On hearing Ye Ling's diagnosis, Wandong felt a bit shocked. He asked out of curiosity, "So Sister Ye Ling is adept at medicine as well?"
Ye Mei chuckled and cut in in a confident tone, "Of course. My sister is not only a master chef but also a knowledgeable lady."
Yue Zhong shook his head and said, "Truth be told, Sister Ye Ling studied medicine purely for our sake."
"For your sake? What does that mean?" Wandong asked.
Since Yue Zhong was the most seriously wounded, Tan Jian deputized for him with the explanation, "For your information, Yaoting, it was rather tough for us Tiandu students to have our life worked out here at the Qingyun Academy of Tactic Formations. As you know, the Tiandu Kingdom is a tiny kingdom, hence we are slighted everywhere we go here. What's worse, people of the Tiezhan Empire have been bullying us in all manners. Those who are superior to us in martial competence pose challenges to us from time to time. If we refuse to take their challenges, they will insult us and our kingdom. However, if we accept their challenges, they will suppress us with merciless humiliations to a much worse amount. And those who are inferior to us in martial competence work together to bully us. On top of that, we are wounded most of the time year in year out."
"Is that all true?" Wandong asked intently. Knowing his own folks have been bullying to such an outrageous extent, he got in a blazing fury.
Before Tan Jian responded to that, Ye Mei nodded heavily and said in an indignant tone, "Brother Yaoting, you know that Brother Yue Zhong once stood a chance to have his place on the Qingyun Martial Rankings. However, the day before Yue Zhong's martial contest for rankings, Jin Sen schemed to beat him almost to death. If Brother Yue Zhong hadn't been so steadfast, his martial competence would have been rendered useless."
"Jin Sen!" Wandong yelled in a low voice with murderous sparkles blazing in his eyes.
Tan Jian said in lament and resent, "Sister Ye Ling started to study medicine in the hope that our wounds can heal a quicker pace. As a matter of fact, running a store is already a tough job for her, but she still has to do all this for us...Alas! We're way too useless!"
Tears welling up in his eyes, Tan Jian looked extremely remorseful.
On hearing the statements of Tan Jian and Ye Mei, Wu Yang couldn't help but strike in angrily, "It has nothing to do with you. It is all because the Tiezhan bastards go too far bullying you. There are only a handful of Tiandu students in the Qingyun Academy, whereas the number of your Tianzhan counterparts is thousands. Even if you had been born with a superpower, you wouldn't have what it takes to defeat them!"
"Darned! Who does he think he is? Does he take the Qingyun Academy as part of the Tiezhan Empire? Since he is into bullying, I'm gonna teach him a lesson sooner or later myself. And the other Tiezhan bastards won't stand a chance to get away with it!" Wandong yelled at the top of his lungs. Murderous intentions were conspicuous in his countenance.
"Well, Tan Jian is partly right about that. I didn't choose medicine for your sake. To be honest, that's where my interest and aspiration lie," Ye Ling patted Tan Jian's shoulder and said.
"Aspiration?" Wandong asked in bewilderment. It was a bit unusual to hear a woman say that.
Looking at the bewildered Wandong, Ye Ling went on with a smile, "So you deem it a privilege for men to harbor aspirations? Women are aspirational as well! Now the Tiandu Kingdom is faced with a horrible menace, and a war with the Tiezhan Empire is inevitable. Tiny and short-staffed our kingdom and its troops are, every soldier is of great significance to our's kingdom's destiny. Hence I'm working hard to study medicine in a bid to retrieve the dying and rescue the wounded once the war breaks out to defend our kingdom just like you guys."
Ye Ling's personal statement moved Wandong to the utmost. Even Leng Yuecui couldn't help but admire her, as it was unexpected that Ye Ling, appearing so vulnerable on the outside, could be so aspirational and perseverant inside.
Wandong used to be anxious about the situation of the Tiandu Kingdom. However, the sight of Ye Ling, Yue Zhong and the other Tiandu warriors took his mind off his enduring anxiety. Tiny as it is, the Tiandu Kingdom boasted masses with unswerving souls. It was no different than asking for the moon if the Tiezhan Empire wanted to conquer them.
"Sister Ye Ling is truly as excellent as her male peers. I do admire her aspirations. Nevertheless, given that medicine is such a profound sphere, it's advisable to have a mentor navigating you through it," Wandong said. He remembered that Sun Daobai was a medical master. If Wandong proposed to introduce Ye Ling to him, he would accept Ye Ling as his medical disciple.