Li Mingbai carefully placed the old man back onto the bed, afraid of accidentally bumping him.
The golden light, which was so deadly, continued to pour into the old man's body from Li Mingbai's hands…
The evil cultivator was on the verge of despair…
Yan Jin started to convulse.
Foam appeared at his mouth.
His body twitched.
…
Li Mingbai was startled, gently shaking the evil cultivator’s body with both hands: “Old sir, old sir, how are you?”
The evil cultivator cried out desperately in his heart.
Take your damn hand away, and I’ll be fine!
Brother, please, just leave me alone!
Either let me go, or just give me a quick death!
Such torment.
Who exactly is the evil cultivator between us?
As if hearing the evil cultivator’s desperate cry, Li Mingbai, miraculously, let go.
The evil cultivator gasped for air like a drowning man pulled to the surface, greedily inhaling the fresh air.
He even accidentally swallowed back the foam he had spat out earlier.
But he couldn't care less now.
I can’t hold on…
Must recover quickly…
“The doctor said there’s nothing wrong with his body, but this old gentleman’s reaction doesn’t seem like he’s okay?” Li Mingbai frowned, lost in thought.
Suddenly, Li Mingbai had an epiphany!
Seeing Li Mingbai look at him with a smile, the evil cultivator nearly peed himself!
“You… what do you want to do…” he finally managed to speak, his voice trembling, “he said.”
His body was shaking uncontrollably, clearly terrified to the extreme.
“Old sir, you needn’t be afraid.” Li Mingbai smiled reassuringly, “I will cure you now.”
“Thump!” The evil cultivator collapsed onto the bed.
“No need!” he shouted with all his might, terrified, “This is an old ailment, I’ll be fine in a moment!!!”
“Rest assured, old sir, I am a cultivator.” Li Mingbai, without further ado, helped him up. “Cultivators’ true qi absorbs the purest spiritual energy from heaven and earth. Even if it doesn't cure you, it won't do any harm.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll just use my true qi to nourish your body, it won’t be uncomfortable.” Li Mingbai smiled and placed his palms on the evil cultivator’s back.
He could understand the evil cultivator’s reaction.
After all, he was old, and many elderly people are hesitant to seek medical treatment.
His late second grandfather was like that.
He insisted he wasn’t sick and refused to see a doctor at all costs.
A few days later, his second grandfather passed away…
Considering the old man’s age, Li Mingbai thoughtfully slowed down the speed at which he was transferring his true qi.
Unbeknownst to him, as he circulated his true qi, the golden light in his crotch began to flicker again.
The effect of the demon-exorcising talisman flowed into the evil cultivator’s body along with his true qi.
If the purification light he released when he helped the evil cultivator up earlier was just a trickle, it had now turned into a full-blown torrent!
Instantly, the power of the demon-exorcising talisman exploded within the evil cultivator’s body. His eyes rolled back, and he passed out.
And this time, he was gone for good…
Before he died, he just wanted to say one thing to Li Mingbai.
Thank you!
I effing thank your whole damn family!!!
…
Five minutes later.
Lin Qingquan withdrew his true qi.
“Old sir, how do you feel?” he turned the evil cultivator’s body over. “Do you feel better… Holy cow!”
Mid-sentence, Li Mingbai almost threw the evil cultivator’s body out.
The evil cultivator’s entire face was now skin and bones, not a shred of flesh left!
Moreover, the skin on his face had shrunk so thinly that his head looked like a mummified skull…
Li Mingbai examined him closely and found that besides his head, his exposed parts like his hands and neck were all in the same ghastly state.
Li Mingbai swallowed and checked the man's breathing.
There was none at all…
He reached out and touched the man’s neck.
It was ice-cold and stiff.
In simple terms.
He was completely dead.
…
Li Mingbai sighed helplessly and pulled the quilt over the old man’s face.
Although he knew it was a bit impolite at this moment.
It was just too damn disgusting to look at…
Carrying the quilt-wrapped corpse of the evil cultivator, Li Mingbai leaped out the window and disappeared into the night.
North of the small town, a small grove of trees.
A fresh grave mound appeared on the ground, with an irregular, unmarked stone in front of it.
Well…
Actually, it was just a broken rock picked up casually from the side…
“It’s a shame, old sir, you didn’t tell me where you lived or if you had any relatives before you died. Since we met, I couldn’t let your body be left exposed to the wilderness.” Li Mingbai sighed and headed back towards the town.
At this moment, he finally realized something.
There had been evil cultivators appearing nearby in recent months. Coupled with the old man’s symptoms before his death.
The answer was obvious.
The old man must have been a victim of an evil cultivator!
“These evil cultivators do all sorts of wicked deeds, they are an affront to heaven and earth!” Li Mingbai secretly vowed, “Rest assured, old sir, when I catch this detestable evil cultivator, I will definitely avenge you!”
On the way back, Li Mingbai suddenly remembered something.
He reached into his crotch.
The cultivation manual and talismans bestowed by Senior Brother Ye were all intact. He must have been overthinking when he just woke up.
Carefully tucking the talisman back into the book, Li Mingbai again stuffed the book back into his crotch.
Purple Cloud Sect.
As soon as he reached the sect gate, Li Mingbai froze.
Logically, there should be no one here except for the gatekeeping disciples, but the sect gate was brightly lit!
“Junior Brother Li!” As Li Mingbai wondered, a disciple from the Hall of Discipline approached him. “That’s great, we thought something had happened to you!”
“Senior Brother Zhao, what in the world is going on?” Li Mingbai asked, bewildered.
“Something big has happened!” Senior Brother Zhang recounted with a grave expression.
Two minutes later.
Li Mingbai nodded as if he understood.
No wonder he hadn’t seen those fellow disciples at the restaurant earlier; they had been captured by evil cultivators!
“Besides the dozen or so disciples rescued by the elders, over thirty more disciples are still missing,” Senior Brother Zhao said anxiously. “Although the elders are still searching, with so much time passed, the people are likely already…”
As he spoke, they suddenly saw the elders returning with those disciples.
The number was just right, not more, not less.
At the same time, True Master Purple Cloud also returned from another direction.
“Sect Master, the people were found at the foot of Mount Wuyu, two hundred li north of our sect,” the Great Elder reported quickly. “To be precise, we saw them walking towards us from the opposite direction just as we arrived.”
“Sect Master, we originally planned to treat Junior Brother Li at the Drunken Immortal Residence, but then we don’t know why we passed out.”
Seeing True Master Purple Cloud looking at them, these disciples quickly replied.
“When we woke up, we found ourselves in the wilderness and hurried back. Not long after we left, we encountered the elders.”
True Master Purple Cloud said nothing, but examined each disciple with her true qi.
“Alright, you may go back.” After the examination, True Master Purple Cloud finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She was truly afraid that these disciples had been secretly controlled by the evil cultivator.
Fortunately, after her examination, she found that they had not fallen into his trap.
“Sect Master, we encountered that evil cultivator today,” the elders continued to report on the way back. “However, he escaped using a body-replacement puppet.”
“It seems the evil cultivator’s lair should be nearby…”
True Master Purple Cloud pondered for a moment.
“Tell these disciples to try not to go out recently. Then, you arrange for more manpower to expand the search area. We must root out this malignant tumor!”
Five hundred li north of the Purple Cloud Sect.
The evil cultivator’s lair.
A voice slowly echoed in the underground chamber.
“The bait has been cast, now we just wait for the fish to bite,桀桀桀!”