You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 332 Disaster? Blessing?
After listening to the other party's description, Zuo Chen frowned slightly.

In the south, a corpse rises from the sea, and once the waves come, all the trees grow.

Not a good sign.

This infected state sounds like a sea of ​​suffering.

But if you look into the details, there are many differences.

First of all, the infection efficiency of the bitter sea is much faster than that of these trees. If the bitter sea really enters Yangzhou, it won’t take too long for the entire Yangzhou to be swallowed up.

Secondly, after being swallowed up by the sea of ​​suffering and infected, people all look like they are sinking in pain. How can they become living human trees?
Zuo Chen estimated that this corpse should be that of some powerful being who floated up from the Sea of ​​Bitterness.

The profound Taoist charm of the great master prevented his body from being completely swallowed by the sea of ​​suffering, but he also underwent changes under this strange power. As long as he existed, he would affect the situation around him.

As a result, it was checked by ordinary people who were unaware of the truth, and eventually led to the current situation.

But there is still a problem.

How did this corpse pass through the great formation of Juetianduandi?
Zuo Chen remembered that when he first inspected the formation, there was indeed no gap in the entire formation, and the northern defense was only slightly worn out.

It has not yet been destroyed. Occasionally, a few small evil creatures will be allowed in, but you said such a powerful corpse...

He should be stopped.

Or maybe...

This corpse, like the one before in Qingqiu Mountain, bypassed the detection of some great formation that could destroy the heavens and the earth?
The truth is still unclear, and Zuo Chen cannot take the time to go to the north again to inspect the formation. For the time being, he suppresses all the doubts in his heart.

"For the time being, send troops to guard the border, take in the refugees, and quarantine them in batches..."

Zuo Chen quickly told Li Rongxian some of his experiences from his previous life. Li Rongxian was slightly startled and hurriedly called Eunuch Bao and a group of ministers to ask them to record the methods Zuo Chen mentioned.

After recording the content, Li Rongxian asked his ministers to do it, and his originally panicked mind calmed down a lot.

In addition to his profound Taoist skills, the Taoist priest is also much better than the officials of Daliang in handling such emergencies.

Maybe it's the immortal pointing the way.

"I'm going to Yangzhou right now. I shouldn't need to rush at full speed. We must not let anyone with the tree disaster pass through the checkpoint."

"clear."

Li Rongxian nodded solemnly.

After cutting off the connection and studying the communication sachet, Lin Xi, who had just shown a happy smile, noticed that Zuo Chen's expression was wrong, so he asked in confusion:

"Daoyou, what disaster has happened?"

Zuo Chen sighed and told Lin Xi everything.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xi frowned tightly.

"Lotus? Wood plant?"

"Do you know the whereabouts of that corpse?"

"It's still unclear. There were many people with great supernatural powers who were good at this technique." Lin Xi said, "I heard that the corpse was a female body, and the lotus was a body-purifying flower. It could be the Heaven and Earth Treasure Lotus, or the Twelve-Rank Golden Lotus. Even some incarnations of Buddha may have used it as a support for their incarnation. It is also possible that someone once damaged their physical body and used the lotus to rebuild their golden body."

This range is too large.

"I will go and take a look myself. Who knows, I might be able to use this communication sachet to show the appearance of the corpse to fellow Taoists."

"good."

This sudden incident made Zuo Chen no longer in the mood to continue chatting in the dense forest. After chatting with Master Lin Xi for a few more words, Zuo Chen stood up, left the lotus platform, and floated to the group of little foxes.

When the little foxes saw Zuo Chen coming, they immediately put down Zhu Laoba and Li Yaojiu and ran over to play with Jin Feng Yuyue.

"Master. What happened?"

Zuo Chen sighed softly and told Zhu Laoba and others everything that happened in Yangzhou in the south.

After hearing the current situation, everyone looked at each other.

Especially Li Yaojiu, her expression suddenly changed several times, she was extremely anxious:

"Yangzhou? Is it really Yangzhou?"

"Hmm?" Zuo Chen finally saw the nervousness and anxiety on his retainer's face: "Do you know anyone in Yangzhou?"

"I……"

Li Yaojiu's expression changed continuously, and he finally sighed: "My family is still in Yangzhou."

"Then let's set off now." Zuo Chen said, "Yangzhou is in chaos, and it won't take long for filth to spread across the entire province. We'd better get there as soon as possible."

Li Yaojiu looked at Zuo Chen with gratitude.

Without staying for long, Zuo Chen used the Cloud-flying Technique to take everyone away, and Lin Xi waved goodbye below.

Lin Zhongsheng waited until everyone had gone far away before he hurried over with two jars of monkey wine.

Seeing that the person had disappeared, Lin Zhongsheng sighed a few times:

"Why are you leaving so fast? I just managed to get some good wine."

"Fellow Daoist has the great responsibility of saving the world. Please leave this wine for him. When he comes back, I think these two bottles of wine will become even more mellow."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhongsheng also nodded.

When the time comes, find a good tree, dig a hole under it, and bury the wine in it. It will taste even better when you dig it out.

……

Tengyun flew out of the dense forest, changed to a small boat, and rode at full speed towards Yangzhou.

However, it was really too far to travel from the north of Daliang to the south of Daliang. Even if Zuo Chen and Donkey Master used their Taoism together, it still took them about five days.

Of course, this speed is already an incredible speed for ordinary people in Daliang. If an ordinary person really wants to go from Youzhou to Yangzhou, it would be impossible to do so at least in a year or two.

After they arrived at Yangzhou Pass, Mr. Donkey, who had been sailing for several days, finally couldn't take it anymore and fell into the boat and fell asleep. However, the small boat serving as a vehicle didn't seem to react and was still able to carry everyone forward.

Yangzhou is not connected to Kyoto, but only to Qingzhou and Yuzhou. Currently, the "Prince Shou" of Qingzhou has not completely digested those restless "ministers" under his command, so Zuo Chen did not leave Qingzhou, but chose Yuzhou.

After arriving at the Yangzhou checkpoint, Zuo Chen got off the boat directly, entered the checkpoint, and took out the token.

Not long after, a middle-aged general hurried out.

The middle-aged general who was guarding the fort had already heard about Zuo Chen from his own Prince Jing. When he saw Zuo Chen coming, he enthusiastically welcomed Zuo Chen and his men into the fortress.

He seemed to want to host a banquet to entertain Zuo Chen, but Zuo Chen simply waved his hand and refused:

"Just deal with it briefly. What's the situation now?"

The middle-aged general heard Zuo Chen's question and did not dare to delay, and introduced the current situation:

"It's not optimistic. The believers are growing too fast. They already have a large team. Although they don't have any iron horses or thick armor, anyone who is touched by their sap will be afflicted by the Tree of Life.

“Some of those who are physically strong can hold on for a while longer, but some of those who are physically weak will turn half their bodies into wood in just two or three days.

"Fortunately, after they expanded to a certain extent, they gathered near Yangzhou City. First, they did not threaten other large cities in Yangzhou, and second, they did not plan to break out of Yangzhou Pass. The pressure on our side was not too great."

"Can there be a case nearby?"

"Yes. You asked us to set up a quarantine area, and we did it. Now only gentlemen with deep experience dare to go there."

The middle-aged general led the way as he spoke, and after a detour they arrived at a nearby wasteland.

A large camp has been temporarily built with wood in the wasteland. Soldiers are guarding the gate of the camp. They are wrapped tightly from head to toe, even their mouths and noses are wrapped with cloth.

"The gentlemen said that the contamination would only spread through blood, but you told us to cover our mouths and noses, so the soldiers did so."

Zuo Chen recalled.

I did casually mention this to Li Rongxian at the time.

But in fact, he also knew that this form was at most a drop in the bucket. If it was really the level of filth like the Sea of ​​Bitterness, even if he was wearing a solid iron sheet, it would be directly soaked through and he would become a monster wearing iron armor.

After entering the isolation camp, Zuo Chen saw many gentlemen busying around.

They were all dressed like scholars, and Zuo Chen had seen some of them before.

They are all gentlemen from the library, and I think they were sent by Yan Wangsheng to provide support.

When these gentlemen saw Zuo Chen coming, they all showed happy expressions on their faces, as if they were thinking, "Now that the Taoist priest is here, everything will be peaceful around us."

They didn't dare to disturb Zuo Chen, but just watched him walk into a tent.

Lifting the curtain, Zuo Chen saw at a glance several patients lying on the beds, and Mr. Shulou who was taking notes in a small notebook beside them.

Upon closer inspection, I found that this gentleman was actually an acquaintance!

Mr. Zhuge!

Mr. Zhuge was taking notes seriously, sometimes frowning, sometimes relaxing, and sometimes sighing, but he did not notice that Zuo Chen was standing next to him.

It was not until Zuo Chen coughed lightly that Mr. Zhuge came back to his senses.

When he saw Zuo Chen from the side, Mr. Zhuge also showed a happy expression on his face.

"Master, you are here!"

"What's the situation now?" Zuo Chen asked as he stretched out his hand and placed it on the wrist of the patient in front of him.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhuge quickly flipped open the book in his hand and reported his research results to Zuo Chen:
"I led my students to study for a few days and found that this disease requires extraordinary blood, and the degree of infection is somewhat related to the patient's physical constitution and cultivation. The higher the cultivation, the longer they can withstand it.

"If infected, the patient's souls and spirits will also be contaminated by the gray yin. According to the patients' own descriptions, they can see lotus flowers blooming in front of them. They are pure and beautiful and can wash away all sins."

It sounds like a weird cult.

Zuo Chen complained in his heart, then released his spiritual energy into the patient's body to perceive.

It didn't take long before Zuo Chen's brows began to frown.

He found the source of this "pollution".

It is a special Qi that is entrenched in the patient's body and is traveling along the patient's meridians.

After finding the source, it was not difficult for Zuo Chen to expel the Qi, but...

According to Zuo Chen's feeling, this Qi breath actually has no "malicious intent".

The entire ball of Qi is constantly changing the patient's body, making his meridians more suitable for cultivation. Because the physical body cannot resist, it turns it into a tree.

"Weird."

For a moment, Zuo Chen didn’t even know whether this was a disaster or an opportunity.

(End of this chapter)