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Chapter 808 The veteran takes action
Fu Qingzhu arrived carrying a package.

To Li Dachui's surprise, Master Yiming also came.

This old Taoist priest spent the first half of his life concocting all sorts of bizarre elixirs for the emperor, so that his disciples and their followers could enjoy more privileges and suppress other schools of thought, until finally the emperor died from drug use. He was forced to go to the border regions, where he witnessed the grand medical clinics and then devoted all his energy to the pharmaceutical industry.

The old Taoist priest applied his decades of experience in alchemy to medicine making, and in this field, even Fu Qingzhu was astonished. It was because of this that the old Taoist priest Yiming gained a great reputation and became Fu Qingzhu's equal in the border region.

Of course, this guy still has a bad reputation within the pass.

In those years, relying on the emperor's favor, he severely suppressed other schools of thought. Later, without the emperor's support, they naturally sought revenge.

"Is the Taoist priest going too?" Li Dachui asked.

“Go! If anything happens, I can help with the medicine!” Old Daoist Yiming nodded and said, “My disciples and their descendants haven’t been doing so well in the past two years. I need to go back and support them, to let them know that I’m not dead yet!”

Li Dachui smiled and said, "With the Taoist priest's help, I feel a little more at ease."

Besides Master Yiming, there was another one that Li Dachui couldn't have come up with even after racking his brains.

Duanmu Miaomiao.

Despite being dressed in all black, Duanmu Miaomiao maintained her arrogant expression in front of Li Dachui.

Anyway, the Duanmu family has always disliked the Li family, except for Princess Chang.

Furthermore, since Duanmu Miaomiao had watched Tiele grow up since childhood, he was indirectly killed by Li Dachui, which made Duanmu even more disgusted with Li Dachui.

"I never expected Senior Duanmu to be so kind and generous this time. Li Dachui thanks you very much!" Li Dachui solemnly cupped his hands in greeting.

Duanmu Miaomiao snorted coldly, turned around and walked out.

Yiming, the old Taoist, glanced at Duanmu's back, then at Fu Qingzhu beside him, and said with a grin, "The Princess instructed Miss Duanmu to protect Valley Master Fu well along the way, and not to let a single hair on Valley Master Fu be harmed!"

Li Dachui was stunned. He looked at Duanmu Miaomiao outside, then at Fu Qingzhu inside whose old face was a little red. Suddenly he realized that this was the thousand-year-old iron tree about to bloom.
One harbored hatred and was obsessed with practicing martial arts to achieve divine enlightenment and avenge his grievances; the other devoted his life to healing the sick and writing prescriptions. They had lived most of their lives without ever developing any romantic feelings for each other. In their hearts, these things were not important at all.

I never imagined I'd suddenly get it!

"Old Fu, congratulations!" Li Dachui chuckled and cupped his hands towards Fu Qingzhu. "On this joyous occasion, I will certainly prepare a generous gift!" Fu Qingzhu smiled awkwardly and glanced outside, but Duanmu Miaomiao was no longer visible.

As a master of innate skill, Duanmu Miaomiao naturally had sharp ears and eyes. Not to mention that there was only one wall between them, she could hear the movements inside the house clearly even if it was farther away. Since she didn't rush in and beat up Li Dachui after he said that, it was naturally a tacit agreement.

"Perhaps we're overthinking things regarding Liyang County!" Fu Qingzhu changed the subject, saying, "Although Kong Yuan is a scoundrel, he still has Gan Zhan there. He must have done a lot of research. Yiming and I went there this time just in case."

"Old Fu, your disciple is remarkable!" Old Daoist Yiming exclaimed. "I've refined pills my whole life, and I'm not incapable of making poisons that kill instantly upon contact with blood, but a poison that can kill seventy or eighty thousand people in three to five days is truly unheard of. Protector Li, you must keep a close eye on this kind of thing in the future. If it gets out, it will be disastrous!"

This isn't poison, this is a damn biological weapon!

“The Taoist priest is right. The formula for this thing must be classified as top secret and placed under the fifth level of the Black Ice Platform, so that it will never see the light of day again!” Li Dachui said.

"That bastard Kong Yuan, I'll take his life this time!" Fu Qingzhu said fiercely. "Some taboos cannot be broken. I was too soft-hearted back then, but I can't let this menace live any longer!"

Li Dachui gave a bitter smile: "Valley Master, this Kong Yuan, back when he was a doctor in Tai'an City, I was the one who took him in and brought him into the Zhi Qiu Academy. He's been researching these things, and I'm the one who paid for it. To be honest, I'm the real culprit, although I didn't expect him to actually come up with these things. Moreover, in Jiangnan, whether or not his method is used isn't up to him. There's Zhang Qingyun, the deputy head of the Zhi Qiu Academy, and Jiang Qian, who oversees everything. Without their permission, Kong Yuan simply couldn't use this on the battlefield. So Kong Yuan is just a knife; we are the ones holding that knife!"

Fu Qingzhu sighed and remained silent.

Li Dachui bowed deeply to the two men and said, "I'll leave this to you two gentlemen. It would be best if nothing happens, but if something does, please keep the impact to a minimum. You can ask Jiang Qian for anything you need! Liyang has already become like this, so Jiang Qian should be able to take down Chang Lei soon. At that time, Chu will basically be taken over. There will be no problem with manpower and resources!"

Fu Qingzhu nodded. "You don't need to worry too much. What's meant to be will be. Even if the sky falls, we old folks will be there to hold it up. You should focus all your energy on the battle with Linghu Ye. We can't afford to fail at the last hurdle!"

"Yes, this final tremor must be a good one!" Yiming laughed. "Many people did die in Liyang, but can it compare to the devastation of the Dayong Dynasty? Back then, decades of war reduced the population to only 20-30% of its peak. If you win this time, you'll unify the world, but the number of deaths will be less than a fraction of what it was back then. You don't need to feel guilty! In truth, the world should thank you. If it weren't for you, in this kind of world, fighting for ten or even twenty years would be perfectly normal!"

The next day, Li Dachui and Xiao Changche stood side by side, watching the four people gradually disappear into the distance.

In order to save time, Fu Qingzhu did not bring a large group of people. There were only Fu Qingzhu, Duanmu Miaomiao, Yiming Laodao, and Akala, the former director of Beiyuan Imperial Hospital. Yiming and Duanmu were both Xiantian, Akala was Xuanyuan Ninth Grade, and Fu Qingzhu was a little lower, but his martial arts cultivation was also Eighth Grade. Although they had to pass through the area controlled by Linghuye along the way, it was basically impossible to find and stop these four people. Therefore, Li Dachui was not worried at all.

"When an old general takes the field, one is worth two!" Xiao Changche exclaimed.

"Master Fu is right. We must win this battle. If we win, many fewer people will die!" Li Dachui said.

(End of this chapter)