Danwa got sick and the doctors in the town couldn't cure him, so his husband took him to other places to seek medical advice.
Mrs. Xu was worried day and night. People in the market heard that there was a temple in the suburbs, and the mountain gods inside were very spiritual. It was said that all wishes would be fulfilled.
Speaking of temples, she had some impressions, but in her memory, the temple in the suburbs seemed to have been abandoned for many years. Could it be that a new one had been built?
Thinking of Danwa's condition, she decided to take a look.
The next day, Mrs. Xu went to the temple carrying a basket and offerings of incense and candles.
When we arrived at the place, there were indeed many people who came here to worship after hearing the rumors, and most of them were ordinary people like Xu. They were dressed simply, and some even looked sad.
Mrs. Xu saw a very familiar old locust tree. She remembered that there was such a locust tree growing next to the abandoned temple in the suburbs. Even the hole in the center of the trunk was exactly the same.
Gao Daniu once told her that the old locust tree didn't have that hole when he was young, but then one day the hole appeared for no apparent reason.
He and Dongzi even dug their heads in, only to find that it was just pitch black and there was nothing inside.
Xu didn't expect that such a dilapidated temple would be so magnificently restored now... No, it should have been rebuilt.
She looked up and saw that the plaque on the main entrance of the temple was inscribed with the three characters "Mountain Temple". The plaque was as brand new as the temple.
Stepping into the temple, the temple is filled with incense, and there are many sacrifices on the table, including chickens, ducks, fish, sheep, fruits, as well as tea, wine, incense, candles...
Many people were kneeling and worshiping, muttering words with extremely sincere expressions.
She took another closer look and saw that the statue enshrined in the middle was a very weird-looking stone statue - one foot high, five feet wide and five feet thick. It had no arms and legs, a ferocious face, and four upper and lower fangs that were three feet long.
What's even weirder is that normally someone is responsible for cleaning the dust of the statues of gods, but the statue in front of her makes Xu feel a little unclear and turbid, which makes her feel a little uneasy.
Just thinking that Danwa's life and death were still uncertain, Mrs. Xu also knelt on the prayer mat and kowtowed devoutly like everyone else, praying in her heart that Danwa's condition would get better soon and she could go home early.
The people who were focused on making their wishes did not notice an inexplicable light flashing in the eyes of the stone statue above their heads.
After worshiping the mountain god, Mrs. Xu developed a high fever not long after she returned home. She felt groggy, and by the end even her appearance had changed drastically. At the same time, people began to die one after another in the small town, and people were panicked for a while.
If it was an ordinary illness, perhaps no one would care, but the appearance of the dead person was so scary that people had to be afraid and worried, for fear that it would be an infectious disease and the next victim would be themselves.
Among the people who got sick in the same group, Mrs. Xu suffered the longest. She probably wanted to see her husband and son one last time before she left with peace of mind.
Hearing Cui'er's exclamation, Zhu Yuanyu entered the room at this time and saw her standing stiffly aside. The person who was supposed to be lying on the hospital bed sat up, and Danwa's head was buried in her arms.
Mrs. Xu's eyes were open and lifeless, with yellow pus dripping from the corners of her eyes, exuding a faint fishy smell. She seemed unaware, all she knew was hugging Danwa tightly, as motionless as a piece of wood.
"Mom, are you awake?"
Danwa's muffled voice came from his mother's arms. His little arms moved, as if he wanted to raise his head and look at his mother.
Zhu Yuanyu found a thin piece of fabric beside the bed. He guessed it was the fabric used by Gao Auntie or Gao Daniu to cover Danwa's mother's face, so as not to scare the child Danwa. And when his mother stood up to kiss her, the fabric fell off, so Cui'er was so frightened that she screamed when she saw her true face.
Not to mention Cui'er, even Zhu Yuanyu couldn't help but frown when he saw Xu's face.
Zhu Yuanyu traveled firstly to experience the beautiful ancient rivers and mountains, and secondly to further cultivate his body and mind. Therefore, he would only infuse the spiritual power in his body into the light used to observe things in his eyes when he was in the wild mountains, and he would withdraw it when he reached a populated place.
Therefore, when he first arrived in the town, although he felt something was wrong, he did not pay much attention to it and just regarded it as an ordinary disease, which was too common in ancient times.
He didn't become suspicious until he heard Gao Daniu mention the strange disease, but he didn't dare to rashly mention that he wanted to enter the room to show Gao Daniu's wife what was going on, because he was not a doctor and could not find a reason to convince her.
At this time, Zhu Yuanyu knew from the look of Danwa's mother that it was not a simple illness. It was most likely that most of the vitality had been absorbed. The remaining vitality in the body was fighting against the invading evil spirits. Once the vitality was gone, Then she will...
Zhu Yuanyu calmed down, mobilized the spiritual power in his body, and slowly gathered it in his eyes.
Then he saw the turbid gas attached to Danwa's mother's body. Most of her body had been eroded in spots, and her internal organs seemed to be festering.
Xu's face was very terrifying. The beating meridians could be clearly seen from the rotten flesh, and the blood-red flesh was sticky. Not to mention that, the most worrying thing is that the rotten flesh has white sharp corners the size of rice grains growing out, like new sprouts, and they are densely packed together.
Cui'er's mental endurance has probably increased a lot, otherwise she would have vomited in the past, but now she is just stiff and unable to move, with her hair standing on end.
Seeing that the turbid air from Xu's body was about to reach Danwa's body, Zhu Yuanyu stepped forward, opened Xu's hand with one hand, grabbed Danwa's back collar and pulled it back, Qi Ao caught it from behind .
The child was weak, and Danwa had not recovered from his original illness, so he was infected by some of his mother's turbid air. He had already passed out, and his little brows were furrowed tightly.
Zhu Yuanyu tried to get rid of the turbid air in Xu's body. The turbid air seemed to have a sense of life. Sensing danger, it actually balled up and shrank tightly inside Xu's body.
After being dispersed with a talisman, they would reunite again, as if there was a source that continuously provided power to the turbid energy.
Zhu Yuanyu had no choice but to temporarily seal the turbid air to prevent it from eroding Xu's vitality, and then use a healing talisman to cure Xu's body rot.
So the skin on Xu's face slowly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. First, small sharp corners fell on her shoulders, then the flesh and blood began to fill in, the meridians were covered again, and finally the new skin formed the final The protective layer... The yellow pus in the corners of her eyes has disappeared, and she looks like a normal person, as if she is asleep.
Cui'er opened her mouth wide and looked at the magical scene in front of her in surprise.
Qi Ao pursed his lips tightly. He felt that the distance between him and Zhu Yuanyu seemed to have deepened. He was just a mortal, but Zhu Yuanyu was...
"Let's go out..."
Zhu Yuanyu asked Xu to lie down and said softly.
At night, the rain finally stopped.
Li Zhuangzhuang also came back in a carriage.
"Tui'er, bring out the ginger soup."
Zhu Yuanyu glanced at Li Zhuangzhuang's half-wet clothes, as well as the tired Gao Da Niu and Gao Auntie.
The three of them drank a bowl of ginger soup before sitting down.
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Brother Zhu." Gao Daniu thanked him.
He looked at Danwa, who was dozing off, pecking at it like a chicken, with a look of distress in his eyes. He hugged Danwa with his big hands and carried him into Gao Auntie's room. He came out after a while.
"It's getting late. Aunt Gao and Brother Gao should change their clothes and rest."
"That's right... I have to get up early tomorrow morning... ugh -"
Everyone went back to their rooms.
inside the room.
Qi Ao, who insisted on keeping vigil for Zhu Yuanyu, asked: "Master, why don't you tell Gao Daniu about his wife?"
Zhu Yuanyu took off his coat and replied: "Let's wait until he has finished taking care of his uncle's affairs... Talking about it now is just adding trouble."
Qi Ao stepped forward and took the clothes Zhu Yuanyu had changed, folded them and placed them at the end of the bed.
"Then tomorrow..."
"Let's stay in the small town for now." Now that it was confirmed that it was not an epidemic, Zhu Yuanyu had nothing to worry about. Before, he had only agreed to leave for the sake of Qi Ao and the three of them, fearing that they would be infected by the epidemic.
After seeing Zhu Yuanyu's magical method with his own eyes, Qi Ao didn't seem to be so worried anymore. He silently walked to the bench near the door and sat down to rest.
Zhu Yuanyu also closed his eyes and fell into sleep.
Outside the wall of Gao's house, a furry thing was floating in the air. It seemed to want to go in, but was blocked by a layer of faint blue light.
Under the moonlight, you can see what it looks like.
If Zhu Yuanyu were there, he would definitely recognize it as the weird thing lying on his chest last night.
But it seemed a little different from last night. It was a lot more violent and aggressive, and it was constantly hitting the blue light layer.
It made a sharp cry in anger and unwillingness, and its soft fur suddenly became as sharp as thorns. Oh, it exploded.
Zhu Yuanyu opened his eyes from the darkness, curved the corners of his mouth, and smiled softly.
A faint blue light flashed on the roof of the main house of the Gao family and the side room where Zhu Yuanyu slept. Zhu Yuanyu learned the lesson from last night and specially used two barrier-shaped talismans for protection tonight because he was not sure about "attacking" him. What is it, a beast or a spirit or a monster, and the barrier-shaped talisman can only resist the invasion of wild beasts and humans, so he also added a few spells to resist the invasion of spirits and monsters.
So the weird thing was blocked outside a wall, and it was about to explode with anger.
Finally, when he was sure that he couldn't get in, he hit it hard, and the recoil caused it to fly away completely, and then it "bumped" again and disappeared.
It is said that it has disappeared, but in fact it is just invisible to the naked eye.
Zhu Yuanyu moved his fingers, and a faint blue light quietly followed the weird thing.
