Peach Blossom Divine Medical God Chapter 2198 - 2154: The Eerie Weng City

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Previously on Peach Blossom Divine Medical God...
Chen Yang and Tu Qi, hungry and weary, land near a town and decide to eat. Tu Qi shares his less-than-appetizing food, while Chen Yang roasts some delicious-smelling frost bear meat that replenishes spiritual power. As they finish eating, an eerie melody begins, accompanied by thick fog and strange figures dressed as ghosts appearing from both ends of the road. These figures, though clearly alive, perform a bizarre ritualistic parade, passing through each other before disappearing, leaving Chen Yang and Tu Qi confused.

After finishing the barbecue, he immediately took out the task scroll to have a look.

He discovered that this place was already very close to Wengcheng.

Only over thirty miles away.

With over thirty miles, it wouldn’t take more than a few dozen minutes to reach.

"Stop thinking about it, let’s go. It’s still over thirty miles to Wengcheng." Chen Yang put away the scroll and shot straight up into the sky.

Upon seeing this, Tu Qi hurriedly flew up from behind him.

The two of them sped towards Wengcheng along the way.

But just as they hadn’t flown far, Tu Qi once again uttered an amazed sound.

"Oh my, Chen Yang, look over there." Tu Qi pointed in a direction of the forest below.

Chen Yang followed the gesture with a glance and astonishingly saw a procession similar to the one earlier, wandering on the avenue in the forest, playing bizarre music.

"There, there are more."

Before Chen Yang could say anything, Tu Qi pointed in another direction.

Looking over again, Chen Yang indeed saw another such procession once more.

In the forest below, there were at least seven or eight of those peculiar processions.

In an instant, both of them felt the atmosphere around this area had become extremely eerie.

At the same time, it made Chen Yang realize.

"Could it be that those guys are the Evil Sect of Wengcheng?" Chen Yang reacted and said.

Tu Qi was originally just confused, but upon hearing Chen Yang say this, he too realized.

"Very likely! I have never heard of such a ritual before! Perhaps it really is the Evil Sect!" Tu Qi said.

Chen Yang fell silent.

Wengcheng seems like a troublesome situation.

Before even entering the city, seeing such a sight.

Shows how developed the Evil Sect in Wengcheng has become.

It’s definitely not something easy to handle.

"We better hurry, let’s enter the city to understand the situation first."

Chen Yang’s mood became somewhat heavy, he quickened his steps, and flew towards Wengcheng.

The originally thirty-minute journey was forced by them to arrive at Wengcheng in twenty minutes.

And the scene of Wengcheng at this moment was utterly shocking to both Chen Yang and Tu Qi!

What kind of city is this?

It actually looks almost like the gates of hell.

The city walls were draped in white cloth like those used for funerals, and the entire city was shrouded in gloom with thick smoke floating within.

The strangest thing was, the bizarre scenes seen earlier in the forest were ubiquitous in Wengcheng, with at least dozens of such processions.

"Oh my god, is this truly Wengcheng? Not the gates of hell?" Tu Qi stood outside the city wall, utterly astonished by such a city.

Chen Yang was even more shocked.

On the way here, he had imagined every bad scenario.

But never could he have imagined it to be this severe.

This has completely affected the entire city.

This Evil Sect is quite formidable.

"It’s terrifying, Zhao Shuo that old dog, is really something."

Chen Yang sighed, while thinking of Zhao Shuo.

That old fellow must have known Wengcheng had turned into such a state, otherwise, why would he send me?

"Chen Yang, let’s go into the city and take a look."

Tu Qi felt overwhelmed, but since they already came, it wasn’t an option to retreat without understanding a thing, so he walked with Chen Yang through the city gate entrance, entering the urban area of Wengcheng.

Though Wengcheng is a small city, it is still a city.

The scale, as well as the construction and facilities of the city, are significantly better than a town.

Neat and uniform streets and some houses with carved beams and painted rafters are numerous.

Judging by the buildings within the city, it should be a lively and prosperous city.

But after entering the city, an even denser, heavy gloom came rushing towards them.

The streets were strewn everywhere with objects resembling paper money, while those dressed like ghosts were hopping around.

On both sides of the road, ordinary citizens of the city knelt in scores.

They lay prostrate on the ground, sincere in their expressions.

They seemed to be full of awe towards those hopping ghost-like things.

"Stand up all of you, these are mere ghost things, not gods, how can you be so silly?"

"Are you crazy? If you don’t rise, do you believe I’ll kill you!"

"By order of the City Lord, no one is allowed to kneel, violators will be executed without mercy!"

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Just when Chen Yang was feeling immensely astonished by the scene before him.

A group of people appeared on the street.

They were wearing armor, wielding long knives, imposing and fierce.

Constantly trying to prod those ordinary folks kneeling on the ground to make them rise.

But those people seemed not to hear, no matter how the armored warriors urged, they stayed put.

Even when a knife was pressed against their necks, they ignored it.

Clearly, the ordinary people were deeply poisoned.

"Turns out there are still normal people in this city, I thought everyone was tainted by the Evil Sect." Tu Qi felt relieved upon seeing the armored warriors.

Luckily, there are still normal people.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t know where to begin.

The group of armored warriors, constantly swearing, trying to get those kneeling people to rise.

But not a single one stood up.

The armored warriors helplessly shook their heads.

"Captain, look at the city gate."

At this moment, an armored warrior noticed Chen Yang and Tu Qi standing by the city gate.

Upon hearing this, the captain immediately looked over at Chen Yang and Tu Qi, then quickly stepped forward warily, came to Chen Yang, and sternly demanded, "Who are you?"

The attitude of the armored warrior was poor, but Chen Yang could understand it.

After all, during such a special period, the entire city is entrenched in morbidity.

If there were no normal people maintaining vigilance, the city would be beyond saving.

"Cangnan Academy, disciple of the third region, Chen Yang, sent by the academy to Wengcheng to assist in handling affairs." Chen Yang did not conceal in the face of questioning, directly took out the Jade Token that could prove his identity, declaring his identity.

Cangnan Academy?

Upon hearing this, the armored captain immediately showed respect.

"Ah, so it’s a great power from Cangnan Academy! Forgive me!" The armored captain cupped his hands and returned the Jade Token.

Chen Yang quietly retrieved the Jade Token.

At this moment, Tu Qi beside him couldn’t help but ask curiously.

"What’s the situation in your city? This is too exaggerated." Tu Qi questioned.

Upon hearing this, the armored warrior’s face turned awkward.

"In response to this great power, our Wengcheng is on the brink of peril. The specific reasons cannot be discussed here. We kindly ask the great power to proceed to the City Lord’s residence to discuss with the City Lord." The armored warrior deliberately lowered his voice, speaking softly.

Seemingly guarding against something.

Chen Yang glanced around, seeing all the people poisoned by the Evil Sect, he understood.

"Alright, lead the way to the City Lord’s residence first."

Chen Yang nodded in agreement.

To deal with an issue, one must first understand the situation thoroughly.

If it’s not understood clearly and handled from the root, things can’t be dealt with properly.

Then Chen Yang followed the armored warrior, entering deeper into the city.

Although Wengcheng is small, it is robust, with everything it should have.

And the deeper they went, the more exaggerated the scenes became.

The entire city had almost no area that was normal.

All over were paper money, prostrating ordinary people, hopping ghost-like things performing eerie gestures.