The master of comprehension was killed by Qiong Yao

Xishan is more than a few hundred miles southwest of Beijing.It turns out that this place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, not only the beautiful scenery is completely different from the magnificence of the north; but also the grain output is quite high, which is an excellent choice for the nobles in the capital to go out to play in their spare time, or to buy Zhuangzi to earn some small money.But nowadays, as long as people in the capital talk about Xishan, they will turn pale and leave. There is no other, because it has been designated as a "typhoid epidemic area" by Emperor Qianlong. It has become a hell on earth.

Xinyue, who was dressed in a plain robe and only dressed as a commoner, was heading west all the way. At this time, she could only see the scene along the way: the farther she was from the capital, the desertification of the land became more and more serious, and some places even became deserted. The sandy land, at a glance, I thought I had entered the desert.The color of the land is yellow with abnormal black and red faintly, and all kinds of plants are withered one after another, and the animals are also gone.Xishan, which was once praised by countless literati as "extraordinarily beautiful, fragrant with apricot blossoms, full of cotinus cotinus, and sweet mountain springs", now seems to be covered with a layer of gray and lifeless.

Along the way, Xinyue met many people who fled from various villages and towns. They dragged their families and went straight to the capital. What Xinyue saw on the faces of these people were hunger, panic, and exhaustion. and numb.Even though they were all surprised by Xinyue's behavior of a weak woman going to the epidemic area alone, none of them asked her about it.The capital is just ahead, and hope is just ahead, none of them want or dare to waste time caring about a strange woman who is strange and goes straight to the epidemic area.There is only a glimmer of hope in the numb eyes when looking in the direction of the capital.It is this glimmer of hope that supports them to continue walking, supports them to forget the pain they have just experienced, and supports them to forget the loved ones they have just lost.

This situation is much more serious than what Xinyue expected. She really wanted to use her spiritual sense to see to what extent the situation in the Xishan epidemic area had deteriorated. It has just recovered, and the scope of spiritual visitation is only equivalent to the initial stage of foundation establishment, and it is still unable to sense such a long distance.Moreover, Xinyue also found that the closer she was to the Xishan epidemic area, the lower the sensitivity of her spiritual consciousness. It seemed that there was something in the Xishan epidemic area that could interfere with the spiritual consciousness of a cultivator.It's just that she is too far away now, and she doesn't know whether this situation is an abnormality of heaven and earth, or the influence of human factors.

If it's the former, then Xinyue will just go to test it out, maybe she will gain something; if it's the latter, then Xinyue will meet her second cultivator after coming to the Qing Dynasty.No matter what the situation is, Xinyue feels that this trip will be worthwhile, and the faster she runs forward, the faster she runs.On the road, there was a person who saw Xinyue, a weak woman walking alone, and became ill-intentioned. Before he could take any action in the future, she was left far behind by her all the way.These people had no choice but to sigh: "Whose girl is this, she runs so fast!"

These people were naturally not seen by Xinyue. She kept running forward, getting closer and closer to the Xishan epidemic area, which was the former Xishan Village, and the disturbance of her consciousness became more and more serious. When Xishan City was built on the west mountain, I found that my spiritual consciousness was completely useless. I was horrified and immediately went into the sea of ​​consciousness to explore. I was relieved to find that everything was normal. I knew that the problem must be in this Xishan City.

Xinyue looked around, and couldn't help taking a breath. As far as she could see, beside Xishan Village, the graves were next to each other, just like the neatly piled steamed buns used by wealthy people for sacrifices.The spirit-calling banner paper on the grave bag fluttered feebly in the wind, and Xinyue's heart sank involuntarily due to the sight of misery. This trip to the West Mountain may not be as simple as she imagined!

Finally, Xinyue raised her head and looked at the closed gate of Xishan City directly in front of her. She saw that the gate of Xishan City was majestic, far from the word "beautiful" that people in the capital love to use when they praise Xishan.It is on the left and right of the high west mountain, it is located on this only passage, facing west and backing east, blocking the road to death.Xinyue raised her eyes and stared at the sky above Xishan City, only to feel a thick black death energy rushing to the sky, like a black dragon with teeth and claws firmly holding the entire Xishan City under its feet.

This thick black air of death is different from the air of death that controlled Qianlong's body. Xinyue is no stranger to this air of death. It is the air of near-death formed when tens of thousands of people are about to die of illness at the same time. .This kind of death aura is easy to see in sick people, but it's the first time Xinyue has seen such a powerful sickness and death aura in Xishan City.She looked around carefully for a while, especially at the Daxi Mountains around Xishan City, but she didn't find anything wrong with this place.It is certain that what affects Xinyue's consciousness is not the anomalies in the heaven and earth here, but the fact that there are practitioners in the city!

Now Xinyue’s behavior is no longer as frizzy as before. As early as when she left Beijing, she used a drop of mortal blood to hide her cultivation. Now she is a monk in the late stage of foundation establishment. After using the secret method to hide her cultivation, At least a monk in the late stage of Jindan can see through the disguise of the new moon at a glance; and she has never used any spells along the way, and she will definitely not be discovered by anyone who is interested.Now that I think about it, this step is really the right one. Now that the cultivator in the city is not separated from us, and her sea of ​​consciousness has not recovered to the original level, it is better for the other party to think that she is a mortal!

With her confidence in mind, Xinyue was not in a hurry to enter the city, and after observing outside the city for several days, she finally figured out some basic conditions of Xishan City.It turns out that Xishan City is located at the junction of the capital and Shanxi Province. "Typhoid fever" first broke out in Shanxi Province. The severely affected villagers fled everywhere, and most of them chose to flee in the direction of the capital.The former Emperor Qianlong was afraid that these refugees would bring the epidemic into the capital, so he sent heavy troops to defend Xishan City, blocking the refugees from attacking the capital.

But in this way, the capital is temporarily safe, but Xishan has fallen.Those refugees who were blocked outside Xishan City were unable to move forward and did not want to return to their hometowns where the epidemic was severe, so they blocked outside Xishan City and refused to leave.As the number of refugees increased and the weather became hotter, an epidemic finally broke out in Xishan City, and almost everyone in the city contracted "typhoid fever"; There are enough medicines, and no one has been infected yet.

After the former Emperor Qianlong knew about this situation, his first reaction was to turn Xishan City into an "epidemic area" and gather all the sick people in the vicinity to Xishan City. Relatives who are willing to take care of the sick people can enter the city and want to save lives and heal the wounded. Doctors and medicine practitioners can also enter the city, but there is only one, and everyone is only allowed to enter and not to exit.

When the epidemic first broke out, there were still many doctors and medicine workers who came to Xishan City to rescue them, but now it has been half a month, and the sick people have been sent to the city in an endless stream, but no one has come to the city for a long time pass.Xinyue lost all consciousness, and secretly dug up the graves outside the city at night, trying to check whether the "typhoid fever" was a normal disease, but found that the ashes of the burned corpses were buried in the graves .

Xinyue's heart was even heavier. She knew that the common people today had limited understanding of the plague. Coupled with the fierce epidemic situation, people who fled sometimes only had time to bury their relatives' bodies before fleeing with their families. How could such a situation happen every day? A situation where a dead body is cremated to ashes?Although the guarding soldiers would burn the sick corpses collectively, they would never have the patience to separate the ashes of the patients like this, and then neatly build their graves and insert the spirit-calling flags.Obviously, someone had deliberately disposed of the corpse of a sick person, saying that it was a good deed without leaving a name, and Xinyue would rather believe that this was destroying the corpse.

However, Xinyue personally inspected the condition of Keshan and the twelfth elder brother Yongzheng. The two of them were indeed infected with common "typhoid fever". Why did this person specially dispose of these corpses?Could it be...

An idea flashed in Xinyue's mind, and she thought of a possibility, that is, someone is taking advantage of the epidemic situation in the country to take advantage of the chaos to implement some plan, and this plan is likely to be related to cultivators.Having figured this out, Xinyue carefully inspected the ashes that had been burned and buried. Unfortunately, these ashes seemed to have been specially processed, and they couldn't find any clues at all.

The only way to do it now is to enter Xishan City to find out in person!However, this did not violate Xinyue's original plan. She left two "detoxification pills" in "Weilan Bieyuan" and ordered Yunwa to take one-tenth of it for Keshan and Twelve Elder Brother Yongxie every day. After making sure that they could recover more than ten days after she left, they left the capital and planned to visit the Xishan epidemic area.

As a cultivator, although one should not arbitrarily intervene in the life, aging, sickness and death of mortals, in such a large-scale plague outbreak, the cultivators encountered will more or less do their best.It should be known that the world is not benevolent, and treats everything as a straw dog; but the world is also benevolent, and will not really cut off the way of life for all things.When a cultivator encounters a natural disaster* in the mortal world, it means that there is a cause and effect between the two. It is reasonable for Xinyue to want to go to the Xishan epidemic area and try her best.

Although the original task of curing illnesses and saving lives has changed to investigating the secrets related to cultivators, the key point is one, you must first enter Xishan City!

After the plan was finalized, Xinyue made some disguises, using mortal disguise techniques to change her appearance, and turned into a fair-skinned but very ordinary-looking little girl, even if a high-level cultivator's spiritual sense scanned her Unable to see through, he deliberately carried a huge package on his shoulders, walked upright to the gate of the city and shouted: "I am Yunxi, a lay disciple under the sect of master 'Dingzhen' of Biyun Temple. I’m here to do my best in the epidemic area of ​​Xishan City, and please let the big brothers who guard the gates make it easier for me to enter the city!”

Master "Dingzhen" of Biyun Temple is well-known in the capital area. It is said that he has excellent medical skills. Many female family members of rich and noble families will ask her to go to see her when they are sick. Xinyue has heard about this nun many times from the gossip-loving little court ladies in the Forbidden City. , this time it happened to be available, so Xinyue used it unceremoniously.

The soldiers on the city gate heard that Xinyue said that she was sent by Master "Dingzhen" of Biyun Temple to support the epidemic area. Although they felt sorry for such a young girl like her, they still opened the city gate without saying a word. The way, they really need a doctor now, even if it is a delicate female doctor.