The fairy changed her mind again. She looked at the lantern in her hand and said to Wang Yao with a smile.
"The Lantern Festival? What dynasty did that belong to?"
When Wang Yao heard that the fairy no longer had the idea of extinguishing the lanterns, he felt relieved. Then he heard her mention the Lantern Festival. He had heard of this festival, but he had never celebrated it. It seemed that the festival no longer existed in the human world, both before and after his transmigration.
He didn't know which dynasty the Lantern Festival originated from, but it was certainly very ancient, so it seemed that this fairy maiden had been an immortal for quite some time.
Nowadays, people traditionally celebrate the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. However, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is not a statutory holiday, and not every household prepares lanterns. Dragon dances and lion dances have become community activities, and in many places, they have become a way for the elderly to exercise.
It completely lacks the atmosphere of ancient times. Imagine the narrow streets in the dark, with lanterns hanging above the door of every household, not exquisite but warm, and men and women carrying lanterns walking through the streets and alleys, exchanging greetings and looking at each other's equally warm smiles in the lantern light.
A few more children, carrying small lanterns, ran by laughing and playing. Combined with the moonlight on the horizon and the shadows of the trees along the street, the night seemed to have even more charm.
Wang Yao followed the fairy maiden forward, but his mind had already wandered off somewhere else.
"Let's see how busy the two immortal healers are." After the two passed through the section that Hui Shuo had cleared, the number of ghost corpses piled up on the ground gradually increased, and the corpse energy began to cause thick black smoke to rise from the protective shields on the two of them. Seeing how serious the situation was, the fairy maiden couldn't help but frown.
Before Wang Yao could speak, she put one hand on his shoulder. Wang Yao felt a blur before his eyes, and the familiar feeling returned. This fairy dared to teleport in the building. Even Hua Gu couldn't match this level of control.
When they stopped again, Wang Yao saw a man in a white coat and a large mask standing among the pile of ghost corpses in the corridor. He looked similar to a doctor in the human world. Wang Yao noticed that the words "Taiqing Immortal City General Hospital" were printed on the left chest of the white coat.
"Dean Li, how's it going here?" The fairy maiden asked as soon as she stopped her spell.
"It will probably take a while longer. The main reason is that the number of patients with corpse aura is too large. When we came, we underestimated the extent of the harm caused by corpse aura. We only brought about a hundred corpse-eating rats. The other two districts took another eighty or ninety, and there are only about ten here. They just finished eating and are advancing."
Dean Li was carrying a sprayer-like device on his back and holding a sprinkler head in his hand. Before Wang Yao and the others arrived, he must have been spraying something in the corridor, much like a farmer spraying pesticides.
As he spoke, he pointed to the ground. Wang Yao was astonished to find several plump white rats lying in the pile of ghost corpses at Dean Li's feet, each one lying on its back as if it had died of a plague. Unexpectedly, they were being promoted.
"I have already notified Section Chief Wang of the hospital's logistics department to bring all of our hospital's carrion rats over. After this incident, we estimate that all of our hospital's carrion rats will be upgraded to level 3 or 4, and some may even be level 5."
"In the future, immortals who cultivate the ghost path will no longer have to worry about the corpse transformation disease." Although Dean Li was wearing a large mask, Wang Yao could tell from his expression that he seemed quite happy.
"Instead of cultivating the immortal path, immortals choose to cultivate the ghost path. Those low-class fellows should all die," a fairy maiden said discontentedly.
"What the team leader said is true. There are quite a few people in the Immortal Cultivator Sect who cultivate the Ghost Path. After all, the Ghost Path allows for faster advancement and has fewer restrictions. As for cultivating the Immortal Path, how can they compare to the immortals within our system? As long as there are patients, we doctors have to find ways to treat them, right?" Dean Li said with a smile.
“Dean Li is a doctor with the heart of a parent, but… I’m afraid the Corpse-Eating Rat’s advancement is too slow, which may delay the treatment time,” the fairy said.
"It's alright. I'm spraying the Myriad Transformation Spray in this area. This will greatly reduce the speed at which these ghosts transform into corpse energy. However, we didn't prepare enough Myriad Transformation Powder. We arrived in a hurry and don't know the specifics..." Dean Li explained again.
"This...can rats even save patients with severe corpse qi syndrome?" Wang Yao asked in astonishment. He had heard Dean Li say that slowing down the conversion rate of corpse qi was precisely to save ghosts with severe corpse qi syndrome. He had always thought that severe corpse qi syndrome was incurable.
"There are no incurable diseases in this world, only different costs." Dean Li, being a professional healer, chuckled upon hearing Wang Yao's words. "Take this corpse qi disease for example, I'm not bragging, I have a dozen or twenty ways to treat it."
"However, using carrion rats to treat this is the most economical and even profitable method. After these carrion rats devour corpse energy and advance in rank, they will be a great help to the hospital in treating other diseases in the future. Therefore, we still prefer carrion rats."
"However, carrion rats are a relatively uncommon type of celestial beast in the celestial realm. Only our general hospital keeps them, and their numbers are still too few. We are still not capable of dealing with such a great calamity."
"Then why don't we hurry up and use other methods to save them? How long would it take to save a billion ghosts with just a few hundred rats?" Wang Yao said hurriedly.
“Other methods cost money. For example, the Myriad Transformation Spray I just used can effectively reduce the rate at which the corpse energy dissipates, but even a small bag like this costs more than 100,000 Heavenly Court Coins.” As Dean Li spoke, he took out a bag that looked like a flour sack and gestured to Wang Yao.
"Ever since the Heavenly Court started to marketize the medical industry, our hospital has been self-sufficient. Every penny we spend is the hard-earned money of all the immortal doctors. Although the underworld is facing a great calamity of corpse energy, everyone will not mind spending a little money. But as the hospital director, I have to think about everyone's interests."
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