The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine

Chapter 609: Chapter 609: Li Dezheng, Come Out!
 

Huang Xiaolong enthusiastically spoke. “After Li Dezheng entered the Shui Family, he was very friendly and soon won the favor of the master. Of course, it was later proven that all this was a deliberate disguise by him. In reality, he had ulterior motives. He did two things in the Shui family.”

“First, he secretly learned the Shui Family’s witchcraft and necromancy. Second, he used his handsome and youthful appearance, coupled with his honeyed words, to seduce the eldest daughter of Shui Xiao. Hehehe, if Shui Xiao were to know about these two things, they would undoubtedly cost him his head!”

“This… Li Dezheng’s scheming is just too deep!” Xia Ying, who was also used to being the cherished daughter of a large family since childhood, contemptuously commented. “Becoming a servant without recognizing his servant’s station, not only seducing the young lady, but also stealthily learning the master’s secret skills… If it were in our Xia Family, once discovered, he would certainly be put to death in the most cruel manner.”

“Exactly, later on, when Shui Xiao discovered Li Dezheng’s scheme, he was furious. He tied up Li Dezheng, left him exposed under the blazing sun, infested his body with hundreds of poisonous insects, making his body bristle with holes and rot. Then he was thrown into a copper cauldron. On the surface of the cauldron, curses were engraved, ensuring that even after Li Dezheng’s death, his soul would be sealed inside the cauldron and then buried underground. As a result, after Li Dezheng became a ghost, the bugs in his body also turned into ghost-pests. These pests gnawed at Li Dezheng’s soul day after day, causing him to undergo excruciating pain, unable to find release, even in death.”

Upon hearing this, Xia Ying and the mercenary soldiers felt a chill run down their spines. Li Dezheng’s actions were full of deceit, trying to leverage his relationship with the young Miss of Shui Family for his own gain. However, Shui Xiao’s punishment was equally terrifying.”

“But… Little Long, why did Li Dezheng’s spirit start cursing the Shui Family later?” Xia Ying curiously asked. “He wasn’t even a match for the family head Shui Xiao at that time.”

“That’s an easy question. After Li Dezheng’s death, his vengeful ghost began to grow powerful. In life, he had stolen the Shui Family’s three major dark arts—healing bugs, witchcraft, necromancy. Therefore, he ended up controlling the ghost bugs that were gnawing on him, practicing day and night. As a vengeful ghost, practicing the dark arts can yield even more formidable ghost techniques. Later on, the Shui Family’s three major dark arts gradually faded into obscurity. Coupled with Li Dezheng’s increasing proficiency in his practice, he took control of the Shui Family’s ancestral home and started cursing the descendants of the Shui Family generation after generation. He planted ghost bugs in their bodies, which matured when they reached the age of 35, burrowing deep into their bones and taking their lives.”

Huang Xiaolong peeled away the onion layers of the centuries-old grudge, revealing it to the light.

“What a twisted tale.” Xia Ying let out a sigh, then furrowed her eyebrows. “Little Long, if Li Dezheng’s spirit is still around… what are you planning to do about it?”

“Hehe… of course, I’m going to get rid of it.” Huang Xiaolong got up and stretched. Then he marched confidently out of the pavilion. “Now, I need to find the place where Shui Xiao buried that copper cauldron, that is, the place where Li Dezheng was buried.”

A large group of people followed closely behind Huang Xiaolong.

Huang Xiaolong had seen the family records written by Shui Xiao himself, so he quickly found an abandoned square at the back of the mansion as one familiar with the place would.

“Look, do you see those stone pillars in the square? That’s where Li Dezheng was tied up and tortured.” Huang Xiaolong pointed.

The mercenaries behind him shone their high-powered flashlights in that direction.

They could vaguely see some dark patches on the stone pillars, seemingly bloodstains left after being dried up and weathered for years.

“Maybe those traces were left by Li Dezheng back then.” Huang Xiaolong deliberately suggested.

Xia Ying was scared and turned pale. “Little Long, please don’t frighten me. I suddenly feel that Li Dezheng was a wicked person. After becoming a ghost, he is all the more terrifying, bothering the Shui Family for more than 200 years and still not letting go…”

In a patch of deserted land covered in wild grass outside the square, Huang Xiaolong waved at his mercenary soldiers. “Hehe, you guys will prove useful today. Alright, enough chatting, start digging from here. It should be around ten meters deep.”

“Master…we… we’re just digging like this?” Rock shivered, “We’re not going to… dig up the old ghost, are we?”

“No, we’re going to dig up the copper cauldron. The old ghost Li Dezheng is buried deeper underground, but once we find the cauldron, I can conjure it out.” Huang Xiaolong laughed. “With me around, what are you guys afraid of? It’s just a pathetic ghost.”

“Alright! The master has spoken, let’s dig!” Rock gritted his teeth, and the digging began with his men.

A hundred or so mercenaries, armed with various tools and being strong and sturdy, the soil in the area was loose, making the digging process surprisingly smooth.

Under the illumination of several high-powered flashlights, a hole with a diameter of around two meters was dug.

As they were digging, they heard Rock’s voice from below-

“Master! We… we found a cauldron! We really did find a cauldron!”

Soon, the mercenaries used a rope to haul up the copper cauldron.

The cauldron was about a person’s height, covered in rust. After cleaning off the dirt, they could faintly see strange symbols densely engraved all over the surface of the cauldron.

The copper Ding was sealed, with a large wooden plug at the opening.

“Step back and hold your breath,” instructed Huang Xiaolong.

Xia Ying and the mercenaries quickly retreated to a distance, holding their breath as Huang Xiaolong ordered. However, their eyes were fixated intently on the copper Ding.

Huang Xiaolong shot out a stream of True Qi from afar, blasting the wooden plug sealing the opening to pieces!

Boom~~~~!!!!

A thick, heavy wave of corpse energy gushed out, like a mountain flood bursting forth!

This kind of corpse energy, would cause anyone who smelled it to immediately decompose and fester until death.

Huang Xiaolong swung a wave of True Qi, annihilating all corpse energy.

Then, he used True Qi to levitate the copper Ding, with its mouth facing down.

Seeing this, the mercenaries, including Rock, were simply in awe of Huang Xiaolong!

In an instant, a skeleton fell out from the copper Ding.

This skeleton was pitch black, similar to the color of black ink. Besides that, there were dense holes all over its bones, traces left behind from being gnawed by insects.

With a wave of his hand, Huang Xiaolong flung the copper Ding far away with a thud.

“Heh heh, this is Li Dezheng’s skeleton. Look, all the holes on the bones are from insect bites. This guy endured inhuman torture and suffered great agony before he died, to the extent that his resentment after death is incredibly deep.” Huang Xiaolong laughed lightly.

“Little Long, dont…don’t study this…this disgusting corpse…” Xia Ying whimpered from a distance. “Where is Li Dezheng’s ghost…”

“Heh heh, you must know that I’m going to annihilate you, right? That’s why you’re hiding and not daring to show yourself.” To everyone’s surprise, Huang Xiaolong started talking to Li Dezheng’s skeleton. “But, now that I’ve found your body, you have nowhere to hide anymore, ha ha ha~~~”

After saying that, Huang Xiaolong took out a talisman and stuck it directly onto the skeleton’s forehead.

The talisman ignited by itself!

Just at this moment!

Squelch! Squelch! Squelch! Squelch! Squelch!

The soil in the vicinity began to churn!

An extremely cold, yin energy sprang forth from the ground!

Xia Ying and the mercenaries, including Rock, continuously retreated.

“Okay now, Li Dezheng, come out. If you don’t, I swear I’ll burn your corpse.” Huang Xiaolong chuckled.

“Ah~~ Why…why must you disturb me …”

A sharp voice came from beneath the ground. The voice, cold and brutal, seemed as though it came from the deepest abyss!