The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 584 - 334 Great Disrespect_2

Tu Jin sprinkled some pine oil on the firewood, then rubbed his fingers together, and a spark shot out, falling on the firewood and instantly igniting a roaring blaze. The flames soared into the sky, casting the faces of the people outside the shrine pale as earth, as if they had seen their own bleak future.

Ning Xiaoxian made a gesture to Tu Jin, who nodded in understanding, reached out to grab the living corpse inside the house, and dragged it to the edge of the fire. He was about to throw it in when the corpse suddenly came to life!

This living corpse, which had been lying on the bed coughing without opening its eyes or speaking, now suddenly opened its eyes wide and stood up with a burst of strength. The people in the shrine, having good eyesight, could see that the pupils of the living corpse were dilated to the fullest, not contracting in the light, and still appeared terrifyingly dark in the afternoon.

The living corpse feigned death! The mortals outside the door screamed in fright, their legs turning to jelly, and some of the more timid ones passed out immediately with a roll of their eyes.

The living corpse let out a long howl not unlike that of a human, and pounced towards Tu Jin. Having dealt with soulless bodies all his life, Tu Jin was not afraid at all. He snorted coldly, "Pretending to be a ghost!" and flicked his hand, triggering the magic spell.

The air paused for a moment, then suddenly became harsh, turning into a swirling white mist-like Qi Blade, which is the Wind Blade Technique. Such a technique is ineffective against cultivators above the Foundation Establishment Stage, and Tu Jin was merely using it to probe the foundation of this living corpse.

The living corpse neither dodged nor avoided, allowing the seven or eight Qi Blades to carve large gashes in its body, one of which diagonally opened its abdomen. The spectators gasped, thinking they would see a horrific scene of intestines spilling everywhere. Even Ning Xiaoxian frowned and didn’t want to look, but Changtian just scoffed: "But it won’t harm!"

As she looked as told, not a single drop of blood came from the wounds on the living corpse, and the onlookers could even see through the wound in its abdomen—an empty cavity where the organs had shrunk into a clump, like dried meat after dehydration.

This person’s Essence, Qi, and Blood had long been drained; what remained of the body was truly just a shell, similar to the mortals used for refining Lifespan Extension Pills she had seen before. But what was driving this soulless, spiritless body to move?

The Qi Blades hitting the living corpse naturally caused it no pain or itch, but it seemed to recognize Tu Jin’s prowess and turned to pounce on Ning Xiaoxian instead.

She did not want this disgusting thing to get close to her. As her thoughts moved, the Devouring Demon Vine Meat Ball sensed its master’s disgust and extended two sharp vines from her sleeve, piercing through the living corpse’s body and pinning it to the wall like a skewered roast.

The thing was still struggling, and it was very strong, but how could it overpower the strength of the Meat Ball? It kept uttering hoarse sounds but could not move an inch. Ning Xiaoxian angrily said, "Meat Ball, don’t touch such disgusting things in the future!" The Meat Ball was attached to the Black Scale Armor, and also residing close to her body, getting stained with such filthy things would be too upsetting for her.

The Meat Ball conveyed a sense of grievance.

Just then, the still-struggling living corpse suddenly quieted down, its limbs drooping, and then a small green light ball emerged from its mouth, shooting up into the sky with the speed of lightning, attempting to escape this small shrine!

Its speed was indeed extremely fast, the mortals outside didn’t even get a clear look before it had already shot up into the sky, and then—it seemed to hit an invisible barrier, getting knocked back several steps. It changed direction and continued to flee but still couldn’t escape.

Watching the green light ball blindly crash around like a headless fly trapped under an overturned glass, Ning Xiaoxian’s lips curled into a cold smile: "Still trying to run? I had already set up a Barrier, just in case of this!" Not wanting to get close to it, she threw out a Demon-binding Rope, trapping it at the center of the net.

She couldn’t remember which unfortunate cultivator she had garnered this Demon-binding Rope from, but it proved to be very useful against this small green light ball.

Upon bringing this thing up close, everyone could see clearly that the true form of this light ball was oval, like a tiny plant seed, just a bit bigger than a sesame seed, but with a sharp, soft tail, very much like a miniaturized tadpole, though its entire body emitted a faint green light. Seeing how weakly it hit the Demon-binding Rope, Tu Jin studied it for a while in his hand, then took out a Jade Bottle, and tucked it inside.

Without this seed causing trouble, the living corpse collapsed on the ground like an emptied sack. Tu Jin carefully checked and found that this seed-like thing had originally been nestled inside the living corpse’s heart, manipulating the body’s movements. However, it hid so well and was so small that even his soul avatar had not detected it. Regretting his oversight, he felt somewhat guilty.

Ning Xiaoxian meticulously checked the other patients using her Divine Thought, finding no more of these green seeds in their bodies. This appeared to be the source of the illness, and she breathed a sigh of relief, dispelled the Barrier, then produced the Hundred Solutions Spirit Pill and Clearing Void Pill, giving each to two people with similar symptoms.

The Clearing Void Pill was more effective, but also more costly. She wanted to see which medicine was more cost-effective for saving people, as the number of infected in the Southern Continent was countless.

After quietly waiting for a while, the results came out. The person who took the Clearing Void Pill quickly regained a rosy complexion, but was still lethargically listless; the patient who took the Hundred Solutions Spirit Pill had their high fever recede for about half an hour and their clarity of mind improved considerably, but after the medicinal effects wore off, the illness flared up again—her Spiritual Medicine was unexpectedly ineffective against this epidemic! This was very unusual because even though the Hundred Solutions Spirit Pill is a common antidote for detoxifying and curing diseases, it came from the Pill Furnace of Qiongqi and was inherently ten times more potent than ordinary Hundred Solutions Spirit Pills! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation ticket and monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)