Night of the Broken Gliph

“Is there a cure?” Mung Si asked, swiftly regaining her composure.  

“Of course.”  

Hearing Chui Yim, a smile formed on Mung Si’s face. “With the name of Blazing Skies Mountain, it shouldn’t be difficult for me to get other glipheons to treat me.”  

“Yes. Our prestigious Blazing Skies Mountain is known for fire-forging. We can attract countless skilled glipheons with gliph weapons, treasures and the like,” Yim Ying Yuet laughed. 

“Thank you for your diagnosis, Brother Chui.” Mung Si looked at Chui Yim with a sly smile. “However, the Chor Clan must still pay for what they did.”  

“Sure.” Rather than feeling bothered, Chui Yim smirked. “Go find some random glipheons to treat you, the more the better.”  

The confident smile on Chui Yim’s face made Mung Si’s heart drop. She asked, “What are you laughing at?”

“You,” Chui Yim answered, his smile growing. The reflection from his shiny bald head was like the mocking smile on his face—hard to look at. “You’re just a little girl who thinks highly of herself, assuming that she’s all-knowing and able to manipulate me. Indeed, you’re more knowledgeable in gliphism, but don’t even dream about talking to me about medicine. 

“Energy dissociation is an illness the world knows as incurable. It’s rare in gliphists, but once diagnosed, it’s almost incurable. If you don’t trust me, feel free to read some books and scrolls about medicine. 

“The reason why it’s incurable, especially for gliphists who have broken through, is because his or her wind chamber will have already taken form. The gliphist will have gained domineering energliph from their cultivation. Moreover, you cultivate the famous Blazing Skies Style. What you don’t know is that while your energliph grows, the dissociated energy will also become increasingly powerful due to your technique. This means your illness is worsening as you get stronger. 

“The only reason I said there’s a cure is that only two people in this world know how to cure it. Firstly, me. Secondly, my father.”

While Chui Yim had been learning medicine from Chui Tin, Chui Tin had cured a gliphist who came to him for his energy dissociation. Therefore, Chui Yim was familiar with energy dissociation and confident that there were few, if any, glipheons in the world who could cure it.  

This was why he was able to remain calm as he bargained with Mung Si.  

“Sure, let’s pretend there are other glipheons who know how to cure it, but can you afford to wait? Don’t forget, you’re from the North, and all skilled glipheons come from the South. Do you really think they’ll do their best to treat a Northern talent, only for her to mature and take Southern lives at the Bloody War Frontier?  

“Stop trying to play tricks, especially when you don’t know what you’re doing.” Looking at the now pale Mung Si, Chui Yim sneered.