"I really don't have any this time," Qi Yu said with a look of innocence, earnestly emphasizing the words "really don't have any."
Si Qing remained suspicious.
Qi Yu silently shifted the focus, "I think what's more important now is not this. But what should be done about the mortal realm? Regardless of who cast this curse, now that it has happened, the most important thing is to think of a solution."
"If it's an old one, then we can only use the most cumbersome method," Feng Mingqi was successfully distracted. "Protect all the living, normal people, and isolate all those humans who have already been cursed."
"...The humans are saving themselves," Qi Yu looked up. Not far away, many cultivators riding spirit swords were rushing over, helping to rescue those who had escaped and were not yet cursed.
These should be the cultivators who had barely survived in the immortal sects.
To save the world and its people, they could only choose this most cumbersome method.
Qi Yu sighed and, with a command, summoned the North Sea tribes to come and help.
The mortal realm was plunged into misery.
Feng Mingqi even had to summon the demon army to help confine all those humans who had been cursed and lost their humanity.
Sui You also summoned the phoenix clan, asking them to help set up a blessing barrier, using the auspicious energy of the phoenix to separate the evil spirits seeping out from the cracks in the ground.
Qi Nian, Chi Ming, Qi Yan, and Ming Lou all came to help.
Si Qing, An Nuo, and Shao Feng summoned the South Sea tribes, taking orders from Qi Yu.
Yue Zhiyin ordered some of the heavenly soldiers and generals from the Nine Heavens to guard the Nine Heavens and sent others down to the mortal realm to help.
Yan Hua instructed Yu Yuan to protect Chu Xian, Sang Yunji, and Wu Jin.
Chen Xi and Jin Yan followed by Yan Hua's side.
For a time, the mortal realm was bustling with activity.
The grand arrival of big shots from various realms to help completely stunned a group of immortal sect disciples.
"Stop looking," Qi Yu urged one of the young cultivators who was staring in awe at the arrival of deities from all sides. "This calamity in the mortal realm is severe and has already caused considerable casualties. Your efforts to save lives will be rewarded by the heavens in the future."
The young cultivator finally snapped back to reality upon hearing this. He blushed and then quickly led his fellow disciples to rescue people as much as possible.
A mortal cultivator might never witness such a scene in their lifetime.
But at this moment, no one had the time to think about so much.
They could only do their best to minimize casualties and losses in the mortal realm.
It wasn't until two days later that they managed to separate the cursed population from the uncursed.
Since the medium of the curse was the wells, the surviving villagers were temporarily moved to villages without wells and gathered there, protected by the major immortal sects.
As for those humans who had fallen and been defiled by the curse, and that cracked fissure in the ground, they were sealed and dealt with by all the races together.
Looking at the humans in the mortal realm who had become unrecognizable due to the curse, Qi Yu stood in mid-air, frowning deeply. "Master, I think this situation is not good."
These humans had lost their vitality, been defiled by the curse, and become unrecognizable with ferocious expressions. Most importantly, because the source of the curse was the 13th Heaven, they were not as easily treated as humans infected by evil spirits in normal times.
They were now in a state between low-level evil spirits and humans.
Because it was uncertain if they could still be saved, they could not be killed and could only be confined like this.
However, their strength gradually increased with their confinement, and they were now even showing signs of breaking through the barrier.
"They have been causing trouble for so long, a full three days, some even longer. They haven't eaten or drunk anything, yet they still have energy," Yan Hua sighed with his hands behind his back. "I really don't know what we'll do when these barriers are broken."
"Master, is there really no other way?" Si Qing stepped forward. "These humans have lost their minds due to the curse from the 13th Heaven. I estimate that in a short while, they might transform into complete low-level evil spirits."
"Instead of waiting until that point to kill all these people, it would be better to eliminate them in advance. In any case, the method of dealing with them in the end is the same, isn't it?"
Si Qing said this while impatiently waving his long spear.
"What you say is true, but who will take the lead?" Yan Hua raised an eyebrow. "Will you say it, or will I? No one is sure now whether these people will truly turn into complete low-level evil spirits. If they do, it's fine. But if it's later proven that they could have been saved, then the sin of killing so many people will fall entirely on the person who made the suggestion."
Si Qing had not really considered the issue of responsibility before making the suggestion.
Now, hearing Yan Hua's words, he was rendered speechless.
Chen Xi stood beside them with a solemn expression. "Little ones, we understand your worries, but the key problem is the lack of a leader. No one dares to take this risk."
Even the 13th Heaven had started casting curses to harm people.
"Then what should we do now?" Chu Xian asked Yu Yuan timidly. "Lord Yu Yuan, are we just going to do nothing, confine all these people, and wait for them to die on their own?"
Yu Yuan remained silent.
At this moment, whoever spoke out could be wrong.
If they led in the wrong direction, it would all end in sin.
Qi Yu looked at the countless cursed individuals, feeling increasingly troubled. Just as he was thinking of finding a place to retreat and relax his mind, a vibration similar to the one just now suddenly occurred not far away.
This time, Qi Yu and the others had experience. They rushed to the source of the vibration and jointly used their spiritual power to suppress the second fissure that was about to split open.
However, the second fissure seemed to have something trying to drill out from within. It became more severe and cracked wider.
Finally, a strong evil energy erupted from the fissure, striking Qi Yu directly in the chest.
Qi Yu took a few steps back to steady himself.
The next moment, a swarm of dense, small evil beasts, like mice, crawled out of the fissure. With their scarlet eyes, they bared their fangs and lunged at everyone around them!