Chapter 709: The Spread of the Plague
As soon as they saw Gu Lanyi coming back, everyone surrounded him, Jiang Yan respectfully shouted Mrs., and Long Qianli greeted him directly, with a face full of concern: "How is it outside, are you okay?"
There were no outsiders in the room, so Gu Lanyi told him what he had just seen, and sure enough, everyone's hearts sank when he heard it. Jiang Yan's face was ugly, and he kept muttering to himself, what is the disaster of Lanling County, you have to inform Hou Ye immediately. Long Qianli kept his face calm and did not speak, worried.
Jiang Wei's little face turned a little pale, looked at Gu Xiaotian, and suddenly became afraid: "Brother Xiaotian, we'll be fine, right?"
Gu Xiaotian nodded: "Don't worry, Wei'er, with my mother and master, if you are not afraid, I will protect you." β
"Little brother, you are so nice. Jiang Wei automatically ignored the others, and only had Gu Xiaotian saying in her heart that he would protect her.
The mad emperor still didn't care, but finally stopped the melon seeds in his hand: "A few bed bugs, what are you afraid of, what kind of bats, if the old man encounters them, they will all be killed." Hmph, what's so great about the strange beasts, these people from the Royal Beast Sect are really the people of the Beast Sect, and they just tinkered with a few monsters, and they thought they were amazing, which was really naΓ―ve. β
Seeing his relaxed face, Gu Lanyi knew that the Mad Emperor was not afraid of any magical beasts at all because of his own ability. For him, this summoning beast was originally what he was best at, although the Royal Beast Sect had a good name, but compared to the mad emperor, it was just a milky doll, playing with a few ants.
"Old man, do you also know about the strange beasts of the Royal Beast Sect?" Gu Lanyi and his son didn't go to the alien beast area, and they didn't know what those alien beasts were.
But Jiang Yan had heard of it, and he said: "The strange beasts of the Royal Beast Sect are made by selecting the strongest demonic beasts after their years of cultivation and hybridization. Once the hybridization is successful, the alien beast born will have the strong strength and various advantages of the parents, but if the hybridization fails, some monsters will be born, and various defects will be born. β
These are all things that he only learned about when he followed the Marquis of Lanling, and once when he came to the Imperial Beast Sect as a guest, he visited it once.
The high-level demonic beasts and alien beasts of the Royal Beast Sect will only be sold to the top sects and forces in exchange for financial support and daily operations. For small sects and small families, there is no need to know these secrets at all, occasionally some small sects know the news and want to ask for it. Buy, but also only listen to the tossing and turning through acquaintances to buy on behalf of the purchase.
Jiang Yan said that he saw with his own eyes that in the alien beast forest of the Imperial Beast Sect, there was a powerful alien beast called the saber-toothed beast.
He is three feet tall, covered with spikes, each spike is like a sharp arrow, and the whole body is pitch black, looking like a huge hedgehog from a distance. These spikes were so sharp that even the Nine Rank Demonic Beasts had to dodge far away when they encountered this saber-toothed beast.
"Hmph, saber-toothed beasts, it's just a mess, it's not great at all. β
The mad emperor listened with disdain: "Even if these strange beasts are infected and poisoned, they are of little use to the old man, and when the old man comes out, they all kneel in front of the old man, obediently bow their heads and obey the ministers, and dare to attack? β
knew the power of the mad emperor, but Gu Lanyi had other guesses.
If it was really so easy to deal with, then the Imperial Beast Sect wouldn't be so panicked and shocked.
After all, it is the demonic beasts and alien beasts that they have cultivated with their own hands, and they should be very obedient in normal times, but in the case of poisoning, there are all kinds of variables, and the once obedient demonic beasts are only afraid that they will not be controlled at all, and the more powerful they are, the more threatening they are.
"In my opinion, the top priority now is to find the sect master of the Royal Beast Sect and ask him to order a retreat and encirclement and let everyone out. Otherwise, if the monsters run around, and those bats carry toxins everywhere, there will be more people who are afraid of death. β
When Jiang Yan heard this, he became heavy: "Madam, in fact, we have discussed with the people of the Royal Beast Sect, but they said that they want to find out the suspects, and no one will be released." Originally, there were still people who wanted to leave at night, but as soon as they went out, there was the roar of the monster outside, and everyone didn't dare to act rashly. β
If she only protects a few of them, it will not be difficult at all, but Gu Lanyi has to take into account Jiang Zhichang, the county guard, and if she doesn't want Lanling County to cause a tragedy, she has to try her best to save them.
There were hundreds of people, a third of whom were women and children, and Gu Lanyi couldn't bear to be killed.
Long Qianli looked at the sky and said, "There are still two hours before dawn, and there are many inconveniences at night, so let's wait until dawn to take a look." β
Jiang Yan sighed and said: "Then I will go to Qiao Feihu, the sect leader of the Royal Beast Sect, and explain the seriousness of the matter clearly, for the sake of the county marquis, he should not dare to imprison us again, otherwise he will openly oppose the county marquis." β
Listening to the sound from the nearby lounge, Gu Lanyi thought about it and felt that this was the best.
All night, they had rested well, sleeping for at least a few hours or two, while the people in the other nearby lounges had no sleep at all, in a state of panic and worry.
There were still the voices of demonic beasts in the distance, as well as the voices of the disciples of the Imperial Beast Sect, usually these voices were not conspicuous at all, but in the night tonight, they sounded extremely frightened.
When a touch of fish belly white appeared in the sky, Gu Lanyi was still holding the sleeping Jiang Wei, looking at the sleeping face of his son next to him, and his heart was slightly calm. But soon, she was disturbed by the sound outside.
Jiang Yan and Long Qianli slept outside, and the two went out quickly, and when they came back a moment later, the melancholy on their faces increased a little.
"Miss Gu, something happened. β
Long Qianli's face was very ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "There are people in the next few rooms who are sick, groggy, with black rashes all over their bodies, and they have a high fever and talk nonsense. β
Jiang Yan added: "Yes, there are quite a few people, and it was like this overnight, and I wonder if I have been infected with toxins." β
At this time, Jiang Wei and the others also woke up, rubbed their eyes and looked at Gu Lanyi: "Aunt Gu, what's wrong?"
Gu Xiaotian said: "Mother, is there an accident?"
Gu Lanyi said: "Maybe something happened, my mother will go outside to take a look first, but don't worry." Xiaotian, you still have something to eat in the ring, take some out first, everyone will talk about breakfast after breakfast, and wait for my mother to come back. β
There are many things, and Gu Xiaotian is not in a hurry: "I know, mother." β
As he spoke, he took out the stored grain from the space ring, all kinds of buns, dumplings, osmanthus cakes, etc., as well as juices, fruits, milk, etc., everything. These foods have always been prepared by the mother and son, and there is no shortage of them at critical times.
As soon as the mad emperor smelled the fragrance, he ran over, grabbed a bun and said while eating: "Girl, go ahead, Xiaotian and a few children will be taken care of by an old man, and they will be fine." Ahhh......h
"Crazy grandpa, don't rob it, it's too much. β
was still a little worried before, but Gu Lanyi was helpless and funny by the mad emperor's actions.
After explaining a few words, Gu Lanyi went out quickly, Jiang Yan and Long Qianli were not in the mood to eat, and the two followed behind her.
Outside, the three of them soon heard the sound of crying coming from nearby, the nearby wings were not closed, and there were many corpses covered with white cloths in the yard. Some of the disciples of the Imperial Beast Sect went in and out, constantly carrying some people out, and they seemed very busy.
The men who were carried out were all dead, covered with white cloths.
In this courtyard alone, there were five corpses, Gu Lanyi walked over, opened the white cloth and saw that the dead middle-aged man's face was indeed covered with black rashes, and his face was pale. His body was not stiff yet, and he had obviously only died for a short time, but this death was a little terrifying.
She checked several corpses, all of them were in the same condition, and just as she got up, another disciple of the Royal Beast Sect came carrying the corpse, and as soon as she saw Gu Lanyi, she said, "Hey, what are you looking at here, beware of being infected, don't hurry up and go far." β
"What's going on with them, were they not okay yesterday?" Gu Lanyi took the opportunity to ask them.
"Who knows what's going on?" one of the Imperial Beast Sect disciples said in panic, "In one night, so many people died suddenly, we only carried two rooms, and there were many people in other rooms who died." β
"Needless to say, it's definitely contagious. Another Imperial Beast Sect disciple said.
Soon, the cries grew louder and louder, more and more, and as the sky gradually brightened, more people came out.
Gu Lanyi went to all the lounges to see, some people were huddled together, cowering, some took care of their relatives next to them, and some were children, as if they were sick, several women wiped their tears, and they were as uncomfortable as they were.
"Why are you stunned, why don't you go to the doctor, and what about the water?" a noble lady looked like she was shouting.
"Madam, how can there be a doctor here......"
"If something happens to Miss, none of you will survive!" said the noble lady, holding her daughter again, coaxing in distress. The little girl in her arms was no more than seven or eight years old, sickly, with red bumps on her face.
Gu Lanyi seemed to notice something, walked over and said, "Madam, is your daughter sick, I have some water here, you give her some to drink." With that, she took out a water bladder from the spatial ring and handed it over.
When the woman saw this, she quickly took it and fed it to her daughter.
After the little girl drank the water, she asked Gu Lanyi again: "Do you still have anything to eat, we haven't eaten for a day and a night?"
Seeing the woman's haggard and pitiful appearance, the heart of protecting the calf was fully revealed, and Gu Lanyi didn't mind bringing them some food to eat. She took out two pieces of mung bean cake and handed them over, and the woman hurriedly took them and fed them to the little girl, but she had no strength and couldn't open her mouth.
"Mother, I'm uncomfortable......" The little girl's voice was weak.
"I'll take a look. Gu Lanyi said softly.
The woman was skeptical, and she didn't think that Gu Lanyi was a doctor, but she couldn't care so much in a hurry. Gu Lanyi grabbed the little girl's wrist and began to probe her pulse, and then observed the rash on her face.
But I saw that the pimple that was still red before seemed to be a little purple now, and the little girl's forehead was hot, and she couldn't speak.
In a short period of time, not even a quarter of an hour, how can it change so quickly?
The situation in the little girl's body also frightened Gu Lanyi, under the pulse, a wisp of spiritual power swam around her body, Gu Lanyi felt that her blood seemed to be boiling, and countless small things were moving in it.
But she couldn't tell what it was, as if it was an extremely tiny creature attacking the little girl's body, devouring her life force.
Gu Lanyi's heart moved, the virus, could it be that it is also a tiny magical beast, so small that it cannot be seen clearly by the naked eye?