Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1335: Entrusted by Zhao Yuqiao

"Senior Zhao, I think your understanding of good things may be different from mine?"

Lu Ning was brought by Zhao Yuqiao to a thatched house. When she walked in, she saw more than a dozen people lying neatly in the house.

"Of course it's a good thing. I spent a lot of effort to get these people here without being monitored in order to analyze their pathology." Zhao Yuqiao smiled and squatted down beside them, then pointed at the people lying on the ground, "Don't be fooled by the appearance of corpses. In fact, they are still alive."

"Of course I can see that they are still alive." Lu Ning's demon eyes were always open, and there was still breath of life in this row of people.

"Then can you see that the diseases of these people are different?" Zhao Yuqiao asked.

"I don't know much about medicine. If you ask about medicine, I can still give you some advice." Lu Ning shrugged. "Just tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"Alas, young people are really impatient." Zhao Yuqiao waved his hand, "I asked you to come here just to tell you about these symptoms. I just want you to understand how many forces are competing behind Xingyin City."

"Oh." Lu Ning turned around and left after hearing this.

"Hey, hey, hey, why don't you listen to me!"

"Usually, this is usually a trap. It's too obvious. You didn't even try to disguise it."

"I'm just going to make a fair deal with you after this."

Lu Ning looked unconvinced.

"If Old Zhao wanted to cheat you, would you still need to disguise yourself? With my medical skills, even if I openly said I wanted to cheat people, there would still be a lot of people coming to me." Zhao Yuqiao curled his lips.

"Why don't you explain what's in this bottle first?" Lu Ning tossed the porcelain bottle in his hand.

Zhao Yuqiao grinned: "The root of the disease."

Lu Ning threw the bottle directly back into Zhao Yuqiao's arms.

"Hey, that's why you're ignorant." Zhao Yuqiao took it. "Since I gave it to you, it must not be contagious. Many diseases are not easily transmitted unless you have deep contact with the pathogenic factor."

"I know." Lu Ning had also worked as a doctor in the scene, so how could she not know about this? She was just wary of all the abnormal substances in the scene.

Zhao Yuqiao’s medical skills were good, but not to the point where Lu Ning could trust him and take over anything from him. Moreover, most of the people who were good at medicine in the distribution center were also proficient in poisons.

"There are more than a dozen forces, and everyone wants to sacrifice the people in this city. One person can kill three or four times, and there will be nothing left. Haha, with such cruel means, this Xingyin City can be considered to have many talents." Zhao Yuqiao pulled out the stopper of the porcelain bottle and walked towards those people. "Since you are not interested, I, Old Zhao, am not very interested either. Let's return the root of the problem to them."

Lu Ning pushed the door open and went out.

Zhao Yuqiao stopped and sighed.

"Are young people so difficult to deal with these days?"

He put the porcelain bottle in his arms, chased out, and ran in front of Lu Ning.

"I give you credit. I'm asking you to do me a favor. I owe you a favor. If you help me, I'll go back and ask our section chief to do a full repair surgery on you. How about that?"

"Full repair surgery?" Lu Ning was stunned for a moment, "Shouldn't the distribution center be repaired anyway?"

Zhao Yuqiao stared at Lu Ning carefully and said, "You... haven't heard of me?"

The corners of Lu Ning's mouth twitched.

"I am one of the deputy chiefs of the Yelongting Medical Department." Zhao Yuqiao said, "I promised that our chief will definitely give you a comprehensive repair surgery. You must have heard of the name 'Zhirun'."

Lu Ning had heard of this. After all, Golden Dawn would also have "make-up lessons" on these fifth-level basic knowledge points. Although Zhao Yuqiao's deputy position was not included, the head of the tenth department of Yelong Court was still necessary for fifth-level tourists to know.

"I know about intercalation."

"Oh, it's OK." Zhao Yuqiao wiped his head, "You know, the distribution center likes to strike a balance. For old tourists like us, the difficulty of the tasks is not at the same level as you newcomers. I am not specialized in combat, so it is not easy to complete the task."

Lu Ning would not believe it so literally. If the difficulty of the distribution center really depended on seniority, then there would have been relevant records within the Golden Dawn. But in fact, there was no guide that pointed out this.

It is more likely that what the tourists brought into the scene in the first place has become another standard for fair judgment. The greedier they are, the harder the task will be. However, Lu Ning is not going to pursue this matter any further. Zhao Yuqiao is an old veteran after all. If he is willing to lower his head a little, Lu Ning must give him some face.

"Okay, let's talk about it again. What is your mission and what do you want me to do?"

"Last time, I needed to heal someone. But this time's mission... Tsk."

"Cure...the demon?" Lu Ning asked tentatively.

Zhao Yuqiao slapped his thigh and said, "Yeah, isn't this a trap for me? Let's not talk about whether I can cure it or not. If I cure the demon, how will people look at me? Isn't this clearly asking me to betray the human race? Although I am not a good person in my daily life, curing illnesses and saving lives is not a bad thing, right? Why is this mission pushing me into the villain camp?"

Lu Ning didn't answer this question, but just asked: "But what do those people you just showed me have to do with this mission?"

"It's a big deal. The mission only asks me to cure monsters, but it doesn't say what kind of monsters I should cure. I think it's best to choose a weaker force, beat the monster half to death, and then kill it after curing it. So I have to see which force is the worst, judge it, and then find a helper to capture a monster."

Lu Ning had no idea how she came up with this train of thought.

"You want me to help you catch a demon?"

"It shouldn't be difficult for you to catch monsters. My mission requires you to be at the level of a big monster, and you should be strong enough now. Of course, if you need any support, I will definitely help you."

"Tell me about it." Lu Ning returned to the room and sat down, pointing at the person lying down, "Pick out the key points, I'll see if I can help."

Zhao Yuqiao pointed out three of them.

"These three are the ones I think have the mildest symptoms."

A skinny woman, a short man, and a dirty old man. "The big guys go on stage to fight, and the small guys take advantage of the situation. This is the situation in Xingyin City now." Zhao Yuqiao said, "Originally, there were some people who could do evil here, but after the emperor came, hey! All of them are gone, and only a few who can hide are left. However, when the people above fight, if anything is leaked, it will be a great opportunity. If you can take advantage of the opportunity to improve yourself, you will make a lot of money."

He reached out and pulled the woman, then slowly pulled out a silver needle from the top of her head.

"The disease of soul separation is that two of the three souls are missing and they don't know where to return to."

Then, she tapped the man's chest with her toes, lifted his clothes aside, and smeared the black and smelly ointment on the man's chest.

"The disease of being possessed by a demon, the internal organs are burning, and the mind is no longer in sane."

Finally, he walked to the old man and grabbed his hands. Lu Ning discovered that the skin on the old man's palms had been peeled off. He gave each of them a jade bead and asked the old man to hold it, but not a drop of blood flowed out.

"When the heart is closed, the five organs are difficult to regulate and the body cannot be controlled."

"Didn't you say that these three people had the mildest symptoms?" Lu Ning was a little surprised.

"Of course they are the lightest. If I need to, I can even allow them to function normally for a while. That's not light. Look at the rest. Those who were chosen to be living pillars, those whose brains were polluted by demonic energy, those whose souls and bodies were confused, and those who were planted with demon seeds. If it weren't for me, ordinary people would have died long ago."

It has to be said that Zhao Yuqiao is indeed the tourist with the best medical skills Lu Ning has ever seen. She also has some knowledge of medicine, but any of these diseases would be terminal if given to her.

"Okay, another question... Why did you pick three?" Lu Ning asked again.

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"Of course I have to cure all three. The distribution center won't let me complete the mission by curing just one demon." Zhao Yuqiao said, "Look, if you help me catch these three demons, I'll give you some good medicine, plus a comprehensive repair by our section chief. This deal is worth it."

"…The medicine has no effect on me. Broken Dragon has isolated the tourists from absorbing energy from the outside."

"Who told you to absorb it? What I gave you was poison." Zhao Yuqiao was happy. "Broken Dragon has no effect on me. Maybe it's because I haven't encountered any method of cultivation in this world. But this thing - oh, you little girl are trying to trick me."

"Where did you learn about the dragon severing?"

"I sneaked into the Demon Suppression Division and looked it up." Zhao Yuqiao patted his legs. "Old Zhao is quite good at climbing over walls and tiles. This is not a skill that comes from this world. After all, if we want to make a living, we must first get enough information so that we can prescribe the right medicine, right? I'm not a doctor, so I have to go my own way."

"I understand. Give me the things and the location, and I'll go take a look. I can't guarantee success."

"Hey, if you say that, I believe it." Zhao Yuqiao hurriedly took out a piece of silk from his bosom and handed it to Lu Ning, then reached out and took out three green bottles from the box and gave them to her. "I'll be here at midnight tonight. Can you give me a definite answer as to whether it can be done or not?"

"I know." After Lu Ning finished speaking, she immediately stood up to check the situation of the demons behind these people.

Zhao Yuqiao waited until Lu Ning walked away before sitting down again and sighing.

"Girl, don't blame Lao Zhao for cheating you. This is a very dangerous matter and I don't want to get into trouble."

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Lu Ning found the woman's home according to the address given by Zhao Yuqiao.

The woman's family was already poor, although they were not completely destitute and did not have many extra things. According to what Zhao Yuqiao wrote on the silk, the family was poor mainly because the man was addicted to gambling and the woman was a patron saint of gods and Buddhas. Both of them were people with little income. There was only one son in the family, who was not yet an adult. When Lu Ning walked in, she saw a child of about eleven or twelve years old sitting blankly on a stone.

It was such cold weather, and he was still sitting outside the house. He didn't react at all when Lu Ning walked in.

Lu Ning took a roasted sweet potato that she bought on the road and threw it over. The child suddenly saw the food and immediately reached out to grab it, but he missed and it fell to the ground. He didn't care and hurriedly grabbed it, tore it open a little and began to eat it voraciously.

After the child finished eating, he looked up at Lu Ning with a timid look on his face.

"Where are your parents?"

"I don't know." The boy shook his head slowly.

"You didn't go looking for them?"

"It's no use." The boy smirked. "I won't come back even if I find it."

"Why don't you come inside?"

In the middle of winter, no matter how shabby the house is, it can at least keep out the cold. This child is silly, but he should know this common sense.

"There is a Bodhisattva in the house, and grandma won't let anyone go in."

After hearing this, Lu Ning turned around and looked into the room with his demonic eyes.

The evil spirit of the metal element is quite strong, there is indeed a demon inside. The house is not big, and the evil spirit almost occupies the entire room. The child must have sensed something and ran out.

Lu Ning herself would not go in casually, because she knew what the monsters inside were.

The man went to participate in the gambling contest today, while the woman burned incense at home, praying to the Bodhisattva to bless her husband to show his skills, win the first prize, and earn some money for the family. But the woman was not worshipping a real god invited from the temple, but a metal statue of Bodhisattva named "Iron Leaf Bodhisattva". This was naturally a demon, who was worshipped as a god after showing his skills twice.

She didn't rush to do it, but turned to the next one.

The short man's family did have some wealth, and at the moment everyone in the family was busy looking for him. Lu Ning just glanced at him from a distance.

This man likes to collect jewels and jades, but he was given a magic pearl by someone. Because it was of top quality, he placed it in his room day and night. He was bewitched by the magic pearl and finally fell into a fanatical love for it, almost becoming a traitor. Zhao Yuqiao secretly kidnapped the man, but the magic pearl was still in the house, and he was afraid that sooner or later, the next person who would be seduced would appear.

This time, Lu Ning just observed the situation and then left. The old man's experience was even more unfortunate.

The old man is a braising maker. He gets up early every morning to scrape raw materials from the city wall. But in recent days, he has been awakened by a knock on the door every day. When he opens the door, he finds that there is no one outside.

After three days of this, the old man felt his body getting heavier and it was harder for him to move. But he still got up as usual and went on to open the door.

Zhao Yuqiao noticed this situation and took the old man away directly. According to him, the demon that knocked on the door was probably still lingering nearby. If the old man could not be found, it would probably look for the next victim.

The three demons were not stronger than the demon generals, so Lu Ning could deal with them with some effort. However, judging from the urgency of dealing with these three demons, there seemed to be some problems. The biggest problem was that Zhao Yuqiao had to capture them alive, so Lu Ning couldn't find a way to find the demon suppression department to solve the problem.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ning decided to find the true form of the third demon first. The other two could not move and would not be able to escape for a while, and even Zhao Yuqiao didn't know what kind of demon the third one knocking on the door was.