament or sect competition was taking place.

All in all, not many people like to stay in the healing department, just as people don't like to stay in hospitals. The disciples prefer to just buy medicine and recuperate in their courtyard.

So she was free now and might as well see what healing medicine was inside the vial, as she had never seen the vial like that before, even though she was from alchemy hall.

Wei Fang ignored the woman's presence and started what he was supposed to do.

First, he takes off the bandages covering his right hand. There he sees again the frightening appearance of his hand. Luckily, it was not as gory as before.

Then he applied the healing ointment to his right hand, like how people apply balm.

Then he also does the same to his left hand.

He did all of it in front of the woman without covering anything.

He also let the woman see the effects of the ointment without trying to hide it.

So, the woman saw the wound on Wei Fang's hands started to wriggle.

To be honest, it was a repulsive sight, but the woman's eyes began to shine. This was the first time she saw such potent medicine that it would start healing the wound after being applied, and the healing process was even visible to the naked eye.

She looked at Wei Fang intensely; her eager eyes were full of fire. To be precise, she was staring at the vial in Wei Fang's hand.

"Mmm, miss, I am sorry, but I already have someone I like, so even if you are staring at me like that..." Wei Fang just started his regret before being stopped.

"Don't worry, you are not my type."

"Then, miss, can you be more reserved? Your stare could cause misunderstanding."

"I am not looking at you; I am interested in that vial in your hand."

"This..." Did she use a vial to... Wei Fang's expression changed intermittently.

The woman's eyes darkened. "I am an alchemist; I'm interested in the medicine inside the vial."

"Oh, you should have said so earlier, making me misunderstand."

"Where do you get that medicine?" The woman asked, clearly curious about the medicine.

"I got it from t..."

[Host, the existence of the system is a secret; if you divulged it to other people, you would be erased from the world.]

Wei Fang swallowed everything he was about to say.

He remembered when he accepted the privacy policy and user agreement.

There, it was said that his life and death were tied to the system. After witnessing the system's mysterious method, he didn't dare to take its warning lightly.

Then he remembered that there would always be someone lucky who got something precious while carrying out the sect's mission outside and bragged inside the sect; of course, it was not something very precious, only enough to make other people envy him.

"...From mi..." Wait, he remembered that he had never done any missions outside the sect.

"...my lucky encounter before entering the sect." Finally, I got a reasonable explanation.

"Hmm? Where is it?"

"I got it before I entered the sect."

"How did you know its effects?" Normally, someone would not try medicine that they found and didn't know its effects; after all, what if it was poison instead?

"Mmm, I was desperate before; I was injured and didn't have any healing pills or spirit stones, so I was thinking, I already didn't have anything; why don't I just try it?

"Maybe I was lucky, and my injuries started to heal."

Wei Fang nodded his head, and he himself was almost convinced by his explanation.

"Can I buy it?"

"Oh yes, let me introduce myself. My name is Zhu Ju, and I am from the alchemy hall."

Wei Fang looked at the vial in his hand and the woman in front of him. He hesitated.

"There was no need to sell all of it; you could just sell half of the remaining medicine."

Wei Fang was tempted; he didn't have any spirit stones right now, so the offer was tempting.

Should I sell it or not?