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Chapter 500 Dead or alive
Because in these people's eyes, Lu Qing was the junior brother of the Divine Physician, so naturally he was also the Divine Physician. Yan Daoxin also intentionally misled people in front of the Brahma King, so they also called Lu Qing "Divine Physician".

Upon hearing this, Lu Qing turned his head to look at Zhu Yu. Zhu Yu estimated the time and felt that since it had been so well-ventilated, it was about time. He nodded slightly, and Lu Qing then stepped forward, with Zhu Yu and Fuwen Talisman following behind.

The runes and talismans had all expected to smell a strong stench as soon as they entered, but they were surprised to find that they couldn't smell anything at all.

Zhu Yu, on the other hand, remained calm, clearly indicating that everything here was within her expectations.

The four people followed the guard as he lifted the layers of gauze curtains and entered the room, arriving at the very center of the room.

There was a place that looked like an altar, with offering tables about half a person's height placed on all four sides. There were no statues of gods on the offering tables, but instead a row of incense burners. I don't know how many incense sticks had been lit before, and the incense ash had fallen onto the table.

Zhu Yu walked up and smelled the last trace of fragrance. Although it was incense burned more than a year ago, the outside had been sealed off, so the fragrance couldn't escape. Even though it was now open from all sides and some of the fragrance had dissipated, it could still be smelled.

If she couldn't recognize that familiar scent, she would be doing a disservice to her extraordinary sense of smell—it was clearly the sleeping incense used in the Fairy Castle!

However, her attention quickly shifted from the incense to something else.

Behind these four tables, in a square area, there was a huge stone slab on the ground. The slab was dark black and perfectly smooth, and it was engraved with star patterns that were exactly the same as those on the moon gate outside.

At each of the four corners of this smooth, dark stone slab, a man dressed in a black, narrow-sleeved robe sat cross-legged. Their clothes looked like Taoist robes but were not quite the same. Their hair was loose, and they were in a meditative posture.

In the middle of this large, dark stone slab, a person in a white robe sat cross-legged on a thin lotus-shaped cushion, with his hair also loose and his hands resting on his knees.

The five people sat there motionless, seemingly unaware that someone had smashed open the outer rammed earth wall, knocked on the doors and windows, and barged in a group of uninvited guests.

They were of course unaware, because although the five people were very upright, they all had sallow complexions, slightly sunken cheeks, and very sunken eye sockets.

Even though they were sitting there in a posture no different from living people, it was clear from their appearance that they could not possibly be living people.

"Miracle doctor, please take a look. Is this... is it dead or alive?" the guard who had gone out to call them in asked hesitantly.

If someone who didn't know the situation heard this, they would probably think that the guard had lost his mind. He looked like a living person.
But who among Brahma's entourage didn't know that this high priest had been in seclusion for over a year?

Although no one looks like this while alive, no one has ever seen someone look like this after they've died.

Given the hot climate in the Vatican, a person swells to an unrecognizable size within days of death and then decomposes rapidly. Not to mention more than a year, even after one or two months, only a few remnants of rotten flesh and bones will remain. Within half a year, not even bone fragments will be found.

They had probably never seen anything like it before.

"Are you sure this person is your high priest?" Lu Qing asked.

The guards nodded with absolute certainty: "There's absolutely no mistake! Our high priest used to see him every day, how could we not know what he looks like!"
Compared to before, he's just a bit more sallow and withered. Look! The mole at the corner of his eye is still there. How could we not recognize him! We went up close to him and called out to him, but he didn't react, and his appearance looked somewhat off, so we went out and called you in.”

"Has your high priest... practiced the art of resurrection?" Zhu Yu asked from the side.

The guards didn't want to bother with a half-graduate apprentice of a divine physician, but after Zhu Yu asked his question, Lu Qing didn't react and seemed to be waiting for a reply, so they couldn't just ignore him.

“We haven’t been at the Prince’s Palace for very long, only about two years. At least since we arrived, we haven’t heard of the High Priest having any resurrection magic.” The older one thought for a moment and shook his head.

It was clear that the bizarre scene before them had left them quite bewildered.

Zhu Yu glanced at Lu Qing, who nodded to her and waved her hand, saying, "Disciple, go and take a look for your master."

After saying that, he instructed the talisman-wielders: "Go and help set up the tent."

The runes and talismans immediately responded, turning around and tearing off several pieces of gauze from behind them. They stacked them together, and the originally semi-transparent gauze became enough to block the view after being layered. Then the two of them stepped forward, each tearing off one side of the gauze, creating a "screen" between the high priest and the others.

"This...isn't this inappropriate?" the older guard said somewhat uncertainly.

Lu Qing immediately signaled Zhu Yu to stop: "If you feel this is inappropriate, you should go back and consult King Brahma now. If you want to find out whether these people are dead or alive, and what happened, then follow my method."

The guards hesitated; they had a good understanding of Brahma's temperament.

Previously, he had sent these people to search for women everywhere. Some returned by the deadline, but for various reasons, they failed to bring the women back. Brahma never asked for the reasons or gave them a chance to explain; he simply dealt with them first.

So when they ran back, the high priest hadn't returned, and they couldn't say whether he was dead or alive. They probably wouldn't get any new instructions before the impatient Brahma ordered them to be dragged out and beheaded.

Since that's the case, why not let these people check it? That way, if it turns out to be right, the brothers will share the blame, and if it's wrong, it'll be their own decision.

So the older guard gave the others a look and then stopped trying to stop them.

With this "screen" separating them, Zhu Yu no longer had to worry about being spied on by outsiders, and he felt much more relaxed.

Although she knew perfectly well that the high priest in front of her could no longer be alive, she still routinely checked his breath—which, of course, was not the case.

Then, they carefully lifted his eyelids—which had almost completely lost their elasticity, and they could only pry them open with difficulty, revealing that his eyeballs below were shriveled.

Without a doubt, this is a dead body.