Chapter 163: Miracle Doctor Cbash
“Kekeke… do you wish to rise up thedder and be rich, mortal?”
“You can rule the world if you want to, or you can own a harem of millions.”
“Or perhaps your wish is to be the strongest warrior in the world?”
……
Ye Qing didn’t even get the chance to examine his surroundings when a voice suddenly spoke to him inside his head. It wasn’t just a voice either. Every time it said a wish, it would show off a corresponding illusion. He saw himself sitting atop a literal mountain of gold and silver; he saw countless beautiful women fawning over him, he saw reigning above all as the ultimate ruler, and he saw himself bing the greatest warrior of all time, literally.
Ye Qing sneered internally. The Door Demon would make a good movie director, if nothing else.
“Do you desire them, mortal? If you do, then know that I possess the power to fulfill all of your wishes!” The Door Demon’s voice rang inside Ye Qing’s head again.
Feeling a little yful today, Ye Qing answered, “I want them all. Can you do that?”
There was a lull in the Door Demon’s response. Is it just me, or did he just skip straight to the ending? Normally, the human would make their wish, I would ept and bring up my condition, and they would obey my every bidding like a dog, right? This is a little…
The Door Demon thought for a moment and forcibly wrestled back control of the conversation, “I can bestow all of your wishes, of course. But in return, you must help me with a little something.”
I bloody knew it. They could nevere up with something new, Ye Qing thought disdainfully but replied, “What, you need me to help you before you can fulfill my wish? That’s too much work. Forget it. I don’t want it anymore!”
Door Demon: “...” This isn’t part of the script!
“Are you sure, mortal? If you agree to help me out, I will grant you everything you ever wanted.”
Ye Qing looked tempted. “Okay! I agree! You may fulfill my wishes now!”
Door Demon: “...” Holy shit this guy is materialistic.
The Door Demon let out a helpless sigh, “I would, but my power is limited right now. I can only grant your wishes if you remove my seal.”
“Eh, I don’t trust you. I’ll unseal you after you fulfill my wishes, and not a moment sooner!” Ye Qing curled his lips in disdain. His expression was obviously saying, “I knew it! He’s another Bronze noob pretending to be a Challenger [1]! Ptooey!”
“You must be joking! If you don’t help me unseal my power, then how can I possibly fulfill your wishes?” The Door Demon argued angrily. If I was strong enough to break out of the seal myself, then I wouldn’t need your help, would I?
“If you don’t fulfill my wishes first, then how can I trust you?”
“You… you…” The Door Demon felt like he was about to explode. This conundrum was eerily simr to the famous question, “Which came first – the chicken or the egg?” They could literally argue about this for a year and never arrive at a conclusion.
By now, the Door Demon had figured out that Ye Qing was toying with him. He wasn’t a Stranger for nothing after all. His voice grew eerie and threatening, “No one has ever dared to toy me like that, boy. I will remember this, kekeke…”
“Save it, bitch,” Ye Qing dropped his act and smirked, “You’re not the first person to make that threat, and you won’t be thest. Also, you’re just a pathetic little keyboard warrior right now. What makes you think you can hurt me when you can’t eveny a finger on me?”
The Door Demon might not know what a “keyboard warrior” was, but he certainly got an idea of Ye Qing’s meaning. His voice grew hateful and crazy as he muttered, “You will regret this, you will regret this, you will regret this…” over and over again. At the same time, irritating and nausea-inducing illusions sprung inside Ye Qing’s mind.
“What did I say? You have nothing but your pathetic little keyboard,” Ye Qing grinned diabolically and visualized the “Emperor Fuxi Visualization Method”. The great emperor immediately shone like the sun and melted away all of the madness and malice.
Ye Qing did not relent, however. Emperor Fuxi continued to float on the nine heavens and bathe everything in purifying light. A few breathster, a wisp of ck qi suddenly slipped out of a dark corner of his head and screamed hatefully, “Graaahhh! I’ll kill you! I swear I’ll kill you one day!”
The next second, it was annihted by Emperor Fuxi’s light.
“I knew it wouldn’t be that easy,” Ye Qing sneered. Had he underestimated the Door Demon’s cunningness and overlooked that ck qi, heavens only know what kind of trouble it could cause. Strangers truly could not be trusted [2].
“What’s wrong, Joyless?” Lin Yuhuai asked when he noticed that Ye Qing was nking out.
“It’s nothing.” Ye Qing shook his head. The entire conversation had taken ce mentally, so Lin Yuhuai had no idea what just happened. “Can you tell me more about the Door Demon, Brother Lin?”
Lin Yuhuai answered, “ording to the records, the Door Demon is a powerful Stranger whose main body is a door. As you may have noticed, it possesses the power to traverse through space.”
“Centuries ago, a champion of the Pacification Bureau managed to capture the Door Demon and seal it within the headquarters. Since then, it had be the passage between the Tower of Secrets and the outside world.”
“Unfortunately, the Door Demon is anything but pleased with its new life, and it tried everything under the sun to tempt our people into unsealing it. In fact, many weak-willed people had given into temptation and met terrible ends. To put it simply, half of them were led astray, and half of them went mad.”
“Did the Door Demon promise you something, Joyless? You mustn’t believe it no matter what it says.”
“Don’t worry, Brother Lin. I know,” Ye Qing replied smilingly. He would have to be stupid and crazy to fall for the Door Demon’s tricks.
It was at this moment a cold man wearing a ck robe with patterns of celestial objects and a silver mask appeared before the duo. He took a look at the written order Lin Yuhuai gave him and said, “You wish to procure the Human-type Strange Artifact No. 58 is the Miracle Doctor Cbash, a Soulstealer-ss Strange Artifact. You will need three special Artifact Wielders to wield it. Please give me a moment.”
The ck-robed man’s voice sounded hoarse and unclear as if he wasn’t used to speaking. He then turned around and went somewhere.
“Miracle Doctor Cbash? Soulstealer-ss Strange Artifact?” Ye Qing blurted in surprise. Forget seeing, this was the first time he heard of a Soulstealer-ss Strange Artifact. He could only imagine how powerful it was.
But what did the guy mean by “three special Artifact Wielders”?
“Can you tell me more about this Miracle Doctor Cbash, Brother Lin? And what are ‘special Artifact Wielders’?”
Ye Qing was never afraid to ask something he didn’t know about.
Lin Yuhuai answered, “The Miracle Doctor Cbash is a Soulstealer-ss Strange Artifact that was rumored to be the possession of the miracle doctor, Niu Qinghua. They say that it gained a sliver of sentience and power due to prolonged use.”
“The Miracle Doctor Cbash contained the soul of the miracle doctor himself, and it could be summoned to cure any non-fatal disease and most Stranger-based toxins and curses.”
“That’s incredible!” Ye Qing praised. The Miracle Doctor Cbash might not possess any offensive power, but its healing potency was something everyone in the jianghu dreamed of having.
Theoretically, it wasn’t a dream to rule a corner of the world with the Miracle Doctor Cbash. As long as the wielder wasn’t suicidal, of course.
Lin Yuhuai continued, “However, the conditions to activate a Strange Artifact became more stringent the more powerful it was. The adverse effects are much worse as well.”
“To use the Miracle Doctor Cbash, three people with medical knowledge and skill must be present at the scene. Moreover, the greater their knowledge and skill, the greater the soul they would be able to summon. However, if even one person is missing, then the soul in the Miracle Doctor Cbash would go on a rampage and curse everyone around it. You can see why it’s so dangerous.”
“Besides that, the Miracle Doctor Cbash is so powerful that it cannot be wielded continuously by one person. It must be used in rotation to prevent its users from being assimted or cursed by the Miracle Doctor Cbash.”
“I see,” Ye Qing eximed in realization. The Bronze Tiger Mask was one such example. It was just a Hatred-ss Strange Artifact, but its use conditions and its adverse effects were already pretty potent, much less a Soulstealer-ss Strange Artifact.
The duo had just finished talking when the ck-robed man returned with another three ck-robed men. However, the neers’ ck robes were perfectly in, and their masks were iron-colored.
In the Tower of Secrets, those who were called upon to wield Strange Artifacts of the corresponding grade were known as Artifact Wielders. The Artifact Wielders were categorized into Human, Earth and Heaven just like the Strange Artifacts. The ck-robed man they met at the beginning was an Earth-rank Artifact Wielder, and the three neers were Human-rank. The neers must be the Artifact Wielders of the Miracle Doctor Cbash.
Ye Qing could tell that they were allte-stage Vessel Augmentors. However, the auras were somewhat impure and bizarre probably because they had to wield all sorts of powerful Strange Artifacts for a long time.
After the four men came close, the Earth-rank Artifact Wielder handed a bronze box covered in mysterious patterns to his three colleagues and said to Lin Yuhuai, “These are the men responsible for wielding the Human-grade Strange Artifact No. 58 this time. Please keep them safe.”
Lin Yuhuai replied smilingly, “You have nothing to worry about.”
After that, Lin Yuhuai, Ye Qing, and the three Human-rank Artifact Wielders left the Tower of Secrets and made a beeline for Longwind Street. It was because it was the closest outbreak location to the Pacification Bureau.
As they traveled, Ye Qing noticed that the three Artifact Wielders would pass the bronze box to another Artifact Wielder every half a teatime, and the Artifact Wielder carrying it would be shrouded in a faint mist. The faint mist seemed to be poisonous or imbued with some sort of evil energy as well. Clearly, the Miracle Doctor Cbash possessed some sort of corrupting quality.
This made Ye Qing realize just how dangerous a Soulstealer-ss Strange Artifact was. Even just carrying it could bring harm to its bearer.
After arriving at Longwind Street, Ye Qing led the three Artifact Wielders straight to the zombies and the civilians who were hurt by the zombies. Once they were ready, one Artifact Wielder ced the bronze box on the ground and slowly opened it to reveal a bronze cbash.
Although the cbash was made from bronze, it was colorful and engraved with what looked like images of a night feast. It was also shaped like a teapot despite its name [3]. Its appearance was so exquisite that it resembled a work of art.
The Artifact Wielder carefully lifted the Miracle Doctor Cbash in front of him. Then, he started rubbing its surface with his right hand.
What the fuck? Why does this look so familiar? Ye Qing was taken aback by the strangely depraved gesture at the same time a memory hit him. Is this ddin’smp? Is he going to summon a bloody genie and make a wish?
Before he could even finish his mental ramblings, a white fog gushed out of the Miracle Doctor Cbash’s spout and transformed into a saintly old man with white hair and beard.
Ye Qing: “...” It really is a genie!
The three Artifact Wielders gave the miracle doctor’s soul a deep bow after summoning him. Shooting them a nce as if he had a real mind, the miracle doctor stroked his beard and exhaled in the direction of the infected.
Rain clouds suddenly appeared above the infected’s head. When the rain began, the changed civilians actually started changing back to humans. Their organs regrew, and their flesh and blood knitted until it looked like they had never been hurt in the first ce. Then, their deadened eyes slowly regained their sentience, and their faces bloomed with the joy of a survivor who somehow survived despite all odds.
Whoosh!
When everyone had returned to normal, the miracle doctor’s soul slowly turned transparent until it disappearedpletely.
The moment the soul disappeared, the Artifact Wielder wielding the Miracle Doctor Cbash abruptly copsed on the ground. Hisplexion was purple, his breathing was weak, and he looked like he could fall into aa at any second.
Hispanions were clearly prepared, however. One of them caught the Miracle Doctor Cbash and deposited it back inside the bronze box. Another produced a pill from his pocket and fed it into his copsed colleague’s mouth.
Over time, the Artifact Wielder’s unhealthyplexion slowly faded away into nothing. He soon regained his mobility and strength as well.
Ye Qing summoned Zhou Xi to his side and gave him some instructions. He and the three Artifact Wielders then left the way and marched for Nanping Boat.
There were far more infected on the Nanping Boat because it was beset by two giant zombies. It had taken two uses of the Miracle Doctor Cbash before they finally cured all of the changed civilians.
Strangely, the giant zombies weren’t healed. In fact, the Miracle Doctor Cbash’s healing powers did not seem to work on them at all.
Left with no choice, Ye Qing ordered Xu Banren to escort the giant zombies back to the Pacification Bureau.
Finally, Ye Qing and the three Artifact Wielders made a beeline for Fish Dragon Market. By the time the civilians were cured and dealt with, it was almost midnight.
“Thank you very much for your services,” Ye Qing thanked the three exhausted Artifact Wiedlers from the bottom of his heart after everything was over.
“You’re wee, my lord, but we are simply performing our duties,” they replied in an indifferent tone.
“I’ll escort you back to the Tower of Secrets right now.” The Miracle Doctor Cbash was very important to say the least. He could not entrust this duty to anyone else except himself.
The three Artifact Wielders bowed respectfully, “If it’s not too much trouble.”
“Let’s go!” Ye Qing waved and escorted them toward the Pacification Bureau.
1. League of Legends rank tier reference. ?
2. A certain frog and Book Sprite sneezes. ?
3. Cbash was used by doctors in Ancient China to transport medicine. ?