Yinshan Record

Chapter 331 Healing with Talismanic Water, Angelica Nuwa, and the Female Taoist Priest
Wenning County is located at the southernmost part of Cizhou. To the east, it overlooks the East China Sea with its rolling waves, and crosses the Five Ridges that stretch to the horizon, connecting with Guangnan. To the west, it borders Hengyin County of Jiangzhou.

Since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, Wenning County has always been a peaceful place. Although it cannot be said to be a place of outstanding people and abundant resources, it has always lived a peaceful life.

The evil dragon swept across both banks of the Canglang River, but Wenning County was located at the southernmost tip of Cizhou. By the time the cold wave arrived, its power had been completely exhausted. Apart from the inevitable impact on the harvest, life was still manageable.

Until a few days ago, a sudden plague swept through the entire county, infecting every village and causing everyone to hang banners. Even in the county seat, the sounds of people wailing and crying filled the air.

On days like these, no one is happy except for the coffin shop owner.

In a village not far from Wenning County, men, women, and children lined up, each with a red cloth tied around their head, and knelt respectfully on the ground, chanting incantations.

A Taoist priest stood at the very front of the crowd, moving slowly.

Zhang San was wearing a Taoist robe and hemp shoes. He had a whisk stuck behind his neck and was holding a celadon bowl filled with sparkling water. He was performing the Yu Step and chanting incantations.

The Yu Step is a ritual of the Xuanmen sect. Zhang San simply stomped his feet on the ground, repeating the incantation over and over again, which was nothing more than "This junior is just trying to make a living, please forgive me." When recited quickly, it did indeed have a transcendent and otherworldly feel.

However, during the swaying recitation, quite a bit of water spilled out of the bowl.

After a long while, the yamen runner appointed by Su Che in Shanyin County completed his lengthy spellcasting process, took out a yellow talisman folded into a triangle from his pocket, and gently placed it into the large bowl.

A flash of light appeared, and a fragrant aroma wafted out from the large bowl.

The fragrance seemed to emanate from the deepest part of one's heart, giving one a sense of comfort, as if one were bathing in hot water, letting go of all worries.

Zhang San stared blankly at the large bowl in his hand, then suddenly raised it high and began to chant.

"Paying homage to Heaven."

The villagers kneeling below also slowly chanted, many of them with sickly sallow complexions.

"Paying homage to Heaven."

The sounds of chanting rose and fell.

Zhang San held the chipped bowl horizontally in front of him, and the villagers stood up, filed over to him, took the bowl, and drank a mouthful.

Standing next to Zhang San was a burly man, eight feet tall, with dark, bluish skin. He stood with his arms crossed, and in front of him was a wooden basin. Every person who drank water from the basin would throw an iron coin into it.

Clang, clang.

The wooden bucket was filled with more and more iron coins, but the bowl of water was just enough for the villagers to drink one sip at a time.

Finally, all the villagers finished drinking the talisman water.

"This is the Dragon and Tiger Elixir bestowed by the Celestial Immortal, a true talisman for salvation."

Zhang San recited his lines, which he had memorized: "Now that you have taken this medicine, you don't need to worry about contracting the plague this month."

After he finished speaking, he put down the large bowl, which he had originally borrowed from a villager's home.

"Thank you, Master." "Master, you have saved countless lives."

Looking at the pairs of eyes that were filled with gratitude as they looked at him, Zhang San suddenly felt that these eyes were quite like those of his elderly parents.

They would probably pray to the gods and Buddhas for my safety in the same way.

An old man leaning on a cane slowly walked towards Zhang San, accompanied by two robust young men.

Will the Taoist priest come here again in the future?

"I am here in Cizhou on the orders of the Heavenly Lord, to save the people. Even if I don't have time to come next month, my fellow disciples will come to distribute talisman water to you."

"If it weren't for the Taoist priest distributing talisman water to us, I'm afraid everyone in this village would have died out like in Xiao Hanzhuang."

Zhang San remained silent upon hearing this.

He had just come from Xiaohanzhuang, where everyone, young and old, had died of illness, and there wasn't even anyone in the village to collect the bodies.

This made Zhang San think of Shanyin County, wondering what his hometown was like now.

"It's just my job."

The burly man with dark blue skin picked up the wooden bucket with one hand and replied.

"If you have nothing else to do, sir, we still need to go to the next village." The old man looked troubled, as if he had been thinking for a while, and finally made up his mind. He said, "This old man has something important to ask of you, Taoist priest."

"Don't you know that other villages are also experiencing an epidemic?"

The big man grunted, sounding like a cow mooing.

Do you know that someone might die because of you holding us back?

The old man's face was ashen, and he lowered his head, his hand holding the cane trembling uncontrollably.

"It's good to know."

The burly man said to Zhang San beside him, "Third Taoist Priest, let's get going."

Zhang San seemed preoccupied, and it took him a moment to react.

"well."

The old man dropped his cane and prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowing.

"This old man begs the Taoist priest not to go west, but could we go to Tian Village in the east? There's a huge commotion there..."

"Tamura? Why Tamura?"

The burly man with dark skin sneered, "So many villages have suffered; is Tamura really that great?"

The villagers looked at him with complicated expressions, as if they harbored anger they dared not show.

"Tamura and we have been related by marriage for generations. Please have mercy on us, Daoist Master."

"Shit."

The burly man sneered, "Do you think we're new here? Most of the fields in your village belong to that rich man from Tian Village. You're just trying to curry favor with the landlord, aren't you? You've been related by marriage for generations. Did you find all your concubines from your village?"

The burly man's words were barbed and veiled, leaving the old man with mixed feelings. For a moment, he could only kneel on the ground, not daring to speak.

"never mind."

Zhang San tugged at the big man's sleeve: "Since we're both saving the common people anyway, why don't we go to Tiancun?"

"You have to go."

The big man shook the wooden bucket in his hand.

"Don't forget why we're here."

As the two were talking, a clear voice rang out from the other side.

"You don't need to go to Tamura."

A beautiful female Taoist priest, dressed in a long, tailored robe and holding a whisk in her hand, had somehow appeared beside the two of them. She was like a blooming begonia, exuding a pure and pristine aura.

"I have eliminated the plague in Tamura."

Xue Baizhi looked at Zhang San and the old ox beside him.

"And who are you two?"

Such sharp sword energy! He must have already reached the Core Formation Realm.

Old Niu swallowed hard and quickly pulled out a small waist token from his pocket.

"We are two cultivators under the Great River Alliance, and we came here specifically to treat the people."

Xue Baizhi didn't even glance at it; with her cultivation level, she could tell the authenticity of the token in the old ox's hand with just a slight sense.

That's the token of the Great River Alliance. If it's not in the possession of the person in question, it will naturally produce other reactions.

The monster wasn't lying; they were indeed members of the Great River Alliance.

When did the Great River Alliance start recruiting monsters into its ranks?
(End of this chapter)