Chapter 124: The Plague God!
April 4, 2023 Author: Fu Hejun
In the video.
"Is this Plague God Body easy to cultivate?" Dugu Bo ultimately couldn't resist the temptation and couldn't help but ask.
It was obvious that what Sun Zhongjing had said about condensing soul rings and increasing their age was too tempting for him. Or rather, no Soul Master could resist the allure of an increased soul ring age, especially that bloody Hundred-Thousand Year Soul Ring!
This was almost every Soul Master's ultimate dream.
"How should this old man answer you?"
Facing his inquiry, Sun Zhongjing seemed a bit puzzled, as if wondering why he would ask such an obvious question.
Dugu Bo saw his expression and realized he had asked a foolish question.
Easy to cultivate? Nonsense, it definitely wasn't!
Absorbing myriad viruses into one's body? Just thinking about it, you knew that cultivation method must be extremely dangerous!
"Achieving the Plague God Body is not that simple." Sun Zhongjing slowly began to explain the principle behind cultivating the Plague God Body.
"As this old man said before, the cultivation of the Plague God Body is essentially a process of constantly getting sick and poisoned, then recovering."
"Here, 'poison' does not just refer to toxins as people commonly understand them, but includes all factors harmful to the human body. Therefore, some infectious diseases or other illnesses that cause people to get sick, which might seem unrelated to toxins, can all be categorized under 'poison.'"
"Anything harmful to the human body is poison! This old man might as well collectively call them—viruses!"
"While infected with a virus, you must constantly fight against the viruses within your body until your body completely overcomes them and can no longer be injured by them. By then, your body will have developed resistance to that type of virus."
"And if you wish to continue strengthening the viruses within your body, you must then absorb new viruses and combine them with the old viruses inside you, forming a completely new type of virus. This cycle repeats, constantly strengthening the viruses within your body."
"It's easy to imagine that each new virus infection is a new life-or-death test! If you pass, your life is safe. If you don't, you die from the illness; there is no other possibility."
Dugu Bo broke out in a cold sweat listening to this. With this cultivation method, almost every session was a struggle for life! Especially the unimaginable pain of the body overcoming the viruses during this period! What was even worse was that the old viruses, which had originally been overcome, would become even stronger and more bizarre in their toxicity due to the addition of new ones! The danger level would skyrocket.
One could die at any moment if the viruses within their body became too strong to endure.
Too dangerous!
Dugu Bo couldn't imagine how many types of viruses the old man in front of him must have absorbed to cultivate to his current realm.
He voiced his doubt.
Sun Zhongjing smiled and calmly said, "This old man no longer remembers. I've practiced medicine my entire life, healing countless people. Whenever I encountered a patient with a previously unseen virus, this old man would absorb it into my body for research. Over time... the Disease Demon within my body grew to its current state."
Although his words were calm, Dugu Bo could feel how arduous the cultivation process truly was. Just thinking of myriad viruses being inside him made him involuntarily feel fear!
Having suffered from a potent poison for years, he was truly terrified of these things. He also felt sincere and immense admiration for Sun Zhongjing, this ruthless individual who had pioneered such a unique cultivation method as the "Plague God Body."
Admiration aside, he frankly couldn't endure this type of cultivation method. Dugu Bo didn't believe he possessed Sun Zhongjing's capability to withstand the torment of being plagued by illnesses, overcome the dangers of myriad viruses, and instead use them to enhance his cultivation. After all, his own snake venom alone had already tormented him into a state worse than human.
At the same time, he also understood why Sun Zhongjing had previously regarded his potent poison as nothing, even directly consuming it. Compared to the Disease Demon formed by the condensation of myriad viruses within the other man's body, his own Jade Phosphorous Serpent King's poison was simply insignificant. He feared that it would be swallowed by the "Disease Demon" as soon as it entered the other man's body.
"The Sound Wave Poison Art you used earlier, did you use the Disease Demon in your body to poison me?" Dugu Bo couldn't help but ask. He knew that since the man's Disease Demon could injure him, it could naturally injure others too. In fact, if the man wished, he could instantly spread a terrifying plague that would sweep across the entire continent. It was truly like the Plague God incarnate, no wonder it was called the Plague God Body.
"Not exactly. That was merely a technique for applying poison." Sun Zhongjing shook his head, not explaining the principle of the Sound Wave Poison Art to him. Because Dugu Bo wouldn't be able to learn it, and explaining it would ruin the mystery.
"Alright. This old man has finished explaining the mysteries of the Plague God Body to you. So, what have you decided? Do you want to learn it?" Sun Zhongjing looked at Dugu Bo, his tone unchanged, as if he already knew the answer.
"Senior, I think storing the toxins in a Soul Bone will suffice. As for the wasted time, this junior only needs to be a bit more diligent to make it up," Dugu Bo said somewhat sheepishly. The more confident he had sounded before, the more embarrassed he felt now.
"Oh, you."
Sun Zhongjing shook his head and then said, "This old man already told you, storing poison in a Soul Bone is just a palliative measure. You don't actually think the only drawback of this method is the time it consumes, do you?"
"Isn't it?"
Dugu Bo felt a bit lost upon hearing this. Even the Dugu Bo in reality, watching this part, was somewhat perplexed. After all, from his perspective, using a Soul Bone to store toxins was indeed foolproof. At most, after each Martial Soul Possession, he would need to force the toxins from his body into the Soul Bone, which would just waste a bit of time.
But compared to losing one's life, the wasted time was completely insignificant.
"Of course not."
Sun Zhongjing shook his head and said, "While Soul Bones can store toxins, you must know that any container has a limited storage space, and Soul Bones are no exception. Forcing toxins into your Soul Bone indeed offers peace of mind in the short term. But as time passes, the internal toxins accumulate, and once they reach the storage limit... what do you think will happen?"
"They'll overflow!"
Dugu Bo said with an ashen face, "And all the accumulated toxins inside might erupt all at once!"
If such a massive amount of toxins suddenly appeared in his body at that point, his fate was almost foreseeable.
"Senior, is there truly no other way besides cultivating the Plague God Body?" Dugu Bo asked, deeply conflicted. It wasn't that the Plague God Body was bad; on the contrary, this method was incredibly powerful.
The key was that the cultivation process was far too dangerous; he truly lacked the confidence to master it. He felt it was even less safe than using a Soul Bone. After all, even if using a Soul Bone might lead to an eruption later, it wouldn't happen in the short term. But cultivating the Plague God Body meant inviting viruses into his body, and if he couldn't endure it, death would be instant.
"Yes, there is." Facing Dugu Bo's inquiry, Sun Zhongjing answered straightforwardly.
"So there really isn't any other way, I suppose..." Dugu Bo stopped mid-sentence, suddenly realizing that the other party had said there *was* another way, not that there wasn't.
Instantly, his pair of old, emerald-green eyes stared fixedly at Sun Zhongjing. As if uncertain, he asked again, "Senior, did you say there's another way to resolve my poison affliction, besides the Plague God Body?"
"Yes, there is."
Sun Zhongjing said straightforwardly, "Besides the Plague God Body, this old man also has the Poison Pill Method. It can also solve your problem of having nowhere to store your toxins. Furthermore, once you condense a Poison Pill, the toxins will no longer be a burden but will become your aid, elevating your Poison Arts to a new level."
"..."
At this moment, Dugu Bo's expression was utterly beyond description. A thousand thoughts churned in his heart, but in the end, only one remained.
—Why didn't you fucking say so earlier?!
The video ended!
The real Dugu Bo looked at the screen that had suddenly turned dark, nearly going crazy!
What the hell? Was this Q&A deliberate?
It just had to cut off at the most crucial moment.
(end of chapter)