Ultimate Village Doctor

Chapter One Hundred Seventy-Eight

In a hotel room, four kidnappers plotting the abduction of a wealthy individual suddenly collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

In a residential building, prepared to commit theft, a thief's eyes suddenly turned white as if struck by lightning.

In a nightclub, a gang leader in the midst of his fervent attempt to take advantage of a drugged female student abruptly began to convulse as if afflicted by a severe spasm, foaming at the mouth and collapsing onto the bed.

Inside a notorious haunted house, a fierce ghost lurking within, intent on harming others, was struck by a golden light and disintegrated into ash and smoke.

...

In the cover of night.

Long Xiaoshan roamed the void, his expression indifferent, meting out punishment for sins.

In just two hours, he had put an end to no fewer than ten evil deeds. Those who had committed these evils ranged from those whose divine souls were severely damaged, needing several years to recover upon regaining consciousness, to those he obliterated with the Light of Divine Punishment.

"My divine power is almost depleted."

Long Xiaoshan felt that his divine power was not infinite, for he was merely a low-level deity spirit, and within the Heavenly Court, he was merely among the lowest rank of the Heavenly Soldiers.

At this moment, vanquishing sin had taken a toll.

However, just as he was about to return, Long Xiaoshan's expression shifted slightly as he looked towards a raised peak in the distance.

The mountain was not tall, and at its summit, shrouded in a faint azure glow, was a temple.

That was... the City God Temple!

Long Xiaoshan recognized the temple.

The City God is the protector of a city, a local official in the Immortal Netherworld, equivalent to the head of a county or city in the Yang Realm.

Long Xiaoshan used to not believe in spirits or deities.

But, having become an owner of the Jade Purifying Bottle and being enshrined as a deity himself, he believed the existence of deity spirits was not without foundation. Now, looking at that temple, something stirred within him, and he wished to find out if there truly were deity spirits in this world.

No sooner had the thought arisen than Long Xiaoshan floated toward the City God Temple.

Grand and majestic was the temple of the City God. Inside the temple, incense and candles burned. Upon Long Xiaoshan's arrival, he was immediately enveloped by the dense aroma and the power of faith.

The main hall worshiped the City God and the Civil and Military Judges, with other great deities seated beneath them.

Long Xiaoshan entered their midst.

He scrutinized those deity sculptures, unable to sense any divine power emanating from them, nor did he see any presence of the deities.

Had there been deity spirits there, with his current state, he would have surely noticed them.

"Strange, there's no City God, and none of the other great deities."

Long Xiaoshan thought to himself.

He had presumed deity spirits existed in this world, but it appeared not to be the case. Whether they were never present or had disappeared was unclear.

There seemed to be no deities in this world.

Yet, how had he become a deity?

Long Xiaoshan was perplexed.

He drifted out from the City God Temple and returned to Bai Susu's home, his spirit reuniting with his flesh.

He summoned Yue Ling from the Hundred Ghosts Banner and shared with her his findings.

Yue Ling pondered and said, "Indeed, in the hundred years since I turned into a fierce ghost, I have also not encountered any deity spirits, and I know not where they have gone."

It seemed that the disappearance of deity spirits was not a recent event.

Could it be that he, this deity spirit, was the last deity on earth?

Unable to find an explanation, Long Xiaoshan decided not to dwell on it any longer.

Long Xiaoshan didn't care whether the Deity Spirits had all disappeared, it had no effect on him, and perhaps it was even beneficial. After all, his current identity was that of an unaffiliated god, with no divine duties. If he were to encounter a true god, what should he say? Moreover, he still possessed treasures like the Virtuous Jade Spiritual Purification Bottle.

Following that, he cultivated throughout the night until dawn.

Long Xiaoshan got up, full of energy.

Bai Susu and her daughter also got up.

After breakfast, Long Xiaoshan bid them farewell as he was eager to go back and experiment with cultivating medicinal plants.

Bai Susu and her daughter knew that Long Xiaoshan had important things to do and did not hold him back.

Before leaving, Long Xiaoshan gave Bai Susu and her daughter a Vajra Talisman each.

After leaving the Bai Family, Long Xiaoshan went to the hotel to retrieve his belongings. As soon as he entered the hotel, he received a call from Wang Sihai. Wang Sihai was extremely panicked on the phone, and Long Xiaoshan knew it must be the Heart Corroding Bone Eroding Pill acting up.

He told Wang Sihai to come to the hotel over the phone.

About ten minutes later, there was a knock on the hotel room door.

Long Xiaoshan opened the door and saw Wang Sihai standing at the threshold, hunched over and looking as though he had lost dozens of pounds overnight. His skin was covered with rotting black spots. Upon seeing Long Xiaoshan, he dropped to his knees with a thud and cried out, "Heavenly Being, spare me, Sihai will not dare anymore."

The heart-piercing, bone-eroding pain from the previous night had completely broken Wang Sihai.

Moreover, he went to the hospital, and no instrument could detect what poison he had, let alone cure it.

Long Xiaoshan said indifferently, "First, stand up, you come in alone."

Wang Sihai quickly scrambled to his feet, had his bodyguards wait outside, closed the door, and cautiously approached Long Xiaoshan.

Long Xiaoshan took out a white elixir and said, "Eat this first."

Wang Sihai grabbed the elixir, hesitated for a moment, wanting to ask something, but when he looked up and saw Long Xiaoshan's indifferent eyes, he immediately shuddered and swallowed the pill.

A burning heat spread like fire, making Wang Sihai groan in pain.

Minutes later, the pain disappeared.

Wang Sihai found that the rotting black spots on his body were gone.

With a look of both shock and joy, he quickly bent over and said, "Thank you, Heavenly Being, for sparing my life."

Long Xiaoshan said indifferently, "Don't thank me too soon, the toxins are only temporarily suppressed. Within a month, I need you to find a Hundred-Year-Old Medicine, otherwise the toxins will flare up again."

Wang Sihai trembled, fear in his eyes.

But, after all, he was a big shot who had dominated Hechuan City for many years and understood he had no room to bargain. He gritted his teeth and said, "Rest assured, Heavenly Being, Sihai will definitely obtain a Hundred-Year-Old Medicine for you."

Long Xiaoshan nodded indifferently, "There's one more thing, if anything happens to Bai Susu and her daughter in Hechuan City, you'll be held responsible."

"Yes, yes, Sihai will definitely protect them completely," Wang Sihai hastily agreed.

Long Xiaoshan waved his hand, "Alright, you may leave now."

Wang Sihai retreated with sincere trepidation.

Once Wang Sihai had left, Long Xiaoshan also started his journey back to Niu Y County. After arriving in Niu Y County, he first visited his sister at her school, had a meal with Teacher Xu Manqing, then drove his pickup truck back to Longyang Village.

In the village, road construction and land reclamation were in full swing; nearly every day brought change.

After checking on his parents and Chun Tao, Long Xiaoshan brought out some jars, filled them with soil, and planted the seven types of medicinal plants he had brought back from Hechuan City into the jars.

The medicinal plants required different types of soil, moisture, and temperature.

But Long Xiaoshan didn't think about that much, planting them all in the same types of jars and using the same soil.

After doing all this, Long Xiaoshan took out the Jade Purifying Bottle and dripped a drop of the Spiritual Liquid onto each of the plants.

He then carefully placed them in the backyard.

The next day, early in the morning, Long Xiaoshan went to check on those medicinal plants in the backyard...