Qi Yu's expression changed drastically. After dodging, he grabbed the soldier's wrist, kicked him, and easily pinned the man to the ground.
The soldier's face was pressed against the ground, and he continued to roar, his fingernails growing longer and longer.
Qi Yu broke his hand, tied him up, and forced him to sit on the ground.
A cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"What's going on? Why did he suddenly get angry? Didn't he seem harmless before?" Si Qing, who had been standing by, frowned deeply.
"I can't figure it out. This person's attack power isn't strong for me; I can handle it easily. But that's only because he's alone. If all the sick people below go mad and attack, it would be terrible." Qi Yu said, looking at Sui You, "Third Senior Brother, have you figured out what kind of illness this is?"
During the fight, he had observed carefully but couldn't discern how the illness was contracted. There was no evil energy, no malevolent energy, not even any sickly aura.
It was as if they had just woken up with it.
Sui You was also examining other patients. Hearing Qi Yu, he gently shook his head, "I tried to use phoenix blood to detoxify them earlier, but these people don't seem to be poisoned. It looks more like they've been cursed."
"Cursed?" Qi Yu looked intently at the soldier before him.
"Yes," Sui You cut open a man's outer garment with the long sword at his waist. "Look at the patterns appearing on their foreheads, chins, necks, and chests. These should be ancient curses left behind."
"Although I don't know the name of this curse, I remember reading in ancient texts that this type of curse is extremely insidious and can only be cast by someone with extremely high cultivation."
"Furthermore, this curse requires a medium when it's cast. To break it, we probably have to start with the medium. But the scope of this medium is too vast, from food, clothing, housing, and transportation to any random object."
Sui You massaged his temples and glanced at the swaying figures below the city wall.
"The situation is not good. If it were poisoning, I could find a way to solve it. But if it's a curse, the scope is too broad. I must capture someone and return to the Divine Realm."
"Let's capture someone whose symptoms are neither too severe nor too mild," Qi Yu said, scanning his surroundings. He finally chose a girl who appeared to have little aggression.
He lifted the girl's collar like he was carrying a kitten and, along with Si Qing and Sui You, flew towards the Nine Heavens.
Within the Nine Heavens.
Yue Zhiyin never expected the three of them to return so soon, and to bring back a case.
Sui You brought the girl forward and explained his views on the curse in detail.
Yan Hua, sitting nearby, had a very serious expression. "If it's a curse, then this situation is unusual."
Curses have a vast scope. All beings in the Three Realms can cast curses, as long as they possess spiritual power.
Moreover, the effects of curses vary depending on the race that casts them.
This means that if the situation in the human world truly originates from a curse cast by a certain race, then we must trace it back to find the true cause of the curse.
Sui You nodded. "Lord Yan Hua is correct. I thought the same. However, this curse does not seem to be from the Phoenix Clan, nor from the Demon Clan or other races I've encountered. I wonder if it could be from the Qilin Clan or the Black Tortoise Clan?"
Most of the important figures present were senior and junior brothers and sisters.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought and stepped forward to examine the situation.
The girl stood there like an ignorant beast, her mouth filled with the smell of blood.
Chen Xi beckoned to the fairy attendants beside him, asking them to sketch the patterns on the girl's body onto paper.
After the girl was led away, Si Qing tentatively asked Yue Zhiyin, "Could this curse be from the Divine Clan, or... did Rakshasa Heavenly Venerate use some spell to disguise himself as another race and cast it?"