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Chap 785

Chapter 785: Get rid of the bigger danger first

Gu Qishao often scorned Gu Beiyue, but for some reason, he calmed down at the other man’s touch. Compared to Gu Qishao, Han Yunxi was less of a worry on Gu Beiyue’s mind, because she could quiet down with a single glance from him. She was smart and quick enough to figure out the current situation.

If they insisted on having their way against the medical academy now, they would only suffer more losses than gains, thus isolating their position from any help. Department Head Huo’s excuse might have been shirking responsibility, but it had its own logic, too. The medical academy destroyed the Poison Sect to eliminate dissidents. If it was just the academy head’s wish, he wouldn’t have been able to accomplish anything. The medical academy must have supported him. Thus, the entire medical academy did have a part in the plot against the Poison Sect!

When the poison manuals were hidden away and passed down to successive generations, that became more of a personal flaw than the fault of the academy, because none of the academy heads had ever used the knowledge to do anything terrible. All they did was keep the texts for themselves to study and research in private. Aside from the academy head, no one else knew the truth. Gu Yuntian taught Gu Qishao enough for him to raise an army of Poison corpses, but that could be considered a special case. 

Now that right and wrong had been established, the next step was to assign responsibility. Sometimes, that was harder than pinning down a culprit, because it involved multiple factors of benefits and interests to different parties. Forcing the medical academy to assume responsibility now would affect all of the interests and profits of its members! Leaving aside its upper echelons and most famous doctors, even the youngest medical assistant didn’t want Medical City to be ruined. It was already hard enough for them to test into the academy and find a chance to follow a well-known doctors. 

No one wanted the building that housed all of their future hopes to collapse. Moreover, if medical academy fell, then what kind of chaos would overtake the medical community of Cloud Realm Continent? How many powers would seize the chance to step in and rule instead? Many of the academy’s insiders had voices of support for Han Yunxi’s side. If Han Yunxi insisted on making them take the blame now, she would both lose this support and give Northern Li and Tianning a chance to reap the spoils. They could then join forces with the medical academy to seize an advantage against Han Yunxi’s group.

Han Yunxi looked at Gu Beiyue with a gaze that said don’t worry. She knew how the chips laid, so she wouldn’t act rashly at a time like this. Gu Beiyue nodded before murmuring to Gu Qishao, “Little Qi, if we can’t destroy them, we can control them.”

In other words, they could utterly wreck them by controlling them!

Gu Qishao’s lips curved into a grin. “Heheh, doctor, this young gentleman’s really underestimated you! You’re more crafty than Long Feiye!”

“This one will assume that you’re putting me on the same level as Long Feiye as a compliment,” Gu Beiyue smiled.

If Gu Qishao knew that Long Feiye had been keeping his eye on every step of the proceedings at Medical City, how would he feel? 

Gu Beiyue finally walked out from behind Han Yunxi and Gu Qishao and asked, “Then as Department Head Huo sees it, how should matters be handled?”

“Who are you?” Department Head Huo asked.

Gu Beiyue took off his fake beard and made a bow with hands clasped that was neither haughty nor humble. “This one is Pill Fiend Pharmacy’s stationed physician, Gu Beiyue.”