Xuanxia

Chapter 588: Old Business

"Is this a disease that someone deliberately spread?!"

In the carriage, Liang Guangchang's eyes widened and he almost pulled his beard off.

Fu Qingzhou put his finger to his lips and made a "hush" gesture: "Doctor Liang, please keep your voice down. We don't know who did this. Be careful that there are ears on the other side of the wall."

Liang Guangchang was agitated and his breathing became rapid, but he soon calmed down: "What evidence do you have?"

Ning Wushu smiled and said, "We are not detectives investigating cases, so we don't need hard evidence. We just need to make some guesses about the matter, and then we can make a plan and give it a try."

Liang Guangchang's eyes lit up: "So you came to me because I can help you?"

"good."

Fu Qingzhou said: "Of course, before that, we would like to ask Dr. Liang a few questions."

Liang Guangchang nodded slightly: "You ask."

"May I ask the divine doctor, how contagious is this disease?"

Fu Qingzhou asked: "Also, how long does it take for the disease to be fatal?"

Liang Guangchang pondered for a moment, as if he was considering his words, and after a while he answered: "This disease is highly contagious. If you stay with a patient for a long time, you are almost always likely to get infected. However, if you cover your mouth and nose with cloth and wear gloves to avoid direct contact, you can still reduce the probability of getting sick."

After thinking for a while, he added, "But the face covering and gloves should be changed frequently... or at least washed with boiling water, otherwise there is still a possibility of infection, especially long-term contact, or direct contact with the dirty stone, the probability of infection will increase."

Ning Wushu asked, "How contagious is this disease compared to common epidemic diseases?"

"no big difference."

Liang Guangchang sighed, "But the most powerful thing about it is that no matter how strong the body is, it will be infected... Even practitioners are no exception. You have seen it, even wild animals are..."

Fu Qingzhou nodded slightly: "It seems that it is not difficult to get this disease."

Liang Guangchang heard the strange meaning in his words and was shocked: "What does this mean?"

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Nothing. Doctor Liang, you haven't told me yet. How long does it take for the disease to be fatal?"

"Um……"

Liang Guangchang shook his head: "It's hard to say."

He said in a hoarse voice: "If the visceral stone disease only grows on the skin, it would not be a big deal...but the scary thing is that it can grow in the internal organs."

"If it fills up the lungs, the patient will no longer be able to breathe and will suffocate to death; if it fills up the stomach, the patient will no longer be able to eat, drink, defecate or urinate and will die of a stomach explosion..."

He simply gave two examples, and Fu Qingzhou and Ning Wushu understood.

They looked at each other, their eyes somewhat stern.

"Master He of Xuanming Sword Sect can use her skills to resist the disease of internal stones." Ning Wushu asked again: "Can all practitioners do this?"

Liang Guangchang smiled bitterly: "I'm not sure."

He said helplessly: "This epidemic has not been going on for long. Among those I have seen, the only one who can completely control the spread of the dirty stones with his skills is Sect Leader He..."

"Does it require a high enough realm to achieve this? Or is it due to the sect master's technique? Or is it because her physique is different? I cannot verify all of this."

"But overall, if a practitioner is diagnosed with Dirty Stone Disease... he or she may have a better chance of surviving than an ordinary person, or at least, living longer."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Thank you, Dr. Liang. Now we understand much better."

Ning Wushu also clasped his fists and bowed to Liang Guangchang: "Divine Doctor, may I ask... do you have any way to infect the two of us with the Dirty Stone Disease and control the Dirty Stone in a specific location as much as possible?"

Liang Guangchang was stunned at first, as if he didn't immediately understand what she was saying. After a few breaths, he gradually showed a look of horror: "What did you say?!" "Dr. Liang..."

Fu Qingzhou smiled helplessly: "Originally we shouldn't have discussed this with you, after all, it is quite dangerous, but without you, we really can't do this."

Under Liang Guangchang's horrified gaze, he slowly opened his mouth.

He didn't tell too many causes and consequences. Those were all matters of the underworld. Liang Guangchang was just a doctor who lived an ordinary life in Anyue City. These things had nothing to do with him.

But what surprised Fu Qingzhou was that after hearing words like "Huijue", "Yuanzhao", "Jinchan Temple", and "Buddha of a Hundred Evils", Liang Guangchang quickly calmed down.

"Divine Doctor Liang..." Ning Wushu smiled slightly: "You don't seem very surprised?"

"hehe."

Liang Guangchang stroked his mustache and said with a wry smile, "Don't you think about it? I can be called a 'miracle doctor', but I can only treat the common people. How can I know the head of Xuanming Sword Sect?"

Fu Qingzhou suddenly realized and slapped his forehead.

That's right! How could it be possible that the most famous doctor in the area hundreds of miles away had no visitors?
Who among these people who fight and kill all the time has not been seriously injured? Who has not been poisoned by their enemies? Who doesn't need a doctor?
Not everyone has the background of a big sect, and not everyone can afford all kinds of elixirs like they are free...

"I know a thing or two about Jianghu affairs."

Liang Guangchang said calmly, "If this was really done by Huijue, the rebellious monk from the Golden Cicada Temple, then you two... young men, I'm afraid you are no match for the great Xuanxing, right?"

"of course."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "We don't plan to confront him directly. After all, he is unlikely to show up in person... In short, what we need to do is to sneak in, investigate, find the source of the visceral stone disease, and preferably find a drug to cure it."

Liang Guangchang nodded slightly: "That's right. If they want to preach the gospel through the epidemic, then the best way is to let their believers recover. They must have medicine..."

At this point, he suddenly realized, "So, you guys are planning to get infected with Dirty Stone Disease so that you can sneak in and get the antidote?!"

They both nodded at the same time.

“This is also my old trade.”

Fu Qingzhou curled his lips and said, "I'm really good at being an undercover agent and lurking."

He said it easily, but Liang Guangchang was in awe: "You two actually want to test the poison on your own bodies and seek help from the people! This old man..."

He stood up with difficulty in the carriage and bowed: "I admire you!"

Ning Wushu smiled but said nothing. Fu Qingzhou leisurely helped the old doctor sit back down and said softly, "Just in case, we hope that this dirty stone can temporarily distort our appearance, at least to the point where even our acquaintances can't recognize us... Doctor, can you do that?"

Liang Guangchang pondered.

After a moment, he said in a deep voice: "If the Dirty Stone Disease is contaminated by the wound, the probability of contamination will increase significantly, and it is almost certain that it will take root in the wound..."

Ning Wushu's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this: "Then we just need to cut a wound on the face and then use the wound to touch the dirty stone on the patient's body, right?"

"Uh……"

Fu Qingzhou couldn't help but hesitated: "Sister Wushu, although you can't be said to be beautiful, you are not bad looking. If you are disfigured by this... I'm afraid your father will skin me alive..."

"laugh."

Ning Wushu smiled disdainfully: "Disfigured? When I'm fighting on the battlefield, my life and death hang in the balance. If I'm not careful one day, I'll die in the desert. Qingzhou, do you think I care about a mere disfigurement?"

Fu Qingzhou shook his head helplessly.

On this side, Liang Guangchang listened to their conversation and his expression became strange again: "Bachang? Wushu? Qingzhou...wait...you are not...Fu Qingzhou and Ning Wushu from the Qianlong Hundred Outstanding People Conference a few days ago?"

(End of this chapter)