"Old lady, could you help me find someone who's sick? Let me see if I can heal them."

The herbs in Tang Rao's Space Ring were abundant, and all of them were top-grade. He usually couldn't bear to use them himself, yet he brought them here to relieve the masses. It's hard to understand what he's thinking.

The old lady heard a glimmer of hope; after so many years, no one had dared to appear and claim they would try to find a way to save lives.

"My husband is sick. I initially came out to buy medicine for him, but the doctor said his illness couldn't be cured. I don't have money either, I was just preparing to go home to take care of his affairs. Would you like to take a look?"

Tang Rao's eyes lit up, and he quickly agreed.

Blood was flowing everywhere, and the stench of rotting corpses filled the surroundings. Flies were already the masters here, occupying all the decayed bodies.

"Let me take a look; there might still be hope."

Within the Heaven and Earth Laws, there is a line that mentions, "Nothing happens without reason; believe in cause and effect, and treat it kindly."

Isn't this exactly what it's saying?

It's impossible for someone to fall ill for no reason, nor for an illness to be incurable. Ultimately, it's just because the right method hasn't been found.

Tang Rao and Ba Wangba were taken to a grass shack filled with dirt.

"Old lady, do you have anything like a wick that can be used for lighting?"

The lighting inside the grass shack was too dim. Tang Rao had to endure the unpleasant odor and test his eyes. With no light, how could he treat someone?

"There isn't any, we ran out long ago."

The old lady was afraid that Tang Rao and the others would turn and leave, so she kept her pleading eyes fixed on them.

"Small Fire Ginseng."

As soon as Tang Rao released the Small Fire Ginseng, it fell onto his shoulder and started vomiting.

"I'm sorry, things are urgent, and I didn't expect your reaction to be so intense."

Tang Rao patted the Small Fire Ginseng on the shoulder to express his apology.

Small Fire Ginseng vomited for a long time, wanting to catch a breath of fresh air, but what it inhaled was all the smell of decaying flesh.

Once again, it fell onto Tang Rao's shoulder and vomited.

"Hurry and take a look, after that, I'll let you enter the portable palace."

Small Fire Ginseng's butt was tapped by Tang Rao and it entered the old man's body directly.

Within ten seconds, Small Fire Ginseng came out and shook its head at Tang Rao.

"All internal organs are rotten; there's nothing to be done."

Generally, the conclusion given by Small Fire Ginseng is equivalent to what Tang Rao would say, often even more accurate by a few degrees.

Seeing is believing!

"So, what went wrong?"

Tang Rao wasn't interested in hearing the bad news; he wanted to know the cause of such misfortune.

"Someone poisoned here and cast a spell."

Tang Rao was sure it was one of the two — either a spell or poison — but he didn't expect the method to be so vicious, not only poisoning but using a spell as well.

"Transmit everything you know to me, quickly."

Small Fire Ginseng took a leap onto Tang Rao's shoulder.

As long as there's contact with Small Fire Ginseng, everything it investigated and analyzed would automatically transmit to Tang Rao's mind.

"How's it going, Tang Rao brother?"

Ba Wangba overheard the conversation between Tang Rao and Small Fire Ginseng.

He doesn't fear illness, but when it comes to spells, Ba Wangba gets worried sick. What if he got cursed as well?

"It's nothing serious, nor is it a spell; it's just that this place naturally forms an Array, and they're sick only because of the Hundred Flavors Powder."

Luckily, having read books gives one culture; Tang Rao spotted the problem at once.

"Array? I don't understand Arrays. And what is Hundred Flavors Powder?"

With too many questions, Tang Rao chose to ignore them directly.

At this moment, the old man had passed away.

"Old man!"

The old lady first noticed the old man's eyes rolling back, his head tilting to the side, just as Small Fire Ginseng said — no chance of saving him.

Thinking about it, the two must have had a good relationship, for the old lady to feel such sorrow at the old man's passing.

"I beg you, my husband has died, but those villagers have contracted this disease too. This illness torments people too much. Please cure those people, I'm begging you."

An elder, past fifty, kneeled before Tang Rao, clutching his pants, pleading for help.

He could fight against others, even risking life and limb, but faced with such cruel scenes, Tang Rao didn't even have the courage to reject.

"No problem, but I need you to take me to the place most affected by the disaster, where you first noticed the problem."

Tang Rao had a suspicion that the sickness and the Array might still be around the vicinity of the first affected home.

"No problem, I'll take you there now."

The old lady, despite her age, was still sturdy. Even after falling over the corpses several times, she could still get up and continue walking.

The further they walked inside, the more bodies were on the ground.

Tang Rao, with a kind heart, didn't want the living to suffer secondary infections. As he walked, he scattered Corpse Disintegration Powder, so as he passed, the corpses on the road disappeared.

"Here it is."

The old lady pointed to a place with a rusted, broken door.

"This family died many years ago; none of us dare to come here. However, we still don't know who was the first to fall ill."

Even if they knew, Tang Rao couldn't identify it just by looking; the bodies were long decayed.

"Brother Wang Ba, wait for me outside, I'll be right back."

Inside is still an unknown; Tang Rao didn't know how safe it would be. If he brought Ba Wangba along and something happened, what would he do?

This was a virus that had affected millions; it's not as simple as imagined.

Ba Wangba stayed outside with the old lady, while Tang Rao leaped into the small shed.

"Coo-coo, coo-coo."

Long abandoned by people, the little wild creatures had made it their home.

He rubbed out a Dan Fire in his hands, the Dan Fire illuminated the path around him, allowing him to take note of his surroundings.

Broken walls and ruins; only an empty house remained. Inside, the furniture had begun to sprout mushrooms. Given some time, even the bed would rot completely.

Though Tang Rao couldn't smell anything inside, just looking at this level of decay made it uncomfortable.

Array fluctuation.

As soon as Tang Rao entered, he had already sensed the fluctuations of an Array around him and could discern that this Array had been set up by someone here.

"So many people have died, yet they're not left alone. Truly merciless."

Tang Rao didn't want to speak like this; initially, the Array was very weak, any person from the Land of Immortals could have broken it. However, over time, someone came to reinforce the Array repeatedly, placing Hundred Flavors Powder inside, allowing it to automatically spread.

The most recent reinforcement of the Array was done just ten days ago.

Judging by the reinforcement method, this person must have come from the Land of Immortals.

An Immortal Monarch-level individual, why is he going against ordinary people?

After finishing his investigation, Tang Rao walked out.

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