Legend of the Great Sage

ouble everywhere, and that’ll definitely result in assaults from the Soaring Locust King’s clones.
Even if you ignore that, the population of mortals is rapidly falling.
The entire cultivation community of the Green province will be in decline.”

“No wonder he would be suppressed under the Demon Suppression hall!” Li Qingshan shook his head.
He was basically a superterrorist, taking on the entire cultivation community of the Green province alone.
If his methods were not so insane, Li Qingshan might have even admired this Soaring Locust King.

“I might be powerless against the Soaring Locust King, but I do have some confidence in dealing with the ordinary locusts and the weaker clones.
Without these lackeys, we’ll be able to contain the locust plague.” Ru Xin’s eyes flashed with confidence.

“You’re going to use a plague again?” Li Qingshan guessed immediately.

“That’s correct.” Ru Xin collected the egg clusters as she moved along, picking through them carefully according to some unknown standard.

“Locusts can fall ill too?” Li Qingshan kept up with her.

“Of all the living creatures in the world, which of them don’t fall ill?”

“Cultivators don’t fall ill.”

“All states of harm are illnesses.
You just haven’t realised they’re illnesses.
When you’re not careful while cultivating, not only will you fail to lengthen your lifespan, but you might even go insane or blow up on the spot.
That’s more harmful than any illness.” Ru Xin gently poked Li Qingshan’s chest.
“For example, there’s also inner demons.
That’s a form of mental illness!”

“That does make sense if you put it like that.” Li Qingshan grabbed her hand.
It was as gentle and soft as jade.

“What else do you think those imperial physicians of the imperial hospital are trying to treat? Common colds? Infertility? Though, you do need to treat infertility.
After all, cultivators struggle to give birth to children.
Anyway, what you’re trying to treat are cultivators that don’t fall ill.” Ru Xin allowed him to hold her hand, walking leisurely beside him.

“Alright then.
You want to treat the Soaring Locust King’s illness right now and save the entire Green province, don’t you?”

“At least your brain still works a little,” Ru Xin said in praise.

“You’re an otherfolk, yet you’ve travelled thousands of kilometers to the Green province to do good for others without any self-regard, saving the lives of humans.
What kind of mental illness is that?” Li Qingshan smiled.

“Have you ever heard of the benevolence of doctors?”

“I haven’t.”

“What kind of reward do you think the King of Chu would give me if I create this plague?” Ru Xin smiled resplendently, revealing her pearly-white teeth.

“I think there’s going to be quite a lot of rewards on offer!” Li Qingshan laughed aloud.
He could not help but admire her cleverness.
“Then you better hurry up, just in case someone beats you to it.”

“Regular disciples of the school of Medicine won’t spend their efforts on this.”

Ru Xin was not worried at all.
The fundamentals of the school of Medicine was about curing illnesses, not creating plagues.
Even the “plague ghost” was technically a method of treatment when viewed from the fundamentals.
Killing and harming enemies was secondary, so they would never go out of their way to create plagues.

The effects of a plague were terrifying, but plagues were actually of very little use.
Ru Xin would have never devoted so much time and energy into this aspect if it were not for her grievances, and in normal combat, anything was stronger than using plagues.
On top of that, she only managed to create a proper disease after several decades of research, together with a great cultivator’s assistance and after undergoing the second heavenly tribulation.
In the end, it was only enough to deal with enemies on par with Qi Practitioners.

If it were not for these unique circumstances where downright killing the enemy was impossible, why would she do something so unnecessary? She had actually only applied her plagues practically once.
Dealing with the locust plague could only be considered as a second time at most, and she was still in a planning stage.