Chapter 50

Geng Qianxing and Ding Huan were both absent, while Fang Chong, Li Wanran, and Lü Zi were all certain to enter one of the Blue Star's Top Ten Academies.

So Fang Chong planned to buy some books on gene cultivation at the bookstore, just to get a sense of things—so he wouldn't be completely blind when he finally entered one of the Blue Star's Top Ten Academies.

"Fang Chong." As Fang Chong flipped through a book, someone suddenly tapped his shoulder.

Who is it? Fang Chong spun around quickly.

Fang Chong didn't recognize the person who had tapped him, but he didn't care—many strangers now knew him.

"Come out with me," Ding Huan said, then turned and left the bookstore.

Upon hearing the first half, Fang Chong thought inwardly, Who the hell are you? Why should I follow you out?

But when he heard it was Ding Huan, he immediately put down his book and rushed out after him.

The girl who had entered the bookstore with Fang Chong saw him leave, put down her book, and stared at Ding Huan's back, lost in thought.

"Teacher Ding, is it really you?" Fang Chong asked, excited, after they stepped outside.

Ding Huan nodded. "It's me. Tell me—before Teacher Geng was taken, did he say anything to you?"

"Was Teacher Geng really captured? We only knew he disappeared—was he taken by the Gene Alliance?" Fang Chong fired off a string of questions.

Only then did Ding Huan realize Fang Chong knew nothing at all.

He sighed. "If you don't know, then forget it. You'll all likely enter one of the Blue Star's Top Ten Academies—just train hard once you're in."

"Teacher Ding, can I follow you and learn from you?" Fang Chong looked at Ding Huan with longing.

Now he understood—Ding Huan's abilities far surpassed those of the Blue Star's Top Ten Academies.

Ding Huan patted Fang Chong again. "It's impractical to follow me—I'm wanted right now, and I'm about to go search for Teacher Geng. Staying with me would be meaningless."

Besides, I can't teach you anything new anymore. Just keep training according to what I taught you before—your strength will gradually improve.

The Blue Star's Top Ten Academies have top-tier resources; it's far safer than sticking with me, where death could come at any moment."

"Yes, Teacher Ding." Fang Chong's eyes dimmed—he knew Ding Huan spoke the truth.

"I'm leaving. Don't tell Li Wanran or Lü Zi I came here." Ding Huan turned to go.

"Teacher Ding, which academy should I join?" Fang Chong asked urgently again.

Ding Huan hesitated, then said, "Best to stay in Huaxia—it'll help your martial path. Don't think martial arts are truly inferior to gene cultivation. At least on Earth, martial arts aren't worse than gene cultivation."

"Teacher Ding, Principal Qin Qiang of Wu Mai Mountain Field invited us to join…"

"Then join if you want… Wait—Wu Mai Mountain Field? Don't join that academy." Ding Huan immediately remembered the faction that had put out the bounty on him—Wu Mai Mountain Field.

At that moment, Ding Huan recalled who the woman was—the woman who had greeted Andong'ao just now was none other than Principal Qin Qiang of Wu Mai Mountain Field.

"Alright, I'll listen to you. By the way, Teacher Ding, I have a letter for you—it must have been left by Teacher Geng." Fang Chong remembered the letter left in the hotel.

"I'll go with you to get it." Ding Huan's eyes lit up.

If Geng Qianxing left a letter, it meant he had sensed something beforehand.

Following Fang Chong to Ting Huan Grand Hotel, Fang Chong handed Ding Huan the letter he had taken from Geng Qianxing's room.

Ding Huan glanced at the envelope—it read, "For Ding Huan, Personal."

This handwriting didn't look like Geng Qianxing's at all?

He slipped the letter into his pocket, then pulled out a vial of gene serum and handed it to Fang Chong. "This is a recovery gene serum. Fuse it tonight. Your recovery speed after injuries will greatly improve."

He had obtained two types of fire lizard, and had synthesized two types of recovery gene serum.

From the divine beast-blooded dual-horned fire lizard, he had refined two doses.

One he used himself; the other he had planned to save for Seeing Qu Yi.

From the six-horned fire lizard, he had synthesized one vial of recovery gene serum—now useless to him, so he gave it to Fang Chong.

"Ah!" Fang Chong accepted the gene serum in delight—he hadn't expected such a benefit.

The gene serum crafted by Teacher Ding was priceless.

"Fang Chong, I don't know when I'll return to Luohe. I'll transmit the later sections of the Qian Luo Gene Scripture to you."

Ding Huan realized that if Fang Chong reached Level Three Gene Cultivator but couldn't find him, his progress would stall.

Fang Chong had never considered this—now that Ding Huan mentioned it, he quickly replied,

"That's wonderful! Thank you, Teacher Ding—I promise I won't spread it around."

Ding Huan smiled, unconcerned.

Among the three students, the one he valued most wasn't Lü Zi, who had already entered Level One Gene Cultivator, nor Li Wanran, who respected and obeyed him—but this very Fang Chong before him.

With two lifetimes of experience, Ding Huan was confident he hadn't misjudged him.

Fang Chong was someone who knew gratitude.

As for talent or obedience—what did that matter to him? Only those who felt gratitude were worth his attention.

His physical condition had already improved greatly under Ding Huan's gene serum, and now that he was about to enter Level One Gene Cultivator, his memory far surpassed ordinary people.

The later cultivation methods of the Qian Luo Gene Scripture merely altered the flow of Qi through acupoints and meridians—no major changes.

So within just twenty minutes, Fang Chong had learned the entire Qian Luo Gene Scripture's Zhou Tian cultivation method as taught by Ding Huan.

"Teacher Ding, should I pass this on to Lü Zi and Li Wanran?" Fang Chong asked.

Ding Huan fell silent for a moment, then said, "Decide for yourself—if you think it's worth teaching, teach it. If you think it's not, you can keep it to yourself."

After I leave, train harder. I suspect the gene beast tide will soon sweep across major cities—the Blue Star's Top Ten Academies aren't foolproof. True strength is the foundation.

Moreover, you'll likely be the first target in the Blue Star's Top Ten Academies. Also, I just thought— if you must choose one of the Blue Star's Top Ten Academies, choose Da Han Yi Academy."

"Ah, isn't Da Han Yi Academy ranked last?" Fang Chong exclaimed.

Ding Huan smiled. "Last? Hmph—do you need their cultivation techniques, or their resources?"

"Right—I have the techniques; I just need resources." Fang Chong suddenly understood.

"That's right. Also, Da Han Yi Academy is said to trace its lineage back to the Buddhist sect."

Pay attention—do they have any martial arts or skills requiring internal Qi to activate? Those are the reasons you should join Da Han Yi Academy. That's all I can do for you. Goodbye."

After saying that, Ding Huan quickly took his leave from Fang Chong and left the hotel.

That Andong'ao's strength was simply too great; Ding Huan worried about being targeted by this person and had already delayed too much time here with Fang Chong.

After getting the letter, he planned to leave Puhai immediately.

The moment he stepped out of the hotel, Ding Huan opened the letter Geng Qianxing had given him.

"Teacher Ding, please save Yiyi. She was forcibly fused with a foreign gene, and now she's at Ruiji Hospital with her life hanging by a thread... Qu Fei."

What's going on? Wasn't this a letter left by Geng Qianxing? How did it become a plea for help for Seeing Qu Yi?

Ding Huan quickly realized: in this life, having returned here, although he had taken out Chang Chongjin and Li Xing and changed the fate of Seeing Qu Yi being taken away for gene experiments,

he hadn't changed it completely—Seeing Qu Yi was still targeted by the Gene Alliance.

The problem most likely lay with that Boss Quan.

The only difference was that this time Seeing Qu Yi should have been rescued, but the rescued Seeing Qu Yi was at death's door because of the foreign gene drug fusion.

These bastards, Ding Huan raged inwardly. He turned around and sped toward Ruiji Hospital.

"Has Seeing Qu Yi been discharged?" When Ding Huan arrived at Seeing Qu Yi's ward, the answer he got made him uneasy.

"Excuse me, who is her attending physician?" Ding Huan wanted to find out exactly what was going on with Seeing Qu Yi.

The ward nurse pointed at an office diagonally across, "It's Doctor Guo."

"Thanks." Ding Huan walked a few steps and arrived at Doctor Guo's office.

"Excuse me, are you Doctor Guo?" Ding Huan asked a young man sitting at a desk, writing and drawing with a pen.

The young man looked up and glanced at Ding Huan. "What is it?"

Ding Huan asked, "Doctor Guo, I'm a friend of Seeing Qu Yi's. May I ask what her condition is? Did she get transferred because her condition worsened?"

Doctor Guo merely said flatly, "Sorry, no comment."

Then he ignored Ding Huan and continued writing and drawing on the paper in front of him.

Ding Huan knew he had been a bit too abrupt. He softened his tone and took a stack of cash from his bag,

"I'm really a friend of Seeing Qu Yi's. Please tell me what her condition is and where she went now. This is a small token of my appreciation."

After saying that, he pushed the money in front of Doctor Guo.

Doctor Guo, surnamed Guo, disdainfully glanced at the hundred thousand yuan in front of him. "If you don't leave now, don't blame me for calling security."

"You're a gene ability user?" Ding Huan stared at Doctor Guo and suddenly realized—the aura fluctuation from the other party just now, far beyond that of an ordinary person, had been sensed by him.

Since he was a gene ability user, this guy was probably from the Gene Alliance.

If Seeing Qu Yi's current condition was caused by the Gene Alliance, this Doctor Guo in front of him should know something.

Thinking of this, Ding Huan put the money away, directly reached out and gripped Doctor Guo's neck, lifting him up bodily.

Doctor Guo's feet left the ground, his heart filled with both shock and fear.

He was a gene ability user, yet this guy who looked very young had laid hands on him, and he couldn't even put up any resistance.

But now with his throat gripped, apart from his face flushing bright red, he couldn't utter a single word.

Ding Huan casually tossed him aside, and Doctor Guo was thrown to the ground. Ding Huan said coldly, "You have one more chance to tell the truth. Otherwise, you'll never need to speak again."

"Cough, cough... I'll tell you. She was forcibly fused with some kind of foreign gene and failed, and then her genome cracked..."

"What kind of foreign gene?"

"I really don't know. I didn't do anything to her. She was beyond saving and wanted to leave on her own."

"Where did she go?"

"I only know her home address. Whether she went back or not, I don't know..."

After getting Seeing Qu Yi's home address, Ding Huan simply gave Doctor Guo a wind blade.

Not everyone in the Gene Alliance deserves to die—in fact, most of them are decent people—but he just felt annoyed with this Doctor Guo.