The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine
Chapter 1014 - Chapter 1014 Chapter 1014 Soul-Devouring Water

Chapter 1014: Chapter 1014: Soul-Devouring Water Chapter 1014: Chapter 1014: Soul-Devouring Water Huang Xiaolong used an Illusion Technique, and then summoned the wandering souls near the hospital.

He released just a sliver of the Yin Emperor’s majesty, and those souls were so frightened they almost collapsed, hastily floating over to kneel down in front of Huang Xiaolong in a well-behaved throng.

“Woo woo~~ woo woo~~ woo woo woo~~~”

These souls all burst into sorrowful cries, as if they had encountered something heartbreakingly dismal.

“No way? My lord, there are so many souls~~ easily over a hundred~~” Qingqing, standing to the side, was dumbstruck.

“Hmm~~ Normally, when a person loses their soul, the spirit would not, and dare not, stray far; it always stays near the body… heh, it seems this hospital’s business must be quite good.” Huang Xiaolong chuckled, then inquired, “Tell me, how did you lose your souls, what thing bewitched you?”

“My lord~~ we don’t know, we are also unclear, it just happened in a daze.”

These souls were utterly confused, each shaking their heads.

“Pfff~~~ My lord, these souls are so stupid, they don’t even know how they died.” Xiaomei laughed so hard beside him that she nearly shook herself apart.

“None have died. However, these souls have been separated from their bodies for some time now, and if they don’t return soon, I reckon in at most two days, they’ll fall apart.” Huang Xiaolong smiled again, then persistently questioned, “You do want to return to your own bodies and live, don’t you? Fine, then hurry up and try to remember exactly how you lost your souls.”

Finally, the soul of a middle-aged man spoke haltingly, “My lord~~ it’s because I ate a woman, that’s why I ended up like this~~”

“Ate a woman?” The three little demons’ eyes nearly popped out of their skulls.

“Uh~~ My lord, ate a woman? Could it be, from the seal on that stone bridge, what escaped was a female ghost, a Tang Dynasty female ghost, its haunting tricks are that it makes people, eat it, and then~~~” Xiaohong conjectured.

“Don’t interrupt!” Huang Xiaolong glared at the babbling Xiaohong.

Xiaohong was immediately scared into silence, quiet as a cicada in winter.

“What does eating a woman mean?” Huang Xiaolong continued to ask.

In the midst of speaking, Huang Xiaolong produced a charm that resembled a “Soul Restoring Talisman,” and made the soul of the middle-aged man eat the talisman. This talisman made the drowsy souls, wandering as if sleepwalking, become more spirited, like an injection of chicken blood.

The other souls watched the middle-aged man’s soul happily swallowing the talisman, with greedy looks appearing in their eyes, salivating at the sight.

After the middle-aged man’s soul had swallowed the talisman, it seemed somewhat more solidified, which also meant more spirited. After letting out a satisfied burp, he hastily said, “So delicious, my lord, thank you so much, it was truly delicious.”

“Alright, no more nonsense, speak clearly, what exactly does eating a woman involve?” Huang Xiaolong asked with some impatience.

“Okay, okay, my lord, now I remember,” the middle-aged man’s soul promptly replied. “That day, I went to a tea house to play cards with friends, and I ordered a cup of tea. Thirsty, I wanted to drink, but suddenly, I saw a woman’s face in the tea… At first, I thought there was a woman standing behind me, so I quickly turned around to see who was playing a joke on me. However, when I looked back, I saw nobody!”

The middle-aged man’s soul seemed fraught with fear, shivering tremendously.

“Keep talking.” Huang Xiaolong urged.

“I was really scared at the time, and upon looking closely again, my god, the woman’s face on the water, it was still smiling at me… I was so frightened that my hand went limp, dropping the teacup on the ground, shattering it, and spilling tea everywhere. The waitress then replaced it with a new cup. But in the tea, there was still that woman’s face. I thought, maybe it was because I was stressed from work lately and began to see hallucinations.” The middle-aged man’s soul detailed everything. “In the end, I kept reassuring myself, and feeling suddenly very thirsty again, I gritted my teeth and drank the tea with the woman’s face in it.”

“After drinking the tea with the woman’s face, you lost your soul?” Qingqing asked with overflowing curiosity.

“No~~” The middle-aged man’s soul shook his head. “At the time, nothing happened, so I didn’t pay much attention to it. However, when I got home and went to sleep that night, I was woken up by a woman.”

At this point, the middle-aged man’s soul revealed a state of infatuation. “That woman, she was so beautiful, in ancient clothing, with a charming and lovely smile, her face, somewhat familiar to me. On closer inspection, eh, wasn’t it the face of the woman in the tea I drank in the afternoon?”

“She told me not to sleep but to go out with her~~ I couldn’t control myself, so I went with her. She took me to a place more luxurious than any palace on TV, really majestic, like it was straight out of a costume drama, complete with many beautiful maidens as in ancient times. Ah~~~ That night was filled with exquisite delicacies, an endless enjoyment of spring delights~~~”

“But!”

As he spoke, the middle-aged man’s soul let out a terrified scream. “When I woke up the next day, I found… I found… I was lying in… lying in a graveyard! At that moment, I was so scared I nearly wet myself, and I don’t know how I got back home. Once home, I grew ill… fell into a coma, and then my soul was gone~~”

After the middle-aged man’s soul finished recounting, the other souls also began to cry out–

“My lord, we too ate the face of a woman while drinking water, and then turned into this.”

Huang Xiaolong nodded thoughtfully.

“Young Master, what’s going on?” The three little demons were also unclear about what exactly was happening.

“That ghost’s technique is very special. It’s in the water that it reflects its own ghostly face, and then turns this cup of water into soul-capturing water. Once someone drinks this cup of soul-capturing water, they won’t only be haunted by the female ghost but will also enter an illusion created by it,” Huang Xiaolong nodded. “No wonder I couldn’t find its whereabouts in an instant. It turns out to be a vengeful spirit skilled at using Illusion Technique.”

Ghosts using Illusion Technique means creating ghostly barriers or, to put it another way, ghostly veils; however, according to the descriptions of these lost souls, the female ghost’s Illusion Technique was not that simple.

And ordinary tea water is the medium with which it harms people.

That is to say, as long as someone is targeted by it and wants to drink water, they’re in for misfortune!

“Concealed in the imperceptible, using water as the medium to capture souls… Good! Great method! Such a technique is no worse than that of my maid, the Ghost King Ying Kexin!” Huang Xiaolong had a clear understanding in his mind.

It turns out that the ghosts that escaped from the seal in that Tang Dynasty stone bridge in Bajiang City were at least all Ghost Kings!

Huang Xiaolong then proceeded to ask a few more questions, such as where these soul-lost people were drinking tea when they were targeted by the female ghost.

However, the answer left Huang Xiaolong a bit baffled.

The places where these people drank tea were scattered all over the streets and alleys of Bajiang City, every single corner.

Some were ensnared in high-end tea houses.

Others fell victim in the tea shops of impoverished districts.

There were even those who were affected while drinking coffee.

And some were caught while drinking water in internet cafes.

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What… that means that the ghost is almost omnipresent! It can infiltrate anywhere!

“I’m going~ Could it be that as long as someone drinks water, it can capture souls, without any pattern?” Huang Xiaolong was somewhat speechless. However, he was full of interest; he believed that no matter how powerful or cunning a Yin soul or a vengeful spirit was, it could not escape the palm of his hand!

Right then, Huang Xiaolong led the group of lost souls to the hospital building.

The Neurology Department on the 12th floor of the hospital building was already overcrowded.

Not only was every room filled with patients, but even the corridor passageways were lined with beds.

The patients had all lost their souls, one by one looking withered, emaciated, with lifeless eyes, just like vegetative patients.

Loads of reporters, as well as leaders from various sectors, had come to the Neurology Department, where all sorts of chief doctors and attending physicians were as clueless as fools, at a complete loss.

Nearly overnight, so many patients had been brought to the hospital, all with the same symptoms, yet the doctors simply could not find the cause.

They even called in some medical professors from overseas for consultations, to no avail.

Huang Xiaolong didn’t beat around the bush and used a ghostly veil technique, then calmly returned all the lost souls back to their bodies and burned a stack of soul-solidifying talismans.

“Let’s go,” Huang Xiaolong led the three little demons quietly out of the hospital, keeping his good deeds hidden.

“The people in the hospital who lost their souls will wake up in a few hours,” Huang Xiaolong chuckled. “However, that ghost seems to be quite resentful, capturing souls and harming people everywhere without restraint.”

“Pfft… Young Master, after being sealed for so many years, how could its resentment not be heavy? I reckon the living beings in this city are about to suffer greatly,” Xiaohong smiled.

“Young Master, we must find that ghost as soon as possible!” Qingqing enjoyed imagining herself as a metropolitan office worker; she liked living with humans, so she was the most anxious one right now.

“Forget it, let’s go find it now,” Huang Xiaolong’s gaze turned towards the deep night sky, sensing the wandering resentment within.

“Young Master, how do we find it?” Xiaohong asked.

“First, we find places to drink water, tea, alcohol, coffee…” Huang Xiaolong smiled wryly. “Since the ghost uses water as a medium, what we need to do is… Drink! Drink! Drink!”

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