An Zhengzheng resumed her cultivation journey.

A month after leaving Zhou Yu'er, she arrived at a village plagued by disease.

Every villager here has boils that ooze pus, which looks quite gruesome. They are too weak to farm, and there are no crops in the fields.

Livestock were also infected and died at home. Some people dared not eat them and buried them in the ground.

Eventually, there was absolutely nothing left to eat in the village, and even wild vegetables and mushrooms were all dug up.

When An Zhengzheng arrived, there were still people digging up rotting livestock in the ground.

"Fairy, are you leaving too?"

"They're all gone. They've all left. Even the immortals who came before have left..."

They had given up hope of receiving help from the immortals.

The immortals said that they could only subdue demons and monsters, and that this was a naturally occurring illness, which they could not cure.

They've all left.

They didn't even want to look at it; the scene was utterly disgusting!

Moreover, it's impossible to collect the test items, and it wastes time.

An Zhengzheng shook her head: "I'm not leaving."

Using her compass and precise calculations, she located the well that was breeding disease and the male ghost clinging to its edge.

“I know you didn’t mean to cause the plague. It’s not your fault that the water from the corpses is breeding disease.”

"I will help you punish the murderer who pushed you into the well. Go in peace."

After performing a ritual to help the person who died unjustly at the bottom of the well pass on, An Zhengzheng had the well blocked with stones.

The virus has seeped into the groundwater, affecting even the rivers, so it's likely that several villages downstream will also be affected.

An Zhengzheng chose a deserted and very remote house, performed a ritual to appease the ghost of the person who hanged himself in the house, and then settled down there.

She took out the "Medical Book of All Diseases in the Human World" from her treasure bag, and based on her knowledge of pharmacology from alchemy, she prepared a prescription.

But she wasn't a healer, and the prescriptions she concocted never worked.

In the end, when all else failed, they used their own blood.

People at the Golden Core stage have enough spiritual energy in their bodies, and fresh blood is a prerequisite for drawing talismans and activating magical artifacts.

By burning his own cultivation, An Zhengzheng used the power of magic.

She taught the villagers that they should boil the water before drinking it, and then led some of the recovered patients to dig a new well upstream.

He even went down into the river himself to talk to the river god of the river.

The River God was also infected; he could keep the river from drying up, but he was also affected by the river's quality.

It was An Zhengzheng who fed him blood and saved the old river god.

"The villagers are all well now. Has your magic returned? Could you make the river dry up for a while?"

An Zhengzheng purified the river with her blood. The river sand that had been dug up, which contained fish excrement and other substances at the bottom, was now non-toxic and made the fertile soil perfect for the river.

The entire village was disinfected again, and everything that could breed disease, including the deceased, was cremated.

Just as the village was running smoothly, An Zhengzheng fell ill.

It was only at this moment that she suddenly realized.

"So, I'm just a mortal after all..."

In her extreme weakness, An Zhengzheng's inner demons were suddenly triggered.

She entered another dimension, where anyone could pass through her body without feeling her presence.

This is a protective mental technique for the trials of inner demons during the Golden Core stage; it's specifically for training.

An Zhengzheng awaits the test of her inner demons.

A sudden clap of thunder sounded, and An Zhengzheng was instantly transported into an illusion.

The surrounding area was shrouded in a white fog, making her feel as if she were floating on a cloud. She couldn't see her surroundings clearly, nor could she hear any sound.