Jingyang Town, Black Wind Cave, Ominous Divination Sign

Hall of Jishi.

The air here was thick with the pungent smell of herbs, with hemp ropes and paper bags scattered across the tables.

"Alright, alright, Brother Zhao, whatever you need to say, couldn't it have been said outside? Why drag me all the way in here?"

Yan Jing, pulled into the dispensary by Zhao Huai, helplessly brushed off his sleeves.

"Brother Yan, what you said came true."

Zhao Huai looked at Yan Jing, his eyes serious.

"What thing?"

Yan Jing felt he'd said quite a lot; after all, countless pieces of news, big and small, circulated daily. His mind was full of information.

"Did you win the Cuju bet?"

"Or is it about the constables questioning you?"

Zhao Huai shook his head. "Neither. The constable matter is over."

"Did you forget? The Demons and Monsters thing."

Yan Jing looked at Zhao Huai, a look of realization in his eyes, finally remembering.

"Do you know about Jingyang Town?"

Zhao Huai asked, quite seriously.

Yan Jing nodded. "I know. It's precisely because of that incident that I reminded you."

"Tell me the details?"

Zhao Huai raised an eyebrow.

"Well, the matter is quite simple, but somewhat bizarre," Yan Jing pondered.

"A few days ago, one night in Jingyang Town, many people suddenly disappeared. Everyone assumed it was the work of Demons and Monsters and reported it directly to the authorities."

"But the next day, most of the missing people returned. According to them, they were swept away by a demonic wind and woke up in the forest. As for whether that demonic wind was a Demon and Monster, and what happened to those people afterward, I don't know."

"How is it different?"

Hearing Yan Jing's explanation, Zhao Huai couldn't help but mutter.

"What's different? Where did you hear other news?"

Yan Jing asked directly. His information network was second to none, though its accuracy sometimes left something to be desired. He didn't believe anyone's news could be faster than his.

Zhao Huai said, "Your version is indeed different from what I heard. My version is that Demons and Monsters ran rampant and killed many people."

"Who told you that?" Yan Jing frowned, asking directly, "Those who came back are all normal people, and no one died."

"A Sect disciple told me."

"That disciple really said that?"

Zhao Huai recounted the scene of his conversation with the woman in the green dress to Yan Jing.

"A Sect disciple in a long green dress told you that Demons and Monsters killed many people in Jingyang Town?"

Yan Jing stroked his chin, pondering.

"Why would they say that?"

"Is it possible that all the people who came back are dead, and they're all transformed Demons and Monsters?" Zhao Huai voiced his thoughts.

Yan Jing pursed his lips and said, "That possibility is very small. Demons and Monsters have never done such a thing. Their main goal is to eat people. The purpose of going undercover and disguising themselves is also to eat people. Your theory makes no sense at all. More importantly, there are no flaws in the people who came back. Everything has been peaceful."

Then, he thought for a moment and comforted him, "Jin Province is still safe for now. Since Sect disciples have come down the mountain, there shouldn't be any need to worry."

Zhao Huai pondered, "Could there be a situation where a large number of Demons and Monsters invade a town?"

Yan Jing chuckled and denied, "There aren't that many Demons and Monsters anymore. The Immortal Sect-led forces have already carried out a large-scale extermination. Demons and Monsters are no longer so rampant."

"Even the infamous Demon and Monster den from a hundred years ago—Black Wind Cave—is said to have been destroyed by a great power from a Sect."

"Black Wind Cave?"

Zhao Huai found the new term rather curious.

"Indeed, it was also an old Demons and Monsters den, filled with various great Demons and Monsters, that had devoured countless people, yet it was still flattened with a single sword strike."

Just as Yan Jing and Zhao Huai were talking,

Outside the door, a flustered servant rushed to the entrance of the Hall of Jishi, shouting loudly:

"Doctor Yan! Doctor Yan!"

"Please save my young master!"

"What's wrong?"

Yan Jing looked up and saw that the servant was clearly a houseboy from some family.

"My young master was arguing with the master when he suddenly fainted!"

"No matter how we call him, he won't wake up. Pinching his philtrum is useless. His face is bloodless, as if he's possessed."

The servant lamented.

"Which family are you from, and who is your young master?"

The servant was too anxious and didn't even mention his name or family background. Yan Jing didn't blame him, as he was already used to it.

People tend to be like this when they're anxious.

"My master is the Jin Province Governor, and the young master is naturally Li Yanqing of the Li family."

As soon as the servant spoke, Zhao Huai, upon hearing the news, was also slightly stunned.

What was going on? He had just seen Li Yanqing earlier.

Wasn't he fine? How long had it been before something happened? "So, it's the son of Prefect Li."

Yan Jing nodded slowly after hearing this, and then asked, "Tell me all the other symptoms as well, so I can bring some medicine with me."

"He's just unconscious, often muttering in his sleep, with a very painful expression."

"Sounds like he's been drugged." Yan Jing initially concluded, but he noticed that Zhao Huai's expression was no longer as calm as before. He tentatively asked, "What's wrong? Do you know this person?"

His tone was full of curiosity.

"I know him, he once apprenticed under me."

Zhao Huai frowned, still unable to understand how Li Yanqing could have had an accident when he was perfectly fine.

Yan Jing saw Zhao Huai's expression and figured he must know something, so he said to the servant beside him, "You wait here for a moment."

"Yes!"

Although the servant was anxious, there was nothing he could do.

"Are you aware of any problems he has?"

Yan Jing pressed Zhao Huai for more information.

Zhao Huai explained, "I just discovered it today. He had Demons and Monsters Qi entering his body, but I've already suppressed it. It should be fine."

"Could it be that it's invalid at this moment?"

Yan Jing smirked and said, "Demons and Monsters Qi is not easy to suppress. It seems you have some skills that I haven't seen before."

"Want to come with me?"

He didn't dare to keep the servant waiting too long, after all, lives were at stake, so he directly asked Zhao Huai.

Zhao Huai nodded.

"Let's go, let's take a look."

This Li Yanqing had helped him before, after all, he couldn't just stand by and watch him die.

Of course, on the way, Zhao Huai habitually tossed the golden coins.

[Misfortune and fortune depend on each other, let's just watch]

[Fortune can turn into misfortune, misfortune can turn into fortune, think thrice, all lies in one's own heart.]

[Divination Sign One: Alluring Fragrance Attracts Demons and Monsters, Teacher Unintentional, Person Unfated, Follow and Obey, the indication you receive is "Calamity."]

Tracing Guidance: Demonic winds gradually rise, ominous events abound [Divination Sign Two: Demonic wind drifts alone, slays all those in the heart, remain in place, the indication you receive is "Calamity."]

Tracing Guidance: Disaster of great misfortune, service of great misfortune. "What's going on?"

Zhao Huai was stunned as he looked at the results in his hand.

Whether to go or not, it's all great misfortune! All calamity! Today's divination signs are a bit strange.

"Change the results of misfortune and fortune."

Faced with this situation, Zhao Huai was also experienced and planned to use the special effect of [Great Luck Overhead] today first.

[Misfortune may be the source of good fortune, and good fortune may be the hiding place of misfortune]

[Divination Sign Three]