How could that be?!
I heard that Dun Ji Gong is about to die, and Empress Xia did not believe it at first.
She is also aware of such a martial father.
Each one had a simple mind and strong limbs; Su Hu himself was as strong as an ox.
Dun Ji Gong, as the top martial general of his era, was clearly better.
Daji heard Duan Chan Yu say that she had added three hundred years of life to her father's life.
The accounts on the other side of the underworld are extremely disorganized. Adding or subtracting three hundred years is not a big deal; it's just a number. Daji is now on good terms with the underworld, and Duan Chan Yu has a relationship with her. It wouldn't make sense for them to just remove the added lifespan for the Deng family as soon as someone from their side leaves.
A martial hero with an excellent physique who could live for three hundred years, how could he suddenly fall ill and die? Must be someone who did something malicious!
Daji had firsthand experience and immediately associated it with Zhu Tianlin and his fellow disciples.
These scoundrels are all top-notch villains; the best outcome for them would be to have their souls and spirits utterly destroyed.
Daji gently patted Di Ting's head, thinking she was going to touch his own. She even showed a contented expression, but when she saw Daji's serious face, she quickly put on a stern expression and stared straight ahead.
Di Ting can not only dispel evil, ward off disaster, and bring blessings, but also recognize all things in the world.
At this moment, Di Ting, resembling a little white dog, lay on the ground and listened intently for a while before quickly relaying some information to Daji.
"I see, General Deng, there seems to be a hidden reason for this. I have a prescription that can save your father-in-law, and I will go to Nancun County to save people. How about you and your men stay here and wait for Duan Chan Yu, while I go?"
"That's it. Thank you, Miss."
Most of the herbal medicine is grown within the world of the Two Pearls Lantern, but for emergencies, the pharmacy has still kept a stock of some medicinal herbs.
After some deliberation, Daji took some medicinal herbs that she and Du Juan had studied together to treat epidemics. Among them were Duan Chan Yu's willow bark, astragalus root, and other herbs sent by Shen Nong.
Di Ting is still young and cannot be ridden yet.
Daji has her own method of transportation.
She flipped her hand, and a red flower carriage the size of a palm appeared in her palm.
The flower carriage landed and instantly transformed into its normal size, but it was blood-red in color, resembling something used for the deceased.
This carriage was given by Meng Po as a gift. It was used for the "Eighteenth King of Shang", "Wu Ding", to accompany his father, the "Twelfth King of Shang", "Xiao Yi", in a funereal marriage. No one had ever done this before, and Wu Ding didn't know what to think. He felt that his father was lonely in the underworld and decided to give him three brides in a grand ceremony, making it the first funereal marriage in the world.
Because of this, the peaceful goddess and the goddess who manages marriage have a bit of conflict. Now, using Duan Chan Yu and Daji's relationship, they will send this extremely infernal carriage back to the human world. In the future, if anything happens to this broken carriage, it will have nothing to do with the underworld.
Daji held Di Ting and climbed into the carriage. With a lift of her white jade-like hand, two paper figures, one in front and one behind, lifted the carriage. As a red aura spread from the carriage, it shot into the underworld instantly.
The carriage traveled in a straight line at an extremely fast speed. If it encountered mountains, rivers, or human cities that blocked its path, it would directly borrow a passage from the underworld in just a few minutes, allowing it to reach Nancun County before dinner.
"How dare you!" Daji cursed at the sight of Nancun County.
Nancun County was a major city rivaling Xigiqi City. In this era, Changgong City was the largest with a population over a million, followed by Nancun County and Xigiqi City, both with populations over 700,000. There were no skyscrapers, but having a population of 700,000 in this era was not a small number. The city was filled with ordinary people.
At this moment, in Daji's line of sight, the once bustling streets were almost deserted, with every household tightly closed and a leading soul banner hung. At times, soldiers from the Deng family would use tattered cloth to cover their mouths and drag out one corpse after another from the houses.
The bodies were in a state of terrible horror, with their skin covered in red blotches and their fingernails filled with pieces of flesh. The faces of the deceased were contorted, indicating they must have suffered greatly before death.
Daji's appearance was extraordinary, and her appearance could not be compared to an ordinary person, even by a long shot. She looked like nothing human.
"I am a friend of Miss Deng's family. Could you tell me where Mr. Deng is?" she immediately floated over like a ghost and asked a man who looked like a general.
The vanguard of the Deng family, Tai Lan, who had once fought a solo match against Duan Chan Yu, was startled. In broad daylight, how could ghosts all suddenly appear?
Daji used some calming magic to enable Tai Lan to regain his ability to think, and then he immediately went to report it.
Soon, Daji met with Dun Ji Gong.
"Daji greets Uncle Deng."
Dun Ji Gong was being tortured by illness and looked like he wouldn't last much longer. He was so weak that even his tall body had no strength, and he had to be supported by others to move. When he heard that the daughter of someone's friend was here to save him, he struggled to get up and welcome her.
Dun Ji Gong was also surprised. The daughter of his friend was so beautiful that it was hard to believe. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that she was the bane of the state. He had no time to look closely, so he gathered his strength and said, "Young cousin, you have come in a hurry. This illness may be beyond medicine and stones. You should leave quickly."
Daji paid a respectful tribute as a junior: "Uncle, please be at ease. I, Daji, can cure this illness. Please provide some people for me, and then clear the parade ground. Let the elderly and children who are seriously ill come first, followed by women and men."
Dun Ji Gong nodded weakly and said, "That's right."
Zhou Xin believes the command of his master and comes to the southern region to spread plagues and reforge the unconscious sword.
At first, they were very cautious about doing this, fearing that if they were not careful, they might incur divine retribution.
Later, as nothing bad happened, they became more and more bold. Now that the great calamity of worshiping the gods has begun and divine energy has entered their bodies, they act without any consideration.
Zhou Xin originally intended to release plagues in some villages to accumulate small amounts into larger ones. Later, while passing through Nancun County, he found that there were many ordinary people in the city. This sparked a different thought in his mind.
There were over 700,000 people in the city, and he had only poisoned 70,000. Compared to these insignificant lives, he had taken out ten percent, which should show the benevolence of Jie's Sect, right?
Jie's Sect pursues the "Path of the Dao, fifty in total, only forty-nine that can be traced; one hundred in man's path, only one that can be hidden."
He did not kill them all without leaving a way for the people to survive, which is in complete accordance with the tenets of the sect.
He didn't go to the southern wild mountains anymore, but directly spread the plague from his sect in Nancun County. In less than a week, the people of Nancun County were all struck down by the disease.
Zhou Xin raised a black banner outside the city. The souls of the deceased, carrying their immense pain and resentment from their lives, were collected by him. These resentments were an important material for forging the unconscious sword.
At first, things went smoothly for several days. However, on the tenth day, Zhou Xin suddenly discovered that the number of souls absorbed by the black banner had suddenly decreased. The majority of the souls were from the elderly, and there were few young ones to be seen.
"This is unacceptable! Who has blocked my path? Are they not afraid of the power of Jie's Sect and its ten thousand immortals?" Zhou Xin had a green face and fanged teeth, looking like a fierce ghost. Seeing that he was unable to collect any more souls, he stormed into the city with a fierce and imposing aura.
Following the flow of people to the Western Market Square, he saw that all men, women, the elderly, and children were waiting in an orderly line, spaced about a step apart, for the medicinal soup to be administered.
