I am a ghost messenger, why do I need a long life?

Listening to the explanation, although Xu An's scalp was tingling, he still held on to a glimmer of hope and continued to ask, as if he would not give up:

"So how long will this take?"

Seeing his anxiety, Yuan Shicheng took a deep breath and said seriously:

"The monks in the Divine Court hold high positions of power, are busy with official duties, and are entangled in trivial matters. Even if it is an urgent memorial, they must first review the memorial, hold a meeting to discuss, research countermeasures, draft a reply, inspect the reply, and finally reach a final agreement. After confirming that everything is correct, they will submit the reply, which will then be transmitted back to the Divine Court. There is no time to rush..."

Xu An and Qi Kai were stunned after hearing this, with expressions that looked like dogs would shake their heads.

After this whole process was completed, hundreds of thousands of people in Yangzhou were killed.

Is this the efficiency of the Divine Court?

Xu An felt like his eyes had been opened.

He originally thought that although the human world and the underworld were inefficient and bloated, and some parts of them were pedantic and incompetent, they were at least still functioning.

It was not until this moment that he finally understood that the reason these two things were working was because one was in charge of the living and the other was in charge of the dead, and they had to do it.

Unlike those people in the divine court, who have nothing to do every day, but are constantly worshipped with incense and offerings. As long as they are alive and well, who cares about the lives of ordinary people in the world?

"Don't look like that. The Divine Court also has its own difficulties. Although they live in the immortal world, don't forget that the Dark Daozhou relies entirely on the Divine Court monks to block it..."

Yuan Shicheng stared at Xu An with his eyes wide open, and immediately understood that this eager, young and energetic Yinting priest had a fire burning in his heart to plead for the people.

He doesn't dislike such people, nor will he stop them from doing things. On the contrary, he admires such people very much. As long as Xu An speaks, he will definitely help if he can.

But at this moment, the only thing he couldn't stand was that Xu An might very well stand on the moral high ground and point fingers at him...

In order to stop such talk, he immediately told the difficulties of his own faction.

In the eyes of mortals, the monks in the Divine Court are high and mighty, and their incense is constantly worshipped. This is true.

But at the same time, in the battlefield of the Three Realms, the cultivators in the Immortal Realm are facing the existence of the Dark Daozhou, no matter whether you are an immortal or a celestial being.

On the front battlefield, you may die at any time and anywhere!

Why is the temple suppressing the aroma of incense?

Aren't you still standing in front, carrying the heavy burden and moving forward to protect the safety of both the Yin and Yang worlds?

If we don’t restrain the energy of incense, how can we create a large number of gods and help monks become immortals?

Xu An and Qi Kai, listening to Yuan Shicheng's righteous words, didn't know how to refute for a moment.

The fact that he mentioned the Dark Daozhou proved that the Divine Court had indeed prepared its subordinate monks mentally early on in this regard.

But at this moment, it is meaningless to argue about who is right or wrong, or who is responsible.

Xu An turned his head and looked at the seven or eight mortals who had collapsed in the temple. He said in a slightly tense voice:

"We can't just sit here and wait and do nothing."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shicheng nodded and said:

"However, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. We are not the ones who poisoned the person, so it is too difficult to find an antidote just like that."

As soon as these words came out, Qi Kai immediately looked at Xu An and said:

"Master Xu, how about we try it on the prisoner?"

Xu An narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about the guy's previous arrogance. In an instant, a light bulb went off in his mind.

He took Yuan Shicheng and Qi Kai, passed through the city, and returned to the dungeon of Yangzhou Prefecture.

Inside the cage, the cultivator from the Lishan Sword Sect continued to lie on the ground with his face pressed against the straw.

Seeing Xu An coming back, accompanied by two people who were obviously more powerful, he gasped violently and laughed hoarsely from his throat:

"I told you long ago that you would come back to beg me. Now you know fear and are you starting to get scared, right?"

"You guys are not brave at all. You are just small characters hiding behind the barrier of the three realms, trying to survive."

"Just a slight impact on your potential interests, and you all act like your tails have been stepped on, and you're desperate and ready to take action!"

These words were very harsh. Qi Kai and Yuan Shicheng had never seen this guy before they knew about the matter, so they had no idea that he had become so crazy.

Yuan Shicheng couldn't hold it in any longer and cursed through the prison door:

"You don't want to be a good person, but you choose to be a dog and kill your own kind. Are you still human?"

Beside him, Xu An saw him indignant and explained:

"Master Yuan, it's useless to scold him now. He has become a lackey of the Dark Daozhou. His mind is completely controlled by that side. His entire thinking is completely distorted. He won't react to your scolding."

As soon as these words were spoken, Yuan Shicheng was so angry that he turned away.

Qi Kai beside him followed up and said:

"Hand over the antidote and we can spare your life!"

Just as the people from the Lishan Sword Sect were about to speak, Xu An spoke before them:

"Master Qi, he's such a fool, he only knows how to poison people, how could he possibly have an antidote?"

The people from Lishan Sword Sect immediately raised their eyes and stared at Xu An.

He discovered that this Yin Messenger, who was only at the Purple Mansion Realm, for some unknown reason, actually made him extremely disgusted.

Time and again, what he said accurately hit his pain points, making him furious and crazy!

"Then why keep him?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shicheng immediately circulated the energy from the incense and gathered it into a sword in his palm. He pushed the prison door open and walked in, intending to chop someone down.

"slow."

While Xu An stopped him, he walked in first and said:

"His life is still useful to me."

Yuan Shicheng asked in confusion:

"What's the use?"

Facing this ferocious-looking cultivator from the Lishan Sword Sect who seemed eager to chop him into pieces, Xu An stepped on his face and continued:

"Master Yuan, have you ever heard of rabies?"

After these words were spoken, Qi Kai and Yuan Shicheng looked at each other in surprise. Of course they had heard of rabies before.

Xu An saw them nod, then he looked down at the monk from the Lishan Sword Sect who had poisoned the people with contempt and said:

"In the human world, there are some mad dogs. When they become ill, their eyes turn bloodshot, they are extremely afraid of water, and they are very aggressive."

"If a person is not careful and is bitten by a mad dog, they will contract this disease and become hot and cold, lose consciousness, have red eyes, and be afraid of water until they die suddenly."

"Logically speaking, this kind of strange disease should be difficult to cure with ordinary medical skills, but Lord Yuan just said that the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it."

"Do you know the cure for this disease? All you need to do is find the mad dog that bit the person, kill it, cut it open, take out its brain, boil it, dry it in the sun, grind it into powder, and apply it to the wound. As long as you get treatment in time, you can save your life."

As he spoke, Xu An could clearly feel his body trembling slightly, but he still ignored it. His magic power rose from his body, and the incense energy gathered into a sword. He said in a slightly cold voice:

"You said earlier that you absorbed blood and souls along the way in order to extract the blood from your body and make this poison, so that the people of Yangzhou City would be buried with you, right?"

"Today, I will chop you into pieces, you piece of shit, and use your flesh and blood to make an antidote!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sword energy and the surging power stirred up a gust of wind, which whizzed through the entire dungeon and rushed out of the ground along the corridor.

Inside the dungeon, the cultivators of the Lishan Sword Sect screamed and bled profusely.

Xu An's sword directly cut off his arm.

Ignoring his painful behavior, Xu An indifferently picked up the arm that was still full of blood, flesh and energy. The next second, he frowned and found that the opponent's soul power was so weak.

Could it be that he extracted his own blood essence and used it as poison, so the consumption was quite huge?

There is no answer, and this is not the top priority right now.

After making sure that the bastard would not die on the spot, Xu An picked up his severed hand and walked out.

Behind him, the monk from the Lishan Sword Sect, who had lost an arm, roared madly:

"Xu An! You don't have time! Everything you do is in vain. Wait, you will regret it..."

The sound gradually faded away. When I came out of the dungeon, it was already noon in Yangzhou City.

The light from heaven shone directly from overhead, shining down. The three figures had no bodies, but were all souls. All that could be seen were the faint shadows formed by the smell of incense.

But at this moment, these three dead people have to worry about the lives of hundreds of thousands of living people in Yangzhou City.

"The Immortal Realm Divine Court hasn't responded yet?"

Qi Kai turned his head and looked at the bloody arm in Xu An's hand, and couldn't help but look at Yuan Shicheng again.

"No."

Yuan Shicheng spread out the memorial in his hand. Apart from floating cloud patterns in the blank space, there was not even a single word to be seen.

"Mr. Xu, are you sure?"

Suddenly, both of them looked at Xu An at the same time.

"Let's give it a try."

Xu An frowned and walked into the nearest pharmacy in Yangzhou City with his arms raised.

At this moment, his identity as a priest played a huge role. No matter what he did, there was no hindrance, and everyone he met tried their best to cooperate.

After listening to Xu An's idea, the old doctor's eyes lit up and he immediately nodded in praise:

"Although your method may seem far-fetched, it may actually be a good way to deal with it."

"How about we use the flesh, blood, muscles, and bone marrow of this arm, along with some antidote, and boil them together to see which part is most effective?"

Xu An looked at him and nodded.

The sacred fire was lit, the medicine stove was heated to high temperature, and more than a dozen jars were put into it with refined medicinal materials, which began to boil in an instant.

Qi Kai and Yuan Shicheng felt bitter when they saw Xu An busying around cooperating with the Yangzhou doctors.

Just looking at what he did, who would have thought that Xu An was just a ghost messenger?

Yuan Shicheng may have seen relatively little, but Qi Kai knew very well that when he was in the Yin Court, he had displayed quite terrifying abilities, and the things he was capable of were simply unimaginable for ordinary ghost cultivators.

And at this moment, he actually saw that this guy could even cure diseases and make medicine.

No, is there anything else you can't do?

While he was thinking in his heart, Xu An had already prepared the medicine. With the cooperation of other people in Yangzhou who were still able to move, they found a group of people who were seriously ill and could die at any time.

After explaining the seriousness of the matter to his relatives, Xu An frankly said:

"I don't know if this medicine will work. If you don't want to, you can just tell me. It's fine."

The people who were still conscious and not poisoned immediately knelt on the ground and bowed to Xu An and the others, saying:

"Priest, we all rely on you. If you don't take the medicine, you will just wait for death. We are willing to try..."

Between absolutely no hope and a glimmer of hope, how to choose? The answer is undoubtedly very clear.

Xu An and the old doctor from Yangzhou lifted the heads and faces of the poisoned people, opened their mouths, and gently poured in a small amount of medicine.

After a while, the patients who took the medicine suddenly started coughing violently and spit out a ball of black water from their mouths.

Immediately afterwards, Xu An's eyes slightly frowned. He clearly sensed strands of absorbed essence floating in the black water, which then gathered towards the city.

"It seems that things are more complicated than we thought."

Qi Kai and Yuan Shicheng stepped forward, looked at the black water rapidly drying up on the ground, and turned to look at Xu An.

The three of them are monks and can see things that ordinary people cannot see.

The mortals who had been rescued nearby had obviously not noticed these changes. They watched as their loved ones' expressions relaxed and gradually regained consciousness. They immediately kowtowed to Xu An:

"Thank you, Lord Priest, for saving my life. Thank you, Lord Priest..."

"Get up first."

After Xu An helped him up, he looked at the old doctor beside him and immediately gave orders to dilute the concentrated medicine with water and have other people who were seriously poisoned take it as soon as possible.

After most of the dozen or so jars of medicine had been distributed, the doctor who had been boiling the medicine with Xu An said:

"Master Xu, your medical skills are superb. This method is indeed feasible, but it's a pity that there is too little of this medicine. I'm afraid it won't be enough for the people of the whole city."

Xu An knew what he meant. He turned his head and looked at the stove where the medicine was being boiled. There was only one pot left. Then he said:

"Get the supplementary medicine ready! I'm going to chop that bastard up and drain his marrow to detoxify him!"

Beside them, Qi Kai and Yuan Shicheng suddenly took a step forward, intending to go with them.

Xu An stopped them and said:

"My lords, leave such trivial matters as beheading people to me. Zhang Xian's area is the most severely poisoned area in the entire city of Yangzhou. Please go there quickly with the medicine and treat the seriously ill patients first!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Kai and Yuan Shicheng looked at each other, then looked at Xu An's sincere expression and nodded.

At this moment, no matter how high their positions are, they still maintain the minimum respect and courtesy towards those who can get things done.

Xu An was right, Zhang Xian needed them both more.

Picking up the medicine jar, the two highest leaders of Shenting and Yinting in Yangzhou City immediately took action and headed straight for where Zhang Xian was.

The moment Xu An turned around and walked out of the pharmacy, his face darkened.

Magical power surged throughout his body, and the aroma of incense boiled over like a raging fire.

After entering the dungeon, he slashed through the prison barrier with a single sword strike. With the long sword condensed from the incense energy in his hand, he pointed at the Lishan Sword Sect cultivator who had lost an arm and said:

"It's time for you to hit the road!"

Looking up at Xu An, who had turned pale due to excessive blood loss, he still said in an inappropriate manner:

"You think you win like this?"

Upon hearing this, Xu An raised his sword and said:

"I know you've cut off part of your soul, waiting to absorb the poison and devoured blood, spirit and soul. Don't worry, after cutting off your body and the remaining soul, I will kill the remaining souls that you used to sacrifice to your master and summon his power across the realm!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the pupils of the cultivators from the Lishan Sword Sect suddenly shrank.

He didn't have time to ask how Xu An knew.

The incense sword passed by, and his head rolled down, and he died with his eyes open.