Chapter 58: Cultivator

"Cough! Speaking of which, I am also a victim."

Yu Yu Zitong opened his mouth wanting to win Han Li's sympathy, trying to distance himself from Doctor Mo, but seeing Han Li unmoved, he had no choice but to continue:

"I was originally a loose cultivator..."

Yu Yu Zitong honestly told his background and the whole process of this matter in detail. Of course, in this talk, he painted himself as a pitiful wretch who was forced to be an accomplice after being coerced by Doctor Mo, pushing all the responsibility onto the deceased Doctor Mo.

Han Li naturally wouldn't believe everything he said, but combining it with the things Doctor Mo had revealed, he could still deduce seven or eight parts of the truth.

Removing the possibly false parts of the opponent's words, Han Li had a rough understanding of the process.

In the stories Doctor Mo had told him before, the part before he was ambushed and came out to find a way to restore his cultivation should all be true, and there was no need to deceive him.

But the story about finding a strange book in a mysterious place and finding a way to restore his cultivation from the book was a lie he made up himself, entirely because of Yu Yu Zitong. But it was also because of Yu Yu Zitong that he was cursed.

It turned out that Yu Yu Zitong was a member of a so-called cultivator family, having cultivated the Changchun Gong to the seventh layer and having a certain level of skill. But later, limited by his aptitude, the Changchun Gong could not progress further, unable to meet the requirements for formal Foundation Establishment.

And a cultivator who had not established a foundation could not be considered a member of the cultivators and could not formally step into the cultivation world. So, Yu Yu Zitong had no choice but to come out of his secluded place and go to the mortal world to experience it, to see if it was possible to break through the current bottleneck in his state of mind.

Of course, if possible, finding some precious medicinal herbs to take back to refine spirit pills would be even better. However, he also knew this hope was very slim, but no matter what, this was also a matter of luck. Perhaps his character would explode, and he would pick up a leak!

With this tempting plan, Yu Yu Zitong, who was only in his twenties, entered the mortal world, which was called the mortal world by cultivators.

The colorful world outside was too dazzling, and soon it dazzled Yu Yu Zitong's eyes. His state of mind was not firm to begin with, and within a few years, he had completely degenerated, becoming a guest of a certain powerful family, starting to enjoy the luxury and wealth of the world, and his heart for cultivation gradually faded.

For a disciple like Yu Yu Zitong who gave up halfway, their family would naturally remove his name from the genealogy after a hundred years, and from then on, this branch of his would be mortal people, not allowed to have contact with the main family again, unless a cultivator with outstanding aptitude appeared among his descendants, only then would they be allowed to recognize their ancestors and return to the clan.

If it only went on like this, although Yu Yu Zitong's great path was hopeless and he couldn't cultivate, expecting to live a long life and be rich for a lifetime was still expected. This situation, although rare among cultivators who hadn't established a foundation, wasn't without precedent and wasn't a big deal.

But whether it was heaven opening its eyes or Yu Yu Zitong's luck turning, one day a few years later, he was strolling on the street and went to a pharmacy out of habit. In the shop, he actually discovered a very rare Blood Spirit Grass. This spirit grass was very similar to ordinary red oil flowers, so it was placed together by the ignorant shopkeeper.

Yu Yu Zitong naturally was overjoyed when he saw it. With this spirit herb, he had great hope of breaking through the bottleneck, and his heart for cultivation stirred again. At that time, he wanted to take out money to buy it.

Unexpectedly, another complication arose at this time. Another cultivator entered the shop and also discovered this herb, naturally not willing to let it go. The two argued on the spot.

The owner of the pharmacy saw this and immediately saw an opportunity to hoard it for a high price, letting the two of them compete on who could pay more silver, and the herb would belong to whom. As a result, Yu Yu Zitong had a little more money on him, so naturally, he took this spirit herb into his pocket.

However, he wasn't stupid either. Knowing the opponent wouldn't let it go, he fled his residence overnight and rushed toward his family's land. But he only walked half the distance when the person still caught up with him, and the result was naturally a big battle.

The opponent's magic power was more than a notch stronger than his. Yu Yu Zitong was beaten until he vomited blood and was defeated, but he couldn't bear to part with the spirit herb he had obtained. He gritted his teeth and activated a life-saving talisman brought from his family, using a secret technique of perishing together to scare the opponent away, and only then did he escape.

But at this time, he was already seriously injured. In this situation, he encountered Doctor Mo, who was also out looking for a cure.

It was also Yu Yu Zitong's fate. Although he had walked in the world for a few years, he didn't have any experience in dealing with people in the Jianghu. After seeing Doctor Mo's physical condition, he actually blurted out the truth and inadvertently leaked the news that he had a cure.

This time, he brought a fatal disaster upon himself. You know, Doctor Mo was burning with anxiety at this moment, searching everywhere for a cure but finding none. Hearing that the other party had medicine to save him, how could he not use all his means on him, begging bitterly.

But the cure Yu Yu Zitong spoke of, although not a rare treasure like Blood Spirit Grass, was also more than a dozen precious medicinal herbs, refined using the cultivator's method, consuming a large amount of vital energy. He also didn't have much left on him. In his current seriously injured state, he cherished it even more, so how could he give it to a mortal he regarded as an ant for nothing?

Doctor Mo saw that he had been humble and begging, but still couldn't get the medicine, and was ashamed and angry in his heart, so he had the intention to kill. He secretly followed him to a deserted place and poisoned Yu Yu Zitong from behind with a secretly prepared poison.

Logically speaking, ordinary poison shouldn't have been useful to Yu Yu Zitong, but the secretly prepared poison used by Doctor Mo, even he himself didn't know its power, actually allowed Doctor Mo to succeed.

Yu Yu Zitong, who was already seriously injured, plus the poison attacking his heart, became on the verge of death. Only then did Doctor Mo show his figure and swaggeringly searched his body.

Yu Yu Zitong saw this and understood everything. In a fit of rage, he didn't think and used the "Blood Arrow Yin Soul Curse," turning his whole body's essence and blood into a mouthful of blood curse, spraying it on Doctor Mo's head, and then his primordial spirit abandoned his physical body and quietly floated out of his body.

After his primordial spirit left his body, Yu Yu Zitong realized that he hadn't considered it carefully and hadn't prepared a magic treasure to house his body. Helpless, he had no choice but to drill into Doctor Mo's body, temporarily avoiding the danger of his primordial spirit perishing.

And Doctor Mo was sprayed on the head with fresh blood. He was initially shocked, but after finding nothing unusual, he didn't take it to heart.

Relying on his understanding of pills, he identified those pills from the opponent's corpse and happily took them. Sure enough, the medicine cured the illness, and Doctor Mo's cultivation was fully restored.

Doctor Mo was overjoyed and, carrying the things he had searched from the opponent and a Changchun Gong formula he couldn't understand, planned to set off back to Lanzhou to take revenge and restore his former glory.

===== CHAPTER 59 =====