The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine

Chapter 657: Arriving at the Azure Dragon Pool!



Chapter 657: Chapter 657: Arriving at the Azure Dragon Pool!

Facing off against the sky-obscuring tree vines, members of the Mystical Studies society felt their hearts waver and tremble, they took out their talismans preparing to fight.

However, Huang Xiaolong nonchalantly stood up, a golden light exploding from him like an atomic bomb detonating, its abrupt radiance too bright to look at directly. In the blink of an eye, all the vine tendrils hurling towards him were turned into ash.

Seeing Huang Xiaolong’s formidable bearing, everyone, be it Xia Ying, Ma Chuxia, or the elite members of the Mystical Studies, was completely awestruck.

Even the Bian Family members were staring in admiration.

By then, under the leadership of Bian Mudong, the Bian Family had already blasted the large pagoda tree to pieces. The ground was covered with broken vines that looked like dead snakes. Some vines were still twitching and convulsing, but clearly, they could not harm anyone anymore.

However, in doing so, the Bian Family suffered significant losses. More than ten Grandmaster-level members were lying dead on the ground, their necks strangled by vines, blood streaming out and seeping into the ground.

“Hmph! If you could handle these tree spirits and vine monsters, why didn’t you act earlier? You caused not a small number of casualties in the Bian Family!” a member of the Bian family glared at Huang Xiaolong with a murderous look.

The Bian family’s frustration was understandable; they had not even reached the Canglong Pond yet, and many members were already dead. It was something they had not anticipated, and they took out their resentment on Huang Xiaolong.

Huang Xiaolong just smiled and didn’t say anything.

Bian Mudong signaled to the Bian family members not to act rashly. He gave Huang Xiaolong a mock sympathetic glance and then looked at Zhuo Lengzhou. He scoffed: “Taoist Master Zhuo, it seems your mana, compared to this Huang Xiaolong… is severely lacking, huh.”

“I… I… This…! Zhuo Lengzhou wore a resentful look on his face, but he didn’t have the energy to refute, he just carried a cold and vengeful look towards Huang Xiaolong.

“Alright, all of you, start digging. Dig out this wild ginseng.” Huang Xiaolong smiled and directed the people from the Mystical Studies.

Immediately, fifty elite members began to dig fervently.@@novelbin@@

“Little Long… what… what’s so strange about this ginseng?” Ma Chuxia’s curiosity was practically uncontrollable. Xia Ying also lifted her dazzling eyes, looking at Huang Xiaolong with a face full of intrigue.

Huang Xiaolong chuckled. “Actually, there’s nothing wrong with the big pagoda tree, and there are no tree spirits here; the problem is with this wild ginseng. Ginseng is said to be one of the most spiritually aware plants. There has been a saying since ancient times, ‘A ginseng that lasts a thousand years will become a spirit.’

“Regular ginseng is nurtured by the essence of heaven and earth, sun and moon. But there is one that is an exception.”

While saying this, Huang Xiaolong grinned at the wild ginseng. “Some ginsengs are not nourished by the essence of the sun and moon or the nutrients in the soil. Instead, they absorb yin energy and corpse qi. This place, Canglong Ridge, is inherently a yin place and it’s likely people have died here. Hence, this wild ginseng has been nurtured by the yin energy and corpse qi, deriving nutrients from the corpses to transform into a spirit after a thousand years. This kind of ginseng is called ‘Ghost Ginseng’…”

Upon hearing this explanation, everyone suddenly understood.

At this moment, the people from the Mystical Studies were almost done digging up the “Ghost Ginseng”.

A spiteful cry of a young girl continuously echoed from beneath the ground. “Stop digging… stop digging… stop diggingggg…”

“Cousin, the… the Ghost Ginseng is begging for mercy…It’s…It’s really an eye-opener. Ginseng can actually become a spirit?” One of the Bian family members murmured to Bian Mudong.

“There’s nothing weird about it. If there are ghosts in this world, then naturally, there are demons too. And spirits,” Bian Mudong said calmly. “It seems that this Ghost Ginseng is what confused my cousins, controlled the big pagoda tree, and silently killed them off. It absorbed their blood as nutrients.”

Just then!

“Ah~~~!”

The members of the Mystical Studies group digging up the Ghost Ginseng simultaneously let out a horrified scream.

They saw several human bones and dozens of gruesome skulls being unearthed!

What’s even more shocking was that every single root of the Ghost Ginseng was attached to a skull!

The next second——

“I’m going to kill you all! I’m going to eat you all!” The ghastly ginseng emitted a resentful and venomous female voice. Suddenly, the skulls buried underneath the ground catapulted towards Huang Xiaolong and the others like explosives.

Ma Chuxia, standing next to Huang Xiaolong, hastily threw a few death-repelling talismans which had been designed by grim spectres in green. As the talismans exploded, they pulverized the skulls flying in mid-air to dust.

Huang Xiaolong casually pulled out a talisman and tossed it towards the ghastly ginseng. Flames instantly enveloped the ginseng and burst into a crackling blaze.

You could see the smoke going straight up.

The fire was emitting screams that pierced the eardrums like rivulets of blood.

“Let’s go.” Huang Xiaolong didn’t spare another glance at the ginseng and began to walk forward.

Ma Chuxia and Xia Ying didn’t dare to dawdle and quickly ushered their refined scholar-elite to follow Huang Xiaolong.

“This Canglong Ridge is indeed very strange.” After seeing the disheveled corpses on the ground, Bian Mudong’s eye twitched a few times.

“Cousin, should we… right now… right now… capture Huang Xiaolong and completely annihilate these damned Taoists from the scholarly society?” a member of the Bian family suggested, his eyes full of apprehension. “This kid is indeed resourceful. We should strike first to gain the upper hand to prevent any changes”.

“There’s no rush. Canglong Ridge is eerie, but Huang Xiaolong remains useful. We’ll decide once we reach Canglong Pool.” Bian Mudong flicked his fingers, “Let’s follow them.”

Huang Xiaolong and the others walked towards the place where the yin energy was strongest.

Along the way, they became particularly cautious, afraid of encountering another supernatural creature like the ghastly ginseng.

But luckily, the journey ahead was uneventful.

By dusk, the entire Canglong Ridge had grown darker, the farther they walked, the colder it became.

Eventually, the temperature dropped almost to freezing point. If an ordinary person were here, their blood would freeze.

Fortunately, this elite group from the scholarly society also carried “fire talismans” that could be used for warmth, which they barely managed to endure.

The Bian family group composed entirely of martial artists didn’t need any explanation.

As they walked, a heavy layer of yin energy enveloped the path ahead. This yin energy was so substantive and imbued with the horrific sounds of ghosts howling, creating a bleak atmosphere.

Not far away, the sound of flowing water could be heard.

Looking around, there were no plants in sight anymore, it was a completely barren area.

“Phew~~~ Little Long, we’ve reached Canglong Pool! That should be Canglong Pool ahead! The yin energy is incredibly strong. The ordinary people would struggle, let alone us Taoist practitioners,” Ma Chuxia said, her eyebrows knitted together.

She paused for a moment, then confidently said, “Ghost energy. There’s potent ghost energy here in addition to yin energy. There must be many ferocious ghosts near Canglong Pool! Resentment… I can feel their resentment!”

“Everyone, Canglong Pool lies ahead. The ghost and resentment energy is intense and numerous fierce ghosts are lurking. Be careful, there’s probably going to be a tough fight.” Zhuo Lengzhou also noticed the gathering of ghosts ahead.

“No venture, no gains. Let’s go to Canglong Pool for the herbs.” Bian Mudong ordered, and the Bian family members gripped their weapons and cautiously walked towards the rolling yin energy.

“Let’s go, we’ve arrived,” Huang Xiaolong said, brimming with anticipation. “Shadow Snake? Interesting, I want to see what a Shadow Snake looks like~~~ Let’s go!”

Huang Xiaolong then swiftly walked towards Canglong Pool, which was seething with yin energy and filled with the shrieks of countless ghosts!


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