Chapter 119 Negotiating compensation
After resting for a night in a hotel in Baixian County, Xu Mu and Mo Fan hurriedly said hello the next morning and boarded the plane impatiently to the military hospital.

Southern Military Region Hospital——

The ward was filled with a strong smell of disinfectant. Two men with their eyes closed and their bodies wrapped in gauze lay quietly on the white beds.

One of them was Zhan Kong, and the other was Lu Nian, who was severely burned all over and was on the verge of death.

"Dean Xiao, what is going on?"

"Doesn't the chief instructor have the Wings of Wind? How could he be injured like this by the giant lizard pseudo-dragon? And how come that bastard Lu Nian is not dead yet?"

Xu Mu stared at the seriously injured Zhan Kong lying on the hospital bed, then turned to Dean Xiao, his face full of confusion and puzzlement.

This guy Lu Nian first suffered a sky flame funeral, then endured his silent thunder death ray, and finally was targeted by the giant lizard pseudo-dragon, but he was still alive?

This guy must be blessed by the God of Cockroaches. The vitality of southern cockroaches is not as strong as his. Although Lu Nian has become a vegetable now, it is no different from being dead.

Even if Lu Nian woke up, his cultivation would be almost wasted, but he just felt unhappy!

"Yes, Dean Xiao, the chief instructor's Wind Wings have been cultivated to the second level. Even if he can't defeat that giant lizard pseudo-dragon, he should still be able to escape. How could he become like this now?"

Mo Fan stood aside, his anxious face also full of doubts and confusion.

“Alas… things are not as simple as you think. Zhan Kong was seriously injured by the giant lizard pseudo-dragon because he wanted to save Lu Nian.”

Dean Xiao sighed deeply and recounted in a heavy tone what he knew.

"Save this bastard Lu? Is the chief instructor mentally healthy?"

Mo Fan's eyes widened, and he hurriedly shouted to the healing mage beside him: "Hey, doctor, please check if there is anything wrong with the chief instructor's brain. If there is, treat it immediately."

Healing Mage: “…”

"Dean Xiao, can the chief instructor wake up?" Xu Mu asked after a moment of silence.

"The reason he was able to fly back despite such serious injuries is that his body is stronger than that of an average high-level wizard. His soul also seems to have been damaged, making it difficult for him to wake up again." Dean Xiao shook his head.

Although Zhan Kong's body was severely injured, as long as he still had a glimmer of hope, the military's healing magician was confident that he could bring him back to life.

But the key to the problem is that Zhankong's soul was also damaged.

When it is unclear whether the problem is due to curse magic or some other evil spell that harms the soul, the healing wizard dare not easily heal the problem.

This is because some magic that damages the soul, if cured by healing magic, will not only fail to have a healing effect, but will cause greater harm to the injured.

“Even the military hospital can’t save the chief instructor?” Mo Fan stared at Zhan Kong lying on the hospital bed with a heavy heart.

Although he was very worried when he knew that Zhan Kong had lost half his life, when he saw Zhan Kong in the military hospital, he still felt that the chief instructor would be safe.

Zhan Kong, who was lying on the hospital bed, was as pale as paper, with his eyes tightly closed, as if he had lost all life.

Mo Fan's heart was filled with guilt and self-blame. If it wasn't for saving him, the chief instructor wouldn't have become like this.

"The soul is damaged..." Xu Mu frowned and murmured in a low voice.

The curse system is closely related to the soul. Could it be that the chief instructor forcibly used the abolished curse system in order to save Lu Nian, which caused damage to his soul?

"Knock knock!" Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, breaking the silence in the room.

The door of the ward was opened, and a middle-aged military officer walked in. He had a serious expression and a hint of fatigue in his eyes.

He glanced at the situation in the room, then looked at the healing mage and said:
"I just received a message from my superiors. After analysis and research by experts, based on Comrade Zhankong's specific condition, it was determined that his soul was damaged because he forcibly used the abolished curse system and family secret techniques. Now we can let him go and start treatment."

"I understand." The healing mage nodded.

“Chief Instructor, is there hope?” Mo Fan asked the healing mage expectantly.

"There is no problem of soul damage. In my opinion, his injuries are minor at best." The healing mage comforted him.

Although forcibly using abolished magic will cause damage to the soul, it is only a minor injury and the mage can recover on his own.

With his help in healing, it is only a matter of time before Zhan Kong wakes up.

……

After staying in the military hospital for a whole day and seeing Zhan Kong's condition gradually stabilize, Xu Mu and Mo Fan followed Dean Xiao back to Mingzhu Academy.

"Regarding the compensation issues for the Lu family, the Imperial Capital Academy, and the military, have you decided what you want?" Dean Xiao asked in the office.

"Can you get me a stone for meditation? It doesn't have to be too big, just as big as a watermelon." Xu Mu rubbed his chin, then raised his head and asked sincerely.

Dean Xiao glanced at Xu Mu speechlessly. With a watermelon-sized Mind Stone, was he asking for compensation or blackmailing him?
"Then give me resources. I should be able to reach the intermediate level soon. Give me four Galaxy Veins."

Mo Fan didn't know what the Mind Stone was. He thought about his situation and said.

"Four galaxy veins..."

Dean Xiao looked at the two guys with a headache. The appetite of these two guys could not be described as a lion's mouth wide open. They were completely like gold-eating beasts ready to swallow gold!
"Let's talk about the compensation issue from the school first. The school has already discussed it and decided to give you three months to practice the Three-Step Tower." Dean Xiao said.

“Only three months? The school is too stingy.” Mo Fan curled his lips and said with some dissatisfaction.

During this field experience, he almost became Lu Nian's experimental subject. It was really not reasonable to compensate him for three months' time.

"The problems encountered in this training have little to do with Mingzhu Academy. Giving you three months of training time is already a very generous compensation." Dean Xiao explained.

"If you feel that the compensation is too little, the academy will help you get more compensation from the compensation of the Imperial Capital Academy." Dean Xiao continued.

Upon hearing this, Xu Mu and the others widened their eyes. What Dean Xiao meant was that Mingzhu Academy was blackmailing Didu Academy by demanding a large amount of compensation!

"Dean Xiao, I don't need a mind stone as big as a watermelon. Can you give me a lightning element soul seed with a domain?" Xu Mu thought for a while and then said.

Things like Mind Stones are extremely rare. As far as the current situation is concerned, although a watermelon-sized Mind Stone is not as expensive as an Elemental Heavenly Seed, it is definitely rarer than an Elemental Heavenly Seed.

Let's get a more reasonable compensation.

"You are a high-level wizard, so you can extort more compensation. The three responsible parties together have about 400 to 500 million, but elemental soul seeds are too rare, so I can only give you money at most." Dean Xiao said.

"You can give me money, and I will buy it myself when the time comes." Xu Mu nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)