As Lu Qing condensed the talisman that emitted a faint golden light.
The miasma mark on Young Master Ji's heart meridian seemed to sense the invisible crisis and began to struggle even more violently.
However, Young Master Ji's heart meridian had already been sealed by Lu Qing with spiritual needles.
No matter how much the miasma mark struggles, it cannot escape or be transferred.
He could only let Lu Qing control the talisman and slowly imprint it on Young Master Ji's chest.
As the talisman fell, the miasma mark sensed danger once again.
Not only did it struggle even more fiercely, but it even began to emit gray mist, trying to stop the talisman from falling.
But it was all in vain. When the gray mist met the golden light on the talisman, it was like snow meeting the blazing sun.
The talisman dissolves and dissipates rapidly, unable to stop it in the slightest.
Upon seeing this, Lu Qing also revealed a slight smile.
The golden talisman he conjured was significant.
Named the 【Heavenly Purification Talisman】, it is a talisman specifically designed to dispel and suppress miasma and poison.
The 【Heavenly Purification Talisman】 is of a high grade. In the ancient era of cultivation, it was generally only possible for cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage to condense it.
However, Lu Qing possessed the mysterious and unpredictable inheritance of the Divine Talisman Sect and had also survived the Heavenly Tribulation, reaching the 【Yang Talisman】 realm in his Divine Soul Talismans.
His spiritual power far surpasses that of ordinary cultivators.
Therefore, the 【Heavenly Purification Talisman】 was not too difficult for him.
However, the conflict between the 【Heavenly Purification Talisman】 and the miasma mark made the pain on Young Master Ji's face even more intense, completely distorting his features.
If it weren't for the talisman that Lu Qing had previously implanted in his body to sustain his life, he would probably have died from the excruciating pain by now.
The miasma mark continued to emit a dense gray aura, attempting to stop the 【Heavenly Purification Talisman】.
Some of these even dissipated into the air, spreading and polluting everything around them.
However, it was blocked by the outer array light barrier and quickly purified.
Lu Qing was not surprised by this; he had specifically set up the formation to guard against this situation.
He could ignore the erosion of the miasma, but the people in the village might not be so.
Once the miasma escapes, the miasma mark will likely transfer away in the next moment, requiring even more effort to remove it.
Seeing that the dissipating miasma had been completely blocked, Lu Qing felt relieved.
With a slight thought, and driven by the power of his soul, the 【Heavenly Purification Talisman】, which was originally falling slowly, suddenly accelerated and instantly landed on Young Master Ji's heart meridian.
A golden light emanated, enveloping the miasma mark and attempting to dissolve it.
The miasma mark, unwilling to perish, struggled desperately, emitting waves of energy resembling the screams of monsters.
This bizarre scene immediately caused everyone around to change color.
The head of the Ji family, in particular, was filled with shock and anger.
He couldn't imagine the pain he would have to endure with such a monster parasitizing his son.
Fortunately, although the miasma mark struggled fiercely, the 【Heavenly Purification Talisman】 was indeed its nemesis.
Even under the purification of the golden light, it continued to shrink and was slowly worn away.
Before long, the miasma marks had shrunk to the size of a fingernail and were about to be completely erased.
Suddenly, a gray light flew in from outside and rushed toward Lu Qing at lightning speed.
Just as it was about to pierce through the array's light barrier, it was intercepted by a white sword aura and vanished in mid-air.
But at that moment, an invisible wave swept by, and the miasma mark on Young Master Ji's heart meridian seemed to receive some kind of blessing, suddenly swelling up and struggling again.
This forced Lu Qing to focus his attention and continue the process of erasing the enemy.
"who!"
This sudden turn of events took everyone by surprise.
The head of the Ji family looked furious, his eyes filled with murderous intent as he stared in the direction from which the gray light had come.
Everyone could see that Lu Qing was on the final stretch in removing that strange mark.
At this moment, someone came out to cause trouble, clearly wanting to kill his son!
How could the Ji family head tolerate this?
"You've got some skill; no wonder you dared to touch the furnace I've set my sights on."
A sinister voice rang out, and a figure appeared on the roof of a thatched house not far away.
This person was dressed in gray clothes, had a pale face, and carried a huge gray gourd on his back, looking very strange.
The old doctor's pupils contracted sharply the moment he saw the man in gray.
Although the aura emanating from the gray-robed man was not particularly strong, he sensed an extremely intense sense of danger emanating from him.
Clearly, this person is not as simple as he appears.
However, the head of the Ji family did not have such keen intuition.
He didn't sense any danger from the gray-robed man, and when he saw what the gray-robed man looked like, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Qi Changfeng, is that you?!"
"Who do we have here? It's Patriarch Ji! How have you been?"
The man in the gray robe was also somewhat surprised to see the head of the Ji family.
They seemed to have never expected to run into the Ji family here.
However, despite the surprise, the gray-robed man remained calm.
He is a completely different person now.
Let alone the mere head of the Ji family, even if the Lord of Qinglong City himself came, he would not be afraid.
"Qi Changfeng, it really is you! Your Qi family has not only caused a plague in Fengzhou, but you even dared to use evil magic on my son. I think you're tired of living!"
The Ji family head narrowed his eyes; he had heard the gray-robed man's words very clearly.
He knew perfectly well that the strange mark on his son's body was inflicted by the fourth son of the Qi family.
"How do you know about the plague in Fengzhou!"
This time, it was the gray-robed man's turn to be surprised.
He kept the Fengzhou affair extremely secret; no one should know that it was the Qi family who did it.
Could it be that the cauldron below betrayed us?
"If you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place. There are no secrets that stay hidden forever."
Qi Changfeng, your Qi family thinks you've kept things secret, but do you really think you can hide from the clear-cut justice of heaven?
To tell you the truth, the heinous crimes committed by your Qi family in Fengzhou have already been exposed.
Your eldest brother, second brother, and fifth brother have all been executed. Oh, and your own son was also killed with a ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) single blow, dying on the spot.
The city lord is currently leading his men to raid and confiscate your Qi family's property.
I'm telling you, your Qi family is finished!
The head of the Ji family spoke with a sarcastic expression, word by word.
"That's impossible!"
Upon hearing these words, the gray-robed man swayed, a hint of panic flashing in his eyes.
But he quickly regained his composure, a cold smile appearing on his face.
"Without the order of the Holy Mountain, how dare you raid my Qi family? Ji Tingtao, don't think that this will distract me and create an opportunity for yourselves!"
"Haha, if you don't believe me, you can go back to Qinglong City and see if your Qi family has been wiped out!"
However, that's assuming you make it back alive!
As soon as the Ji family head finished speaking, a long sword appeared in his hand, and he pounced towards the gray-robed man like an arrow released from a bow.
Upon seeing this, the old doctor was startled and quickly shouted, "Patriarch Ji, do not act rashly! This person is not simple!"
However, it was too late.
The explosive speed of someone who has reached the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm is incredibly fast.
Before the old doctor could finish speaking, the Ji family head had already rushed in front of the gray-robed man, his long sword drawing upon the energy of heaven and earth, and thrusting out with a single strike.
However, the gray-robed man showed no sign of panic when faced with the powerful sword strike from the Ji family head.
His cold smile remained unchanged. Just as the Ji family head's longsword was about to touch him, several almost solidified gray chains appeared on his body, tightly binding the longsword and preventing it from advancing an inch.
The gray mist seemed to possess an extremely strong corrosive ability. The moment it came into contact with the Ji family head's longsword, mottled marks appeared on the sword, and it was slowly being corroded and dissolved.
"What?!"
The Ji family head's face showed disbelief.
His longsword was forged by several master-level blacksmiths he invited over several years.
It is a top-grade divine weapon that can cut through iron like mud and is indestructible.
It was corroded into this state in an instant by a few small chains of gray mist.
This left him feeling both heartbroken and shocked.
He watched as the gray chains, like venomous snakes, began to coil around his arm along the longsword.
The Ji family head dared not be negligent. Although he was reluctant, he still let go of the sword and retreated.
"Is it possible to get a refund?"
A cold glint appeared in the gray-robed man's eyes, and a thought flickered in his mind.
Suddenly, a gray light flew out from the huge gourd on his back and flew towards the Ji family head in mid-air.
"It's over, I'm doomed!"
The Ji family head never expected that, after not seeing him for several months, Qi Changfeng, whose cultivation was once inferior to his, had somehow acquired a set of strange and evil techniques.
Sensing the deadly aura emanating from the gray light, and finding it difficult to gain leverage in mid-air and unable to dodge in time, despair appeared in his eyes.
puff!
Just as the gray light was about to fall on him, and the Ji family head thought he was about to die,
A white sword aura flew out from behind him, heading towards the gray light. The two met and, with a muffled thud, annihilated each other in mid-air.
"A great opportunity!"
Seeing a glimmer of hope, the Ji family head's face lit up with joy. He immediately used a somersault in mid-air to quickly land on the ground, then stepped on the ground and retreated rapidly.
It's you again!
Seeing that his sure-fire attack had been blocked, the gray-robed man immediately looked in the direction from which the sword energy had come.
He remembered that his gray light had been blocked by the same sword energy before.
When the man in the gray robe saw the old doctor clearly, he was taken aback.
The old doctor's face was so unfamiliar that he seemed to have never seen him before.
"Master, are you alright?"
After the Ji family head returned, several Ji family members with innate abilities quickly asked questions.
The situation changed too quickly; they simply didn't have time to provide assistance.
"I'm fine, thank you for saving me, senior!"
As soon as the Ji family head returned, he immediately bowed and thanked the old doctor.
Although he didn't turn around, he knew that apart from Lu Qing, who was treating his son, only the old doctor was capable of saving him.
"This person's methods are strange; you must not act rashly and fight him."
The old doctor didn't waste any words, his gaze fixed intently on the man in the gray robe.
To be precise, it was the huge gourd he was carrying on his back.
The gray-robed man's aura was not strong; at most, he was only at the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm.
But the gourd on his back gave the old doctor a very dangerous feeling.
He understood that it was probably the magical artifact that Ah Qing had once told him about.
“Master, I need a little more time to remove the miasma mark from Young Master Ji. Please stop him for now.”
At this moment, Lu Qing's voice rang in the old doctor's mind.
"It's alright, you can focus on treating Young Master Ji." The old doctor replied in kind, using telepathy.
"Old man, who are you? There doesn't seem to be anyone like you in Azure Dragon City."
The man in the gray robe stared at the old doctor, his eyes narrowing.
The old man before him was at the same level as him, only at the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm.
But he sensed a strange danger emanating from him.
This sense of danger did not come from intuition, but from the plague gourd behind him.
The fact that the Plague Gourd could raise its alarm shows just how terrifying this old man was.
Unconsciously, a hint of retreat began to stir in the gray-robed man's heart.
Although the young man from the Ji family is a rare find, his safety is far more important than this.
With the Plague Gourd in his possession, as long as he cultivates patiently, his future path of cultivation will be limitless.
It's not worth ruining your spiritual path for such a petty gain.
"I am but an old man passing by," the old doctor said, staring at the man in gray robes. "The gourd on your back exudes an ominous aura."
Surely the plague in Fengzhou was caused by it?
The gray-robed man was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "Old man, you have some knowledge. What, do you also want to taste the power of my gourd?"
"Since you were the one who caused the plague in Fengzhou, you cannot be allowed to live."
The old doctor's face was solemn, and a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes.
The plague in Fengzhou killed more than 100,000 people at once.
The mere thought of that number stirred a murderous intent within him, even in himself.
Those who dare to commit such heinous crimes deserve to die a thousand times over!
With his hand on the hilt, the old doctor slowly drew his sword from its sheath.
He rarely used weapons, but the gray-robed man before him exuded a dangerous aura.
Without using weapons, he feared he would have difficulty killing it with just sword energy.
As the old doctor slowly pulled out his sword, an incomparably chilling aura emanated from him, causing everyone to change their expressions.
"This sword intent..."
The Ji family members, who were at the peak of their cultivation, looked at the old doctor with great fear.
The sword intent emanating from this old man was pure and unfathomable.
Even those of them who were at the Innate Realm felt extremely oppressed.
The Ji family head, who also practiced swordsmanship, was especially shocked.
The sword intent emanating from the old doctor was vast and boundless; compared to it, the little bit of sword intent he had comprehended was utterly insignificant.
"What a sharp sword intent!"
The gray-robed man opposite him was equally shocked after sensing the sword intent emanating from the old doctor.
It lies not only in the refinement of his sword intent, but also in the strong warning emanating from the plague gourd behind him.
The old man in front of them already possessed enough strength to pose a threat to them.
"Walk!"
Sensing the increasingly strong warning emanating from the plague gourd, the gray-robed man made a decision without hesitation.
With a slight thought, a large amount of gray mist immediately emanated from the gourd mouth behind him, not only concealing his figure but also rapidly spreading outwards, enveloping everyone below.
At the same time, his figure disappeared into the gray mist, retreating rapidly.
The man in the gray robe realized that the old doctor seemed to be the kind of self-righteous, kind-hearted person.
He wanted to see whether the other party would prioritize saving the person or obstruct him.
"Trying to leave?"
The old doctor's mind had already locked onto the gray-robed man's aura.
He instantly understood what the other person was thinking.
He opened his eyes, and with a thought, a profound aura emerged from his body, rapidly expanding to cover an area of tens of meters around him, enveloping all the gray energy within it.
The next moment, countless fine white sword energies appeared out of thin air and began to strangle the gray energy.
A domain appears, and sword energy arises!
As soon as the old doctor unleashed his sword aura domain, the gray aura stirred up by the gray-robed man immediately retreated in disarray.
Immediately afterwards, his figure shot out like lightning, carrying a tide of sword energy like a tidal wave, sweeping towards the gray-robed man.
"How is this possible?!"
The gray-robed man, who was retreating, suddenly widened his eyes, his gaze filled with terror.
