Tian continued walking as he listened to the general and his brother Chen. the general was especially talkative.
"Haha, General Lan has such a loose tongue that she has been scolded many times by the second prince, but she wont change her ways no matter what. " General Shi said as the group of three were walking just behind the chariot of the second prince.
" I used to be stronger than second prince but now that he has cultivated more than me, He likes to bully me."
As the female general spoke, the young girl sitting in the chariot turned her head "Aunty Lan, is it true that you were the winner of the young beauty competition when you were young? "
"what do you mean when I was young? I am still young and can defeat 100 men all by my self your highness."
Tian noticed this strange conversation going on as he spotted the trees growing less and less as the caravan slowly itched closer to the plains of Lingyun kingdom.
The group then moved towards a sturdy wall as the huge gates opened up. There were soldiers standing guard outside. small houses and farms could be seen in the distance and there were some beggars and shady people loitering near the gate. Tian saw a few people coughing and hiding their face with clothes.
Soon the group entered the Ling city. The atmosphere inside the gate was like day and night.
The city was bustling, there was a small market set up just a short distance away from the gate and rows and rows of houses came into view.
" We have arranged for you to stay in one of the houses of Xia family. Their servants will attend to your daily needs and then you can go to the common people and help with the plague. " General Shi said.
Tian who was walking behind asked the general Shi " Where are the monks from Nirvana temple? Didn't they come for help? "
General Shi replied " they did come but they are cultivators, they will be staying in more special courtyard. They will be in charge of treating people inside the inner walls. You all will be attending to the needs of the people inside outer wall. "
" Then what about the people outside outer wall? "
General Shi frowned a little as he gave a side glance to the second prince. " They are unfortunate, it is dangerous for you to stay outside the outer wall, we will not be able guarantee your safety so just treat the people inside the outer wall now... " The second prince said as general Shi pointed to a small house with a courtyard.
" You monks will stay there, we will now go to the inner wall, as for you two monks with spiritual roots, General Yan will be here. You can stay here and cure people with her, she will be in charge of your safety. "
Chen nodded as he led the monks inside, There were soldiers stationed inside the house too as all the monks went into different rooms to rest.
Tian and Chen went into their assigned rooms as Tian asked Chen " brother, I don't understand the need for security, what's there to be afraid of from sick people? "
Chen smiled as he sat down and explained " Tian, the king and the nirvana temple suspects that the plague is doing of someone, there are sick people captured before trying to spread the plague. We are here to cure the plague, so we are the biggest obstacles to the people trying to spread the plague right now. "
Tian nodded as he asked " So when can we go out? I am excited to see the city and meet the people! "
" For start, they will send the sick people here, the plan is to transform this place into a treatment center so I am sorry but you won't get to see the city much. " Chen smiled helplessly as he rubbed that's head.
Tian nodded as he stood up " Well I'll check out the courtyard first then "
Tian left the room as he arrived in the courtyard, the auto cultivation of purification sutra was being operated by the system inside his dantian as he noticed that he had already gathered 234 points of qi.
He didn't know how the consumption of the Qi worked yet as he noticed that there were people slowly gathering around the gates one by one. the soldiers blocked the gate as few elderly people begged the soldiers to let them in.
Tian went around the whole courtyard. there wasn't much to see there except for some bushes and a tree. tian didn't know which tree it was but it made the environment look somewhat nicer. there was also a small well to fetch the water.
Some of monks were leaving to roam around the city and help the people in need. there were some monks that volunteered to go outside the outer wall and help the people in need there. the monks that left this time with tian were those with some medical knowledge and as such would be able to help the mortals with common medicines.
Tian who was observing the interaction of the people with soldiers was called by a young monk into the main hall of the house.
There he saw general Yan with Chen and two other monks. The monks were wearing different set of clothes than Chen as they had white sleeves and a huge word nirvana written on their back.
"Now that everyone is here, we can start treating people. the plague is a big problem in the Great Yang empire. The purification sutra is extremely effective against the plague because it was derived by many famous great cultivators in the Great Yang Empire. Although you lot will be able to treat the people, do not over exert yourself as the amount of Qi you have is limited at the initial stages of the Qi gathering realm "
The middle aged monk spoke as he looked at Chen and Tian. "We will guide you through your first purification and then we will see if you are eligible to go to nirvana temple with us or not "
Chen nodded as General Yan signaled to the soldier standing near the door. the solder nodded as he let in an old man. The old man was wearing decent clothes and looked from a good family. The old man slowly entered and bowed to the monks. The old man then rolled up his sleeves as there were small black line visible under the skin.
"This old man is someone from Xia family and for letting you monks use their house, we have agreed to cure their family's mortal members first" General Yan said as the old man looked at the monks with a pleading look. The monk from nirvana temple nodded as he pointed at the arm of the old man.
"This is the initial symptom of the plague. We are calling it Crawling death plague. the symptoms start with veins changing to black color, the blood clots and freezes as it stops in one place and slowly kills the organ. first the limbs and then the internal organs. at the last stage the body slowly rots and dies. the only cure is to purify the frozen black blood or chop off the limb. Purification has some success as if lucky and caught early, we can save the victim. although the limb loses some functionality, the patient is saved. "
Tian observed as he saw the skin of the old man. there were dark circles in his eyes from lack of sleep and his hands were shaking. the older monk from nirvana temple patted the younger monk on shoulder as the young monk grabbed the opposite hand of the old man.
"Remember, you have to start with opposing limb, flood the victim's body with your Qi and slowly burn and clear any Plague clot limb by limb. Simply flooding the veins will do the work in mild cases, in extreme cases you might have to guide the Qi to correct paths along the meridians and veins since that's where the plague is often concentrated "
The young monk easily poured his green Qi into the right arm of the old man as tian could green light slowly passing through the other hand of the old man as the light finally reached the black left hand. The black plague was slowly pushed back by the green smoke as the plague finally gathered in the palm.
The skin started to darken due to the high concentration of plague as the green energy healed the damaged veins in the forearms. the young monk then slowly guided the green Qi to burst into the palm of the old man and there was visible change in the expression of the old man due to pain.
At last the green energy forced the plague to the single index finger as the monk took a blade and made an incision to allow the plague to move out of the old man's body.
The finger of the old man sprayed the black goo. The skin of the index finger looked like a dried twig as the plague left and the even nail fell of as a result. "The part from where the plague comes our gets decayed due to high concentration of the plague, a small price to pay for cure."
Tian watched this as he was curious to find out what effects his sacred attribute Qi would have on the plague.