Because Jinguang Pavilion was currently short on gold, they only gave me a deposit certificate. They said they would send someone to deliver the gold directly to the clinic in a few days.
Seeing them come down empty-handed and the manager's recent struggles, everyone knew that the Jinguang Pavilion had finally accepted the man they had carried. In other words, the masked man was indeed on the wanted list.
A few curious people went up to the third floor and checked the bounty list to see if anyone's name was missing.
"Whose name did those people just reveal?" someone asked the people on the third floor.
The man in yellow, who had watched the entire thing from beginning to end, was still in a daze. Hearing this, he pointed his feather fan at the top of the list and asked, "Don't you see something's missing here?"
"Let me think about it. Most of those around this position are worth over ten thousand taels of gold. There aren't many of them, and most of them are extremely vicious. I see that man has a thin figure..."
The man searched high and low several times, realizing that a common name was indeed missing. "Could it be Miaoshou?" he thought, then dismissed it. "Impossible! Capturing Miaoshou alive would be as difficult as killing the demonic cult's Rakshasa Zhou Ding."
Zhou Ding has long been on the list, and since then, the bounty has increased annually. Legend has it that this person has reached the final stage of the Xiantian realm, and his head is worth fifty thousand taels of gold.
"Heh." The yellow-clothed man laughed at himself, "Miaoshou's name has been withdrawn, I can't help but believe it."
The Qing Gong of each generation of masters represents the pinnacle of the realm below the Heavenly Man. This lineage, while not capable of anything else, possesses a mastery of Qing Gong. Stepping on water and snow without leaving a trace is as natural to them as breathing.
"This person can defeat Miaoshou, so he must be well-known in the martial arts world. He wears black clothes, wields a sword, and is a young man. How come we haven't heard of such a person?" Judging from his appearance, everyone thought that Xu Hengzhi was the one who defeated Miaoshou.
Another person recalled, "I've seen one of the women at the martial arts tournament. I vaguely remember her as a disciple from Mingyue Villa. The other woman in white was none other than Doctor Er, who's been gaining popularity in Liuyue City lately."
"Mingyue Villa is not good at light work. Could this person have had some kind of adventure?" Hearing that Eryi was a doctor, he didn't think of her as the cause.
Everyone was asking about what was happening at Mingyue Villa. They all wanted to know who this young man, whose Qing Gong surpassed Miaoshou's, was, and whether he had participated in the competition. They all wanted to witness the Qing Gong that could crush Miaoshou's with their own eyes.
…
Mingyue Villa is where you stay in Liuyue City.
"Xu Hengzhi?" Upon hearing the description, the people at Mingyue Villa locked onto the target. "Yang Rong'er is fine, but why is Wen Ziyu still hanging out with him?"
"When did he acquire such advanced Qinggong skills?"
"At that time, he was expelled from the house and his martial arts skills were abolished. Although I heard that he was later treated by a great doctor, it was only a short time ago!"
"Xu Hengzhi doesn't have such advanced Qinggong skills," the green-shirted man denied. "The truly powerful one is probably that female doctor!"
"Could that doctor be the miracle doctor that's being talked about in the city? If it's really her who cured Xu Hengzhi, then she truly deserves the title of miracle doctor."
"I don't know if she's a miracle doctor, but her martial arts skills are definitely not inferior to Xu Hengzhi's."
"What do you mean?" Although Xu Hengzhi was a traitor to Mingyue Villa, before that, he was well-known in Mingyue Villa as the child of other people's family.
"That day, I followed Xu Hengzhi, his brothers and sisters out of the villa..."
Then, the man in green robes recounted his encounter with Eryi in Tangjia Town. "At that time, my sword had already pierced her body..."
"There is such a person!" Everyone in Mingyue Villa was stunned.
"When I first met her, I thought she had already passed the Xiantian realm and was practicing special techniques." The man in green robes looked solemn. "Now it seems that I was wrong."
"Even her Qinggong is so impressive, this woman must have already touched the realm of heaven and man!"
"Don't spread this matter outside for now."
Therefore, the outside world only thought that a young man had emerged from Mingyue Villa, extremely talented. At such a young age, his Qinggong skills surpassed those of Miaoshou by a long way.
After Miaoshou woke up, he insisted that his martial arts skills were as good as Xu Hengzhi's, but the clinic was weird, so everyone thought he was just unable to afford to lose and no one believed him.
…
That night, Eryi was practicing his skills in the clinic while waiting for someone.
Recently, due to being a little busier than usual, Eryi has only just upgraded his shield skill to Lv5.
Defense Shield Lv5 (0/600)... The host will gain an invincible defense shield for planes of C level and below, which lasts for 90 seconds.... This skill can be upgraded, and each level reduces the fatigue value increased by using the skill by 0.2.
【Congratulations on obtaining a free skill point. 】
[Congratulations on activating a new learnable skill: Spring Breeze Technique.]
[Are you sure you want to use 1 free skill point to learn Spring Breeze Technique?]
【yes. 】
[Spring Breeze Technique Lv1 (0/50): Calms restless energy and clarifies spiritual power. Each use consumes 30 Mana points and increases Fatigue by 2. The skill has a 30-minute cooldown and lasts for 24 hours. This skill can be upgraded, reducing the cooldown by 5 minutes per level.]
Judging from the skill description alone, it seemed to be a skill specifically designed to address obsession and meridian disorders. However, Eryi was more concerned with the word "spiritual power." While the apocalyptic plane used supernatural powers, the martial arts plane used internal energy. Furthermore, the name of this skill clearly differed from the other skills. A hypothesis began to form in Eryi's mind.
The conditions for upgrading the Level 4 Plane Healing Station have been met:
Turnover:150,000/150,000
Number of patients treated: 3,000/3,000
Opened two plane healing stations: Achieved
Gain 6 skills: 6/6
Build a teleportation house: 2/2
Are you sure you want to upgrade to a Level 4 Plane Healing Station?
【yes】
[Level 4 Plane Healing Station: Basic status recovery speed in the station is increased by 6%]
[Use healing skills in the post station to increase skill effects by 6%]
[System management range expanded to 30 meters around the treatment station.]
[Added reset point function: If you feel that a skill is useless, you can spend 1000 energy points to cancel the skill and regain skill points.]
Conditions for upgrading to a Level 5 Plane Healing Station:
Turnover:181547/300000
Number of patients treated: 5000/5000
Upgrading Detoxification to Intermediate Detoxification: Not achieved.
Cure 100 people with detoxification: 1/100
ps: It is recommended to upgrade the treatment station to level five before going to the B-level plane.
Upgrading Detoxification to Intermediate Detoxification? Eryi wondered, was the Detoxification upgrade system different?
Click on the skill panel.
Detoxification (73/1000): Omitted. As expected, unlike other skills, there's no level indicator next to it.
Eryi looked at the number 1 next to the number of people healed by the detoxification technique and asked, "When did I use the detoxification technique to heal one person?"
[Replying to the host, the knockout drug that Wangfu Lanzhi was hit with counts as one person.]
Hearing this, Eryi felt relieved. Fortunately, this kind of medicine also worked, otherwise where would she find 100 poisoned people?
Changing his practice skill to detoxification, Eryi continued to wait for someone to come in the clinic.
Midnight.
[Report to the host, a large amount of energy is approaching.]
[Reporting to the host, the other party has entered the management area of the Plane Healing Station. Intelligence analysis is in progress...]
"Finally here." Eryi patted his cheeks to make himself more awake. After tidying his clothes, he walked forward and opened the door.
Eryi clasped his fists and bowed to the visitor, then stepped aside. "Please."
…
Earlier.
When Eryi and his group were about to leave Jinguang Pavilion, Linglingba suddenly sounded the alarm.
[Host, the person with a large amount of energy we met last time is approaching.]
Unlike last time, this time, Eryi went out with these three brothers and sisters, each of whom was a martial artist. Not to mention Xu Hengzhi was a congenital warrior. As long as he asked them for help, he would not get lost again like last time.
"Xu Xiashi, I need your help with something."
After hurriedly saying goodbye to everyone in Jinguang Pavilion, Eryi followed Linglingba's instructions to look for this person. It happened that this person was also coming towards Jinguang Pavilion.
First, a piece of blue clothing appeared in front of his eyes, and then Ling Lingba's scream rang in Eryi's mind.
【That person last time was him! 】
Enduring the feeling of swelling on his forehead, Eryi looked at Xu Hengzhi beside him.
"Xu Xiashi, do you think you can be sure of that man?"
Eryi had thought for a long time about how to get this person to the clinic, but he didn't have a good idea at the moment. He decided to lure him to the clinic's entrance first. The system's management range included the 20 meters of the Planar Treatment Station, which was enough for detection.
Even if the person is unwilling, she will make friends with him first. If the person runs away before she speaks, she will ask Xu Hengzhi to help calm him down first.
The man in blue was in a hurry, but as soon as he appeared, someone from the Golden Light Pavilion came out to greet him, avoiding the crowd and leading him upstairs. If Eryi hadn't been following Ling Lingba's instructions, he really wouldn't have noticed him.
"This one...can't do that." Xu Hengzhi looked embarrassed.
"Why?"
"Mr. Er is completely unfamiliar with the affairs of the martial arts world." Wen Ziyu, who had overheard their conversation from behind, couldn't help but speak for his senior brother. "Even though he hasn't been seen for a while, he's still the current leader of the martial arts world, Xiao Tianhua."
Eryi opened the control panel to check.
Xiao Tianhua [The Realm of Heaven and Man]
HP 76% Fatigue 82/100
[Medicine][?][Meridian disorder][Poison]
It was the first time Eryi saw a question mark in his personal status panel. An idea emerged.
"Master Xu, can you transmit secret messages through sound?"
The things that the leader of the martial arts world cares about are just these.
"Please tell Alliance Leader Xiao that Eryi has something important to discuss with you. It concerns the unrest in the martial arts world and something that has troubled him for a long time. I will be waiting for you tonight at the clinic."
…
Xiao Tianhua walked calmly into the clinic, "What's your name, young friend?"
[Analysis completed, the information of this plane has been updated, and the data has been reloaded. The host can click on this person's panel to check the status again.]
"Please take a seat, Alliance Leader Xiao," Eryi offered tea. "You can just call me Eryi."
As he spoke, he opened Alliance Leader Xiao's personal panel.
Xiao Tianhua [The Realm of Heaven and Man]
HP 75% Fatigue 76/100
[Medicine][Heart-eating Gu - With the consent of the user, the system can directly absorb this substance and convert it into 10,000 energy points.][Meridian Disorder][Poison]
In an instant, Eryi was dazzled by the information revealed by the control panel. He lost his grip on the teapot and spilled the tea.
Xiao Tianhua casually picked up the teacup and collected all the spilled tea into the cup. "I noticed that you looked strange, young friend Er. What's bothering you?"
After calming down, Er Yi no longer concealed his purpose. "Although I haven't been practicing medicine for long, I have a deep understanding of certain things. When I saw you today at the Golden Light Pavilion, I felt that Alliance Leader Xiao was unwell. Let me ask, has Alliance Leader Xiao been suffering from a poisonous insect for a long time?"
Xiao Tianhua listened to her words, his breath calm, and he didn't seem to mind her pointing this out. He nodded slightly and said, "Yes."
"I have a unique secret method that is very effective against this kind of poison." Eryi observed the information on the panel from time to time. There was a plus sign next to the [Heart-Eating Gu] status, which could not be clicked for the time being.
"Would Alliance Leader Xiao be willing to let me help you remove this thing?"
"But what medicine do you need?" Xiao Tianhua asked with a smile, "Or how do you need my cooperation?" He was so calm that it seemed as if he was not the one who was poisoned.
Seeing the [Heart-Eating Gu] still in its state, Eryi knew that Xiao Tianhua's words hadn't been interpreted by the system as his agreement. The people from this dimension were always beating around the bush, and coaxing a good word out of them was harder than trying to get someone to respond to the gourd held by the Golden Horn and Silver Horn Kings.
008, what are the steps to absorb the poisonous insect?
[When it returns to the host, it will be absorbed directly, just like converting other items.]
Eryi had seen this before. The transformed objects would disappear out of thin air.
Seeing Eryi's enthusiasm, Xiao Tianhua didn't suspect her of ulterior motives. Having been the leader of the martial arts world for many years, he had seen all kinds of people. He was still old enough to tell when someone had ulterior motives.
The insect had actually been planted two years earlier. That year, he had an important trip to the Southern Kingdom. While the Central Plains were skilled in martial arts, the Southerners were skilled in Gu. Xiao Tianhua had already reached a state of transcendence, and no ordinary Gu could get close to him.
However, in order to contain him, the people of the South colluded with the Prime Minister of Jiaer, obtained the Mandragora, and planted it on him. Then, the four great masters severely injured him and finally planted this Gu on him.
The heart-eating insect, as the name suggests, eats the heart, and is composed of two parts: the molecular and the mother insect.
The daughter worms will follow the human's veins and gradually move towards the heart. They will devour the heart completely and then take over the body, controlled by the person who controls the mother worm.
Xiao Tianhua used his internal force to suppress the poisonous insect, and after returning to the Central Plains, he went to the Medicine King Valley for help.
"There is no other way to break this Gu except to kill the mother Gu." Medicine King Sun Yipu gave the conclusion.
Fortunately, the descendant of Guan Er Du Zu was practicing medicine in the valley at the time. Her sword skills were unique, and she was able to create a poison specifically for the Gu worms, suppressing their attacks. Otherwise, Xiao Tianhua would have been reduced to a hollow shell, transformed into a killing weapon.
However, because of this, Xiao Tianhua could only use one-third of his full strength. Moreover, the poison had limited ability to control the insects. Although the amount of control was minimal, the insects were devouring his internal energy every day.
In two years, my skills have not improved but have deteriorated.
To avoid his sudden death and the subsequent turmoil in the martial arts world, Xiao Tianhua had been in hiding, rarely appearing in public for a year. His recent appearance in Liuyue City was due to his long absence, and rumors had spread throughout the martial arts world that he was seriously ill and would not live long.
As a result, he had no choice but to go to the Medicine King Valley again and prepare some medicine that could temporarily restore some of his strength, and take it when he arrived in Liuyue City.
Eryi fumbled around for a long time, took out a pen and paper, and handed it to Xiao Tianhua.
"To be honest, the technique I learned can transform poisonous insects into internal energy. However, to prevent my disciples from abusing this method, my master once required me to obtain the consent of the insect host each time I remove the poisonous insects, and to record the consent form before I can use this technique."
"If Alliance Leader Xiao is willing to use the poisonous insects on his body to help me practice, just enter the consent form here." This should be considered as consent.
Xiao Tianhua took the pen and paper, thought for a moment, and wrote an article in a fluent manner.
The general meaning is - I am willing to give the poisonous insect in my body to Eryi to use.
Sure enough, after Xiao Tianhua signed his name, the status of [Heart-Eating Gu] turned green, and after clicking it, a page popped up.
[Are you sure you want to convert the Heart-Eating Gu into 10,000 energy points?]
【yes】
midnight.
The Fujian girl woke up and suddenly realized something. Her heart trembled and her stomach felt like it was being cut by a knife.
"Mother!"
Her abdomen rose and fell, and after gradually calming down, her waist split open as if it had been bitten, and a pool of dark blue blood flowed out.
"...The mother Gu is dead."
The Fujian woman clutched the bed sheet and screamed at the top of her lungs.
“Who is it!”
Xiao Tianhua didn't see what Eryi did, but he felt that the blockage in his body that had been blocking him for a long time suddenly cleared up. The internal energy that he had not dared to use to suppress the poisonous insect began to flow smoothly.
Xiao Tianhua [The Realm of Heaven and Man]
HP 75% Fatigue 76/100
[Medicine][Meridian disorder]
The heart-eating insect and the poison status disappeared together, leaving only [meridian disorder] that has not been cured.
Just as Eryi wanted to try out his newly acquired skill, the Spring Breeze Technique, he pretended to speak, "Alliance Leader Xiao has been ravaged by the poisonous insects for a long time, causing disorder in his meridians. Please turn your back and allow me to sort out your internal energy for you."
Xiao Tianhua wasn't afraid that Eryi would attack him from behind. With his martial arts skills, if he hadn't been careless and poisoned last time, he wouldn't have ended up in such a situation.
Whether it works or not, you'll know after you try it. Er Yi placed his palms on Xiao Tianhua's back and silently recited the formula. A turquoise mist enveloped Xiao Tianhua, barely visible to the naked eye.
On the panel, [Meridian Disorder] began to flash, and next to it, a [Spring Breeze Technique] status appeared, along with a countdown to the time it would take effect. Finally, a healing spell was added, and the task was complete.
…
As Xiao Tianhua left the clinic, he felt a sense of disbelief. The parasites he had sought from numerous renowned doctors, all incurable, had vanished. Even the damage they had inflicted had healed, and his internal energy, after being channeled, had become long and gentle.
Yang Dan, the lord of Yang Family Fort, had been waiting outside for a long time. Seeing Xiao Tianhua emerge unharmed, he couldn't help but step forward and sneer, "You called me here late at night and left me out in the cold for half the night, and you're not going to give me an explanation?"
Xiao Tianhua suddenly asked him to go to a place at night, and said that if anything happened, he hoped to entrust the martial arts leader token to him. After much persuasion, he finally followed him.
As a result, Xiao Tianhua was seen entering the Miracle Doctor Clinic, which was very popular in Liuyue City recently, in the middle of the night.
"How can it be proper for a man and a woman to be in the same room with a little girl?" As he said this, Yang Dan started to slap Xiao Tianhua on the forehead.
Xiao Tianhua didn't dodge or evade, raising his hand to take the blow. Suddenly, Yang Dan felt his internal energy disappear like a drop in the ocean. "You!" When they met two days ago, Xiao Tianhua didn't dare to take his palm strike head-on.
Xiao Tianhua suddenly laughed heartily: "You are indeed a miracle doctor."
“…”
"Who is there so late at night? Aren't you sleeping?!" The martial arts competition starts and one person goes crazy every day.
…
Southern country.
Min Po was the most advanced Gu practitioner currently in the Southern Kingdom. She was over fifty years old and had three sons and one daughter. Since Gu techniques were traditionally passed down from daughters to sons, she passed them on to her youngest daughter.
The youngest daughter, Minnu, is now twenty years old. She was born with a strange aura: a thousand insects flocked to her, a truly terrifying sight. She has never been afraid of insects or poisons. Her talent is no less than Minnu's. A century after Minnu's death, the next generation of Southern Gu techniques will depend on Minnu.
The poisonous insect in Alliance Leader Xiao's body this time was the painstaking work of the Fujian Gu woman.
At that time, the Southern Kingdom boasted that as long as the Jiaer Kingdom provided poison and the Southern Kingdom provided poisonous insects, they would be able to eliminate Xiao Tianhua, the leader of the righteous path in the Central Plains.
Two years ago: "Although Xiao Tianhua is a highly skilled martial artist, his internal energy is almost useless against the Gu worm. Even if he uses his internal energy to suppress it, it can only slow down the Gu worm's entry into the heart meridian."
A year and a half ago: "The Gu worm is about to enter his heart meridian. Even if the Central Plains Medicine King Valley finds a way to suppress the Gu worm, it will still be inside him and will sooner or later devour his internal energy."
As expected, after that, Xiao Tianhua began to appear less frequently. On the few occasions he did appear, he was accompanied by several exceptionally skilled martial artists. Madam Xiao herself had also reached the realm of the Celestial Being, and the assassins she had sent out had all returned empty-handed.
Half a month ago: "The drug that suppressed the Gu worm began to loosen its effect. The Gu worm sucked the internal energy from his body every day, and it has grown into a completely different person than before. At this time, all it needs is an external force to make Xiao Tianhua mobilize all his internal energy. The Gu worm will take advantage of the opportunity and take him down in one fell swoop!"
This day.
"I heard that the Central Plains Martial Arts Competition will be held soon, and Xiao Tianhua will definitely show up to preside over the competition."
“Are the personnel ready?”
"Oh no!" the man gasped.
"The Fujian woman was attacked by the poisonous insects and has been seriously injured and is unconscious."
"Min Po said that the heart-eating insect in Xiao Tianhua is dead!"
"What?!" The person sitting at the head of the table was shocked. "Could it be that the people in the Central Plains have already found a way to crack it?"
…
Eryi was so happy now that he didn't even take the silver. Instead, he gave her a healing spell and a Spring Breeze Technique for free.
I have 10,000 energy points, why do I need silver?
Before Alliance Leader Xiao left, Eryi spoke to him based on her analysis of the current situation in the martial arts world.
"The poisonous insects are definitely not native to the Central Plains. Even someone as skilled as Alliance Leader Xiao has suffered greatly from them. Foreign races have coveted the Central Plains for a long time, and the same situation may happen to other martial artists. If Alliance Leader Xiao can take advantage of the martial arts competition and the gathering of martial artists to tell everyone about my method to eliminate the poisonous insects, at least we can catch the foreigners off guard."
The next day.
After reviewing the current situation, Eryi discovered that the skill that needed the most upgrade was detoxification. Meanwhile, the skill that would increase his energy the most was absorbing poisonous insects. It would be ideal if he could achieve both.
After some thought, I realized I hadn't encountered any Gu worms before, perhaps because Tangjia Town was so remote. Gu worms, being non-native species, would likely appear in places frequented by foreigners. Although I'd only encountered one in Liuyue City, it wasn't necessarily because the system's scope was too limited to detect it.
"008, open the detection range to the entire Liuyue City. The activation time is one second and it costs 100 energy points. How many places with large energy concentrations are there in total?" She wanted to see how many poisonous insects there were in Liuyue City now that so many people gathered for the martial arts competition.
[Instructions received, analyzing...]
[Replying to the host, there are a total of thirteen locations in Liuyue City where large amounts of energy can be detected. Seven of these locations have relatively dispersed energy, likely representing the treasury. The other six locations are similar to the state of the person I encountered last time.]
The density is not high.
Thinking of this, Eryi spent 1 energy point and asked Ling Lingba to customize two large boards for her.
One piece reads: Detoxification for a fee. The other reads: Removal of poisonous insects for free.
The characters on the plate are large.
Wait until the clinic closes at night, and then let Ling Ling Ba hang them on the left and right sides of the door.
Then she went out and found the scholar who had written advertisements for her several times before, and asked him to write ten new promotional notices for her. Now her reputation in the city was very good, and no one said that she was not allowed to post notices because of the reputation of the clinic.
Then, following the consent form written by Alliance Leader Xiao, Eryi had the scholar write fifty copies, leaving the signature area blank. After everything was done, she took the newly written consent forms and bought a box of ink to return to the clinic.
Next time someone comes to your house with a poisonous insect, just ask them to put their fingerprints on the consent form.
…
The day Eryi hung up the two boards, they caused heated discussions in Liuyue City.
"Free, is this female doctor crazy?" This man was injured in a martial arts competition a few days ago. Because he was afraid that it would affect his future performance, he spent fifty taels of silver to receive treatment in the clinic. Although he recovered quickly, it was really expensive.
"Isn't it said that she loves money? What's the trick here?"
"Isn't it more important that it can remove poisons?"
"I'm a little suspicious about her origins." One person hesitated.
"Why?" Everyone came over and waited for him to explain in detail.
"I'm only sharing my experiences. Whether it's true or not, I'll leave it to you to decide for yourself," the man said, choosing his words carefully. "Years ago, I escorted a group of merchants to the Southern Kingdom and had the privilege of learning about the local scene."
"There are many Gu women in the South Country. One of their methods of raising Gu is to feed them with one's own body. They place the cultivated Gu worms into their own bodies to strengthen the connection, making the resulting Gu worms easier to control. The blood of this Gu woman can attract all Gu worms. As everyone knows, the only way to remove the Gu worms is to have the person who placed them remove them, but there is actually another method."
"I'd like to hear more about it."
The man lowered his voice mysteriously, "Take the Gu woman's blood and some herbs, and refine it using secret methods. The resulting concoction is extremely attractive to Gu worms. Simply apply this concoction near the Gu worms, and they will emerge from there."
"Are you serious?" a woman interjected. It was summer, and she was wearing several layers of clothing, wrapping herself up tightly. Her face was also covered with a veil, which looked quite strange.
"This..., I'm talking about the rumors I heard in the South Country."
"What I'm saying is, is there someone in this city who claims to be able to remove poison?" The woman's voice was muffled, and it seemed to come from her stomach.
"It's that female healer... The martial arts competition is halfway through, and you just arrived in Liuyue City?" Recently, when people in Liuyue City talk about the new clinic and the female healer, most of them know who she is, even if they don't know the details.
"Yes." the woman replied.
"No wonder." Everyone suddenly realized.
"Where is the person you are talking about?" the woman asked again.
…
Eryi's publicity has begun to show results, and Xiao Tianhua is more direct. The day after leaving the clinic, he borrowed the venue of Liuyue Villa and invited all the influential people in Liuyue City to Liuyue Villa.
Xiao Tianhua sat at the head of the table and said, "I haven't been seen much in the martial arts world in the past two years, and there have been rumors circulating that I'm seriously ill and won't be around long."
Everyone was in an uproar, and one person took the lead and said, "This must be just a rumor. It can't be believed."
"We see that Alliance Leader Xiao is still as charming as ever. This kind of rumor is just something some people talk about for fun after dinner."
Liang Qiujian of the Sun-Chuan Clan said sarcastically, "Alliance Leader Xiao, it's clear you rarely show up in public. Although you were forced into this position of leader, you don't have to put yourself in a difficult position. If you don't want the position, others may."
"If Alliance Leader Xiao doesn't want to be the leader, then it's not your turn!" Han Shu from Mingyue Villa retorted.
Liang Qiujian laughed and said, "Why? I was just saying. Alliance Leader Xiao isn't in a hurry, so why are you? Do you want to be the leader?" He dragged out his words and changed the subject: "Bai Mingyue is the only one in Mingyue Villa who has some ability. Who do you think you are?"
"you!"
"Everyone." Alliance Leader Xiao raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
Seeing that the others had finally stopped arguing, he stood up and said solemnly, "The rumors are true. Although I don't have a terminal illness, I'm not far off."
"Two years ago, I was infected with the Southern Country's Heart-Eating Gu."
There was complete silence.
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