Chapter 00177: The Flaw (Thanks to the Alliance Leader of Sage Hui's Counterattack)
# The Flaw (Thanks to the Alliance Leader of Sage Hui's Counterattack)
Chapter 177
Novel: Above Destiny
Chapter 177: The Flaw (Thanks to the Alliance Leader of Sage Hui's Counterattack)
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Dear Mr. Ji Jue,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been approved to participate in the standardized training and advanced courses at our hospital.
Enclosed with this letter is a list of required books and equipment.
The program is scheduled to begin on November 1st.
We await your reply by October 31st.
Sincerely,
Yan Xueqian
Director of the Medical Affairs Department, Chief Physician of the Infectious Diseases Department, Hope Hospital
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In the living room of the workshop, Ji Jue stared blankly at the letter in his hand.
He flipped to the second page, his eyes quickly scanning over miscellaneous items like "three plain white work robes" and so on.
He read it three times over.
By the time he came back to his senses, he was drenched in sweat.
Especially when, across the sofa, Professor Ye leisurely sipped her tea and gave him a meaningful look...
Ji Jue had never expected this.
He had just taken a two-day break after being put through the wringer in the Time Ruins, undergoing one medical check-up after another at the Safety Bureau.
He had finally managed to take the kids to the beach for a fun trip, only to return to the workshop and find this damnable thing waiting for him.
"I didn’t expect that after just a few days off, you’d manage to stir up something new again," Professor Ye remarked with a sigh.
"To have Hope Hospital come after an Ember like you—if word gets out, it’ll bring some glory to my reputation as your teacher."
"Teacher, this is a setup! A setup!" Ji Jue crumpled the ridiculous invitation into a ball and shouted, "My heart belongs to the Tide Sound Workshop! Teacher, you’re the only sun in my life!"
As he spoke, he shot Ye Chun a look, calling for backup: "Right?"
"Oh, that’s not necessarily true~" Ye Chun, sitting behind the table and stroking Xiao Jiu’s metallic feathers, sighed melodramatically.
"I know you’ve been causing trouble outside again. With the Safety Bureau and the Tong family protecting you, you don’t need a friend like me. But now you come to me and say, 'Ye Chun, help me out here...' What have I done to deserve such disrespect from you? You won’t even call me 'senior sister.'"
Ji Jue’s fists clenched.
He glared at Ye Chun’s smug face, no longer holding back—thirty seconds east of the river, thirty seconds west, don’t bully the young and poor—he suddenly reached into his backpack and pulled out a stack of freshly printed documents:
"Teacher, I took some time these past two days to write a paper titled 'A Brief Discussion on Spiritual Quality Operations in the Separation of Form and Essence.' I’d appreciate your guidance. Oh, by the way, has senior sister submitted her thesis yet? I remember she was revising it last time..."
Instantly, Ye Chun’s smile froze on her face as she glared at the overachiever.
Under her aunt’s teasing gaze, her fists clenched as well, and she eagerly piled on the criticism: "Auntie, don’t let him fool you! He’s trying to shift the focus! Kick this traitor out of the workshop! Otherwise, once this scoundrel rises to power, your reputation in the education world will be tarnished forever!"
"Enough, enough."
After enjoying the weekly workshop’s regular show of "Chickens Pecking at Each Other," Professor Ye took the paper, glanced at it, nodded slightly, and set it aside.
"I’ve heard from the Safety Bureau about what happened in the Time Ruins. You did well. Those lowlifes from the Heretic Cult are good for nothing but practice. Don’t worry about me—I’m your teacher, not your babysitter. What you do outside the workshop is your own business. Just make sure you know your limits."
With that, she casually brushed aside all the complications, completely unfazed.
Only when she picked up the opened envelope from the table and saw the hospital’s emblem did she let out a cold laugh: "As for those lunatics from the hospital’s Vortex faction, don’t worry. My apprentice isn’t someone they can just covet."
She said, "Relax, I’ve already politely declined on your behalf."
As her calm words fell, something translucent and blurry seemed to emerge briefly in the sparse rain outside the window, only to vanish in an instant.
The color drained from the face in the rain, leaving only a pale, half-washed arm dangling in mid-air.
With a crunch, it disappeared as if being chewed up.
Gulp.
Ji Jue swallowed dryly.
For a moment, he wanted to say something but hesitated: Teacher, um, your way of 'politely declining'... isn’t that a bit too direct?
But when Professor Ye glanced his way, he immediately sat up straight.
Obedient as a chicken.
So polite, so tactful, truly the magnanimous demeanor of a master!
"Those hospital folks are like sticky candy—once they latch on, it’s hard to shake them off. Remember to be straightforward when necessary. Don’t give them an inch, or they’ll take a mile."
As she spoke, Professor Ye shook the envelope, and a card fell out: "Take it. It’s for you."
Ji Jue curiously took it and examined it.
The card was crystal clear, with only a phone number and a big heart drawn on it: "What’s this?"
"The hospital’s Diamond VIP card," the professor said nonchalantly.
"If you ever feel like you’re about to die, call them. The hospital will arrange an expert consultation for you, no questions asked. Of course, you’ll still have to pay. So, better take it easy. Sometimes, being alive but drowning in debt is worse than death."
Ji Jue’s hand trembled, almost dropping the card.
What the hell?
This thing felt incredibly unlucky, like a fool willingly lying down on an Ember’s operating table.
But he still carefully put it away.
After all, it was a promise from the hospital.
Even if the side effects and costs were immeasurable, it was still a lifeline.
It seemed that the things he had handed over to Old Zhang had at least some practical and innovative value.
If they could be applied in the future, it would bring some comfort to the doctors in the Time Ruins.
"Anything else? Anything else?"
After setting aside the irrelevant stuff, Ji Jue rubbed his hands together, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Professor Ye.
The real highlight.
"..."
Professor Ye glanced at his eager expression and couldn’t help but shake her head slightly, sighing silently.
Back when she was a student, she had never heard of a teacher’s duties including appraising items.
Back then, they didn’t have all these乱七八糟 (messy) things, nor were they this bizarre.
Every item he brought back made her question whether modern alchemy was on the verge of extinction.
She reached out and tapped the table.
Instantly, a bone knife over forty centimeters long emerged from the workshop’s intricate rituals and returned to Ji Jue’s hands.
The blade, like glazed glass, shimmered with a dreamlike glow.
"... A masterpiece of nature."
Ye Xian sighed softly, feeling her fists itch with the urge to punch a certain apprentice surnamed Ji—how could this guy’s luck be so ridiculously good?
How the hell did you manage to stumble upon this?!
Or maybe staying cooped up in the workshop doing research was pointless.
Maybe she should go out for a walk sometime.
But why would someone just lying at home suddenly have a Time Ruins drop by, bringing such good fortune along with it?!
At that moment, she picked up the bone knife, gazing at the flowing light and its flawless, seamless form.
No matter how harsh her standards, there was only one assessment in her heart—[A Work of Nature].
A genuine masterpiece of nature.
From Ji Jue’s description, she could already understand what had happened.
By sheer coincidence, the forces of Upper Good and Heretic Folly merged, based on the principles of non-aggression, creation, and interference, transforming within the Time Ruins...
The blessings of Ascension, the essence of the Abyss, the pollution of the White Hall, the witness of Embers, and even the doctor’s obsession and compassion—all fused into one.
After undergoing the stages of Ascension, Purification, Extraction, and Integration, it finally manifested in Ji Jue’s hands.
The Time Ruins were the furnace, and fate was the craftsman.
With Ji Jue himself as the fuel, all the苛刻 (harsh) conditions converged, leading to the creation of this bone knife.
Unreplicable, unrepeatable, and impossible to fully comprehend through any means.
One of a kind.
In the entire process, the role of the craftsman wasn’t even indispensable.
But the key point was that, as the nexus where Upper Good, Heretic Folly, blessings, and spiritual quality intersected, the changes felt, the essence flowing through, the experience gained, and the insights brought were enough to drive any craftsman mad.
Every natural masterpiece could elevate a craftsman’s skills and abilities to new heights, making them unrecognizable from their former selves.
The absurd thing was, what countless craftsmen dreamed of but could never attain had fallen into Ji Jue’s hands like cabbage!
Including the previous little ox-horse, this was already the second time!
And what was even more absurd was that Ye Xian had a feeling this kind of thing wouldn’t be rare in the future...
Wasn’t this a bit too邪门 (bizarre)?
In comparison, even this bone knife seemed normal.
"There are no flaws or side effects. Feel free to use it. For you, it’s completely harmless."
Professor Ye handed the bone knife over: "Aside from you, it won’t respond to anyone else’s commands or calls. It won’t even accept spiritual quality from others."
That was the most unfortunate part.
Otherwise, with the bone knife’s quality and achievements, it could easily be rated as a Divine Artifact.
An apprentice without even a formal license creating a Divine Artifact? Such a spectacle would be perfect for slapping the faces of countless mediocrities.
In Ji Jue’s hands, the bone knife, which had been separated from him for only a short time, hummed affectionately, without any resistance.
The flowing light made the glazed blade even more dreamlike, as if it were an illusion.
Like a bubble.
The remnants of the Abyss’s divine essence, originally composed of pure spiritual quality, combined with the doctor’s fleeting yet unyielding obsession, had transformed this bone knife into something that straddled the line between material and spiritual.
Half-material, half-spiritual.
Thus, it could simultaneously dismantle and destroy both material and spiritual entities, while also being highly effective against all living beings.
Moreover, when holding the knife, one would instantly gain access to the knowledge, experience, and instincts left behind by numerous doctors, becoming a top-tier surgeon.
It was practically the natural enemy of all Vortex creations.
If infused with enough spiritual quality, it might even be able to pierce through Old Zhang’s fully activated golden body.
But before that, Ji Jue would probably be completely drained.
If used for killing, it would be a divine weapon!
Unfortunately... it was limited to Ji Jue, and he couldn’t unleash its destructive potential.
Also, it couldn’t kill.
Yes, that’s right—this knife couldn’t kill!
Not just people, but any living creature...
It would actively resist any act of killing.
Even if Ji Jue stabbed someone in the head and twisted the blade, the ethereal edge wouldn’t cause any harm.
Even if it pierced a soul, aside from necessary operations, it wouldn’t leave any damage...
This was purely a surgical knife meant for healing, removing pollution, and performing emergency surgeries!
"I’ve already tested it," Professor Ye told him.
"Its recognition and judgment are very flexible. Don’t bother trying to find loopholes or exploit it. Just accept its flaw and use it as a辅助工具 (auxiliary tool). If you force it to kill, it might not resist, but deliberately using it to cause harm could damage its essence and spirit, which would be a loss."
Ji Jue was stunned for a long time after hearing this.
"Anything else?" he asked curiously.
"What was the 'flaw' you mentioned earlier?"
What flaw?
I didn’t notice any.
Isn’t this all优点 (advantages)?
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(Chapter End)