I Can Reincarnate Infinitely

Chapter 341 - 336: A Clue at Last

Du Youqian had determined that this plague was not a contagious disease but a Divine Ability for a simple reason:

There was absolutely no virus in this world that could be transmitted through a Cultivator’s Divine Sense!

Divine Sense was not a physical entity, but an extension of one’s spiritual power.

What kind of virus could parasitize Divine Sense and spread through it?

Unless it wasn’t a goddamn virus at all!

And the reason Du Youqian had pinpointed this plague as a Divine Ability was, of course, because no Magic in the world possessed such immense power.

An infection created by Magic could never affect a Core Formation Master who was Immune to All Techniques.

Only a Divine Ability could!

"Fellow Daoist Wu Ai, are you infected with this plague?" Du Youqian asked in a grave voice.

The Beautiful Daoist Nun did not answer.

She was hesitating. If she didn’t tell him the truth and Mr. Baili came into contact with her by accident, it would be troublesome.

But if she did tell him, Mr. Baili would surely worry, and might even disregard his own safety to do something...

CREAK. The door was pushed open. To the Beautiful Daoist Nun’s astonishment, Du Youqian appeared before her. His sickly face wore a faint smile. "It seems you are infected."

"Mr. Baili, close the door! Quickly! Don’t come near me. I think I’m infected." The Beautiful Daoist Nun turned away.

"It’s fine. Don’t move. Let me take a look." Of course, Du Youqian wasn’t overcome with lust, wanting to admire the beauty.

Instead, he was focusing all his power into his Divine Sense, observing with microscopic detail, trying to perceive the evidence of her infection by the Divine Ability.

The Beautiful Daoist Nun glanced back. Seeing his intense gaze fixed on her face, she felt a little shy for some reason and kept her back to him.

Of course, this was just deceiving herself. How could she not feel it when Du Youqian was examining her with his Divine Sense?

And an examination with Divine Sense was far more meticulous than one with the naked eye.

Enough said. Those who know, know.

But Du Youqian’s intention was not to tease the beauty, so he didn’t use his Divine Sense to probe her sensitive areas. The Beautiful Daoist Nun could naturally feel that when Du Youqian’s Divine Sense swept over those parts, it passed by in an instant without lingering.

But this, paradoxically, was all the more tantalizing.

This made the Beautiful Daoist Nun both embarrassed and anxious, yet she couldn’t bring herself to lash out.

If Du Youqian had actually stopped his Divine Sense to examine her sensitive areas, she would have long since exploded in anger.

"Mr. Baili, what exactly are you doing?" The Beautiful Daoist Nun’s voice trembled slightly.

"Don’t move," Du Youqian said without explanation.

Inside the room, Fang Hua snorted in annoyance.

After continuous observation, Du Youqian finally discovered some faint, almost imperceptible traces wrapped around the Beautiful Daoist Nun’s Golden Core.

That must be what he was looking for—the poison of the Divine Ability that was spreading the plague!

And the degree of entanglement meant that the Plague Divine Abilities had already deeply integrated with the Beautiful Daoist Nun’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit, making it extremely difficult to deal with.

Those traces were incredibly hard to detect. If he hadn’t been consciously searching for them, he would have likely missed the clue.

Du Youqian’s expression turned serious.

After a moment’s thought, he said, "Choose a few confirmed infected Mortals, Qi Cultivation Cultivators, and Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and send them to a single room. I need to take a look."

The Beautiful Daoist Nun understood, her voice tinged with pleasant surprise. "Mr. Baili, have you made a new discovery?"

"Yes," Du Youqian said, deciding to reveal a little after some thought. "This isn’t an ordinary plague. I suspect it was created by a Core Formation Master using a Divine Ability. That’s why its transmission method, infection rate, and fatality rate far exceed those of a normal plague. I will conduct a thorough examination of the people you gather. If I can confirm this was created by a Divine Ability, then we’ll have to adjust our next steps."

The Beautiful Daoist Nun nodded. "Then we must kill the source to end this plague completely."

The Beautiful Daoist Nun didn’t shy away from talk of killing. She was decisive, killing when necessary, and would never show misplaced compassion at a critical moment.

"Also," Du Youqian added, "we need to place all the Core Formation Masters from the Demon Sect Camp who arrived a few days ago under surveillance. I suspect one of them has connections to the person spreading the Plague Divine Abilities from behind the scenes."

Soon, Master Wu Ai followed Du Youqian’s instructions, arranging for a cave residence and placing infected Mortals, Qi Cultivation Cultivators, and Foundation Establishment Cultivators inside separately.

Meanwhile, after informing Nong Jiasong, the leader of the Demon Sect Camp, Master Wu Fei personally stepped in and had Gu Kechen and Fengyi Master surrender and accept house arrest pending investigation.

There was no other choice. If they didn’t accept house arrest, they could wait to be beaten to death and have their corpses investigated...

For the time being, Du Youqian didn’t concern himself with the investigation.

He examined every Mortal and Cultivator in each of the isolation cave residences.

Ultimately, he confirmed that they were all infected with the same poison from a Divine Ability.

Although the methods of infection and severity of symptoms varied, he found the same faint, almost imperceptible trace of the Divine Ability’s poison within all of them.

Of course, the poison from the Divine Ability they were infected with was not without its differences.

The biggest difference was that in Mortals, the Divine Ability’s poison permeated their blood and qi throughout their bodies. It was very faint and diluted; without a deliberate search, it was impossible to find.

Although the poison in each Mortal was extremely diluted, their weaker physiques were unable to resist it. Their conditions would worsen a few days after infection, and they would die within 10 to 20 days.

As for the poison in Qi Cultivation Cultivators, it also permeated their blood and qi.

Qi Cultivation Cultivators had stronger physiques, but the Divine Ability’s poison seemed to automatically adjust its growth based on the host’s strength. The poison in a Qi Cultivation Cultivator’s body was much more concentrated than in a Mortal’s, so they couldn’t last much longer either. Without treatment, they would likely die in about 20 days.

The situation for Foundation Establishment Cultivators was different again.

The Divine Ability’s poison was completely entangled with the Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s Dao Foundation. This reminded Du Youqian of his initial state in this life, where a poison was completely entangled with his Spirit Root, impossible to separate.

So far, there had been no fatalities among Foundation Establishment Cultivators. However, if they remained infected for a long time without a cure, they would gradually weaken, find it difficult to gather their Magical Power, become almost unable to fight, and their realm would drop.

Du Youqian suspected that it wasn’t that Foundation Establishment Cultivators couldn’t die from the plague, but that it simply took longer. Death would come once their Dao Foundation was completely destroyed.

This was only a guess, but it wasn’t without evidence. The infected Foundation Establishment Cultivators who had been brought here had been sick for varying lengths of time. Some of their Dao Foundations were so eroded that they could barely maintain their Foundation Establishment realm, while others were only slightly corroded.

This indicated that inside a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, the Divine Ability’s poison specifically targeted the Cultivator’s Dao Foundation.

Just as, inside a Core Formation Master, it targeted the Golden Core.

When people died from the disease, they initially did not turn into zombies.

But perhaps the enemy’s Divine Ability had recently been strengthened. All deceased Mortals would now automatically turn into zombies within two days of death, without needing any Corpse Refinement techniques. This astonished the Demon Cultivators who studied Corpse Refinement.

For Qi Cultivation Cultivators, the transformation into a zombie was even shorter, often occurring within a single day.

You have to understand, Cultivators who studied Corpse Refinement often had to spend several years, or even over a decade, to cultivate the corpse of a Qi Cultivation Cultivator into a proper zombie.

Moreover, it required special crypts, specific types of Evil Qi, and special Arrays, all of which were extremely expensive...

Seeing the speed at which these infected individuals turned into zombies, their eyes turned red with envy.

The key was, it was free.

If the mastermind behind the scenes promised to teach them this method of creating zombies, they would probably all defect en masse...

Of course, zombies created through this rapid transformation were inferior to those made by orthodox methods in terms of physical quality, controllability, and other aspects.

But it was fast and free—what more could you ask for?

Du Youqian mused to himself, ’If I were a Cultivator who specialized in Corpse Refinement, I’m not sure I could have resisted such a temptation either.’

After confirming his suspicions, Du Youqian maintained a calm exterior and first went to participate in the interrogation of Fengyi Master, Gu Kechen, and the others.

Then, he combined the existing clues and performed a Divination.

The result of the Divination, naturally, greatly surprised him.

After learning that the plague was a poison from a Divine Ability, Du Youqian performed another Divination using all known clues to find potential medicines for symptomatic treatment.

Then, he secretly concocted the medicines, using different ingredients of varying value and different refining techniques for Core Formation Cultivators, Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Qi Cultivation Cultivators, and Mortals.

For the Mortals, the medicine was all about mass production. He used common medicinal herbs that could be found everywhere, and the refining process was extremely fast.

For the Qi Cultivation Cultivators, he selected Tier One Medicinal Herbs to refine into Tier One Initial Grade Elixirs.

For the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation Cultivators, because the Divine Ability’s poison was already entangled with their Dao Foundation and Golden Core, more expensive medicinal herbs were needed. After taking the medicine, they also required a special Cultivation Secret Technique to help expel the poison.

Du Youqian handled all of this by himself, and only then did he seek out Master Wu Fei.

He had Master Wu Fei convene a meeting of Momenan’s top Great Cultivators.

Not everyone at the meeting was a leading figure from the First, Second, and Third-class Sects.

Some were second or third in line, because the first-in-line Core Formation Masters had already been infected.

The dire situation over the past few days had left the Cultivators in a terrible mood, filled with anger and despair.

The death toll continued to rise, and infected Cultivators found it increasingly difficult to recover from their critical illness.

Even many Core Formation Cultivators had been infected.

Amid the noisy arguments, Du Youqian remained silent.

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