Usually.

Within a year of death, the body will completely decompose.

But people who die from the plague are not the same.

It was found when Xia Fan inspected the body.

The corpses decay very slowly, and it would take at least three to five years or more for them to completely decay into white bones.

No doubt.

The reason for the slow decay of corpses is the demon marks hidden within the corpses.

And when did the frequent outbreaks of plague begin in the Asuka Dynasty?

Three years ago!

In other words.

Three years ago, the demons had already begun to lay out.

Once the demon layout is completed and the war with the human race is officially started, the human race will have to face not only the demon as a mortal enemy, but also the undead natural disaster that will sweep the entire Qingwei Realm.

Humans who become undead or zombies are not scary.

An ordinary practitioner can easily sweep a large area.

But what is terrible is the plague spread by these living dead.

Until that time.

Thinking about the worst, perhaps the vast majority of human beings in the Qingwei Realm will become extinct.

Without the support of a huge population base, it is bound to upset the balance of power between humans and demons.

Therefore, the demon's trick of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle can be said to be extremely vicious.

True.

Xia Fan is indeed not interested in the war between demons and humans, and even has no intention of participating in the war between the two.

Here's the problem.

What the demon did this time had touched Xia Fan's bottom line.

Killing people is not enough.

He knows that war is cruel and does whatever it takes.

Not to mention the existential war between the two races.

But the demon's attempt to use the plague to exterminate humanity made Xia Fan difficult to accept from the bottom of his heart.

Demons are not human.

So the anti-social and anti-human set is useless against demons.

Even in the eyes of demons, this is a matter of course.

Demons and humans don't share the same sky.

Each wants to exterminate the other.

From the demon's point of view, is it wrong for the demon to want to exterminate the human race?

However, the demons are weak, and they can only survive in the face of the humans who have the upper hand, and if the demons don't try to find another way to find a countermeasure against the humans, sooner or later the demons will let the humans be completely wiped out.

In order to survive the death.

Demons have to take such extreme measures.

Xia Fan has never claimed to be a righteous person.

But he has his own set of moral bottom lines and ways of doing things.

Just as he knew that demons were brutal and murderous by nature.

But this doesn't mean that he will think about slaying demons every day for this reason.

Unless he encounters demons on the spot and mutilates humans.

Xia Fan will stop it.

As for this time.

It's just that Xia Fan feels that the demon's behavior is too inhuman, although the demon has no humanity.

But Xia Fan, who is a human being, has it!

So it's normal for him to be unacceptable.

Pity.

He may have been a little late in knowing the truth.

If the demon is from three years ago to start the layout, or even earlier.

Today.

Once Xia Fan reveals the truth to the world, the consequences can be imagined.

War.

Maybe it's going to break out early.

After all, it is impossible for the demon to sit idly by and ignore this, especially after the conspiracy is leaked, it will inevitably be launched in advance, and Xia Fan, who exposes the truth, will become the target of revenge in the eyes of the demon.

"Your Excellency, Poor Dao has finally found you. ”

I don't know how long it took.

Xia Fan stood in front of the sunken dirt slope in the hill and did not leave for a long time.

Ear.

Suddenly, the hurried voice of the middle-aged monk sounded.

"You're here at the right time, and there's something I need to tell you. ”

Xia Fan, who was standing with his hands in his hands, did not reply.

"Dare to ask what the Venerable Majesty commands?"

The middle-aged monk was busy.

"I've found out the plague......"

said.

Xia Fan told the middle-aged monk about his discoveries and inferences one by one.

“......”

The middle-aged monk couldn't help but look incredulous when he heard this.

"Your Excellency, is what you said true?"

When this sentence is spoken.

The middle-aged monks all had strong trills.

According to Xia Fan's description.

If the demon's plan succeeds.

The entire Asuka Dynasty -

No.

It should be said that the entire Qingwei realm will fall into a situation from which it will never recover.

"You don't need me to teach you what to do next, do you?"

Xia Fan said in a calm tone.

"Your Excellency ......"

The middle-aged monk looked at Xia Fandao in front of him with a complicated expression.

"I'll go back first. ”

After speaking.

Xia Fan's figure disappeared without a trace.

Return to the lodge.

He did whatever he had to do, seemingly unconcerned about what was happening in the outside world.

About the plague.

The middle-aged monk was obviously more anxious than Xia Fan.

Almost for the first time.

The Asuka Dao Alliance urgently contacted all the sects in various places, and at the same time, sent envoys to other dynasties everywhere to make sure that the truth behind the plague was spread.

As for the Asuka Dynasty, a vigorous cremation operation was launched.

All the corpses that died of the plague during these years must be destroyed.

But the actions of the Asuka Dynasty cannot be hidden.

Humans have an internal response in the demons, so why don't the demons have an internal response in the human beings?

"War is about to break out. ”

In front of a secluded room.

Xia Fan was sitting on a low stool and concentrating on carving the wood carving in his hand.

Ji Shang appeared beside him silently, but he didn't disturb Xia Fan's carving.

Until Xia Fan stopped the carving knife in his hand and blew off the sawdust on the wood carving.

He spoke slowly.

"When?"

Xia Fan looked at the wood carving in his hand, carefully checking the details of all aspects, and said absent-mindedly.

"Within three months at the latest. ”

Ji Shang's voice was as cold as ever.

"Sooner than I thought. ”

Xia Fan placed the wood carving in his hand and prepared to color it.

"If it weren't for you, the demons wouldn't have rushed into war at this time. ”

Ji Shang said indifferently.

"Blame me?"

Xia Fan said casually.

"Quite the opposite, in fact. ”

Ji Shang shook his head and said.

"If it weren't for your discovery, once the demons' plot succeeded, humanity would have to pay an unimaginably tragic price. ”

"It's a pity that I found out too late. ”

Xia Fan carried out his coloring work expressionlessly.

"Demons don't give humans a chance to react. ”

"So the war is about to break out in advance, and as far as I know, the demons in various places have begun to assemble secretly. ”

Ji Shang said softly.

"One more thing, when the Asuka Dao Alliance was disposing of the plague corpse, the plague broke out in various parts of the Asuka Dynasty in a short period of time. ”

“......”

Xia Fan was silent for a moment and said.

"Why didn't you make a move? I think, with your ability, it should not be difficult to spot the demons that spread the plague. ”

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't. ”

"Why?"

"Because...... I'm actually a demon in the eyes of you humans. ”