Chapter 189 The Witch's Medicine

In the old district of Quan City, far from the downtown area, few people originally came. Most of the buildings were old houses. However, recently, several new shops have opened one after another. First, it was a flower shop, then a bookstore, and after an old Taoist came, a painting studio was opened after several days of hammering.

The owner of the painting studio is a very young woman.

She often uses gorgeous red and somber, domineering black in her paintings. The contrast and interweaving of the two colors create either a stunning or a depressing and solemn atmosphere, and the themes are often similar.

It is a black river that spreads from the human world to the sky, a sea of red flowers blooming furiously along the river, and the back of a man wearing black armor.

There is an air of sorrow and vicissitudes in her paintings.

She is a very capable painter.

Even the elderly people who come and go can see this. Then they feel it's a pity, a pity that such a shop is opened in the old district, fearing that it won't attract many students. But no matter what people think, it doesn't affect the spirited woman who always wears a red dress and a high ponytail.

She often just stares at the man in the painting and can sit for a whole day.

And this originally remote old district has gradually gained some popularity.

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The sword in Wei Yuan's hand fell, and then stopped steadily. He used an eight-sided Han sword to perform a Xuan Yuan Sword Art, and then returned the sword to its sheath. During the days when Yu Ji was settling down, the aura on his body had become stable enough. After obtaining the true spirit of the Three Kingdoms era, he possessed the Taoist practice of the Taiping Dao, and the cultivation of the Crouching Tiger Stance was also passively improved.

After that, he used the merit he obtained from eliminating the evil cultivators of the Taiping Dao to exchange for the third level of the Crouching Tiger Stance.

Now, he has Taoist practice, the Crouching Tiger Stance strengthens his Qi and blood, and the Taiping Dao spells serve as combat support. The Zhengyi Sect altar can be prepared in advance, taking advantage of the terrain, while the inner cultivation method uses Zhengyi to supplement Taiping, and the Crouching Tiger Stance forms another system, without interfering with each other.

This level of the Crouching Tiger Stance, compared to the first level used for foundation building, and the second level for the initial use of cultivation, has a qualitative breakthrough. In response to the Taoist canon's "one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things," whether it is strength, speed, or endurance, it gradually begins to exceed the category of humans.

The flow of Taoist practice can even unleash sword Qi and use boxing strength.

Running as fast as flying, like a beast.

Apart from the brain, throat, and heart, many fatal injuries for ordinary people are only slightly serious injuries for martial arts cultivators.

Martial arts cultivators tend to focus on inner cultivation. Unlike Taoists who have various spells and supernatural powers, they use Qi to kill enemies and nourish themselves.

The cultivation base is steadily improving.

Correspondingly, Wei Yuan's appetite has increased greatly during this period, and he needs to obtain enough nutrition from food.

This is also an external symptom that martial arts cultivators will experience at this stage.

Fortunately, in modern society, there is no shortage of food. He can also occasionally wear a mask and transform into the enemy of buffet restaurant owners, and then use the remaining merit to exchange for medicines from the Great Han Military Arsenal to assist in cultivation, so the Taoist practice is steadily increasing.

However, after Wei Yuan's strength increased again, the eight-sided Han sword that he used smoothly felt a little light. Wei Yuan looked through the sword materials collected in the Great Han Military Arsenal, as well as the *Gu Jin Dao Jian Lu* (Records of Ancient and Modern Swords) written by people of the Southern Dynasties, thinking about whether to exchange for some materials and ask a cultivator who is good at casting to further recast this eight-sided Han sword.

Unfortunately, he still needs to exchange for pills now, and after the exchange, there is not much merit left.

Wei Yuan calculated the merit and his appetite, so he had to put away the documents exchanged from the Great Han Military Arsenal, took out his mobile phone, easily searched for Wu Zhiqi's account, and then used a small account and a stranger recommendation function to silently recommend civilization series game analysis and many game masterpieces to Wu Zhiqi.

This is a daily task.

Helping Wu Zhiqi to integrate into modern society as soon as possible.

And to prevent Wu Zhiqi from being too bored and too annoyed under the seal.

Wei Yuan muttered silently in his heart, put away his mobile phone, changed into a simple and loose set of clothes, and was about to go out to buy some vegetables when he saw a familiar figure supporting another person, rushing over quickly.

It was Su Yu'er, wearing jeans, sneakers, and a white top, with glasses that had magic on them, plus a simple dress, concealing her true appearance. When she saw Wei Yuan, her eyes lit up slightly, and she said urgently:

"Museum Master Wei, please help!"

Wei Yuan sensed something wrong from the woman she was supporting and opened the door.

Su Yu'er, who is suspected to be a Qingqiu nine-tailed fox, is not good at strength.

But as a demon, the weight of an ordinary person is not a problem at all.

She took the woman into the museum and let her lean on the sofa in the museum's reception area, then breathed a sigh of relief. The Shang Dynasty bronze jue faintly stirred with excitement. Wei Yuan returned a look to scare it, and then looked at Su Yu'er and said, "What happened?"

Su Yu'er whispered: "This is my roommate. She became like this after returning from the hospital. I felt it… it seems that she has been cursed in her body. I don't know anyone else here who can handle this matter."

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment and nodded, "Let's undo the curse on her first."

He said, "It came at just the right time."

"If you had come a month earlier, perhaps I wouldn't have been able to solve it, and I would have had to notify the action team."

While asking Su Yu'er to help, he had the woman lie flat, and then asked the other guys in the museum to get a porcelain bowl. The water ghost quickly delivered a bowl to Wei Yuan's hand. Wei Yuan glanced at the black pottery bowl and casually ordered, "Get another bowl of clean water."

"Water?"

The water ghost was stunned for a moment, and then realized something.

He took the empty bowl, opened his mouth, and when he handed it to Wei Yuan again, it was full of water.

Wei Yuan took the woman's pulse to check her condition. He was about to cast a spell when his movements paused slightly. He looked at the water ghost's serious face and hesitated, "Where did this water come from?" The latter grinned, water dripping from his body, scratched his head, and said shyly:

"I saw in the comics from Sakura Island, what water escape or something, from the mouth..."

Wei Yuan was expressionless and turned to look at the Qi Family Army soldiers:

"Throw him out."

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A moment later, the water ghost was dragged away by the Qi Family Army soldiers and the poison-drinking painter.

Wei Yuan, who had replaced the bowl with a bowl of clean water, immediately wrote a yellow talisman, shook his hand to turn it into ashes and mixed it into the clear water. Taiping Dao cultivators, in addition to Taoist magic, are also good at medicine. They use talisman water to adjust the balance of yin and yang in the human body, expel external evils, and cooperate with herbal medicine for treatment.

The woman in front of him was hit by a method similar to an evil curse.

Taiping Dao talisman water has enough effect.

Wei Yuan raised his hand and tapped the woman's throat, making her open her mouth, and then used the water control method to turn the talisman water into a line of water and flew it into her mouth. With a burst of coughing, the woman's brows were no longer furrowed, and she slowly relaxed. The aura on her body gradually recovered. Wei Yuan put down the bowl in his hand and tapped the woman's forehead with his finger, saying:

"It should be fine now."

Turning to look at Su Yu'er:

"Tell me about the situation in detail..."

Su Yu'er's expression eased. She pondered for a moment and began to explain.

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This fashionable and beautiful girl is called Qi Xiangxue.

She is one of the roommates of Su Yu'er, Su Yan'er, and Hu Mei, and has a carefree and outgoing personality.

Therefore, she is the best friend with them three during this period.

Yesterday, Qi Xiangxue felt unwell and went to a large hospital to see a doctor and have a blood test. After returning, she felt even more uncomfortable. Today, she didn't go to class. Su Yu'er didn't like today's major course, and she was worried about her friend, so she skipped class and stayed in the dormitory.

Not long ago, Qi Xiangxue suddenly fainted while going to pour water.

And her body exuded an aura similar to magic.

Su Yu'er realized that something was wrong. The fox clan's magic is not good at breaking this kind of method. In a moment of desperation, she thought of Wei Yuan, so she cast an illusion and rushed to the museum on a demon wind.

Wei Yuan looked at the quiet Qi Xiangxue and said:

"...Is it a curse?"

He took out a needle and pierced Qi Xiangxue's fingertip, causing blood to seep out. He used the remaining talisman water to catch the blood. The blood that should have spread out was extremely stagnant and extremely condensed, maintaining its original state in the water and not mixing. Wei Yuan looked at Su Yu'er, who was bowing her head, and sighed:

"Rather than a curse, it's more like medicine."

"The fox clan is good at charming people, and ordinary curses can't hide from you."

"The blood is heavy and does not disperse. Although it is very thin, this is the bloodline of the witch. Was it noticed during the blood test? Why don't you want to tell the truth?"

Wei Yuan's voice paused slightly, thinking of Su Yu'er's violent reaction when facing the Shang Dynasty bronze jue last time, he was thoughtful. Su Yu'er was silent for a moment and said, "I... I remember this kind of aura, in my dream."

She subconsciously reached out and held the bronze dagger with Xuan Bird patterns, and murmured softly:

"This is Wu Xian's medicine."

"Wu Xian?"

Wei Yuan frowned, and the Shang Dynasty bronze jue couldn't help but exclaimed. Since she had taken the initiative to mention the dream of the past, Su Yu'er no longer concealed it. She gently placed the dagger on the table and said:

"Yes, Wu Xian's medicine."

"When I had consciousness, I would often dream, and I saw many things in my dreams. Wu Xian, he was the minister of King Tai Wu of the Shang Dynasty, and he was able to revitalize the Shang after seven generations. He was the most powerful witch doctor of that era, but he was not just a doctor, but also a *zhu* (invoker/priest). His medicine could save people and kill people."

"But he and his medicine have not appeared since the Zhou Dynasty."

"How could it appear in this era?"

She fell into confusion. Seeing Wei Yuan frowning, Wei Yuan said, "If you are talking about Wu Xian."

He said, "Then I have another saying."

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Wu Xian, this is a name that has enough meaning and is old enough.

In the earliest legends, he was the messenger connecting the Heavenly Emperor and the human world, a divine witch.

He came to the human world with the will of the gods and taught the people.

He was a minister of the Yellow Emperor during the time of the Xuanyuan Emperor. He divined the victory or defeat for the Yellow Emperor and Chi You, and created the divination method of *shi*. He divined good and bad luck for the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor. In the era of Emperor Yao, Yao also had a minister named Wu Xian.

He used Hongshu (vast skills) as Yao's doctor, able to invoke and prolong people's blessings, heal people's diseases, curse trees to wither, and curse birds to fall.

In the era of Emperor Shun, there was also a person named Wu Xian.

This time, he became Emperor Shun's general and musician.

It is also the source of the legend of the Wu Gorge, one of the Three Gorges, since ancient times.

Wei Yuan told this matter plainly, not telling a story, but telling the deeds of people in different eras. Finally, he said: "From the Shennong clan and the Xuanyuan Emperor to Emperor Shun, there was Wu Xian as a minister, and when the Shang Dynasty was revitalized, there was also Wu Xian, with the same name."

"Miss Su, do you have any thoughts?"

An absurd idea appeared in Su Yu'er's heart, but she subconsciously didn't want to believe it, and said:

"Perhaps it's just the same name."

Wei Yuan replied, "I remember it was written in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Classic of the Great Wilderness, South, 'There is Mount Wu, with the Yellow Bird, the Emperor's medicine, and the Eight Fastings in the west.' The Yellow Bird is used as the guardian of the medicine of Mount Wu. That is the immortal medicine. At least there is a legend that there is an immortal medicine there."

"If you don't believe it, you can recall what Wu Xian's son was called after his death?"

Su Yu'er's pupils shrank slightly, and she murmured, "Called Wu Xian..."

Wei Yuan smiled and said that was indeed the case, only saying:

"I'm afraid it's deliberately creating confusion, unwilling to let the two Wu Xians be continuously circulated, so they used an illusion."

Su Yu'er looked at her roommate and said:

"Then even if it is related to the ancient Wu Xian Kingdom, why should they administer medicine to harm people..."

Wei Yuan turned his head to look at Su Yu'er, and was silent for a long time. He curled his lips slightly and said softly:

"Miss Su, you wouldn't think that the Mount Wu immortal medicine comes without a price, would you? Among the few immortal medicines in the world, the Kunlun Mountain immortal flower is nurtured by the pure Qi of the high heavens, and the overseas immortal mountain's immortal medicine is also a legend. Xu Fu, the number one alchemist of the Qin Dynasty, sailed across the ocean, and throughout his life, he may not have gained anything."

"The only thing left is Mount Wu."

"As for why they want to attack people with Wu blood."

"The Classic of the Great Wilderness, West records, 'There is Mount Ling, where Wu Xian, Wu Ji, Wu Fen, Wu Peng, Wu Gu, Wu Zhen, Wu Li, Wu Di, Wu Xie, and Wu Luo, the ten witches ascend and descend from here, and all kinds of medicines are here.' And in the Wu Xian Kingdom, there is a group of witches who follow up and down. Then why, in later generations, only Wu Xian is left?"

"Do you want to guess what this medicine is made of?"

Su Yu'er's expression froze and said, "But doesn't the Classic of the Great Wilderness, South, also have the Undying Country?"

Wei Yuan said, "Oh, the Undying Country, ah, it's just that people in that country won't die of old age. After leaving, they will quickly age and die, so it's called the Undying Country, not the Undying People. Therefore, the people of that country are unwilling to come out. Unfortunately, it finally perished, so it can be seen that immortality is not a very good thing."

A complex look appeared on Su Yu'er's face and said, "Immortality is also a curse..."

Seeing her confused and complex face, Wei Yuan smiled gently and said, "It's not."

Su Yu'er looked up blankly.

Wei Yuan replied with a serious face:

"It's because the failure to die has led to social resources, learning resources, and living resources being forever in the hands of a small minority. Ordinary people have no chance to stand out, the social class is extremely rigid, the gap between the rich and the poor is extremely aggravated, and the main and secondary contradictions are constantly deepening. Because of immortality, there is no limit to oppression, which ultimately leads to the outbreak of contradictions."

"Student Su Yu'er, your freshman sociology required course is obviously failing."

Su Yu'er: "…………"

Wei Yuan thought for a while, got up and put on his coat, tied the yellow scarf around his arm, and said:

"Whether someone has obtained the record of Wu Xian's immortal medicine, or someone has come down from Mount Wu again, it must be dealt with... I guess it should be the first kind, the record of Wu Xian's medicine has been circulated."

"But even now that the spiritual energy is revived, the witch blood of those descendants of the witch clan is extremely thin. If someone has really obtained Wu Xian's relics and wants to refine the immortal medicine, I am afraid that there will be many victims."

"I will tell the Heavenly Master's Mansion about this matter. What is the name of the hospital you mentioned? I will go and see..."

If he can handle it, he will handle it. If he can't handle it, he will first confirm the target.

This is the kind of trouble that will spread quickly. Once it breaks out, it will affect many people.

Su Yu'er did not expect that the other party would participate in this matter so actively, and the degree of understanding of ancient things also exceeded her expectations, especially the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which seemed to come to him as if at his fingertips. After hesitating for a moment, she still told the name of the hospital, and then asked: "...You, who are you..."

Wei Yuan looked sideways at the nine-tailed fox who was obviously carrying some secrets, and asked in surprise:

"Didn't Witch Maiden Jiao tell you?"

Su Yu'er said frankly, "No, but I have guessed some."

Wei Yuan pondered for a while and said, "Then I will ask you a question."

"Su Yu'er, is it Su Daji?"

Su Yu'er shook her head decisively.

Wei Yuan smiled, and his eyes passed through the window and fell on the girl who was holding tea, watching Yu Ji paint, and was eager to try. He said, "I haven't told Jue?" Su Yu'er whispered, "The ancestor said, some things need you to decide for yourself whether to say them."

Su Yu'er looked at the young museum curator and said:

"Why are you so familiar with Wu Xian's medicine?"

The Shang Dynasty bronze jue was also paying close attention to this matter.

Wei Yuan sorted out his thoughts and those distant memories, and replied:

"Actually, it's very simple. From the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor period to the end of the Shang Dynasty, Wu Xian's figure was present, but in these long years, only during the era of King Yu and Xia, there was no such mysterious person or mysterious country, until Wu Xian reappeared in the world after the Shang King inherited the throne for seven generations."

Su Yu'er was stunned. She had already guessed the era to some extent, and then realized something and widened her eyes.

The young museum owner picked up the sword, carried it behind his back, smiled, and said:

"So ah... They back then..."

"We drove them to the mountains."

"It just seems that due to their past merits, we didn't do too much, just interrupted the connection between Mount Wu and the human world. I didn't expect them to come down the mountain twice."

Wei Yuan's voice paused and said, "For both emotional and rational reasons, I should go and 'visit' the old friends."

"I just don't know if they will welcome me."

PS: Today's first update, five thousand words, thank you Piaozhou Miaotiandi for the ten thousand reward~

*Gui Zang*: In the past, the Yellow Emperor fought with the Yan Emperor in the wilderness of Zhuolu. Before the battle, he divined with Wu Xian.

*Lushi Chunqiu·Wu Gong*: Wu Peng made medicine, and Wu Xian made divination.

*Book of Documents·Jun Shi*: During the time of Zu Yi, there was Wu Xian.

*Wu Xian Mountain Fu*: Wu Xian used Hongshu to be Emperor Yao's doctor.

*Records of the Grand Historian·Feng Chan Shu*: During the time of Yin Tai Wu, there was Wu Xian.