Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Xingguang pretended to be unaware and said in a cheerful tone, ”Miss Jin, we really are destined to meet. However, Miss Jin completed the internship at Field No.18 in just a week, while I might not be able to finish it in eight months.”

Xingguang looked at Jin Nuoyan with admiration and sincerely sighed, ”Miss Jin is indeed a genius of the Divine Martial Realm! We people of the Mortal World are far inferior to you.”

Jin Nuoyan’s breathing gradually became heavy, losing control of her emotions, she raised her voice to question Xingguang, ”Are you intentionally insulting me?”

”What?” Xingguang was a bit startled, instinctively hiding behind Aunt Zhao. She grabbed Aunt Zhao’s arm tightly and cautiously asked Jin Nuoyan, tilting her head, ”Miss Jin, did I say something wrong? Why are you suddenly getting angry with me?”

Seeing Jin Nuoyan getting angry at Xingguang, Aunt Zhao and the others were instantly filled with maternal instinct and surrounded Xingguang protectively. ”Miss Xu, you did nothing wrong.”

An old woman named Granny Tang couldn’t stand it any longer. She looked at Jin Nuoyan with displeasure and spoke methodically, ”Miss Jin Nuoyan, when you went to Wuyuan Town for the internship, wasn’t it to take Elder Tan Nan as your mentor? To do so, you had to complete the internship task at Field No.18.”

”As everyone knows, that Field No.18 is a poisonous field, where nothing grows, long devoid of vitality. You took on this internship task back then but gave up after only a week, hurling insults at the field’s gatekeepers, accusing our Wuyuan Town of deliberately targeting you.”

”As a result, you persuaded your father to transfer you to another field for the internship, taking other doctors as mentors. This is not a secret in Wuyuan Town, nor is it a secret in the entire Golden Gate City.”

”But Miss Xu just arrived, and on the second day came to work diligently in the field. Until she rested today, we old folks finally saw her. Today is her first time entering the city, and the first time she made friends in town. She knows nothing about your story.”

”May I ask, isn’t this ’humiliation’ you just mentioned a slander?”

The incident in Wuyuan Town was the biggest disgrace in Jin Nuoyan’s life. Hearing Granny Tang bluntly recount it in front of so many people made her feel embarrassed and angry, her cheeks turning as red as shrimp, instantly losing her momentum.

From Granny Tang, Xingguang learned the reason and, realizing why Jin Nuoyan had targeted her, suddenly understood, ”So Miss Jin fled at the crucial moment and didn’t receive Elder Tan Nan’s recognition, which is why you don’t like me, huh.”

Jin Nuoyan: ”...”

The man beside Jin Nuoyan suddenly spoke with some intrigue, ”Did you really make new medicinal plants grow in Field No.18?” He was good at grasping the key points.

Xingguang nodded, ”Yes.”

The man looked at her with some surprise, ”It’s really... unexpected.” The news that an intern from an Infected Zone on Cattle Hump had been sent to Medicine King City had already spread to the City Lord Mansion in Golden Gate City.

A few days ago, when discussing the matter, their father was indifferent, thinking that the intern would soon give up, probably becoming discouraged.

Unexpectedly, the intern managed to grow new medicinal plants in that poisonous field.

Field No.18 on Cattle Hump was once the most legendary spot in the Medicine King Mountain Range, having grown tens of thousands of high-grade medicinal plants, each worth millions of silver coins.

Although Elder Tan Nan was the owner of Cattle Hump, its political jurisdiction belonged to Golden Gate City. The revival of Field No.18 was a blessing for both Cattle Hump and Golden Gate City.

However, Jin Nuoyan refused to believe it was true. She said, ”I tried that field, no matter what medicinal seeds are planted, they’re all poisoned to death by the next day. Before me, dozens of people had interned there without success, even Elder Tan Nan couldn’t grow anything in that field.”

”How can you do it?” Jin Nuoyan’s doubts were not unfounded.

How could she do it?

Xingguang showed an innocent expression, murmuring softly, ”Perhaps... it’s because I’m dumb. After all, we people from the Mortal World are dim-witted and short-lived.”

”You!” Jin Nuoyan was infuriated, ”How dare you mock me!”

”Just a worthless waste from the Infected Zone, lucky enough to come to my Divine Martial Realm to study, should be grateful, and keep a low profile! Don’t think I can’t see that you’re intentionally insulting me!”