Chapter 415: Tai Sui (Part 3)

These people still refused to give up, climbing mechanically.

‘Immobilizing and restraining Magic are both ineffective. My Spiritual Power manifestations can’t get out, but it’s not like I’m afraid. It wouldn’t be hard for me to slaughter everyone in this city…’

‘So, is this deliberately messing with me? Trying to force me to kill people?’

Fang Rui had to admit, he was truly disgusted by the situation.

He never hesitated to kill those who deserved it, but he was certainly no Demon!

How many people in Pinghu County Town were simply being controlled by the ‘Black Mushroom,’ acting against their will? They didn’t deserve to die.

Fang Rui could stand by and watch them die—after all, he currently had no way to save them. He could bring himself to do that. But to kill them himself? That went against his principles.

“Uncle, what’s wrong with these people? They’re so strange!”

“They’re being controlled by an Evil Technique. They’re like… zombies.”

“Oh.”

“Aren’t you afraid? Oh, right, you don’t know what zombies are.”

A glint flashed in Fang Rui’s eyes as an idea suddenly struck him. ‘The so-called ‘Black Mushroom’ can’t be figured out with Martial Arts or Spirit Master techniques. The principles behind how it controls people violate the known mystical laws of this world. So, could it be from a different system entirely? Like… microorganisms?!’

He thought for a moment, then grabbed one of the people. Using his Divine Technique, Withered Wood Evergreen, he injected a stream of Life Essence Power. He then watched as mushrooms sprouted from the person’s body at a rate visible to the naked eye.

“Just as I expected!”

‘The Black Mushrooms control people via some kind of microorganism. On a microscopic level, they influence hormone and pheromone secretions to control the body and hijack the mind…’

‘You think your desires are your own?’

‘This isn’t mystical. No, or rather, it’s a concept from another system, one completely different from this world’s Martial Arts and Spirit Masters.’

‘Does this mean that Great Black Heaven is a world-hunter? Has it already devoured more than one world?’

Fang Rui was terrified by the thought.

‘Whatever, I’ll think about all that later. For now, I should see if I can solve this problem!’

He already had his plan. He stimulated the person’s entire body with his Spiritual Essence, purging it of the microorganisms.

Instantly, the person stopped struggling. The mushrooms on their body crumbled to dust, and they fell unconscious, their breathing steady. They were clearly out of danger.

“It works!”

Fang Rui repeated the process, using his Spiritual Essence to instantly cleanse everyone within a hundred-meter radius.

With the people no longer in that strange state, the field suppressing Spiritual Power manifestations vanished, and nothing could stop him from leaving anymore.

Before leaving,

Fang Rui thought for a moment, formed a hand seal, and his Spiritual Power surged, transforming into a bird of light that he left behind.

…

「Not long after.」

Amidst a flash of rainbow-colored light, Yu Yunlan appeared in one of the premium rooms at the Yuelai Inn. That’s right—after masking her presence, she had been staying at the very same inn as Fang Rui.

Fang Rui could sense her exceptional nature, and given her Realm, she could naturally see his otherworldly aura as well. She had sensed the fluctuations of Magic tonight, and that was why she had followed him into the strange affair.

‘Has that man left?’

The next moment, Yu Yunlan appeared at the spot Fang Rui had just left from. Her pale fingertips touched the bird of light he had left behind, absorbing the information within.

“Mushrooms… microorganisms… cleansing?”

She murmured to herself. With a wave of her hand, the Map of Mountains and Rivers appeared, hovering in the air. It absorbed the surrounding Spiritual Qi, converting it into a torrent of Spiritual Power that cascaded down like the Silver River falling from the Nine Heavens, cleansing the countless people of Pinghu County Town and freeing them from their bizarre state.

“How did I get here?”

“Yeah, how did I end up outside?”

“It’s so late. We should hurry back to bed!”

…

“What a magnificent sight!”

After leaving the city with Xin Xue’Er and finding the Purple Feathered Crane, Fang Rui was already several miles away. He looked back at the magnificent sight, which truly resembled the poetic line, “as if the Silver River were falling from the Nine Heavens,” and let out a sigh of admiration.

‘Hm, now for the Tribulation Points I gained from this…’

Only now did he have time to check his panel.