I Am Immortal in Great Yu

Chapter 248: Chapter 100: Human Medicine

’Dadan?!’

Fang Rui sighed inwardly.

The corpse was horribly corroded and pitted, but Fang Rui recognized it at a glance. It was the Seventh Grade Divine Capture Bureau uniform, and his own familiarity with Li Dadan, that gave it away.

Just an hour ago, when they arrived at Nanshan Garden, Li Dadan had solemnly promised him he wouldn’t act rashly. The image was still fresh in Fang Rui’s mind...

Now, a vibrant life had been reduced to a corpse.

Fang Rui reached out. A black bead next to Li Dadan’s body flew into his hand and vanished, hidden along with him in mid-air.

’This bead can sense changes in Yin Qi concentration. It seems Dadan came prepared... Sigh.’

HISSS!

The large black snake seemed to be in extreme pain. It let out a series of hisses, continuously slammed its body against the ground, and even gnawed at its own flesh, appearing to have gone half-mad.

But when it saw a bead fly up and vanish out of thin air, even though it hadn’t spotted Fang Rui, it opened its mouth and spat in his direction.

WHOOSH!

A grayish-black cloud formed of Yin Qi drifted over, and everywhere it passed, the flowers and grass withered and rotted.

Evidently, this was the very attack that had killed Li Dadan.

’But I’m not Li Dadan!’

Remaining invisible, Fang Rui moved and easily dodged the attack.

’The Exotic Beast Yan Snake. As large as a python, with a gray, diamond-shaped crystal on its forehead. Its body is scaleless, covered in fleshy tumors. It feeds on Yin Qi, resentment, and Evil Qi. When full, the tumors on its body swell; when hungry, they shrivel...’

Since their last spring outing, Fang Rui had grown closer to Ge Changgeng and had managed to get a lot of solid information out of him. The knowledge about the Exotic Beast Yan Snake was one such piece of intel.

’This Yan Snake is clearly an Exotic Beast domesticated by the Zheng Family. Not only does it serve as a guardian, but it can also consume and digest Yin Qi. Killing two birds with one stone.’

’It’s only because it doesn’t eat flesh and blood that Li Dadan’s body was preserved. However, the Yan Snake’s current state seems a bit... off...’

Fang Rui frowned as he observed it.

HISSS!

The Yan Snake flicked its tongue. The tumors on its body were swollen and rotting, constantly expanding and bursting like soap bubbles, releasing faint wisps of black gas.

’The Exotic Beast Yan Snake can consume Yin Qi, resentment, and Evil Qi, but just like how a person can eat, they can’t overeat... So, did it eat itself sick?’

Realization dawned on Fang Rui. ’Before, that colossal Burial Flower that connected heaven and earth enveloped all of Nanshan Garden, continuously raining down its petals and assimilating the creatures below. It must have forced this Yan Snake to consume Yin Qi beyond its limit...’

’The result: the balance within its body was destroyed. The tumors on its skin are repeatedly bursting like soap bubbles, and it has even driven itself half-mad.’

He shook his head and flicked his finger, sending out a faint cyan-colored speck of light.

The light entered the diamond-shaped crystal on the Yan Snake’s forehead, instantly sealing the leaking Yin Qi within its body. The tumors on its skin stopped bursting repeatedly.

Even though its mouth was wide open and it was still hissing, it could no longer spit out the dark cloud of Yin Qi.

Then, the Yan Snake’s body began to swell, bit by bit. It grew larger, and larger still, until it finally burst like a balloon, splattering flesh and blood mixed with dense Yin Qi in every direction.

’As long as an Upper Grade Spirit Master on par with a First Grade Martial Artist doesn’t come here, everyone will assume this Yan Snake was burst apart by an overload of Yin Qi.’

Fang Rui mused to himself.

A half-mad Exotic Beast like this would be difficult to tame. He had neither the energy nor the time for it, and it wasn’t worth the effort.

Afterward, Fang Rui waved his sleeve again. A surge of True Essence shattered Li Dadan’s corpse.

This wasn’t an act of cruelty. Rather, collecting Li Dadan’s body for a proper burial was simply unrealistic at this time.

If he left Li Dadan’s body there, or even just dug a pit and buried it, the Zheng Family would eventually find it. Not only would Li Dadan’s family fail to receive any mission rewards or death benefits, but the Zheng Family would most likely cause trouble for them afterward.

Having done all this, Fang Rui continued deeper.

Along the way, he encountered several more of the Zheng Family’s guardian Exotic Beasts, such as the Earth Yin Worm and the Bone Flower Lizard.

But what would have been a disaster for a Seventh Grade Martial Artist like Li Dadan was like a gentle breeze to him. The so-called ’restricted area’ was like walking on flat ground.

He didn’t run into any Zheng Family guards along the way.

’Normally, the Zheng Family’s defenses in Nanshan Garden would be airtight. But now?’

Fang Rui scoffed inwardly.

When the colossal Burial Flower appeared last night, all Lower Three Grade Martial Artists in Nanshan Garden died instantly. Even Middle Grade Martial Artists would be half-dead if they stayed too long. Consequently, the Zheng Family had completely withdrawn.

Now, although the great Burial Flower was dealt with, the Yin Corpse that the Zheng Family patriarch had become was still missing. The Zheng Family members were too preoccupied to deal with anything else, so how could they have the energy to reorganize their guards?

Following the concentration of Yin Qi, Fang Rui finally arrived at the base of a waterfall.

’There. That’s one of the sources of Yin Qi in Nanshan Garden. So, behind the waterfall, there’s a whole other world? A Water Curtain Cave?!’

He carefully extended his senses and discovered a colorless, translucent membrane of light beneath the flowing water of the waterfall, like a Barrier.

’Probably the work of a Spirit Master. A warning Barrier? Or a defensive one?’

He thought for a moment, then caught a beetle. Wrapping it in his True Essence, he tossed it through as a test. It passed through unimpeded.

’It seems the stealth of my True Essence is enough to bypass this kind of Barrier. Well, I am a Second Grade Martial Artist. How could the tricks of an ordinary Spirit Master possibly stop me?’

Fang Rui covered his body with True Essence and, while still invisible, passed directly through.

Behind the waterfall, there was indeed another Grotto Heaven.

However, he had expected to find some grim and terrifying scene behind it, but he never thought...