Invincible Little School Doctor

Chapter 1153: Chapter 1152: Lone Star Alliance? (Part 1)

He Qing’s face was ashen at this moment. He had gone to great lengths to prevent Ye Haochuan from passing the examination, yet an unexpected twist occurred at the last moment.

”What’s the matter? Is Elder He still objecting?” The elder’s face turned cold as he scrutinized He Qing.

”No... nothing. Ye Haochuan has passed all the examinations, and this permit is rightfully his,” He Qing said through gritted teeth, unable to comprehend why Tu Qingyun had appeared.

Tu Qingyun helped Ye Haochuan, and He Qing had already cursed him countless times silently, for Tu Qingyun’s status in the Holy Medical Alliance was exalted, far beyond his reach to provoke.

Moreover, Tu Zhengxiang and Fu Pingyang hadn’t shown themselves upon Tu Qingyun’s arrival here. If discovered, they could significantly increase the difficulty for examinees, making the situation potentially precarious.

”Thank you, Elder He!” Ye Haochuan said with a bright smile.

He Qing saw unbounded mockery in Ye Haochuan’s eyes, silently cursing, ”Ye Haochuan, don’t think having the permit means all is well. We’ll see about that!”

With that, he snorted coldly and reluctantly bowed to the elder before turning to leave.

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Ye Haochuan obtained the Holy Medical Alliance permit and resumed his practice the next day, with the hospital once again overflowing.

Recently, the Long Alliance had been busy, constantly active on the bounty boards. Since the last Yin Jiao incident, the name Long Alliance had become well-known, and with alliances shining brightly, employers were even more trusting of the Long Alliance.

For an alliance to expand rapidly, it must maintain exposure, just like celebrities in the secular world. Otherwise, even if they were once sensational, time would pass, and they would fade into obscurity.

That day, the Long Alliance again received a mission to hunt down a Foundation Establishment Peak expert from Hellfire, and among the entire Long Alliance, only Ye Haochuan was the best choice.

After Ye Haochuan posted the mission target on Dragon Network, news came in within half a day.

”Ishida Taisuna, forty-seven years old, Foundation Establishment Peak expert, renowned for his skills - Shadow Turn Hundred Leaf Slash, Willow Double Moon Formation. Recently spotted around the Five Rings in the Imperial Capital at Mingya Teahouse.”

This was the brief information sent by Dragon Network, including a photo of Ishida Taisuna.

After handling matters at the hospital, Ye Haochuan hurried alone to Mingya Teahouse.

Now that Ye Haochuan mastered the fourth form of the Seven Segment Flying Rainbow, he was fully confident in overwhelming Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators, thus requiring no assistance, going solo to avoid alerting the enemy.

Though Mingya Teahouse was located in the Five Rings, it was quite famous in the Imperial Capital. Many tea lovers would come here to savor the tea during their leisure time and admire the tea art.

Ye Haochuan arrived and chose a seat near the door in the lobby, ordering a pot of Biluochun Tea.

Ye Haochuan liked to drink a bit in his leisure time but was not an ardent tea aficionado. There are many famous teas, but Ye Haochuan’s preference for Biluochun was purely due to its story.

Legend has it that long ago, a girl named Bilo lived on Mount Dongting West. A lad named Axiang lived on Mount Dongting East, and they loved each other deeply.

One year, an evil dragon appeared in Tai Lake, demanding to take Bilo. Axiang decided to fight it.

Axiang fought the evil dragon at Dongting Lake for seven days and nights until both were exhausted, Axiang fell in a pool of blood, and Bilo tended to him out of gratitude.

However, Axiang’s condition worsened day by day. One day, Bilo went to the place where Axiang fought the evil dragon and suddenly found a flourishing small tea tree, thinking it should be nurtured as a witness to Axiang’s battle.

Before Qingming, the small tea tree sprouted tender green leaves, which Bilo picked and brewed for Axiang.

Strangely enough, Axiang’s wounds healed steadily after drinking the tea, until he recovered completely, and the two quickly fell in love.

Yet, the good times didn’t last long. Bilo overexerted herself and finally collapsed in Axiang’s arms. Devastated, Axiang buried Bilo beside the tea tree on Mount Dongting.

From then on, he diligently nurtured the tea tree and crafted famous tea.

”True tea is like a beauty,” to commemorate Miss Bilo, people named these precious tea leaves ”Biluochun.”

Perhaps due to my sentimental nature, Ye Haochuan deeply loved Biluochun and its love story.

Once the tea was brewed, Ye Haochuan savored it slowly, watching the people in the teahouse coming and going, while young men beside him occasionally demonstrated their tea skills, earning rounds of applause.

The records indicated that Ishida Taisuna often appeared here today, but that didn’t mean he would be here every day, so Ye Haochuan wasn’t anxious.

On the first day, Ye Haochuan sat in the teahouse for the entire day without anyone noticing him.

On the second day, Ye Haochuan again sat idly for the whole day, still without spotting Ishida Taisuna.

By the third day, Ye Haochuan remained seated alone for the entire day, finally catching the owner’s attention.

As the teahouse was about to close that evening, the owner approached, sat beside Ye Haochuan, and asked, ”Friend, are you waiting for someone? I’ve seen you sitting here alone for three days.”

Ye Haochuan thought for a moment and said, ”Yes, waiting for a friend.”

”Oh, can you tell me your friend’s name? Maybe I can provide some information,” the owner suggested with a smile.

Ye Haochuan said, ”Ishida Taisuna.”

The owner frowned, ”A Dongying man?”

Ye Haochuan nodded, asking, ”Does the owner have any impression?”

The owner said, ”I’ve never heard this name.” With so many people coming and going in the teahouse daily, the owner couldn’t remember them all.

Suddenly, Ye Haochuan took out Ishida Taisuna’s photo and asked, ”Then this person, have you seen him before, owner?”

Ye Haochuan felt others from Hellfire entering Huaxia might use fake names and thus directly showed the photo.

”Oh, it’s him!” The owner realized, ”I’ve seen him, seen him! He often comes these past few days, speaking broken Chinese, yet he has quite high tea skills.”

”Really?” Ye Haochuan was thrilled.

However, the owner promptly frowned again and said, ”But I advise you not to wait.”

”Why?”

”He told me a few days ago he’d leave here and not come to my teahouse again.”

”Do you know the reason?”

The owner thought for a moment and said, ”He didn’t say, but I could sense he seemed afraid of something.”

Afraid of what? Ye Haochuan furrowed his brows; could he have anticipated my coming to kill him and fled early?

”Thank you, owner!” Ye Haochuan thanked him, paid the bill, and left the teahouse.

Back home, Ye Haochuan called An Li, saying, ”Look into whether someone leaked information allowing Ishida Taisuna to flee early?”

An Li replied, ”You should come to Long Alliance. I also wanted to discuss this matter with you.”

”Have you found out something over there?”

An Li said, ”The Lone Star Alliance is targeting us; it’s unclear over the phone, better speak when you visit Long Alliance.”

Lone Star Alliance?

Ye Haochuan hung up the phone and immediately rushed to the Long Alliance headquarters.