Under One Person: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain

Chapter 75 Eradicate Evil Completely (Please Subscribe)

Old Meng's expression changed: "Not good!" He couldn't care less about leaving any survivors for interrogation. He pressed his hands down, and the surrounding air seemed to freeze. The speed of the spreading gray-black mist decreased sharply, and it was bound and compressed by an invisible force.

He rushed into the back room first: "Quick! Get them out of there! It's too stuffy in there, we need to ventilate!"

The employees of NaDuTong followed closely behind, and the moment they rushed into the back room, everyone gasped.

The room was packed with women, some sitting, some lying down. The youngest were only three or four years old, and the oldest were no more than twenty. Many of them had empty, numb eyes. What was even more alarming was that the older women all had protruding bellies, clearly indicating that they were pregnant.

"Quickly! Get everyone out of here! Be gentle!" Old Meng's voice was more urgent than ever before.

He manipulated the microbial community with all his might, vying with the pervasive poison for every inch of space and every victim's body.

Suppressing their shock and anger, the employees worked in pairs to quickly and carefully move the girls out.

The last resistance of the Medicine Immortal Society was also quickly disintegrated under the efficient cleanup. Except for the few people that Lao Meng dealt with at the beginning, who were still alive after being isolated by the mycelium and self-destructing, none of the other members of the Medicine Immortal Society survived.

The rescue work continued until late at night, and a bonfire was lit and tents were set up in a makeshift open space.

Old Meng was extremely busy, having to continuously control any remaining Gu poison, instruct his staff to administer specially made antidotes and Gu-suppressing drugs to the girls, and treat the wounds on their bodies caused by Gu poison or abuse.

Old Meng finally breathed a sigh of relief when most of the girls were in stable condition and had fallen into a deep sleep, while the few in critical condition were urgently airlifted by helicopter to hospitals with special medical facilities.

Liao Zhong arrived on the last medical helicopter.

He remained at the scene, listening to his subordinates' report with a livid expression.

"Boss, a preliminary count shows that a total of 130 girls have been rescued." The subordinate's voice was also somewhat heavy.

Liao Zhong clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking, and forced out the words through gritted teeth: "These beasts!"

Old Meng wiped the sweat from his forehead, his glasses fogged up: "It's good that they're saved. The Medicine Immortal Society—they're really despicable."

Liao Zhong took a deep breath and patted Lao Meng on the shoulder: "Lao Meng, you've worked hard."

Old Meng shook his head and smiled憨厚ly: "I'm just an employee of the company, this is all part of my job, it's nothing hard. Being able to save so many people is already a blessing."

Liao Zhong nodded, his eyes still sharp: "Although we've taken down a stronghold and achieved a partial victory, we shouldn't let our guard down."

Old Meng's expression hardened: "You mean—this isn't their stronghold yet?"

Liao Zhong said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid this is just one of them. The data shows that the number of infants abducted by the Medicine Immortal Society over the years is far more than this, and it doesn't discriminate by gender. But we haven't seen a single boy here."

Old Meng was shocked: "Just how many strongholds do these scumbags have left?!"

Liao Zhong's eyes flashed with a cold light: "No matter how many there are, wipe them all out! Leave no one alive!"

On the other side, Cheng Mo and his two companions had not gone far into the Ten Thousand Mountains when Wang Zhenqiu's phone rang.

He took it out and saw that it was Hao Yi.

Cheng Mo and Xia He each took out their phones and checked them; the signal bars were completely empty.

Wang Zhenqiu had already answered the phone, his voice quite loud: "Hey? Lao Hao? What's up? — What? You've already rescued over a hundred girls? The Medicine Immortal is finished?"

As he listened to the phone call, the excitement on his face gradually faded. Finally, he hung up, feeling both frustrated and happy: "Na Du Tong acted too quickly; they've already taken down the Medicine Immortal Society and rescued over a hundred girls."

Cheng Mo frowned slightly: "All girls? No boys or babies?"

Wang Zhenqiu was taken aback by the question: "Huh? Lao Hao didn't mention anything, he only mentioned the girl."

Cheng Mo: "Call again and ask about the specifics."

Wang Zhenqiu, puzzled, asked, "Why?"

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Cheng Mo explained: "The Medicine Immortal Society needs to cultivate Gu-bodied Saint Children. The raw materials are not gender-specific. If only girls are rescued and there are no male infants or boys, it means that this stronghold is only one of them, and may not even be the core one."

Wang Zhenqiu's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood: "The Medicine Immortal Society has other strongholds, specifically for dealing with infants or boys?"

Xia He also realized: "So, the company might have been tricked? Or—only a portion of it was destroyed?"

Wang Zhenqiu immediately dialed back: "Hey, Lao Hao, can I ask you something else? How old are those girls we rescued?"

On the other end of the phone, Hao Yi sounded tired: "They range from three or four years old to twenty, and many of them are pregnant. It's a tragedy, those scumbags—by the way, why are you asking this?"

Wang Zhenqiu's eyes darted around, and he casually said, "On the way here, I saw a flyer for someone looking for their son. It made me feel uneasy, so I wanted to ask if any of the people you rescued had any matching characteristics."

Hao Yi: "Oh? Tell me the characteristics, and I'll have someone check the records first."

Wang Zhenqiu described the missing person notice he had seen at the bus station: "He has a small mole behind his left ear and was born in 88."

Hao Yi: "Okay, I'll have someone keep an eye out and let you know if there's any news."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Zhenqiu looked at Cheng Mo with shining eyes: "It seems the company was outmaneuvered by the Medicine Immortal Society and only got the scraps."

Cheng Mo calmly stated, "It's not necessarily because I was tricked. It's also possible that Hao Yi didn't want you to get involved anymore, so he deliberately didn't tell you everything."

Wang Zhenqiu thought about it and realized the possibility was quite high: "Damn it, Lao Hao really isn't being fair!"

Xia He teased from the side, "Who told you to be so reckless? Their company must have a comprehensive plan, they're afraid you'll mess everything up if you go."

Wang Zhenqiu retorted, "I don't care! I'm going to drag that damned Medicine Immortal Society's lair out and wipe out all the scum inside! I'll show that bastard Lao Hao what I'm capable of!"

Cheng Mo looked at the spirited Wang Zhenqiu and said, "Let's go, let's continue into the mountains. Right now, the Medicine Immortal Society is probably busy dealing with the follow-up pressure from All-Knowing, and may not have time to keep an eye on us. Whether we can find any clues really depends on luck."

Xia He asked, "What if we're lucky and run into someone from the company first?"

Wang Zhenqiu said nonchalantly, "Just introduce ourselves, what else can we do? Do you think they'd treat us like accomplices of the Medicine Immortal Society and take us down with them?"

Cheng Mo glanced at him and said slowly, "Someone like you might actually be in the running. We'll arrest you and interrogate you to see if we can recruit you. If you don't cooperate, we'll label you an accomplice of the Medicine Immortal Society and lock you up for ten days or half a month to let you calm down."

Wang Zhenqiu: "————Hehehe." He decided not to respond to that.

The three of them continued uphill along the increasingly rugged mountain path.

Deep within these mountains, the mountain paths are quite haphazard. On one side is a slippery rock face covered in moss, and on the other side is a misty cliff. Trees stubbornly push their way out of the rock crevices, their branches twisting and turning, making the already difficult path even more arduous.

After turning a sharp bend, the mountain road ahead was blocked by a group of people coming down from above.

The path was extremely narrow, barely allowing one person to pass at a time. If they were to meet, one of them had to move to a slightly wider bend, or one of them had to hug the inner rock face while the other risked quickly passing along the outer edge of the cliff.

The two sides met face to face and both stopped in their tracks.

There were about eight or nine people opposite, men and women, dressed in simple clothes commonly seen in the area, and they looked like mountain people.