283: Already have a plan

Sun Simiao looked at the monk who had appeared before him, unable to help but be stunned.

Tang Ku, holding that guy in his hand, stood before him and smiled, "Are you Daoist Sun? I've long heard of your great name. I came here hoping you would return to Chang'an; there's something there that requires your help!"

Sun Simiao was extremely puzzled. Just as he was about to ask, two figures appeared vaguely from down the mountain. Before they even got close, they shouted, "Daoist Sun, Daoist Sun, it's us!"

Sun Simiao squinted his eyes to look and couldn't help but say in shock, "Little Yuan? Why are you here too? And... who is this high monk..."

While speaking, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng had already arrived close by. Li Chunfeng said, slightly out of breath, "Daoist Sun... Chang'an... a major incident has occurred in Chang'an... a plague... a plague is rampant... we need you to go back and take charge of the situation!"

"A plague?" Sun Simiao exclaimed in surprise, "Impossible. Before I left Chang'an, I had already placed the Evil-Dispelling Medicinal Pill into every water source. You all know this. How could a plague possibly appear?"

Before Yuan and Li could explain, Tang Ku spoke up.

"Daoist Sun, this plague did not occur naturally but was caused by someone poisoning the water. The culprit is this guy right here... Hmm, it should be some kind of rat spirit. It used its toxin to poison Chang'an City. Moreover, this poison is difficult to cure, and Daoists Yuan and Li are at their wits' end. After thinking it over, only you have the means to refine the detoxifying Medicinal Pill!"

Sun Simiao exclaimed, "Demons causing trouble? That is truly unexpected... Uh, wait, how did you know this guy would come to take my life? You were actually able to save me in advance?"

"Hehe, Daoist Sun is indeed meticulous... Correct, we have been at Tianshan for three days. Since three days ago, we have been trailing behind you, waiting for this guy to make a move so we could capture it in one fell swoop!" Tang Ku said, not minding at all.

Sun Simiao smacked his lips, "This high monk has clever methods; you've used me as bait!"

Tang Ku smiled bitterly, "I had no other choice but to resort to this, I hope the Daoist will not blame me!"

It turned out that before Tang Ku set off from Chang'an, he already had a clue about the demon.

To be able to sneak into the city and poison it, this demon either had profound cultivation and was no longer afraid of the layers of Restrictions in Chang'an, or it was extremely skilled in concealment techniques, such that even those detection spells could not find its trace.

Of course, Tang Ku leaned towards the latter, because if this demon had heaven-defying cultivation, it wouldn't use such a sneaky way to poison. Such underhanded methods are generally only used by those rat-like individuals who dare not show their faces.

When Tang Ku first returned to Chang'an, he had already used his Void Eye to scan the entire city. He discovered that a vague and obscure aura was hiding in his residence, which was the Du Xin Domain.

As for later, going to the Imperial Palace, to the Si Tian Jian, and finally returning to the Du Xin Domain, Tang Ku had been observing that guy's movements.

When he learned that the thing that bit the pig's leg was very likely a rodent, Tang Ku understood a little more.

Hiding underground, being a rodent, and being able to enter and exit the city freely and live freely, then it could only be that common grey mouse!

Sure enough, when they were discussing the treatment methods, that mouse was lurking in a certain area underground in the Du Xin Domain. Everything they said and the methods they thought of were heard clearly by this guy.

And at that time, he only had one thought, which was to rush to Tianshan in advance and kill the guy named Sun Simiao.

Therefore, this guy immediately left Chang'an City at the fastest speed and headed straight for Tianshan. Tang Ku naturally noticed this and immediately took Sha Wujing and the two Daoists to follow closely. Firstly, rodents have an innate instinct for finding people; they could completely rely on the other's talent to find Sun Simiao. Secondly, when they found Sun Simiao, they could capture this culprit in one fell swoop without any scruples.

This was simply a good deal that killed two birds with one stone. It could be said that everything was in Tang Ku's calculations.

Sun Simiao listened to Tang Ku's explanation, his mouth twitching for a moment, and then he sighed helplessly, "Very well, after all, you were doing it to save people, so I won't blame you... Hmm, since that's the case, let's hurry back to Chang'an immediately... Hmm, I don't know what the condition of the plague is, I still need to study what medicine to use..."

Li Chunfeng said excitedly, "Rest assured, rest assured, the most important ingredient is already available. That is the ten-thousand-year-old pan tao tree fruit from the Immortal Realm's Pantao Garden. It itself already has the ability to make people immortal and extend life, and it can cure all diseases. With this as the main medicinal ingredient, it will be twice the result with half the effort!"

"Really? pan tao?" Sun Simiao exclaimed, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Why would we lie to you? That pan tao tree was planted by this Guangdu Xin Buddha, right there in his Du Xin Domain!"

Sun Simiao twisted his beard and suddenly turned his head to Tang Ku, saying, "Monk, is what they said true?"

Tang Ku nodded and smiled.

"In that case, I won't hold it against you for using me as bait, but after the matter is settled, you must lend me two pan tao for research!" Sun Simiao said.

"Hehe, that's not a problem at all. As long as the peaches on the pan tao tree are ripe, I will make the decision to give you three!" Tang Ku smiled and said.

"Hehe, that's good, that's good. There's no time to lose, let's set off now... Hmm, wait, how did you get here? Did you fly here yourselves?" Sun Simiao frowned, "I'm just afraid we won't make it in time!"

"Rest assured, we have a mode of transportation..."

As he spoke, Tang Ku whistled towards the sky. A monster with a large, square face pushed aside the clouds and mist, roared, and said, "I can only say three sentences..."

Then it descended from the sky, landed in front of Tang Ku, and rubbed against him affectionately.

Sun Simiao exclaimed, "What kind of monster is this? Its cry is so strange?"

Brick turned its head to look at him, then immediately turned its face away with disdain, wearing an expression of "You really are ignorant!"

"This guy actually has quite a lot of Spiritual Qi?" Sun Simiao was astonished, "Is it looking down on this old man?"

Tang Ku awkwardly patted Brick's head and immediately said to Sun Simiao, "His name is Brick. We can just ride him back..."

Sun Simiao clicked his tongue in wonder, then suddenly remembered something and said, "Then what exactly is this guy who wants to kill me? And who instigated him to harm people?"

"How did you know there was someone behind him instigating this?" Yuan Tiangang asked curiously.

"Such a small demon, if no one instigated it, would it dare to go to Chang'an and act recklessly?" Sun Simiao stroked his beard and said, "By the way, did you offend someone? Or is it that the Great Tang and other countries are about to go to war?"

The guy in Tang Ku's hand had long since fainted. He threw the demon directly to Sha Wujing to hold, and turned to Sun Simiao, "This is a long story. Recently, we have offended quite a lot of people. As for war... it's possible that a great war might really happen before long!"