Genius in the whole system: The useless young lady dominates the world

"The Ironhoofed Bull Clan has lost more than half of its members. The disease came on too quickly. At first, it was just a fever and cough, but within two days, black spots appeared on the skin, and then it began to rot, eventually turning into a pile of rotten flesh..." A bull demon representative from a western tribe said in a trembling voice.

"And in the south, several fox villages have gone mad... Clan members are killing each other, not even recognizing their own flesh and blood. When they meet, they act like enemies, their eyes glowing red, muttering things like 'You are a spy,' 'He wants to harm me'..." A fox demon representative said, covering his face and crying.

Pan Shi Lie clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white. "What's even more hateful is that Lie Tian took the opportunity to spread rumors, saying that this was 'divine punishment' brought by the return of the Demon Emperor, that we colluded with the Demon Clan, desecrated our ancestral lineage, and angered the Heavenly Dao, thus inflicting a curse. The key is that many uninformed demon people actually believed it and developed fear and hatred towards us..."

Feng Xiao added with a solemn expression, "The Wolf Fang Guards and Eagle Eye Guards of Lie Tian, ​​and even some tribes he has bribed, are all stirring up trouble. They are spreading rumors everywhere, blaming all the abnormalities on Your Highness and His Majesty, in order to isolate us. They are also making those tribes that might have been loyal to us afraid of being implicated and dare not associate with us. Some tribes have even started to report to Lie Tian out of panic, hoping to exchange this for peace."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt powerless. The demons at the bottom of the demon realm lived in poverty and were easily swayed. Now, with the plague and the curse, coupled with Lie Tian's malicious instigation, people were even more panicked, wavering and even beginning to hate them.

Di Lin's eyes were red and his voice was hoarse, "It's my fault... It's because I came back that my people have suffered so much..."

Cangsong comforted him, saying, "Your Highness, this is not your fault. This is Lietian's treacherous scheme. He is taking advantage of the people's fear to frame you in order to consolidate his rule. It is precisely at times like these that we must not lose our composure!"

Xiong Yuan roared, "I can't take it anymore! I'm going to settle accounts with that scoundrel Lie Tian!"

Pan Shi Lie immediately stopped Xiong Yuan, "I know you're anxious, but if you go now, you'll only fall into Lie Tian's trap. Once we're exposed, we'll all be in danger!"

While listening to everyone's reports, Lu Lingxi Yao carefully observed the "samples" they brought back—rotten flesh, soil, and animal hide rolls.

As she picked up the rotting flesh to examine it, her brows furrowed deeper and deeper. She murmured, "This doesn't seem like a common ailment among demons."

Next, she carefully studied the animal skin scrolls that were "cursed," which could arouse suspicion and make people irritable... Only when the mind is corrupted and controlled will it cause this.

She reached out and probed the eerie soil with a wisp of spiritual energy. She immediately sensed a cold, evil, and devouring energy fluctuation, strikingly similar to the aura she had sensed in the Black Abyss stronghold in Rift Sky City.

"This is neither a natural disaster nor a secret technique of the demon race." Lu Lingxi raised her head, her cold gaze sweeping over everyone. "This was man-made, and the method was extremely insidious. It's clearly the work of the Black Abyss!"

Seeing that no one understood, she explained her deduction in detail again: "The Black Abyss is good at manipulating souls and bewitching minds. The 'curse' they cast is a kind of evil magic that can erode the soul and amplify negative emotions. The energy in the soil is the carrier of this evil magic, and the so-called 'plague' is created by the Black Abyss using evil magic combined with a certain pathogen."

Lu Lingxi's eyes gleamed with wisdom. "From this, we can deduce three things. First, they created large-scale chaos to weaken the overall power of the demon realm. Second, they framed His Majesty and His Highness for all of this, thereby shaking the loyalty and trust of the demon people towards you, making them feel that your return brought not salvation, but disaster. Third, they forced us to expose our whereabouts in order to quell the panic, and then took the opportunity to wipe us out in one fell swoop."

"Lietian is truly vicious!" Pan Shilie trembled with rage after hearing Lu Lingxi Yao's analysis.

Lu Lingxi Yao said again, "Therefore, we cannot sit idly by; we must find a way to solve the plague and the curse!"

“Master, your spiritual power has not fully recovered, and…”

An Ye looked at Lu Lingxi with concern. He knew how difficult it was to refine this antidote for evil magic and pathogens, especially in the absence of a specific auxiliary spirit beast.

Lu Lingxi shook her head. "The situation is urgent, I have to try."

She immediately got up and walked to a relatively dry and well-ventilated stone chamber deep inside the stronghold, which had been temporarily converted into her alchemy room. She took out an alchemy furnace, various divine medicinal herbs, and some jade slips recording pharmacology and alchemy techniques from her Kunlun Ring.

Based on her years of experience in alchemy and her understanding of all types of spiritual power and divine power fragments, Lu Lingxiyao began to deduce the formula and attempted to use light-type spiritual power for powerful purification to dispel pathogens and curse energy; use wood-type spiritual power to replenish and repair the eroded life essence and soul wounds; and use fire-type spiritual power to decompose toxins and burn pathogens.

The refining process was extremely difficult. Inside the alchemy furnace, various medicinal materials tumbled and fused under the elemental spiritual power of different attributes. The dosage of each medicinal material, the output of each element, and the temperature and time of each step had to be precisely controlled.

I don't know how many times I failed. Sometimes the medicinal materials couldn't be fused and turned into waste; other times the energy went out of control and caused a small-scale explosion.

Although it required a lot of spiritual and mental energy, she never thought of giving up. She kept adjusting the formula and optimizing the technique.

Nalan Rongzhi, Di Lin, Anye, Baihu, Youming, Fengxiao, Panshilie and others guarded the perimeter. They knew the heavy burden Lu Lingxi Yao was shouldering and anxiously awaited the result. They heard the faint sounds coming from the alchemy room, saw the occasional flashes of energy, and felt the extremely tense mental fluctuations of Lu Lingxi Yao.

After countless days and nights, finally, before another dawn, the sound of success echoed from the alchemy room.

Lu Lingxi Yao pushed open the stone door. Her face showed a hint of fatigue, but her eyes sparkled with joy. In her hand, she held two jade bottles, one containing a green liquid that emitted a faint fragrance, and the other containing a blue potion that shimmered like starlight.

"It's a success!" Lu Lingxi's voice was slightly hoarse. "This is the antidote for the plague, and this is a mental purification potion to counteract the curse."

She explained in detail to everyone the working principles of the antidote and the purifying agent: the antidote could quickly eliminate pathogens from the body and repair physical damage; the purifying agent could dispel the evil forces that were eroding the soul, stabilize the mind, and restore sanity.

Lu Lingxi looked at everyone and said, "Send these medicines to the disaster area secretly and tell them that the disaster was not brought by His Majesty the Demon Emperor and His Highness, but by Lie Tian in collusion with extraterrestrial forces to consolidate his position. Let those deceived people wake up and let them know who the real traitor is and who their only hope is!"

Feng Xiao and Pan Shi Lie immediately organized reliable people to distribute the prepared potions to them, and also informed them of the usage methods and precautions. Then, they disguised themselves as traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, and beggars, and went deep into the plague-stricken areas and the tribes plagued by the curse.