Chapter 243: Longevity: My Steady Farming-Style Cultivation Chapter 243 - Yellow Sha Illness

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Not long after, the afternoon auction session ended.

Seeing the time had reached evening, Xu Zhangqing followed the street toward Yixiang Pavilion.

Along the way, he saw one unfamiliar face after another.

Among them, quite a few were disciples of immortal sects.

He reckoned they had all come for Huang Yuanhua's Cave Dwelling.

Xu Zhangqing was equally curious about that place, but had no intention of going there.

He would never forget what happened half a year ago.

Successive shockwaves smashed everything along the way to pieces.

Be it trees or stones.

Even Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

No one could withstand it; one by one they turned into blood mist in an instant.

Therefore, regardless of whether there was danger or not, Xu Zhangqing would not go.

After about twenty minutes, he finally arrived at Yixiang Pavilion.

Compared to last time, there wasn't much change here.

The people were still those same people.

Although there were fresh faces.

But the second floor hadn't changed much.

Yue'er, who had served him once before.

When they first met, her teasing techniques were still immature.

Now her skills were so practiced that a casual word, even a single glance, could make loose cultivators breathe heavily, their eyes revealing intense desire for a certain matter.

This is what they call practice makes perfect.

Pity that today, she had already been snapped up by someone else.

Therefore, Xu Zhangqing switched to another.

Not a newcomer either; she had even served him half a year ago, named Xiao Taohong.

Not old in years, petite in stature.

She had disappeared for a period before; unexpectedly she appeared again this month.

Once quite immature, now she had matured considerably.

Xiao Taohong held the cup with her right hand, supported it with her left, and said respectfully, "Immortal Master, drink!"

Xu Zhangqing took a light sip, then asked curiously, "You left for a while before; how come you're back now?"

Hearing this, Xiao Taohong's expression changed slightly; she opened her mouth, looking like she wanted to speak but hesitated.

Xu Zhangqing said blandly, "If you're willing to tell me, I'll give you extra spirit stones afterward."

At these words, Xiao Taohong's eyes brightened, and she hurriedly asked, "Is this true?"

Xu Zhangqing flipped his right hand, and a low-grade spirit stone appeared in his palm: "Take it and spend it."

The moment she saw the spirit stone, Xiao Taohong's eyes shone; she immediately took it in hand, then said in a low voice, "Half a year ago, a dog couple came here, the two of them working together to swindle people.

I believed them lightly, and passed the information about Huang Yuanhua's Cave Dwelling to an old flame outside."

"And the result?" Xu Zhangqing raised an eyebrow.

Xiao Taohong continued, "The result was that after my old flame went, he discovered it was a trap; all the cultivators who went were captured and forced to explore that dangerous cave dwelling."

As the other party narrated leisurely, Xu Zhangqing finally understood the whole cause and effect of the matter.

This dog couple, Xu Zhangqing had a very deep impression of them at the time.

He just felt there was something off in their words, that there was a problem.

Now from Xiao Taohong's mouth, it indeed verified this point.

All who went were captured, then risked their lives exploring Huang Yuanhua's cave dwelling.

The result was unexpected: inside there was something even more terrifying than a Rolling Earth Dragon, a five-hundred-year Great Demon.

At that time many cultivators died, especially that deceitful dog couple who met an even more miserable end.

Xu Zhangqing asked in surprise, "That's not right; how do you know in such detail?"

Xiao Taohong glanced around, then answered, "My old flame had good luck; he escaped back later, only he was heavily injured.

I took care of him for several months, and in the end ran out of money, so I had to return to Yixiang Pavilion."

Xu Zhangqing realized, then asked, "What about your old flame?"

Xiao Taohong's eyes dimmed: "It's been several months; he's been lying in bed the whole time, and who knows when he'll recover."

Xu Zhangqing's heart stirred: "I know a fair bit about pills; want me to take a look at your old flame? Maybe there's a chance?"

Xiao Taohong froze, then said with tears in her eyes, "Immortal Master, if you can really cure my old flame, from now on you can do whatever you want."

She might have thought it was nothing, even a matter of course, but Xu Zhangqing felt quite awkward hearing it, and hurriedly said, "I'm only interested in that thing more terrifying than the Rolling Earth Dragon."

Xiao Taohong smiled gratefully: "Fine, after the Hai hour passes, I'll personally take you there."

Xu Zhangqing nodded slightly.

Next, the two drank wine while waiting.

Watching the people beside him dwindle one by one.

Either leaving alone.

Or boarding the flower carriage.

Finally, the time moved from Hai Hour to Zi Hour.

Xu Zhangqing and Xiao Taohong left Yixiang Pavilion together, heading outside.

The distance was not far, merely separated by a single alleyway.

Soon, an ordinary residential district appeared before their eyes.

Many prostitutes who labored at Yixiang Pavilion, regardless of male or female, lived here.

Some rented better rooms with their own money.

Some were cheap rooms arranged by Yixiang Pavilion.

Originally, relying on her own efforts and the gains from her old lover going out to hunt yaos, Xiao Taohong had rented a fairly spacious room.

As a result, she had been spending money these past half year, causing her expenses to exceed her income, and she had no choice but to switch to a small room whose conditions looked slightly wretched.

Outside was a stinking ditch; even with the window shut, a reek of urine could be smelled.

The air inside the room was also poor, extremely turbid.

The moment he opened the door, Xu Zhangqing saw what seemed to be a person lying on a narrow bed, but for a moment he couldn't be quite sure.

Why?

Because the life aura was extremely faint!

Xiao Taohong pointed at her old lover with her finger, then choked out: "It's him."

Xu Zhangqing lightly snapped his fingers, and with a "pa" sound, the oil lamp in the room lit up.

Immediately after, he stepped closer to the person on the bed, step by step.

The closer he got, the more he could sense the dense earth qi.

When he reached the bedside, he discovered the condition of the person before him was even more severe than imagined.

No, to be precise, it was wretched.

From head to toe, one could barely make out a human shape.

The skin all over the body was a scorched yellow, hard as pottery clay, emitting a "kaka" sound of gravel rubbing with each breath, hair withered yellow and breaking, soil dust all around.

Xiao Taohong stood behind, her face full of nervousness as she asked: "Immortal Master, have you seen what ailment it is?"

Xu Zhangqing countered without turning his head: "Have you found someone to come take a look?"

Xiao Taohong nodded: "I've sought out several doctors; either they swindled me, or they turned and left as soon as they came, saying this disease cannot be treated."

Xu Zhangqing mused: "If I recall correctly, this disease should be called 【Yellow Sha Paralysis】."

"Ah?" Xiao Taohong's eyes were blank.

Xu Zhangqing explained: "This is the term from the pills aspect; to put it in common terms, you can understand it as having offended the Yellow Sha."

Although Xiao Taohong didn't understand, seeing the other party able to name it, she trusted him all the more, and hurriedly asked: "Then do you have a treatment method?"

Xu Zhangqing turned around, looking at the other party expressionlessly: "This disease, there is not a single pill in the world that can treat it."

Xiao Taohong was frightened, her heart tightening, and she covered her mouth: "What?"

At this moment, Xu Zhangqing grinned: "Because the treatment method isn't using pills, but transforming the sha!"