After cupping his hands in thanks, Fang Yun vanished from the Medicine Gathering in the Pot.
But an instant later, thick fog dispersed in great swathes, and one elderly member of the Human Race after another strode forward. Some were lean and vigorous, some kind-faced and benevolent, some potbellied, and some towering and mighty.
Every one of them was exceedingly strange, yet expressionless and devoid of any vitality. They seemed human, yet not human; heartless, yet compassionate.
More and more arrived, until they numbered over ten thousand.
Were anyone from the Medical School to see them, they would surely be horrified, for every face here had been recorded by the Medical Hall. Some were Great Scholars of the Medical School, some Third Realm masters of the Medical Way, some possessed talent in classical prescriptions, and some had treated countless people... Every one of them had left a name in the history of the Medical Way.
The elderly humans were only of ordinary stature, but moments later, four elderly humans over three zhang tall arrived.
The crowd hurriedly made way.
Unlike the others, all four elders wore smiles and were no different from living people.
"Myriad Physicians' Consultation, diagnose febrile disease!"
Once the leading elder spoke, the Heaven-Hanging Pot gave a gentle tremble. Its sound spread throughout the Myriad Worlds, audible only to Sainthood beings.
Demon Realm.
"What ghostly thing have those humans from the Medical School concocted now? The Heaven-Hanging Pot has actually sounded—this means the Human Race's Medical Way will advance another step! For demon barbarians like us, who excel at using virulent poisons, plagues, diseases, and such powers, this is truly dreadful news!"
"The last Gourd-Hanging Resonance was caused by a Great Scholar named Tao Hongjing. Who would have thought that, after several decades, there would be another