Chapter 68: Forbidden Zone Physician "Huh? I thought you would know...
Before the demons could get up, the shop owner suddenly fell to the ground, groaning while holding his chest. After a few seconds, he stopped breathing and lay motionless.
Even though he was mentally prepared, Ying Bu Ran was still stunned for a moment, and then his view was blocked by a half-demon.
There was a scar on the right side of the half-demon's face, extending from his forehead to his chin, and his only remaining eye stared at them viciously.
Half-demon Chang Ying slammed his palm on the table, trying to lower his voice to sound more authoritative. "What have you three humans done? What do you want to do?"
Ying Bu Ran came back to his senses and looked directly into Chang Ying's eyes, his expression calm and composed, like a pool of stagnant water. "We didn't do anything. Who knows what the reason is? Maybe it's... the wrath of heaven?"
She tilted her head and glanced at the human monk she had noticed before. She seemed to be looking at this side as well.
Chang Ying listened to her words as if they were a joke: "Oh, what nonsense are you talking about? I think you are looking for an excuse to slip away."
How could Tianruo appear in such an abandoned place?
She clamped Ying Bu Ran's wrist directly, with such great force that it seemed as if she wanted to break her wrist, but Ying Bu Ran still seemed to have no reaction.
The next second, a sword was pressed against Chang Ying's throat. At the same time, Zhao Chaoan clamped Chang Ying's grip on Ying Bu Ran's wrist, and with a force, she relaxed her grip and let go. "Let go."
Chang Ying stepped back slightly, pinching her wrist to loosen up the strange, burning pain. As she took a step back, the tip of her sword moved forward a bit.
As soon as he looked up, he met Zhao Qingxun's bloodshot eyes.
It's a bit difficult to deal with. How come that person is not affected at all?
The atmosphere between the three people seemed to freeze for a moment. Ying Bu Ran was at the center of the vortex, but he seemed not to feel anything and turned his gaze to the store manager again.
There was no flame to begin with, and now it looks like it's really dead.
During the standoff, some half-demons also reacted and came to the store manager, sniffing and testing his breath: "Boss, something's wrong, she seems to be really dying."
One of the half-demons shouted towards them in panic, this was not in their plan at all!
You said you were going to pretend to be faint, how come you’re really out of breath?
Chang Ying was also stunned and wanted to go over to see: "What?" She turned around and took a step forward, but was pulled back by someone. She turned around and was about to scold, but when she saw who it was, she immediately stopped.
Not only her, but several half-demons and half-monsters all respectfully stepped aside after seeing her.
"I know some medical skills. Let me take a look." The doctor said, squatting in front of the store manager and began to examine.
This human has a very high status here. It seems that his cultivation is not very high, so he probably didn't get this position by fighting.
"Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any Heaven's Wrath here? What's going on?" Zhao Chaoan asked Ying Bu Ran in confusion, whispering in his ear.
Ying Bu Ran withdrew his gaze from the medical practitioner, thought for a moment, and shook his head: "I'm not sure, let's go and take a look. It's very suspicious."
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This was the first time Meng Ran had seen such a situation.
She has been in this restricted area for about five years. She only went out once to find medicine and stayed here the rest of the time. She has never seen such symptoms.
The investigation revealed that the inside was completely empty. Both the demonic energy and the "breath" that people had when they were alive had disappeared without a trace.
She stood up, feeling a little dizzy from standing so suddenly. She stumbled a bit and was supported by someone. After thanking them, she scratched her head and asked in confusion, "This is strange. It is indeed a sign of heaven's wrath. But why?"
Ying Bu Ran let go of her hand only after he saw that she could stand steadily. Hearing this, he raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why?"
Meng Ran then realized that the person holding her up was not from the Forbidden Zone. This person's aura was somewhat different from that of humans, and she didn't realize it was her for a moment: "Ah, you're new here. You don't know. The Forbidden Zone has never seen a Skywrath. Most of the people here were expelled, including the demons. They don't have any beliefs."
She shook her head and explained, then took a break and squatted down again, wanting to try again.
Ying Bu Ran exchanged a glance with Zhao Chao An and continued, "...Do you think faith is a prerequisite for the coming of Heaven's Wrath?"
Meng Ran kept working, constantly trying to mix medicine or determine where the "qi" was being lost. He took a moment to answer, "Well, for example, no one in Wind Chasing City has ever been struck by the wrath of heaven. I don't like the Wanxiang Sect, but their research on this point is indeed sound."
She heard this recently when she went out to look for medicine. There hadn't been such a breakthrough in the past few years. Recently, the investigation of the Wanxiang Sect has been progressing by leaps and bounds, just like riding a sword cultivator's flying sword.
"People living in the restricted area were basically expelled because of conflicts in their ideologies and beliefs, or they had no beliefs in anything and fled here to cause chaos. It's even more impossible for demons and monsters to be here, as they have their own beliefs." Meng Ran didn't look up and added that she had discovered the gap in the leakage, but the gap was about to disappear.
As they discussed, the surrounding demons, monsters, and humans quietly gathered around them. Zhao Chaoan and Zhao Qingxun kept a close eye on them, wary of any conflict that might break out at any moment.
Seeing that there was no conflict for the time being, Ying Bu Ran continued to ask: "What about you? Why are you here?"
Meng Ran paused for a moment before explaining, "Me? I wasn't expelled. I accidentally came here while traveling as a doctor. I found that no one here knew medicine, so I stayed here temporarily to help with the treatment."
She raised her head and looked at the onlookers who felt a little embarrassed after receiving her gaze. "Don't be fooled by how tall and strong they are. No matter how strong their recovery ability is, they can't withstand being injured every few days without treatment."
Finally, she stopped, shook her head, and sat back, her energy drained. "No, still no."
Ying Bu Ran handed her a handkerchief, indicating that she could wipe it. After thinking for a moment, he comforted her, "She has long since died. It's too late to do anything now. You have already done your best."
Meng Ran took the handkerchief, wiped the sweat off his face, and nodded in agreement: "...I know, it really still doesn't work, alas."
"After all, this isn't a curse caused by anyone. The doctor has done his best, but no one expected it." Chang Ying also comforted him, then scratched his head in confusion, "That's strange. How come I didn't know when she believed in that god that says whoever believes in it will die?"
Meng Ran was also very confused. Both the two first-generations and the one from that day had a bad reputation here, especially the latter. It had been rumored in the restricted area that anyone who touched him would die.
Although these wanderers exiled here are not afraid of death, they don't want to be killed for no reason and let other wanderers take advantage of them, so they have no faith.
Meng Ran was also very familiar with this store manager. She would stay here for a period of time from time to time and had some understanding of the store manager. She was a non-believer.
She scratched her head and finally gave up thinking completely: "I don't know, I don't know what to do now, it's too sudden. We can't just leave this inn like this... Does anyone of you have a good relationship with her?"
A circle of people, demons and monsters all turned their eyes to Chang Ying. Chang Ying was stunned for a moment, then shook his head vigorously: "Don't look at me, I don't know anything about running an inn."
"Wait, the corpse moved!" A demon interrupted the discussion of what to do next. She just saw the corpse's hand move.
Meng Ran was stunned again. What happened today was beyond her knowledge and understanding. "Huh? But I'm sure there was absolutely no breathing just now. What happened?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the corpse's hand moved again in front of everyone.
Chang Ying immediately protected Meng Ran behind him and stared at the store manager's body with a serious expression: "Doctor, please step back and let us take a look."
Zhao Qingxun and Zhao Chaoan also took action immediately, protecting Ying Bu Ran behind them. Zhao Qingxun tilted his head slightly and saw Ying Bu Ran holding a glowing mirror. He asked, "Should we take action?"
Ying Bu Ran shook his head: "Don't act rashly, otherwise it will easily cause misunderstandings and become a target of hostility."
"Look at you, so impatient." Zhao Chaoan snorted twice, seizing every opportunity to speak sarcastically to Zhao Qingxun.
The corners of Zhao Qingxun's mouth twitched. He was too lazy to pay attention to this childish guy and continued to stare at Chang Ying and the store manager.
Chang Ying squatted next to the store manager and poked her face with his hand: "Hey, can you hear me? Can you move?"
After poking him several times, the store manager showed no signs of moving, as if the previous one was just an illusion.
"No response?" Chang Ying scratched his head, stood up, and looked a little confused.
As soon as he finished speaking, the corpse suddenly stood up and stretched out its arms to grab Chang Ying.
"Be careful!" Zhao Qingxun suddenly pulled Chang Ying away and took out his long sword with his other hand. At the same time, Zhao Chaoan gathered his ghost energy and shot it at the corpse, pinning her to the wall.
Seizing the opportunity, Ying Bu Ran pulled out the talisman paper, blood coagulated on his fingertips, and swung the talisman paper, which flew out and stuck to the forehead of the store manager's corpse.
The corpse was temporarily motionless, and the consciousness of the incarnation of the Spirit of Heaven inside was suppressed.
Ying Bu Ran breathed a sigh of relief. He looked around and found that the hostility had diminished a lot. Knowing that he had not aroused suspicion, he said, "Everyone leave, unless you want to become like her."
After saying that, she looked at Zhao Qingxun again: "You also step back, you don't have any protective magic weapon."
Zhao Qingxun discovered that she used "she" instead of "they" in her words, which meant that Zhao Chaoan could get close to her.
Zhao Chaoan's provocative gaze also proved this.
Zhao Qingxun was silent for a moment, then nodded and took a few steps back: "...Okay."
Almost all the people and creatures in the inn had left, with only four remaining. Zhao Qingxun gripped his sword tightly and turned to look at Meng Ran: "You're not leaving?"
Meng Ran knew that his fighting ability was not good, so he hid behind Zhao Qingxun and explained, "I want to see if there is anything I can help with. What happened?"
Another thing is that she wanted to see how the problem was solved so that she could try it when she encountered it again.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Qingxun shook his head: "I don't know."
Meng Ran was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously said, "Huh? I thought you would know. Aren't you two together?"
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