Chapter 49: Man conquers nature, live up to expectations

What does death taste like? If it were before, he would definitely say that the taste of death is the fear in the heart, the numbness of the nerves, the secretion of saliva, and the mental collapse when knowing that death is coming.

And now, he just wants to say that the taste of death is...

The stench of decay.

Before my eyes, the paradise that was once full of vitality is now shrouded in deathly silence. A group of crows landed on a dead tree and cried a few times, and their whispers in the wind echoed in the dead air.

"Master, this is Ping'an Village." The old man couldn't bear the tragic scene before his eyes. He felt his heart tremble. He had escaped from such a tragic purgatory and returned again, but he was still terrified.

The two women, who were called fairies by the common people, were in a very good mood and were secretly delighted.

But when I saw the scene in front of me.

They were in a heavy mood.

When they were demons, they never thought of having sympathy for humans, but during the time they followed the Taoist priest, they gradually developed this sympathy.

What I learned from the Taoist priest is not only various principles, but more importantly, how to become more and more like a human being.

What hit me in the face was a suffocating stench, dilapidated and abandoned houses, dead people lying in the corners, and a gust of wind blew up the dead grass on the dirt road.

Those who were still alive huddled in the corner, staring blankly at the sky, quietly waiting for death to come.

"Master Taoist, you can't go in. The plague inside can infect people. Let the demon fairy go in and take a look." The old man reminded.

Lin Fan looked at the old man, and he was a little unhappy about what he said.

Cat Miaomiao held her head high and chest puffed out, ready to go in, so that this demon fairy could have a good look at what kind of plague was so overbearing.

Fox Daji said: "My fellow villagers, you are mistaken. In fact, we are not demon fairies. We are just little demons who follow the Taoist priest to learn Taoism. We can't help with the plague. Only the Taoist priest has such ability."

You must never do anything that goes against Tiangang.

The Taoist priest is narrow-minded.

"ah?"

The people looked at the Taoist priest in surprise. They didn't expect that he was the real master.

Lin Fan coughed lightly, "Everyone, rest assured. I am confident that everything will be fine. If you trust me, follow me in to burn the bodies. If you don't trust me, wait outside until I find a way to solve the plague."

The people looked at each other, somewhat hesitant.

The old man said, "I will follow the Taoist priest in. It is a miracle that I am still alive at my age. If I can sacrifice my life to help the Taoist priest, it will be worth it."

As the old man stood up, other people suppressed their fear and echoed him.

"I'm going too."

"And me."

"Weren't you very scared just now?"

"Being afraid of death won't solve the problem. I hope the plague can be eradicated. This is my home."

Since ancient times, even in troubled times, there are still diligent people.

Lin Fan walked towards Ping'an Village. There was white mist floating in front of him. It was very thin and sparse. Ordinary people might not care about it, but as a Taoist priest, he always felt it was a little strange.

Open the eye of merit.

The scene before my eyes changed drastically.

Death, resentment, and evil spirits are intertwined.

"Um?"

Something was not right. An invisible plague monster was clinging to the face of a corpse, sucking the corpse's energy and spirit which had not yet dissipated. This plague monster looked like a green-skinned child with red eyes, horns on its forehead, and a mouth full of sharp teeth. It looked ugly and ferocious.

"You are such a bold monster, how dare you harm the people in front of me."

As soon as he finished speaking, two red lights burst out from his eyes, and with a scream from the plague monster, they blasted it into pieces, turning it into black mist and disappearing without a trace.

[Merit+0.1]

The people who followed in were shocked. For no reason, the Taoist priest's eyes were glowing red and he even said there was a monster. However, they saw nothing except a shrill scream.

Lin Fan said: "In the year of plague, there will definitely be demons and evil spirits causing trouble. I didn't expect that there would be plague here."

The old man asked, "Master, could it be that this problem is not a natural disaster, but a plague?"

"It's hard to say for now. We have to see the situation first." Lin Fan was not 100% sure. For any matter, he would have the right to speak only if he personally went into it and conducted investigations and collected evidence. He was not qualified to say these things just based on the surface.

Plague is a kind of evil spirit. It is not very powerful, but its harm is much more terrifying than that of evil spirits.

For ordinary people, it is quite confusing.

Only if there is a doctor like Hua Tuo who works hard can he develop a medicine to cure the plague.

But in this world, are there any famous doctors?

There are definitely some, but they will never appear here, or they might have been hacked to death by those ungrateful evildoers in the martial arts world.

He arranged for everyone to move the corpses together and burn them. After all, the smell around was too intoxicating. Although the people might be infected by coming into contact with the corpses, it didn't matter. With him around, what could possibly go wrong?

There are people alive in Ping'an Village, but not many.

Many of them are dying.

If he had not just eliminated the plague, these people would have died.

He gave some magical power to those who were dying, temporarily keeping them alive with their last breath.

In the open space, the piled up corpses were burning fiercely, and the vigorous flames seemed to devour all the plague.

The smell of flames dispelled the stench of rotting corpses.

Make Ping'an Village smell a little better.

"Master, what should we do next?" The old man asked, looking at the master's face which was red from the firelight.

He knew that the Taoist priest wanted to save them.

But he felt it was too difficult.

"I need to find something, but before that, I have to help these souls to be reborn." Lin Fan took out a piece of white paper, and like before, he folded a lantern, the sun and the moon, and used the method of paper-folding to help the souls to be reborn.

Faintly, it seemed as if the souls of the dead were dissipating in the flames.

Come outside the village and choose a place.

In plague areas, snakes, insects, rats and ants are much more ferocious than in other places. The stench of rotting corpses is more likely to attract snakes and insects that like to eat human flesh.

He pulled out the axe, cut his palm, and while lying on the ground, he circulated his magic power to perform the poison technique. In an instant, the magic power mixed with Taoist blood rushed madly in all directions like silk threads.

"Hopefully we can attract some reliable people."

Even though his poison technique is only at the advanced stage, it is very effective in dealing with the plague.

The surrounding countryside had apparently become a living hell.

Continue to delay.

It will become a completely deserted place.

…

Bashan County.

The city gates were closed tightly, and many distressed people outside were banging on the doors, begging the people inside to open the doors and let them in.

On the city wall.

The officers and soldiers looked down at the refugees with weapons in hand.

"Who knows if these unruly people have been infected with the plague or not. They are actually dreaming of coming in."

"Our county magistrate was resourceful and decisive. He sealed off the city, which saved us from disaster."

"By the way, have you bought Doctor Chen's anti-plague powder? This stuff can save your life."

"I want to buy it, but I can't. I can only buy it from others at a high price."

Just as the officers and soldiers were talking, an officer came running over and said, "The commander has ordered that the refugees under the city be driven out. If they still refuse to leave, they will be shot with arrows and killed without mercy."

"yes."

After the soldiers who reported the news left, the soldiers guarding the city did not even warn them. They just drew their bows and shot arrows. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

"Your shooting is not accurate."

"Look at me."

Swoosh! An arrow hit a refugee's eyeball, and screams were heard from under the city wall.

"Haha, see? This is a real archer." The officer and soldier who was shot laughed.

It feels great to massacre refugees.

It’s so cool, okay?

The refugees under the city did not expect that the officers and soldiers in the county town wanted to kill them, so they fled in fear. From time to time, they could hear the sound of arrows breaking through the air behind their ears, which made them even more frightened.

In the city.

A beggar in tattered clothes huddled in a corner, and passers-by covered their mouths and noses, unable to bear the odor.

Sudden.

The beggar wailed in pain, rolled on the ground, and even vomited mucus from his mouth, which scared the people and made them stay away from him.

Someone exclaimed.

"The plague, the plague is coming in."

"Go buy some anti-plague powder quickly, otherwise you will definitely be infected."

"Ah, I don't have enough money."

"Sell your house, sell your daughter, sell whatever you can quickly, and collect enough money to buy anti-epidemic powder. Otherwise, if you are infected, you will die."

Not long after, soldiers with their mouths and noses covered came hurriedly and carried the beggar away. There was no way to save him, so they had to burn him.

The county magistrate’s residence.

This house is extremely luxurious, with seven entrances. Only a first-rank minister or even a prince is qualified to live in a house of this level. For a mere county magistrate to live in such a house, it can only be said that he had quite ruthless means of making money.

living room.

A middle-aged man in brocade clothes and with a beard was sitting there drinking tea, with two young and beautiful girls kneeling on his left and right, rubbing each other's legs.

The middle-aged man is the county magistrate here.

Twenty years of deep cultivation.

He had already transformed Bashan County into his shape.

At this time, there was a crackling sound in the hall. It was the sound of an abacus. Not long after, the sound gradually stopped.

The master held the account book in his hand and said respectfully, "Master, in just the past half month, the income from the plague-killing powder has reached 103,562 strings of cash, which is equivalent to 50,000 taels."

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County Master Qin took a sip of tea calmly and put down the cup. "Okay, not bad, but it's far from enough."

"Master, there is still a lot of disaster relief grain piled up in the warehouse. Now it's drought and there is no harvest. Isn't it time to sell it?" asked the lawyer.

The county magistrate Qin said angrily, "Damn it, that damn dog Jiang Zhengduan is just a piece of shit. The court gave him grain, but this damn guy actually replaced it with bran, causing the price to drop significantly."

One pound of grain for three pounds of bran.

But three pounds of bran can't exchange for one pound of grain.

The master rolled his eyes and said, "Master, we can sell bran as grain. If they want to survive, those unruly people will have to buy it obediently, otherwise they will starve to death."

"Well, that's a good idea. You can talk to the managers of the grain stores in the county and ask them to sell it slowly. Don't be in a hurry. You must raise the price for me." said the magistrate of Qin County.

"yes."

The lawyer packed up the account books and left respectfully.

The maids who were massaging the county magistrate's feet lowered their heads and dared not speak. Even if they knew that it was the county magistrate who did it, what could they do? In the eyes of these masters, they were not even as good as a speck of dust.

At this moment, an old man wearing a wizard's robe and with a skinny face hurried over.

County Magistrate Qin waved his hand and asked the maids to leave.

Wait until there is no one around.

The old man looked grim and said, "Something happened. The plague demon under my seat was killed by someone."

"Ah?" County Master Qin was shocked and stood up quickly and asked, "Master Wu, who did this? Could it be that all the plagues have been eliminated?"

"No, the plague in Ping'an Village has been destroyed. It seems that the other party has some skills, but he doesn't know the rules. To destroy my plague is to fight me to the death."

Wu Peng's withered face was extremely gloomy.

This is not his name, but a title, similar to the highest honor and position in a tribe.

The six witches of the tribe.

Wu Peng, Wu Di, Wu Yang, Wu Lu, Wu Fan and Wu Xiang are all miracle doctors with superb witchcraft skills.

And he is the leader of the six wizards.

The county magistrate Qin said, "I will send troops to destroy them now. Anyone who dares to stop me from collecting wealth must die."

"Well, that's great."

Wu Peng nodded, agreeing very much.

Although everyone is a cultivator, cultivators are not omnipotent. They may be able to easily deal with ordinary people, but they will be in trouble when facing dozens or even hundreds of soldiers and officers.

Even being hacked to death is only natural.

After they finished their conversation, it was lunch time and all kinds of delicious dishes were served, filling the table.

…

Pingan Village.

The people gathered in an open space with a pot in front of them and a flame boiling underneath. Looking closely, they suddenly found leaves and weeds floating in the pot.

Now there is no harvest and even the bark of the trees has been eaten away.

Not to mention that being able to make soup with tree leaves is already a luxury.

The people took their bowls, scooped a spoonful of soup outside, held it in both hands, and drank it slowly, even grabbing some dirt from the ground and putting it in their mouths from time to time, swallowing it with the soup.

The two women didn't know what to say about the situation.

Human beings living in such a world.

Is it so miserable?

"The Taoist priest is back."

Someone shouted, with anticipation in his eyes.

They knew that the Taoist priest was looking for a cure for the plague, but they didn't know whether he had succeeded.

Everyone put down their bowls and gathered around the Taoist priest.

"Tao, Taoist priest..." The old man spoke slowly, even appearing very nervous, as he was afraid that the Taoist priest would show regret and shake his head in disappointment.

"Found it." Lin Fan knew that everyone was very nervous, so he said it directly and bluntly.

Uproar!

shock!

happy!

boiling!

All the haze was swept away, despair was shattered by a punch, and hope appeared.

The two women looked at the Taoist priest with admiration.

I knew that the Taoist priest could succeed.

Come to think of it, if the Taoist priest can’t succeed, who else can?

"Let's not talk too much for now. Let's treat the plague for them. The longer we delay, the more dangerous it will be for them." Lin Fan said.

"Okay, okay, okay."

Lin Fan walked towards the homes of the people infected with the plague, and the people followed behind him. As there were too many people, they waited outside, while Lin Fan went into the house alone.

That's fine.

The scene of using poisonous insects to treat plague is indeed creepy. The insects need to crawl into the mouth to perform treatment inside.

The former is a centipede.

This time he caught earthworms.

This is not an ordinary earthworm, but an earthworm with a purple body. It is quite conspicuous among the attracted poisonous insects. The mouthparts on both sides are covered with sharp teeth, giving people the feeling that it is not simple.

In the records of Gu poison.

There is really no similar record.

When I have time, I will really improve the poison technique from great success to perfection.

The potential of this spell is not low.

Especially after getting promoted, it is absolutely even more amazing.

When Lin Fan walked out of the home of the last citizen infected with the plague, the people were waiting quietly.

Lin Fan said: "Man can conquer nature. As long as we have confidence, there is nothing we cannot solve. I will live up to everyone's expectations and completely defeat the plague."

Excited cheers rang out.

Da da da! And at this moment.

The sound of horse hooves could be heard in the distance.

A group of officers and soldiers from Bashan County, riding on horses and carrying weapons, approached with grim expressions.

Lin Fan led the people to the entrance of the village.

Swoosh! A sharp arrow came through the air.

Lin Fan raised his hand and grabbed it, looking into the distance where thick dust was rising.

"I am under the order of Lord Qin of Bashan County to deal with the plague victims in Ping'an Village."

"kill!!!"

The shouts of the attacking officers and soldiers were deafening and their murderous intent was extremely strong.

Fox Daji walked up to Lin Fan.

"Master, please open your arms. It's time to change clothes."

Mao Miaomiao reacted instantly, pulled out the Taoist's axe, and held it in both hands, "Taoist, I'll get you the axe, change your clothes, and take it."

Lin Fan smiled, feeling relieved.

"You guys understand the poor way."

Two women who received praise.

I feel very happy.

I’m so happy.

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