Qiankun Holy Lord nodded vigorously too. "Exactly, Floating Immortal Fellow Daoist! Your merit is immeasurable!"
The people Fang Chen had healed gathered around him and thanked him.
Unlike Qiankun Holy Lord and North Nether Saint, they knelt before Fang Chen.
When the poison had taken hold, they had suffered so badly that death seemed preferable. North Nether Saint and Qiankun Holy Lord could only hide in the distance, afraid to come near. Many of the victims had considered ending their own lives.
Then Fang Chen had appeared. In a remarkably short time, he had cleared the Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison from their bodies. To them, he was a savior.
Without Fang Chen, the Demonic Poison might still have been tormenting them.
Seeing them like this, Fang Chen went to Saint Tianchen and helped him up. "Fellow Daoists, please, get up. We're all members of the Human Race. Helping you was no trouble at all... cough, cough..."
He could not help coughing twice as he spoke.
Fire Origin Glazed Saint hurriedly put on a concerned expression. "Fang Chen, what's wrong?"
Seeing his alarm, Fang Chen sent him a private message. Senior Huo Li, I'm fine. Don't worry. I'm only pretending!
Pretending?
Fire Origin Glazed Saint froze for a moment, then understood. He cursed Fang Chen inwardly. Since when did you become such a good actor? You even fooled me!
He had fallen for it because he knew the Demonic Poison and Demonic Qi were formidable. Even if Fang Chen could purge them, doing so should have drained much of his strength.
Fang Chen replied, *I don't have much choice. If they knew I could solve what they consider such a difficult problem without breaking a sweat, they might think my efforts were worth very little. Besides, there may be more