Chapter 502 Attacking the Red Mist Mountain Ridge 11
Zhong Cai spent a lot of time refining various antidotes and healing pills. With his own efforts, the pills he produced were equivalent to those of hundreds of people, and even more alchemists because of his higher success rate.
However, as time went on, ordinary antidote pills became basically useless.
—No, it can't be said to be useless.
Originally, the antidote pill could only remove some of the poison. Later, because the cultivator not only had residual poison in his body, but also inhaled other toxins, the combination of multiple toxins weakened the effectiveness of the antidote pill. It could even make those toxins more active, causing the poison to spread rapidly in the cultivator's body, leading to death from poisoning!
Some cultivators possess very special innate treasures, or they use secret methods to seal away the poisoned and dying cultivators, keeping the toxins in their bodies in a solidified state, thus barely managing to keep them alive.
But they were no longer able to fight, so they were specially moved into a large warship to lie down and rest.
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Hang Zhuo stood respectfully in front of Zhong Cai and said in a low voice, "It is unknown how long this battle will last. Although those fellow cultivators have been saved by various secret techniques, it is unknown how long they can really hold on. It is best to detoxify and recover as soon as possible."
Zhong Cai had just produced a batch of pills and was currently heating the alchemy furnace. Upon hearing this, he pondered and said, "You mean, you're inviting me to help those fellow practitioners detoxify themselves?"
Hang Zhuo sighed: "If there is anyone in this world who can quickly eradicate the poison for them, it is only you, King Zhong Dan."
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That's absolutely true.
Admittedly, the Lingxian Sect was originally a major force in alchemy, with plenty of excellent alchemists. However, talent is talent. Other excellent alchemists and Zhong Cai should be able to detoxify everyone in turn after spending some time. However, while other alchemists might spend a whole day, Zhong Cai herself might only need an hour or two, or even less.
This is an insurmountable gap, a difference in problem-solving acumen caused by innate talent.
Moreover, Zhong Cai not only possesses unparalleled talent in alchemy, but is also highly skilled in detoxification.
It is said that Zhong Cai was once able to analyze a mixture of dozens of poisons in a very short period of time. Although the poisons that these cultivators are suffering from now are also very complex, they are certainly not as potent as they were back then.
Human life is at stake. Even if Zhong Cai could provide a large quantity of elixirs, he would still be the most suitable person to perform the task of detoxifying people.
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When Zhong Caihangzhuo said this, he nodded and agreed.
"That's settled then." He looked at the slightly overweight man. "Will you be bringing me the materials, or..."
Hang Zhuo hesitated for a moment. He originally thought it would be more convenient to go directly to the warship where the patients were being housed, but then he thought again that King Zhong Dan and King Wu Dou were thorns in the side of the Poison Toad Ancestor. If they were to take the people away like that, the safety of that warship would be far less than that of this ancient city!
After much deliberation, Hang Zhuo still felt that the safety of these two was more important; as for the rest, he figured he could just let it be a little more troublesome.
Hang Zhuo immediately said, "I'm sorry to trouble you two to take care of the patients I bring each time."
Zhong Cai knew that Hang Zhuo was concerned about his safety. In fact, if he were really allowed to go out, he would put away the ancient city and carry it with him, and summon Gu Yuan to protect him closely.
But now, it's better not to leave the ancient city.
Zhong Cai agreed, "Okay."
Hang Zhuo added, "If King Zhong Dan needs any medicinal herbs, just give us a list, and we will prepare them as soon as possible."
Zhong Cai smiled and said, "Okay."
The next moment, Hang Zhuo quickly left.
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After everyone left, Wu Shaogan walked up to Zhong Cai and rubbed the top of her head.
He knew that A-Cai was not in a good mood.
Zhong Cai tilted her head back and rubbed her palm against Wu Shaogan's.
"Old Wu, too many people have died."
Wu Shaogan's gaze was gentle.
"By taking advantage of this opportunity, we can kill more evil people and save more lives."
Zhong Cai also understood this principle.
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The Poison Toad Ancestor's lair is so large that countless evil cultivators have sprung up from it, each with a blood debt on their hands.
The evil path is different from the righteous path. Their cultivation inevitably involves using very evil methods. There is no such thing as an innocent evil path. From the very beginning of their cultivation methods, they are already burdened with original sin, and they will inevitably be distorted by the methods. Even if someone is forced to do so at the beginning, after they have been cultivating for a while, they will inevitably be stained with the blood of innocent people.
If someone truly possesses the willpower to control themselves and remain unaffected by evil practices... then they are not an evil cultivator at all.
There may even be cultivators who are forced to fall into evil ways but manage to create new methods and return to the righteous path.
Those who are still in the hands of the Poison Toad Ancestor are probably only the innocent ones who were originally the pride of the righteous path but were refined into mindless puppets or similar things.
But since these puppets were manipulated into acting, they must also be hoping to be freed.
There's no need to show mercy.
—On another note.
If the Poison Toad Ancestor and his gang can be eliminated, the number of humans saved could be countless.
Those who participate in the war, whether they genuinely hate the evil forces or are merely driven by self-interest, do so voluntarily.
Even before they went to the battlefield, they knew very well that they might die.
In that case, even if you really die, there's no need to be too grief-stricken.
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Zhong Cai himself was no stranger to bloodshed; because of his bounty on elixirs, he had committed even more massacres against evil sects.
But that doesn't mean he can be indifferent when he sees a large number of righteous people dying in front of him.
Wu Shaogan reached out and covered Zhong Cai's eyes, saying softly, "A Cai has already saved many people, and will continue to do so."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Cai felt much more relaxed.
"Old Wu is right, I was being sentimental."
Wu Shaogan couldn't help but smile slightly: "A-Cai isn't being pretentious, A-Cai is just kind!"
Zhong Cai: "..."
He angrily ripped off Wu Shaogan's hand, stuffed it into his mouth, and took a bite.
Wu Shaogan: "Ah, it hurts."
Zhong Cai finally couldn't help but laugh: "If you were really in pain, you should at least have grimaced. You're still smiling."
Wu Shaogan bared his teeth at him.
Zhong Cai was in an even better mood.
He turned his head to the side and then touched Wu Shaogan's palm again.
Wu Shaogan then pinched his cheek.
Zhong Cai no longer found the sight of blood glaringly offensive; she simply raised her hand to summon.
In the blink of an eye, many medicinal herbs in the inner city's resource hall took flight, arranged themselves, and transformed into a long ribbon that meandered towards the direction where Zhong and Wu were.
Wu Shaogan raised his hand and released many shelves, baskets, and the like.
After these medicinal herbs arrived, they were placed in these items in order, categorized and made available for people to take as they pleased.
They were all clustered near Zhong Cai.
In this way, he can take it whenever he needs it.
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Not long after, Hang Zhuo arrived with a group of people.
These people carried jade stretchers, on which lay patients in various states of illness.
Yes, they come in various shapes and sizes.
Presumably because these people were poisoned by rare, potent, or mixed toxins, the effects of the toxins on their bodies varied.
The eight people in front of us were in terrible condition; some had even had most of their bodies melted away, with their internal organs exposed.
It is obvious that if the cultivator had not had a strong physical body and a very vigorous life force, he would have been dead long ago!
Zhong Cai frowned slightly.
Hang Zhuo had been observing his expression the whole time. Seeing that he seemed to be in a heavy mood and probably not very confident, he couldn't help but feel sad.
Zhong Cai sighed and said, "This area is quite large. Arrange them in order of their vitality, from weakest to strongest, with a large gap between them so they don't interfere with each other. Some of them are not in their right mind, and if they are too close, they might attack others."
Upon hearing this, Hang Zhuo immediately ordered his men to comply.
Soon, these cultivators were settled in.
Zhong Cai took out a list, quickly wrote something down, and handed it to Hang Zhuo: "Send over in large quantities."
Hang Zhuo glanced at them and, seeing that they weren't too rare, immediately replied, "Yes."
Soon, he left with his men and then brought back more medicinal herbs.
Zhong Cai then gave another call, summoning a group of puppets.
The level should be at least level five or six, so as to avoid being instantly corroded by the venom and blood on the patients when taking care of them.
Although the puppets lack true intelligence, they are obedient and will complete whatever they are asked to do meticulously.
Zhong Cai sighed to Wu Shaogan and said, "This is a tough job, Lao Wu, I'll begin."
Wu Shao chuckled dryly: "Good luck, A-Cai."
Zhong Cai nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
He did frown earlier, but not in the way Hang Zhuo thought—he wasn't feeling heavy-hearted or uncertain. Rather, seeing such a tragic scene, he instinctively felt a slight displeasure towards the evil path.
Now, he absolutely has to get these people's lives back!
then……
In the days that followed, Hang Zhuo discovered that in just over half a day, all eight patients had fully recovered.
Even so, it was only because the process of refining the antidote took a long time that it was delayed for so long.
Hang Zhuo quickly found more than a dozen level 5 or 6 alchemists to be in charge of refining medicine.
They might lack groundbreaking ideas, but they are steady and methodical, and their success rate in refining medicines is very high. At this moment, they were all busy researching the detoxification, but now that they heard they could assist a top-tier seventh-level alchemy master, they knew they would definitely learn a lot from it. Naturally, they were very grateful to Hang Zhuo and were very obedient after coming to Zhong Cai's hands.
With the help of these people, Zhong Cai's treatment became more efficient.
He truly lived up to Hang Zhuo's expectations. He could analyze any poison he saw, whether it was simple or complex, and adjust the prescription to be most suitable in a very short time.
He really did save countless lives.
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The war continues, with the battle between good and evil reaching a stalemate.
The scene didn't change as quickly as it did at the beginning. The current situation can't be resolved in a short time. Both sides are fighting fiercely, each trying to completely annihilate the other!
...Before we knew it, more than a year had passed.
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