Little Sorcerer, Divine Doctor-Chapter 1016 - 168: Playing Veterinarian for a Day
The arrangements made by the Seventh Summoner were exactly what Yun Sheng desired.
Yun Sheng’s goal was to enter Fire Island and infiltrate the Summoning Court.
As long as she could get onto Fire Island, Yun Sheng was confident she could avoid detection and search for her father or mother, Hu Jiusheng.
However, before that, she must win the trust of the Seventh Summoner. So, she must find out the true reason behind the mysterious deaths of the demon beasts in the Demon Beast Forest and solve it within the next few days.
From the Seventh Summoner’s words, Yun Sheng learned that before the Seventh Summoner took over the Demon Beast Forest, only a few demon beasts died within one year, and most of them were due to fighting among themselves.
The Seventh Summoner also dispatched several cultivation summoners from the Summoning Court, but they could not find the reason. Some speculated they died of illness, others believed they died from conflicts amongst themselves.
The Seventh Summoner was at a loss but still had no conclusion, so he resorted to recruiting external cultivation summoners through the Summoning Institute.
The Seventh Summoner was fortunate to have encountered a Holy Beast Tamer Summoner as soon as he arrived.
After listening to the Seventh Summoner’s words, Yun Sheng had a rough idea in her mind.
The demon beasts’ deaths could either be due to illness or not due to illness.
If it’s the usual case of illness, it’s relatively easier to solve. Yun Sheng herself was a doctor, and with her mastery of Eastern and Western medical skills coupled with the unparalleled Healing Technique of the Water Elf Little Queen, she could revive any demon beast as long as it had a breath left.
The fear was that they didn’t die from illness but due to other human or non-human factors.
After exchanging pleasantries at the tavern, Yun Sheng packed her luggage and set off to Fire Island with the Seventh Summoner.
On the outskirts of Fire Island, several checkpoints and magic restrictions were established, without a designated guide, not even a mosquito could fly in.
"Master Yan Yun, during this month, you are free to enter and exit the Magic Forest, but as for other areas on Fire Island, be careful not to wander freely. If there’s anything, feel free to have someone inform me. Also, the fact that you are a Holy Beast Summoner is temporarily not to be disclosed to prevent unwanted attention," the Seventh Summoner spoke courteously, actually warning Yun Sheng not to act recklessly.
The Seventh Summoner had already sent people to monitor Yun Sheng, firstly to closely observe her actions and secondly to prevent Yun Sheng from contacting others in the Summoning Court, lest her status as a Holy Beast Summoner be discovered.
Additionally, the Seventh Summoner informed Yun Sheng that using Instant Teleportation Magic on Fire Island was prohibited.
Yun Sheng agreed to all these conditions.
Yun Sheng entered Fire Island aboard a small skyship.
Though she had previously viewed the Fire Island from the Post-Qin Airship, it wasn’t until she set foot on the miraculous land formed by the Volcano Seal that she felt its distinctiveness.
The soil and roads on Fire Island were all fiery red.
The island was vast, according to the Seventh Summoner, it takes two days and nights to walk across Fire Island.
The island’s temperature is above thirty-five degrees year-round, and during the hottest summer days, the ground temperature on Fire Island can reach around fifty degrees.
Since it was reconstructed after the volcano seal, volcanic ash left over from the eruption thousands of years ago formed a fertile land around the island.
Nowadays, this land is used for planting tropical flowers and medicinal herbs.
Colorful flowers and uniquely shaped volcanic demon beasts were seen everywhere along the path.
After walking for almost three or four hours, Yun Sheng and the Seventh Summoner arrived at the Demon Beast Forest.
Just upon getting close to the Demon Beast Forest, Yun Sheng felt the temperature drop considerably.
Before her eyes was a lush green forest.
This is the Demon Beast Forest, which is also the most vegetated area on Fire Island.
Because it is close to Ice Island, compared to other parts of the island, rainfall is abundant, and there is a rich supply of freshwater resources. Some demon beasts that dislike heat reside in the Demon Beast Forest.
"Master Yan Yun, this is your token for entry and exit. There are specific cultivation summoner huts around the forest, equipped with daily supplies and communication magic arrays, the facilities are quite comprehensive," the Seventh Summoner said, sweating profusely.
Since his Holy Pattern Magical Beast died, he hadn’t contracted a new beast.
The Seventh Summoner initially planned to contract a High-level Demon Beast, but after encountering Yan Yun, he devised another plan.
If he could hire Yan Yun for a long-term period, perhaps he could have Yan Yun nurture a Holy Beast for his use.
The Seventh Summoner, with his mind scheming, secretly sized up Yan Yun, noticing that her forehead did not have a drop of sweat.
The female summoner appeared frail and sickly, yet seemed physically very robust.
While the Seventh Summoner was pondering, they arrived at the edge of the Demon Beast Forest.
Ahead, several small wooden huts built from pine wood appeared, and several summoners rushed forward to greet them.
"Seventh Summoner, you finally arrived, and we’ve found the cause of the demon beasts’ deaths."
The summoners were all cultivation summoners summoned by the Seventh Summoner.
Among them were both men and women, with varied ages. Each one was pushing the others aside, eager to inform the Seventh Summoner of their discovery.
The Seventh Summoner was elated to hear there was progress, "You found the reason? How did the demon beasts actually die?"
"Lord Summoner, let me speak first. I’ve discovered the demon beasts in the Demon Beast Forest died after drinking poisoned water!"
"Get out of the way! What poisoned water? The demon beasts in the forest all drink from the same source, how come only a few died? It’s clearly from eating a rare poisonous moss."
"Move aside, those demon beasts obviously fought each other to the death."
These summoners kept criticizing each other, leaving the Seventh Summoner with a headache.
"Lord Summoner, another demon beast has died!" A forest patrol summoner rushed in holding an Eighth-stage Wind Sword Eagle that had just died.
An eighth rank beast, its rank is indeed not low.
The Seventh Summoner took a look and felt overwhelmed.
"A bunch of useless people! Up until now, you haven’t found the cause of death. All of you move aside and let the newly hired Master Yan Yun take a look."
These useless summoners, each wanting to earn merit, but none with sufficient skills. Waste of the expense spent in hiring them, days passed and demon beasts continued to die one after another. At this rate, in another month, more than half the demon beasts in the forest would be dead.
Seeing the Seventh Summoner showing respect to Yun Sheng, these summoners harbored hostility against her, but with the Seventh Summoner present, they had no choice but to stand aside resentfully.
"Bring that Sword Eagle here, I want to examine its corpse," Yun Sheng waved her hand, signaling the patrol summoner to come forward.
