Zhan Changfeng visited the store every day, chatted with the talkative shopkeeper Chen next door, and copied scriptures, enjoying himself.
The little girl practicing swordsmanship has also become a regular customer of the store. She sells the newly picked spiritual herbs to the store, and comes back from time to time to buy herbs for medicinal baths.
It's just that the clerk Ming Xin is incompetent. He always stays in the alchemy and doesn't know how to come out to entertain the guests.
Zhan Changfeng was going out that day, and seeing Ming Xin indulged in the alchemy, he simply took him out, closed the door, and went with him.
"Teacher, what are we doing here?"
"There is a village of mortals over the mountain. Let's go to a free clinic for them."
They passed through a barrier and walked along the mountain road for a while. In front of them, they saw a stretch of terraced fields, criss-crossing roads, and farmhouses.
Mountains and seas are an intermediate realm. The natural accumulation of vitality and the parents who have cultivated their abilities, so that 90% of the children born can embark on the path of martial arts. At the worst, they can become innate warriors, but there are some Children who are born unable to engage in any cultivation are either raised at home or sent to a protected mortal realm. This village is one of them.
The people in the village are not ignorant of the outside world. They know where they were born and why they live here. Maybe one day they will send their children out to seek enlightenment. However, they seem to be content with this, creating a peach blossom garden-like openness and simplicity.
Zhan Changfeng came here, firstly because she was curious about their attitude towards survival, and secondly, by chance, she heard from a medicine collector that recently many mortals were seeking medicine from outside, and there was an epidemic.
Several barefooted villagers saw the two of them and greeted her from a distance. They raised their hands in a Taoist salute and said, "Are you two Taoist priests here to collect information? Or are you just passing by? You might as well come to our place for a cup of tea."
Zhan Changfeng said, "We opened a medicine shop outside. I heard that an epidemic has emerged here, so I came to see if I need any help."
"The relationship is good, I will take you two to see the village chief first." The villager who called himself Lao Hei enthusiastically led the way and said, "These days, some villagers have red spots on their skin. Use that all-purpose detoxifying pill to It’s no use melting water to drink, I don’t know what’s going on.”
Another villager, Zhong Fei, had a worried look on his face, "One of my children also has this strange disease. Except for the red spots, it is not painful or itchy, and it is not like mosquito bites. I have tried all the medicines that can be tried, but it is of no use. It It doesn’t seem to have a big impact on people, but I still feel uneasy.”
"Can I see the patient later?"
"That's natural. The Taoist priest can help us, but it's too late for us to be happy." Zhong Fei pointed to a house in front, "This is my home. How about the Taoist priest go to my house first?"
"Can."
Zhong opened the fence before running away, "My wife has gone to the fields, the eldest child is practicing with the village chief, and the second child is left in the house. The village chief said that so many people have this strange symptom, it may be some kind of epidemic, just Let them stay away for now and don’t go out.”
Zhan Changfeng nodded slightly and walked into the elegant little house with white walls and green tiles. The Feng Shui layout of this village is excellent. There are ornaments such as Tai Chi and Bagua in the house. There are also Taoist classics on the bookshelf in the hall. Judging from the words and deeds of the villagers, It can also be seen that they pay attention to practice in daily life, and they are no different from monks at home. If placed in a small world, they may be masters of metaphysics.
"Second baby." Zhong Fei opened the door of a room. Inside, there was a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old lying on his back on a wooden bed. When he heard the sound, he jumped up and noticed that there was an outsider behind his father. Suppressing the loud voice that was about to come out, he whispered, "Dad, I just have a few spots on my face. I am in good health. When can I go out?"
"Don't beep. Dad has brought two Taoist priests to treat you. If you are not sick, you can go and have fun all over the mountains and fields." Zhong Fei said with a tiger face, turned sideways, and said to the two of them with a smile, "This is Quanzi Zhong Wen, I’m sorry to bother you two.”
"Mingxin." Zhan Changfeng called him. He passed a few people and came to the young man. The young man realized that the two Taoist priests were referring to the monks who were doing everything in their power outside. He immediately became nervous and the little red spots on his face also appeared. More colorful.
Mingxin looked at his Qi with his eyes and saw that there was no disease on the surface, so he popped out a wisp of white fire and circled his body, and the red spots on his face turned into bright red smoke and disappeared.
"What's going on?" The two villagers were suspicious. They didn't look like they were sick.
"A kind of curse." Zhan Changfeng asked the child, "Where have you been before the red dot appeared?"
"I haven't been anywhere, just like usual." Zhong Wen was frightened when he heard it was a curse, but he recalled the places he had visited one by one.
"Mingxin, you and the two of you go to see the village chief and ask him to gather the 'patients' to help you solve this matter. It's best not to make it public or disturb people's hearts. I'll go outside and take a look."
"is teacher."
"This little friend, come with me." Zhan Changfeng took Zhong Wen for a walk around the place where he once stayed. Zhong Wen's life was relatively regular. He got up in the morning and went to the Taoist temple where the village chief was to do some rituals. Morning classes, then going to the fields and forests, doing farm work and hunting, and then doing evening classes in the evening.
They first walked along the route he took from the fields to the forest, but found nothing unusual, and finally came to the Taoist temple.
The Taoist temple stands against the mountain and has a solemn atmosphere. Almost everyone in this village will come here to practice Taoist scriptures to maintain their own mind.
When Zhan Changfeng learned about the existence of this Taoist temple, she thought she had found the main reason for the open-mindedness of mortals here.
"Teacher, the red spots on the remaining patients have been resolved." Mingxin walked out of the bustling hall, followed by a middle-aged woman wearing Taoist robes.
The middle-aged woman saluted calmly, "Greetings to the Taoist Priest. I am the village chief here, Zheng Mo."
"There is no need for the village chief to be polite. Have you ever asked the person with the red spots where he has been, who he has met, and who he has offended?"
"I asked once before, and I asked again in detail just now. I wrote it down in detail. Please take a look at it." Zheng Mo saw that Zhan Changfeng didn't beat around the bush, so he answered whatever he had and neatly presented it. Stack records.
This made Zhan Changfeng take another look at her. She was astute and far-sighted, a talent.
Zhan Changfeng read all the contents in one sweep with his spiritual consciousness, and would look for it in a few places he had never been to later.
She took a look at the main hall by the way. All the statues of humane ancestors were enshrined inside. She pondered for a while and asked, "We want to stay in your place for a few days. Can the village chief arrange two empty rooms in the Taoist temple?"
Zheng Mo immediately responded, "This couldn't be better. I'll clean up the house right away."
After she finished speaking, she couldn't suppress her worry, "May I ask, sir, what did the people in my village get?"
"Currently, we only know that it is a rare curse. What kind of curse it is, we must first determine its source. My student and I will find out as soon as possible."
"On behalf of the whole village, I would like to thank you two in advance. If you need me, please feel free to give me any instructions."
