In the following days, Chen Shuangbai simply stayed in the cave to treat the remaining wounded.
With each successful treatment of an injured person, Chen Shuangbai gained a deeper understanding of the " Water and Wood Pure Splendor Incantation ".
This incantation takes advantage of the subtle interplay of water and wood, deriving the meaning of the purity and beauty of water and wood. It embodies the True Intention water and wood, such as purifying the mind, dispelling negative energy, and nourishing vitality.
Therefore, Chen Shuangbai used it to treat the wounded, and unknowingly his proficiency in this incantation was also increasing.
The power of individual spells within a spell can also be amplified to varying degrees.
Chen Shuangbai felt that the effect of her current Sweet Dew Incantation was about 10% stronger than before she came to Great Locust Village.
This change pleased him.
He treated one patient, then rested for a moment; he treated another patient, then rested for a moment...
A few days later, of the more than thirty injured people in the cave, some died from the poison reaching their lungs, while others succumbed to old age and frailty...
Chen Shuangbai rescued twenty-seven people.
That's already amazing.
Those villagers from Great Locust Village who had been pulled back from the brink of death by Chen Shuangbai were all weeping bitterly, kneeling and kowtowing, saying that they would definitely set up longevity tablets in their homes and worship them day and night.
They requested that Chen Shuangbai bestow upon them a title of worship, but Chen Shuangbai felt that this was rather troublesome and detrimental to his peaceful cultivation, so he refused and avoided meeting them.
However, the boy who was the first to be treated by Chen Shuangbai was filled with gratitude. He learned from the mortal servants of the Expenditure Hall that the immortal was surnamed Chen. Based on the immortal figures in ancient books, he took the title of True Person of Benevolent Rain and passed it down.
However, according to the rules of the cultivation world, only cultivators at the Golden Core stage can hold the title of "True Person "...
Of course, this was a spontaneous action by the villagers after they left Great Locust Village. If Chen Shuangbai had known, he would never have allowed them to make that vow.
After Chen Shuangbai finished breathing and came out of the cave, she saw Yan Qi waiting at the entrance.
He looked at the radiant Chen Shuangbai, raised his hand in a gesture of respect, and said, "I never expected that Junior Brother Chen would also gain something this time."
Chen Shuangbai returned the greeting.
"I've kept Senior Brother Yan waiting for quite a while; it's all my fault."
Yan Qi smiled and shook her head.
While Chen Shuangbai focused on saving people, Yan Qi kept watch outside the cave, occasionally going inside to observe for any unusual situations so he could act immediately and eliminate the threat.
Fortunately, things have been peaceful these past few days.
Yan Qi suddenly asked, "Junior brother, what do you think the people here have done wrong?"
Chen Shuangbai had witnessed the miserable state of the villagers over the past few days, and his preconceived notions about the Heart-Eroding Stronghold cultivators who poisoned the land there had now turned into disgust.
Cultivators come from mortals; that is to say, mortals are the origin of cultivators.
With such ruthless methods used against mortals, even regarding them as resources, it's no wonder that the Heart-Eroding Stronghold is called a beast of the Demonic Sect!
"Yes."
Chen Shuangbai also felt his Qi and Blood surge slightly, but he quickly suppressed it, because he knew that with his current strength, saying anything inflammatory would be useless.
"The first rule of the sect: Protect those under its rule and benefit all living beings."
"This is the only rule I've known since the day I joined the sect, and I've never forgotten it since."
Yan Qi understood Chen Shuangbai's meaning from these words, and her gaze towards Chen Shuangbai brightened even more.
He thought this junior brother was very good.
Not only are they calm and steady, but they also have unwavering beliefs that cannot be easily swayed. Only such a person can be considered a qualified disciple of Jade Spring.
After the wounded were treated, the remaining resettlement issues were taken over by the Expenditure Hall.
Chen Shuangbai and Yan Qi rode the wind, cleaving through the gray-green poisonous fog, and entered Great Locust Village.
To be precise, we arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall in Great Locust Village.
In this remote mountainous region where imperial power did not extend to the countryside, ancestral halls were extremely sacred places for a village.
Outside the ancestral hall grows a large locust tree that would take three people to encircle with their arms, which is the origin of the name of Great Locust Village.
Yan Qi looked at the old locust tree, at its withered branches, the yellowish-brown fallen leaves scattered on the ground, and its trunk gradually turning grayish-green. He sighed softly, "What a pity, it's rare to have developed a spirit."
Under the vision of the Spirit-Appraising Pupil, it could be seen that the spiritual energy that originally flowed gently like a stream through the trunk of the old locust tree had been polluted by the evil poison flowing in the local water veins, and had lost all its spiritual energy, becoming a dead tree.
For any tree to become a spirit or cause trouble, it must first develop a spiritual nature.
Judging from the direction of these growth rings, it's been almost a hundred years.
Unfortunately, all that century of cultivation was destroyed in an instant.
But as Chen Shuangbai looked around, he noticed something unusual. Deep inside the trunk of the large locust tree, there was a concentrated gray-green object emanating a strong sense of malice.
"Senior brother, something's happened!"
Chen Shuangbai immediately shouted.
Upon hearing the sound, Yan Qi reacted extremely quickly. Almost at the same time as Chen Shuangbai's warning, he dodged to the right, avoiding a withered, thick, and foul-smelling black shadow. At the same time, he flicked his sleeve, and a long, azure shadow sliced through the air, forcefully swung towards the black shadow in mid-air.
A loud cracking sound rang out, and the withered black shadow that had launched the sneak attack snapped in two and fell to the ground. Upon closer inspection, it was clearly a section of tree trunk.
Almost as soon as Chen Shuangbai realized something was wrong, he began to retreat behind him, releasing the Cold Spring Sword, which transformed into a blue line that circled around him.
Yan Qi landed in front of Chen Shuangbai. Beneath the jade mask, his expression was hidden, except for a pair of eyes that shone unusually brightly.
But the old locust tree at the entrance of the ancestral hall, which had been polluted by evil spirits and was almost lifeless, was now acting as if controlled by a demon. Its bare, dark branches trembled violently, emitting ominous cries that sounded like wails in the wind.
Chen Shuangbai frowned and asked, "Senior Brother Yan, what is this?"
Yan Qi, with his vast experience and knowledge, gave a concise and powerful introduction. "Corrupted by that evil poison, it has probably already degenerated into a demonic tree monster."
"Junior brother, you should stay a little further away. I'll handle this."
Finally, he added one more sentence.
"It'll be ready soon."
With a clattering sound, Chen Shuangbai finally saw Yan Qi's magical Law Artifact clearly. It was a dark blue chain sword that could be separated into sections, with two extremely sharp swords on either side.
The chain is about ten feet long and is made up of dozens of strange plates that resemble both water droplets and scales. Under the sunlight, its surface has a deep blue texture like a deep pool.
Yan Qi held this object, the air around him seemed to thicken, and the chain sword swayed, emitting a low, mournful sound, like a giant creature lurking in the abyss.