Out of fear of death, Invest Everything into Health-Chapter 282 - 146: Eaten by Me_3

Fan Wubing: "..." He furrowed his brows, "A forgotten place?"

"You could say that."

This slightly contrasted with Fan Wubing's impression. In his impression, Queyu Mountain was indeed seldom visited, but it couldn't exactly be called a forgotten place. Perhaps the game's content was too simplistic... he thought, aside from those items, he shouldn't have integrated the game's content into reality.

"Why do you call that Demon Cultivator a sick beast?"

The Queyu Mountain God sighed, "Because Queyu Mountain is sick."

"Sick?"

The Queyu Mountain God said, "For the past three hundred years, I have watched Queyu Mountain fall ill, with no one to cure it, growing more severe day by day until it became incurable. The grandeur and majesty no longer exist; now it is a dying land. Even I, the little god, fear I won't live much longer."

"What exactly happened three hundred years ago?" Fan Wubing asked. He had perused many history books of the Great Li and local county records... but events from three hundred years ago were unrecorded, only slightly revealed in some unofficial histories. He only knew that three hundred years ago, Great Li had once embarked on the road to the Imperial Dynasty but failed, causing a massive upheaval within its borders.

The Queyu Mountain God hesitated, unsure if he should speak.

Fan Wubing said in a deep voice, "You're an abandoned Mountain God; what do you have to worry about?"

The Queyu Mountain God trembled, quickly saying, "Queyu Mountain is remote and far from Celestial Balance Upper City. The little god doesn't know much, and it's hard to judge truth from falsehood, fearing it might mislead the Special Envoy."

"Just tell me everything you know. I am curious to hear what a Mountain God like you has heard."

The Queyu Mountain God steadied his emotions, put aside his concerns, and said directly, "Three hundred years ago, Great Li embarked on the road to the Imperial Dynasty. But I heard that a major upheaval occurred within the court, causing the Imperial Dynasty's path to be abandoned halfway. After that, the court purged the entire realm, expelling all uncontrollable cultivator forces, resulting in bloodshed everywhere. The little god doesn't know the specifics; I only know that the court sent a group of 'patients' to Queyu Mountain, saying they were to recuperate here. After that, Queyu Mountain fell ill."

"What happened then?"

The Queyu Mountain God smiled bitterly, "Then Queyu Mountain was forgotten for three hundred years. The court never bothered about that group of patients, nor did it care about me, the Mountain God."

"What kind of illness do the 'patients' have?"

The Queyu Mountain God cautiously said, "The story I heard is... After the Imperial Dynasty path failed, Great Li suffered backlash from its fortunes, with the Qi Observation Envoys bearing the brunt. One hundred twenty-six Qi Observation Envoys and their families all fell ill, with various ailments like blindness, deafness, muteness, lameness, consumption, hysteria, madness... you name it. The court built a Sickness City deep within Queyu Mountain for them to reside and recuperate. But over the past three hundred years, not only did the illnesses not heal, but they also brought Queyu Mountain to the brink of death, with its spiritual essence lost and Qi depleted."

"The court never intervened?" Fan Wubing frowned.

The Queyu Mountain God responded sulkily, thinking to himself, here a court's Special Envoy suddenly asks the suffering little god like me.

"No intervention." The Queyu Mountain God complained mournfully, "The illustrious Great Li, with its boundless grandeur, how could they let outsiders witness such a disgrace?" This wasn't his judgment, but a helpless complaint.

Fan Wubing asked again, "What about that Demon Cultivator just now?"

The Queyu Mountain God said, "Great Li neglecting Queyu Mountain naturally attracted those who couldn't stay elsewhere to seek refuge here. Over these three hundred years, I've seen many Great Demons and Demon Cultivators come in, occupy my temple, defile my golden body, and I couldn't notify the court because I couldn't contact them. I could only watch as they gradually took over the entire Queyu Mountain." 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"The entire Queyu Mountain?"

The Queyu Mountain God touched his nose, "That's why I advised the Special Envoy earlier to leave while it was still daylight. Once it gets dark, those demons emerge. Ironically, they probably didn't expect that this is a sick mountain; upon entering, they too caught the sickness. That sick beast on the pillar, it suffers from a 'half-body illness'."

Fan Wubing looked outside the Mountain God Temple.

The setting sun hung over the distant mountain peak. It was less than half an hour until dark.

The Queyu Mountain God bowed, "This place becomes extremely dangerous after nightfall and much more prone to infection. A single person like the Special Envoy might find it hard to cope; it's better to take the situation back and have the court send more people."

"No matter."

The Queyu Mountain God recalled how Fan Wubing had instantly defeated that sick beast just now, "Though the Special Envoy is highly skilled, illnesses don't discriminate. Furthermore, this illness is a fortune illness; once you're infected, it's impossible to shake off."

Fan Wubing showed a harmless smile, "It's okay, because I'm already ill myself."

The Queyu Mountain God was stunned, "This..."

Fan Wubing's eyes glinted with a light the Queyu Mountain God couldn't fathom, "You're the Mountain God; you know Queyu Mountain, surely you know where that Sickness City is."

"I do know, but what does the Special Envoy want?"

"I want to go to Sickness City."

The Queyu Mountain God was startled, his face trembling with fear, quickly trying to dissuade, "Special Envoy, you absolutely must not approach Sickness City!"

"Why not?"

"All the people there are terminally ill, extremely dangerous. Besides, Sickness City is easy to enter, hard to exit. Many demon cultivators who later came here have never been seen coming out after entering Sickness City. To venture in rashly is likely a one-way trip."

"Are you afraid?" Fan Wubing glanced at him sideways.

The Queyu Mountain God shrank his neck, "I'm not afraid. But the Special Envoy..." At this point, his mind pondered, questioning whether Fan Wubing was truly a court Special Envoy, possibly just someone seeking refuge or having stumbled in here by mistake.

Fan Wubing smiled slightly, casually drawing out a wisp of blood Qi, then transformed it into Incense Fire God Radiance with the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill, presenting it before the Mountain God.

Since the last evolution of the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill, naturally attributed Qi could be mutually converted with acquired attributed Qi. However, innate creative Qi still couldn't be converted, as it was bound to the Heavenly Dao.

Like rain after a long drought.

Upon feeling the Incense Fire God Radiance, the Queyu Mountain God wept tears of joy, "Spe... Special Envoy, is this for the little god?"

"Yes."

"How can the Special Envoy harness Incense Fire God Radiance? Could the Special Envoy be a Great Scholar with the potential for divine investiture?"

"You don't need to worry about such things. Just guide me, don't worry, you won't be wronged."

"No... no problem! The little god awaits the Special Envoy's command!" The Mountain God no longer doubted Fan Wubing's identity as a Special Envoy, as someone able to harness Incense Fire God Radiance must surely be a person of righteousness!