Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend

Chapter 989: Chapter 49: A Show of Force

Ye Lingyue’s expression changed, but Mu Shuang was completely unaware.

She shyly glanced at the few inner sect disciples.

”Very well, what does this senior brother prefer to be called, and what kind of jewelry do you want to customize?”

”I am Ma Zhao, a disciple of Xuefeng within the inner sect. Miss Mu can just call me Senior Brother Ma. As for the jewelry to be customized, just follow the style of this pair of earrings.”

As he spoke, Ma Zhao pulled out a pair of earrings. They were Spiritual White Jade Earrings, carved into the luxurious and graceful shape of peony flowers, approximately the size of a thumbnail.

This type of Spirit Jade is extremely rare and carries spiritual energy that can nourish and strengthen the body. If worn by those who are weak and sickly, it can enhance their health and is very valuable. In Lonely Moon Sea, such a pair of earrings would be worth about forty to fifty Spirit Stones.

And this was just the sample used for style. The cost for the earrings Ma Zhao wanted to customize would be unimaginable.

”Does Senior Brother Ma intend to give them to a loved one?”

Seeing the earrings, Mu Shuang instinctively asked.

The disciples behind Ma Zhao winked and nudged each other, while Ma Zhao gave a low cough, his gaze wandering over Mu Shuang’s shapely figure with a playful glint in his eyes.

Ma Zhao, being such a character, could easily tell that Mu Shuang had feelings for him.

Though the other party was a female servant, at least she was quite attractive. In Lonely Moon Sea, where women were scarce and men plentiful, Ma Zhao was quite happy to have such an admirer.

”Not at all, this is a thank-you gift for a friend of mine.”

He answered calmly, without blushing or feeling embarrassed, and Mu Shuang’s face immediately lit up with joy.

”There shouldn’t be any problem with the customization, it’s just the materials...”

Mu Shuang hesitated, as the Refining Hall did not have materials more advanced than Spiritual White Jade, and she had none on hand either.

”No worries, I’ve already brought the materials.”

After Ma Zhao finished speaking, he signaled to a junior brother behind him to pass over a bag.

Mu Shuang was about to take the bag, but as soon as her fingers reached inside, she felt something furry at her fingertips.

Suddenly, there was a commotion inside the bag.

The mouth of the bag abruptly opened, and something flew out from inside.

”Ah!”

Mu Shuang hadn’t expected there to be a ”living thing” inside the bag. Shocked as if electrocuted, she stepped back several paces, her face turning pale.

The contents of the bag had already flown out, turning into a black shadow darting around the Refining Hall.

The thing was extremely fast, and the miscellaneous servants couldn’t even make out its shape.

With several loud ”bangs”, several artifact cauldrons in the Refining Hall were knocked over.

”What is that thing? Everyone be careful!”

The Refining Hall immediately descended into chaos, and the male servants hurriedly dodged out of the way.

”Haha, look at that bunch of useless servants, failing to even subdue that little thing. Senior Brother Ma, it’s ridiculous that you actually sought help from these people to refine a Spiritual Artifact.”

The inner sect disciples laughed at the chaos in the Refining Hall.

Not only did they not step forward to assist, they stood by, pointing and laughing at the servants.

Ma Zhao shrugged his shoulders; he didn’t want to ask servants to refine a Spiritual Artifact either, but since Mu Shuang was the only one in Lonely Moon Sea who could refine jewelry-type Spiritual Artifacts, he had no choice.

Just then, a sudden gust of wind was heard, akin to a clap of thunder from a clear sky. An arrow shot forth like a flash of lightning.

Ma Zhao’s eyelid twitched violently.

The arrow brushed past his cheek with a ”ding”, and the junior brothers behind him exclaimed.

It turned out that an arrow had appeared in front of them, coming within half an inch of the inner sect disciple who had held the bag earlier. A step further, and it would have pierced through the disciple’s foot.

The smugness on the faces of the inner sect disciples instantly vanished.

All of them glared furiously at the person who had shot the arrow.

Only then did they notice that the archer was a woman.

”How dare you! Who are you to shoot arrows at us? If we were injured, even the lives of everyone in the Refining Hall wouldn’t be enough to pay.”

The disciples were first taken aback, realizing that apart from Mu Shuang, there was another female servant in the Refining Hall. This female servant was extremely beautiful; if it weren’t for her icy demeanor, she could rival the top three beauties of the inner sect.

But regardless of her appearance, the fact that a servant dared to attack them with arrows was an act of sheer recklessness.

”You seniors from the inner sect are highly skilled; if my arrow injured you, wouldn’t that be a huge joke? Besides, I aimed at a beast, not at people indiscriminately.”

Ye Lingyue’s words made the inner sect disciples look uncomfortable, and they thought to themselves that this woman had a sharp tongue.

Looking closer, at the foot of the arrow, a ”black thing” was continuously writhing.

The black object was actually the material for the earrings that Mu Shuang had reached for earlier, now pinned to the ground by the arrow. Everyone finally saw its true nature.

Mu Shuang and the servants came forward to look, only to discover it was a stone.

But how could a stone move?

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a stone with an extremely peculiar shape, with strange patterns growing inside.

The patterns combined to resemble, uncannily, a bat—its fur and claws identical to a real one.

It looked like a giant bat crouching on a stone.

Moreover, the stone intermittently emitted bat-like squeaks.

Because Ye Lingyue understood Spirit Language, she had heard the disturbance earlier and suspected these people harbored ill intentions.

Sure enough, before the refining process even started, chaos erupted in the Refining Hall, nearly resulting in injuries.

”Senior Brother, what is this material?”

Mu Shuang not only hadn’t seen it before, but she hadn’t even heard of such a stone.

Mu Shuang’s pretty face turned pale; she disliked furry things. The stone, resembling a bat, made her feel nauseous if she looked at it more than a few times, let alone refining it.

She could only look pleadingly at the Refining Hall’s most experienced male servant.

”This should be Five Spirits Bat Stone, a Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures even more precious than Nirvana Iron. It’s not native to Qing Province Continent; it’s said that such stones can be found only in the Ancient Battlefield of ages past. This stone can simultaneously absorb the five kinds of Spiritual Energy from heaven and earth. If refined into a Spiritual Artifact, it can help gather the Power of Reincarnation and is a top-grade material.”

The male servant indeed had some insight and recognized the stone’s origins.

”It’s good that someone recognizes it. Miss Mu, this stone is a recent trophy of mine, and I’m planning to use it to refine earrings this time. I wonder if Miss Mu can do it?”

Ma Zhao glanced at the arrow with a hint of displeasure in his heart but still maintained a friendly smile outwardly.