Chapter 12: Troops Deployed
A month later, in the afternoon, at the Botanical Academy.
Mu Ci had just finished self-studying a book on the classification of soul beasts. He came out of the library and headed towards his home with his servants.
After that day, everyone in the Mu family acted as if nothing had happened and continued to do what they were supposed to do.
A few days ago, Mu Sheng Li Qin and several teachers took a large number of Academy students to Tianshui Academy for activities and exchanges.
Mu Changsheng also went into seclusion, and now only he and his grandmother Lin Ya are left at home.
However, before Mu Changsheng went into seclusion, he told him about his idea of going to the Academy library to learn soul master knowledge on his own.
The main reason was that he really didn't want to attend classes and study step by step with those kids. It was such a waste of time.
There are only a few years left before the main storyline begins, and he needs to create a large enough distance in the early stages so that he can deal with everything more calmly.
Mu Changsheng also took into consideration his grandson's self-discipline since childhood and his newly acquired status as a divine examiner, so it would be difficult for him to study with the other students.
He didn't know if the gods would do something. If something unusual happens during class and others see it, he can't just kill those people humanely.
After thinking it over again and again, Mu Changsheng agreed to the request and gave him permission to enter most places in the Botanical Academy.
After a month of study and practice, Mu Ci's soul power has broken through to level fourteen, and the improvement of the meditation method has also begun.
Combining the Taoist inner alchemy and the theory of small and large circulations that he had read in his previous life, he planned to start with the small circulation to connect to the meditation method of Douluo Continent, and then gradually expand the kit to the large circulation.
However, as for the specific descriptions in the books, Mu Ci had only read them as a hobby outside of his studies in his previous life, and he didn't really understand them. As a result, the current exploration and combination of the two could only be considered preliminary.
However, even this newly developed introductory practice method could not even increase the speed of practice. This alone made Mu Ci ecstatic.
This means that his idea is correct and the road is viable.
He called the initially successful practice method the Medicine King Secret Method Version 0.1, and when the small Zhoutian circulation is perfected, it can be called the official version 1.0.
After all, this secret method mainly relies on the healing power of the power of abundance, which can penetrate deep into the cellular level for treatment and repair.
Only in this way can he develop smoothly, otherwise the damage to his meridians alone would be enough to ruin his future, so Mu Ci felt it was appropriate to name him the Compassionate Medicine King.
Walking on the mountain road of the Botanical Academy, the refreshing mountain breeze with plenty of oxygen blows on your face, taking away the fatigue of the day.
Like Heaven Dou Academy, the Botanical Academy is built among the mountains. It is not only unaware of the hustle and bustle of the city, but also provides a natural mimicry training ground.
Mu Ci and his attendants walked on the road, just like usual.
Suddenly, on the distant road, teams of knights and soldiers were running towards the distance, as if something had happened.
"Huh? What's going on? It looks like there are almost a hundred-man team." Mu Ci said in surprise.
The Lorraine Province is close to the Heaven Dou Imperial Capital and does not border the Star Luo Empire. Shenmu City is located in the heart of the Lorraine Province, so there is even less need for the army.
So the sudden deployment of troops was quite novel.
As for the discovery of the fallen soul master, that was not something Mu Ci considered.
Generally speaking, after discovering a fallen soul master, the local city lord would directly hand the case over to the Spirit Hall. The nobles would never do such thankless tasks.
The Spirit Master of Shenmu City is his grandmother, and he knows exactly whether there are any fallen soul masters nearby.
Mu Ci, whose life was already boring, suddenly became interested in something unusual and ordered his servants to follow him.
He followed the team of a hundred people and walked about seven or eight kilometers until they arrived at a small village.
The village is not big, with seemingly less than fifty households, sparsely built in the valley.
At this time, the villagers were gathered in an open space in the center of the village. Most of the hundreds of people were lying on the ground with black faces, and only a dozen men were standing in front of the army.
Even so, the two sides were still dozens of steps apart.
Mu Ci and his attendants crouched closer and gradually began to hear the conversation between the two sides.
"Please, save my child. Our village is willing to use all our savings to beg the adults to find a soul master to save my child!"
In the central open space, women with dark complexions were holding their children, coughing from time to time, their bodies weak and unable to speak.
The men who still had some strength knelt in front of the armored knights and begged for mercy.
"You poor bastards still have money for us to hire a soul master. Do you think you are worthy?"
"I warn you, do not come any closer, or you will be killed immediately."
"Archers, get ready!" The captain of the centurion team sneered with disdain. Seeing that the villagers were about to approach again, he immediately gave orders to the team next to him.
The villagers all knelt and crawled slowly towards the army, their faces turning purple as they murmured, "Save us, save my children."
Seeing this, the captain's face turned stern, and he said harshly: "Don't you understand? Archers, get ready!"
Mu Ci could no longer sit still, and hurriedly emerged from nearby with his attendants, shouting, "Wait a minute!"
The sudden appearance of Mu Ci and his group attracted the attention of both parties present.
"Stop! Who are you?" The captain looked at the people walking over and hurriedly asked them to stop.
Half of the archers beside him were also pointing in this direction, looking alert.
"The family of Eternal Heaven trees, Mu Ci!"
Mu Ci brought two attendants to a distance of twenty steps from the captain, took out the Mu family token from the soul guide, and loudly announced his name.
When the cavalry captain heard the name of the Mu family, his face changed drastically. He hurriedly dismounted and came to Mu Ci, nodding and bowing with a flattering look on his face.
In Shenmu City, you may not know the city lord or other soul master families.
But you cannot be unaware of the name of the Mu family. The Mu family has two powerful Soul Douluos, one is the dean of the Advanced Plant Academy, and the other is the bishop of the Shenmu City Spirit Main Hall.
In Shenmu City, the Mu family is the uncrowned king. Although they do not have any noble title, even the city lord has to retreat when facing the Mu family.
"I am Reid, the captain of the Centurion Corps. You must be the young master, right? Damn it, I didn't recognize you! I almost scared you!"
Reed bent over to Mu Ci with a flattering smile on his face, and gestured with his hands at his sides to the archers behind him, asking them to put down their weapons quickly.
Looking at the captain in front of him, Mu Ci said seriously: "What's going on here? What were you trying to do just now?"
"Master, according to the patrol soldiers, the villagers here have been infected with an acute epidemic, and we are here to deal with it." Reed replied tremblingly, his back becoming more and more bent.
Although this kind of thing is not uncommon in the aristocratic circle, it is still embarrassing to talk about it.
Considering the size of Shenmu City, it is still possible to find a few healing auxiliary soul masters, but the nobles above do not want to go through the trouble.
Now Mu Ci understood the whole story and his expression became even angrier. He did not comment on Reed's behavior in public or in private, but what Reed was about to do touched his bottom line.
Although he knows that Douluo Continent is an ancient time and civilians have almost no human rights, few people will care even if they die.
When an acute epidemic occurs like this, it is a routine practice for the local city lord to seal off the village in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
After all, it is so troublesome to ask a soul master for treatment, and those nobles would never do such a thing.
The existence of healing Spirits in Douluo Continent has also led to very slow development of medicine in this area.
The most common folk remedies for treating colds and fevers are extremely rare, which are difficult to systematize and cannot guarantee their effectiveness.
Relatively speaking, the medicine and poison system for soul masters has developed very well.
Aside from the Soul-Breaking Qian Family, each of the major sects and families has its own medicinal bath formula.
Looking at Reed in front of him, Mu Ci was very angry.
[end of the chapter]