The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 524 - 302 Ali is not an Ordinary Human_2

"It’s okay, I’m fine! But the Chief and the others can’t wake up." Ali kept shaking her head.

The young man sighed lightly: "It’s my fault for arriving late. Let me show you a trick." Having said that, he took out a small cloth bag from his chest. The cloth bag looked no different from the coarse hemp rice bags used by ordinary farming households, just smaller in size, at most holding half a pound of rice, with even a patch sewn on its opening. However, when he threw the bag casually, it flew above their heads and unleashed an extremely strong gust of wind from its opening!

No matter how stubborn the fog was, it couldn’t withstand the assault of the mighty wind. In just three breaths, the vapor was blown away, and even the skies above the dense forest cleared up, leaving no trace of haziness. If Ali had been knowledgeable, she would know that this was a Magic Artifact known as the Wind God Bag. The Gang Wind it expelled could drive away evil and avoid miasma. It wasn’t as simple as just dispersing fog!

The demons hidden in the thick fog couldn’t stay hidden any longer as they grabbed a handful of white fluid from their own wounds and sprayed it in the forest. Over a dozen trees immediately started to shake, uprooting themselves before transforming into Tree-men and charging forward. These Tree-men seemed powerful and weighty; anyone hit by them would likely not die but could be severely injured by the impact.

The young man frowned and said: "You’re still not giving up on survival, then you can’t blame me." This time he took out a stack of talisman papers, swiftly flinging out over a dozen sheets. He manipulated these talisman papers not with the reverent demeanor or spoken incantations like the Chief of Bantiao Village, but once they touched the bodies of the Tree-men, they immediately exploded, turning these newly animated Tree-men back into rotting wood. In a moment or two, they collapsed back onto the ground, motionless.

Seeing the situation turn sour, the Fog Demon finally attempted to flee, its body dispersing into a stream of smoke, trying to escape through the forest. But the young man merely pointed to the Wind God Bag above his head and gently commanded: "Suck!" Instead of blowing wind, the Wind God Bag now emitted a strong suction force. The smoke that the Fog Demon turned into struggled feebly for a few moments before being sucked into the bag.

With the demon captured, the mouth of the Wind God Bag was tied up, and it reverted back to the appearance of a small cloth bag, which the young man put back into his chest.

With the Fog Demon gone, the surroundings became clear, and even the Bright Moon above seemed particularly bright and pure. Ali heard the sounds of small insects beginning to chirp from the Forest floor.

But the people in the village were still in a deep sleep.

"Brother, please save them," Ali earnestly said, "They fell into a deep sleep after eating the green rice."

The young man approached the pot, picked up a few grains of rice stuck to the bottom, sniffed them, and his expression changed: "This is not rice, but seductive aphid eggs. The eggs of these insects can’t be killed even with high temperatures. Humans who eat them will be bewitched and fall into a deep sleep, and it would take at least ten or so days to wake up." He understood that the Fog Demon must have disguised the seductive aphid eggs as rice to lure these mortals to eat.

Not only the dense forest but even this small camp itself, was a trap set up by the Fog Demon to lure mortals into its snare.

After pondering for a moment, he took out a Jade Bottle and poured out some medicine pills for Ali to stuff into the mouths of the people. "These are Clearing Void Powder pills refined by my sister, and they work very well. They will wake up soon, don’t worry." Clearing Void Powder was a good medicine capable of curing strange poisons, using it to combat seductive aphid eggs was somewhat wasteful. But he didn’t mind, Ali didn’t know to mind it, and the refiner of the medicine would probably not mind either, as she was always the friendliest towards mortals. He thought with a smile.

Sure enough, after a while, the people on the ground slowly came to their senses. The first thing they did upon waking up was to rush to the edge of the forest and vomit out all the rice they had eaten that night.

For a time, the air within the camp was filled with a sour and rotten smell. Ali couldn’t help but frown, while the young man seemed oblivious, pulling her aside to ask, "Once they throw it up, they’ll be fine. Young girl..."

She interrupted, saying, "My name is Ali."

"...Alright, Ali, when I was on my way here, I just happened to see your fingers suddenly emit a golden light, injuring the demon," he said in a gentle tone, "Can you tell me what happened?"

Ali shook her head in confusion: "I don’t know either. I was really anxious at the time, fearing that it would harm Aunt Mousa." She pointed to the slim, dark woman who had just emerged from the woods, "In my mind, I was thinking ’don’t you dare touch her’, and somehow, my fingers suddenly felt hot, and I could touch the demon. The body of the demon was very soft, and with a poke, I wounded it."

The young man smiled bitterly. Although the Fog Demon was not a remarkable demon, its body was definitely not as "soft" as she described, and it certainly couldn’t have been punctured by a small girl as if poking tofu, creating ten finger holes! It seems that this little girl also harbors a secret. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

He spoke softly, "I came from your village, indeed it was submerged under the river water, but today the water has receded somewhat. Houses, flagpoles, and such are all starting to emerge."

Ali exclaimed, "Ah," and asked him, "Did you find what you were looking for, that golden stone?"

The young man shook his head: "Not yet, I’ve searched back and forth several times to no avail. When I passed over this dense forest, I discovered the thick demon energy below and sensed your presence, which is why I came down to take a look. Searching by the riverside earlier delayed me and kept me from saving more people."

By this time, the Chief of the village had also realized that their lives were saved by the young man before them and came over to express their gratitude.

The young man waved his hand: "It was no big deal. I hate seeing demons harming humans the most." He pointed to Ali, "Does this young girl have parents?"

The Chief shook his head: "We don’t know where she comes from. It seems she suddenly just appeared around our village, and no matter how we tried to drive her away, she wouldn’t leave. Eventually, the villagers took pity on her and took her in to share their meals, and this has gone on for almost a year now."

The young man pondered for a long time before patting Ali on the head, "Ali, I need your help with something. Are you willing to come with me?" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation ticket, Monthly Ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)