281: Medicine King's Trail

Li Chunfeng took out a palm-sized cloth bag. With a wave of his hand, he packed away the corpse and the strange parasite he had extracted from it. Naturally, the remaining half of the dark blue-black pig's leg was also packed away.

The three left the Si Tian Jian and quickly arrived at the Du Xin Domain. As soon as they approached, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were shocked. Li Chunfeng said, "Master Sanzang, why is the Spiritual Qi here so dense? And it is full of vitality, with no signs of viral infection!"

"Hehe, that's because I planted a pan tao tree here!" Tang Ku smiled and said, "Let's go, follow me!"

As they spoke, the three walked into the courtyard. Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang were instantly astonished. That pan tao tree had grown incredibly huge, with a trunk so wide that five or six people couldn't even wrap their arms around it. The peaches on it were already looking somewhat rosy, and each one was as big as a human washbasin.

Under the pan tao tree, Pigsy was crossing his arms, lying on a recliner to cool off. Beside him was a large water vat; Monk Sha now soaked in the water vat whenever he had nothing to do, though no one knew what ailment he had contracted.

"Master, you've finally returned! Chang'an City is in chaos; the plague is everywhere, and it's terrifying... Uh, who are these two old men?" Seeing Tang Ku return, Pigsy hurriedly jumped up and went to greet him.

"Don't even mention it. Is this how you've been helping me protect Chang'an while I was away?" Tang Ku gave Pigsy a flick to the forehead.

Old Pig clutched his head and said, feeling very aggrieved, "This matter happened suddenly. We did investigate, but we couldn't find any clues... By the way, you really shouldn't hit me on the head anymore. Good heavens, your strength is even greater than Senior Brother's was back then..."

"Pfft!" From the water vat nearby, Monk Sha poked his head out and spat out a mouthful of water, saying, "Master, you really can't blame Second Senior Brother for this. We had found some clues before; it was a peculiar Demonic Qi... But that guy was very cunning and managed to escape..."

Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng had never seen these two before, and they were very surprised by their appearances.

Tang Ku didn't have time to explain and said urgently, "These are my two Disciples. I'll introduce you later... Hmm, although this pan tao is not yet fully mature, it should already have some medicinal effects. If we use this to make medicine, it should be able to solve the urgent problem!"

"Is this the pan tao from Heaven? I... we are seeing it for the first time!" Both old Daoists were nearly losing their minds. They rushed up to stroke the trunk, looking completely astonished.

"Hey, stop touching it..." Wu Zhen walked out of the house carrying a basket and suddenly saw the two old Daoists wearing "lewd" expressions while stroking their precious tree. She hurriedly jumped out to stop them, saying, "This is a precious tree from the heavenly Pantao Garden. Can you afford to pay for it if you break it?"

Tang Ku said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "These two are Great Masters from the Si Tian Jian. They are here to see if this pan tao can cure the current plague in the city!"

Wu Zhen suddenly realized, but then pouted and said, "I also tried to find a way to make medicine, but I caught a few people to test it on and it didn't work... Master, am I very stupid?"

"It's not your fault. The enemy came prepared this time; how could it be so easy for us to find the antidote!"

Seeing that the two old Daoists were almost about to climb the tree, Tang Ku hurriedly stopped them, "Two gentlemen, two gentlemen, let's wait a moment. Can you tell me if this pan tao can really cure this plague?"

"Yes, absolutely! Just one of these pan taos is enough to make medicine to save all the people of Chang'an!" Li Chunfeng said excitedly, "Using this to refine medicine can save the masses!"

"But there is a problem with this!" Yuan Tiangang frowned and said, "Although both you and I know some occult arts, we don't understand the arts of medicine... How should this medicine be refined?"

Tang Ku couldn't help but frown slightly: "Wasn't the Lingque Pill refined by you?"

"The Lingque Pill was refined by another Daoist. He... uh, right, we can go ask him to come out of seclusion to help!" Yuan Tiangang suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "With him here, we will definitely be able to use this pan tao to refine an antidote!"

"Who is this person with such airs that we have to go and ask him? Such a big thing has happened in Chang'an City, and he hasn't come out to help. Can he be a good person?" Pigsy said in a muffled voice.

"The old gentleman is not in Chang'an!" Li Chunfeng smiled bitterly, "Decades ago, in order to refine an Immortal Pill that could remove human worries, he went out to visit famous mountains and rivers. We can't find him in a hurry!"

"That's easy to handle. My Disciple here is proficient in the art of divination and should be able to find his traces!" Tang Ku pointed to Wu Zhen.

Li Chunfeng smiled helplessly, "I also know the art of divination, but we both belong to the Daoist school, and he knows the techniques I use, so I might not be able to divine his location!"

"That doesn't matter. Her divination art is different from yours; it belongs to a different system. Maybe she can find him!" Tang Ku smiled and said, "But, after all that talk, who exactly is this miraculous Daoist?"

"You should have heard of this name before. He is Daoist Sun Simiao!" Yuan Tiangang said.

"What? You mean the Medicine King?" Tang Ku exclaimed, "He is actually still alive?"

"Hehe, we two old guys are still alive. His life is so tough, he wouldn't die before us!" Li Chunfeng stroked his beard and smiled. He then turned to Wu Zhen and bowed, "I'll have to trouble you, little Master. There is no time to lose; let's start now!"

Wu Zhen turned her head to look at Tang Ku. As far as she was concerned, she only listened to Tang Ku.

Tang Ku nodded: "This matter concerns the lives of all the people in Chang'an. Please work hard!"

Wu Zhen nodded, then immediately started using her usual set of tarot cards.

Tang Ku and the others couldn't understand this method of divination, but the sense of mystery was unfathomable, so it felt very impressive. When the tarot cards formed a strange rune in mid-air, Wu Zhen couldn't help but pout and said curiously, "Hmm... the person you are talking about... is in the northwest! But I can't calculate the specific location... I can only say that he is currently in a very cold place... Hmm, it looks like a mountain, the mountain range is very vast... I also see... hmm, he found some kind of flower, white and very beautiful, right on the snow mountain... Hmm, that's all!"

"Northwest... a snow mountain with a vast range, a very beautiful flower..." Tang Ku pondered for a moment, "Hmm, I probably know where he is... Hehe, come to think of it, Nezha and Erlang Shen seemed to have been near there before..."

"I know now, that flower must be the legendary tianshan snow lotus... Hmm, that is a good thing for refining medicine, especially a snow lotus over ten years old, which is even rarer..."

Tang Ku couldn't help but smile: "Let's go, let's go take a look at the sky... Hmm, but before we go, we must make some preparations!"