Chapter 368 | I, Liu Xian, Am Not a Divine Dragon

Su Qing left directly…

And the woman who had reached out to take Su Qing’s pulse looked in the direction Su Qing had left, a puzzled expression on her face.

To the side,

Her male companion asked, “Is that woman really a physician?”

The woman shook her head, replying, “I don’t know…”

“Then do you think she can really cure this plague?”

“I don’t know either…” The woman glanced at the man and said, “I… I just want to take a gamble. Anyway, if we delay any longer, I’m definitely going to die, so why not let her try.”

“…” Seeing this, the man stopped asking questions.

As for whether Su Qing could truly heal everyone, he didn’t know either… He only hoped she truly possessed that ability.

After all, most of the people who had escaped from Ningyuan County this time were actually infected, differing only in the severity of their illness.

And the main reason everyone was heading to Longcheng County together was because they had heard rumors that an incredible female physician had appeared there, not only skilled in medicine but also capable of curing any illness.

Although these were just rumors… their authenticity was unknown.

But even so, it was far better than staying in Ningyuan County and waiting for death.

On the other side,

Su Qing entered the carriage.

She entered the carriage, naturally, not to retrieve medicinal ingredients.

But to get Spirit Pills…

As for how to explain these pills.

Su Qing hadn’t considered it.

Because she had no intention of explaining…

She merely intended to let those who took the medicine guess for themselves.

Whether they guessed for the better or for the worse, Su Qing couldn’t control it and couldn’t be bothered to.

She didn’t really care anyway.

Su Qing took out a porcelain bowl, poured clear water into it, then took out a Spirit Pill, crushed it, and mixed a quarter of it into the water.

Although the Spirit Pill wasn’t a particularly high-grade one, it was still more than a mortal could endure…

Not to mention its medicinal potency, even the pill poison was difficult for mortals to bear.

As for why pills would have pill poison…

Naturally, it was because all medicines inherently carried some toxicity.

Even if the pill refiner tried their best to remove these toxins during the refining process, some residue was unavoidable.

However, for cultivators, this wasn’t a major issue… as they could cleanse the toxins themselves.

But mortals couldn’t…

If a mortal directly swallowed a Spirit Pill, the result would either be death from inability to withstand the medicinal potency or death from inability to withstand the pill poison.

“It seems I’ll have to learn some lower-grade pills in the future… Lower-grade pills have weaker pill poison and are easier to remove,” Su Qing thought to herself.

Su Qing’s pill refining techniques and formulas were all learned from Taishang Laojun…

So naturally, they were all high-grade items.

As for at Bodhi’s place…

Well, that was different.

Su Qing hadn’t learned how to refine pills from Bodhi at all.

Back then, her mind was solely focused on cultivation, and she wasn’t very interested in such things.

So she didn’t learn them…

After preparing the medicine,

Su Qing returned to the dilapidated temple.

Then she handed the porcelain bowl to the woman.

“Drink this bowl of medicine.” Su Qing didn’t say much unnecessary chatter, nor did she explain where the medicine came from or what its ingredients were.

The woman looked at Su Qing, then lowered her gaze to the porcelain bowl…

Clearly, she had her doubts.

After all, the medicine had arrived too quickly.

She had expected a process of boiling the herbs.

But she hadn’t expected Su Qing to hand her the medicinal soup directly.

However, after a moment of contemplation, she still picked it up and gulped it down…

Drinking it might lead to trouble, but not drinking it would definitely lead to trouble.

Either way, it was a worthless life.

Since she had already decided to take a gamble,

There was no point in hesitating now.

As the medicinal soup entered her mouth, the woman felt a cool sensation rush straight to her head… as if her mind had instantly cleared significantly.

At the same time, the woman also felt the itching on her body stop.

The places she had scratched and torn were no longer throbbing.

There was even a feeling that they were slowly healing.

“Is this medicine really that miraculous? It’s only just been drunk and it’s already taking effect.” The woman was momentarily stunned.

Although the medicine was effective, which should make her happy, its rapid effect made her feel a sense of doubt. Could this medicine be an immortal elixir?

But doubt was doubt…

The woman knew what to ask and what not to ask.

She considered herself to be a little clever.

This ‘physician’ in front of her didn’t intend to explain, and if she asked, it might displease the other party.

If this was an immortal elixir… then that was excellent.

After all, her illness was cured regardless.

Just as the woman fell silent, Su Qing spoke, “How do you feel?”

The woman was startled by the question and quickly replied, “I feel much better…”

The woman described her sensations to Su Qing.

To the side, the others who heard the woman’s words also looked on in surprise.

They asked, “You… you’re already better?”

“I don’t know… but I’m no longer uncomfortable.”

“Really, truly better? I remember you had already started developing pustules, quickly, let’s see.”

Upon hearing this, the woman lifted the sleeve on her arm…

And indeed.

Even the pustules had disappeared.

At this moment, the woman’s eyes, like those of the others, widened like beans.

Su Qing saw this and showed no surprise, merely saying, “Give me your hand again. I’ll take your pulse to see if you’re truly and completely cured.”

Hearing Su Qing’s words, the woman this time didn’t hesitate at all… and offered her hand to Su Qing.

Su Qing once again took the woman’s pulse, but this time it was still just for show.

Because she was primarily using her magic power to examine the person’s body.

Originally, after administering the medicine, the plague should have been cured, and nothing more would be needed…

But Su Qing always had a feeling of overlooking something.

That’s why she wanted to check again.

Su Qing’s magic power flowed through the woman’s body, examining every inch of her.

The result was exactly as Su Qing had anticipated.

She had indeed overlooked something.

It seemed… this wasn’t a contagious plague at all, but something else entirely.

It certainly wasn’t a plague in the traditional sense.

Unfortunately, Su Qing’s medicine was so effective that it had basically cleared all hidden dangers from the woman’s body.

Even with further investigation, Su Qing found it difficult to pinpoint the exact issue.

“I should have properly checked earlier, empiricism is truly misleading,” Su Qing thought to herself, feeling a bit helpless.

She then told the woman that her illness was completely cured and there were no hidden dangers.

The woman breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Then she bowed deeply to Su Qing, thanking her repeatedly.

At the same time, the others who had been hesitating also rushed forward to kneel and beg Su Qing to save them…

Su Qing didn’t say much, merely taking the pulses of a few other people to determine what exactly was causing the ‘plague’, then distributed the medicine to the remaining individuals.

Before long, all seven or eight people in the dilapidated temple were cured.

There was no suspense or unexpected outcome.

The few people cured of the plague were naturally immensely grateful to Su Qing…

“A Medical Immortal, truly a Medical Immortal!”

“Yes, yes, this Medical Immortal is probably even more formidable than that physician in Longcheng County.”

“Indeed, this medicine is simply an immortal elixir!”

Su Qing listened to their thanks…

Her eyebrow twitched slightly.

So, they were planning to go to Longcheng County to find her?

Su Qing felt a little speechless, but didn’t say much.

She merely asked about things she was curious about.

Now that these people trusted her enough, things they had previously concealed and she couldn’t ascertain, she could probably ask about smoothly now.

Su Qing sat by the fire and asked the woman, “Speaking of which… since you’re infected with the plague, why did you leave the city? Aren’t you afraid of infecting people in other counties?”

Hearing this, the woman felt a bit embarrassed…

She said, “Afraid, naturally I’m afraid, after all, I don’t want to harm anyone. But the person who told me to leave the city said that this plague loses its contagiousness once outside the city, so that’s why I came out with everyone. Besides… if I continued to stay in the city, it would definitely be a dead end. It’s better to come out and try our luck, maybe doctors in other counties could cure us! And look, our luck was indeed good. We met Medical Immortal here.”

The woman’s address for Su Qing had already changed to Medical Immortal.

Su Qing listened, her eyebrow slightly raised, and she felt a clearer certainty about the truth of this plague.

If it were truly a plague,

How could it stop being contagious once outside the city?

So, something was clearly wrong within the county.

Moreover, when she had previously examined the bodies of the others, she had discovered a certain toxin present in their bodies…

It wasn’t a virus, nor was it the pill poison from the Spirit Pills Su Qing had given them, but a strange kind of poison.

“It seems, this way, it all makes sense,” Su Qing thought to herself. “But what exactly happened in that city? And who is behind it? However, no matter who is causing trouble… I’ll likely benefit from it this time.”

Su Qing was currently in need of Incense Power…

As for how to gain followers faster,

Naturally, it was the gods who saved people from suffering who most easily gained followers and Incense Power.

So, the situation in Ningyuan County this time could conveniently benefit her.

But that being said… the problem still needed to be solved, and it had to be solved at its source…

After all, she couldn’t just keep watching people die in Ningyuan County.

And she couldn’t stay in Ningyuan County distributing medicine indefinitely.

Thinking this, Su Qing said, “I see, it seems I misunderstood you all…”

“By the way, Medical Immortal, what exactly is this plague all about?”

“I don’t know… I’m just a doctor, I’m not very clear about other things.” Su Qing shook her head, not intending to explain further. She said, “After this, you all shouldn’t return to Ningyuan County…”

“This… we wouldn’t dare return to Ningyuan County. At least not until this plague ends.”

Su Qing nodded, then said, “Don’t worry, the plague should end very soon.”

“How do you say that, Medical Immortal?”

“I will go to Ningyuan County.” Su Qing said calmly, “This plague will naturally end quickly.”

“…” Hearing Su Qing’s words, the woman was momentarily stunned.

Her words sounded quite arrogant.

But she also hoped that Su Qing was telling the truth.

After all, Ningyuan County was her hometown…

Leaving the place where she lived made her like a drifting duckweed, without roots…

So even if they left now, they would eventually have to return.

After Su Qing finished speaking, she didn’t say anything more…

Instead, she turned and returned to Ao Yiyi’s side.

The things she needed to do were done, and the questions she needed to ask were answered, so there was no need for her to stay with those people.

“Sister Su is truly amazing…” Ao Yiyi looked at Su Qing and said with a smile, “She actually cured these people.”

Su Qing was quite helpless at Ao Yiyi’s praise, saying, “You don’t need to praise me. You should know that I merely fed them some Spirit Pills. If it were you, you could do the same.”

Ao Yiyi stuck out her tongue upon hearing this, then said, “But Sister Su, I always feel… this plague isn’t that simple.”

“It’s indeed not that simple.” Su Qing nodded and said, “Let’s go! We’re heading to Ningyuan County anyway, so we might as well solve this plague along the way!”

Hearing Su Qing’s words, Ao Yiyi also nodded heavily, saying, “Mm! If there are really evil spirits at work, you don’t even need to act, Sister. I’ll personally catch them and send them to Master.”

“Hmm? Why go to all that trouble? Wouldn’t it be easier to just send them to the West?”

“But I can’t kill living beings!”

“That’s not killing living beings; that’s deliverance. How can sending bad people to the Heavenly Kingdom be called killing? Even if you told the Buddha about such a thing, the Buddha would only say you did a splendid job.”

“Ah?” Ao Yiyi was startled, then lowered her head in thought for a moment, saying, “Sister Su seems to have a point…”

“Didn’t your Master tell you these things?”

“Master only told me to cultivate and chant scriptures… She didn’t tell me these things.”

“Is that so! Then it’s not your fault.” Su Qing nodded and said, “But it doesn’t matter, just learn now. If nothing else, I know a little basic Buddhist Dharma.”

Ao Yiyi looked at Su Qing, and after a long moment, nodded, “I… I will learn well.”

Ao Yiyi was a studious child…

Although she was well protected by her Master, she wasn’t overly pedantic.

At least… she was infinitely better than Tang Sanzang.

Not to mention Sun Wukong, who would have been furious following Tang Sanzang.

Su Qing felt that if she were to follow Tang Sanzang on the Journey to the West, she would also be furious…

It was fortunate that the Buddha had sent Chao Yan instead of Tang Sanzang back then, otherwise that journey wouldn’t have been so easy.

Su Qing thought, realizing her thoughts had drifted again, so she quickly pushed away her scattered thoughts.

Then, she chatted with Ao Yiyi.

While thinking about the matters in Ningyuan County…

Although the specific situation was still unknown, it was good to anticipate and make some preparations in advance.

After all, it’s always better to be prepared!