54: The Desire for Immortality and the Method for Treating All Illnesses

Under the Qi Observation Technique, several people from Jielu Medical Clinic had black Qi swirling above their heads, forming miniature zombie-like figures.

And on the heads of these zombies, a black umbrella-shaped fungus floated.

Slender hyphae hung down, connecting to various parts of their bodies.

They looked exactly like marionettes.

Such a Luck phenomenon indicated that these people were already dead, their bodies secretly controlled by someone.

"Jielu Medical Clinic is definitely problematic... The mastermind behind the spell... Could it be him?!"

A kind-faced old man in white robes suddenly popped into Gu Changsheng's mind.

It was Doctor Mo, the clinic's resident doctor.

Doctor Mo had extremely high medical skills and a kind heart, often offering free consultations to the poor.

For patients whose families couldn't make ends meet, he not only charged nothing but often contributed a good amount of silver himself.

Gu Changsheng remembered that on Doctor Mo's eightieth birthday, he visited to present a longevity painting.

At a glance, he saw the clinic's front hall piled high with food and local specialties sent by the villagers.

That day, so many people came to offer their congratulations that they almost wore down the doorstep.

In Chenping County, Doctor Mo was considered a great benefactor.

"I hope I've guessed wrong..."

Gu Changsheng's gaze deepened... Nighttime.

Jielu Medical Clinic.

A dimly lit room.

"Grandfather, today's porridge... has all been given out."

Young Doctor Mo pulled back a bamboo curtain; the dim lamplight barely revealed a figure lying on the bed.

"Good... Yun'er, later... you take some more fragrant bait... mix it into the medicinal porridge, and feed it to the patients... This time, the amount should be larger.

In a few more days... the 'Dao Fruit' will ripen... At that time, you and I will both achieve Lifespan, haha... cough cough."

The hoarse voice, accompanied by violent coughing, sounded like two dry pieces of bark rubbing against each other.

Mo Yun suddenly became agitated, his face contorted in struggle, and he knelt before the bed: "Grandfather, do we really have to do this... For the Lifespan Dao Fruit, kill everyone in Chenping County...?"

Upon hearing this, a gray, withered arm suddenly stretched out, pulling open the yellow silk quilt covering the figure.

Doctor Mo sat up.

He was emaciated, his eyes bloodshot and scarlet, and his face and arms... all exposed skin was covered in dense hyphae.

Most horrifyingly, a vibrant green sapling grew from the top of his head, its tender white roots embedded in his skull, emerging from his ears, nostrils, and mouth.

Faintly, a gray fruit hung from the branches of the green sapling, with what seemed like flowing light swirling within.

"Bastard!

What nonsense are you spouting!

Lifespan... is a great Opportunity.

For ordinary people to achieve the Lifespan Dao Fruit... it is their good fortune! Cough cough!"

In his agitation, Doctor Mo sprayed countless black spores from his mouth.

The concentration was far greater than in Hual Deng Lane.

His terrifying appearance was worse than any demon.

Mo Yun collapsed to the ground in fear.

Plop—

A green twig fell in front of Mo Yun, with a green leaf attached.

"Go, grind the fragrant bait into powder... mix it into the medicinal porridge..."

Doctor Mo's voice was weak.

Mo Yun's face was ashen, and he picked up the green twig from the ground like a walking corpse.

Just as he turned to leave, a voice came from behind him.

"Yun'er... when you're grinding the powder... remember to hold that green leaf in your mouth... to avoid spore infection..."

Mo Yun left without looking back.

Click—

The door closed.

The room plunged into darkness, with only two white candles flickering.

Two lines of turbid tears streamed down Doctor Mo's cheeks.

A scene replayed in his mind.

In his youth, he diligently studied medicine, vowing to rid the world of illnesses for the common people.

Before reaching the age of twenty, he became the most skilled physician in the entire county.

Even so, he dared not slack off.

At twenty, he bid farewell to the clinic and traveled extensively as an itinerant physician, witnessing countless difficult and complex diseases.

He meticulously studied pathology, exchanged knowledge with renowned doctors, and tasted hundreds of herbs, nearly dying several times.

Until one day, in a rural village, he met an ailing old man.

He was astonished!

Someone was covered in trees and flowers, almost unrecognizable as human.

Moved by compassion, he earnestly requested to study the condition.

The ailing old man merely smiled, allowing him to do as he pleased.

But there was no progress whatsoever.

One month later, in the morning, the old man disappeared, leaving behind a medical book and a gray seed on the table.

Upon opening it, he discovered a method of cultivation.

Cultivating this method offered the hope of Lifespan.

However, the price to pay led the young him to denounce it as an evil and crooked Dao.

Yet, as the years passed and his body grew weaker, the scripture in his memory became clearer and clearer.

It turned out he had never let go of that trace of greed.

Three months ago, his expression was conflicted as he tremblingly opened the long-sealed, dusty medical box.

He carefully peeled back the layers of a blue handkerchief at the bottom of the box.

A gray seed came into view.

"Disease Seed... swallow it to open the disease orifice... nourish it with human essence Qi to form a Lifespan Fruit, which can extend Lifespan by thirty years."

"Thirty years..."

He murmured the words from the medical book, as if possessed, his breathing rapid, his whole body trembling.

A hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

Once evil thoughts arise, they are like a bursting dam, unstoppable.

Thereafter, he spread epidemics, only to absorb human essence Qi and cultivate the Disease Seed.

"All I seek... is to live... forever... to live forever... Lifespan, ah..."

Inside the room, Doctor Mo's eyes rolled back, and saliva drooled from the corners of his mouth.

The green sapling on his head rustled and trembled.

Outside the room, countless spores, as if attracted, surged in frantically.

In an instant, the gray fruit on the branches of the green sapling grew a little larger... Under the bright moonlight, a completely purple bee with striped patterns flew out of the room and returned to Gu Changsheng's side.

It was the Gu insect—Purple-Striped Spotted Bee.

Gu Changsheng lowered his finger from his brow, a hint of melancholy on his face.

Just now, he had linked to the Purple-Striped Spotted Bee's vision using the Heavenly Demon Possession Technique, instantly seeing everything clearly.

"It really is him... Why did he become like this...?"

Gu Changsheng's face was cold as he took out his sketchbook.

Soon, a new meditation method appeared on the panel.

[Hundred Ailments Method (Profound): Created by Immortal Master of Hundred Ailments. Practitioners must be proficient in medicine and pharmacology, extract a Disease Seed from a hundred types of epidemics, and if they survive for three days after ingestion, they can begin. ]

"Hundred Ailments Method... Disease Seed..."

Gu Changsheng's mind stirred, and he clicked the '+' sign on the panel several times.

As his Lifespan flowed away, an endless stream of insights flooded his mind.

After three breaths.

"Disease Seed... Lifespan extension... So that's how it is..."

Gu Changsheng showed a look of understanding.

People say emperors are good, but only Lifespan is unforgettable.

Lifespan.

It is the most fundamental desire of a living being.

"In that case, it's time to resolve everything..."

The Hundred Ailments Method clearly recorded how to break the epidemic.

One only needed to pluck the Lifespan Dao Fruit formed by the Disease Seed, reverse-refine the spell, and release spores that countered the original epidemic.

The two would counteract each other, fighting poison with poison, thereby completely curing the epidemic.