Liaozhai Great Sage

"How? Running around for the past few days has paid off." The blind Taoist jumped up, and his body fluttered down like a leaf, stepping firmly on the ground.

Li Xiuyuan said: "There is good news and bad news, I don't know which one Master wants to hear."

"Bitterness first, sweetness first, bad news first." said the blind man.

"The bad news is that in the future, the gods in Yangzhou will be withdrawn one after another. This place will become a gathering place for demons and ghosts, and the world will be more chaotic than before." Li Xiuyuan said.

The blind man said, "Then this is good news."

"Oh, why? There is no god in the sky to restrict demons, so why is it good news?" Li Xiuyuan said.

The blind Taoist stroked his beard and smiled and said: "In the troubled times, the gods retreat, the evil spirits are rampant, and the gods' own incense is hard to protect, so how can they have the energy to subdue demons and demons, and those who practice Taoism subdue demons are afraid of offending the locals. The gods are restricted by the local gods. If there are no gods, you can let go of your hands and feet. I believe that people who practice Taoism in the world will go here one after another to subdue demons and save people. This is a meritorious deed. This is such a great opportunity, when the time comes, disciples are still afraid that the demons and goblins here will not be destroyed?"

"Master, does this count as comforting me?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

"It's not consolation, it's the truth. You will understand when the time comes." The blind Taoist said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "The second news is that I successfully stopped the God of Plague from spreading the plague."

"Oh, then this is bad news." The blind man said.

"How did this become such bad news?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The blind man said, "If you let the plague god go away, you will surely offend some gods in the sky. This is naturally bad news for you."

"Forget it, whether it's good or bad is all in one thought. Now the most urgent thing is to cure the disease. I don't know what the master can do?" Li Xiuyuan said.

The blind Taoist said: "Disciple, you first come with me as a teacher."

Li Xiuyuan was a little puzzled, but he followed the blind Taoist into the ruined temple.

In a dilapidated room in the dilapidated temple, several guards who had followed Li Xiuyuan before were lying weakly on the straw mat, coughing from time to time.

"Are they also infected with the plague?" Li Xiuyuan asked in surprise.

"Not only that, but it's starting to get worse."

The blind Taoist stretched out his hand, and a ball of bright flames floated in the room, illuminating the place clearly.

At this time, Li Xiuyuan saw that the guards were not only weak, but also covered with pustules, which looked extremely disgusting.

"Can it be cured?" Li Xiuyuan's face darkened.

The blind Taoist said: "If you act as a teacher, you can naturally cure it. It's just that you can cure a few people as a teacher, but you can't save thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of people. To cure the plague, you need a good prescription."

Li Xiuyuan said: "A good prescription needs a good doctor to prescribe it. You can send Yin soldiers and ghost messengers to search and ask all the good doctors nearby to see what they have to cure the plague."

"Already dispatched, [-] Yin soldiers and nearly [-] ghost messengers have all gone out to find a good cure for the plague." The blind Taoist said.

"Isn't the master able to pinch and count? Can't this be counted?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The blind Taoist shook his head and said: "This matter is related to you, how can a teacher figure it out?"

Li Xiuyuan's heart shuddered immediately.

Yes, with the existence of oneself, all methods of calculation will be invalid, unless the matter has nothing to do with oneself, and if it does, then it must not be calculated.

"Wait... Doesn't the master say this to show that this method of curing plague has something to do with me?" Li Xiuyuan suddenly thought of something and said immediately.

"You can also say that." The blind Taoist nodded.

However, at this moment, a dark wind blew outside the ruined temple, and the smell of incense drifted in.

Tieshan, who became a Yin soldier, came in panting at this time and said: "Master, young master, I found it, I found a cure for the plague."

"Oh, you found it? Very good, tell me quickly, what method can be used to cure this plague?" Li Xiuyuan walked over hurriedly, wanting to grab Tieshan and ask.

But when I remembered that Tieshan was already a ghost and god, I couldn't touch it, so I had to stop in a hurry.

Tieshan said: "A Yin soldier passed by a small village a hundred miles away, and saw a strange old man, healed the disease and saved lives. It happened that everyone in that village was infected with the plague, but after the old man's treatment, no one died. not good."

"Strange old man? What does it look like?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

"It's an old man who is only seven or eight years old, the size of a child, with no hair or beard, and a walking stick." Tieshan said.

"What method did he use to cure the plague?" Li Xiuyuan said.

Tieshan said: "Using jujube leaves to boil water will cure the plague."

"Can jujube leaves cure plague? This recipe is so simple." Li Xiuyuan was stunned.

The blind Taoist next to him said: "It's not surprising. Plagues have been like this since ancient times. They are as fierce as tigers when they attack, but once a good remedy is found, the plague will be extinguished soon. In the past, when the plague god spread the plague , Often after the plague is spread on the front foot, the good recipe for the plague will be passed on in the back foot, so that the people can cure the plague. This is because the mission of the plague god has been completed, so it is necessary to curb the continued spread of the plague.”

"The so-called good prescriptions are usually extremely simple herbs, because only in this way can the common people afford to drink them, and will not die of illness because of the expensive medicines. Now that there are good prescriptions, they should be spread quickly to cure diseases and save lives. .”

Tieshan said: "But Daoist, these jujube leaves are usually found in the north, and they are rare in the south. Where can I find jujube leaves now? Even if we find a few, it is far from enough."

The blind Taoist couldn't help pondering, it's not difficult to transport some jujube trees with his current Taoism, as for the quantity, there is no way to guarantee it for a while.

"I might be able to solve this problem." Li Xiuyuan thought of something at this time and said.

"Oh, apprentice, do you have any brilliant ideas?" asked the blind Taoist.

Li Xiuyuan took out three green dates from the ghost king's cloth bag, but when he saw the three green dates, Yingying glowed with wonder: "These are the three dates given to me by the true martial god in the sky. I didn't understand what was there before." Yes, but now I understand that he gave me a good medicine to treat the plague."

"Since it is a fairy seed, then the patient infected with the plague can be saved." The blind Taoist smiled, took three green dates and walked out of the ruined temple.

As soon as he left the ruined temple, he threw out the three green dates in his hand.

The jujube landed on the ground, rolled a few times on the ground, and when it landed on the soil, it immediately popped out buds and roots, and then rose against the wind. After a while, it had grown branches and spread out the crown.

In just a few breaths, the jujube tree is more than three feet high, with a thick trunk and luxuriant branches, and green dates quickly grow on it. Although these green dates are not as magical as those three green dates, they are still It is also green and flawless, and the fruit is abundant.

"Okay?" Li Xiuyuan said.

He has seen such miraculous things more than once, so he is not surprised.

The blind Taoist shook his head and said, "I need a few drops of your blood to irrigate, so that the three immortal seeds can be used as seeds."

Li Xiuyuan didn't doubt him, so he dripped a few drops of blood on the roots of three jujube trees.

After the blood was absorbed by the jujube tree, the green jujube that was originally hanging on the top of the tree now had mottled red marks, as if it had been stained red by his blood.

The blind Taoist nodded, stretched out his hand to grab a jujube, and dropped it from a branch into his hand. He threw the jujube into his hand, and the jujube grew out as quickly as before. It broke through the ground very quickly, and a jujube tree grew. , It's just that the jujube tree only has luxuriant jujube leaves, but it doesn't bear fruit.

Seeing this, Li Xiuyuan immediately understood, and he said: "Tieshan, call back all the ghost messengers and ghost soldiers, let them come here to pick dates, sow seeds in places where plagues occur everywhere, and entrust dreams to those sick people. , said jujube leaves boiled in water can cure blast.”

"Yes, Eldest Young Master." Tieshan immediately responded, turning into a cloudy wind and leaving quickly.