Sorry, master, my junior sister has surrendered to the enemy!

Chapter 240: Evil Land

"There was no evil land here. Everything started a few years ago. For unknown reasons, everyone in the Immortal Mountain was infected with an epidemic."

The village chief recalled the past with a grim look on his face:

"That disease spread very quickly. Within a few days, half of the people in the village were infected."

"I really have no choice but to separate the villagers who are sick and then ask Madam Chunling to give me the elixir to cure them."

"It was fine at first, but the territory of the Immortal Mountain is always limited. Within a few days, the medicinal materials in the Immortal Mountain were used up."

"We know that there are all kinds of evil beasts outside. For a while, no one dared to go out to find medicine. Without medicinal materials, Madam Chunling cannot give us the elixir."

"Gradually, some villagers who had been cured were infected again. The disease was out of control, so I had no choice but to place those infected villagers under the cave."

"Wait, under the cave?" Chu Yu and Yue Ling looked at each other, as if they had received some great news.

Since going upstream leads to the fairy mountain, going downstream will lead to the land of evil, right?

"Yes, we sent people to deliver food and water to them every day. Some villagers also planted some medicinal herbs in the fields. At the same time, we sent a team out to look for herbs every day. Once the herbs were found, the elixir given by Madam Chunling would be delivered. In this way, the epidemic was under control. The villagers who were infected were also carefully taken care of in the cave, and their condition did not worsen."

"But," the village chief said, his eyes reddened with excitement, as if he remembered something extremely painful and infuriating: "One day, the team we sent out to look for medicine did not return with a single person."

Chu Yu said nothing, but had a bad feeling when he heard this.

"They were not killed by the monsters outside, but were discovered by the people who delivered food the next day. They were all tortured and killed by humans, and all died in the evil land. There were ten of them. They risked their lives to find medicine for the people in the evil land. Even if they couldn't find the medicine, they still worked hard without any credit..."

The village chief's voice trembled: "It's not our fault that there is not enough medicine. We had no choice but to send them to the bottom of the cave. Even if the people of the evil land hate us so much, why would they do such a cruel thing to their former fellow villagers?"

"Since then, no one is willing to risk their lives to go out and look for medicine, and we are no longer willing to take care of the people in the evil land. They are all dirty people with blood on their hands. Now it seems that being infected with the plague is a punishment from God for them!"

The village chief became more and more excited, and Chu Yu tried to comfort him: "Village chief, the person has passed away, please accept my condolences."

"Oh, that's all," the village chief shook his head and looked at the Chun tree: "The good people who have passed away will be blessed by Madam Chunling."

Chu Yu's eyes twitched. The village chief's worship of this tree was simply fanatical.

"Village chief, after so many years, why are the people in the evil land still alive without your help?"

Chu Yu asked the question she was most curious about.

Infected with the disease, without water or food, would people still have the strength to dig a hole through the fairy mountain to establish an exit to the outside world?

Are all the people in the evil land superhuman?

"They must have believed in evil spirits. Now they are all walking corpses and can no longer be considered human beings."

The village chief said fearfully, "The evil people have some kind of obsession with the fairy mountain. They dream of coming in, but how can we allow these filthy and sinful people to enter the fairy mountain?"

"If we let them in, our fairy mountain will be destroyed!"

"Two fairies!" The village chief was so excited that he knelt down and said, "Please help us!"

"Village Chief," Chu Yu directly lifted him up with a stream of profound energy, "Take me to see the opened entrances."

"Yes, yes!" The village chief agreed happily.

Chu Yu and Yue Ling were led to the foot of a cliff.

"This is one of the opened entrances. Since the situation here is the most urgent, please help us investigate here first."

There is an extremely tiny crack here, which reveals a trace of spatial force, and a biting cold wind keeps blowing from inside.

Chu Yu couldn't help but open his eyes wide, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

Will this crack lead to the northern border of the Lotus Secret Realm?

You can find the Thousand-Year Snow Silkworm and the Glacier Heart in the north!

Find two medicines at once!

This is not a crack leading to a dirty place, it is clearly a fragrant teleportation array.

……

In the imperial palace, in the back hall.

Chun Shanyao kept dozing off. It was really boring to watch these pictures.

Two-thirds of the people were eliminated on the first day.

Those that remain are struggling.

"Old man, why are you sleepy?" Ji Xiu was watching the scene with Chu Yu with great interest, and turned around to see Yao Lao dozing off.

"Oh, don't bother me." Yao Lao waved his hand impatiently.

"You really spoil the fun." Ji Xiu complained.

Yao Lao opened his eyes suddenly, not even having time to yawn, and said indignantly: "I was expecting your fairy mountain to give me a surprise, but it turns out it is used to help these juniors cheat."

Ji Xiu said innocently: "How could I have that?"

"You opened a teleportation array for someone, and you still say you don't have it!" Yao Lao's beard was almost blown up.

"Judging from what Ji Xiu said, it shouldn't be that simple." Master Di Ming suddenly interrupted his meditation and the Buddhist beads in his hand stopped.

"It is still Di Ming who understands me." The Medical Immortal Ji Xiu smiled at Master Di Ming and gave Yao Lao a blank look.

"Hmph," Yao Lao blew up his beard, "Then tell me, what's so difficult about it? Isn't it just that these youngsters have to follow the trail of the people from the evil land, search every crack, find all the medicinal materials, and finally let that Madam Chunling make the elixir? At most, let those few masters deal with the villains in the evil land and protect the peace of the fairy mountain."

"Hey, you think too one-sidedly. It's a long story..." Ji Xiu slowed down his tone.

Yao Lao was not polite at all: "Don't keep me in suspense, tell me!"

"How could I let them be so comfortable?" Ji Xiu was annoyed by the old man for getting up. He originally thought that Yao Lao's angry look was very funny, but he stopped trying to tease him and said seriously:

“The inspiration for the Fairy Mountain and the Land of Evil came from a village I encountered during my last travels.”

"The village was divided into two parts by a high mountain, one half at the top and the other at the foot. The people there were infected with a disease that mortals could not endure."

"What's even more interesting is that there was actually an alchemist who stayed there."

"The alchemist came here to look for rare ingredients for alchemy, and accidentally ran into the difficulties encountered by this village, so he stayed."

"He's probably a novice alchemist who doesn't have many herbs on him. He can only point out a few herbs that can cure diseases and ask the villagers to help search for them."

"Who knew that this invitation would cause problems. At first, the villagers were very enthusiastic. Although the medicinal materials were scarce, there was a chance to find them. However, this medicine happened to grow on the top of the mountain."

"The villagers at the top of the mountain naturally got more medicinal herbs. As time went by, the diseases of the villagers at the top of the mountain were almost cured, while the diseases of the villagers at the foot of the mountain became more serious."

"The villagers living at the foot of the mountain angrily accused the villagers at the top of the mountain of monopolizing the medicinal materials, but the villagers at the top of the mountain said that they didn't have enough medicinal materials themselves, so how could they care about others?"

"After a while of arguing, the two sides started fighting and someone was killed."

Hearing this, Master Di Ming slowly opened his eyes and confirmed: "Are you saying that a group of villagers started fighting in front of the alchemist?"

How can someone be killed with a monk in charge?

Is it that the alchemist is too incompetent or that the villagers are too powerful?

"That young alchemist is a rookie and probably has a soft personality. It's normal for the villagers to be so anxious trying to get the life-saving medicine," Ji Xiu explained.

"Estimate? Didn't you see the alchemist?" Chun Shanyao asked.

Ji Xiu shook his head: "I didn't see the alchemist. When I got there, the alchemist had already gone out to look for medicine. But he didn't come back after waiting for a long time. I thought he was not strong enough. There were many powerful monsters around. I was afraid that he had met with an accident. But seeing the villagers' eagerly waiting expressions, I didn't tell them."

"These things were told to me by the villagers on the top of the mountain. They admired the alchemist very much and believed that he saved them."

"But the villagers at the foot of the mountain felt that the alchemist was too biased and unfair, and they hated the villagers at the top of the mountain. After I cured all of them, the villagers at the foot of the mountain felt that they could no longer stay and left on their own."

"The villagers who stayed behind wanted to build a statue for the alchemist and worship it day and night, but no one could perfectly replicate the alchemist's appearance. It happened that the alchemist forgot to take his alchemy furnace with him before he left, so the villagers entrusted the furnace to me, hoping that I could help them find the alchemist."

"I didn't tell them that no alchemist would abandon his furnace unless something unexpected happened. I just accepted the request to avoid upsetting the villagers."

Master Diming sighed and said, "Amitabha, Jixiu's benevolence remains the same as always."

After listening to this, Yao Lao just nodded, twitched his beard and muttered: "The villagers can worship the alchemist, why not you?"

"Eh?" Master Di Ming and Medical Immortal Ji Xiu were both stunned.

Yao Lao raised his head and said inexplicably, "Is there something wrong with what I said? That little alchemist asked the villagers to find medicine by themselves and he couldn't cure the villagers' diseases after treating them for a long time. But you solved everything as soon as you came. If it were me, I would definitely worship you and offer you sacrifices."

Ji Xiu was stunned for a long time. She blinked, shook her head, and said, "There's no need to worry about it. Maybe they have shared hardships and their friendship is deep..."

"See where I was. Aren't we talking about the Medicine Hunting Conference?"

Ji Xiu pointed at the scene where Chu Yu was and said proudly: "I changed a little bit based on this story, creating two places, the Fairy Mountain and the Land of Evil, and also set some difficult problems for them."

"First, the village chief will ask the contestants to repair the cracks, which means closing the entrance to the fairy mountain."

"If you want to move quickly in this world, the Immortal Mountain is full of entrances to various places. It is definitely the fastest and most labor-saving place."

“Even if some people have powerful walking instruments and a lot of teleportation talismans, they can’t keep consuming their own profound energy to travel quickly, not to mention being suppressed by the Buddhist beads and being chased by the demon kings.”

When Yao Lao heard the Buddha's beads suppress him, he laughed for the first time: "I said my idea was good. Those little spirit emperors can't stand it."

"In this case, entering the fairy mountain is the only way to find all the medicinal materials." Master Di Ming said.

Ji Xiu nodded: "Yes, but..."

She looked at Chu Yu and Yue Ling who had already stepped into the space gap, her eyes full of pride, and finally said the key point: "What if the Ninth Princess and her little helper first found all the medicinal herbs in the north and went back to close the entrance?"

Yao Lao suddenly reacted and said excitedly: "Then those little guys who randomly fell into the north can almost be said to have lost the opportunity to enter the Immortal Mountain?"

"Well, this is exactly the first difficulty I designed. No matter what difficulties the princes and princesses are facing now, they'd better hurry up and find the nearest entrance. Otherwise, they won't experience the most exciting part of this medicine-hunting conference, and they won't even know where they are going, and they will end this journey in a daze."

After hearing this, Yao Lao finally became interested and continued to ask: "Then tell me, what other interesting levels have you set up?"

"Well..." Ji Xiu was still struggling because she felt a little bit hurtful about this.