Chapter 1344: 1000: An Unexpected Reunion (Part 2)

Last time I had a boil on my back, Doctor Shen gave me a few needles, and it got better. But he charged me three thousand Spirit Stones! Three thousand Spirit Stones are enough for my expenses for a month. It’s true he cures illnesses, but when it comes to charging, he’s ruthless!"The other party couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow and lower their voice, "No wonder Doctor Shen’s small courtyard gets more and more comfortable, turns out he has money on hand. However, his medical skills are indeed excellent; I’ve never seen a disease he couldn’t cure in all these years."

"If he’s that great, why doesn’t he go to Trapped Snake Island to have a try? I heard a servant say there’s a cultivator poisoned by cold poison offering a bounty of ten thousand Immortal Jade for a good doctor! It’s said that even the old Divine Doctor from the Divine Doctor Pavilion came out of seclusion but couldn’t solve it, went back to read medical books for two days and went back into seclusion!"

"Wow, if even the old Divine Doctor couldn’t cure it, that poison must be formidable. I bet Doctor Shen can’t handle it either."

"Whether he can or not, why not try..."

...

The discussion and rumors finally reached Shen Xingzhi’s ears.

"Oh? A cold poison that even many well-rewarded doctors can’t cure? Could it be... this is my chance to fulfill my path?" He slightly frowned, inquired more about the details, and after a moment of thought, decided to take a trip to Trapped Snake Island.

That place is the most valued major market of the Demon Realm Alliance, at least a hundred times more secure than other markets, and personal safety is absolutely guaranteed.

Shen Xingzhi didn’t overthink it, he just wanted to see if his hypothesis was correct.

Transmitting from Linzhou City to Trapped Snake Island, he then followed the bustling caravans onto the island. All along, he didn’t need to inquire about directions, just by keeping his ears open and listening carefully, he could gather the latest news on the bounty from the casual conversations of others.

Since that day when the highly respected old Divine Doctor couldn’t do anything, even more doctors gathered around the Huisheng Trading Company, all wanting to get a glimpse of what kind of cold poison could stump the doctors of the Divine Doctor Pavilion.

"Excuse me, who is Shopkeeper Hou offering the high bounty?" Dressed in a simple moon-white long shirt, Shen Xingzhi carried an antique medical box over his shoulder and inquired with a genteel demeanor.

Hou Ze looked up and suddenly brightened up, "Oh? Doctor Shen! We met at the Golden Carp Lake Market!"

Meeting eyes, a slight smile appeared on Shen Xingzhi’s face—it was indeed this kid.

Upon hearing about the cold poison, he was reminded of a strange and tricky patient he encountered while practicing medicine on the road in a small market.

The Demon Cultivator was clearly invaded by cold poison with only a short time left to live, yet the meridians showed no signs of blockage. At that time, he racked his brain but couldn’t find a cure, only able to honestly state that without the right elixir, he wouldn’t survive more than half a month!

Of all the difficult and intractable diseases encountered during his years practicing medicine on the road, the strange cold poison he once couldn’t decipher often came to mind.

Feeling like not discovering a cure for the cold poison was hindering his path to extend life and health.

What a coincidence! It’s this smooth-talking Shopkeeper Hou again, whose business has now expanded greatly to even have a shop on Trapped Snake Island, and he is seeking medical help at a high price. Shen Xingzhi thought that solving this tricky odd disease might just perfect his path!

"I remember, at that time, your friend’s condition wasn’t good, and now this is..."

"Indeed! Back then, you said at a glance that if we couldn’t find the right elixir, he wouldn’t survive half a month." Hou Ze half-joked, "You scared me sick, so I spent everything to get him an Antitoxic Elixir. After he took it, he indeed got better for a while.

The problem is treating the symptoms but not the root. Once the elixir’s effects wore off, it relapsed. Luckily, fortune favors me, and after a desperate gamble, my business actually grew bigger. Now that I have Spirit Stones, I’m thinking of finding a way to cure him thoroughly."

As he spoke, he invited people inside, and meanwhile, shouted out to remind Jiang Yuan and others, "Doctor Shen is here! Yutang, he treated you before, do you remember?"

With the arrival of a new doctor, the Angry Fire Bear demon, having been alerted, gathered his clothes to cover the lower half of his face—his entire body exuding a cold aura that could be felt in the corridor.

Sensing this familiar presence that often brought back memories, Shen Xingzhi quickened his steps with a sole focus on solving the cold poison that once troubled him.

Since advancing to Mahayana Peak after devouring immense essence, even without thoroughly comprehending medical techniques or cultivation arts, everything went smoothly with his outstanding perception. There were patients who couldn’t afford treatment, but never an illness he couldn’t cure. The cold poison victim was an exception, perhaps a chance to perfect his path!

The door opened, and two extreme auras of heat and cold rushed out at the same time, evidently incompatible, causing Shen Xingzhi’s brows to furrow even tighter.

"Doctor, please." Jiang Yuan, dressed as a servant, just glanced up without reading the lengthy details beyond the first "Sect Leader of Leisure Sect," then winked back at Ling Di.

A trap to catch a turtle in a jar; there must not be any mistakes!

A cute, chubby, pure white little puppy ran gleefully over, unnoticed amidst Hou Ze’s enthusiastic story-telling, "Leng Yutang" shivering, unable to form complete sentences.

As the other party took their seat and attentively felt the pulse, Ling Di seized the moment to bite Shen Xingzhi’s leg, then revealed his true form, slamming him hard to the ground!

"Ouch! Help, help..." In pain, he sucked in a cold breath, failing to shout for help before Jiang Yuan netted him with a one-time capture net, dragging him into the Seven-Layered Glazed Treasure Tower in the next instant.

Yan Xuan barely had time to help, watching their master and the evil cultivator vanish in an instant, eyes wide with disbelief, "That’s it? It’s over? Didn’t they say his realm was really high? Ling Di, you acted too fast—all the credit went to you, you didn’t even leave me a spoonful of soup!"

Ling Di was also puzzled, "Woof, woof, I didn’t expect him to be a mere embroidered pillow, just like that... I didn’t mean to."

The Angry Fire Bear demon, disguised as Leng Yutang, chuckled, "Each has their expertise; if the one taking a blow from the predecessor were a Body Cultivator, they might have struggled for a time. No matter how high the doctor’s realm is, he could never be a match for the predecessor."

"Huh? It’s over just like that?" Miss Hu Jiu was a step late and didn’t even see the evil cultivator leader’s face clearly.

She thought after such elaborate effort, it would take a long fight to capture them, but it was just this!

Laughed Hu Zhile who followed behind, "It’s best as it is; the gentleman deployed a strategic trap to capture the evil cultivator head without alerting anyone—it’s excellent!"

"Miss Hu has a point. If a real fight broke out, considering the capabilities of the two seniors, not only the Huisheng Trading Company but also the surrounding shops, stalls, and merchants might get implicated."

"Let’s wait for the gentleman’s instructions, in case the scoundrel has another trick up his sleeve..."

...

The Huisheng Trading Company was filled with joyful Demon Cultivators, while inside the Seven-Layered Glazed Treasure Tower, Jiang Yuan was eager.

After all this time, finally getting the final settlement, he had no time to address the other’s shock and despairing shouts. Stripping all belongings, he absorbed the lifespan in one go and personally escorted him into the new instance.

"Young Friend Jiang, you’ve worked hard, must be exhausted by now?" Elder Scholar hurried over and upon seeing a scholarly young man in Jiang Yuan’s hand, laughed and asked, "Is he an important figure? Requires focused attention?"

Jiang Yuan nodded, "The sooner, the better. I still have urgent information to ask."

The Four Guardians Youtian Star, fate unknown, while the villain destroyed the Sect Leader’s Merit Token, needed clarity on what exactly happened in Snow Cloud Valley.

"Of course!" Elder Scholar assessed the situation and signaled, bringing out the somewhat clueless Sixth Elder from the uncanny army, who hadn’t exchanged much intelligence for merit.

Realizing the young man before him was the Sect Leader, the long-standing enmity could be seen instantly in the Sixth Elder’s eyes.

The Sixth Elder rushed forward starting with a few rounds of intense slaps, "I’ll make you pay for setting me up! If you hadn’t sent people to take away the three Holy Lands, how would I end up like this!"

This statement hardly made any sense, but having become something oddly, the former high-and-mighty Sixth Elder needed a venting outlet and urgently wanted to become the odd and gain merit.

[Side Quest: Annihilate the Leisure Sect]

[Final Chapter of Annihilating Leisure Sect Quest: Kill the wicked and harmful to all beings Sect Leader of Leisure Sect, completed. Reward: Homeland Upgrade Card issued]

As Shen Xingzhi became puzzled and assimilated into the odd, Jiang Yuan finally completed the side quest, unable to contain the overflowing joy from the full harvest.

Sitting on the throne Elder Scholar vacated, he got straight to the point, "Sect Leader of Leisure Sect, Doctor Shen Xingzhi, tell me everything about the Four Guardians Youtian, including that Divine Artifact in his possession."