Chapter 321

Chapter 321 The fourth son of the Qi family, the old doctor’s murderous intention!

As Lu Qing condensed a talisman emitting a faint golden glow,

the miasma mark at the heart of Young Master Ji San seemed to sense the invisible threat and began to struggle even more fiercely.

However, Lu Qing had already sealed Young Master Ji San’s heart meridian with spiritual needles.

Despite its struggle, the miasma mark could not escape or move.

It could only allow Lu Qing to control the talisman, slowly imprinting it onto Young Master Ji San’s chest. As

the talisman fell, the miasma mark sensed danger again.

Not only did it struggle even more fiercely, it even began to emit gray gas in an attempt to stop the talisman from falling.

But it was useless. The gray gas encountered the golden light of the talisman, like snow encountering the scorching sun.

It quickly dissolved and dissipated, unable to stop the talisman in the slightest.

Seeing this, Lu Qing’s face broke into a smile.

The golden talisman he had condensed was famous.

It was called the [Heavenly Purification Talisman], a talisman specifically designed to dissolve and suppress miasma.

The Heavenly Purification Talisman was of a high rank. In the ancient era of immortal cultivation, it was generally only cultivable by cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, Lu Qing cultivated the mysterious Divine Talisman Sect’s legacy and, having survived a heavenly tribulation, his Soul Talisman had reached the Yang Talisman realm.

His Soul Power far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators.

Therefore, the Heavenly Purification Talisman was not too difficult for him.

However, the confrontation between the Heavenly Purification Talisman and the miasma mark only intensified the pain on Young Master Ji San’s face, completely contorting it.

If it weren’t for the spiritual talisman Lu Qing had previously implanted into him, sustaining his vitality, he would have likely died from the pain by now.

The miasma mark continued to emit thick gray gas, attempting to block the Heavenly Purification Talisman.

Some of it even dissipated into the air, spreading and contaminating everything.

However, it was intercepted and quickly purified by the light barrier of the formation outside.

Lu Qing was not surprised; he had specifically set up the formation to prevent this very situation.

He could ignore the encroaching miasma, but the villagers might not.

If the miasma escaped, the miasma mark would likely be transferred the next moment, necessitating yet another round of effort.

Seeing the dissipating miasma completely contained, Lu Qing felt relieved. With

a subtle shift of thought, energizing his spiritual power, the slowly descending [Heavenly Purification Talisman] suddenly accelerated, landing instantly on the heart meridian of the Third Young Master Ji.

A golden light emanated, enveloping the miasma mark, attempting to dissolve it.

Refusing to perish, the miasma mark struggled desperately, emitting waves resembling the screams of a monster.

This bizarre scene instantly terrified everyone around,

especially the head of the Ji family, whose face was filled with shock and anger.

He couldn’t imagine the pain his son must endure with such a monster in his body.

Fortunately, despite the miasma mark’s desperate struggle, the [Heavenly Purification Talisman] proved its nemesis.

Under the purifying golden light, it continued to shrink, slowly fading away.

Before long, the miasma mark had shrunk to the size of a fingernail, nearly obliterated.

Suddenly, a streak of gray light darted in from outside, hurtling towards Lu Qing at breakneck speed.

Just as it threatened to pierce the light barrier of the formation, it was intercepted by a white sword energy and annihilated in mid-air.

But at that moment, an invisible wave swept through, and the miasma mark on the heart of the Third Young Master Ji, as if receiving some kind of blessing, suddenly grew larger and began to struggle again. This

forced Lu Qing to concentrate and continue his efforts to eliminate it.

“Who!”

This sudden change startled everyone.

The Ji family head’s face was furious, his eyes filled with murderous intent as he glared in the direction of the gray light.

Everyone could see that Lu Qing was at the critical moment in his quest to remove the strange mark.

Someone had come to disrupt the situation at this moment, clearly aiming to kill his son!

How could the Ji family head tolerate this?

“You’re quite capable. No wonder you dared to touch the cauldron I’ve set my eyes on.”

A sinister voice echoed as a figure appeared from the rooftop of a thatched hut not far away.

The figure, dressed in gray, had a pale complexion and carried a large gray gourd on his back, a truly eerie appearance.

The moment the old doctor saw the gray-robed figure, his pupils suddenly constricted.

While the aura emanating from the gray-robed figure wasn’t overpowering, he sensed a strong sense of danger.

Clearly, this person wasn’t as simple as he appeared.

However, Patriarch Ji’s intuition wasn’t as sharp.

He hadn’t sensed any danger from the gray-robed figure, and when he took in his features, a look of surprise crossed his face.

“Qi Changfeng, is that you?!”

“I was wondering who it was. It’s Patriarch Ji. How are you?”

The gray-robed figure was also surprised to see Patriarch Ji.

He seemed unprepared to encounter someone from the Ji family here.

However, despite his surprise, the gray-robed figure remained unfazed.

He was now a much different person.

Let alone the head of the Ji family, even if the Lord of Qinglong City himself arrived, he wouldn’t be afraid.

“Qi Changfeng, it’s you! Your Qi family has caused a plague in Fengzhou, and you even dared to use evil magic on my son. I think you’re tired of living!”

The head of the Ji family narrowed his eyes. He had heard the gray-robed man’s words clearly.

How could he not know that the strange mark on his son was caused by the fourth son of the Qi family.

“How do you know about the Fengzhou plague?”

This time, it was the gray-robed man’s turn to be surprised.

He had kept the Fengzhou incident extremely secret; no one should have known it was the Qi family’s doing.

Could it be that the cauldron below had tipped off?

“If you don’t want others to know, then don’t do it yourself. There’s no such thing as a wall that’s impenetrable.

Qi Changfeng, your Qi family thinks you’ve kept things secret, but do you really think you can hide it from the clear justice of heaven?

To tell you the truth, the heinous crimes your Qi family committed in Fengzhou have not only been exposed.

Your eldest brother, second brother, and fifth brother have also been executed. Oh, and your biological son was also struck dead on the spot.

Right now, the city lord is leading his men to search and confiscate your Qi family.

I tell you, your Qi family is finished!”

Patriarch Ji said word by word, his face full of sarcasm.

“Impossible!”

Upon hearing this, the gray-robed man staggered, his eyes a flicker of panic.

But he quickly regained his composure, a sneer on his face.

“Without the order from the Holy Mountain, how dare you raid my Qi family? Ji Tingtao, don’t think you can distract me and give yourself a chance to survive!”

“Haha, if you don’t believe me, you can return to Qinglong City and see if your Qi family has been destroyed!

But only if you can return alive!”

As soon as the Ji family leader finished speaking, a longsword materialized in his hand, and like an arrow, he leaped towards the gray-robed man.

The old doctor was startled by this and shouted, “Master Ji, don’t be impulsive! This man is not simple!”

But it was too late.

The explosive speed of a master of the Innate Realm was so swift.

Before the old doctor could finish his words, the Ji family leader had already rushed in front of the gray-robed man, his longsword harnessing the vital energy of heaven and earth, and thrusting out.

However, facing the Ji family leader’s powerful blow, the gray-robed man showed no sign of panic.

The sneer on his face remained. Just as Patriarch Ji’s sword was about to reach him, several chains of gray energy, almost condensed into solid matter, appeared from his body, tightly entangling the sword and preventing it from advancing an inch.

The gray energy seemed to possess a strong corrosive ability. The moment it came into contact with Patriarch Ji’s sword, mottled marks appeared on the sword, seemingly corroding it bit by bit.

“What?!”

Patriarch Ji’s face was filled with disbelief.

His longsword, forged by several master-level forgers, had taken years to craft.

It was a supremely powerful divine weapon, capable of slicing through iron like mud and indestructible.

Yet, it had been corroded to this point in an instant by a few tiny gray chains.

This filled him with both heartache and shock.

He watched as the gray chains snaked along the longsword, entwining themselves around his arms like venomous snakes.

Patriarch Ji dared not delay. Despite his reluctance, he released his grip, relinquishing his beloved sword and leaping backward.

“Can I retreat?”

a cold look flashed across the gray-robed figure’s eyes, his mind shifting.

A streak of gray light suddenly erupted from the massive gourd he carried on his back, soaring towards Patriarch Ji in mid-air.

“It’s over! I’m dead!”

Patriarch Ji hadn’t expected that Qi Changfeng, once a master of his own cultivation, had somehow acquired such strange and unholy techniques after months of absence.

Sensing the deadly aura emanating from the gray light, he struggled mid-air, unable to gain momentum and dodge in time. Despair flashed in his eyes.

Puff!

Just as the gray light was about to fall upon him, and the Ji family head thought he was doomed

, a white sword energy flew out from behind him, meeting the gray light. The two collided with each other, and with a dull thud, they were annihilated in mid-air.

“What a chance!”

A look of delight crossed the Ji family head’s face at this desperate escape. He instantly flipped mid-air, swiftly landing on the ground. With another stomp, he retreated at full speed.

“You again!”

The gray-robed man, seeing his sure-fire attack blocked, immediately looked in the direction of the sword energy.

He remembered that his gray light had been stopped by the same sword energy before.

Upon seeing the old doctor’s appearance clearly, the gray-robed man was stunned.

The old doctor’s face was so unfamiliar, as if he had never seen him before.

“Patriarch, are you alright?”

After the Ji family head retreated, several Ji family innates hurriedly asked.

The situation had shifted so quickly that they had no time to rescue him.

“I’m fine, thank you, senior, for your help!”

The head of the Ji family retreated and immediately bowed to the old doctor.

Although he hadn’t looked back, he knew that, besides Lu Qing, who was treating his own son, the old doctor was the only one present who could save him.

“This man’s methods are strange. Don’t rush into a fight with him.”

The old doctor said nothing more, his gaze fixed intently on the gray-robed man.

More precisely, on the enormous gourd he carried.

The gray-robed man’s aura wasn’t powerful, at most at the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm.

But the gourd on his back gave the old doctor a deeply dangerous aura.

He knew it was probably the magical weapon Ah Qing had mentioned to him.

“Master, I’ll need some time to remove the miasma mark from the Third Young Master Ji. Please hold him back for now.”

At this moment, Lu Qing’s voice echoed in the old doctor’s mind.

“It’s all right. Just focus on treating the Third Young Master Ji.” The old doctor replied, also telepathically.

“Old man, who are you? There doesn’t seem to be anyone like you in Qinglong City.”

The gray-robed man stared at the old doctor, his eyes narrowed.

Although the old man before him was at the same level as himself, only at the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm

, he sensed an inexplicable sense of danger from him.

This danger didn’t come from intuition, but from the Plague Gourd behind him.

One could only imagine how terrifying this old man was, as he could alert the Plague Gourd.

Unable to resist, the gray-robed man began to harbor a trace of retreat

. While the Ji family’s cauldron was rare, it was far less important than his own safety.

With the Plague Gourd, as long as he practiced patiently, his future path would be limitless.

There was no need to ruin his own path for such a small gain.

“I, old man, am merely a passerby,” the old doctor said, gazing at the gray-robed man. “The gourd behind you exudes an ominous aura.

Perhaps it was the cause of the Fengzhou plague?”

The gray-robed man was slightly startled, then smiled. “Old fellow, you have some experience. Why, you too wish to test the power of my gourd?”

“Since the Fengzhou plague is truly yours, I cannot spare your life.”

The old doctor’s expression was solemn, a hint of coldness in his eyes.

The Fengzhou plague had killed over a hundred thousand people in a single stroke.

The thought of this toll filled even him with murderous intent.

Anyone who dared to commit such a heinous crime deserved death a thousand times over!

With his hand on the hilt of his sword, the old doctor slowly drew it from its sheath.

He rarely used weapons, but the gray-robed man before him exuded a strong sense of danger.

He feared he would be unable to slay him without a weapon, relying solely on his sword energy.

As the old doctor slowly unsheathed his sword, an incomparably chilling aura emanated from him, shocking everyone.

“This sword intent…”

The Ji family’s Xiantians nearby stared at the old doctor in horror.

The sword intent emanating from this elder was pure and profound,

leaving even those at the Xiantian realm feeling a sense of oppression.

The head of the Ji family, who also practiced swordsmanship, was particularly shocked.

The sword intent emanating from the old doctor was immense, and the little he had grasped paled in comparison.

“Such a sharp sword intent!”

The gray-robed figure across from him was equally astonished upon sensing the old doctor’s sword intent.

It wasn’t just the concentration of the sword intent, but also the strong warning emanating from the plague gourd behind him.

The old man before them possessed enough power to threaten them.

“Go!”

Sensing the increasingly powerful warning emanating from the plague gourd, the gray-robed figure made a decision without hesitation.

With a flicker of his mind, a vast gray aura emanated from the gourd’s mouth, not only obscuring his form but also rapidly expanding, enveloping everyone below.

Simultaneously, his figure vanished within the gray mist, rapidly retreating.

The gray-robed figure realized that the old doctor seemed like a self-righteous, kindhearted individual.

He wanted to see whether he would prioritize saving others or stopping him.

“Want to leave?”

The old doctor’s mind had already locked onto the aura of the gray-robed man.

In an instant, he saw through the other party’s thoughts.

He opened his eyes, and as his mind went, a mysterious aura emerged from his body and quickly expanded, covering the area within a radius of dozens of meters around him, wrapping all the gray air in it.

The next moment, countless fine white sword auras appeared out of thin air and strangled the gray air.

The field appeared, and the sword energy was born!

As soon as the old doctor’s sword energy field appeared, the gray energy driven by the gray-robed man was immediately defeated.

Then, his figure shot out like lightning, carrying a tide of sword energy like a sea tide, sweeping towards the gray-robed man.

“How is this possible?!”

The gray-robed man who was retreating suddenly widened his eyes, and fear was revealed in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)