Underworld entries, starting with ghost stories.

"Aqing is here, make way, make way!" someone called out.

Wu Qing stepped forward carrying his medicine kit and asked, "I heard several people have fallen ill all at once. What happened?"

Someone replied, "They all went to the mountains outside the city to pick bamboo shoots this morning. There were adults and children. When they came back, they looked very strange. They were staggering when they walked."

"Then suddenly, one by one, they all collapsed. I don't know if they ate something bad in the mountains, or if they were contaminated by some evil spirit?"

Another person said, "We were worried it might be some kind of epidemic, so we all moved to this lobby to keep an eye on things together."

Wu Qing said, "I'll go in and take a look."

A woman said, "I'll take you inside."

Wu Qing followed her inside and saw six people lying there: a young woman, a teenage girl, and three boys and one girl.

He activated the verification function and looked closely. He saw that the tags hanging on everyone's person all read:

— "A living dead."

Living dead?

This was the first time he had ever seen such an entry.

"There's a demonic aura." Xiao Qing's head popped out from the side.

"A demonic aura?" Wu Qing asked.

"Ah, I was just saying, I'm not a monster." Xiaoqing waved her hand.

Wu Qing checked each person one by one and found that although they were breathing, their pupils were dilated, they had no consciousness, and it didn't even seem like they were dreaming.

"Young Master Qing!" Xiao Bai whispered, "This is not a plague."

Wu Qing nodded.

He could tell without her saying it.

All six of them were fine in the morning, but they all fell asleep in the afternoon.

If it were an illness, there would at least be physical reactions such as fever, convulsions, and delirium, instead of everyone appearing to be in a deep sleep.

Wu Qing pondered, "I'm afraid we need to go and check out the places they visited this morning."

Xiao Bai turned her head slightly and said, "Young Master Qing, you stay here. Xiao Qing and I will go and take a look."

Wu Qing nodded, about to speak.

[Ding! Please follow the script and enter the Demon Forest with the White Snake and Green Snake.]

No, no, no, why would I go to a place like that?

Xiaoqing said there was a demonic aura, and Xiaobai's eyes were so serious.

What would I, a mere twenty-year-old boy who knows neither martial arts nor magic, do in the past?

[Please follow the script! According to the script, you are unaware of Xiaobai and Xiaoqing's snake demon identities. Please enter the demon forest with them.]

No way! This plot development is just too stupid.

If I didn't know they were snake demons, I shouldn't have gone myself, and I should have stopped them from going.

This kind of thing should be reported to the authorities first, and the constables should be sent to investigate. At the very least, strong and healthy people should be sent up the mountain.

[Please strictly follow the script of "Green Snake, White Snake, Past Life Fate," otherwise the plot cannot progress, and the host, Green Snake, and White Snake will be trapped here forever.]

I don't think being stuck here is so bad. At least the world is pretty peaceful, and there are two beautiful women around me.

I don't really want to go back to the chaotic end of the Sui Dynasty.

[WARNING: Please follow the script carefully!]

[WARNING: Please follow the script carefully!]

[WARNING: Please follow the script carefully!]

Okay, okay!

Wu Qing was so entangled that he had no choice but to follow the script, which required the character to become stupid to continue acting.

He looked at Xiaobai and Xiaoqing and said in a deep voice, "I'll go with you."

Xiao Bai hurriedly said, "Young Master Qing, let's just go and take a look..."

Wu Qing said earnestly, "How can I let two women go up the mountain? I'll be worried if I don't go with you."

Although anyone with a normal IQ would not only not have gone themselves, but also should not have let you go... Of course, this is without knowing your true identities.

He led Xiaobai and Xiaoqing out.

Others gathered around: "How are they?" "What disease do they have?" "Is it contagious?"

Wu Qing said, "Don't worry, it's not an epidemic. But I need to go to the woods they went to this morning to find out the specifics."

The others quickly said, "Then we'll have to trouble you, Doctor." "Ah Qing... no, Doctor, we're counting on you." "Having Doctor Ah Qing here is truly a blessing for our town."

Look how smart these people are! Not a single one of them said they wanted to go.

Are these your family members or mine?

At this moment, Wu Qing felt ashamed of his reputation as a master advisor, but a script is a script. Sometimes, even if you know you're being fooled, you still have to follow the script.

He asked for the exact location of the forest, and then led Xiaobai and Xiaoqing out of town.

Behind him, the townspeople murmured, "Dr. Aqing is truly handsome and kind-hearted."

"Those two young ladies, Bai and Qing, are both very beautiful. Seeing how much they like to pester this Doctor Qing, could it be that they like him?"

"Do you even need to ask? It's obvious at a glance."

"Dr. Aqing is such a lucky man."

Wu Qing, Xiao Bai, and Xiao Qing went outside together.

Xiaoqing's earlobes twitched slightly, then she covered her mouth and chuckled, "Brother Aqing, they say you're a lucky person."

Wu Qing exclaimed, "Ah! Me? So lucky?"

Their family members fell ill, and I went to check on them in dangerous places, and they still said behind my back that I was a lucky person?

I really want to rush back and punch them a few times.

Xiao Bai said softly, "Young Master Qing, Xiao Qing and I have practiced some martial arts. If we encounter any danger, please retreat to the back and do not go forward."

Wu Qing said, "Then I'll have to trouble Miss Bai and Miss Qing."

They walked all the way to the foot of the mountain and then walked uphill for a while along a relatively flat mountain path.

"It's just ahead." Wu Qing looked closely.

Xiaobai and Xiaoqing flanked him, protecting him in the middle, and the three of them entered the forest together.

It had rained for several days, and the soil and rocks were still damp. The leaves were very green, but there was an indescribable gloom in them.

Wu Qing stared intently and saw words floating in the shadows ahead.

—"A monster."

There really was a monster.

However, according to the setting, at this time he was just a boy who had read many books and had hardly ever left this town.

Therefore, he couldn't tell Xiaobai and Xiaoqing that there were other people like them ahead.

However, Xiaobai and Xiaoqing clearly noticed something; they stared ahead with serious expressions.

Suddenly, a cloud of black smoke rushed towards us.

The words were hanging on the black smoke.

—"Soul-stealing sorcery."

Xiaoqing snorted: "A trivial skill."

With a whoosh, she darted forward, each hand wielding a sword that seemed to appear out of nowhere, like wisps of green smoke.

With a whoosh, blue lightning flashed through the black smoke, shattering it into pieces that then scattered in all directions.

"Young Master Qing, be careful," Xiao Bai said protectively to the boy, "There's something unclean here."

Immediately afterwards, the sounds of thumping, thumping, thumping, thumping... came from all directions.

Wu Qing looked around and felt dizzy, unable to distinguish east from west or north from south for a moment.

"So it's just a toad spirit!" Xiaoqing sneered.