After Li Qingshan arrived in the Green province, he did not rush to the Clear River prefecture immediately. Instead, he searched for Ru Xin's whereabouts first. He planned on persuading her to return to the south. He even specially got Little Ann to divine for this.
When he found Ru Xin after quite a bit of effort, she was currently strolling through a desolate village alone, her hands behind her back in thought. She completely ignored Li Qingshan who descended from above.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Only when Li Qingshan called out to her did she turn around. "What's it got to do with you?"
"Why aren't you cultivating properly in the south? Why have you returned to the Green province?" Li Qingshan asked.
"I've already told you. What's it got to do with you?"
"Don't tell me you can't bear to part with me?" Li Qingshan sniggered and walked over.
"I knew it. Someone's delusional again." Ru Xin shook her head helplessly.
"Then I don't understand. The Green province isn't a good place right now, let alone your dwelling in the Chain mountains. It can't be compared to the Myriad Poison cult either. It's greatly detrimental to cultivation. I'd advise you to return to the Mist province!" Li Qingshan cut right to the chase.
"Then why do you want to return to the Green province?" Ru Xin answered with a question.
"Don't you know? There's obviously some unresolved grievances! "
"It's the same for me. My master is still in the Clear River prefecture!"
Ru Xin thought of the taciturn, dark-skinned old man. If it were not for him, she would have died in the jungle of the Mist province a long time ago. Although they did not seem close to outsiders, it would not be an exaggeration to describe them as father and daughter. After several decades of tireless guidance, the two words "Ru Xin" were the greatest hope he had for her.
However, she was unable to let go of her hatred, which was why she insisted on heading south to the Mist province. However, the outcome was not too bad. After settling this grievance, it was time for her to return the favour. As a result, she returned to the Green province resolutely. As for whether it was because of Li Qingshan, she knew very well herself.
"That dark-skinned old man!" Li Qingshan was stunned. He was glared at by Ru Xin. He smiled and said, "Senior Hua Ci! Sure enough, I was overthinking things. I'm relieved. "
"You can rest assured for the rest of your life," Ru Xin said.
"Then why aren't you returning to the Clear River prefecture? Why are you wandering around here?" Li Qingshan then asked.
"I'm thinking about how to deal with this locust plague."
"What can you do about that? That's the Soaring Locust King, one of the 72 Demon Kings from a few thousand years ago. Even I wouldn't dare say that I can deal with him."
"The Soaring Locust King is only the source of the locust plague. Even if you kill him now, the plague will continue for a long time."
"Really?" Li Qingshan was unconcerned. As long as he killed the Soaring Locust King, all that remained were regular locusts. What threat would they pose?
"Look." Ru Xin waved her hand, and a strip of soil flew out from the soil. She tossed it to Li Qingshan casually. "This is a locust egg. There are several dozen eggs in there, and there are two or three thousand eggs like this in the small area beneath my feet."
Li Qingshan crushed the egg in his hand and did some calculations inside. He could not help but be surprised. A hundred thousand locusts had actually hatched in such a small area. Across the entire Green province, that would be an astronomical figure.
"Along the way, I've seen situations like this everywhere. This is probably all part of the Soaring Locust King's plan. All he needs to do is hide and not be found, and the plague of locusts will continue. All the cultivators of the Green province can do is run around and put out fires everywhere. They'll definitely be ambushed by the Soaring Locust King's clones. And if they ignore it, the number of mortals will rapidly decline, and the entire cultivation community of the Green province will decline."
"No wonder he was suppressed under the Demon Suppression Hall!" Li Qingshan shook his head. This was practically a super terrorist. To be able to fight against the entire cultivation community of the Green province alone. If his methods were not so insane, he would have to admire this Soaring Locust King.
"Even though I can't do anything to the Soaring Locust King, I can deal with regular locusts or even weaker clones. Without these claws, this plague of locusts can be stopped." Ru Xin's eyes shone with confidence.
"Or the plague?" Li Qingshan guessed immediately.
"That's right." Ru Xin walked as she collected the eggs. She carefully selected them, and no one knew what her criteria were.
"Locusts can get sick?" Li Qingshan caught up with her.
"Which living thing doesn't get sick?"
"Cultivators don't get sick."
"All harmful conditions are diseases. It's just that you don't realize it. If you're not careful during cultivation, not only will you not be able to prolong your life, you'll go crazy and die suddenly. It's worse than any disease." Ru Xin tapped Li Qingshan's chest lightly. "Compared to Ru Xin's demon, it's a disease of the heart!"
"If you put it that way, it makes sense." Li Qingshan grabbed her hand. It was as warm as jade.
"Otherwise, what kind of diseases do you think the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital treat? Flu, fever, infertility? Well, infertility still needs to be treated. After all, it's difficult for cultivators to have children. In short, they treat cultivators who won't get sick. "Ru Xin held his hand and walked slowly.
"Alright, now you want to cure the Soaring Locust King's disease and save the entire Green province, right?"
"At least you still have some brains." Ru Xin complimented.
"You're a mutant, but you came all the way to Green province. You don't even care about yourself. You only care about saving the lives of humans. What kind of mental illness is this?" Li Qingshan laughed.
"Do you understand the benevolence of doctors?"
"Nope."
"What kind of reward do you think the king of Chu will give me if I manage to research this plague?" Ru Xin smiled resplendently, revealing her neat, white teeth.
"I don't think there's a lack of benefits!" Li Qingshan laughed. He couldn't help but admire her intelligence. "Then you better hurry up. Don't let others get ahead of you."
"Normal students of the school of medicine won't waste their time on this."
Ru Xin wasn't worried at all. The foundation of the school of medicine was to cure diseases, not to create plagues. Even the "Plague Ghost" was fundamentally a method of treatment. Killing and injuring enemies was secondary. They wouldn't specialize in creating plagues at all.
Although the effects of plagues were terrifying, they were actually very "useless". Ru Xin wouldn't have spent so much time and energy on this if she didn't have a deep grudge against them. In a head-on battle, anything was better than using plagues. Moreover, after decades of research and the help of a great cultivator, she was only able to create a decent plague after she passed the second heavenly tribulation. Moreover, it could only be used against enemies at the level of Qi Practitioners.
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