I Am Immortal in Great Yu

Chapter 249: Chapter 100: Human Medicine 2

Passing through the waterfall, the view instantly opened up. The cave entrance was narrow but widened inward like the mouth of a gourd. Countless luminous pearls were embedded in the walls and ceiling, emitting a soft, hazy glow.

Vast patches of Great Medicines and Old Medicines were cultivated here. The air was filled with the rich, fragrant aroma of herbs and plants, where bees and butterflies danced. A mist, as fine as smoke or gauze, drifted through the air.

It was like an Immortal Realm.

’Huh? The concentration of Extraordinary Factors here—oh, right, spirit particles—is nearly double that of the outside world! Daoist Ge said that in an environment rich with Spiritual Qi, the growth rate of medicinal herbs would be greatly accelerated...’

The concepts of ’Extraordinary Factors’ and ’spirit particles’—and that air filled with these particles was called ’Spiritual Qi’—were ideas Fang Rui had pieced together himself based on what he had learned from Ge Changgeng.

’So, is this the secret to why the world’s supply of Great Medicines and Old Medicines seems inexhaustible?’

’And the source of Yin Qi I sensed earlier...’

Fang Rui’s brow furrowed as he looked down. ’It’s actually seeping out from below? The Yin Qi emerges from here, gets carried away and diluted by the waterfall’s current, and then disperses. What an ingenious design!’

He didn’t linger. Sensing the Yin Qi channel beneath his feet, he traced it to its source and eventually came to a section of the cave wall.

After a moment of investigation, he found and activated a mechanism. Behind it, another Barrier appeared, this one a membrane of light that rippled like the surface of water.

Just as before, he first sent a beetle through to test it. After confirming that his True Essence could provide a sufficient shield and that it was safe, Fang Rui stepped through.

That single step was like walking from an Immortal Realm into Hell.

The moment he entered, a wave of Spiritual Qi mixed with an extreme aura of resentment washed over him. It was bone-chillingly cold and made it difficult to breathe, creating a strange, suffocating sense of oppression.

’If the Spiritual Qi concentration outside was a one, and the garden of Great and Old Medicines was a two, then in here, it’s a ten!’

’But this Spiritual Qi is fused with an extreme aura of resentment, and it’s incredibly difficult to separate the two.’

Fang Rui mused as he walked deeper inside.

And then, he saw it...

In one translucent urn after another, infants and young children were suspended. They were enveloped in a thick, white liquid of unknown composition that kept them alive but in a deep slumber. Their faces were contorted in agony, and from the center of their chests grew a ginseng-like medicinal plant.

’So, this is how the so-called Spirit Medicines and Half-Spirit Medicines are made...’ GAG!

Fang Rui’s stomach churned.

He had to admit, this time, he was well and truly sickened.

’Kang Huaifeng is only a Golden Seal Renowned Hunter; his knowledge of the Spirit Medicine cultivation process was clearly not very deep.’

’Torturing people to death to harvest their heart’s blood? That’s child’s play. This... this is literally using humans as soil to grow Human Medicines!’

Fang Rui thought back to the Spirit Jade Ginseng he had once acquired. ’No wonder it looked so much like a baby. If you use a person to grow a medicine, how could the resulting Half-Spirit Medicine not be influenced and take on a human-like appearance?’

There were about a hundred ”human urns” in the chamber. On the chests of the infants and children in over ninety percent of them, the ’Human Medicine’ had turned black. Seven or eight of the ’Human Medicines’ were the color of white jade, their surfaces shimmering with specks of Spiritual Light. Only a single ’Human Medicine’ was the color of purple jade, its Spiritual Light radiant.

’The black ones must be failed attempts—duds. The white jade-colored ones are Half-Spirit Medicines; I know that much. That means the purple one must be a true Spirit Medicine.’

Fang Rui deduced.

He had no intention of taking any of these Spirit Medicines or Half-Spirit Medicines. Instead, he moved quickly past the urns, scanning them one by one.

He was looking for two specific children: Bai Shao’s younger brother and Li Dadan’s son. Fang Rui had seen their portraits before.

He found them quickly.

But the ’Human Medicine’ on Bai Shao’s younger brother’s chest had already turned black. He was barely clinging to life, and even Fang Rui was powerless to save him.

The other child, Li Dadan’s son, Heiwa, had a ’Half-Spirit Medicine’ growing from his chest. His condition was slightly better, but Fang Rui realized that if the ’Half-Spirit Medicine’ were to be removed, Heiwa would die instantly.

’This isn’t an illness; it’s the wicked Magic of a Spirit Master. It’s already in its final stages, far beyond anything my Medical Skill can cure.’

’I can’t save them! I can’t save them! After all this work, it’s all been for nothing.’

Fang Rui sighed inwardly.

Just then, he heard voices from outside. Two members of the Zheng Family had arrived.

”The Yin Corpse that the Old Ancestor turned into still hasn’t been found. I wonder where it went.”

”Who knows? The people from the Divine Capture Bureau have left. Even if we did find it, dealing with a Third Grade Peak Yin Corpse would cost our family a fortune. It would be best if the Yin Corpse just left Nanshan Garden...”

”Exactly. As long as the Yin Corpse leaves Nanshan Garden and doesn’t cause trouble for our Zheng Family, who cares if it goes off to terrorize those lowly commoners? Let it do what it wants.”

”Quiet, we’re here! Let’s hurry and see if any Spirit Medicines or Half-Spirit Medicines have finished cultivating today.”

...

’Zheng Family members? They sound like they’re from the main branch, carrying that air of superiority... Hah!’

Fang Rui sneered inwardly.

He was currently invisible, so of course the two Zheng Family members couldn’t spot him.

”Hey, we’ve got some!”

”One Spirit Medicine and eight Half-Spirit Medicines!”

Their delighted voices rang out.

”I wouldn’t dare touch the Spirit Medicine, but a Half-Spirit Medicine? Heh heh, we can pocket one of those and split it.”

”My thoughts exactly!”

While speaking, they opened the ”human urns” one by one, performing a Skilled harvest of the Spirit Medicines and Half-Spirit Medicines. As the infants and children stopped breathing the moment the plants were picked, the men’s faces showed not a flicker of emotion.

’So Skilled, so indifferent. This obviously isn’t their first time,’ Fang Rui watched them coldly, his heart turning to ice.

After harvesting the Spirit Medicines and Half-Spirit Medicines, they sealed them in Jade Boxes.

Then.

The two men carefully picked each of the black, failed medicines, gathered them together, and carried them down a separate tunnel.