The greatest goodness was hypocrisy!
It did not sound entirely unreasonable.
"If the Calamity in Hedong Land was this thing, taking the form of mist when it was not attached to a living being, weren't those Left Faction people afraid it would leak out and turn an entire region into a new Calamity?"
"Besides, this damned thing couldn't be destroyed at all. I tried burning it with Five Elements Fire and tried using Revival Force, but it absorbed both as nourishment. It only became even more violent..."
"That's right. It can't be directly eliminated, only suppressed as much as possible. Even Martial Path cultivators as powerful as our Master couldn't resist it. If it were allowed to spread on a large scale, the consequences for the Heavenly Profound Continent would be unimaginable," Long San said gravely.
Now that a corner of Hedong Land had been unveiled, it seemed that place had already existed during the Martial Emperor's era.
No wonder the Female Emperor valued it so highly. Hardly any of the physicians who went there ever returned. Zhao Wanqing's father and grandfather had likely been infected by the Calamity before vanishing without a trace.
But how had Medical Ancestor Xiao Juming endured in Hedong Land for so long? Wasn't it said that once someone was infected by the Calamity, changes would occur within just a few days?
He had even returned from Hedong Land to the Western Wasteland. He couldn't possibly have died because he was infected by the Calamity.
Xiao Lan, the spirit-guarding beast, had confirmed that the Medical Ancestor had appeared no different from usual.
"Before our grandmaster passed away, he foretold that a Chosen One would appear. Lord Lin, you should be one of them!"
"What do you mean?"
"Don't you have Dragon Qi on you? As