The Entire Sect is Full of Villains, Yet the Junior Sister Conquers All

Chapter 175 : Rising Again

Restaurant.

It was quite a large restaurant, located in the bustling city center. Yet the interior was empty, with few customers in sight, allowing the Lingqing Sect members to almost occupy an entire floor.

Si Kou Qiu waved her hand grandly, setting out a table of fine wine and dishes, filling tables from theirs all the way to the innermost one.

The group came as if on a team-building exercise, casually showing off. If they couldn't finish, it didn't matter. Mu Changqing, with his little snake, could help them complete the clean plate campaign.

The proprietor and waiters, who hadn't had much business for half a month, saw this big-spending group and smiled so widely their eyes nearly disappeared. They enthusiastically came over to ask questions, inquiring where the cultivators were from and if they needed lodging for the night.

Si Kou Qiu, raised in a privileged environment, had a naturally outgoing personality. In just a few sentences, she was chatting warmly with the proprietor. After a while, she returned mysteriously and proudly, having thoroughly investigated the local news.

"I heard from the owner that recently, in Dongchong County, many strange ghosts and monsters never seen before have emerged. They're extremely ferocious and fond of human flesh."

She tapped her finger on the table, solemnly saying, "The people in the county are struggling to survive. Those who could flee have fled, those who could die have died. Not many people are left in this place, which is why the restaurant's business is so poor."

"Even though this place under our feet is on the county border, it's also been restless these past few days. The owner and staff had originally planned to evacuate long ago, but for some reason, starting from a certain night, the remaining people in the county could no longer flee outwards. They could only be trapped inside the county, becoming food for those monsters and ghosts."

It was precisely because the area was sealed off that internal news couldn't be transmitted outwards. The Eight Great Immortal Sects hadn't received this information immediately. It was only when an elder from the My Buddha Sect, skilled in divination, foresaw that there was turmoil in this place that they dispatched disciples to investigate, finally learning the truth.

After other Immortal Sects learned of this, they also sent disciples to investigate and provide aid.

Dongchong County was the largest county on the border of the Eastern Province, with dozens of cities and towns under it and nearly ten million people. Investigating the ins and outs of the situation couldn't be done in a short time.

The proprietor also said that the closer one got to the county center, the stronger the monsters became. Most cultivators found it very difficult to fight their way in.

Tantai Ming went outside for a round and came back in a hurry, crying out, "Little Junior Sister, something big has happened! I just heard the latest news. Near the outskirts of the city, last night, a village was attacked. There are only a few survivors."

Everyone's faces showed surprise and anger.

"If that's the case, let's go to this village first to see if we can find any clues," Chu Sang said thoughtfully.

Su Chen'an got a scroll map from the proprietor, smiling as he waved his fingertips, placing it on the table and opening it.

Everyone gathered around.

Towns, official roads, and large and small villages nearby were all clearly marked. Unlike ordinary maps, this one also marked the places where monsters and ghosts had erupted and attacked.

The village was about ten miles away. Flying on swords, they arrived in an instant.

Probably because it was still on the edge of the county, there were quite a few cultivators who had come to support. As soon as they arrived at the village, they encountered the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and the Pill Condensation Sect.

The two sects were cooperating, with one responsible for fighting at the front and the other for supplying from behind, complementing each other's strengths.

"You actually came too?"

Liu Yuanqing, seeing the Lingqing Sect members, looked at them with displeasure. He raised his chin, picking and choosing his words, "Don't think that just because you won the sect competition, you can be mentioned in the same breath as the Eight Great Sects. The danger level of this mission is extremely high. How many people does your sect have in total? Coming here, you'll only serve as cannon fodder."

"Some people have no real strength, but their mouths are quite hard. Want to bet that one person from our side can make dozens from your side cry?" Tantai Ming clenched his fist, making a cracking sound.

"Without us pill refiners supplying from behind, do you think you sword cultivators could..."

Before he could finish speaking, the young man's figure suddenly pressed close. That iron fist was almost touching his face, scaring Liu Yuanqing into immediately hiding behind the Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples. He angrily said, "You! You actually dare to lay hands on a Pill Condensation Sect disciple. When you encounter danger later, we absolutely won't provide you with any pills!"

When training outside, who doesn't know the precious value of pill refiners? It's second to none! No matter how strong sword cultivators are or how well they can fight, there comes a moment when spiritual energy is exhausted. Not to mention the numerous crises encountered outside, occasionally running into swamps and poisonous miasmas requiring various pills. These Lingqing Sect people not only didn't cherish them but repeatedly provoked them!!

The entire Lingqing Sect only had one pill refiner. When they really encountered a crisis later, it wouldn't be enough at all. Liu Yuanqing held back his anger, snorting, waiting for the Lingqing Sect members to kneel and beg him!

"You arrived earlier than us. Have you discovered anything?" Chu Sang looked towards Shang Ziling, the senior sister from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

"We still arrived a step too late. The entire village has basically been looted clean by the monsters and ghosts. Most of the villagers have perished. We just found a cellar with more than a dozen people hiding inside. They're the last remaining people of the village." Shang Ziling sighed, her face showing some sadness and helplessness.

"Take us to see."

"Alright."

Opening the cellar passage, the air inside was polluted and hot. Some of the villagers hiding in the cellar had already fainted, but they still didn't dare to come out. For a moment, they thought it was those monsters coming back again. They all curled up, trembling, and let out screams of terror.

"Don't worry, we're here to save you."

Chu Sang and Shang Ziling jumped down, counting the number of people. Only sixteen remained.

Chu Sang's attention was drawn to a figure not far away. That thin figure seemed extremely frightened, hugging itself into a ball, trembling, curled up in an inconspicuous corner, forming a clear division with the other villagers.

His tattered clothes were shredded in many places, seeping with blood. Even on his arms, obvious scratch wounds could be seen. The wounds were black and swollen, seeming to be surrounded by a wisp of black energy.

Her face suddenly changed. She immediately went forward and grabbed his arm, but unexpectedly, the man lunged at her like a madman, trying to bite her.

At the same time, he revealed that ferocious face.

It was no longer a human face! Twisted like an evil ghost!!

"Ah!"

The other villagers screamed, thrown into chaos.

Other disciples from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect protected the villagers, preventing them from being attacked by this person... no, this evil ghost.

"He's been scratched and infected. You didn't notice?" Ghost people not only have sharp poisonous claws, but their mouths can also spray arrow-like poisonous gas. She slightly turned her head, coldly glancing at the Pill Condensation Sect.

Sword cultivators are generally only responsible for fighting in team cooperation, so it's okay if they don't know about these things. But how could the Pill Condensation Sect disciples not have noticed that this person had long been infected and turned into an evil ghost?

And they dared to let "it" stay with the other villagers??

If they had come a step later, this evil ghost would have completely lost its humanity. The remaining dozen or so people would either have been eaten or similarly infected and turned into evil ghosts.

Liu Yuanqing's face turned pale. He stammered, "We gave him detoxification pills..."

"This thing is called a Daolao ghost. The strength of that source Daolao ghost must be very strong. Ordinary detoxification pills are useless." She said gravely.

If they had discovered it earlier, perhaps they could have saved him.

But now it was too late, far too late. They could only kill him.

A flash of sword light passed. After Chu Sang killed this Daolao ghost, her fingertip raised another flame, thoroughly cremating its corpse, burning it to ashes, leaving nothing behind.

Places hit by the poisonous gas would swell and worsen. Within half a day to a day, the poison would take effect and cause death. If the corpse wasn't cremated, it would continue to transform into a Daolao ghost.

"Wah......"

An infant's weak cry suddenly reached everyone's ears.

Chu Sang's footsteps paused, a flash of surprise in her eyes. In the messy pile of clothes in the corner, there was actually an infant in swaddling clothes.

However, the infant was already very weak, almost near death.

The man who had just been strongly resisting turning into a ghost was probably trying to protect the child. Unfortunately, it was too late. Ghost transformation cannot be controlled by mere mortal will.

Seeing this scene, Liu Yuanqing's face turned extremely pale. For a long time, he couldn't speak. If their Pill Condensation Sect had discovered it earlier, perhaps this tragedy could have been avoided.

He came to his senses and hurriedly fed the swaddled infant a pill, stabilizing the child's heart pulse. He picked up the child and said with difficulty, "......It was our Pill Condensation Sect's oversight. We will take this child back and settle them."

Although this person didn't seem very smart, he at least had some conscience and responsibility as a disciple of an Immortal Sect. Chu Sang didn't rebuke him further. There was no more time. She looked heavily at the darkening sky outside.

The crisis was just beginning.

After confirming that the other villagers had no scratch marks, Chu Sang led them out, planning to move them to a safe place.

Dongchong County had been surrounded inside and out by the power of whatever was behind this. One could only enter, not exit.

But there was a way to break through.

This method worked for mortals, but not necessarily for cultivators.

Before they came, they had prepared and set up a teleportation formation outside. They could use the teleportation formation to transport innocent civilians out.

However, the teleportation formation consumed enormous energy. Each activation required a huge amount of spiritual energy. It was best to gather a hundred people before activating it.

The village was empty, with eerie winds blowing. As night fell, it suddenly became noisy.

Strange howls came from all directions.

Some from the nearby forests, some from nearby courtyards,

Even from the ground beneath their feet, a withered, dark hand suddenly stretched out!

These were all villagers who had died last night. Their bodies hadn't been dealt with in time. At night, when ghost energy was most concentrated, they all transformed into Daolao ghosts.

These things could no longer be called human at all, but were thoroughly ghost corpses. They could only be killed and then cremated. Otherwise, if let out, they would only harm other towns, like zombies, infecting more people.

Chu Sang immediately set up a formation, surrounding the entire village inside and out, preventing the ghost corpses from spreading outwards.

It was fortunate they had come in time. If this thing had really spread to more places, it wouldn't have been just a matter of one village.

The disciples' strength was quite good, but there were too many ghost corpses. Sword cultivators engaged in close combat, making it easy to get scratched or bitten.

There were also countless poison arrows spraying from the ghost corpses' mouths, making it hard to defend against.

Quite a few Golden Core disciples were still a bit lacking in strength and were accidentally bitten or scratched.

Some people, not wanting to be assimilated, tried to cut off the large piece of flesh around the wound.

Mu Chihuai said, "I have detoxification pills here."

"Ordinary detoxification pills are useless. Liu Yuanqing and the others used pills before, but they couldn't completely clear the poison from the wounds," a sword sect disciple shook his head.

"Mine are not the same as theirs." Mu Chihuai generously waved his hand, distributing a detoxification pill to every injured disciple from the sword sect.

The moment the pills were in hand, the pure and concentrated spiritual energy almost shocked everyone present. This detoxification pill was actually... a sub-heaven grade!

In the sects, even in the Eight Great Sects, pills of this grade could only be used by elders and sect leaders.

Even if occasionally an elder gave a heaven-grade pill to their disciple, it was only to be used when saving their life... He actually just took out a large bottle? And gave them to them?

This was too generous, wasn't it?!!

Liu Yuanqing hadn't managed to dodge in time and was also scratched on the arm by a Daolao ghost. He was so anxious that cold sweat poured down, his face flushed with embarrassment as he said, "I... I've also been scratched. Quickly give me a pill!"

"Oh, I see. So even personal disciples of the Pill Condensation Sect will beg other sects for pills? I'm so inexperienced, I thought we would have to kneel down and beg you for pills," Tantai Ming's retort was precise, hitting the nail on the head, killing with words.

Liu Yuanqing's face became even redder, unable to speak.

Of course, this was just to mock him. They still gave him the pill.

These disciples had only one thought: as expected of a sub-heaven grade pill, it was worlds apart from ordinary detoxification pills.

The moment they took the pill, its power easily dissolved. The poisonous energy on the wound instantly disappeared. The high-grade detoxification pill also had a healing effect. They didn't even need to take another healing pill; the wound recovered as if nothing had happened.

"This was personally refined by my Sixth Senior Brother. How's the effect?"

This sentence was like another big hammer to Liu Yuanqing. Liu Yuanqing and Mu Chihuai were now considered the most outstanding disciples of the Pill Condensation Sect, their strength neck and neck. Liu Yuanqing had never liked this joint disciple who stole his limelight. Unexpectedly, after not seeing each other for a few months, Mu Chihuai's pill refining skills had improved so much that he could now refine sub-heaven grade pills...

Liu Yuanqing's face alternated between white and red. After all, the other party had saved his life. He said quite sincerely, "......It's effective."

"Effective, right? Since it's effective, hand over the spirit stones!" Chu Sang held out her hand.

Liu Yuanqing widened his eyes, looking at her in disbelief, seemingly unable to believe this shameless woman was actually pulling a "cut first, pay later" move. His fingers trembled slightly, "You... you people have no morals! We're all from the Eight Great Immortal Sects, how can you treat us differently? Why is it that when Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples are injured, you give them so many pills for free, but when I take just one pill from you, you actually ask for money!"

As soon as these words were uttered, the glares from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples shot over. You immortal idiot! If you can't speak, don't speak!!!