Chapter 1343: 1000: An Old Acquaintance Arrives

On Trapped Snake Island, there is no shortage of renowned physicians running clinics, claiming to have received true teachings with some skill, yet confidently entering Hui Sheng Trading Firm only to come out, moments later, as drooped as frostbitten eggplants."Did Sister Qin also go to see him? That cold poison of Daoist Leng is truly tricky, no wonder there’s a bounty of ten thousand Immortal Jade."

"Indeed, I tried every method, only able to alleviate it somewhat. Brother Zhang’s spiritual needles are ineffective too?"

"In all my years of practicing medicine, I’ve never seen such a peculiar cold poison. The meridians struggle due to the toxin’s impact, yet overall flow smoothly; the spiritual needle acupuncture is utterly useless!"

"Don’t mention it, I attempted to use a warming technique for conditioning, unexpectedly the cold poison was so aggressive that it spread along with the Spiritual Power and nearly froze me!"

"If this ailment can be cured, there would probably be no more difficult problems in the world, it might even lead to Ascension to Immortality..."

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In front of Hui Sheng Trading Firm, a swarm of physicians gathered to discuss, yet not one could locate the root of the ailment.

In a short time, the case of the peculiar and difficult illness circulated within the circle of physicians, and with Hou Ze and others jointly spreading the word, many physicians secluded in mountains and forests came forth to broaden their horizons.

"Sir, if that Sect Leader of Leisure Sect changes his appearance, hiding his aura to come, how can we detect and capture him in a trap?" Miss Hu Jiu curiously observed the crowd of physicians.

There were men, women, old, and young, all with kind faces, even when arguing fiercely over the patient, they weren’t intimidating.

Yan Xuan and Ling Di peered out from behind the door curtain, looking completely unthreatening like a great turtle and a puppy with fully retracted auras, and the passing physicians paid them no attention.

With Du Li’s assistance, the numerous arrays and restrictions on Trapped Snake Island were specially opened for them.

One brings absolute military suppression; the other is skilled in Space Technique. As long as that scoundrel dares to come, already under the suppression of the island’s array, these two working together will ensure he’s promptly detained and brought to justice!

Jiang Yuan leisurely drank tea, smiling as he said, "Having dealt with Evil Cultivators for a long time, no matter how he disguises himself, one look and it’s clear."

Once things were settled here, he had already tossed the Merit Token belonging to Qi Baijun into the Accelerator’s fuel tank, melted it down. Anyway, with the system’s great appraisal technique, one glance is enough to distinguish if it’s the Evil Cultivator they’re after.

"Sir, you are indeed remarkable!" Miss Hu Jiu sincerely praised, seeing her friend who loved gossip coming over, she quickly went to greet them, eagerly recounting the bounty offered to heal Daoist Leng’s severe ailment.

Discussing life’s Impermanence as a demon and praising Shopkeeper Hou for his benevolence, within a few days, the gossip had spread to the other side of the sea.

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Shen Xingzhi had just come out of the Essence storage vault.

Upon checking roughly, except for the treachery of the Elders from the Wilderness and Yingtian Star who ordered their subordinates to empty the essence, the rest of the Essence storage was untouched.

He was very fortunate to have noticed in time, and when he found two storage Array had already been emptied, he immediately implemented a full lockdown, preserving the remaining Essence. Although slightly reduced, the rest was still sufficient.

In this age of the dwindling path of cultivation, talking about Ascension is no easy task, even with a Divine Artifact from the Celestial Realm at his disposal, it requires the sacrifice of billions of lives to even have a chance of Ascension to Immortality.

If not for the excessive amount of Essence needed, he wouldn’t have bothered laboriously sharing the self-created Cultivation Technique and Array Map within the Divine Artifact to create that Leisure Sect hassle.

Now that he has gathered the Essence needed for Ascension, unfortunately, as a medical cultivator, even refining and absorbing more will only allow him to reach the Peak of Tribulation Crossing Realm, without a guaranteed opportunity for Ascension.

None other because there are two more crucial words before Ascension—attaining the Dao!

Attaining the Dao is the prerequisite for Ascension to Immortality, yet he encountered a bottleneck in his own path.

"Unexpectedly, Sixth Elder was right; my wholehearted pursuit of the path of medicine for longevity is ultimately not complete." Shen Xingzhi silently sighed, how difficult is it to complete the Grand Dao?

That requires luck, opportunity, and immense fortune, not one part missing, where to even find them!

"Clang!"

While pondering in his mind, he closed the courtyard door, hearing the Cloth Shop shopkeeper opposite greet him, "Doctor Shen, haven’t been traveling around recently?"

"It’s chaotic outside, I happened to come home to work on two new formulas." Shen Xingzhi replied offhandedly, thinking to himself how fortunate he was to be cautious enough.

Even though he established Leisure Sect, and under the guise of traveling, developed and expanded it in different small worlds, he set up the Essence storage within the Divine Artifact, his greatest reliance, and left the management to those Elders to handle.

As the Sect Leader who never showed his true face, Shen Xingzhi occasionally returned to stay a few days in this small city. It’s said that those who are truly hidden are invisible within society, with Evil Cultivator not stamped on his forehead, no matter how chaotic it is outside, here he remains Doctor Shen, without arousing suspicion.

He made a fortune creating Leisure Sect, enough for future Cultivation and Ascension, and has no intention to meddle further.

The Merit Token was completely destroyed, no one would know about the past anymore; from now on, there’s only Doctor Shen in the world, no Sect Leader of Leisure Sect!

"Tsk! Seeing Doctor Shen’s Dao cultivation grow deeper in recent years, indeed practicing medicine is a virtuous profession." Watching Shen Xingzhi hurriedly leave with his medical kit, the tavern shopkeeper on the street smacked his lips with admiration.

The Cloth Shop shopkeeper chimed in, smiling, "He also charges for practicing medicine, it’s a transaction of money for treatment, fair and square. By that account, my running a Cloth Shop that provides clothes for all ages is also doing good and accumulating virtue!

You run a tavern which facilitates people, even more so an act of kindness accumulating virtue.

If it’s about treating and saving lives without taking money, that’s called accumulating virtue; as long as money is accepted, no matter what is done, it’s a transaction. Besides, faced with those hard-to-treat illnesses, how many are the greedy physicians?"