I attained immortality through meditation in the Great Qian Dynasty.

Wu Qi took out a few small bottles from his pocket and smashed them on the ground.

Glass shattered, and a dark figure darted out.

"Go! Tear these two troublesome fellows to shreds!"

The bottle exploded, and more than a dozen finger-sized insects shot out.

There were also a few beetles with scarlet eyes and six legs that moved rapidly.

Zhang Jing felt a chill run down his spine.

"What...what is this thing?!"

These bugs look like they're up to no good!

Wu Qi grinned maliciously.

"Mortals, taste the agony of ten thousand insects gnawing at your heart!"

The Gu worms approached Zhang Jing.

Zhang Jing almost cried out.

A black insect was seen rushing straight at his face.

A flash of silver light.

The black insect trembled in mid-air and then plummeted to the ground.

Its body was pierced by a silver needle!

"What?!"

Wu Qi's smile froze.

How is this possible?!

Zhao Zian shot out silver needles from his sleeve, each one hitting the vital point of the Gu worm.

Poisonous insects fell from the sky one after another.

In the blink of an eye, most of the Gu worms were immobilized.

However, a few escaped the net.

They bypassed the attack range of the silver needles and went straight for Zhao Zian and Zhang Jing.

One of the beetles, with scarlet eyes, lunged at Zhang Jing's ankle.

"what!"

Zhang Jing hurriedly hid behind Zhao Zi'an.

"Dr. Zhao! Be careful!"

A white figure darted out from Zhao Zian's collar.

It stared warily at the Gu worms on the ground.

Zhao Zian's lips curled up slightly.

This little guy even knows how to protect his owner.

He pulled out strong liquor, realgar, and glutinous rice from his pocket!

He raised his left hand.

A bottle of strong liquor fell to the ground and spread outwards. With a flick of his right hand, realgar powder and glutinous rice grains fell down.

They spilled onto the wine.

"Um?"

Wu Qi frowned.

What are they doing?

What use are these mundane things?

The wine, realgar, and glutinous rice intertwined to form an invisible barrier.

The worms that were still crawling around on the ground screamed when they encountered the barrier.

They were firmly pinned down in place.

Zhang Jing hid behind Zhao Zi'an and peeked out secretly.

He saw that the terrifying insects were now all docile and even limp, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Phew... Doctor Zhao is indeed incredibly skilled!"

Wu Qi's expression changed.

"Who...who are you?!"

The Gu worms that he was so proud of were so easily suppressed.

Zhao Zian did not answer.

He just looked at Wu Qi.

"Hmph! I refuse to believe it!"

Wu Qi took out a bead from his pocket.

The bead looked like the eyeball of some kind of strange beast, with wisps of black mist swirling around it.

"Die!"

He threw the beads on the ground.

Black mist spread out.

"Watch out! This is a corpse miasma!"

Zhao Zian pulled Zhang Jing back a few steps.

At the same time, he took out a talisman from his sleeve.

"disease!"

The talisman spontaneously combusted without wind, transforming into a golden ray that shot into the black mist.

The black mist began to churn as it was illuminated by the golden light.

Wu Qi's body appeared and disappeared in the black mist. Taking advantage of the cover of the black mist, he planned to escape.

Zhao Zian had anticipated this.

"Trying to run? Not so easy!"

Zhao Zian rushed directly into the black mist.

"Dr. Zhao, the Miracle Doctor!"

Upon seeing this, Zhang Jing's heart tightened.

That black mist didn't look like anything good.

Zhao Zi'an rushed in like that, wasn't he afraid of being poisoned?

The little fox got anxious too.

It paced around anxiously twice in place.

The black fog dissipated.

Zhao Zian's figure came into view, carrying a person in his hand.

It was Wu Qi!

Wu Qi was disheveled, his clothes were in disarray, and his hands were sealed with acupoints by several silver needles.

His face was covered in bruises, and blood was trickling from the corner of his mouth, clearly indicating that he had been hit several times.

Zhao Zian flicked his wrist.

Wu Qi was thrown to the ground.

"This... they've captured him already?"

Zhang Jing stared blankly at all of this.

The little fox jumped onto Zhao Zian's shoulder and rubbed its cheek against his side.

Zhao Zian patted it and walked up to Wu Qi.

Wu Qi struggled to lift his head.

"Waaah, why, why did this happen..."

He burst into tears.

What's the use of crying now?

Zhao Zian's tone was icy.

"How many innocent lives have you taken?"

"How will you repay these debts?"

Wu Qi cried even harder.

"No, it wasn't me, it wasn't my choice!"

He shook his head frantically.

"I didn't want this to happen, I didn't want to hurt anyone!"

"But I'm a victim too!"

"I've been cursed, the Heart-Devouring Curse! I can neither live nor die!"

"I just want to cure my illness!"

"I searched for many secret methods and used various unorthodox remedies. Only by using other people's lives to refine the Gu poison could I temporarily suppress my Gu poison."

"I really don't want to kill anyone, but if I don't, the Myriad Devouring Heart will turn on me, slowly gnawing me dry!"

"You can't even imagine the pain! It's a thousand times more painful than being slowly sliced ​​to death!"

Wu Qi's body began to convulse.

"I just want to live!"

Zhao Zian looked at him coldly.

"Survive?"

"You keep saying you want to live, but what about all the innocent people you've killed?"

"What did they do wrong? Did they provoke you? Aren't their lives lives too?"

"What right do you have to decide their life or death? To deprive them of their right to live?"

Zhang Jing's heart, which had wavered slightly upon seeing Wu Qi's miserable state, was now reaffirmed.

Yes, no matter what Wu Qi's reasons were, the fact remains that he harmed innocent lives.

Because of Wu Qi, how many families have been torn apart?

How many lives have been lost in this inexplicable way?

Zhao Zian lowered his eyes.

Before saving someone, you need to consider whether it's worth saving them.

Saving Wu Qi at the cost of countless innocent lives is not saving people, it is aiding evil!

He made up his mind that he would not remove the curse from Wu Qi.

He will hand Wu Qi over to the authorities and let the law judge this criminal.

As for the torment of the Myriad Devouring Heart Gu, that was the evil fruit he himself had sown, his retribution.

Zhang Jing escorted Wu Qi towards the county government office.

The two yamen runners on night duty were dozing off against the stone lion.

"Wake up, all of you!"

The two constables stood up straight, all sleepiness gone.

"Boss, what's wrong...?"

"We've caught him." Zhang Jing threw Wu Qi to the ground.

"They caught them?!"

A yamen runner stepped forward.

Zhang Jing nodded.

This case had been weighing on his mind for days, and now it's finally been solved.

"It is this person."

He kicked Wu Qi.

"He's the one who poisoned Butcher Zhang. Lock him up in the death row and keep a close watch on him."

"Boss, what about the fifty taels of silver reward..."

Another bailiff rubbed his hands together.

"Go to the accounting office to withdraw the money, and tell them the case has been solved."

Zhang Jing waved his hand.

"After you take it out, wrap it in red paper and bring it to me."

"Boss, this... the brothers are waiting for you to treat them to drinks." The constable was somewhat puzzled.

Zhang Jing glared at him.

"What are you drinking for! Did I solve this case? It was thanks to Doctor Zhao from Jishetang! Without Doctor Zhao's help, you'd still be wandering around the city aimlessly!"