Sand River

Xiang Yang had come into contact with quite a few of the Thirty-Six Branches of the Demon Sect. Because of his repeated entanglements with the Demon Sect, he had deliberately learned more about those thirty-six branches.

The Ghost Doctor and Plague Doctor branches were two of the Thirty-Six Branches. The word "doctor" revealed the foundation of both branches: they mostly excelled in medical arts, though their areas of focus differed.

The Ghost Doctor branch specialized in the medical path, alchemy, and needling techniques. The Thirteen Chapters of Ghost Gate was the foundational supreme art of this branch. Rumor had it that its highest secret art could refine the Heavenly Origin Great Elixir, allowing one to ascend to the heavens in a single step and transform from mortal into immortal.

Their cultivated martial arts also differed from orthodox methods. They used ghost needles to pierce acupoints, stimulating potential and increasing cultivation, while refining and consuming pills to replenish vital essence. The two complemented each other, making them masters who had gathered the essence of both medicine and martial arts.

The Plague Doctors specialized in poisons and gu arts. They used poison to kill and poison to save, and likewise cultivated through poison. Even among the Demon Sect's many branches, their methods ranked among the most dangerous.

Watching Sick Doctor leave with a face full of excitement and delight, Xiang Yang suppressed his curiosity. For now, he had to first secure the seven forms of Divine Saber Transformation within the ruins.

The Blood Poison Miasma had long since been breached by the major factions. Ren Xiu gave Xiang Yang a sweet-tasting pill. Not only Xiang Yang, but everyone took one. They were taking the narrow path carved out at the bottom of the basin.

This pill had been refined by medical masters