148 I Know That He Will Never Be Hones (1/2)

”Very well then, let’s have Zhan Ziye demonstrate the effectiveness of this Gate of All Living Things to everybody. As for the background story for the illusion… here are some ready made scenarios; you can choose whatever you want.”

Before the Gate of All Living Things, Yuan Chaonian, with a wooden expression, revealed more than ten simple jades and handed them over to the Spirit Sword Sect Elders. Liu Xian and his Junior Brothers and Sisters exchanged glances and then randomly picked one of them.

Yuan Chaonian said, ”Insect poison outbreak… very interesting scenario. Ziye, are you ready?”

”Yes, Master!”

While talking, Yuan Chaonian opened the Gate of All Living Things and sucked Zhan Ziye into it, and then, with a loud crashing sound, the door was closed.

Yuan Chaonian then cast a spell so that what happened within the door was projected outside for other people to see.

The content of the illusion was simple: in order to collect people’s soul and flesh, a group of demonic people from a devil sect spread out an insect poison in a country. This kind of insect poison was extremely sinister. Once contracted, the poisoned person would be reduced to a living corpse and would develop a deep-seated hatred towards the living. At the same time, the poisoned person’s body would turn into the breeding ground of the poison. Once ordinary people were wounded by the direct attack from this poisoned person, that person would be similarly poisoned, turning into a walking corpse.

Zhan Ziye appeared at the city threatened with this insect poison, which was the City of Chu [1], the second largest city in the Black Country after its capital. The villages and small towns at the outskirts of the city already have signs of a large number of infections. Currently, the City gates were already closed, however, it still couldn’t guarantee the safety of the city. On the corners beyond the guards’ line of sight, the poison seemed to have begun to spread.

Zhan Ziye didn’t appear as a commoner that suddenly dropped from the sky, but directly became the City Magistrate, facing this dangerous situation head on.

Once he entered this illusion world, Zhan Ziye, without too much hesitation, directly went out of town towards the nearby villages and small towns to collect samples of the poison. He was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator with amazing strength and thus, he simply didn’t care about the insect poison’s infection.

After collecting the samples, he returned to the city, mobilized all the resources at his disposal, and began to develop the antidote.

As one of the most outstanding cultivators of the young generation in the Ten Thousand Arts Sect, he was also the most gifted scholar. For him, the difficulty of this illusion scenario was not too high; although the wanton spreading of the insect poison was terrible, it was still within the scope of his ability.

Of course, researching for the antidote took a certain amount of time. During which, he issued several edicts, imposing the entire city under a high degree of martial law, which conformed with the norm of the society; although this wasn’t an original idea, it was unblamable either. Half a month later, when the insect poison had inevitably massively spread in the city, and any edicts or decree couldn’t stop the city from falling, Zhan Ziye finally succeeded in developing the antidote.

The city was already hopeless, therefore, he mercilessly left and sent the antidote to the capital. After using the resources in the capital, he began the long and painful but inevitable march to victory. During which, the devil sect had repeatedly evolved the insect poison, however, Zhan Ziye developed the antidote for each of the poison variants. In the final battle, Zhan Ziye, with his Ten Thousand Methods Comprehension, personally defeated the leader of the devil sect and ensured the complete victory!

In the illusion world, time quickly flew. When the Kingdom’s last infected person was cured by the antidote, the illusion world scenario automatically ended and Zhan Ziye, with a weary look, came out of the Gate of All Living Things and smiled at his Master.

”Done.”

Yuan Chaonian nodded in satisfaction, very pleased with the result.

To say that this illusion scenario was difficult, it actually wasn’t; however, it wasn’t easy to smoothly go through it. The leader of the devil sect was a Jindan Cultivator, and the brave subordinates under him were as many as clouds. Thus, it would be like going against the heaven or courting death if one wanted to defeat them just by relying on cultivation alone! However, without cultivation, no one would survive in this crisis-ridden world. By relying on his brilliant academic ability to develop the antidote to the insect poison, as well as being the commander-in-chief of the army in confronting the brilliant cultivators of the devil sect, Zhan Ziye neatly completed the whole scenario of insect poison outbreak; he was indeed worthy to be the Eldest Brother of the young generation of the Ten Thousand Arts Sect.

Yuan Chaonian turned his head and gloomily looked at Wang Lu. ”Your turn.”

Wang Lu smugly smiled. ”Behold, prepare to witness the miracle.”

Then the Gate of All Living Things was opened, and Wang Lu strode in.

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It was the same Insect poison outbreak scenario. Under the same crisis in the twilight of the bustling city, Wang Lu, as the City Magistrate, arrived at the Magistrate’s official residence. Aside from him, there was also Magistrate’s team of aides and advisors, as well as the city’s bureaucrats.

”Sir, the situation is getting worse…” A middle-aged, gaunt man expressionlessly reported the latest progress to the City Magistrate. The situation was indeed getting worse and worse, however, he wasn’t worried about that. As a noble bureaucrat, he didn’t have to stay in the city together with the peasants. Once the situation worsened, he could quickly flee in a brisk carriage. In fact, most of the people present had the similar idea. In his view, the City Magistrate would be of no different.

However, Wang Lu simply listened to the report and then laughed. ”The situation is not so bad. Currently, including the outskirts villages and small towns, the percentage of the people infected is at most less than ten percent.”

One of the aides added, ”But it’s spreading really fast.”

”So? You guys want to persuade me to make two kinds of preparation? Oh, you guys are simply naive; do you guys think you can simply leave behind the mess and walk away? Do you think there would be a place for you in this big country after you left such an important matter? You want to say you have a strong background and could shoulder this disaster? Yes, decades later after you retired in the capital, you would be laughed at by the upper-class and cursed by the lower-class; as long as you can treat those mocking with indifference, you can indeed barely manage to maintain a feeble existence. Unfortunately, even if you want to be a dog, I don’t. On the contrary, to me, this disaster is a heaven-sent opportunity. As long as we properly dispose of this poison outbreak, our future would be filled with glory and not limited to this city walls!”

A bureaucrat knitted his brows. ”But this matter is extremely strange. The poison is so fierce; we don’t have the ability to find its cure.”

”What does it matter? Just do whatever you can, that’s it. Old Li, you are in charge of the health care in the city, I want you to do the following in the next few days…”