My Co-renting Lady Boss

Chapter 2211: Chapter 2207: What Exactly Happened?

The little girl stretched out her hands and began to undress herself, and Tang Ming’s brows instantly shot up.

"Little sister, don’t do that. My young master will save your grandma."

Gehou reached out to press her down, and Tang Ming took two steps forward, coming to the side of the bed.

The old woman’s eyes were dim; there was no fear of death on her face, but rather a faint sense of release.

Tang Ming let out a long sigh, placed his hand on the old woman’s forehead, and immortal power flowed through his hand into the old woman’s body.

The Qiankun Nine Palaces Technique also counts as an Immortal Medical Technique; infusing Immortal Energy like this has a healing effect for people who suffer from illness.

But to Tang Ming’s surprise, although this Immortal Energy infusion eased the old woman’s condition, it did not completely cure her body.

"Huh."

Tang Ming watched the old woman with some surprise. If he hadn’t looked closely it would’ve been fine, but once he did, his own assessment shocked him.

This old woman was not some ordinary person, but a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse.

A Nascent Soul Stage old woman, fallen so low she lived here, her son and daughter‑in‑law both dead, with only a little girl left to beg, even about to sell her own body just to protect her.

What on earth had she gone through to become like this?

Tang Ming drew in a deep breath. "Lingwei, carry her on your back, bring the little girl along. We’ll return to the Spiritual Fox Mountain first; the place we talked about, we’ll go there tomorrow."

Lingwei glanced at Hu Mei’er, then nodded. It carried Tang Ming, the old woman, and Hu Mei’er away from West Continent Town, while the little girl was kept by Gehou at his side and taken back by carriage.

By the time they returned to the Spiritual Fox Mountain, the construction of the estate was already nearing its end.

Seeing Tang Ming and Hu Mei’er come back so early, with Lingwei still carrying an immobile old crone on its back...

Hu Jiusheng’s brows furrowed slightly. "What’s going on? Who is that old lady?"

"Picked her up in West Continent Town. She’s very strange. Old Guo, Zhou Mo, go call Zhao Jian over. You all take a look at this old woman’s condition."

Tang Ming called out to Guo Muye and Zhou Mo.

Immortal Doctors, in many diagnoses, have to rely on their own experience and the teachings of their masters.

Tang Ming hadn’t been an Immortal Doctor for long; he relied on the explanations within the Qiankun Nine Palaces Technique, so when facing many patients he could only depend on the Qiankun Nine Palaces Technique.

Guo Muye, on the other hand, relied on years of experience as an Immortal Doctor. The first glance he gave the old woman, his thoughts were the same as Tang Ming’s: this was some kind of infectious disease.

The old woman’s body continuously released a kind of gray power, a power that possessed corrosive ability.

But after careful observation, Guo Muye’s eyes narrowed slightly. "This is... a Nightmare Curse."

Guo Muye’s words made the faces of many onlookers change drastically. Zhao Jian, who had just arrived, hurried forward a few more steps and rolled up the old woman’s sleeve.

Sure enough, there were teeth marks on the old woman’s wrist.

This Nightmare Curse comes from the teeth of the Demon Beast known as Nightmare.

Both the Taoyuan World and the Immortal Mountain have the Demon Clan, and many people like to call members of the Demon Clan "Demon Beasts."

Within the Demon Abyss, however, there are Demon Beasts. They are very similar to the Demon Clan; if you don’t look closely, you might even think they’re the same species.

But the Nightmare Beast is different. This creature looks very much like a rat, half as tall as a person. Its teeth are extremely sharp; as long as it bites an enemy, it will inject the toxins in its body into the enemy’s body.

Humans injected with this toxin will not die quickly, but will linger on like this old woman, dragging out a miserable existence until the Nightmare Beast gets hungry and then slowly eats them bit by bit.

This old woman must have been quite strong, escaping from under the Poison Hand of the Nightmare Beast, but in the end the poison still erupted, leaving her like this.

"Now that we know it’s a Nightmare Curse, it’ll be easy to handle. I have a way to treat a Nightmare Curse."

Tang Ming let out a long breath. So, taking in this old woman still had its benefits. First, she was a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse.

Second, she could let Tang Ming learn information about Nightmare Beasts.

The method to treat a Nightmare Curse is very simple: use an Immortal Elixir called Heavenly Grass.

This Immortal Elixir doesn’t grow at all around West Desolation City, but there’s plenty of it over in the Tianpo Mountain.

Tang Ming had planted several stalks inside his Qiankun Nine Palace Tripod, and almost every two or three days he could harvest dozens of catties of Heavenly Grass.

Tang Ming found a room to serve as an Alchemy Room, then set up a Formation at the door.

With the Formation and the Alchemy Room as cover, he quickly entered the Qiankun Nine Palace Tripod.

The Nine-headed Goose Deer, who hadn’t seen Tang Ming for a long time, frowned slightly when Tang Ming entered. "You’ve come into contact with demonized land."

"Demonized land?"

Thinking of the black soil back in West Continent Town, Tang Ming nodded, then recounted what had happened over there.

"Demon Abyss, Immortal Mountain."

The Nine-headed Goose Deer burst into loud laughter. After a long while, it finally spoke, telling Tang Ming of the secrets between the Immortal Mountain and the Demon Abyss.

The Immortal Mountain Taoyuan Realm and the Demon Abyss are actually planes of the same level; it’s just that the Immortal Energy in the Taoyuan World here is far more dilute than in the Immortal Mountain and the Demon Abyss.

Back then, the Immortal Mountain was controlled by a powerful Family, and this Family called their clan "Mo" (Demon).

Later, after history kept changing the term back and forth, they came to be called the Demon Clan.

The Demon Clan was powerful and focused on development; the very foundation of the Immortal Mountain, the creation of many Cultivation Techniques, all originated from the Demon Clan. They even enlightened Demon Beasts, letting Demon Beasts gain wisdom and cultivate so they could transform into human form.

Until one year, an explorer of the Demon Clan—who was the younger brother of the Immortal Mountain’s Peak Great Emperor at the time—discovered the entrance to another plane in an undersea region of the Immortal Mountain plane.

Thus, the Demon Clan atop the Immortal Mountain began to develop the idea of colonization.

"On the other side of that entrance was a bottomless, pitch‑black Abyss. Within the Abyss there were many mineral resources, and even power no weaker than that of the Immortal Mountain. This made the Demon Clan extremely excited, and they named that place the Demon Abyss."

The Nine-headed Goose Deer gave a mocking smile, but Tang Ming’s brows knitted.

"If that’s the case, then the Immortal Mountain and the Demon Abyss should share the same origin."

Tang Ming looked at the Nine-headed Goose Deer.

The Nine-headed Goose Deer laughed loudly and nodded. "You’re right, they do share the same origin. However, all the Demon Clan and their followers who entered the Demon Abyss were demonized by the power of the Demon Abyss and turned into monsters."

Tang Ming drew in a sharp breath. So, the Demon Abyss hadn’t been passively allowing them free rein; it was just that it hadn’t yet birthed any sentient beings, and thus had no choice but to let the Demon Clan invade it.

But its retaliation was far more terrifying—it simply turned those invading humans into demonic creatures.

"So that means those things in the Demon Abyss are invading the Immortal Mountain and the Taoyuan World in order to restore their original selves."

After thinking for a while, Tang Ming spoke to Ask.

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